K-pop fans and the world at large are thrown into turmoil when the rising global sensation Bangtan Sonyeondan, better known as BTS, are kidnapped in the dead of night. As the world reels in confusion, the young men of BTS find themselves living a ni...
Back home and even around the world, citizens were up in arms. Several protests were underway against the South Korean government for the decisions they had made using baseless facts. After nearly a month there had yet to be a concrete answer as to how Bangtan Sonyeondan's murderers had come to be labelled 'terrorists'. The United States Department of Homeland Security had turned up nothing from Hitman Bang's request and no further communication had come from the kidnappers.
People everywhere demanded an answer for how seven bodies had just disappeared but without a starting point, no recovery efforts were ordered. This meant there was no closure. The world felt like they couldn't fully say goodbye to the seven young men who had captured their hearts and for those who treasured them the most, there seemed to be no moving on. Music fans had gathered together worldwide, voting around the clock and petitioning various award shows to honor Bangtan Sonyeondan. As a result, the group swept every category they had been eligible for.
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It was during this time that some in the industry began raising questions about the stability of BigHit Entertainment; quiet whispers wondering if the awards had truly been deserved or if they were, in fact, pity trophies given to a company who was once again plummeting towards financial ruin with the loss of their only successful group. SoMe even said (cautiously, of course) that the kidnapping had been an inside job that backfired and that Bang Si-hyuk was desperately grasping at straws in an attempt to cover himself when the truth finally came out. His lack of reply, in the eyes of the public, was as concerning as the accusation itself.
Much like a shark smelling blood in the water, SM Entertainment saw an opportunity and took it. As BigHit was a privately owned company, they went after the capital investment firm that had backed Hitman, taking over the investment and any loans taken out on behalf of Hitman and BigHit. This included the money that the company had raised intended for use as ransom.
Within a matter of weeks, Bang Si-hyuk found himself no longer in control of the very company he had founded.
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SM Entertainment declared that it would do everything in its power to work with the South Korean government, granting access to every private record of not only BigHit, but of everything that had happened on agency recorded lines of communication, including conversations between Bang Si-hyuk and the now deceased Bangtan Sonyeondan, as well as any personal communications the boys had made. The news broke like a raging storm and caused even further discord amongst BTS' loyal fans - their mourning ARMY.
Back in Hell, the goings on in South Korea made the captors even greedier. As they researched the new company, their thirst for money grew exponentially. Dorian plotted new ways to bring BTS back to life, drawing up new demands for double what they had originally requested, and making escape plans to get around the ever-annoying Sven. Mistakenly, he shared his plans with Mathan and Carl, and seeing the door open wide, the both of them concocted secret plans to share their newfound knowledge with Sven, each of them hoping this betrayal would be a means to their ends; one plotting mutiny while the other hoped to finally claim the sweet piece of ass he had longed for all this time.
