𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬

𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟒𝟒

The room was dimly lit and silent—too silent. Every breath was laced with tension as Jackson stood before them, a sick grin twisting on his face. His finger hovered over a small, sinister-looking device.

Jackson: “Today… you all die.”

With a theatrical smile, he pressed the button.
A soft beep echoed ominously in the room.

Jin stepped forward, alarmed.
Jin: “What did you just do?!”

Jackson chuckled darkly.
Jackson: “You want to know?”

J-Hope folded his arms impatiently.
J-Hope: “That's why he asked, genius.”

Jackson let out a low, cold laugh.
Jackson: “I’ve just activated the countdown. A bomb. Five minutes. No escape.”

Panic surged through the room like a wave.

Jimin: “What the hell? You’re insane!”

Lucas, still handcuffed to Jimin, growled in frustration.
Lucas: “You are.”

Jimin glared at him.
Jimin: “Shut up.”

Lucas fired back.
Lucas: “No.”

Despite the ticking clock, the two kept bickering, still shackled together like some twisted joke.

Meanwhile, Jackson turned his back to them, heading toward the exit.

Lucas shouted after him.
Lucas: “Bro! Take me with you!”

Jackson didn’t even look back.
Jackson: “No.”

Lucas strained at his chains.
Lucas: “Why?! I helped you!”

Jackson stopped in the doorway, turning his head just enough to smirk.
Jackson: “And now you’re useless. Oh and by the way, we’re not real brothers. Stepbrothers, remember?”

Lucas's face twisted in disbelief.
Lucas: “That’s not true… You’re lying!”

Jackson shrugged.
Jackson: “Believe what you want. Goodbye… and enjoy hell.”

He slammed the metal door shut behind him, the lock echoing like a death sentence.

Lucas cursed loudly.
Lucas: “I was such a damn fool.”

Jimin rolled his eyes.
Jimin: “Yeah. You were.”

Jin snapped everyone back to reality.
Jin: “GUYS! Focus. We have four minutes maybe less!”

RM ran a hand through his hair.
RM: “There’s no windows. Just this one locked door…”

Yoongi stepped forward, his calm voice steady in the panic.
Yoongi: “Then we figure it out. We don’t die here.”

In the chaos, Eunwoo grabbed YN’s trembling hand. She didn’t resist. Her eyes were glassy, fear etched into every corner of her face.

Eunwoo leaned close, whispering.
Eunwoo: “We’re gonna be okay. I promise.”

YN nodded weakly.
YN: “Just… don’t let go.”

Jungkook scanned the room.
Jungkook: “This door… it’s our only shot.”

Taehyung clenched his fists.
Taehyung: “Then we break it.”

They all nodded. The boys rushed the door together, shoulder after shoulder slamming into the steel. Nothing.

YN whimpered.
YN: “We’re running out of time!”

Jin turned to her, voice gentle but firm.
Jin: “YN, listen to me. We need calm minds now. We’ll find a way out.”

YN screamed.
YN: “We have TWO MINUTES!”

A beep from the bomb’s console made everyone freeze. The digital countdown glowed red: 01:59...

Eunwoo turned to her suddenly.
Eunwoo: “Wait. YN you’re a savior.”

Everyone blinked, confused.

Lucas scoffed.
Lucas: “How the hell is she a savior?”

Eunwoo didn’t answer him. Instead, he reached for the silver pin in YN’s hair.

YN gasped.
YN: “What are you doing?!”

Eunwoo grinned faintly.
Eunwoo: “Trying the ‘movie trick’.”

Lucas rolled his eyes.
Lucas: “That never works in real life.”

Eunwoo muttered while working on the lock.
Eunwoo: “Your stepbrother is an idiot. This lock? Older than his lies.”

Click. The lock sprang open. Everyone stared.

YN blinked.
YN: “Wait… it actually worked?”

Eunwoo smirked.
Eunwoo: “Told you. You’re our good luck charm.”

Lucas huffed.
Lucas: “That’s not luck, it’s her pin.”

YN turned to him coldly.
YN: “Didn’t ask for your opinion.”

Jin yelled over them.
Jin: “Less talk, MORE RUNNING!”

They burst into the corridor. The air was already thick with smoke, their lungs burning. Every breath was like swallowing fire.

Eunwoo stayed close to YN, his hand never leaving hers.

Eunwoo: “YN are you okay?”

YN coughed, struggling.
YN: “It’s hard… to breathe…”

Jimin tugged Lucas.
Jimin: “Don’t pull me! We’re still cuffed!”

Lucas snapped.
Lucas: “It was your idea, genius!”

Jimin: “Well it was better than you running off to your fake brother!”

Jin: “Both of you SHUT UP!”

Yoongi yelled back.
Yoongi: “We need to find another exit NOW!”

Taehyung shouted.
Taehyung: “This way! Follow me!”

They turned right, dodging falling beams and clouds of smoke. Finally, they reached a hall with two doors.

Jungkook pointed.
Jungkook: “Split up try both!”

Jimin and Lucas tackled the first door.
RM, Taehyung, Jungkook, and J-Hope slammed into the second.

Yoongi joined the second group, adding more weight.

The first door refused to move.

The second—**creaked, groaned—CRACKED—**and then, finally—burst open.

Jin screamed.
Jin: “EVERYONE OUT! NOW! The bomb!”

They ran through one by one. Smoke surrounded them, but they could see the sky freedom. Air.

Everyone was out… except YN and Eunwoo.

And then BOOM.

A deafening explosion tore through the hallway behind them. The shockwave knocked some of the boys to the ground.

Yoongi turned instantly.
Yoongi: “OH SHIT YN! EUNWOO!”

Jin’s hands were already on his phone.
Jin: “Calling the police!”

RM: “Ambulance too I’m on it!”

Taehyung was already running back when Yoongi grabbed him.

Yoongi: “TAE! STOP! It’s not safe!”

Taehyung’s eyes were wild.
Taehyung: “I DON’T CARE! MY PRINCESS IS IN THERE!”

Yoongi held him tight.
Yoongi: “I know but it’s too late. There’s FIRE. The hallway’s GONE!”

Jungkook’s voice broke.
Jungkook: “…You mean… they’re… gone?”

Jin sank to his knees, eyes hollow.
Jin: “Maybe…”