Shadows Of The Maknae

Chapter 4: The Awakening

My eyes started to open, but gave me an immediate headache with the bright light shining down on me. I tried to move at least a little bit, to stretch out my arms... But then I realized, my hands and legs were bound tightly to the chair I was sitting in with zip ties. How the hell did I get here?

All I can kind of remember is the club... wasn't there a shootout? Where was Lilly? Holy shit, where was Lilly? Panic began to set in as I started to remember the events of last night. I struggled against the restraints, trying to get out of them. But it was no use.

The basement door then creaked open, revealing a familiar silhouette... Jeon Jungkook.

"Jungkook, what's going on? Where am I? Is Lilly okay?!" I rushed out, having so many questions and spilling them all at once.

"I can't tell you much right now. We'll explain everything when the time is right. But Lilly... she's safe."

"Please Jungkook. You have to tell me what's going on. Why am I here?" I plead. But Jungkook doesn't seemed fazed.

Without uttering another word, he turned and left the basement, leaving me all by myself once again with more unanswered questions. What mattered to me was that Lilly was safe. I just sat there in my restraints, dumbfounded by how Jungkook was acting to cold to me.

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Later on that same day, I continued to sit in the same chair, same basement. My anxiety was getting worse as I was just staring at empty walls and a front door, teasing me of my freedom.

The basement door opened once against but this time, it was Park Jimin, carrying a tray of food and a bottle of water for me. Thank god. I was dying of thirst, still feeling some of the side effects of the chloroform.

"Hey... I brought you something to eat and drink." I wasn't expecting any sort of kindness while I was trapped here. So seeing this tray of food in front of me was definitely a surprise.

I watched unfolded the fold up table that was in between his arms and placed the tray of food on it in front of me. He reached out a knife from his pocket to cut the zip ties off of my wrists. I flexed my hands and rubbed each wrist from the soreness, grateful for the sensation of being able to move for at least a little while after being tied up for so long. He opened the bottle of the water for me as he watched me rub my wrists, knowing I was in too much pain to open it myself.

"Thank you Jimin." I whispered, my voice hoarse from yelling at Jungkook earlier and not having any water on top of that. He bent down to my level so we were now eye to eye.

"I'm so sorry things turned out like this. Some of us didn't want it to happen this way."

"Can you please tell me what's going on Jimin? I'm scared and confused." I stated before taking a chug of water. Jimin just sighed in response.

"I wish I could, Y/N. But right now, there are things you are better off not knowing. Just know that Taehyung and I are on your side. We want to help you through this." After I took a bite of tteokbokki that was in front of me, my eyes started to swell up with tears from his kindness. Thankfully there were a few good ones left in BTS.

"Thank you Jimin, I appreciate your kindness. Can you make sure my cousin, Lilly is ok? I keep worrying about her." I said as I kept shoving the tteokbokki down. Even though I was in distress... this food was too good to pass up. Whoever made this was an amazing cook. I could probably predict that it was Jin who made this.

"Lilly is safe Y/N, I will promise you that much. Taehyung and I will try to keep you as safe as we possibly can."

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