The Monster Under The Bed

22. Traitor

Sehun glances at Leetuk and the others as the phone rings. Chen picks up on the second ring.

"Hello?"

"Chen?" Sehun asks, lacing his voice with fake panic.

"Sehun, where are you? Are you okay? How did you get out?" Chen's flurry of questions is stopped by a female voice telling him to slow down. Autumn.

"I-I'm okay," he fake stutters, "I jumped out the window when I heard Xiumin shout outside my door followed by a bang. I used my power to slow my descent. I'm hiding in the woods, I found a cave."

"Sehun, can you meet us in the city tomorrow?"

Sehun looks at Leetuk, who nods in approval. He smirks.

"I-I'll try, where do I need to go?" he asks innocently.

"Meet me at Xiumin's Cafe."

"What time?"

"Tomorrow morning at ten," she answers.

"I'll meet you there."

🔼🔼🔼🔼

Chen ends the call with a frown.

"What's wrong?" Baekhyun asks.

"Sehun didn't ask to meet us tonight," he states, "While Sehun doesn't get scared easily, when he is, he turns into a big baby. And this, a home invasion, would probably frighten him quite a bit. Enough to make him beg to come pick him up."

"Hmm," Autumn hums, then rolls her head, "Let's find a motel. Give me Yifan."

Zitao carefully situates the tall, now dressed, scrawny boy on her. She uses Luhan's power to hold him up. His skin was still hot, but it had definitely cooled down since she had gotten him out of the basement. He needed food though. She'd worry about that when they were all safe.

Eventually, after wandering for a while, they came upon the motel that Autumn, Luhan, Zitao, and Kris had stayed at when they first ran. They rent two rooms next to each other. Much to the dismay of Zitao, he was rooming with Baekhyun and Jongin, while Autumn was with Chen and Kris.

The first thing Autumn does when they get to their room is lay Kris down on one of the two beds. He lets out a small moan, which to her was a good sign. She pulls the blanket over his body and adjusts the pillow to his neck was propped up in line with his shoulders.

She turns to see Chen staring at her from the opposite bed.

"What?" she asks.

"He called me an electric chicken," he mutters, "And he stripped me naked and tied me up after an unfair fight."

"No different than what you did to him, Luhan, and Z," she replies, "You'll just have to get over it until we figure this out."

"Everytime I look at him, I hear his voice making fun of my power. Just like my parents did. Just like the kids did," Chen whispers, then lowers his head, "I'm sorry. The memories just... aren't pleasant. I'll get over it the longer I spend with him. I promise, I won't cause problems unless he does."

She comes over to him and sits next to him, leaning her head on his shoulder.

"I understand Chen-Chen," Autumn tells him, "And thank you."

She feels him nod. Her stomach growls.

"Wanna come with me to get food?" she asks, "I'm hungry, I'm sure Baekhyun is as well and Yifan obviously needs food."

"Sure. What do you want to eat?"

"Soup."

Chen gets up and brushes himself off.

"Let's go get food then."

The pair exit the room and walk out of the motel. They pass a bunch of street vendors, some of which Autumn buys from, and head to a nearby grocery store. They find several kinds of soup that had been fresh made and were still warm. They buy a larger bowl and also some paper bowls and plastic cutlery before she teleports the two of them back to the hotel room.

Chen takes care of setting up the food while she went to check on Kris. His fever had gone down a bit more, his skin was no longer burning to the touch. He lets out a small moan and moves a bit.

"Yifan," she whispers hopefully, "Yifan, wake up please."

He moans again and she sees his eyelids fluttering. A little more probing and he might open them.

She gently nudges his shoulder, and sure enough, his eye flutter open. The brown orbs can't seem to focus on her and instead flit all around. She touches his forehead and he jerks. He must've not noticed her.

"Yifan," she whispers, aware of Chen watching her, "Yifan, it's me Autumn."

Yifan's eyes fill with tears and he tries to open his mouth, but all that comes out is a dry croak and some coughing. Chen taps her on the shoulder, offering a cup of water.  She takes it, then sees fear rising in Kris's eyes. His head swivels back and forth between her and Chen.

"Yifan, you don't have to be scared," she soothes, "I promise I'll explain everything. But for now, just drink the water."

To prove it was safe, she takes a sip of it before offering him some. He tries to sit up but fails. She stiffles a small laugh when a red flush makes its way across his pale cheeks.

"Chen, can you...?"

He doesn't need her to finish before he does what she asks, moving behind Kris and helping him sit up. She adjusts her body so she can use one hand behind his head and one hand to give him the water.

He drinks it quickly. Autumn then discards the cup and, using Suho's power, makes a snake of water from the faucet in the washroom to Kris's mouth. He eagerly drinks it, not seeming to even stop to breath.

When he finally stops, he is twitching. She recognizes the signs.

"Chen can you take him to the washroom?" she asks, Chen nods and helps Kris up, half carrying Kris across the room, kicking the door shut.

A few moments later, the toilet flushes and the pair come out.

"Yifan," she asks, "Are you hungry?"

"Y-yes," he croaks, she smiles at him.

"I'll get you some food."

🔼🔼🔼🔼

Sehun is curled up in one if the corners alone. Yixing felt bad for him. He was just trying to help a friend.

"We brought more friends!" Heechul announces. He is followed by two others, who are each holding one person. Yixing recognizes the two as Zhou Mi and Ryeowook. To his dismay, Yixing also recognizes the two they were holding. Xiumin and Kyungsoo.

The pair is thrown into the cell and the door shuts behind them. Chanyeol immediately runs over and helps them both up. Sehun looks up, then gets up and runs over. He is about to wrap his arms around Xiumin, but the oldest growls and wraps a hand around Sehun's neck, slamming the younger into the wall and knocking the wind out if him.

"You traitor!" he shouts, his grip tightening. Sehun chokes and claws at Xiumin's hand and arm. But Xiumin doesn't let go.

🐢🐢🐢
Authors note
Oh my gosh guys. The end is near, dun dun dun!
This story will probably be ending at around chapter 30. And then the third book will start! Anyone have any titles that start with 'The Monsters' or 'The Monster'? If you do, comment because that would be so useful. 'Kay thanks.
Vote and Comment! (and don't kill me lol)