Path to Paradise|NAYEON+2yeon|ENG

01: Escape

Nayeon's pov

For the past year, I had been studying Jennie's plan to escape. Apparently, she had climbed the net that separates us from that Paradise we all know as "South Korea". I had to be able to escape. I didn't care if it was my last night of life. I preferred to die trying to escape than to continue living in that prison.

It was the big day. I had no experience climbing but I had studied a spot where there was less chance there would be guards. I had practically nothing with me, because I had no money to buy food, let alone any items.

I left the house at night and looked around. There seemed to be nobody there. I had studied a specific route to go through and get to the net. I took that dark road and started walking disoriented. I thought I was going in the right direction, or at least I hoped for it. I walked for about two hours, at least so it seemed to me, and I finally reached the point of the net where I would have climbed.

I went to the net and put my hand on it. I immediately received the shock. Another nice way to die, which I preferred to stay alive in that country. I put one foot on the net and started walking getting several shocks. I wasn't well at all but that was my last chance.

"Hey!" a man yelled.

F*ck.  I tried to go faster but it was practically impossible. The man ran up to where I was and caught me throwing me to the ground.

"Who do we have here? A girl trying to escape" he said with a grin, pointing a flashlight at me.

My end had come. Mom, Dad, Jennie, I'm on my way.

"Come and see who I caught. What do we do with her?" he shouted at two other guards, who joined us.

One of the two men who had just arrived looked at me closely and I saw a grin appear on his face.

"Get up" he ordered me.

With my little strength I tried to obey. What was the point? I would have died anyway. I got up but I was staggering.

"She's all dirty but she has a pretty face" the third man said.

The guard who had captured me grabbed me by the hair.

"What's your name, sl*t?" the second asked me.

"Na-Nayeon"

"Nayeon? What kind of name is it?" the first guard asked.

"So... We rape her and then kill her?" the third asked.

What an unhappy ending. I wonder if they did the same to Jennie.

The third guard pushed me to the ground and then stood on top of me.

"One round each and then we kill her" the third guard said looking at her friends.

The man began to kiss me with lust and now it no longer made sense to wriggle. I closed my eyes and waited for them to kill me.

"Hey! What are you doing?" another man asked.

"Sergeant Kim, we caught a fugitive" the second guard said.

"I caught" the first corrected him.

"Soldier Park, what are you doing?" the sergeant asked.

"I'm having fun before killing her" the man replied on top of me.

"Give it to me" the sergeant said.

"How stingy our sergeant is if he wants to keep her all to himself" the second guard commented.

The third rose from me. The sergeant took my arm and pulled me to my feet.

"Go to workl the sergeant said to the three.

"Yes, sir" they said, posing as a soldier.

I don't know much about these things. All I know is that they put their hand on their foreheads when a superior commands them to do something.

The three men left and the sergeant took me by the arm, pulling me towards another area. We walked for about ten minutes and then stopped. The sergeant walked away for a moment and I think he was checking to see if anyone was there.

"Let's get it over with" he said as he checked.

I sighed. It no longer made sense to fight for life. I began to unbutton that old dress I had been wearing for years now. The sergeant turned to me and his eyes widened.

"No. Button up" he told me and looked embarrassed.

I did as he told me. Fortunately, I had only revealed my cleavage.

"Are you okay?" he asked me and seemed genuinely concerned.

"No, but what does it matter to you after all?"

My hands were burned, I had been captured, I would have been raped and then killed. How can I feel good?

"Listen to me carefully. I'm an envoy from South Korea. I'm here to try to save those who try to escape" the sergeant told me, looking me in the eye.

"Re-Really?" I asked him incredulously.

"Remember my words carefully. Do you know the river?"

I nodded.

"At the end of the month a boat will arrive from China to bring supplies. You will embark secretly and reach China, okay? At that point, you will have to find a friend of mine: Chou Tzuyu"

"Thanks Sergeant" I told him with tears in my eyes.

"I'll say I killed you and threw your body in the river. Now go. Remember not to get caught. That boat is your only chance to escape. Tzuyu will be waiting for you at the port"

I nodded and started running away from that place. I always wanted to live in South Korea. People are really nice, like the sergeant. I'll never forget him.