The Monster Under The Bed

25. Told You

Autumn struggles against Heechul as he drags her out into the hotel room. Waiting, there was the other man, the one she had hit between the legs, and a few others she didn't recognize. Jongin had been knocked out and tossed over one of their shoulders as if he weighed nothing. Zitao was frozen, his hands held behind his back by another of the men. The poor boy was probably shocked. Some kind of powder had been thrown in Jongdae's face, causing him to fall to the floor, his legs seemingly becoming like putty. Kris was being dragged out by yet another man. He fought against him weakly, as he had still not fully recovered. His eyes stayed on Autumn.

But the most confusing thing to her was that Baekhyun was being held by... Baekhyun. One had a smirk on his face, the other looked terrified.

Heechul presses his body close to hers as he uses one arm to secure her and the other hand to fasten a collar made of the power blocking metal around her neck.

"That's a much better fit," Heechul breathes in her ear, "Although I do admit, you were quite clever earlier in your escape," he pauses, then lowers his voice even more, "But you really should check all the things that could possibly go wrong." He reaches into her pocket and pulls out a small device that had a small red light flashing every few seconds.

"A tracker," Heechul explains, then sighs, "While I love to see my beautiful face, I'm not a fan of seeing it on you. Get over here!" she flinched when he raises his voice. The smirking Baekhyun comes over.

What the hell?

"Coax her into changing back," Heechul orders, opening the collar but not taking it off.

"Imagine your face and body," Baekhyun tells her. She tilts her head, confused.

"Do what he says or else," Heechul growls. His grip in her tightens, making it difficult to breath. She can't help but gasp.

"Okay, okay!"

She closes her eyes and tries to do as Baekhyun says. Heechul removes the contact of the collar from her skin. Baekhyun's advice works slowly, and she gradually feels her frame growing smaller, her hair growing longer, and her facial features changing, along with some other things.

"Good girl," Heechul purrs, stroking her hair. She grimaces but says nothing.

This man is disgusting.

"Let's go!"

Heechul wraps his other arm around her as two of the men who weren't holding anything go over and open the window. The one holding Zitao goes first. He hands the scared boy to one of the men who wasn't holding anyone, climbs out, then reaches back and pulls Zitao behind him.

The process of this continues with the others. Kris gives her a look of concern and fear before being pulled out the window.

She and Heechul are the last to go. He doesn't need anyone to hold onto her, as she was smaller than any of the boys. Heechul wasn't too tall, but he had no trouble pulling himself and her through the window single-handedly. He hauls her over to a Jeep Cherokee and ties her in the front seat, hands behind her.

"Where are the others?" she demands as he starts the car and pulls it out if the lot.

"They're okay," Heechul answers, then mumbles with a small smirk, "For now."

He turns up the music in the car. She doesn't know how long they drive. Only that it's long enough to lull her to sleep.

She awakens when she is abruptly lifted up bridal style by Heechul. She squeals when he adjusts her and she can't hold on. He laughs at her.

"Don't you trust me not to drop you?"

She shakes her head.

"Never."

He shrugs and starts to walk. She bites the inside of her cheek and watches where he was going. Before them was a rock wall. Heechul approaches it, not stopping. She gasps when he walks through it.

"Shindong's power is reality distortion," Heechul says to no one in particular, "The wall wasn't really there."

There is a loud, clear scream. It echoes throughout the cave. She recognizes it immediately.

"SUHO!" she screams, twisting herself out of Heechul's arms. She gets up and runs as fast as she can with her arms tied behind her back to the source. She comes to a door. It's locked.

The door opens after she bangs on it twice. To her surprise and dismay, Kyuhyun is the one answering the door. He smirks down on her.

"Well hello Autumn," he greets, "You seem a little tied up at the moment."

"To hell with your puns Kyuhyun," she hisses, "What are you doing to Suho?"

'Would you like to see?"

He steps aside and her jaw drops. Suho was bleeding on the ground, stakes sticking out of his body. Yixing was tied up to a chair with his eyes stapled open. He must've been being forced to watch. Tears and blood mix on his face.

Before she can move in though, she is grabbed again. Heechul drags her to a cage, where several forms were crouched.

"Autumn!" she hears Zitao shout as Heechul opens the cage. He unties her hands, then pushes her roughly to the ground.

"It's a family reunion!" Heechul cheers.

He receives no response other than Zitao running over to her. He helps her up and pulls her over to where Luhan and Kris were. Kris was passed out on the floor beside Luhan. She looks around.

Everyone was here except for Suho, Yixing, and Sehun. Although, she didn't expect Sehun to be here. She grimaces at the thought of his betrayal.

Speaking of the devil, Sehun joins Heechul along with several others.

Cries of alarm are heard around the cell upon seeing Sehun. But ironically, none of them looked upset to see the traitor. Baekhyun, Chen, and Jongin look relieved, everyone else looked surprised.

"How--?" Chanyeol starts, then gets up and runs over to the younger. Sehun chuckles, then his face begins change just before Chanyeol can reach him. An unfamiliar male is standing in Sehun's place.

"Henry?!" Xiumin exclaims, his eyebrows lifted.

"It-it was you?" Kyungsoo tilts his head. She could see his eyes filling with tears.

"Yup!" the man, Henry, replies.

"I..." Xiumin's voice cracks, "I strangled Sehun for something he didn't do?"

"Nope, it was all me."

Chanyeol whirls on the older.

"We told you!" Chanyeol shouts, "We told you he was innocent. You didn't listen to us! And now he's worse off then death!"

Chanyeol breaks down, squatting into a ball and rocking back and forth. She can hear his soft sobs.

"We'll be back later!" Heechul calls as the two of them leave.

How are we going to get out of this one?

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Authors note
Bam! Well that happened. In case anyone is still confused, Henry's power is shapeshifting. @Claire_Not, thank you!
Also, the next chapter is, if all goes according to plan, the last chapter for this book! Since I have almost no creativity when it comes to artsy stuff, I want to propose a contest. I need a cover for the next book, which shall be called
The Monster From The Shadows
If you're interested, pm me and I'll send you my email so you can send me submissions.
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