Sasaeng Sister [In big roles: Sunghoon, Lee Know, skz, Ateez, Jungkook]

Chapter 15

One of the keys opened the driver's door. The bus had likely been renovated from a truck or a big van because there were two passenger seats in the front cabin. All in all, three people could sit in the driver's compartment.

Minho climbed in.

"We can all fit in here."

He moved over the gearbox to the passenger's seat to open the door on that side, but it was jammed. He wrenched the handle to no prevail.

While Minho fought with the door, Yeosang started the vehicle. He pressed multiple buttons; one wiped the windscreen, and another turned on the hazard flasher. The lights blinked only for a second before Yeosang quickly turned them off. He tried some more buttons, and the doors to the back compartment opened with a whiz.

"Some of us should go to the back," Yeosang said. "We can't all fit in this small box."

Hogjoong and I jogged to the back. We had left Han and Wooyoung waiting there on the other side of the bus.

While we ran to them, the engine stopped. Yeosang must have turned it off because there was no use keeping it running until we were all safely on board. After all, the kidnappers could have heard the motor rumbling.

Hongjoong had apparently sobered up a little because he helped Han into the bus without anyone telling him to do so. He even buckled him up.

I went to Wooyoung, who was left on the ground like a forgotten toy.

There was no time to wait for stronger people to carry him, so I heaved him up myself. He wasn't even that heavy, but it was difficult to get a good hold of him since all his muscles were relaxed. If my grip loosened even a little, he slid down, limp like a rag doll.

Hongjoong gave me a hand. Together we dragged Wooyoung up the stairs into the bus.

I knocked on the wall that separated us from Yeosang and Minho, who were still in the front cabin. For some reason, they had sat there rather than helped me with Wooyoung.

"We are all on board. Drive," I said, although they probably couldn't hear.

I knocked on the wall again.

Hongjoong gave up putting a seat belt on Wooyoung.

"Maybe they can't hear. Go in the cabin with them and tell them to drive."

I jumped down the stairs and sprinted to the driver's door.

The reason why they hadn't started to drive became obvious as soon as I got there.

Yeosang stood at the open door, his upper body hunched into the driver's legroom. He reached his hand under the seat.

Minho moved impatiently on the passenger's side.

"Did you find it? Can you see it?" he asked.

Of course, they had lost the key. Why did I ever think we could successfully run away? It was impossible. We could never get away! We would end up like...

No. I pushed the thought away. The others could have survived. They must have escaped into the forest somewhere.

"I found it," Yeosang said, jingling the keys.

That's when a strong flashlight pointed at us.

"They are trying to take the bus!" a man shouted about a hundred feet from us.

Shit!

Shit!

Shit!

The kidnappers were running closer.