outbreak | svt

nine

incheon, 12:30 AM

"hey, look!" seungcheol says, pointing to the small ray of light coming from behind one of the buildings.

"do you think it's them?" chan asks, suddenly popping up behind seungcheol.

"i think, yeah. don't think anyone would be out here just kinda, standing there." seungcheol says, shrugging his shoulders.

"wanna go check it out?" jeonghan says, popping out behinds chan.

"yeah, sure. you guys want a flashlight?" seungcheol says, taking out two flashlights from a front breast pocket.

they both make a sound of agreement, taking the small blue flashlights.

they walk silently, not wanting to arouse suspicion from all those non-existent people on the street.

they looked kinda dumb, but ok.

they round the corner, but not before peeking their heads around the concrete.

they walk in a single file line, seungcheol's hand hovering over the glock 19.

they turn the next corner, seungcheol going first.

he pulls out the gun, turns the corner, and aims it at whatever was there.

turns out it was just junhui, doubling over in laughter.

junhui turns around, eyes going wide as he starts flailing his arms about.

"oh my god! dude, no! stop!" junhui yells, closing his eyes and shielding his face with his arms.

"seungcheol! that was completely unnecessary." jeonghan says, signaling with his eyes to put the gun down.

seungcheol huffs and puts the gun back into the holster.

"hey, well, you guys are here now. that's good," mingyu says, opening his arms, "come join the circle."

chan shrugs his shoulders and walks over to the circle, leaving space for seungcheol and jeonghan.

"there we go," mingyu says,"now we wait for seungkwan and hansol."

                                          ......

jeju island, 12:40 AM

"what are we gonna do!" seungkwan says. 

more like, screams. also more to himself that anyone.

hansol stays silent, slowly bending down to pick up the radio.

"i.....really don't know now." he says, slowly, staring at nothing in particular.

"if we're going to get any people help, we might as well wait til morning. nobody's out here." seungkwan says, turning to look at all the dark alleys and building windows.

"yeah, I guess. we should plan. don't want to waste any time." hansol says, taking out a pen and pad from his pocket.

"why do you think they left us?" seungkwan says quietly.

hansol looks over at him, eyes soft with worry.

he puts back the pen and pad, sets the radio back down by one of the legs of the bench, and sits down next to seungkwan.

"i really don't know, seungkwan. all i know is that we're gonna find a way off this island and get back to the group. i also don't know if it was just bad connection or something actually happened, but i really hope is was just bad connection." hansol says, sighing. 

"okay," seungkwan starts, "but how are we going to get off this island?"

"that, my friend," hansol says, looking at seungkwan with dejected eyes,"we'll have to figure out."

                                             ........

somewhere in the very back of seungcheol's mind, there's been this question flashing black and blue.

where have i seen jihoon before?

he knew it was a silly question to ask, but he knows he's seen that face somewhere before.

though, he hair was a beautiful blonde, fringe poking at his eyes relentlessly.

what? where is he remembering this from?

he thinks for a moment, staring at the flashlight in chan's hand.

oh. i know.

flashback

it was your normal day in daegu, except that they were being asked to flee the city.

that's right, an outbreak was happening, and seungcheol couldn't believe it.

he had always heard about them, the horrible things. he just didn't think he'd be caught up in one.

he just wanted to make sure he and his family were safe and far away from danger.

"come on, seungcheol. we have to leave now." he remembers his mother saying, the serious look on her face.

he follows his mother out the door, his father following him shortly after.

that's when he sees him.

he sees jihoon.

he's standing in the middle of the road, shouting at the people, telling them to leave.

thought, he's not a soldier, he can tell because of the lab coat. why was he here?

just then, he hears from his right, "seungcheol, come on! hurry up!"

he tears his eyes away from the small male, focusing now on  getting out of here.

who knew?
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