The Monster Under The Bed

12. Hunters Instinct

Jongin wakes up to Kyungsoo shaking his shoulder. Jongin opens his eyes, glances at the clock, and burrows his face in the pillow.

"Go away, it's four in the morning."

"Jongin, you have to wake up," Kyungsoo whispers, "Kyuhyun killed the girl last night."

"Wait until a reasonable hour to wake me up," Jongin grumbles, not moving.

"You have to go get a new one," Kyungsoo informs.

"I will later," Jongin whines, "I want to sleep. I need to sleep. I will be cranky all day if I don't sleep."

"You will likely be yelled at by Suho and possibly beaten by Leetuk in private if you continue to sleep."

"Let them yell and beat me. I'm not getting up," Jongin mumbles stubbornly.

Kyungsoo sighs and seems to leave. Jongin hears the water running in the bathroom, but thinks nothing of it until Kyungsoo dumps a bucket of water on his head. Jongin shoots up and out of bed, coughing and sputtering.

"What the hell?" Jongin exclaims, glaring at Kyungsoo, who puts a finger on his lips.

"Shh, Autumn and Zitao are sleeping next door."

"As they should be," Jongin grumbles, shaking the water out of his still black hair.

Suho made him keep dying it, saying that he, Sehun, and Zitao were going to go back to school once everything was settled.

"If you don't have a replacement by the time the sun rises, you're going to get in trouble."

"Why?"

"Suho's too stressed right now. One more thing, and his head might blow up or something. Kyuhyun killed the girl, our stress reliever. He'll probably whine to Suho, who will be upset because the girl is dead and he doesn't have something to release himself on. When he gets upset, he'll come to you and yell at you. You'll say you didn't know that she was dead, Kyuhyun will probably say you're lying and that you killed her. You can probably figure out what happens after that."

Jongin sighs and nods. He paws over to his closet, chooses some new clothes, then proceeds over to the washroom and grabs a towel to dry himself off. He puts on new, dry clothes and walks out to see Kyungsoo stripping the sheets of his soaked bed.

"You can sleep on my bed when we get back," Kyungsoo informs, "I'll join you after I throw these in the dryer."

Jongin rubs his eyes and nods, yawning as he exits his room. Bumping straight into Leetuk.

"Where are going this early in the morning?" the older man asks.

"I have to get a new girl," Jongin yawns.

"This early?" Leetuk questions.

"That's what I said!" Jongin says, then shakes his head, "Suho might need a new girl and I want one to be there when he does."

"Why would he need a girl?"

"A stress reliever. All the crap that's going on might become to much. With Yixing missing and now Chanyeol is gone..." Jongin trails off.

"Has Autumn ever gone with you on one of these trips?" Leetuk asks, Jongin let's out a short laugh.

"No, she and Zitao don't really get involved in stuff like this."

"Why not?"

"She doesn't want to, he has the courage of a mouse."

"She doesn't want to?"

"She tends to keep to herself."

"Then how do you know where her loyalties lie?"

He thinks back to when he saw her going to the basement. Ever since then, she hadn't gone down there. At least, he didn't think she had.

"She hasn't done anything to displace our trust yet."

"Yet, keyword," Leetuk replies as Kyungsoo walks out.

"Are you ready to go?" Jongin asks Kyungsoo, who nods.

"You two are going together?"

Kyungsoo and Jongin nod.

"I always go with a partner," Jongin explains.

"Why don't you go with Autumn?"

The two younger boys look at each other.

"Autumn's never done this before, and--" Kyungsoo starts.

"This is a perfect opportunity for her to start," Leetuk comments, "And prove that she belongs here."

Jongin glances at Kyungsoo who sighs.

"I'll go wake her up," he informs, going to the next door down and entering. A few moments later Autumn comes out with a grumpy look on her pretty face. Fortunately, she has already dressed up accordingly.

"Let's just go," she grumbles. Jongin hurriedly grabs her arm and teleports into a city.

"What exactly are we doing?" Autumn yawns, "Kyungsoo just said we needed to go out."

How clever of him.

"You know how I took you and you were locked in that cage?"

She nods, obviously bored.

"We're, well I'm, going to get a new one," Jongin tells her quickly. Her eyes widen but he quickly continues talking, "You don't have to do any work."

"Then why am I here?" she asks, her voice probing she's on the verge of panicking, "I don't want to be involved."

"Leetuk needs you to prove where your loyalties lie. This to him is proving yourself."

She sighs and runs a hand through her hair.

"Fine," she mumbles, "Let's just get this over with."

Jongin smiles at the thought. No matter how early it was, the thrill of finding a girl never went down. He looks around and sees a club open down the street.

"Let's go in there," he orders eagerly, grabbing her wrist and running to it.

He teleports inside. The people dancing and the music causes him to become a hunter. His grip on her wrist loosens and he wanders through the crowd. His eyes lock on a girl dancing with a few of her friends. He instinctively knows that she's the one.

He approaches her.

"Hey," he shouts over the music, she turns to him and smiles flirtatiously, "Can I buy you a drink?"

"Sure babe," she replies, her words slightly slurred.

He smiles at her and leads her over to the bar. By the end of the night, she is very drunk.

"Do you want me to take you home?" he offers.

"Such a gentleman," she slurs out, "I would love for you to come to my home. I have a bed there."

He laughs and asks for her address.

This was too easy.

He teleports her to the cage and leaves her there. He then transports to Yixing's room and grabs the usual clothes they put on the girls, then goes back to the cage and redresses her.

He goes back to his room and starts to drift to sleep on Kyungsoo's bed.

Am I forgetting something?