Sasaeng Sister [In big roles: Sunghoon, Lee Know, skz, Ateez, Jungkook]

Chapter 59

The kidnappers must have baited us into trying to escape, only to have us experience the crushing feeling of getting our hopes up in vain.

We had no chance of getting away since they had guns.

The first man to charge into the hall brandished a rifle.

"Get back in the pool!" he commanded, firing a round of bullets into the ceiling.

Sunghoon stood close to the shooter. He dropped low, his muscles tensing as he sought cover. With a quick scan of his surroundings, he straightened up, his eyes darting as he pivoted around. He was searching for the rest of us to ensure everyone was okay. When he realized the kidnapper had only fired warning shots, he backed away from him, but not toward the pool where we were told to go.

Yeosang hid behind the opened door as another kidnapper entered.

A sea of black masks flooded towards the doorway. Plenty of them ran in the stairway, rushing to the hall to force us back into the pool.

Bang!

The door slammed shut before a third kidnapper could enter. It was Yeosang's doing. He held the door closed, jamming it with his iron pole.

"Don't you dare try anything..." the kidnapper who had entered last growled.

I didn't recognize him at first because he wasn't sporting his cape-like jacket and all the other extravagant attire. The only thing that gave him away was the bird mask. The second kidnapper was none other than the plague doctor himself. He wasn't armed with a gun, as he resorted to using his fists when he attacked Yeosang.

We had a chance against two men and one gun.

If we seized it, at least some of us could get away.

I gripped the branding iron stick and tiptoed toward the armed kidnapper. He wasn't paying attention to me. I approached from his blind spot. He pointed his gun at Sunghoon, then quickly toward Yunho, Hari, Minho, and Jungkook, who had just made it out of the pool.

"GET BACK IN THE POOL!" he roared.

He turned to glance where his men should have been watching his back. I used that moment to swing the branding iron, hitting his fingers.

He groaned.

The AKM rifle flew to the floor, gliding toward the pool. It stopped at the edge and balanced there before splashing into the water.

Okay... We didn't get the gun.

All we could do now was run.

I dashed away from the kidnapper, jogging backward while holding up the branding iron, ready to swing it if he came too close.

My back bumped into Sunghoon.

He grabbed the branding iron.

"Let me."

I didn't want to give away my weapon, but I had to because the kidnapper lunged at us.

As soon as Sunghoon felt my grip loosen around the iron, he lifted it over his shoulder like a baseball bat and swung at the kidnapper's head. The kidnapper dodged, but the 'TrueRealiTy' logo smacked him around his collarbone.

Sunghoon swung the iron again, aiming wherever he could. It connected with the kidnapper's jaw, sending him crashing to the floor, his head hitting the hard tiles.

The man lay sprawled on the ground, seeing stars. He grunted, breathing in shallow sighs.

Sunghoon staggered backward. His foot tangled with its counterpart, and he stumbled.