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"What?!" I shouted. "Tell Jin to pull the car over. I'm driving."

Hoseok nodded and shut the back window, talking to Jin. Within seconds the van swerved to the curb, startling the pedestrians walking nearby.

I quickly hopped into the driver's seat, Jin taking my place with Yoongi in the truck.

I pulled the car back into the road, speeding past the slow traffic.

"Now where exactly did you last see him?" I asked Jungkook and Hoseok in the back.

"He was by some parking lot. I think there was a grocery shop next to it, but I'm not sure." Jungkook shrugged.

"It was to the left from here." Hoseok added.

"Okay. Hold on tight, I'm about to do something that I really shouldn't." I bit my lip, concentrating on the road again.

After briefly checking the cars to my left, I  slammed my foot down on the gas, spinning past three lanes of oncoming cars. The majority of them stopped before they hit us, causing a domino effect on the vehicles behind them. With the incredibly loud sounds of angry drivers and car horns behind us, we drove down the lane, following it to a pair of red traffic lights, which I of course ignored.

"That's it! On the right here!" Jungkook called.

I checked the right side, seeing a small clearing with a blue parking sign, poorly illuminated by amber street lamps.

"The one with the blue sign?"

"Yeah."

I pulled inside, sighing in relief that I saw that the parking was free.

The lot was mainly empty, apart from a few old and rusting cars and litter. There was no sign of Namjoon.

I parked the car, telling everyone to get out. We stood in a huddle by the truck, whilst I rapidly gave out orders.

"Jin, you watch the truck with Jimin and Taehyung. Just shout us over if something isn't right." They all nodded, and got into the car.

"We'll all look for Namjoon." I gestured to the remaining four of us. "If we have to leave the lot, we'll split into groups. Jungkook and Hoseok, Yoongi and I. Is that alright?"

They all nodded. Hoseok pulled a large torch out of his pocket, turning it on.

At first, we just searched the more obvious places- under cars, behind walls, hidden around corners and more.

But when it had been twenty minutes and we had not even found a clue, I was beginning to give up, and sent Jungkook and Hoseok back to the truck so we could have a final check.

Yoongi and I climbed over the small fence at the back of the car park, leading us into a dark alley, much like the one before. I used Hoseok's torch to search behind trash bags and pales of paper and litter, but this was still no sign of Namjoon.

"Hey Sasha!" Yoongi called quickly from behind me. He was on the other end of the alley, facing some large garbage containers.

I walked over to him, folding my arms. "What is it?"

He nodded to the space behind the container in silence. There was a suspiciously large heap of cardboard and plastic scraps. I carefully pulled away every piece, looking at the crumpled body underneath. It was definitely Namjoon.

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