Hell and Back (EXO x Reader)

Dashboard (Trial 24)

Word count: 1382

Chapter warnings: Mild language and Dangerous actions

[Please do not replicate any of the behaviors read in this book.]

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"Kyungsoo, you're next." Suho said curtly, pulling out his phone.

"W-what? Why me?"

"Why are all of you so hesitant? The earlier you go, the easier they are, right?" He said, anger hinting in his voice. Everyone was staring at him, a bit shocked. Obviously the car incident had put everyone on edge, but Suho was apparently not taking it as well as they'd expected. The man continued going off,

"And the restricted power Chanyeol, and he's one of the only other people who needs to take a second turn. So just go." Kyungsoo looked to the other members, and then to Y/N, but all of them were strangely silent. No one wanted to cross him, especially not like this. His eyes begged to get out of it, but Y/N wasn't really the strongest when it came to things like this. She gave him an apologetic glance before pressing his name on her screen. Suho had turned back away from them, arms crossed in a quiet stupor. Kyungsoo looked a bit overwhelmed, but he was hiding it well enough. Not like any one else was paying attention, anyway.

"Um, you're meant to crash a car." She said with a swallow.

"I... what?"

"Crash a car. That's what it says."

"That sounds dangerous." Xiumin said, rather obviously.

"Where are we even going to get a car to crash?" Kyungsoo asked, already overthinking it. "We've been using Kris's this whole time, but-"

"We are not crashing my fucking car." The man in question cut in abruptly. They had expected this, but he just wanted to be absolutely sure.

"Yeah, but we still need to find a car."

"Our best bet is some sort of junkyard or... stealing one." Kai posed. "We don't want to crash one of our own cars."

"Or we could buy a really cheap one?" Chanyeol offered. "That would be better than-"

"We don't have time to go through all that, and why would we buy a car just to crash it?" Kai argued. "Stealing one is the most effective option."

"I can hotwire a car. We just need to pick one." Kris said.

"Why do you know how to hotwire a car?" Lay asked suspiciously.

"You know the answer to that."

"Touché."

"Hey, can we focus?" Chen asked. "Where are we getting a car?"

"There's a nice blue corvette that always parks down the street from the studio." Kris suggested.

"We're not stealing someone's real car." Suho said, the first time he'd spoken up since Kyungsoo was offered his challenge. "We'll go to the tow yard. I'm sure someone's beat up, totaled car is just sitting around in there. Kris, you're driving."

"Yessir, chief." He muttered under his breath as they prepared to go.

Suho, using his GPS, directed them to a trucking yard not far from most of their apartments. Y/N had noticed it in passing, but she had never been inside. It was becoming late dusk as they pulled up to the gate, the last red whips of the sun fading over the horizon. The facility was closed. That was probably better for them, though.