THE DARKEST HOPE

Chapter 8

THE DARKEST HOPE

Chapter 8

It took a good couple of hours for Jimin, Jin and the other two policemen to clear their way back to the opening of the ventilation shaft where they got separated from Jungkook. The angry vampire hoard chased them vigorously along the slippery underground corridors. But the combined shooting of all the men overpowered the monsters and one by one the beasts fell under the deadly bullets. Finally the last one fell down in agony and the four of them ran back to find the boy.

What they discovered looked bad. The shaft was empty at the time, no vampires in sight but there were clearly traces from their sharp claws and saliva. It seemed at least several of them followed Jungkook inside.

"The boy is doomed" stated one of the policemen, "did he bring any weapon with him?"

"No, he didn't" Jin was looking really worried.

"You let him in unarmed?" Jimin was fierce. "What were you thinking?"

"He said that he is not very experienced with guns plus I wasn't planning on separating from him for so long! Anyway it was you who brought a pack of hungry vampires along to the party. We were quite peaceful without you!" Jin was getting angry as well.

"You are a policeman, you should know better than that!" Jimin was almost shouting.

"It was you who took the boy with us in the first place!" Jin was getting even angrier.

"Hey, you two, calm down. All we need is to attract unwanted attention!"

Jimin took a deep breath. He was acting unreasonable, he knew that. What happened couldn't be undone, now the most important thing was to decide on a logical solution of how to help Jungkook and possibly find Suga.

"Sorry, Jin. I lost it for a moment."

"Me too, me too." Jin nodded. He knew he made a mistake here, a mistake that might cost Jungkook's life. And the thought made him sick. They had to act fast "What do we do now? I say I follow inside the vent."

Jimin looked at him for a long moment. The idea looked logical but also completely suicidal. Although he also felt the rush to climb into the small opening and start calling Jungkook's name and/or chase along the vents until he found the boy but that would be the panicked fear talking and he had to stop and think it over.

"If you go inside you will be in a very narrow place along with some not so friendly monsters keeping you company. Plus we don't know which way he went."

"I have some idea for his primal destination. The place of the explosion we were looking could be reached easily through the vents, or at least Jungkook thought so."

Jimin looked at him surprised, how he didn't think about that! Of course! And they all agreed on the plan that Jin should go inside only to where the explosion happened and search for clues.

It didn't take long before the chief of the police reached the small, covered with debris room where Suga was trapped not so long ago. He looked around and found it, a torn piece from Jungkook's shirt. "He was here!" And more, a shoe, what was a shoe doing here. He started looking cautiously around. There were traces of two people, one was lying down. A corpse? No! If someone was dead he would still be here. Jungkook wouldn't go through the trouble to drag a dead body out, not with the vampires after him. Then what? He must have found him! There was no other explanation. Yoongi was alive!

Suddenly his heart started racing with new energy. All the anger and frustration he felt the past few hours melted under the new feeling of intense hope. Yoongi might be alive. And Jungkook as well. Unless the vampires got to them. His insides twisted with fear. Damn! They had to find them fast!