ILLICIT ° nct dream, wayv + srg

Chapter Fifteen: Promises

Dedicated to:
NeoHasntGotMyBack

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It had been three days since the Elites lost Koeun and they were getting more and more determined to bring her back.

The car he was driving decelerated slower and slower as they reached their destination. Examining their surroundings, Lucas slowly creased his forehead in uncertainty, finding their progress doubtful. Once he parked the car beside the deserted road, he decided to ask. "Are you sure we're in the right track?" He shifted his torso to look behind him.

The car he was driving decelerated slower and slower as they reached their destination. Examining their surroundings, Lucas slowly creased his forehead in uncertainty, finding their progress doubtful. Once he parked the car beside the deserted road, he decided to ask. "Are you sure we're on the right track?" He shifted his torso to look behind him.

Hendery, who was looking at his laptop screen in the backseat, raised his eyes to look back at him. "Absolutely." He replied. "Why do you ask?"

"I know you said about trees but I didn't think we'll be out in the wilderness." Lucas commented as he glanced back at the woods on both sides of the road.

"This isn't just it, Lucas. We still have to walk our way." Hendery spoke before he opened the door to step out, bringing his laptop with him. Lucas didn't complain and did the same.

Once they were out, another voice spoke to them. "Why did we stop here?"

The two guys turned their heads at an approaching Hina coming from the/ car behind Lucas'. They also saw Yangyang and Xiaojun stepping out on the driver's and passenger's seat. "We're already here," Was Hendery's reply. "though we still need to go through these trees." He pointed at the bunch of trees ahead of them.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's get to it." Hina told them before she began to walk towards the woods without any fear.

"Hina! Wait up!" Startled, Yangyang hurried down to catch up with Hina, worried that anything might happen to her if she would go by herself. The other boys gave each a glance before they decided to enter the woods.

Not just a minute after everyone entered the woods, they began to feel uneasy about the place. Who would have thought that the X-Force would choose a place in the wilderness to hide for a while?

"Wait," Hina lightly gasped. "I think I see something." She narrowed her eyes to see it clearer.

"You will see something because we're already here." Hendery told her before he began to walk faster, eventually getting ahead of Hina and Yangyang. Hearing his statement, the others didn't hesitate to jog, becoming eager to see what was hidden in these trees.

And finally, once they made it in a little clearing, they couldn't help but to gaze at the cabin that had been abandoned for years. It was the same as the one in the pictures Hendery let them take a look at, only that they could see details that they hadn't seen before. From the shattered windows and the unstable wooden walls, it was a house with an understandable state.

"Yangyang, Hina, search the house for clues—" Lucas immediately gave his orders.

"Yes, sir!" The two youngest nodded at him before they ran towards the cabin's creaky porch, preparing their pistols out.

"—Hendery, give me more information about this cabin." Lucas turned to Hendery. "This might be connected to the X-Force."

"Got it." Hendery, then, settled on a log to began his work, placing his laptop on his lap.