The Perfect Secret: Whistleblower (Complete)

Chapter Twelve

After dealing with Zion, for nearly three hours, I decided that we would keep him alive for a while longer. Maybe Zion can be of good use? Though I choked him with the rope, at least, 20 times before he passed out, Zion kept fighting for his life. Waking him with a splash of ice cold water, on his face, I soon went right back into torturing him again. I pulled every toenail off every one his toes with the pliers, branded him with the warehouse's hot iron burner and scalped him, a few times, with my switch blade. Even after all of that, Zion continued to refuse answering our questions. 

Torturing him became boring once he stopped fighting back. There was no challenge if he just sat there in silence and took the pain. Hoseok thought it was best to just call it quits for the day. Due to Zion's choice to keep the information a secret, I thought he would enjoy spending a long weekend in the storage room of the warehouse; until I wanted to go back for questioning. Since the warehouse is empty during weekends and holidays, I'm not worried about Zion being found. Though he isn't chained up, he is still too weak and physically damaged to be able to do anything. Zion can't even call for help, if he tried.

Before I left the warehouse, I contacted some old friends for a little help. The gang needed a few more recruits in order to go against our enemy. Jiyong's gang is way bigger, in numbers, and they have way more connections than we do. I didn't want to risk getting Taehyung and Jin involved, any more than what they already are. Besides, they aren't really the 'gangbanger' type. It was best just to search for people who have connections or know others with connections and don't mind fighting for their lives. 

So far, Mark, Jaebum, Zico, DEAN and Yugyeom have agreed to help us out. In my eyes, these boys are good choices for many reasons. Jaebum, especially, is a good choice since he has the muscle. Just like with Jimin and I, Mark and Yugyeom are still in school. Whatever plans I make will have to fit into our 'every day teenage life' schedules. Speaking of plans, being that we have the address of a location where Choi is said to be held, I would like to head to that area sooner than later. First, I needed to see how Ji-won was doing.

Earlier, YoonGi and Namjoon left Ji-won at the house of an underground surgeon, YoonGi knows. YoonGi wasn't able to get in contact with the surgeon, while we were busy so; Jimin, Hoseok and I are heading there to see what's going on.

"We will be there soon," Hoseok said, "YoonGi says that this guy is pretty amazing. I'm sure Ji-won pulled through."

I mumbled, "I hope so, Hoseok. I really do."

"Can we trust YoonGi?" Jimin suddenly blurted out, "He is close to Namjoon, who we all can see has changed. What if YoonGi decides to lean more to Namjoon's side?"

Hoseok replied with, "We don't even know what Namjoon's problem is yet. Though I'm suspicious of him, I can't really say or prove that Namjoon is up to no good."

"I will talk to him. Don't even worry about it," I muttered, "That guy is up to something, I just know it. I will take care of it."

Hoseok scoffed, "Did you guys see how he was acting while we were trying to catch Zion, in that neighborhood? The entire time, he looked as if he didn't care or didn't want to participate in the plan. Jerk..."

Jimin leaned in, poking his head between the driver and passenger seats.

"All I'm saying is, if they choose to go against us, we need to be ready," Jimin suggested.

Hoseok approved, "Jimin is right. Even if it's two against three, YoonGi and Namjoon still have friends who can mess us up pretty bad."

"Four," I corrected Hoseok, "Ji-won is one of us."

Jimin nodded.

"The fact that YoonGi has connections to dirty cops and traitors, from other gangs, scares me," Hoseok continued, "We could get kidnapped, just like how they did with Ri and Ji-won. Being that we know so much-"