Found Again (Rewriting)

Chapter 26

"Jinnie, come to bed. Jungkook will be fine, I doubt he will wake up soon," Namjoon massaged his boyfriend's tensed shoulders as Jin fussed with Jungkook's blanket.

"I know, but what if something happens to him and I'm not there. What if his heart stops? What if Dr. Song gets him again? What if Woojin is a spy? What if–" Jin stresses until he is cut off by Namjoon's lips.

"Yah~ I was being serious~" Jin whined after Namjoon pulled away, a small smile graced his lips as their eyes met.

"So was I, now let's go to bed. You can check on him in the morning. Everyone has already gone to bed and you know Kook wouldn't like you stressing over him," Namjoon reasoned with the older who slouched his shoulders in defeat.

"Okay... but I'm checking on him as soon as I wake up," Jin reasoned as he was pulled away from the infirmary by Namjoon, his eyes still on Jungkook's still form. Namjoon chuckled as he walked down the hallway to a door on the left, leading Jin inside of their bedroom and closing the door. They stripped off their black, mission clothes before climbing into bed in only their undergarments. The lovers wrapped their arms around each other and slipped off into sleep, the two being the last ones to fall asleep in the house.

––Three Months Later––

"How is he?" Felix leaned on the doorway of Jungkook's room, his eyes drifting to the small form situated in the chair next to Jungkook's bed as his light casted over them.

"The same. I was hoping he would wake up when I was home... but I guess not," Lisa's eyes remained locked on her boyfriend's relaxed face.

"Maybe the next time you're home he will be awake," Felix pondered, hoping to lift up his noona's spirits.

"What if he never wakes up?" Lisa turned to look at Felix, her eyes red from crying, a frown frozen on her face.

"He will. He's our Golden Maknae. Our Jungkookie has been through more than probably all of us combined. He might have some differences, but he is still our Kookie," Felix flashed her a small smile that she didn't return.

A beep from her watch broke their conversation.

"It's time for me to go. I love you, Jungkook. Wake up soon," Lisa kissed her boyfriend's knuckles before standing up and walking out of the room, squeezing Felix's bicep on the way out. Felix's eyes followed her frame until he could no longer see her. A sigh left his lips as an inkling of sadness encased his heart.

Jungkook had shown no signs of improvement despite Jin's healing powers. The three Subject groups, Stray Kids, BTS, and Blackpink, have waited patiently for their maknae to wake up, but their patience was wearing thin as the months passed. Most threw themselves in missions, which Woojin learned was what Jungkook and Lisa used to do. The three groups used their powers to track down scientists, guards, anyone who worked in the labs, rescuing other Subject Groups in the process.

While the mansion was their home, it was also their headquarters. The levels above ground were used as living quarters while they had separate buildings on their large property for training, providing asylum to newly rescued groups, safe houses, and their basement held all of their technology.

Each group generally worked on their own and had their members assigned set positions.

Blackpink worked on finding the people that knew about the laboratories, using Lisa's past experience as a hitman to their advantage. Jisoo used her shapeshifting to spy on their targets, and Rose and Jennie used their powers of deoxygenation and mental projection to capture the targets, Lisa was their eyes from above as she refused to use her powers without Jungkook nearby to control her.

Stray Kids were a little more complex. Felix was often forced to stay at home, the others afraid that he could be injured if his lack of vision was used against him. The rest of them used their powers to infiltrate laboratories and rescue other Subjects like them and bring them back to the mansion. They were also the ones who set those groups onto their own feet and adjusted them back into society, creating many allies if the need ever arises.

BTS split their members depending on missions, using Yoongi's, Namjoon's, and Hoseok's knack for technology to be their eyes and ears during missions. Taehyung had split away from the group once again, only seen by Blackpink every couple of weeks when they spotted him on their missions.

Jimin and Woojin were their own team, designated as a clean up crew in case there were witnesses, using their powers to make their existence forgotten. Jin was their medic and Felix was his assistant, Seungmin an addition to the medical team every once in a while when additional energy was needed. Jungkook was well, asleep.

––––––––––

"My plan was to use Rose's mental projection to create an illusion of us dying or getting captured and Jennie's deoxygenation to stop the bomb from exploding the entire lab, just the entrance," Lisa recollected to the others in front of her,

"I waited until the others had finished the guards off before attempting to run to Jungkook who slumped, passed out, in the guard's grip. I ran to the guard holding him but I was too late as the guard injected something into Jungkook's neck... it was some sort of a black fluid," she paused,

"We killed all of the guards out in the opening, their bodies dropped like flies as Yoongi oppa and Taehyung used their powers to end the monsters that had attacked us. The illusions of Hoseok, Jimin, and Taehyung created by Rose dissipated, leaving only Kookie. I wasn't fast enough, and they took him away... but he's back now, home with us. Safe."

"How did Jimin and Hoseok get cured?" Woojin pressed, the story captured his attention.

"The cures I made for them worked and in a few short days, they were back to their old selves. We moved out of the destroyed lab once they were both awake. We found this house and we fixed it up in no time. I was planning on leaving everyone to go back to the work me and Kookie used to do, but Jin oppa caught me when I tried to sneak out and everyone surprisingly jumped on board with my work. And it took a couple of years, but everyone is finally out of Dr. Song's grasp that we know of."

Woojin sat frozen as his brain digested her story. He could tell that everything was a lot harder than she made it seem but the fact that they were still able to joke around with each other and act like goofballs even though they've been through stuff far worse than the average adult's wildest dreams. Their family was so strong, and had even found love within some of them.

Namjoon and Seokjin. Lisa and Jungkook. Woojin and Chan. Jisoo and Jennie. Hyunjin and Seungmin. Yoongi and Hoseok. Felix and Changbin. Minho and Jisung. Jeongin and Yedam, a kid who they rescued on their first mission. Jimin and Seulgi, a girl from Subject Group Red Velvet who often ally with Blackpink.

Even though most of the house is filled with love birds, many couples struggle to find time to hang out between missions. Their home is always bustling with activity, groups coming and going for intel, food, or just to catch up with each other.

One thing that has become routine is for everyone to say hello and goodbye to Jungkook when they are in the mansion and tell him the latest gossip. Every subject that has met any of the people who ventured to the headquarters know of the Golden Maknae.

Jungkook was everyone's Golden Maknae, even if he was older than them. Subjects would spread stories of him saving his family from Dr. Song, escaping multiple laboratories, or even becoming a hitman. No one knew if all of the stories were true or not, but they knew that he was strong, and they waited for the day he would wake up, so they could ask him themselves.

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