Chapter NINETEEN

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"Hello, WYE team's Jessica Jung speaking."

"Jessica unnie! I needed to tell you this but I couldn't before because of Sooyoung unnie. Yoona unnie went to find Gyuri unnie. Onew oppa phoned. The building. There's a bomb. She's in danger!" 

Jessica didn't catch a single word she said for there was too much panic in her voice and she had said it all too quickly.

"Seohyun! Slow down. What are you talking about? What building?" she yelled back but before she got an answer, Tiffany ran up to her with an urgent expression. 

"Jessica, someone phoned in saying that there is a bomb in a building and everyone is evacuating as we speak. The police force is informed and from what they said, Onew is the only one on site at the moment," she reported hurriedly. Jessica dropped the phone and it dangled feebly on the edge of the desk. Her whole body was frozen in fear.

And Yoona is inside that building. 

Without another word, they both sprinted out.

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"GET OUT! MOVE!" Onew shouted at the residents, beckoning them to move as quickly as possible before the bomb exploded. Screams and shouts filled the streets as a enormous crowd rushed out onto the roads. The police had been contacted but there wasn't enough time to wait for them to arrive.

With less than three minutes left, chaos was the only word fit to describe what was happening. People ran and screamed and those who didn't know what was happening joined them. They didn't need an invitation to tell them that they were in danger. 

"DON'T STOP. KEEP RUNNING!" Onew continued to shout. Cold sweat poured down as he directed everyone to escape. 

"Onew!" 

He swerved and dread took over his entire body. Luna ran to meet him, her expression filled with worry.

"What's going on? Where were you? I was so afr-"

Onew stopped her, gripping her tightly on her shoulders.

"There's a bomb and there's no time. Please just run," Onew begged as he forced something into her hands and he pushed her violently away. 

"What about you?!" she yelled at him through tears, stumbling back.

"JUST RUN!" he shouted at her and Luna had never seem him like this. Her movement showed hesitation but she ran just as he instructed. Onew was panting in desperation knowing what would happen in a matter of minutes. He was not stupid. The reason all the doors were locked were not to hide something but to prevent escape. His hands clenched into fists, his police ID around his neck. This was his job, this was his duty. He could not run away. He could only run to it. 

Onew looked at Luna's retreating back one last time and forced himself to turn away before sprinting back towards the building. 

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She was late. Yuri blamed the person she tried to get a ride from. There wasn't much of a choice when Yuri had no cash whatsoever. Sure, she could draw out a gun or two to threaten the taxi driver to move but that would mean attention which at the moment Yuri didn't want. So instead, she only asked for the attention of one person. A girl in fact, one who had just been ditched by her boyfriend and was all too willing to vent that anger in another form of release. Yuri was ashamed – for once in her whole life she might add – to have said the things she did to lure the poor girl in.

But nonetheless, Yuri got her ride, free and unscathed though after a super long speech to convince the driver that she should wear more and go home. Yuri pulled down her baseball cap that hid her face as she trudged as fast as she could to where she was instructed to meet Gyuri. The streets were filled with more people than usual and more than one had bumped into her as they ran. 

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