DEEP TROUBLE [KTH]

~23~

Danger

"What's going on?" Jimin asks as soon as they enter the house, frowning when the girl locks the door and closes all the nearby windows and curtains.

"They're here." She says.

"What?" Jimin asks in disbelief.

"I know." She adds. "I didn't want to believe it either, but they're here."

"EunHae, what did you see?" Namjoon asks.

"Their van, and some men were scanning the perimeter." She answers, Jimin running his hands through his hair at her response.

"Do you know if they're after him?"

"I'm not sure," she says, finally looking at him, "but if they find him..."

No one dares to finish off that thought.

"This is not good," Jimin says. "If they're here, that means that everyone is in danger."

"Is there any way to warn the others? Are there others?"

"I'm sure there are," Jimin says, "but Jungkook is the only one that can find them, though he has only met one or two up until now."

EunHae nods when she hears this, sighing through her nose as she looks at her friends.

"What should we do?" She asks.

"First," Namjoon starts placing his hands on the girl's shoulders, "let's all take a deep breath and calm down, then we can talk it out and figure out what to do."

"Yeah, that sounds good," The girl says with a shaky nod, Taehyung casting her a worried look as she sits down on the sofa, her body tense.

"Look after her for a second," Namjoon quietly mutters to Taehyung as he pulls Jimin away, the boy gladly joining her side.

"She looks pretty shaken up," Namjoon says as soon as they enter the kitchen.

"She has a good reason to be," Jimin says with a sigh, "this is bad news."

"So far she's the only one that has seen with her own eyes what they are capable off," He points out.

Namjoon can't help but agree with his friend, after all, EunHae was the one that sneaked into the facility in the first place. If anyone knows something about them, it's her.

"I'll put the kettle on to make some tea, we can talk it over after."

"Will do."

Minutes later, Jimin joins everyone else in the living room, warm cups of tea in his hands.

"Here you go EunHae," he says in a soft tone, handing the girl her cup.

With a grateful nod, she takes it, bringing the warm liquid up to her nose for a moment before she takes a sip.

"EunHae," Namjoon starts, "I never asked, but what exactly did you see in there?"

"Not a lot," she says, "just enough to know they are up to no good."

"The facility looks normal for the most part," she proceeds to explain, "but I found a secret door on one of the walls, the one that led me to Taehyung. The room mostly had different specimens in jars but there was another door keeping Taehyung hidden."

"I only managed to find that door but I'm pretty sure there are others," she finishes.

"Taehyung," Namjoon calls out next, the boy looking up in surprise at the mention of his name, "would you happen to know what they were doing to you in the facility?"

"Research and experimentation," The boy simply answers, EunHae shuddering slightly when she remembers all the cuts and bruises the boy had when they first met.

"Were there others?"

Taehyung shakes his head at that.

"Only when I was younger," He says, "haven't seen another since..."

The rest of the group quietly nods in understanding at his answer, EunHae offering him a small smile as she grabs his hand.

It's must've been so hard for him.

"There has to be something we can do," EunHae says, "if nothing is done, soon they will have no place to hide. As it is, we don't even know how many of them are left, or what kind of research they are conducting in the first place."

"But can we do?" Jimin asks, "I don't think we can go to the police just like that."

"I still have the pictures," EunHae says, "they are in a hidden folder in my pen drive but they are still there, along with the article I wrote. But I don't think that's enough proof. If anything, it will make the police question them and begin an investigation but, I'm not too sure about it. If we do that though, we will probably make things worse."

"Right, it would probably make them be even more cautious and careful."

There is a brief pause in the room before Namjoon speaks up again.

"Okay, before we continue, I think it's fair we ask the people directly involved how they feel about the situation," he offers looking at Taehyung and Jungkook, "how do you feel about it?"

"I want to help others," Taehyung answers.

"They must be stopped," Jungkook asks, "otherwise, no one is safe."

"Okay," Namjoon says with a nod, "then it's decided, we have to find the people doing this to them."

"Yes, but how?" Jimin asks raising a brow.

"In the same way we found Taehyung."

I am so sorry for the long wait!!! >~< Time flew by so fast and by the time I knew it, I realized that I hadn't updated in a while. Thank you for reading! I promise I will be updating soon. The next update will not be this coming week but the next. Thank you for your patience and once again sorry. >.<
~Van
(2021.07.31)