Devil in the Shadows

Saving the Enemy

Flashback

Minhyuk sat in the common room inside the hospital. He hated it there. But his family insisted that he needed to get treatment for his mental health.

Reporter in the TV : Welcome everyone to another episode of Weekly Updates. Right now I am standing at the spot in Gangnam Bridge where the accident of famous Beauty Expert and Celebrity stylist Miss Yeri Mun happened last week. Last Monday on 11PM a goods truck collided with a car on the bridge. Miss Yeri was driving the car and it is suspected that the victim fell unconscious while driving causing the car to collide with the truck. The truck driver sustained injuries but the car was smashed against the bridge destroying it completely. The identity of the victim was found out after the police collected documents of Miss Yeri inside the destroyed car........

Minhyuk listened intently to the report. The report showed footage of the car destroyed in the accident. Something caught his attention. His face changed completely.

"Hey don't change the channel. I was watching it." Minhyuk told the guy operating the TV.

"You can watch news later. There is a match going on." The guy replied.

"Just give me the damn remote." Minhyuk snarled at the guy and he looked at him smirking.

"What if I don't." He challenged.

Minhyuk yelled and screamed at him to give the remote. But the guy didn't budge. Minhyuk threw a chair at him and walked away scowling.

He entered his room shutting the door loudly behind him. He paced around , thinking. He spent the rest of the day thinking about all the things he saw in the news. At night he decided to come out of the room.

"Can I make a phone call to my family?" He asked one of the caretakers.

"Sure." He replied and handed over the phone to Minhyuk.

Minhyuk quickly dialled a number and held the phone in his ear. Few rings later the phone picked up.

"Uncle....this is Minhyuk...." He quickly looked at the care taker who was pleased to know that he was indeed calling a family member.

"Can you do me a favour?" Minhyuk asked. The rest of the conversation sounded pretty much normal and the caretaker didn't bother to listen further.

A week later, Minhyuk escaped the hospital with the help of Kwan's men.

Kwan welcomed his friend's son into his house whole heartedly.

"Why didn't you call your father son?" Kwan asked as they sipped coffee in the living room of Kwan's private house.

"I don't have to lie to you on that one. I don't trust my father with something like this. He is the reason I was in that prison" Minhyuk replied.

"You are misunderstanding him. I don't want to say anything to bother you but you will eventually learn things." Kwan acted like a sweet uncle. Minhyuk just sighed.

"By the way you said you want my help with something. What is it ?" Kwan asked curiously.

"Ahh yes. I saw a news report a week ago about my sister's death. Something doesn't feel right..." Minhyuk said.

"What doesn't seem right?" Kwan asked wondering what he found out.

"Well first of all my sister never goes anywhere without her driver. She is very bad at driving. Secondly that isn't my sister's car...." Minhyk stated

"How can you be sure? May be she got a new car?" Kwan suggested.

"That's the whole point. My sister has no idea about cars." Minhyuk seemed frustrated. Kwan eyed him suspiciously. He was relieved knowing that he has no idea about who might have done it.

"I can help you find out what happened. " Kwan responded a minute later.

"Thank you uncle Kwan. I knew you would help me." Minhyuk smiled a little and thanked Kwan.

"Robert, make our guest comfortable." Kwan gestured Robert towards Minhyuk, who greeted the guard with a smile.

Robert nodded and took Minhyuk upstairs to the guest room.

Kwan sat in the office room thinking. Robert entered a few minutes later.

"Sir, Mr. Mun is settled in." Robert informed.

Kwan hummed in response. " Keep a close eye on him. He knows too much." Kwan pointed out.

"Yes Sir " Robert replied.

"How did you miss the car Robert?" Kwan asked quietly.

"I didn't Sir. Miss Mun came to the condo in the same car. Besides her driver already identified the car during the investigation." Robert stated confidently. Inside he was nervous. He did instruct Momo on the details but he was afraid something might slip out.

"Hmm..maybe he is in fact mental. Eric already told me that he is suspicious about his mother's death. I think he is connecting the two".Kwan responded still thinking.

"That might be a possibility sir." Robert suggested.

"Alright, off you go. Make sure he doesn't leave the house. We might have to shift him to the warehouse. Give him something to sleep." Kwan ordered and Robert left the room a nod.

End of flashback

Jeongyeon and Bambam quickly moved forward to undo the ties on Minhyuk. But it wasn't easy. The room had two guards inside. They could see Minhyuk from outside but they need to be cautious while getting inside. Minhyuk seemed to be unharmed and sleeping.

Jeongyeon signalled Bambam to get the guard on the right and she will get the one on the left. They wanted to avoid maximum gunshots so that it won't get anyone's attention. In a matter of time the guards downstairs will figure out the reason for the smoke and they are many in numbers .

With quick precise motion both Jeongyeon and Bambam moved together and struck the guards in the neck, finishing them off instantly. They couldn't even utter a single word before they collapsed to the ground. They untied Minhyuk and shook him to wake up. But the heavily drugged guy didn't even budge. Which let them with no other choice to carry him.

Bambam decided to carry Minhyuk on his shoulder while Jeongyeon covered him and found the best route for escape.

As they looked down from the room, Jeongyeon noticed that there is a truck parked at the entrance but to reach there was difficult. The only option with an unconscious Minhyuk was to go down the stairs. She knew this could be fatal. But both Bambam and Jeongyeon weren't ones to backdown from a challenge. They decided to take the stairs.

Bambam handed his glock to Jeongyeon and carried Minhyuk. Jeongyeon stepped cautiously down the stairs. The smoke was still lingering in the air.