Saviors

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   "Maybe it's not as bad as you think. They could have fallen asleep in the practice room." Jisoo put in quietly.

   "That's true." Vernon agreed. A couple of the members nodded, but some still looked skeptical.

   "No. I can feel it. They were taken." Seungcheol whispered.

   "Let's go to the practice room and see if they're there. If not, let's go to the police." Jeonghan stated calmly. The members nodded.

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   Seungcheol pushed open the heavy practice room door, tears on his face. Please let me find them. Please. The room was empty. Seungcheol checked every single room, not finding them in any. Finally, he opened the door to Jihoon's studio. No one. The recording booth was empty too. No. Seungcheol sank to his knees and a sob tore out of his throat. We can't let Jihoon go through that again! I'm a failure.

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   "Alright. Can you please explain to me what happened?" Jisoo looked at the faces of Seungcheol and Jeonghan then stepped forwards, realizing they would be unable to tell the police officer what happened properly. They both blamed themselves, Seungcheol blamed himself a bit more, so Jeonghan needed to support him. Jun wouldn't be able to either, his Korean still wasn't the best. It was Jisoo that had to tell the police officer what happened.

   "We... we think that two of our friends have been kidnapped."

   "Sasaeng fans do you think?" The officer asked. Jisoo shook his head.

   "Not... not exactly. If I tell you something about one of our members, will you tell the press about it? He would prefer to keep it a secret."

   "It's possible that information could be leaked, but for an idol, we'll try to be as secretive as possible."

   "Thank you. So, one of our members, Jihoon, or Woozi, as you might know him," the officer nodded, "was sold by his father when he was 11. He... he was used for bad things." The police officer nodded understandingly. "The son of the man that he was sold to wants him back. A lot. We saw... we saw him in public and he made that obvious. When Soonyoung and Jihoon walk home, they told us that it felt like they were being followed. W-we think he took them. Please find them. Please." Jisoo was in tears.

   "I'll get some people on it right away. Do you know anything about the man that may have kidnapped Soonyoung-ssi and Jihoon-ssi?"

   "We know that his name is Minhyuk. I-I don't know about his surname. I could describe him to a police sketch artist." The police officer nodded his head.

   "Come with me. I'll have you talk to someone." Jisoo nodded and turned around.

   "You guys should go back and tell the rest of the members what's happening. I'll meet you guys back at the dorm. I don't think that anyone will want to practice right now." He told Seungcheol, Jeonghan, and Jun. Jun and Jeonghan nodded. Seungcheol stared blankly at the floor and let himself be pulled out of the police station by Jeonghan. Jisoo stared at Seungcheol's back with a sad determination in his eyes, then turned back to face the police officer. He nodded and the officer led him into another room.

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   Jisoo shut the door behind himself with a sigh. His members were all sitting in the living room waiting for him.

   "How'd it go?"

   "What did you say?"

   "What are they going to do?"

   "Woah, slow down everyone." He sat down heavily next to Seokmin on the couch. "I described his face to the sketch artist. They'll run it through some programs with the name Minhyuk. If they get a match, they'll call us. With that information, they should be able to get an address. Then they'll get a warrant to search his house after I identify him as the right guy." The members nodded.

   "How long do you think it'll take Hyung?" Seokmin asked quietly next to him.

   "I'm not sure. It could be a couple of days, it could be a couple of weeks. We just have to sit tight and wait for them to give us a call. They might just call to get some more information, like if they call to ask what path Jihoon and Soonyoung went down. I'm actually expecting them to call and ask about that soon, so I'll walk them down the path once they do." Seokmin nodded and bit his lip. Minghao suddenly burst out crying.

   "I-I don't want J-Jihoon Hyung t-to go through that a-again." He sobbed. Jun rubbed his back and spoke quickly to him in Chinese. Wonwoo, on the other side of Minghao, put his hand on the crying boy's knee.

   "It'll be okay. The police will find them."

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Sorry for such a short chapter, I just want to end it here to torture you all. Muahahahaha! Hope you all still enjoyed!😜