27. Not Very Hero Like

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Jisung follows behind the two brothers, his flashlight darting to either side of the tunnel as he read the graffiti. Apart from the smell and art, it was surprisingly clean.

"I thought you said this was a sewer?" He pipes up. Eun turns around and starts walking backwards.

"Well, it was, but I guess it's unused now." He spins back and they continue in silence until Jae freezes. The youngest bumps into him and stumbles back.

"Why'd you stop?" He stepped around and gasped at what he saw. A giant hole in the floor stopped their path, an endless looking abyss that stretched nearly 3 meters wide. The group stood there, examining the area and trying to come up with a way to get across.

"We could jump?" Jisung suggests, looking between the two.

"Do you really think you could make that jump?" Eun says sarcastically making his brother laugh. The youngest huffs and walks back a few meters while the other two make fun of his idea. He scrapes his feet on the ground before pushing off and running towards the hole.

The boy leaps off the edge, flying through the air. He can feel his body falling through the space around him, eventually landing on his stomach on the other side, his legs hanging down. Jisung scrambles to get a grip as he slides until he's just holding on by his hands.

"Jisung what the fuck!" Jae yells from behind, bringing a smile to the boy's lips. He pulls out his dagger and lifts it up, slamming it into the concrete ledge and using it to help pull his bodyweight up. Once he is up, he lays back on the floor, breathing heavily and smirking at the shocked brothers.

"Your turn." He says out of breath as he sits up and dangles his feet over the edge, now steadier. The two look at him angry and unsure until Eun backs up and takes a running leap. He reaches for the ledge but can't reach, almost falling into the darkness when his arm is caught by the youngest.

Jisung pulls him up with ease, watching as the other looks at them nervously. Jae takes a deep breath, moving back just as the others had. He starts to run, but instead of jumping across he leaps to the left wall, using his foot to spring off it and land on the other side, dropping and rolling at the impact.

They all stand up with Eun shooting dirty looks at the other two before they start walking again. His boyfriend winces when he takes a step, pulling up his hoodie to see multiple large bruises starting to form on his stomach.

He jogs to catch up to the two brothers who had walked ahead. Jae nudged the elder and nodded to something in front of them, going unnoticed by the younger. He catches up to them and they keep slowly making their way to their destination.

After a couple minutes the eldest of the group pulls his brother back, surprising and confusing the other as he stands alone in the darkness ahead of them. Before he can speak, Jisung feels a sharp pain in his side and leg, collapsing at the feeling. The other wall is littered with knives as he watches, realizing what happened.

Jisung looks down, seeing a blood stain forming on his hoodie and pants, two knife handles sticking out from his skin. He gasps and looks up as the other two come running to him, acting as if they had no idea this was going to happen.

Jae pulls out bandages from the small bag he was carrying, instructing the youngest to lay down as he pulls out the dagger in his leg and wraps it quickly. He soon moves to his side, doing the same thing after lifting up his jumper.

The boy is then helped up to stand again and quickly ushered to continue walking with them as time was running out. Luckily for him, the knife blades were short and hadn't hit anything major. They just hurt, that was all.

He stumbles after the two and gets surprised when he sees an opening that they are near. It leads to a big room with a skylight for the moonlight to filter through, illuminating the place with a soft, blue glow. Other than a few boxes and a staircase leading to an unknown area, the place was empty.

"The room we want to lure him into is upstairs, next to the one we believe he lives in." Eun says as he takes his gun out and heads to the stairs. He leads the way and the three make it to the top and start walking down a hallway. Music can be heard through a particular door that they pass on their way to another room.

Jisung turns away for second before hearing two sets of screams and turning back to see neither of the other two anywhere.

"Eun? Jae?" He calls out frantically, starting to run down the hall, opening all the doors and searching for them.

"Shit, he must have taken them. Was this all a trap?" He whispers to himself. The boy heads to another door, flinging it open and seeing Minho sitting by a window. He turns to him and smirks.

"Did you take them?" Jisung asks as he steps forward.

"No, not yet. Why? Did they leave you behind again?" The elder asks with a teasing pout before smirking again and standing up. 

"Since your here though, I might as well kill you now." The boy looks at him with wide, fearful eyes. Minho steps forward again, only stopping when the other raises a dagger in his shaky hand. His eyes glance at Jisung's injuries before he grabs his wrist and spins the younger into himself, holding his own weapon to his neck.

"Come out you fuckers or your little boyfriend dies!" He yells into the room. A silence falls over the place for many minutes bringing tears to the boy's eyes.

They didn't care. 

If he survived or died, they wouldn't mind.

This was their plan, for him to die and then attack.

Of course they had lied.

But they didn't know one thing.

"What are we going to do. They aren't showing up." He whispers to the elder.

"I have a plan, but it's going to hurt." He replies, eyes still scanning the room.

"What is it?" Jisung asks, twisting his neck to look into the other's eyes.

"I'm going to cut your neck lightly and throw you to the side. You have to play dead since that's probably the only reason they would turn up. Are you okay with that sweetheart?" Minho explains. The boy nods, bracing himself.

One swift movement and his neck is burning, his body falling to the floor as he hears the noises of footsteps and shouting. Gunshots sound everywhere but all he can focus on is the bright pain and the urge to touch the fresh wound.

His arm and hip hurt from the fall, they hit something on the way down, but he isn't sure what. After a few minutes, he opens his eyes slightly to see the fight. Both brothers were bleeding from multiple spots and losing heavily.

They turned to one another, speaking before they both started to try and escape.

"Wait! I'm alive!" Jisung calls out for them, the last of his trust and love breaking when Eun throws a glance at him as he runs out the door with Jae. He feels his body being lifted up and soon sees Minho's face close to his, the boy now being cradled in the elder's lap.

"They left me behind." He croaks out. "They left me to die." A hand strokes his face.

"I know. But know you have me. All of me." His voice was soothing and gentle smile comforting. He lifts Jisung up, carrying him out of the room and through some more doorways into the dark night.

"Let's get you home sweetheart."




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