Resolving Conflict | Ateez Superhero AU

D - Day (1)

D-day, 27th April 7:50pm

"4 suspicious men are spotted on the port. Possibly more coming." Kim pressed her Bluetooth cell phone headset against her ear and reported everything she heard. "We have to go now." She nodded at Wooyoung.

Wooyoung nodded back and held Yunho's hand. Kim watched San and Yeosang teleport away before she entered her car with the rest of the team. Instead of starting the engine, Kim looked at her watch.

"We'll go after 10 minutes. They'll probably get the job done by then." She turned her head to the woman riding shotgun. "Do you have the thing ready?"

"Yes," the woman replied, taking something out from her shirt pocket. She showed Kim the gray round object on her palm. It looked like a marble, but slightly bigger. A dim pulsing light emanated from it.

"Put that away," said Kim, irritated at her teammate's incompetence.

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Yeosang frowned at his mild headache - a side effect from teleporting - and took in his surroundings. It was just as he had expected, a port stacked high with shipping containers, empty and full.

His fingers grazed the corner of his phone poking out of his pants pocket. He said he would tell Hongjoong as soon as he knew where the mission would take place, but was it necessary? He would betray some of his friends no matter what he decided to do.

A sharp tug on his arm snapped him back to reality.

"What are you doing? They are right there!" Wooyoung whispered harshly to Yeosang and pulled him behind a container, where Yunho and San were waiting in crouching positions.

Yeosang angled his head and peeked at the four men who were filling up large bags with smaller brown packets taken from an open container. The packets were opaque, but it wasn't hard to guess what was inside. They were focused on their task with no fear of being caught since they bribed everyone working in the port to disappear for the night.

"I'll cause a distraction to confuse them so we can take them down," said Yunho. "On the count of three?"

The others nodded, and Yunho stood up. He found a sealed bag - already filled up and bulky - and flung it straight at the back of one of the smuggler's head. He fell forward with a grunt, dropping the packets he were holding. His companions freed their hands as well and pulled out weapons, looking around for the attacker while trying to comprehend what they had just saw.

It was too dark to see their expressions, but the smuggler's hands were shaking and their feet was dancing around uneasily. Before they could realize what happened, Yunho, Wooyoung, San, and Yeosang emerged from their hiding place and tackled the smugglers.

They tied up the criminals and locked them in a container. They waited anxiously just in case there were more accomplices hiding.

By 8:05pm, Wooyoung had lowered his guard. "This was easier than I thought."

As if on cue, an earsplitting gunshot sounded nearby, followed by a high-pitched clang of the bullet hitting the metal surface of a container. Yunho's breaths quickened as he saw the dent on the metal inches away from him, where Wooyoung just was.

San rushed to Wooyoung, who was on the ground a safe distance away from where the bullet hit. His body had sensed the incoming danger and teleported him away just in time.

"Oh-oh god, are you ok?" His eyes wide with shock and horror, San scoured Wooyoung's body for any wounds or injuries.

Wooyoung sat up slowly. He was aching all over from his body's exertion to save him from danger. "I'm fine." He frowned, stood up, and ran back with San to the safety of the containers.

"They had backup." Yunho's gestured for everyone to stay low as his eyes darted around, searching for the people who attacked them. But the containers provided too many hiding places, and whoever was out there were planning their next move quietly.

3 painstakingly tense minutes passed before the opposing team made a mistake. Yeosang saw something glint under the moonlight two towers of containers away. He squinted his eyes and saw a silver flash under the moonlight.

Yeosang pointed to the general direction urgently. He mouthed "guns" at the other three.

Yunho frowned. He knew he wasn't the only one wondering where Kim was. But they couldn't wait here like sitting ducks for assistance to come. They had to act now, before the smugglers' accomplices took the advantage.

A gust of wind disturbed the sea and the waves rumbled, disrupting the heavy silence in the port. Moving clouds cut off the scant light from the moon that already provided little visibility to the people on the port.

Yunho shifted his body to face his teammates and cringed when the soles of his shoes scratched against the rough ground. He hoped the wind carried the sounds away, and thought momentarily about Jongho and his ability to control the air.

Mouthing simple words and moving his hands, Yunho managed to lay out his plan. They would approach the other side by navigating from one row of containers to the next, until it was close enough for Yunho to see their targets and potential objects he could use as weapons.

Wooyoung understood and countered, suggesting that he could teleport to the other side, land a punch, and then come back before they could register his appearance.

San shook his head furiously. The clouds passed by, moonlight highlighting the concern on Yunho's face. "Are you crazy?" he mouthed, so vehement that he lost his balance and had to press his hand against the container to balance himself.

A sudden bang of metal against metal sent chills all over the four men's bodies. Their heads jerked to the source, which was the same direction as the gun Yeosang spotted. Only much more closer.

San held onto someone's arm. He didn't know who and he didn't care. He could hear his heart pumping loudly his ears. Then someone placed an arm over his shoulders and he felt his body relax just enough for him to turn his head, so he could look at Yunho for further instructions.

Yunho's eyes were still fixed on a nearby container, trembling in anticipation for a surprise attack. He only broke his gaze when his eyes were tearing up from not blinking. Since no one revealed themselves, he told his three teammates that they would go with the original plan, but investigate the sound after they got past the first row.

Legs numb from crouching, Yunho straightened them slowly and silently, prompting the others to follow. He was about halfway to full height when he saw his friends' blanched faces and rigid bodies.

Realizing immediately what was going on, Yunho's neck tingled with nerves as he prepared to turn around. A cold sensation on the back of his head made him think twice.

Adrenaline and fear overwhelmed Yunho's body and eventually paralyzed him.

He watched as men in black clothes appear out of nowhere and seize San, Yeosang, and Wooyoung's hands. They were all forced to kneel on the ground.

Wooyoung's steely face told Yunho that he had the impulsive urge to teleport away and do what he can to turn the tables, but even that vanished when he saw the 5 other guns pointed at them from different angles.

Yunho saw San visibly shaking. He too, felt incredibly small next to the towering container next to him.

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Finally! The action is here! And since the next few chapters are all closely related, I'll post all of those together XD I don't think I'm good at writing action scenes but hopefully you felt the suspense in this chapter hehe-

Keep reading the next chapter of you want to know how the team will escape out of this situation!

- KCGG_Goddess