𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐑 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒

𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝟓𝟐

The boys already went to sleep, but Yoongi stays on the sofa with the laptop on his lap, a few candles around the living room illuminating the space.

"Shit, shit, shit." he runs a hand through his hair, blowing hard.

"What what what?" Seokjin asks from the kitchen and quickly sits next to him, with two cups of tea. "Here, you shouldn't drink more coffee lest you want to burn your brain."

"Ah—thanks cutie." he takes it and sips right away. "Shit, it burns."

"What happened?" Seokjin asks again, after letting out a soft giggle, taking a look at the screen. "Still no luck? But, wait, isn't that," Seokjin bites his lip, "you found something."

"Yeah, finally. I tracked down all the internet connections of the area and I removed the ones coming from coffee shops and personal residences, but, look," he points at the screen, "there's one connection coming from the factory."

"From the factory?" Seokjin narrows his eyebrows and gets closer to the screen. "I thought it was abandoned and neglected."

"Think about it," Yoongi crosses his legs in a seated position, "they attacked Tae and the kiddo, but those men didn't have weapons, Mimi either. What do you think they were doing there? How could they've known they would come yesterday at that precise hour?"

"Obviously they wouldn't have known unless they were already there."

"That's it. The lab Jungkook talked about? Must be there as well. If we think about the time stamps, even if Jungkook had been knocked out for hours, Mimi couldn't have brought Tae there and then left him in the woods like rubbish in time. Even if they used a car, there's not enough time."

"Unless the factory and the lab aren't too far away from each other." Seokjin concludes, placing the cup down. "Baby, you're a genius!"

Yoongi shrugs a shoulder with a smirk. "Does it still surprise you?"

Seokjin cups his cheeks and kisses it multiple times before he moves to kiss his lips. "So her cave's on the same factory she kidnapped Taehyung?"

"Probably. Someone has to be there for sure, but everything screams Mimi. Even the lab could be there, too."

"Taehyung must know if it's inside the factory or somewhere else. Let's ask him when he comes back."

Yoongi hums. "We should let Joon know," he scratches his hair and checks the hour on his laptop. "Hasn't Tae come back yet? Huh, that's weird. It hasn't taken him too long to come back in a while now."

Seokjin grabs the cup of tea again and takes a sip. "Jungkook told us Taehyung was there with him, when usually Tiger would have taken over. Perhaps it was too much for him, but he'll come back soon, he always does."

Yoongi nods and takes a long sip before working again.

Seokjin stays with him, resting his head on his shoulder. He makes sure Yoongi doesn't overwork himself more than he has already done in the past hours.

* * *

Jungkook's heart drops when a soft pair of brown eyes meet him in the living room the next morning.

Tiger refused to sleep with him because he could sense Taehyung closer, and he would probably wake up the next day, but Jungkook layed next to him until Tiger fell asleep. Either way, Jungkook held onto the hope he would still be here.

"Morning," Seokjin greets him, "did you sleep well?"

Jungkook yawns. "Like always."

He sits on the empty spot, leaning his back on the edge of the sofa for a moment. Seokjin brings him his breakfast, the rest of the boys have already finished eating.

"Jungkookie, did you stay up late yesterday?" Hoseok asks, stealing a bite of his bowl of rice.

"Huh? Oh—I was just tired. A man almost blew my head open two days ago, you know?"

"Does it still hurt?" Seokjin asks coming back to his seat. "We can try to find a doctor of it's necessary."

Jungkook shakes his head. "Thanks."

"Kiddo, eat quick 'cause I've big news."

"Huh?"

"I may or may not have found Mimi." Yoongi smirks proudly.

Jungkook chokes on his food. "You've found who?!"

"When? Why didn't I know about this?" Namjoon calmly inquires.

"Where is she, Yoonie?" Taehyung mutters, holding Jimin's hand.

"Yesterday night, Jin was with me. But let the kiddo eat in peace first, we still have time, the day has just begun."

"What? No," Jungkook protests, "tell us everything right now. I can handle it."

Yoongi shakes his head with a sigh and looks at Seokjin for his approval. The elder nods.

"I found a connection coming from the factory, but we don't know for sure if it belongs to Mimi, but I'm quite sure it is. Who else if not?"

Namjoon nods, rubbing his chin. "It makes sense. It also explains why she was there two days ago."

"Mm-hmm, that's what we said yesterday. Mimi had to be there that moment, Yoongi noticed for what Jungkook told us nor the men nor Mimi had guns. Right, guys?" the detective looks at Taehyung and Jungkook for confirmation.

"Yeah," Jungkook finally says when the other stays quiet. "Kind of suspicious none of them were armed. They must have heard us and took the chance."

"Taetae, I need you to remember something for us." Yoongi softly explains. "Do you think you can do it?"

"What is it about?" he questions in a small voice, Jungkook can barely hear him.

"Jungkook told us you told him Mimi brought you to the lab."

Taehyung hums.

"Do you remember where is it?"

Taehyung nods. "I don't remember it too much, but it's inside the factory," he bites his lips, "but I don't know where exactly."

All of them let out a sight in relief, Yoongi starts to see the light at the end of the tunnel.

"We got her." the hacker states, looking at the leader.

"Well done, petal." he pats Yoong's shoulder.

"So, how are we going to do this? Namunskins, do you have a plan?" Hoseok rests both elbows on the table, cupping his cheeks with his own hands.

Namjoon clicks his tongue. "I think I've an idea."