City of Secrets (EXO fanfic season 2) ON HOLD

Files

It had been over three hours since Somin and the Red Lotus began going through her father's files in the hopes of finding something that could explain why he was assassinated. Most of the files she had read were just accounts of business transactions and underground dealings,

I'll give my father credit, the man was organized.

She went to open another drawer in his desk only to find it wouldn't budge. Her eyebrows snapped together in confusion as she addressed the six males in the room,

"Have any of you found a key?"

They shook their heads as Suho spoke,

"I don't think so. Why?"

"Because my father has a locked drawer in his desk."

"Break it open."

Kai responded as if it was obvious. Somin smirked,

"If this desk belonged to anyone else on the planet I would. My father locked it up because he had something to hide. He would've taken precautions so that even if it was opened by force, whatever he has inside would be destroyed. He was a paranoid man. He even went as far as to create the fake name of Avery Tyler for me if we ever had to flee the country. If we want to get in here and not destroy whatever is inside, then we need the key."

Somin leaned back in her chair as she thought out loud,

"The key would be somewhere plain. It's location wouldn't stand out in any way. It would be somewhere that wouldn't raise suspicion, but at the same time wouldn't be easy to find. He wouldn't have had it on his person in case anything were to happen. No, it's be somewhere only he'd know. But where?"

Somin questioned rhetorically, the gears in her mind turning as she thought of where he would've hidden the key. Baekhyun was the next to speak,

"Why don't we just pick the lock?"

Somin's eyes snapped over to him before she explained,

"My father was extremely paranoid as I've said, and it only grew worse the older he got. There's a very good chance that if we try and pick that lock it will trigger whatever he rigged up inside the drawer. Whatever's inside will be lost. I'd rather find the key and not take the risk."

Baekhyun nodded before speaking again,

"Was there something your father liked? That might help us find the key."

Avery pondered the question,

"He did love to collect art. We might find something in his room."

She turned to Suho,

"I want you to choose two of your men to stay here with you and keep going through the files. The other three will come with me to my father's room."

Suho looked at his men,

"Sehun and D.O. will stay with me. Kai, Baekhyun, and Chanyeol will go with you."

Somin motioned for them to follow her as she left her father's office, heading down the hall to the master bedroom,

"Do you think it'll be behind a bunch of complicated puzzles or something?"

Baekhyun questioned. Somin laughed,

"I don't think so, no. My father was paranoid, but he liked having quick access to things if he ever needed to make a daring escape. If this key was as important as I think it is then he would've had it somewhere that wouldn't arouse suspicion, but wouldn't be so complicated he couldn't access it at a moments notice."