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Chapter 22: Missing

_JACKIE_

It was two past midnight but there wasn't even an ounce of sleep in my eyes. I was continuously thinking about Yoongi. I broke up with Taehyung for him but how was I supposed to tell him that?

Was Tae right?

Did he really have feelings for me?

Do I have feelings for him?

Several emotions were conflicting in my mind. I was happy to be free from any burden of relationship. I was glad that the awkwardness between me and Tae was gone and once again we were friends, just friends, best friends. Yet, I felt guilty for breaking his heart. But the emotion I felt the most was regret. Regret for not realizing my feelings any sooner, regret for hurting the person who I didn't even know mattered so much to me, regret for hurting Yoongi.

I was trying hard to drift off to sleep when a loud alarm started reverberating through the whole camp, making my mission even more difficult. Almost all the trainees jolted awake from their slumber. Everyone was quite bewildered because it was 2 in the morning and we never had such an early training before.

I climbed down from my two storey bed and walked to Jisoo's bunk. Lisa had already reached there.

"Do we have to train so early!? I didn't even finish my beauty sleep" Lisa whine there by making me giggle and Jisoo scoff. But all of a sudden, our laughter faded away as a bold voice coming from the speakers grabbed our attention.

"All residents of the Fortress Camp are hereby notified that ..." Chief's voice did not sound as confident as always. Instead it was brimming with concern and worry.

"... one of our trainees is missing from the camp since evening. Our whole search team had worked for hours but found no trace of him."

A chaos began in the cabin. Everyone was tensed. How could someone get missing from such a protected zone? Something didn't seem right. And most importantly. Who was that person?

"So at this point, we can only assume two scenarios. First, he was somehow abducted and in that case, there must be someone in the camp premises who's helping the enemies. Second, he himself might have gone rogue. But in either ways, you all will have to stay cautious. We don't want anymore of you to go missing like Min Yoongi."

My whole world came crashing down as the name rang in my ears like a echoing thunder. I couldn't believe what I was hearing. Yoongi was missing??

Just when I was thinking about making up my friendship with Yoongi, with whose permission did that bastard go missing? I wasn't sure what to feel, sadness, anger or regret? But one thing I was definite about was that I was going to bring him back.

Min Yoongi stole my first kiss and made me break up with my first boyfriend. He made me go through so many emotional rollercoasters. I wasn't going to let him go that easily. I didn't care if he was taken or if he left on his own. Whatever it was, I was determined to bring him back.

"Hey Jackie, are you there?" Lisa shook me, breaking me from my thoughts that made me zoned out.

"Sorry" I mumbled faintly and went back to my bed.

"There's surely something going on between Jackie and Yoongi" I could hear Jisoo say the words to Lisa but I pretended not to hear them. Soon after, everyone drifted back to their sleep.

When everything had once again fallen into the depths of the dark intense night and when every being was peacefully residing in their dreamlands, I silently sneaked out of the cabin. I as quietly as possible entered my tent. I made sure to not wake mother up.

After the conflict between Yoongi and Uncle Min, I didn't meet him and hence, didn't get the chance to return the weapons that were given to me for the mission. I took the bag of weapons and left the tent. However, I also took the knife that mom had given me but instead of putting it in my backpack, I inserted it securely inside my right boot, just for emergency.

With the armaments tightly packed on my back, I proceed towards the camp border. I performed the usual formalities and within seconds, I was completely out of the protection of the shield. I started walking towards the city with only one determination, to not return without Min  Yoongi.