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"you really don't think it's weird that the island is deserted? i mean, i get social distancing but shouldn't there be more movement? maybe i'm just overthinking but somethings not right here," jimin says, "plus, those people that are infected? where are they being kept?"
jeongguk's head might burst if he keeps taking in new information. the whole ordeal is already shady and confusing. he glances at taehyung, who's preoccupied with feeding duck.
"i say we go out and find out ourselves. i mean, the worst that can happen is we run into the infected," yoongi deadpans.
that earns him a whack up the head from jimin, "yoongi-ah, that's why we came to namhae, to avoid the undead."
"i'm just saying! we either find out ourselves or wait till they come knocking on our door asking to eat our brains or mrs kim asks us to be used as tests," he mumbles annoyingly.
taehyung whips his head around at the mention of his mother, "she's not gonna do that. but i agree with yoongi hyung. maybe kim namjoon can help us? i could ring him here."
"you think he'll talk?"
"we could always torture him," jimin shrugs.
they all stare at him with confused looks.
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"wait, we're not actually torturing him right? i was kidding about that," jimin pokes his head in between taehyung and yoongi, eyeing namjoon as he seats himself down.
"no jimin," taehyung shakes his head.
namjoon looks uneasy as he looks at the three young adults standing in front of him. "i thought you had an emergency mister kim? your mother—"
"it is an emergency namjoon hyung. i didn't get the chance to discuss this with my mother but seeing as she's gone through all this trouble of getting me here, i assume you know why i'm prioritized? even the military were behind me getting here," taehyung sits down on one of the couches facing namjoon, "i just wanna know why. and where the people that were brought here are at."
a flash of panic runs through namjoon's face, but it's quickly covered up, "they've been relocated."
"you're not answering my question," taehyung presses, "my mother will tell me regardless. i'd just prefer to know now."
the male sighs, eyeing the males behind taehyung who are just as anxious to know the answer. namjoon shakes his head, knowing that once he says the words, he will no longer be able to return to work with eunha, "your mother. . . is continuing her search and experiments here on the island. the people that have been brought are the wealthy because they are up to date with vaccines and hold stronger immunity. they're at the research center, some have already been turned others are still quarantined. and you, you are important because. . . she plans to use you as the final experiment. the cure."
jeongguk jolts, "she wants to use her own son as a lab rat?"
he couldn't of said it any better. taehyung feels sick to his stomach. taehyung realizes now that his mother wasn't going to take him somewhere safe, all along, he had prayed that she'd find him, and now, he wishes that would've never happened. "i can help you leave the island," namjoon stands from his seat, "but i need to have my safety guaranteed as well."
yoongi doesn't waste a second in agreeing, "lead the way and i'll be your personal bodyguard."
"we need to get to the other side of the island, that's where the helicopters are at. there's one problem however," namjoon trails off.
"you don't know how to fly one? 'cuz i doubt any of us can either," jimin cries out.
namjoon shakes his head, "that's the least of the problems mister park. the other half of the island is where the infected are kept. we'd need to get inside the facility without being seen, and then head to helicopter area. the next helicopter doesn't get here until tomorrow afternoon."
"so we have to wait here and see if mrs kim comes to harvest us? can't we hide somewhere in the meantime? i highly doubt staying here is smart," jeongguk rationalizes.
taehyung has already been mapping out the outcomes in his head. "we should stay here. acting out of place is suspicious, she'll know i know of her plans. namjoon, i take you can pretend to not know of the circumstances for a day. i'll go with her, and we can meet at the facility. it'll be easier for you all to enter with me being there. i have access to the facility, and being there with mom would make it less suspicious."
"what? you're crazy if you think i'm gonna let you go with her tae," jeongguk fusses, already disagreeing with any sort of explanation.
"isn't the whole point of escaping for us to not be used as experiments? you'd be setting yourself up," jimin tries to reason.
taehyung shakes his head, "no. listen, i know what i have to do. i don't expect you to understand but i need you all to trust me. namjoon, you know my mother almost as much as i know her. she'll know somethings wrong if i don't show."
"i trust taehyung," yoongi raises his hand in front of him, "and now that we know where the infected are, it's easier to avoid them. i didn't really wanna go find out by myself."
jeongguk looks at taehyung, "i trust you too, but—"
"please gguk," taehyung pleads, grabbing onto jeongguk's hand and giving it a squeeze, "you trust me right? like i trust you?" despite him guilt tripping jeongguk, he holds truth to his words.
jeongguk can't fight him on that. of course he trusts taehyung, that's not the problem. jeongguk just can't seem to shake away the bad feeling in his gut, even when he agrees to taehyung's plan. one more night. one more night and they would finally be safe. all of them together.
