𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘦 || 𝘫𝘪𝘩𝘢𝘯

𝚝𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚢-𝚏𝚘𝚞𝚛

The mafioso's eye twitched.

'And people have to pay extra to get in here?' Jeonghan thought as he eyed his surroundings.

The back room, which wasn't as pretty looking as the bar, had narrow hallways and flickering yellow lights. The place appeared rotten, as if it was built with mere second hand goods and a pretty low budget. What exasperated Jeonghan the most though were the frustratingly slow fans that decorated the ceilings. After all, even though it was slightly cold outside, the humidity of the rain caused the underground bar to become a boiling pan. And although he wanted to, the mafioso knew he couldn't just run out the building and threaten the weather into becoming cooler, which, as dumb as it sounds, is something he would definitely do if he were in different circumstances.

After judging the place with a mere glance, Jeonghan began walking down the hallway, feeling his white shirt thingthening around him. His nose became itchy due to the odd smell of naphthalene that accompanied it.

To be honest, the mafioso didn't expect Vernon to choose a place such as this one. An establishment made to fit certain criminal groups that mostly involved obnoxious gang leaders and snotty 16 year old brats playing villain. After all, criminal organizations like Luna, as secretive as they were, loved to get the best of the best, these being tons and tons of luxury cars, gold jewelry, and big breasted girls to decorate their houses with. Or, at least, that's what he saw many of his elder's allies do and like when he was young. Their actions were and have always been seen as unnecessarily disgusting by him though.

His walk down memory lane was suddenly interrupted, however, by Jeonghan's in-ear which had beeped to then reveal an all too familiar voice soon after. It'll be a lie to say Jeonghan wasn't startled.

"Are you in position?" Minghao asked. "Joshua will arrive in 10 minutes max, we need to make sure you're ready"

"I will be" He turned the corner. "How's Joshua by the way?"

"Nervous as hell but willing to go through with the mission" Jeonghan heard Minghao sigh. "I won't judge him for it, since the last one failed miserably, but at the same time I really wish he could hurry up and get his shit together. As easy as the mission may appear at times, it'll be hard to come up with an escape route in case any of you are found out" He scoffed. "And trust me, I'll be damned if I send out any more of our agents again"

"You'll get scolded if you do Hao"

"Fuck yeah I will" He heard Minghao groan. "And if I am, I'll make sure you two go down to hell with me"

"Oh Minghao, if you do, I'll make sure Joshua and I are the ones in charge of your eternal tourture"

"It'll be a nightmare..."

At his tone, Jeonghan giggled and turned the corner, almost bumping into the infamous electricity room in the process.

"Alright Hao, I'm here" He reached out for the door handle before he stopped in his tracks, deciding to wrap his hand with his shirt as much as he could before he touched it. Doing so was to no avail though since the door didn't budge.

"It's locked" The mafioso murmured.

"Mr. Lee expected as much, so he added a function into the Plum Bots that'll help you get in faster" Before Jeonghan could interrupt, Minghao continued. "In the simplest terms, activate the bot and place its underside directly onto the handle. Twist its head to the right and wait until its camera stops blinking. Once it does so a loading screen will appear. You'll need to wait for it to finish it's job before barging in"

At this, Jeonghan frowned. "Will it make the doorknob explode or something?"

"It kind of will, but it also kind of won't" A pause. "I assure you Yoon, it'll only be a puff of smoke"

"Yeah, right. Listen here buddy if my hand is non-existent by the end of this I'll make sure to summon it and teach it how to be creepy and weird like Thing from the Adam's Family" Said the mafioso as he laid the bot on its underside, trying to follow Minghao's directions as fast as he could.

"As if that's enough to scare the shit out of me" He heard Minghao sigh. "Anyways, I better get going. Once you get in position you can let Mr. Lee, the driver, know; he'll be the one in charge of your monitor while I keep Joshua in check. Remember to be careful, Yoon, don't make stupid decisions and make sure not to-"

"-get hurt" He smiled. "Because you'll hate to have the blood of a colleague in your hands, right?"

Silence, which was then followed by a content sigh. "Right" The sound tickled Jeonghan's ear before a small beep followed it. "Good luck Yoon" And with that the call ended as soon as it had appeared, just in time for the bot to pop up and stare its tiny little camera into space.

He stared at it, finding the object weird and yet somehow adorable before he twisted its head to the right and then waited for the camera to stop blinking. Soon enough, just like Minghao had earlier stated, a loading screen appeared; the bar immediately began to get filled.

'How blinding'

The screen of the bot was small, probably about the size of a fingernail. It was completely black and the bar of it shone a bright blue, this hue being enough to color the corner of the electricity room blue.

As the bar continued to load with small ticks and tacks serving as background noise, (Jeonghan supposed the bot was probably destroying the lock), the mafioso laid back against the wall and began to glance around the place once again before he cleaned off the sweat on his forehead and wiped it on his shirt. It was hot in there, extremely hot for his liking. Jeonghan wondered if the rooms had air conditioners inside because, according to him, no one in their right mind would enter such a place willingly.

Indeed, no one in their right mind would..except for the group of delinquents who's laugh could be heard miles away.

'You've got to be kidding me!' He thought as he bit his lip.

Jeonghan glanced towards the screen of the bot and immediately cursed.

If he didn't do something quickly, the mafioso would be in the tightest situation of the night yet.