The Monster Under The Bed

9. What In Fresh Hell

"Any sign of him?" Xiumin asks Suho over the phone.

He hears Suho sigh.

"No. Nothing from any of the others either," their leader answers.

"Has anybody tried the cabin? Maybe he went to check up on the boys there. The tall one did have a fever when we moved him," Xiumin suggests.

"No," Suho answers. He sounded upset.

Xiumin didn't blame him. With his uncle and cousin showing up, then Yixing disappearing, if he were in charge he'd be stressed too.

"Suho, it's getting late. Call the others and tell them to go back to the house. I'll check the cabin, then meet you back there."

"What if he's not there?"

"Then we'll come out again tomorrow. I'm sure everyone needs a break, we've been at this all day with no rest."

"I know," the other sighs, "I'll... I'll text them."

"Good."

Xiumin ends the call and makes his way in the direction of the cabin. When he arrives, the door is already open. Yixing must be here. He rolls his eyes and enters.

"Yixing, come on, it's time to go home!" Xiumin calls as he enters wooden structure. No reply. He goes into the room where Kris was locked first. The tall boy was passed out on the floor, sweat shinning on his skin.

"You're still sick?" he mutters, going over to Kris. He feels Kris's face and immediately snaps his hand back. His fingers were burned.

"What in fresh hell is happening to you?" he wonders aloud, blowing a frost on his burnt fingers.

He freezes his hand and touches Kris again, using his power to cool Kris's body temperature. It seems to work a bit, but not enough.

He lifts Kris onto the bed and leaves him there. He moves to Luhan's room and his jaw drops when he sees the state of him.

Luhan was curled up on the floor. His blood was dried on the ground and crusted on his clothes. His face was bruised green and yellow and his leg was crooked. Yixing couldn't have done this.

"Then, who did this?" he wonders aloud. He pulls out his phone and calls Suho. He answers on the second ring.

"Anything?"

"Not exactly," Xiumin answers slowly, "Have any of the others been here?"

"None of us have had time."

"Somebody has been here," Xiumin replies, "And it wasn't Yixing,"  he pauses, "Do Leeteuk and Kyuhyun know about this place?"

"No. I had it built after my dad already died and they were out of the house. What happened?"

"The one with the mind powers is bloody and bruised."

"How badly?"

"Pretty bad. If he was one of the girls, we'd have Yixing heal her so we could continue..."

Xiumin freezes when he realizes what must've happened.

"Whoever did this has Yixing."

"Get out of there," Suho's voice is cold, "I'm sending Jongin right now."

Xiumin obeys Suho immediately. Jongin appears a few moments later with Suho. They all go in together. Kris is still there in his room. But Luhan is gone, bloody drag marks on the ground the only thing indicating he had been there.

"He was here," Xiumin says quietly, a note of thought in his voice.

"Somebody came while you were outside," Suho mutters, "Jongin, teleport Flyboy back to the basement then come back for us."

Jongin nods and disappears. Suho's phone rings and he answers.

"What's wrong Baekhyun?" he asks, placing his thumb and forefinger on the bridge of his nose.

His head shoots up.

"What do you mean Chanyeol hasn't come back yet?" he asks sharply, "He texted back saying he was on his way," pause, "Track his cell. I'll be back soon."

Jongin comes back and teleports them back to the house. Everyone else is already there, including Autumn and Zitao, excluding Leeteuk and Kyuhyun.

"What's going on exactly?" Autumn asks, probably voicing everyone's thoughts.

"Both Yixing and Chanyeol are missing," Suho states, "Yixing since this morning, Chanyeol since after he answered my text to come home earlier."

"Did you check the cabin?" Sehun asks, earning glares from the other boys and a confused look from Autumn and Zitao.

"What cabin?" Zitao asks.

Suho rubs the back of his neck.

"It's mostly for storage," he answers, "We moved the boys from the basement there for safety reasons."

Autumn looks very interested now.

"Safety reasons?" she inquires.

"With Leeteuk and Kyuhyun in the house, I decided it was best if weren't around here. I don't trust those two not to beat the two of them bloody and quite possibly kill them. We're keeping them alive for a reason."

"You killed me," Xiumin hears Zitao murmur. Fortunately, Suho doesn't seem to hear him.

"So, they're still locked up there," Autumn muses, "Did you check?"

"Yeah. We did," Xiumin answers her, "Both of them were there."

"Were there?"

"Flyboy is back in the basement now. The other one...." Suho trails off.

"What happened?" she asks softly. Xiumin frowns, but shrugs off her reaction.

"I stepped outside for a few seconds. When we went back inside, he was gone," Xiumin responds.

"Yixing was kidnapped," Suho tells them all.

"Who would do that?" Baekhyun asks, "Why?"

"I'm not sure," Suho answers, "But I have an idea that it might involve two somebody's who are staying here."

"But they don't know about the cabin."

Suho shakes his head and closes his eyes. He sighs and opens them again.

"Yixing might've been forced to tell them things," he says, "But nothing is confirmed. Right now, I want everyone to pair up. Until further notice, everyone always needs to be with a partner at all times."

Everyone is silent. Slowly, Chen raises his hand.

"What?"

"Does that include in the washroom?"

Autumn nods frantically.

"That's a valid question," she says, pointing to Zitao.

Suho rolls his eyes.

"No, that does not include in the washroom. But everywhere else, in the house or out, be with a partner. Also, no drinking. That makes you vulnerable and that's dangerous."

Everyone nods.

"Who's with who?"

After some talking, Chen was with Sehun, Jongin was with Kyungsoo, and Autumn paired with Zitao. Baekhyun, Xiumin, and Suho were a trio since Xiumin had the biggest room.

"Let's all start settling down," Kyungsoo suggests, "I made food this morning that never got eaten. If any of you are hungry, I can heat it up."

All the boys agree to that. Autumn doesn't, saying that she wasn't hungry. Zitao didn't seem to be either since he didn't say one word of protest as he follows her upstairs.

Xiumin wonders why they were acting weird. Did it have something to do with Luhan and Kris?

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Authors note
And the tension rises. Lol jk, I don't know if that's what's happening, I'm trying.
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(PS. Hehehe haven't had one of these little devils in a while)