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• SAT OCT 13 •

~ there's someone else here were not alone ~

“Hyung?”

“J-Jimin?” Jimin felt something inside him settle upon hearing his friend’s voice and he allowed a small smile to grace his features.

“Yeah, it’s me hyung...it’s Jiminnie” Jimin heard movement on the other end and assumed Yoongi was moving around. When the movement stopped, however, Jimin was shocked to hear sniffles and soft gasps drifting through the phone.

“J-Jiminnie...where the hell are you?” His voice was barely a whisper but Jimin still heard it, and it made his heart ache.

“I was hoping you could tell me?”

“Huh?” Jimin’s eyes latched onto Daniel, who had stood to stretch his legs, and followed the blonde as he shook the sleep from his limbs.

“Yoongi listen to me. Taehyung is gone...but I know where he is now. I need your help, hyung. I need you to track this phone and come find me” Again, Jimin heard movement on the other end along with the tapping of a keyboard.

“Okay...okay I can do that…” Jimin nodded to himself and watched as Daniel sat down again a few feet from him.

“Let me know when you’ve found me, okay?”

“I will...damn, Jimin...what the fuck happened? Are you okay? Why didn’t you call me?”

“Some assholes took Tae from me when my back was turned and no; I’m not okay...but I will be...I didn’t call you because my phone died - I’m borrowing this one” There was a pause in the tapping of keyboard keys.

“Jimin...where did you get this phone?” Jimin stared at Daniel who had noticed the attention and stared back only to look away when the shorter’s gaze became too intimidating.

“One of the assholes. I found him and made him take me to Tae” Yoongi began typing again, faster.

“Fuck...fuck, fuck, fuck...you’re with him now? Taehyung?” Jimin shook his head, out of habit, and let out a sigh.

“Not yet…” A few more seconds went by before Yoongi let out a triumphant growl and slammed his hand onto the desk, causing Jimin to jump from the sudden sound.

“Got it! Jesus, Jimin, you’re barely in the city anymore...how did you even get out there...never mind. Stay there, Jiminnie, we’re coming” Jimin released his breath, relieved, and let his head hang forward.

“How long, Yoongi?”

“About ten minutes” Jimin nodded his head slowly and looked sideways at Daniel. The blonde understood the look and bit his lip - nodding his head in the direction of the cave.

“Follow the river” Daniel whispered and Jimin followed the flow of water with his eyes until it disappeared from his sight.

“You ready?” Jimin mouthed the words and Daniel nodded, not looking ready at all.

“Okay...Yoongi?” The older hummed through the line.

“Yoongi I need to go now...Taehyung is close by and he needs me…”

“What do you mean? Jimin-”

“...There’ll be someone waiting for you when you get here and he’ll bring you to us if were not already there…”

“-can’t go by yourself-”

“...I’m so sorry I dragged you into this…”

“Jimin wait! Don’t do this!” Jimin stood and walked towards Daniel.

“I’m sorry, Yoongi, I have to...he’s my brother” Jimin heard a sob along with the sound of a car starting.

“Jimin please just stay on the phone with me, okay? I’ve lost you once and I don’t want to lose you again. Please I...I love you” Yoongi tried to concentrate on the road as he hit the lights causing the darkening streets to light up in an array of red and blue. He pushed onto the gas pedal, the car gaining speed.

“Jimin just wait for me, that’s all I ask. I’m begging you - just wait for me. I’m almost there, babe, please! I’ll come and get you and we can rescue Tae and then the three of us can go home and I’ll look after you both and I swear I won’t let anything bad happen to either of you ever again…” Yoongi cursed lowly as he ran a red light and swerved to narrowly avoid colliding with another car. Thankfully the flashing lights on top of his own gave him some leverage over the traffic laws and, in this instance, he likely wouldn’t get in trouble over it. Yoongi knew he needed to slow down before someone got hurt - but Jimin needed him.

He didn’t slow down.

“...Five more minutes, Jiminnie...please, talk to me. Jimin-”

“Jimin’s gone” Daniel’s soft voice filled the car and Yoongi couldn’t help but grip the steering wheel tighter.

“What the fuck have you done, Daniel?” The man’s voice could hardly be described as a growl - it was much more feral.

“I’m sorry...I’m so, so sorry…”

“Fuck you! What the fuck have you done with Jimin?” Yoongi’s scream startled Daniel who held the phone away from him.

“Jimin left a while ago, hyung, to get Taehyung. When you get here I’ll take you up there too”

“You let him go by himself? You let my Jimin go and confront a kidnapper...a murderer...by himself?” Yoongi’s voice was dangerously low and Daniel feared that when his cousin arrived he may not live through it. He knew he deserved it, of course.

“How long has he been gone?”

“About five minutes?” Yoongi felt his stomach drop.

He didn’t hear any of it

“I swear to god if he gets hurt-” A loud scream was heard in the background and Yoongi slammed on the brakes of his car on impulse, jolting forward and almost smashing his face against the wheel. When the man regained his composure he turned to face his phone that was still safely locked into the holder.

“What. Was. That” Yoongi could hear someone, Daniel, running - their footfalls heavy against the ground and their panting breaths clear.

“Answer me Daniel!” For a moment all Yoongi could hear was his cousin’s heavy breaths before he paused and stopped running.

“T-Taehyung?” Yoongi had exited the car and was now following the tracker. He was so close.

“Taehyung are you alright? It’s ok I won’t hurt you! I’m so sorry…”

“...Jimin’s still in there?!-”

“-Take this-”

“-I’m so sorry-” The scattered conversation began to aggravate Yoongi as he slowly moved closer and closer to where the phone was. He looked down at the screen a moment later to see the marker quickly moving towards him and he braced himself for who he was about to meet - ready to beat the shit out of his cousin for all of this. Yoongi, however, wasn’t expecting to see a bloody, broken Taehyung clutching onto a phone staring at him with his wide puppy eyes.

In that moment it all became too real for Yoongi.

Seeing Taehyung covered in dirt and dried blood, bruises covering his tanned skin, made Yoongi’s stomach turn. The boy was wearing a torn and tattered dress with bunny ears almost completely falling off his head.

What the hell did they do to you…

Taehyung clung to Yoongi’s shirt as he shook the older out of his panic and pointed back to the direction he had come from.

“We have to go back! We have to help him…” Yoongi snapped out of his state and nodded, grabbing Taehyung’s hand.

“Be strong for me, Tae. Take me to those bastards”

~ author's note ~

Two more chapters to go!
And...I'm sorry...
Don't hate me 💜