Wide Awake - The Story Untold | BTS ff

Searching the truth

Seokjins pov.

From the first moment when he woke up,the entire experience had been a complete and confusing nightmare. He had always tried to find the light in all darkness, the fun in the dull, the happiness after sadness. But how could you even think happy thoughts in a place where life itself was contained in metal? He hated it. But he hated hating more.
Looking back at the first hours he realized how unimportant his struggles up til this moment had been. Funny. Even the hurting quarrel with Namjoon seemed irrelevant.
Well, almost. It was painful to act normal. They hardly spoke.

And still, his first thought when he woke up and found himself behind glass, was Namjoon. Never was an easy friendship. Seokjin loved to talk idle and be social, especially at dinnertime. Namjoon never talked idle and often sat with his phone when they had an occasional lunch. That could make Jin rather edgy, but he enjoyed the company anyway, if he wanted a fun dinner he'd invite Jimin and Kookie.
A fun dinner, he could remember several times, why was the memory of eating so strong? It struck him like icecold water: there would never be such times again, it was all in the past. What past? They had been told about the hibernation. Bears hibernate. Hedgehogs hibernate. But 65 years? His mother, father, they couldn't be alive, was he all alone!!!!??? Oh God!!!! He started to shiver, tears burned behind his eyelids and there was a taste of metal in this mouth. He would never see Hoseok again......nothing would ever be the same. He looked at the others, nobody spoke but he knew they were crying. /

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Flashback- Day 2. Authors perspective

It was their second day and they had been asked in for another summoning. The first didn't go so well, it had been brief, they were tired and Yoongi was still out.
But now they had been sleeping normally and felt better, but shaky.
Jin got up from the bed, stretching his aching arms and legs.
" come on guys, time to go."
Hand in hand, just like yesterday , they left their quarters. Outside officer Holly was waiting. She took a quick look at each of them, smiling reassuringly.
" You're in for a more thorough questioning today. Captain Grant wants answers. "
" We have none to give"
" I'm sorry. That's how it is anyway"

Yoongi found himself staring at Holly. He was still tired and dizzy but after 10 hours sleep he felt better. Why did he feel so at ease around her?
Seokjin tried a faint smile at Kookie and Tae. The latter was scared stiff and needed support. Jimin seemed to be the only force keeping his limbs in place.
Namjoon came up close to Jin and said quietly:
" I'm sorry Jin. You gave me support yesterday. I'm grateful. Friends?"Seokjin turned and almost collided with Namjoons eager face. He blushed from the surprise and the message.
" Oh let's just forget it ! " He smiled and took Namjoons hand. In a place like this there was no room for protocol.

In the briefing room things got tight almost immediately. Grant just gave them a short nod and they sat down, nervously watching him. Beside him was Singular and another crewman. Holly was sitting behind them.
" Nurse , please report. "
" They have recovered quite well sir, the one called Yoongi was feverish all night but feels better now. They were dehydrated and stressed out, blood pressure way off the scale the first hours. I monitored their sleep with Singulars help. They are fit to answer questions, just not for long"

Taehyung sat between Jimin and Jin. He stared constantly at Singular.
" He watched us when we were sleeping" he hissed in Jins ear. Jimin turned to look at him. This was not going well.

" You, English speaking, Namjan, answer me this, I....." " Its Namjoon sir"
" Never mind. Why where you on that ship and where is the cargo it carried? It's property of the US air force, highly classified and we need it back. If you don't have it, you'll help us find it. What was the purpose of your presence on the ship, what mission did you have? Answer me!"
Six pale faces were turned his way, Seokjin could feel Taehyung shake. It dawned on him;
This was no summoning. It was an interrogation.
" You have been asking about a 7th member. There was only 6 kryotubes and you were in them. The black box is still missing and we couldn't risk a trip down to recover it.
If there ever was a 7th member he's gone, dead or killed. By you, perhaps?"