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7. His Versed Encounter

"𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚢𝚘𝚞. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚐𝚘 𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚖 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚜."

― 𝙰. 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚗𝚎, 𝚆𝚒𝚗𝚗𝚒𝚎-𝚝𝚑𝚎-𝙿𝚘𝚘𝚑

Jimin

It was a strange thing to be back here. It had felt like only yesterday when he and Yoongi had been stood here with growing uncertainty and fear, in front of these soaring iron-gates and towering red-bricked buildings. That is of course, he had been drowning in his own dread and anxiety before, whereas now...well...

He still was, but in a different way.

Jimin wouldn't say that he was afraid of what was inside of these walls. Taking in a hurried breath he set foot past the front gates and briskly made his way down the paved pathway towards the main building. 'Bionics' surprisingly hadn't undergone any renovations within the past two years. This Jimin thought as he drove his body past each bionic complex, because the company had to be the most financially wealthy corporation in the world. Still, in regards to each building it seemed as if the walls were no more than the same rock and dirt they stood on. Jimin wasn't implying that the grounds were unkept or worn, but he figured the person in charge would have maybe directed their interminable funds towards an attainable, state-of-the-art superstructure to house the hundreds of bionics.

As he passed person after person...'bionic after bionic' even, Jimin did his best to keep his head down. The absolute likelihood of him running into a certain individual was below ten percent, and yet he wasn't sure that he'd be able to keep it together if he did. And, the profound bore of their deadened pupils was just as unsettling as it had been before. Again, it was strange. No one gathered together in clusters, but were instead scattered eerily and dragging around the courtyard like lost hoards of the undead. Perhaps the word 'undead' wasn't the best term to use.

He was notably holding himself together without too much endeavours. It was okay. He could do this.

Tugging out the square of paper once again, Jimin inhaled and briefly closed his eyes. Then he turned on his heels and made a sharp left, averting the main entrance and heading around the building instead. This is what the note read...'Make your way around the left side of the main building and keep walking until you come across a set of basement doors. Wait there and avoid any security cameras.' That was easier said than done. Nearly, practically, every corner of a wall embodied a surveillance CCTV camera. Maybe at the most he could just keep his head down.

Again, that was easier said than done. At the very least, his hair wasn't the once bright-blond that it had been once and his clothes certainly were less than vivid.

He stuck his body closer to the insides of the side buildings, occasionally ducking behind loose and low-hanging foliage to stay out of sight as humanely possible. Granted every bionic was aware of his 'subtle' presence, but he doubted they'd question his definite, dubious behaviour. And it was surprisingly working. He'd just kept leaping, and ducking, and sliding his way around the main building and as far as he'd been aware, he had kept his face hidden behind his hood and scarf without much effort. Of all places...why this building to meet up?

Stepping out from between two bare bushes, Jimin hurried towards the black-painted basement door residing amidst a corner crevice. He wasn't sure if he should knock, maybe? Or just wait? He was a little early.

Buzz buzz-

A phone call? Taking a quick look to either side of him, Jimin fumbled for the straight-edged outline of his phone from his back pocket before checking the caller ID. Yoongi-hyung?