Rebooted |NCT GANG AU| ✔️

zwölf | xii

TW: MENTIONS OF RAPE

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Jisung frantically typed away, frustrated with the lack of information in front of him. It had been two and half weeks since Melanie was taken, and a lot had come to light with the help of some of Melanie's close friends.

Seulgi and Yuri had helped fill in the gaps of who Maya was, and just how ridiculously powerful the X-Killers were. Melanie had helped found the X-Killers while her and Maya were dating. Back then they were just a small local gang only existing for a few months when Melanie met Maya. They slowly grew but after Melanie dumping Maya and leaving without a word, Maya's heartbreak and anger fuelled the gang.

Out of spite, the X-Killers controlled London in the night. And they were spreading. Jisung bit his lip nervously, as they essentially knew nothing about their opponent, which knew more then they should about NCT.

"You should get some sleep kid."

Jisung looked up to look at Moon, who was coming in with food.

"But I still haven't found anything." Jisung said.

"You've been in front of that computer for hours, get some rest." Joy said from the couch across the room.

"Okay. If you find anything let me know?" Jisung said before shutting the computer down.

"We will." Moon said, taking a seat next to Joy, who threw her arm around Moon's shoulder.

The last week had brought them all much, much closer. Moon was essentially living with them in the mean time to help, and Red Velvet was always over. Jiyeon now officially lived with NCT, as they deemed it unsafe for her to live without their protection from her sister. It also helped keep Johnny and the other members sane, as Jiyeon was keeping them together.

Moon sighed, flicking through files on her tablet. It was late but she was determined to find at least one thing about her sister's location. They were having a hard time, as no one besides Melanie knew London well, so tracking cameras was difficult.

"Hey, what was the Ukraine like?" Joy asked the woman curled up next to her.

"Beautiful, we lived in this small apartment in Odessa. My bedroom window looked over the water, I used to stare at the water for hours instead of doing my homework." Moon sighed thinking about her childhood, when she was ignorantly happy.

"Why'd you leave?" Joy asked.

"Family, I guess?" Moon said sighing. "Mom blew up one day because I told her that kids were making fun of me for being a bastard child. She finally told me that I was an affair child. Melanie and I's dad was doing business in the Ukraine and slept with my mom. She got pregnant and decided to travel to Korea to surprise him. Didn't even know he had a pregnant wife who was only a few weeks behind her."

"I didn't release it then, but my mom was a complete idiot. Got mad at Mel's mom for being offended about me being in Dads will." Moon complained. "After a few years of constantly hearing that Melanie and her mother were the route of all my problems, I decided to meet Melanie for myself. Spent a summer there and got to know her."

"I then realized that Melanie was more of family then my mom ever was. When she asked for my help in taking down her parents, I did. She didn't ask for anything of me or my mom, just wanted to free both of us from the life we born into."

"I found my calling through freelance hacking, lived in France for years to find myself. Sometimes it hurts that I had to leave and cut my mom off like that, but I'm happier without her." Moon finished.

"Why did you come to Korea then?" Joy asked, invested in the story.

"Found out I had some distant Korean relatives. After meeting a family member you didn't know existed turn out to be one of the best parts of your life, you're more willing to move continents for that."

"Meet my Great-Aunt Na and Uncle Kim. Its really funny how much family I have now. There's a reason why I changed my korean last name from Lee to Na." Moon explained. "What about you? What's your story."

Joy gave a small smile.

"My family got caught up in a local gang war, Shindong saved me. I don't have any family to live for anymore, but I've got Red Velvet. Their my sisters and I love them all so much." Joy explained. "I still mourn them, but Irene has helped me move forward. I owe my life to her and Shindong."

The two held smiles before Jaemin skidded into the room.

"Cous I need you to look at this!" Jaemin practically yelled, throwing a strange metal object at Moon, who caught it.

"Cous?" Joy asked.

"My Great-Aunt Na is my dads Aunt, and she's also Jaemin's Grandmother. We're like second cousins of some sort. I went digging into Melanie's family tree to try and find people who could be targeting us and found Jaemin and Yuri on the family tree." Moon explained as she looked up at the object.

"So Melanie was friends with Yeri for years without realizing they were related?" Joy asked.

"We all were. I didn't know about the Lee Family, but it explains why they took my in as a short-term trainee in the syndicate." Jaemin said before dashing out of the room.

"What the hell is this?" Moon muttered looking at the scrapped metal.

"Can I see?" Joy asked, to which Moon passed her the object. "Wait it rattles. Is there something inside it?"

Joy held it up to Moon's ear and shake it. Something small was rattling inside. Moon grabbed a tool from off Jeno's desk and jammed it into a crack, moving it around until it split.

"Wait, this is the inside of a burnt camera. Where the hell did he get this." Moon said.

"Look there's the info chip. It looks intact too." Joy said, using a pair of tweezers to pull it out.

Moon grabbed her dummy laptop off the floor, and slid the card in. Footage booted up, and Moon shut the laptop immediately after seeing it.

"What was it?" Joy asked, nervous at Moon's pale face.

"It was a recording of Melanie." Moon said.

"What?"

"She was being raped by Maya in the footage." Moon said, about to puke.

Joy's eyes widened, and they looked at each other nervously.

"What do we do. We can't show them the footage." Joy said.

"We don't need to. I know exactly where that is." Moon said removing the chip and gathering her things.

"Where?"

"The deserted underground bunker of Melanie's family home. The one that she and I sealed before burning to the ground." Moon said before speeding out of the room towards the meeting room.

I'm coming Mel, just stay alive a little longer