Shadows: The Black Star

Chapter Nineteen

[Soyeon]

I woke up in a dark room once again, everything in pain as I once again fought through my binds.

"I can let you out of here if you tell me who the agency's leader is." a voice said, the same man who tortured me for fun in the past weeks.

"I... I won't speak about anything to you, you fucker." I said, and the man laughed, seemingly amused with my answer.

"I like your confidence, lady. If we were in the same team, we would be a great ally." the man said, as I grit my teeth while trying to drown out his laughs.

"I won't tell you anything." I said, as calm as possible, but his laughs broke through my peace, setting me uneasy.

"What makes you think you can hold on to that, huh, Jeon Soyeon?" he said, and I froze, unable to say another word.

"I know about you. Your codename, Jelly. How you like writing songs. How you put yourself before others. I know everything about you, even the people you are close to. With an order, I can kill them all." the man said, completely breaking through my peace and courage.

" J-Just kill me. That's what you want, right? Kill me!" I shouted, fighting through the ropes, but the man just grinned and held my chin, raising my head upwards for me to look at him.

" I would love to tear you apart, piece by piece, and to kill you right now. But the Snake wants information, and that's what you'll give me--"

I pushed myself up, taking the chair with me and hitting him with my head, making him stagger back and fall, his nose bleeding.

I forcefully dropped myself backwards, breaking the chair and sending pain onto my back, but I couldn't feel it as I grab a piece of wood and beat him endlessly.

I couldn't stop myself; I beat him with the piece of wood over and over again, until he wasn't moving, until his body isn't breathing, bruised beyond saving.

My hands shaking, I gripped the piece of wood and poked onto the man's corpse, searching for something that could help me survive--

The metal end of the gun came in sight as I grabbed it, tucking it inside my bloody pants and tightly gripped the piece of wood like a bat, determined to get out alive.

I got out of the room, the lights blinding as I felt my energy get out of my body--

★

"Soyeon?"

The blonde, short haired girl looked at the one who called her, managing to give a small smile as Seulgi nodded, reassuring her.

"Who did you kill that day, Soyeon-ssi?" Umji asked, as she was creating a profile for Soyeon.

"I... I think his name was Yoon Jaein. He... He tortured me for fun in the first weeks that I was there, before asking me for information, which I didn't give." Soyeon said, Umji taking note of everything.

"Alright. Your profile is set, along with the five other girls you brought with you. As to your request, your room  " Umji finished, Soyeon nodding as she took the keys to their room.

Soyeon got out of the room happily, Seulgi smiling at the girl while Umji worked quietly.

"Take her and her team and fetch Chaeyoung and the others." Umji said shortly, as Seulgi sighed.

"They've only been here for a day, Kim Yewon. Chaeyoung's location is the second closest to Seoul, the first one being Sojung and Eunha's. I would want to take more experienced people--"

"Soyeon had the tattoo of the Black Star, am I correct?" Umji asked, as Seulgi shut up.

"You are branded as the Black Star traitor, along with Seungwan eonnie, Mina eonnie and Chaeyoung. I don't fully believe Soyeon's story to be true, as she suffered from post traumatic stress disorder that caused her to forget her memories after she killed that man, making her forget all about the agency and took side with the Black Star, having killed the Snake's right hand. With her memories of you and the others, she can work against the syndicate--"

"I'm going to take Joy, Yeri, Seungwan, Jihyo and Yerin with me to get Chaeyoung and the others from that place, no questions asked." Seulgi said, as Umji sighed.

"Fine, have it your way. I will be guiding you, at least follow me in the field." Umji said, as Seulgi nodded then left.

"Umji? You have a guest." Sinb said, as she pushed a girl inside, who was acting a bit weirdly, then smiled at Umji.

"Yewonnie, how are you?"

"Choi Yuna eonnie, how many times did I tell you not to go here?"

Choi Yuna was a singer that Umji rescued from the syndicate two years ago from being sold as an entertainment to the leaders. Since then Yuna, or Yuju as she liked to be called, stuck around with Umji, and must have fallen for the younger girl, but she wouldn't admit it.

"This place is dangerous, eonnie. Plus, your relocation is actually miles away, so how did you get here---"

"I brought her here." Jennie Kim said, with Lalisa Manoban in tow as Umji smiled at them.

"And how did you two find this place?"

"With the help of Chaeyoung, I put a tracker in the necklace that Joohyun eonnie left for Seulgi, seeing how she didn't take her off. Now I knew that you were rounding up the old team, and came here untracked, with the help of Lisa's small skills in IT." Jennie said, as Lisa smiled sheepishly beside the mandu.

"Then can you help me locate Son Chaeyoung, Lisa?" Umji said, as she opened a program that was designed to hack into satellites.

"I'll try to, but better keep something extra in case I destroy or delete something." Lisa said, as she sat down and started to work.

"Alright, let's find the small cub."