MERCENARY 3: Descent into Madness |BTS JIMIN FF|

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'Correction, he might be alive.' Namjoon adds to it. 'Don't get your hopes up for nothing yet. I want it just as badly, but if it turns the other way...'

He's right. We are all desperate, so any slight sign can make us spiral, and none of us are in condition to fight just yet. I am barely in a condition to get out of bed. These two are crippled, and the rest are not mentally ready for anything either. It would be a genuine suicide.

'Where did the signal come from?' I ask

'That's what I'm working on right now. I made them nearly impossible to track in case someone else gets a hold of them. I think I did a bit too good of a job, but I made the things. I'll find where it came from.'

'Kid, one time, just one time, tell us the news without the dramatic pause and the creepy, giggly grin.' Jin almost whined at Gyumin, which only made him laugh

'No can do. Learn to live with it.' Yep. Jungkook 2.0. 'And now for the dramatic reveal... They are close.'

'Okay. How do you know and how close?' Hoseok leans over the back of the sofa, looking at him from above

'Everything has a range, no matter how perfect the design is. So do these babies. Their range is about 35 miles, give or take. About 15 kilometres. Whatever is easier for you to follow.'

'You're telling me they're within 15 kilometres from us?' I squint a little

'Yep. I can't pinpoint it yet because the signal only popped for a split second. It would need to be on for at least 10 for me to find it, so we can only hope whoever used it uses it again, and this time longer. I can track them, but I'm not a magician. I can't create a signal out of nowhere.'

'So all we can do is wait? Is there anything of their's from that list that's in the range?' Jungkook asks, but Namjoon quickly cut that short

'First, we need to heal and strengthen ourselves up. Even if we find something, we can't do a thing. Let's do one thing at a time.' Namjoon says before anyone gets any ideas

'Would it be okay if I started working on trying to find them? Purely so we have some information.' Gyumin asks him

'Go for it. As long as you don't endanger us, do what you want. And keep us updated.'

'No, I thought I'd call them and tell them what I know. Figured I might help my buddies hide before you get to them.' He snorted a little

Not a single one of us knew what to tell him, so we all froze, looking at him in shame and surprise. I don't think we actually had a proper sit-down with him about the things we accused him of. Besides begging for his help, I haven't mentioned it. And based on the rest of their faces, I'd say they didn't either.

'What? I can't joke about it?' He actually panicked and quickly turned to a child with his eyes wide open in fear that he said something wrong

'No, no. We are actually thrilled that you can joke about it. We just thought you'd absolutely despise us and leave once you're all healed up.' Jin spoke first, voicing everyone's thoughts out loud

'Eh.' He waved his hand like he heard this a million times. 'All water under the bridge.'

'I don't think it is. It might be the time to actually talk this out. We did fuck you over, and ourselves in the process. You deserve to know why.' Namjoon spoke now, and the authority in his voice was evident

Looking at Namjoon, Gyumin just mumbled back, 'I was angry. But with everything going down, I think that should be the least of the problems.' 

'Maybe so, but it's one of the rare ones we can solve right now. If you're willing to listen.'