Wanted | Im Jaebum

Mission 5: It Starts With A Bang!

Jaebum couldn't believe his ears. His heart began to panic, but he quickly put his hand on his chest, telling it to calm down.

Jackson saw Jaebum holding onto his chest in the crowd, "Jaebum," Jackson spoke in his earpiece, "Are you okay?"

"Y-Yeah." Jaebum replied.

The crowd's applauses echoed throughout the room and so did their murmurs.

The president gave a signal to Jinyoung signalling him to come up the podium. Jinyoung ever so proudly walked up the stage and shook the president's hand as he smiled from cheek to cheek.

Before Jinyoung could speak, he held his hands up in the air to catch everyone's attention. When everyone was quiet, Jinyoung began to speak.

"Hello, my name is Jinyoung Park." He began, "and I cannot tell you how honoured I am to be speaking to you all right here and right now."

"My father once told me, to do great things." He paused.

Before Jinyoung could continue, something caught his eye.

He saw Jaebum.

The two had eye contact for a few more seconds. Jaebum seemed to already know his plan.. But did he really?

"Jackson," Jaebum said, "Get ready for anything."

Jackson listened in carefully in his earpiece. He was becoming worried but he was already starting to prepare himself for whatever was going to happen.

Jinyoung did nothing but turn his head towards the front and snicker, "And I believe this is the thing I'm going to make greatness out of."

Suddenly, all was dark. The whole crowd gasped and screamed in surprise.

"Jackson!" Youngji quickly called out as she kept turning around, trying to locate Jackson in the dark.

"What just happened?" Jackson asked loudly in his earpiece.

"I don't know! But I'm turning on the lights right now." Youngjae said in his earpiece.

"I'm scared.." Youngji quivered.

Jackson quickly held Youngji in his arms tightly, "It's okay. It was probably some technical difficulties."

When the lights turned back on, the podium was empty. The crowd only gasped in horror.

Based on what Youngjae was seeing on his computer screen, he could only mouth out the words, "What the.."

The president was missing!

All the body guards onsite was already sweeping the area, searching for the president.

"Yah!" Jaebum hissed in his earpiece, "Youngjae I want you to search all the surveillance cameras right now!"

"Jaebum where are you?" Jackson asked.

"All the surveillance cameras are down!" Youngjae exclaimed.

Hearing Youngjae's response, Jackson only had one solution, "We need to abort the mission."

"No-" But before Jaebum could finish, he saw Jinyoung staring straight at him behind a corridor in the corner of the room.

"Jackson, cover for me." Jaebum ordered, "I'll call you in when I need help."

Jinyoung seemed to have given him a scoff and went through the corridor, in which Jaebum decided to follow.

Jaebum took his earpiece off and placed it in his pocket. Now all Jackson could hear from his earpiece was a static noise. "Y-Yah!" He hissed into his earpiece. "Youngjae, give me eyes on Jaebum." He ordered.