𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑒𝑟 | 𝑌𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑖 𝐹𝑎𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑐

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The silence was still in the air, the way he said it was... odd. The girls stared at him intensely "What you mean you know what happened? Where you there during that?" Ellie asked.

"I didn't mean like oh, he died in my arms type of way... I mean I knew he die before you even told me" the walk sign came on and people went across the street, we followed the crowd, but lost Yoongi in it. Dazed and concerned, the girls stand by each other until the got to the building. Once inside Aria mouth dropped.

"This place is absolutely beautiful!!! Isn't that a new character?" Pointing to a poster on a wall. Agreeing to her question, Ellie swipes her ID to get to the elevator, all you can see were Aria taking pictures. Her friend asked what did she do and what floor— "Just wait and see when we get to the top" Ellie smiled.

Elevator doors opened, to reveal a busy hallway. The secretary greeted the girls then gave Aria a visitor pass, she also told Ellie that Tae would be back as he went to do something... "The Kim Taehyung!!! One of the most famous game designers out here! You work with him!!!"

"I'm the personal engineer on this floor, I work and help fix any problems with the computers. Sometimes I help with coding as well..."

"Do you get your own office?" Aria said as her eyes were busy searching the place. Ellie took her best friend hand and guided her to Tae's office space, showing her the mini desk inside. "As for right now, this is where my desk is at. The back area where the main system is at— is on lockdown. So, I work with Tae himself" Ellie set her bags down and clocked in.

Aria eyes sparkle like stars, just like the twins, she's a gamer as well and loves to be part of this world. Aria wants to test the games instead of making them... its more fun that way. That's how they bonded through video games. Walking to the window, Aria glazes out to find they were 20 ft up from the ground— this building was tall.

Giggling at her easy amazed friend, Ellie snatches a clipboard then told Aria to follow her. At this point, Aria adrenaline was pumping to a point where she couldn't focus on anything. The first stop was the development & design team, or Evan's group. Knocking on the door, her twin gestures to come in. Didn't even realize that Aria was with her "ARIA!!!" He shouted, scaring his coworkers to death.

Rushing to hug her, Ellie rolled her eyes and went to walk to the others. "It's so good to see you again, we need to hang out more. How long you will be in town for?" He asked with a stupid smile on his face.

"Just for a week, then heading out to China. It's good to see you to snot muncher"

Chuckles was made once she called him that, turning around he shush his workers. Ellie was talking Jungkook "How's the software going? Need an update before your presentation monday?"

"Yeah, make sure this is up to par, don't want anything to mess up while doing this. Thanks for the coding techniques, I appreciate it" Jungkook smiled.

"Hey, that is what I'm here for" Ellie asked the rest of the crew, everyone needed new software updates. She wrote it down on her clipboard, Aria and Evan were chatting up a storm when she told her that she will be right back. Leaving her friend behind, Ellie makes her way to check out the other teams. Passing the entrance to the back area, she spotted something moving...

Swinging her head to the direction, her eyes shook with fear. What did she just saw? Knowing nobody is allowed back there yet, she went under the police tape to check. The lights were off and the only way to see is the sun shining through the blinds.

Examining the area, she found where the crime happened "Wow, it's a mess back here... there was a struggle for sure" to the left of her was a camera. Gazing upon it, the red dot appeared on the equipment "Its on??" Ellie questioned herself. There'd have to be a security room here, going back down the hall, she found it. Even though the lights were off, the power to the machines remains.

Do the police ever do their job correctly? The thought went to her mind as she turned the system on. Rewinding back when Jennie was here, she found the footage, squinting to see. The tape viewed Jennie standing alone back here by why? Before going any further into the viewing, the screen went black. It showed Jennie tied up, mouth cover with a handkerchief— then the killer popped up on the screen.

"It seems like you and your brother like playing detective... you should leave that to the professionals, don't you think. Keep snooping around to find out what happened to her, will end up pitiful... keep your fucking hands to yourself, Ellie!" He began to chuckle. "I see any more of you putting your nose where it doesn't belong... then she will be worm food got it"

Lifting her up by the hair, she began to cry in pain. Muffled sound was coming from her but Ellie couldn't pinpoint what she was trying to say when he tosses her away, the screen when black again. Tears welled up in her eyes as she began to panic with fear. Why is this happening? Who was he? Ellie wished she could figure out that person but the voice was autotuned.... backing up slowly, she bumped into someone. She screamed.
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The terrifying stare on her face wasn't going away, Ellie didn't know what to do, Namjoon tried to calm her by getting her to drink coffee. "Why were you back there? Nobody is allowed back there, you should have been informed"

The words were going onto one ear and out the other. What she saw on that screen, was oddly frightening. "Detective, I know your concern about why... but you need to deal with, closing the investigation down. My staff is scared to even walk in here without something happened to them. It's like a scary movie" Tae said as he typed away at his desk.

"Nothing else has happened since the kidnappings. The murder that happened recently was announced as a suicide... due to insane of the person"

"What she saw on that screen was due to the kidnappings, have you even check the cameras around there? Are you even doing your job detective?" Tae keeps interrogating Namjoon like he was in wrong. Joon told the CEO that the tapes were being held as evidence, they couldn't find ones that went pass of who brought Jennie back there. It's like when the crime happens, it disappears in a flash.

"Because it maybe two people working together, one actually doing it and the other working behind the scenes" Ellie explained. Her boyfriend was stunned by how she came up with that. They never thought it like that... Ellie said she was okay to get back to work. Agreeing to that, the detective left.

"You should have became a police officer, you doing more work than they are" Tae chuckled. Sitting at her desk, she turned to her boss in worry "Did you even know that the system was running? Do you have a camera system on your computer? There's no way in hell that a CEO, like yourself, can not check up on their workers through cameras? That security room shouldn't be the only way to monitor everything?"

"What you trying to say, Ms. Park? That I could be the second person?"

"Maybe, due to the fact you not even worried about your staff safety? You should run a background check on your employees Mr. Kim... asked them questions on what happened that day?" Ellie smirked. Tae was intrigued by his new worker boldness, he got up and headed towards her desk. They were face to face, putting one hand on the desk and the other on her cheek.

Tae stared at her with such lust, "Brave, I like it... I knew I did the right thing by choosing you" he brings his hand under her chin and brings it up. "So let's start with you brother..."