The Vanity Code [Jinsoo]

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Jisoo's POV

When I came to, my head felt heavy. My eyes fluttered but I couldn't quite open them yet.

"Wake up lazy bones."

My eye snapped open, the sudden movement jarring.

Jin was sitting next to me on a back-to-front chair, in a room so white it was hurting my eyes even more.

"What the--" I muttered when I made to get up and my body didn't budge.

Looking down, I found that my arms and legs were strapped down securely. My arms were secured above my head. I was splayed like a starfish on some kind of dissecting table and things were definitely not looking good, especially when Jin's displeased face loomed into view.

"How are you feeling?"

"Screw that Jin, what the hell is going on here?" I demanded, wriggling against my bonds. I grew aware of monitors and screens scattered around the lab. There was also a dazzling bright light shining directly in my face.

I felt the table beneath me vibrate as it tilted into a sitting position.

"Hmm..what's going on is that you found my little...ah...project...." he finished, "and I hadn't intended for people like you to know about it. So, that's a bit of a dilemma for me."

"So you're going to what? Kill me?" I sneered. He shrugged.

"Isn't this the part where I tell you all about the diabolical grand scheme which you've unwittingly discovered?" He asked mildly.

He was relishing the whole act, the little snake.

"Entertain me" I said sarcastically, "but I would appreciate if I can put my hands down."

"Say the magic word then."

I swallowed. "Please."

He kept firm hold of hands when he undid my bonds and then strapped them to my sides. But he needn't have feared, I was still weak from the dart.

"Well then, I'll tell you all you about it huh? But you must not interrupt too much otherwise...it will only lengthen your suffering I guess. No toilet breaks either I'm afraid, sweetheart, I'm a busy man as you know."

I clenched my teeth. "Just start already, what a drama-queen..."

He sat back in his chair. "Let's start with a fun fact: did you know you're in the same room that Chaeyoung died in?"

Chaeyoung-ah.

"And the same place Penelope Wires, and Hana Sakamoto, and Jessi Scott were as well?" He smiled, "you should be honoured."

Those were some of the biggest rising models that had disappeared without a trace over the years, I had their case files.

"Do the names of these women sound familiar to you?" Jin rattled off a list of asian names but amongst them 'Park Sooyoung' and 'Hirai Momo' caught my attention.

Those were the names of two girls registered with Jin's agency, and they had also gone missing in the previous years...along with others...

My gut gurgled uneasily. Or it could be because I was hungry.

"What did you do to them?"

He smirked. "It's more of what I did with them, rather than to them."

"But let me start from the beginning cos' we're rushing ahead." He said smoothly over my angry growls, "so, last time I told you I had gotten cancer. The next part is how I found the cure...