Kpop fans and the world at large are thrown into turmoil when the rising global sensation BTS, Bangtan Sonyeondan are kidnapped in the dead of night. As the world reels in confusion the young men of BTS find themselves living a nightmare from which...
A few days later as the boys were laying in a mind-numbing silence the steel door banged open and seven men filed in, the leader of the group carrying a laptop.
"Good evening, gentlemen," the robotic voice said. "It seems that you will be our guests a little longer than planned."
The contempt that voice held was terrifying.
"Either you are not worth as much as we had originally assumed, or you have been replaced with the next new thing. Either way, your ransom deadline was two days ago and as of now, nothing has been sent to secure your release. I do, however, have a message from your C.E.O. If you care to listen?"
Namjoon looked at the others, his eyes wide, and his tears barely concealed as words failed him.
"Bang...PD...nim...sent us..." he tried. 32 days, then. They had been in hell for thirty-two days, which was two days longer than they should have been. Things must be bad.
The others all looked at their leader, fear and concern taking them over.
"Bang PD-nim sent us a message," Namjoon said again. "They want us to listen."
Slowly nodding, the boys crawled out of their various holes and sat at the table, Yoongi even joining them to sit on the nearest bed while still keeping his distance.
Setting the computer on the table where the seven of them could see, one of the guards turned it around to show a frozen frame of their C.E.O. looking much, much worse than the last time they had seen him. It made their hearts hurt.
Dimming the lights, pushing play, and stepping back, the painful video began.
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"Whoever you are, where ever you are, whatever you want, please listen," Bang Shi-hyuk started solemnly, sounding emotionally exhausted. "I come to you not as Hitman Bang of Big Hit begging for my idols back, but as Bang Sik-hyuk, a man who will do whatever it takes to ensure the seven men you have taken are returned to their families safe. If Bangtan Sonyeondan never promotes again, everything will be okay as long as the boys I consider my sons are alive and well, back where they belong."
Looking at his hands and gathering his thoughts, the boys could tell through the screen that their leader-nim was in a deep despair over their disappearance and they knew his words to be true. Bang PD-nim had never treated them as idols, but as people...human beings...young men he cared for dearly. He had very much been like a father to them and on several occasions one or all of the members had had in depth, emotional conversations with the man.
"Boys, if you can see this, I am coming for you, I just need a little more time," the man said through tears he was refusing to let fall.
"Kim Namjoon, take care of your brothers. I expect you to help me get them home safely," he said, causing Namjoon to hang his head and cover his face with his hands.
