Wide Awake - The Story Untold | BTS ff

Headlines and Deadlines

A/N
Last chapter was a bit dramatic and I think you'll find this to be on the dramatic side too.
I hope you will enjoy and perhaps comment a line or two!

Taehyung's pov.  NEW friends, Taehyung mode.

Click!
" Are you awake?"
" No, no , go away!" Taehyung muttered in his sleep.
" I'm running out of time Mr Kim, you wanted to know"
" Where are you? Are they awake?"
" There was some shouting from Yoongis quarters, it's quiet now"
" Cameras?"
" Out."
Taehyung tore off his eyemask and stepped barefoot across the floor. His door was next to the kitchen, and quite recently they had unlocked the backdoor. That's where he was heading. Shoes in hand, he sneaked out,ever so quietly. He had done this a lot now. Not even Jimin knew. They greeted eachother swiftly and took off towards the warehouse.
" I got the music.....its really good. We are good!"
" I must ask you a favour. I'm being disabled tomorrow morning. Perhaps ...permanently."
" You mean.....dead?"
" As dead as someone like me can be"
" I don't want that! " Taehyung almost fell over by the excitement.
" Once you did"
" I'm sorry. I like you"
" Sorry. You are lucky. You feel. Are you prepared for this?"
" Is it bad?"
" Yes"
" I am a grown man. And a child. I've cried more than an ocean.  Show me."
They sat together, concentrating on the flashing light of the screen.  The print said " FBI - Classified by terms of state law" .
Taehyung saw his own parents,his siblings, Mrs Min, Mr Bang....in a graveyard. In Seoul. "7 coffins.....7!!!!"
He winced and backed away from the screen. Shivering in the chill of the desert.
" The fire that started in the garage spread with lightning speed due to large amount of fuel stored in the building. The seven guests from South Korea where unfortunately burned to crisp. Their attempt to escape was futile and rescue teams came just seconds too late. It's unknown how the fire started and why the young men in the Korean boy band where in that room in the first place. They had left the guided tour and strolled off, unnoticed by their guides. The Chief in command, Roger Bennyson, confirms that they were off limits and unfortunately beyond all attempts of rescue. The fire was fierce and intense, death had come quickly according to the coroner. Thorough investigations will be conducted by the authorities."

"This is what your families and the government were told. So they wouldn't go looking. The tabloids were filled with wild theories,  like the one about political defection. The government payed your families. But they were fooled too. It was all a scam. "

" 7 coffins....how could anyone want to do that?"
"  Oh there was a good reason, for some.  What do you feel?"
" I've been to many funerals. Not my own. My parents....aish,  they cry. Jimins parents, all the moms and dads cry for us and we are not in there....in the coffins"
" You are.....sad?"
" Yes....no.....I feel ....alone"
" Look there, hiding beneath the cherry tree.  Do you see him?"
Taehyung held the screen close . The blood froze in his veins. He held the screen like it hurt his hands.
" It can't be! It can't be! How can that be?!"
"  I'm going to tell you if you promise to hide the chip. The truth is told on that chip and the same person who wants it retracted from me is the man you see there."
"  I don't understand.   How can he be there? I promise I will hide it. Who will I give it to?"
" To the one that will be your guest this christmas"

Authors note.  The headline

When morning dawned on Christmas day the news media was filled with the breath taking news: 6 Korean pop singers from the 2020ties had been rescued from a dangerous situation in space"

, Long lost  pop stars finally home, 60 years too late. Businessman Samuel Holler acted on instinct about the rescue mission.  How could they survive and how come they ended up in a spaceship? Where had they been hiding before that?   Exclusive interview with Holler on page 10"