⚔︎ Double Edged Swords ⚔︎

Back it up

Everyone meets at the mansion, having their meeting in Junhui's and Minghao's room. They didn't want to leave the couple out of the information and the latter were glad to listen and throw in any ideas or thoughts.

"Shit- Seungkwan is held hostage?!" Seokmin curses, thinking of any torture methods the men he knew would do. But it's a sacred hostage, it should be minor at minimum.

"And you're telling us that your brother was from the Ennéa Astéria?!" Mingyu deadpans.

"Well no one asked!" The beta retorted.

Thuck!

   A knife was thrown between the two bickering men, landing on the wall. (Minghao bites down his complaints to the damage of his and Junhui's room.) Everyone is already stressed, but Jihoon, the team's lead strategist, is about to go bald if they don't jump straight into the topic.

"Guys..." The instructor's eye twitches with stress and annoyance. "You better give me all the information now or else there's no chance to save us."

"Why do they need alpha serums?" Mingyu suddenly speaks up, knowing that the serums are all failed results. Why bother to take them? Everyone hears Jihoon huff in annoyance, knowledge glinting in his glare.

"The lab that had the Ataraxias... we came from Harmony's Orphanage; dedicated to lab experiments. They could be teaming up with the orphanage to carry out the legacy."

"Wait, you guys came from an orphanage?" Mingyu asks, bewildered.

"No yeah, where do you think the lab gets children from? Coupang?" Minghao is the next to shoot his response.

"Well," Seungcheol clears his throat, taking everyone's attention. The leader and his partner look restless, tired from the lack of sleep from the previous night. But who could blame them. A lot of them were just as restless and tired, worried sick. "we came from Little Stars Home." Chan makes a surprised noise of acknowledgment.

"I've heard of that orphanage before." All the ex-Ataraxias give him an odd look. They have never heard about this orphanage. A lot of them are kept off the radar. Those are inclined to be dealing with the black markets, trafficking, mafia industry, or illegal experiments.

"You know the orphanage we came from?" Soonyoung is impressed.

"Yeah, I only heard about it a couple times from the orderlies complaining about that orphanage. Comments were very positive about the children there. Such pedophiles." Chan's face and scent grows sour.

"It makes sense if it's Little Stars Home because all of Paek's men come from that orphanage. They're working together to reach each other's goals." Wonwoo concludes.

"Give me some time to sleep, nothing is going to come together if the plans aren't made out of stress." Jihoon walks over to the couch and lays down, eyes shutting.

"We only have one day left..." Hansol reminds the team. He looks worried and they all know it's about Seungkwan. Jeonghan and Joshua walk up to the alpha with empathy.

"We're going to figure out a plan soon. Don't worry. We all know how tricky things can get but let's pull through together." The alpha lowly nods. The ex-Ascenders exchange cautious looks regarding the youngest alpha. They've never seen the man look so lost and hopeless without Seungkwan. The omega is literally the younger's vitamin and without him, he's so gloomy and quiet.

"I'll also start brainstorming," Wonwoo huffs, helping his fellow instructor friend as they rest.

   Everyone begins to leave the room only leaving Soonyoung to stay by Jihoon's sleeping figure. Minghao walks over to the alpha and sits next to him on the floor.
"You should let Jihoon on our bed." Soonyoung glances at Junhui's figure who's staring out the window before glancing at the men around the couch.