hard like a criminal

7

"Is the plan ready?"
"Yes Lord Brennan Lee Mulligan. Cardinal Clairmont has given us all of the information that we need." said Taemin.
"Perfect. Then..." Brennan rolled his dice while Taemin waited in suspense, "Nat twenty! Go to the palace and take Brian Murphy with you since his attention to detail will be useful. Have Ray, Frank, Jinki, Mikey and Gerard waiting in the car for backup. Make sure you come back with the Princess."
"Yes Lord Brennan." said Taemin.

The Intrepid Heroes drove to the Royal Welsh Palace in complete silence, which was inevitable when all but two of them were being mind controlled. Jinki sat in the back of the van. He wished Emily Axford was there - at least she was more interesting than Brian Murphy.
"Hi," said an emo looking man as he sat next to Jinki, "I'm Gerard."
"I'm Jinki." he said.
"You don't seem like the others." said Gerard.
"I think the others are all being controlled by Brennan with his dice," whispered Jinki, "I only joined because my boyfriend did so I could find out what's wrong with him."
"That's why I joined too. My brother started acting weird and then he told me about these Intrepid Heroes and Lord Brennan and I thought he joined a cult." Gerard whispered back.
"It does seem like a cult." said Jinki.
"Stop talking! You need to focus on the mission!" shouted Brian Murphy from the front of the car. Jinki saw Taemin nodding along and his heart broke a little.

"We're here!" Brian Murphy shouted a few minutes later and they all got out of the car.
"Taemin, we will go to Cardinal Clairmont to go with him to collect the Princess. Jinki and Gerard, you check the palace for guards. The rest of you stay here!" He ordered. The four of them went into the palace and eventually came to an important looking door. The palace was oddly loud that night. "What is this sound? You two go that way and check for guards!" Brian Murphy gestured for Jinki and Gerard to go the opposite way to them.

"I can't believe we're part of this." said Jinki.
"We have to stop them kidnapping the Princess." Gerard added.
"You're right." Jinki agreed.
"Kidnap the Princess?!?" came a voice from along the hall. A blond man ran towards them. "What's going on?"
"Brennan Lee Mulligan has sent his Intrepid Heroes to kidnap the Princess!" Jinki told him.
"Why are you telling him?!?" Gerard asked.
"You said we have to stop them!" Jinki replied.
"Don't worry." said the blonde man confidently, "She's already been kidnapped!"
"WHAT?!?!?"
"Torchwood kidnapped her!" he told them.
"How do you know?!?" asked Gerard.
"I helped!" he confessed.
"What? Who are you?" asked Jinki.
"I'm Prince Jaejin!" he said. "And besides there's a party tonight! There's no way they'll find her!"