Devil in the Shadows

Scare Crow

Eric Mun sat in the living room of their mansion, his head hung low.

"I am sorry for your loss my friend." Commander Kwan sat next to him and placed a comforting hand on the shoulder.

"She was a smart girl." Commander Kwan commented.

"Help me Kwan. Help me find them. I want them all dead. They killed my daughter." Eric Mun gritted out and asked his friend desperately.

"Don't worry. I am on it. Soon it will all be over. How's Minhyuk?" Commander Kwan asked.

"He can't remember anything. When we got him to the hospital, he was just screaming... He isn't himself." Mun replied.

"We will find them. Me and my force will be there to help you." Commander Kwan comforted.

"My son is in the hospital getting treated for schezophrenia. My daughter is dead and all I am left with is Kai. You need to protect him." Eric held on to Commandar Kwan's hand asking desperately.

"I will take care of him. Don't worry. He will be under my protection." Kwan promised.

"Thank you. Find those bastards and finish them off." Mun gritted his teeth in anger.

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"Where are you taking me?" Sana asked Momo for the second time as they drove around the town.

"You will know." Momo replied shortly and Sana was losing patience.

"You said the same thing a while ago." She huffed angrily. Momo came to the clinic suddenly and asked her to come with her. Whenever she asked Momo simply said that it's a house visit and a patient needs checkup.

Sana looked out the window as the car moved down an unfamiliar path. Finally it stopped near an old building. Sana had never been to this area before. It didn't seem safe but Momo looked pretty comfortable driving around like she knew this area for so long.

There were men on every corner of the way looking like thugs. Sana placed a hand on Momo's arms just to ease her anxiety.

"Relax. They are all our people." Momo replied sensing Sana's discomfort.

They got out of the car and Momo lead Sana inside the building. Climbing the stairs they reached on the second floor where guards stood outside a closed door. Momo nodded at them and the doors opened.

"Hey Sana. Thanks for coming." Jihyo said as they walked inside the room.

"You are welcome? What's going on?" Sana asked confused.

"Can you come over? We have a patient here. Can you check on her real quick?" Jihyo gestured towards another room. Sana slowly walked inside and saw a young woman sitting on a bed at the centre. The room was neat and had amble lighting.

"Did you guys kidnap her?" Sana asked in a shrill voice.

"What? No we saved her." Momo quickly replied.

"I will explain later. Can you check on her? She has been vomiting and fainting ever since she got here." Momo asked her wife desperately.

Sana eyes Jihyo and Momo suspiciously for a moment. She nodded "Fine. You both stay outside. I will call once I am done checking." Sana replied and asked the duo to get out of the room.

Jihyo and Momo complied quickly and walked out. They stood outside the door waiting.

Half and hour later Sana opened the door and came out.

"What is it?" Jihyo asked nervously.

"She is pregnant." Sana replied sighing.

"Fuck.." Jihyo placed her hands on her head.

"If my calculations are right, she is eight weeks pregnant. You guys needs to take her to a safe place. First trimester can be hard and even the tiniest stress can cause miscarriage." Sana replied.

"Call Jeongyeon. We need to take care of something." Jihyo asked Momo. Sana watched as the soldiers talked among themselves making plans. After few minutes Momo took Sana back to the clinic. She explained who that was and why they have her under their custody.  Sana supplied them with medicines and vitamins including dietary requirements for the new mother.

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Kai walked out of the office building along with his bodyguards . Ever since his kidnap Kai never went out without his bodyguards. He stopped going to the clubs and did parties in his private apartment downtown. As he walked towards the car in the parking lot his eyes caught at a familiar figure. He froze in his spot.

He pulled his bodyguard to his side and pointed at the man walking out of the parking lot. The bodyguard became quite alert.

"What is it boss?" They asked confused.

"Him...him...that's him..." Kai frantically looked around scared.

The bodyguards followed Kai's line of site and saw a tall man walking ahead of them. One of the bodyguards quickly ran towards the man and turned him around forcefully.

When the man turned around, Kai's expression changed to confusion. It wasn't the guy who kidnapped him.

The bodyguard dragged him towards Kai." No..it's not him..just leave him." Kai quickly orders the guards not wanting to create a scene.

But his heart beat faster. He was sure that he saw the guy who kidnapped him.

As he sat inside the car, his phone rang. Startled he quickly pulled it out and pressed the answer button.

"Hello..." Kai greeted.

"Ha...ha..." There was a loud laugh.

"Who is this?" Kai asked.

"Hello Kai...remember me?" The voice echoed in his ear.

"Wh...who.."? Kai asked nervously.

"Tsk..tsk...too bad. I thought the few weeks we spend together would have been an unforgettable memory for you." The voice spoke again.

"You....." Kai gritted out understanding who it was.

"That's right. It's me. The one you just saw earlier in the parking lot."

Kai looked around scared. There wasn't anyone in the parking lot except him and his bodyguards.

"Relax. I am not going to do anything. If I wanted, you wouldn't be alive now." The voice reminded.

"What do you want?" He asked.

"I don't want anything. But I want you to know something. Your sister was pregnant when she died. Try finding her boyfriend and you will find her killer." The call disconnected before Kai could respond. 

He looked at the phone and stared at it confused. Why didn't his father say anything if Yeri was pregnant during the time of her death? Did he say his sister was killed? Wasn't it an accident? A thousand questions remained unanswered inside Kai.

That evening as expected, one of the police officers investigating Yeri's death came to the Mun's with an autopsy report stating that Yeri was infact pregnant at the time of death. Kai couldn't be more shocked. But he didn't say anything to his father, afraid that he won't believe him or the worse.