Killer Cruise

Chapter 13

...now that I think about it. Won't it be more suspicious if we suddenly escaped amid all the abductions.

No, no, we'll return back.

Taehyung skipped his way towards me, not a trace of his prior broken expression to be found.

"We turn up?" He brightly asked, pointing at the vent.

"It's go up," I corrected.

With my sudden surge of courage dying and fear taking its place, I begin to wonder ...what if we run into the serial killer casually crawling around up there.

What then?

We need a more solid plan and we need a way of efficiently communicating.

Just as everything that could go wrong began clouding my mind the door slowly creaked open.

The blue haired man from earlier, Namjoon was it, poked his head in.

He beamed at Taehyung and then at me for a moment.

Neither of us said anything.

Namjoon cleared his throat "Guess whos accused of murder?"

He pushed the door open revealing another 6 men, 4 of which were the men from before and another two being the cruise staff, they must've escorted them here.

"Us," he half-enthusiastically replied himself, while gesturing to his 4 brothers with jazz hands.

Well, at least we have a translator now.

"Get in," one of the guards rather rudely pushed Namjoon in, the other tried pushing Dorito boy but he didn't even budge. The push didn't affect his stature at all.

Damn. He really stood there not giving two fvcks about the man trying to push him in but when the pushing finally stopped, Dorito boy walked in on his own accord.

That's new heights of petty that I can only aspire to be.

They all filed in, the two 'guards' of the sort stated the warnings and whatnot before locking the door and leaving.

Everyone stared at each other in silence, until the shortest member slowly made his way behind Taehyung and perched his chin on the taller mans shoulder.

A few of them smiled slightly at the sight, myself included but in general everyone looked morbid.

"They took my Jin hyung,"

...ah right. Jin.

"Soooo, Namjoon right?" I ask the tall blue-haired man, he nodded in response, "well, Taehyung and I had this wacky idea and I was wondering if you'd like to join our little escapade,"

He eyed me skeptically before doing the same to Taehyung "what kind of escapade?"

"A rescue mission?" I asked rather than said. No further words were needed to explain the details, things seemed to fall right into place before him.

Eventually he nodded "what's your plan? The doors locked,"

"But the vents aren't," I point up towards it, I have no clue how big they are or if we'll fit but I guess we never know till we try "..thing is. I suspect it's in the vents that the abductor lurks in,"

He was intrigued indeed, but his skepticism remained prevalent. Who in their right mind would go off scurrying in the secret passageways of a probable serial killer?

But I need to find them, I'll go regardless if they wish to come or not.

"We can't all go, in case the guards come back. How about just 3 among the 8 of us? It'll be easier to bluff about your whereabouts to guards if they come and check on us," Namjoon adds.

That's is true, I barely even considered that factor.

"I'll definitely be one of the three, who else do you suggest?"

Namjoon POV:

I obviously have to go, communication is key.

She waited expectantly for my answer, I have to choose 1 of my members ...on a possible suicide mission.

"Excuse me one moment while I ask them," I said to her before turning to face the other 5 of them.

"So we-"

"Hyung, I'm going too," Taehyung immediately says.

Taehyungs not thinking rationally right now, his eyes are all puffy and red, he must've been crying after hearing about Jin hyung and if I'd known any better I'd say he's also been wallowing in self-inflicted guilt, he's blaming himself.

"I have too hyung, Jin hyung...," he swallowed thickly, looking away momentarily to recollect himself "disappeared trying to save me,"

"I don't know.." I trailed off. In order for our roughly thought out plan to go smoothly all 3 of us need to be in a calm mindset.

Taehyung brushed his hair back in frustration as he looked at me with pleading eyes "please hyung, let me save Jin hyung too,"

Ugh who am I kidding. Even I'm barely holding it together myself.

I nodded.

A flicker of an appreciative smile danced across Taehyungs lips, his eyes however were still vacant, much like the ghost-like expressions of the others in the room.

I cleared my throat "alright, the plan is the 3 of us will climb up and look for Jin hyung through the slits of metal-"

"Are you crazy!" This time Hoseok interrupts me. Although his words are a little harsh, there's nothing but concern all over his face "what then, even if you find Jin hyung locked up in a room, whos to say you can get him out and back here safely,"

Jimin shrugs "I hate to say it hyung but I'm with Hobi hyung on this one. I think it's wiser for us to wait for the authorities to clear it up,"

"No." Taehyungs voice is sharp and clear, cutting through all the tension in the air, he looks at each one of us, fear in his now glassy eyes "we can't wait, there's no time,"

This time Jungkook lightly pats Taehyungs shoulder "hyung maybe we should let the peop-"

Taehyung vigorously shook his head "do you know how (Y/n) and I ended up as suspects?"

We all hesitantly shook our heads, we were only told that they were suspects not why.

Fear riddled his features "because (Y/n) and I found the first victim, throat sliced in the male locker rooms just as the man on the speakers said-" he lets out a shaky breath, Jimin's arms wrap around Taehyungs chest "-we will get killed if we break a rule. Jin hyung broke a rule, he doesn't have much time left,"

"Hyung," Jungkook softly mumbled, wrapping his arms around Taehyung and Jimin, forming a little cuddle huddle.

This is alot more serious than I thought.

We could really ....lose Jin hyung. Hoseok lost his prior defensive look, it's so peculiar to see him of all people so down in the dumps. Even Jimin quietened down as he teared up.

Mustering up my calmest exterior I spoke again "okay, Taehyung, (y/n) and I will-,"

"Joon-ah, what if you run into this psycho?" Yoongi hyung voices up.

"Would you rather Jin hyung die?" Taehyung challenged. He's very emotional right now, he needs to calm down.

"Well I don't want you to die either idiot," Yoongi spat back, he's angry but his anger sprouts from concern.

Everyone turns to look at me. All waiting for my final answer. When I agreed to be leader I never expected to have to decide something like this.

"Taehyung, before I make any decision right now, I need you to calm down. I know your frustrated but we all are because we're all hurting. Lashing out won't help anyone, we all want Jin hyung to return safely, okay?"

His expression turned somber as he nodded, he looked at Yoongi hyung apologetically "sorry,"

Yoongi acknowledged his apology with a nod. Now with that sorted everyone looked at me again.

'Be the leader of bangtan. It would be fun' they said.'