• cards | nct 2018 •

five || ambush

seven boys stay seated in a black coloured van, windows tinted. there were many computer screens displaying live footages of what's going on inside the science centre.

it was hard to believe that seven young boys were on a private mission....

.......because they were totally immersed in their own fun and games in the vehicle.

"hey wanna play a game, guys?" donghyuk smiles cheekily. "scissors paper stone, loser has to do a dare."

"no problem." jaemin gives an okay sign.

"whatever." jisung shrugged.

"okay, great. then scissors paper stone—"

all the members throw out rock while donghyuk is the only one with scissors. the members exchange glances.

"shit..." he murmured.

"great! then, donghyuk. i got the perfect dare for you. head into the science centre and scream, 'I am the best.'" jeno grins.

"easy enough. i, obviously am." donghyuk rolls his eyes and opens the van door.

"see you then, suckers." donghyuk sticks his tongue out and jumps out.

from the cctv footage, we see him casually entering the building.

"right at the reception counter, hyuk." mark orders through his in-ear.

donghyuk rolls his eyes yet again. this time, at the camera.

he then approaches the reception counter.

"now, scream, hyung! scream!" chenle's screech makes him flinch.

"okay, chill out." he nods, knowing they can see him.

"I AM–"

"what the hell?" donghyuk pauses abruptly as his surroundings go red. people around him began rushing out of the centre.

"hey, you, kid! evacuate now. the emergency alarm's gone off!" a security guard like person approaches him, people still rushing out.

he ignores the poor guard. "do you guys see this...?" donghyuk furrows his brows and speaks.

"we do. just get out of there, it's probably just a false alarm. there's no sign of them." mark's voice crackles unclearly as donghyuk's brows deepen.

"kid! im talking to you!" the guard starts to get annoyed. "you have to evacuate! it's dangerous."

donghyuk frowns. "no sign of them? but then, why do i sense their presence...?" he glances at the guard and narrows his eyes.

"usually, in times of urgency...guards will see to the safety of children and women first and foremost....so why..." he murmurs under his breath as he remembers how the guard walked up to him first even when others were still evacuating.

his eyes widen. "an illusion...perhaps?"

"sir...why are you so persistent?" he asks the guard.

"well, you're not evacuating! you have to go, now!" the guard insists.

"you're not tricking me, mister."

"i don't understand what you mean."

"you know what i mean," he glares at the guard and slowly approached him. "in your illusion, there is always a loop hole. why is it that you haven't pulled me out of here? i know you don't want me here." he stops right in front of the guard.

"because you can't touch me, otherwise..." donghyuk grabs tightly onto the other man's arm. "your illusion will wear off." he smirks, and the guard's face, outfit and shoes slowly fades away, and there stood a totally different man with a smug smile plastered on his face.

"not bad, donghyuk." his deep voice held an air of amusement.

"seriously...are those looks of yours an illusion, too?" donghyuk sneers.

"oh, of course not. i was born with it. i believe you would know that i can't have more than two images of myself," he chuckles lowly.

"now, you should get out of here." taeyong flashes a smile.

"never, not until i get you." donghyuk declares as he swings a punch at him.

however, he effortlessly avoided it. "going all out, kid? that wasn't very good. do you really think i'd come here by myself?" taeyong's grin widens.

as soon as he says that line, a sharp arrow slices through the air, approaching donghyuk in a fast speed.

donghyuk barely avoids it as he jumps back away from taeyong using his levitation, fresh blood seeping from a cut on his cheek.

he wipes away the dripping blood.

"that isn't fair, though, you should know i didn't come by myself, either," he says as his cut visibly closed up. "thanks, sung."

taeyong's smile quickly turns into a look of scorn.

"johnny...commence attack."

and with a single command from their team leader, joker shows themselves. johnny swiftly appears right before donghyuk's eyes by his teleportation as immediately throws a punch at him without hesitation. lucky for donghyuk, he avoids that.

however, johnny then begins to throw consecutive punches at donghyuk, and he couldn't keep up. the former trips the latter, and donghyuk is sent to the ground with a heavy punch to the ribs.

letting out a groan, donghyuk evades johnny by using his levitation, successfully avoiding him.

at that moment, chenle steps in with johnny's focus directed onto the injured donghyuk. he brandishes a dagger.

but before he could hurt him, johnny turns around with his quick reflexes.

johnny then aims to punch the young chinese in the gut, but fails as he teleports away.

"a teleportation user! interesting, my brethren. you're quite skilful!" johnny laughs in the midst of this chaos.

hold them off while we get what we need.

taeyong's words resounded in his mind.

"dear me, you keep avoiding my attacks...let's see if you can avoid this one." he cackles as he spies winwin, his backup, creeping up.

he fakes a move, making chenle jump back away from him.

perfect.

winwin tackles him from behind, his long arms wrapped around the younger's neck.

chenle struggles to escape from his grasp, squirming.

"it's quite amusing, how donghyuk was so confident when he said he wasn't alone...when there's only the three of you small fries," johnny chuckles as chenle's muffled voice grows louder. "i was looking forward to seeing my student, but it looks like you didn't use telepathy."

all three of them, donghyuk, chenle, and jisung were captured. ten came out from his hiding with a tied up donghyuk and jisung. donghyuk was unconscious, his face beaten and bruised. blood was even oozing out from his left foreleg.

"oh, dear. it looks like he wouldn't be able to use telepathy." johnny flashes a fake smile.

"how will you escape?"

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oh noooo :(((

In case you didn't understand, donghyuk did NOT use telepathy to inform the rest. Jisung and Chenle were already in the building, because they wanted to see how donghyuk was going to do the Dare. + outside connection could not be made, signals are cut off as suggested when 'mark's voice crackles unclearly.'