Inhumane - GOT7 & Twice

20.

It was Nayeon's question that made Jaebum, Jinyoung and Jeongyeon to finally realised that their mentor and the youngest were not in the apartment anymore. First, it was confusion that was on their face but that was replaced by a look of horror soon after.

"Jinyoung, call Taecyeon. Nayeon, call Bambam." Jaebum instructed immediately.

"Hopefully they will be calm enough to pick up the call." He added at the end in a soft mutter.

Before he could give any instruction to Jeongyeon, the girl already had her laptop opened on her lap as she worked her way to track the both of them down. However, a frown formed on her forehead when she realised that both of them had turned off their trackers.

"I've never thought that Taecyeon would be one to be this impulsive." Jinyoung sighed as he got sent to voicemail again.

"We should have known." Jaebum mumbled and rested a hand on his forehead. "This is getting out of hand. They got us."

"It was a complete loss, right?" Nayeon asked timidly, despair obvious in her tone. "They got what they wanted. They exposed Jinyoung. Mark got hurt. Jaebum and Jeongyeon would have to stay low profile too. And Bambam, they managed to find out the last member of the team."

"Actually, I think they found out long ago." Jeongyeon analysed and looked up from her laptop screen. "They finally revealed the whereabouts of Sunmi and Mark's brother and that stirred an uproar within us. Why now, why not before?"

"I don't know." Jaebum muttered in defeat. "I really have no answer for this one."

Nobody heard the door of the room clicked open. Jinyoung was the first one to notice that Mark had stepped out and was heading towards the main door.

"Mark!"

"I have to go." The injured male managed to utter out. "They went to save them and I'm going too."

"Don't be stupid!" Nayeon exclaimed, rushing forward to hold onto Mark. "What can you do when you're like this?"

"Let go!" Mark pushed her away but he was still stopped by Jaebum and Jinyoung who grabbed him on each side. This time, the two of them were too strong for Mark to push them away.

"Don't be stubborn." Jaebum spoke in a low tone as he forcefully pulled Mark back into the room with Jinyoung's help.

"For once, I agree with him." Jinyoung muttered before he closed the door behind him.

Nayeon and Jeongyeon stared at the closed door, unable to react to what had just happened. It was after a brief silence that Nayeon finally dropped onto the floor as her tears flowed uncontrollably. Jeongyeon squatted down beside her and wrapped her arms around Nayeon's shaking body.

"Isn't this the mall that's co-opened by Mystic Entertainment and Jaebum's company??" Bambam looked out when Taecyeon parked the car in an alley near a mall.

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Taecyeon nodded as he looked out into the dark too.

"It's also where a KC Telecom branch is located, remember?"

"The basement—"

"That's where they are." Taecyeon confirmed. "We had a hard time finding them because they used the telecom's satellite to hide their locations. They could have continued to do so but they are probably really confident with the brainwashing."

"Brainwashing?" Bambam turned to look at the older man.

"I think you're calm enough to realised that Mimi and Mark's brother don't recognise any of us." Taecyeon paused and waited for Bambam's response who eventually nodded with a soft apology.