𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘𝑒𝑟 | 𝑌𝑜𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑖 𝐹𝑎𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑐

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Sitting in the hospital waiting room, Ellie was feeling mixed emotions. Since her injuries were minor, she got sent home early. Ellie couldn't see the others due they were unconscious at the moment. The whole town was on lockdown, there was a curfew... if anyone is caught outside pass seven, they will be taken in for questioning.

Sitting in the empty house, Ellie moped in her chair, hoping that this was fake. Not knowing what to do— she turned on her phone. When unlocking it, a message popped on the screen. Ellie noticed it was the same video that Tae had.

Shaking, she slowly clicked on the video. Staring at it was the most painful thing in her life, but she noticed clacking sounds in the background. "What the...?" bringing the phone close to her ear, she tried to hear the noise.

CLACK. CLACK. CLACK.

Ellie don't know why, but she recognized it from somewhere but where? Dishearten, Ellie plugged her phone in the computer. She played around the audio of the video. Taking voices out and any other thing that is not the sound. It took a minute but she got it...

"Sounds like pipes... metal. Didn't Aria say that the person smelled like rust?" Ellie asked herself. That's when it hit her, the car junkyard! It's the only place she could think of when someone mentioned "rust". Grabbing what she needed, she slips out her bedroom window so no one could see or follow.

The race was on, once arrived, Ellie caught her breath as she stood in front of the gate of the place. Praying for her life, she took a step in. Sneaking around, she has to be careful as they may be here. Hiding behind old cars, she heard a flame sound, like a flamethrower. Peeking her head up and over... she spots a guy.

"If he told me sooner than this would have been done ages ago"

"Complaining again Minho, once you get that finished we can go" Yoongi said.

"What about her Yoongs?"

Yoongs? Ellie thought to herself as she goes back to sit down. She knew it... she knew it all the fucking long. She did something the police couldn't do and found where were they hiding. They continue to talk, Yoongi said that because of his slip up today, there's no use of getting 'her' which guessing it is Ellie.

A smack came then Yoongi disappears in thin air. All her life, never seen someone move that fast before. "Where the hell did he go?" She said as she peeked out more. In the distance, there was a metal door sound coming from the side of her. Crawling, she followed the sound, hoping to find what made it.

A huge metal container sits in the back of the place, you could barely notice it due to car parts all around. The door was slightly open, could that be where the sound came from. When taking a step forward, Ellie heard a voice from behind her.

"Did you lose something miss?"

"Umm, I was looking for a part for my car. Like a battery" she gets up and brushes herself off. Minho stares at her strange as he wonders why would someone look for a battery in a junkyard. He points to the lit area... taking her further away from that container.

"We usually don't have working battery packs here but if we lucky enough then we will storage them here. Come"

As she followed the guy, Ellie glances to her side to spot a very familiar car. "Isn't that the same car that took..." she whispered to herself. Minho cuts her thoughts and shows her the batteries. Pretending to look, another person appeared out of nowhere.

It was Namjoon's partner, looking pissed than ever. "Sorry to bother you Minho... she could be slippery sometimes" he said with a smile. Minho nods at him then walk away. The detective begins to drag her out.

Tossing her out of the place, he locked his eyes on her "What the hell you think you are doing?"

"What you mean?? I just found the fucking suspects"

"I doubt that Minho is apart of this... he and this place has been here for four years. Plus, I get check-ups here"

Ellie rolled her eyes, these police people are fucking blind as a bat. No wonder they can't find anything. Ellie pulled out her phone and shown the video to him, hoping he will recognize something. "If you listen to the background, it sounds like pipes. Aria, the witness claims the suspect smelled like rust... what place other than this will fit the description?"

He pointed out the mill as it was not too far from there. But Ellie explains that smell is completely different from what rust smells like. Then she mentioned the car that they got away with was there... and Yoongi the main suspect. He stood there frozen as if something hit him in the head. "Wait here, I going to check it out" he said as he heads back inside.

Didn't he say check-ups? Ellie thought to herself. Dashing to the car, she began to examine it. To see if something was a little off. Rummaging through the glove department, checking in between seats, behind the seats, and the tunk— nothing. If anything, this would have been the perfect place to hid...

CLICK.

Without warning, the car doors locked. Freakin out, Ellie pressed the button to unlock but it didn't budge. What the hell is going on now? Did he lock the door just to keep Ellie from leaving or what. Sitting back in the seat, she pouted trying to figure out something. As her eyes looked around, there was no other way out.

All she could do was to sit and wait... but that's when things started to become fuzzy. Why was everything glitching out and turning into two things. Peeking around the car once again, Ellie spotted Yoongi at the tuck of the car. He has released anesthetics gas in the car, by cracking the back window. Then tossing a bomb or some sort inside, releasing the gas.

Anesthetic is a type of gas that makes you fall asleep for a couple of hours. Depends how long you inhale from. Quickly, Ellie covers her mouth than the nose but it was too late as she drifted off to sleep. Was this planned or did he know she was here all along?

She thought she was a step ahead but she was always a three steps behind...