In over my head (BTS)

3.

The two men Nae-un encountered in the alley were called Yoongi and Jungkook. They had both been sent to collect money that was owed to their gang. Unfortunately for them while Nae-un was struggling with Jungkook, the man who owed the money had run away. Neither of them were looking forward to coming back but Jungkook in particular was dragging his feet. 

He was the muscle, the fighter, the strong one. It was his job to "teach people lessons" and to make sure nobody runs away. That fact that Nae-un was soo much smaller than him and still managed to get away was extremely embarrassing for him. It didn't help that his hyung said he wasn't going to help him explain what happened to their leader. 

Jungkook wasn't scared of Namjoon, he just didn't like looking incompetent in front of him. Or any of his gang for that matter. Jungkook looked up to his hyungs, so having their respect and approval was important to him. As he walked he thought carefully about how he would tell Namjoon what happened. 

//how the hell can I tell the truth without looking bad? Argh! Jungkook you idiot how did you loose her?//

When they reached their hideout the two of them were immediately greeted by their leader. He had been waiting for them to come back safely, not that he'd ever tell them that. "How'd it go? He didn't give you any trouble did he?"Jungkook scratched the back of his neck nervously, he caught a glimpse of Yoongi's face from the corner of his eye. He was giving him a look that said "Hurry the hell up and tell him!" Jungkook sighed and braced himself for a lecture from at least one of the other members. 

"The guy didn't give us any trouble but..... things may have gone wrong in....other ways" before either of the other men could speak Jungkook quickly continued "The guy didn't have everything he owed us so Yoongi hyung said he'd take what he had and give him two more months to get the rest. I was beating him up cuz he was supposed to have it all by tonight and then.....we heard a sound in the alley and when went to check it out it was.....ummm well....it was a girl and I'm pretty sure she saw and heard.....everything" Namjoon's face hardened and he had an expression on his face that was a mixture of frustration, annoyance and worry. He had realised what had happened and was really just looking for details when he asked "And? What happened then?" 

Jungkook looked over at Yoongi pleadingly, hoping that Yoongi would help him out. All he said was "Go on Kook just finish telling him" he turned back to Namjoon and finished explaining "She started to run away so I grabbed her. She was putting up a bit of a fight and while Yoongi hyung was distracted by the two of us the guy ran away." "And the girl?" Namjoon pressed "She..... she uh.... kicked me. It caught me off guard and I accidentally let go of her and she ran into a busy street where I couldn't get her." 

Namjoon sighed "I'm guessing Yoongi already gave out to you for letting her go so I'll keep this brief.  Seriously Jungkook!? How did you get taken by surprise by a kick from some little girl? This. Is. Serious! If she really did hear the entire conversation then she'll not only go to the police but she could have enough information to get you and Yoongi locked up! Hell she might even know enough to lead the cops to ALL of us. If she reports what happened that could be the end for us all!" Namjoon didn't shout but his stern and worried tone made Jungkook feel just as bad. "What're we going to do?" "Whatever we can to fix this so that doesn't happen" this time Namjoon's voice was less harsh, he just seemed worried about the rest of the gang. 

The others, who had been sitting quietly listening to them talk sat up, ready to make a plan to fix the problem they were in. "Jin I need you to find out who she is and fast. The sooner we find her, the better" Jin looked up at Namjoon aghast "I'm not magic you know! I can't find out about someone just by knowing their gender! I need something to work with other than: it's a She" he turned to Yoongi and Jungkook looking at them expectantly.

"I know what she looks like but that's it" Jin put his face in his hands in disbelief. "You try getting someone's name at the same time as doing your damn best to stop them from scratching your eyes out!" Jungkook said indignatly. Jin was about to open his mouth to argue back at Jungkook when Yoongi spoke up "I saw her student ID card" Jin perked up at this news "Did you see her name?" "She was scuffling with Jungkook in a dark alley. Of course I didn't see her name! I just know what school she goes to" "well it's a start" opening his laptop and looking back at Yoongi "which school?" "Seoul Magic Academy" 

For a moment everyone seemed shocked "You guys were lucky. I've seen a guy after he got into a fight with a Magic-user, not a pretty sight that's for sure." Jimin said looking at Yoongi and Jungkook with a surprised expression. Jin was typing on his laptop, trying to hack into the school's student records and files. After an hour he finally looked up "I'm in. But there  are literally thousands of students there, we need to narrow it down." He turned back to Yoongi and Jungkook "How old do you think she was? The academy accepts students aged sixteen and older" Jungkook thought back to the incident in the alley.

// She was small and pretty scrawny. There's no way she's an adult. I would have guessed fifteen but she wouldn't be a Seoul Magic Academy student if she WAS fifteen.//

"Sixteen or seventeen if I had to take a guess" Jin looked back at his computer "ok if that's right then she's most likely either a first year or a second year. That brings us down to 900 people and excluding the male students it goes down to 470 people." Jin sat quietly for a few moments then asked "Did she look foreign?" Both Yoongi and Jungkook shook their heads. "There are a lot foreign students there but I didn't knock any of the Chinese, Japanese, Thai ect students off the list in case it's her. That leaves us with 200 students." He paused to let himself enjoy the surprised expressions on everyone's faces. Honestly he was pretty proud of himself for getting that far with soo little to go on. "Unless you two have any other information, I can't narrow it down any further" 

He passed his laptop top Jungkook and Yoongi. They both carefully studied the photos of each of th students. Finally after half an hour of looking, they found Nae-un's student profile. "That's her" "you're sure Yoongi?" "Positive" 

The others crowded around to look at the screen. "Lee Nae-un, first year scholarship student, Nineteen years old, studies Dergonian Glyphics." Namjoon read out. "Wow smart girl. Top student in her year and according to this studies one of the most complicated forms of Magic" "I thought nobody studied it because it's really rare to be born naturally talented with that form to f Magic" Jimin said "actually it's both. That's what what the old man at the bar told me anyway" Hoseok said "since when did you talk to old men about Magic?" Yoongi said "Come on Yoongi you should know by now. I'll talk to anybody about anything as long as it's interesting" "makes it kind of seems a waste to just kill her then. I mean any kind of Magic-user would be pretty useful around here" Taehyung said. The others nodded. 

They debated whether or not they would kill Nae-un for hours. They eventually decided to kidnap her but agreed to kill her if she turned out to be more trouble than she was worth. 

Nae-un had run all the way back to the dormitory. As she was heade to her room she met Hana in the hallway. "Nae-un! You're back from visiting your parents. How are things back ho...." Hana trailed off when she saw Nae-un's face up close "Hey you ok? What is it, what's the mater? Nae-un! You look like you've seen a ghost" It was true. Nae-un had gone extremely pale, her hands were shaking and her eyes were still wide from fear. What happened in the alley had shaken her soo much that she even found it hard to speak "I'm ffffine Ha-Hana" "honey you're about a million things right now and FINE is not one of them." Hana looked at her friend feeling very concerned. Throwing her arm over Nae-un's shoulder, started to guide the shaken girl towards the shared kitchen in the dormitory "come on Un-un I'll sort you out with some dinner and a hot drink. Let me be the responsible one for once. ok?"