WHO IS X? - NCT [ ✔ ]

five

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"what is this?" jaemin asked himself. "does this mean mark hyung is next?" jaemin quickly went out of the room and ran to his friends. as he run down the stairs, he tripped. he groaned in pain as he felt pain in his ankle.

"are you okay?" jeno asked as he walked near jaemin. "yeah, i twisted my ankle though" jaemin said as jeno helped him get to the sofa. "what happen to you?" mark asked.

"he fell down the stairs" jeno answered. jaemin held on the tissue with the paper in it tightly thinking whether he should tell them or not.

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meanwhile at the hospital. yuta's wound was taken care of immediately, it was deep enough to suffer blood loss but a good thing that they stopped the bleeding before it gets worse. they were told that it would take about atleast weeks to get it healed.

"how did the killer get inside, when the house is secured?" jaehyun asked, starting a topic. "and how did he know where we at" he added. taeyong was quiet, they were outside yuta's room. his eyes widened, "wait, does that mean?" he faced jaehyun, who also realized what taeyong was thinking.

they quickly ran to the exit. once they arrived, taeyong banged on the door as it was locked. "are you guys okay?" he yelled. "mark!"

"JENO! OPEN THE DOOR!" jaehyun yelled. they then heard glass shattering inside and some furnitures being broken.

"jaehyun step back" taeyong said and kicked the door down. the living room was empty and trashed. they heard a gun shot and ran upstairs, this time jaehyun kicked down the door. they saw mark and the others at the corner. mark was at the front holding a gun.

they quickly went to them and helped them up. "are you injured?" jaehyun asked helping jisung up last. he shook his head unable to speak. taeyong went near him and gave him a hug patting his back. "breathe jisung" taeyong felt his body shaking and his breathe unstable.

mark wasn't moving. he just stood there, jaehyun went near him and took the gun out of his hand. he pulled him for a hug and patted his back. "it's okay, it's over." mark hugged him back tightly. "you did good, mark. i'm proud of you" jaehyun said.

"just in case something happens, taeyong and i hid a gun on the drawer. use it" jaehyun said before leaving to the hospital awhile ago.

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after the incident that happened that night. nothing happened, there was no sign of the killer anymore. they made a celebration party for yuta after a week he got discharged.

they went to beach and did everything together. they went swimming, had barbecue and played games. though yuta stayed in the room when they were about to play games since it might open his wound so he decided to just watch them.

after a long day, they prepared their dinner. taeyong noticed that mark was nowhere to be seen, "i'll go look for mark, you guys start eating" taeyong said and the others nodded.

he went to the places where they were awhile ago. he went to the beach and saw a figure, "mark!" he called. his eyes widened as he saw a guy beside mark holding a knife. he couldn't move, he wanted to run to him but his legs were failing him. 'move!' he thought.

the guy smirked at him, with that he ran to mark's direction. the guy ran away, taeyong fell to the sand he caught mark. "no, no, no. fuck, mark i'm sorry. stay with me okay?" he said. mark coughed up blood. the wound was deep, taeyong took his jacket off and placed it on his wound.

"jaehyun! help!" he yelled. jaehyun furrowed his eyebrows, "is someone calling me?" he asked jeno beside him. "jaehyun!!" jaehyun didn't hesitate this time and ran to where he heard the voice. taeyong saw jaehyun and the others came near him. "hyung!"

"what happened?" jaehyun asked as he knelt beside mark. taeyong calmed himself down, "mark got stabbed. jaehyun, he was in front of me, and i.. i-"

"i'll go follow him" jaehyun saw a figure not far from them ran to follow him. he saw the guy as he stopped to catch his breathe. jaehyun took out the gun he was keeping on his shorts and shot the guy on his lev.

he fell but quickly got up, he limped his way and hid. jaehyun let out a frustated sigh and ruffled his hair as he lost him.

as jaehyun came back to taeyong and mark, mark was already unconscious. jaehyun just stood in his place as tears started to form in his eyes.

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mark's body was taken back to canada after his parents found out about what happened.

they took mark away, they watched as the ambulance left. taeyong took something out of his pocket, jaehyun looked at it. he let out a sigh, "just when we thought it's over he decided to kill on a day where we're relieved and okay" he said. taeyong nodded.

but what bothered them more was what written on the paper, park jisung.

TO BE CONTINUED