Chain || Mark Lee

Chapter 37:Backup

Author-nim apologizes for not updating last week. Let's just say school is overwhelming and people are annoy and call it a day.

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Taeyong made his way to Irene's room, opening the door carefully. Her bedside lamp illuminated the room, and Taeyong could see that she was well and sleeping. He slowly made his way over to her bed, her back was turned to him, and extended a hand out to wake her up.

Knowing fully aware that someone was in her room Irene reached under her pillow for a blade. She clutched it tightly and rolled to her other side, with the blade in full swing. Taeyong's senses kicked in and he moved his head backward. He clutched Irene's arm, stopping her arm in motion.

Irene's free arm reached for her gun, also under her pillow, and aimed it straight at Taeyong. Taeyong grabbed hold of her arm away and moved it in a different direction; she shot at the wall. Irene's adrenaline came to a halt, and her eyes focused; she finally saw him. Letting go of her arms, he sat next to her on her bed, and placed a hand on her back.

"Taeyong? Oh my god, I could've killed you!"Irene dropped the blade and gun onto her bed and covered her face with her hands

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to startle you."Taeyong apologized.

"What are you doing here? What time is it?"

"It's about 4am, and we came here to check on you guys."

"We? Check on us, why would you need to check on us?'Irene turned and looked him in the eyes, confused and worried by his solemn tone.

"Outcasts, or we're assuming Outcasts, kidnapped Yeonmi and made us believe she killed herself. We, some other members that came with me, got scared and went to go check on allies while the others sort things out at home."

"After that whole attack on Blue Box, they thought it was a good idea to kidnap her as well?"Irene raised her voice.

Taeyong nodded his head, a bit taken aback by her sudden rage.

"Let me get changed. I'm going with you guys. I'll text the girls everything and to meet up with the others at your house when they wake up."Irene informed him.

She quickly got out of bed and ran into her walk in closet, closing the door behind her. In a minute she was dressed in all black. Her holster was clipped to her belt, and she ran back over to her bed to grab her gun and blade.

"Let's go,"Irene insisted and the two left her room.

The other boys were in the hallway, waiting for Taeyong.

"Is everyone okay?"Irene asked them, acting like a mother.

"Joy wasn't in her room."Chenle reported, and everyone else remained silent.

"She spent the night at Blue Box, come on let's go."

They all went outside. The early morning air chilled all of them. Taeyong drove the others, and Irene drove behind them in a black car as well. Their next stop was Blue Box, seeing as they would be a major target as well.

Mark sat in the passenger seat, just looking out the window. He wasn't sure how he was feeling. Yeonmi wasn't dead, he had that to be happy about, but everything else was terrifying and angering. Anything could've happened to her by now, and thinking about the things that could happen only made him worry more.

He was ready to kill every single person associated with Outcasts, and he was prepared to give Kyungtae a lifetime of hell. At the same time he was ready to hold Yeonmi in his arms and never let go of her. Whatever came first.