Hwang Hyunjin || Call My Name (Under Revision)

51. Factory

CHAN'S POV

In Dad's car, Hyunjin and I arrived at the address given to us by the caller. The location was an abandoned factory, and there were no nearby buildings because the factory was in the middle of nowhere. It took us three hours to get here.

We got out of the car and began scanning the area, but it was already dark, so we couldn't see much. We exchanged glances, and I gave the signal to leave. We walked slowly towards the factory, looking for an entrance.

We saw a door and attempted to open it; it was jammed, but we managed to open it because it was wide enough for us to pass through one by one. We went inside and turned on our phones' lights. We walked slowly down the corridor, which was littered with broken pieces of the ceiling and walls, random equipment, and dirt.

We looked around because it had been a while since we had been inside, but we found nothing. Since we arrived, no one has spoken between us for fear of being overheard. We stopped for a moment because we couldn't find anything.

"Try calling them," I suggested, and Hyunjin did. Then we heard a ring that echoed throughout the structure. We looked around to see where the noise was coming from.

So they were here the entire time. They were waiting for us to call them to find out where they were. We followed the sound, calling the number repeatedly without getting an answer. We noticed lights coming from directly ahead of us. We moved closer as the sound became louder.

Through the window, we could see a large atrium and large, old machines outside the corridor. The lights were turned on as if to signal that we had arrived at our destination. We got through the window because the light blinded us, and then we heard a voice.

We looked around, but no one was there. When Hyunjin called the number again, it rang louder. We followed the sound because we knew it would lead us to our destination. We entered another large room after seeing the phone in the center of a table.

We approached it slowly, then picked up the phone and turned it off. Because there were lights in the room, Hyunjin placed it back on the table, and I noticed a strange shadow directly on the table in front of us. I looked up and saw someone hanging from the ceiling; I shielded my face from the light and recognized the person. Yeona it was.

We took a step back to assess her overall condition. Her body was bound with rope that was attached to the ceiling, and her mouth was taped shut. Her long sleeves were ripped, she was barefoot, and she was only wearing a skirt in this cold weather. Dirt, bruises, and wounds covered her body. As tears began to fall from my eyes, I covered my mouth. What exactly did they do to her?

When Hyunjin called Yeona's name, she began to move. Thank God she's still alive. Her eyes gradually widened and opened. She must have been taken aback when she saw us. She began moving roughly and making noises, but we couldn't understand what she was saying because of the tape in her mouth, but she appeared scared and panicked, and then I felt a pain in the back of my head and dizzy, and before I knew it, darkness consumed my vision.

I opened my eyes slowly and tried to move my hands, but they were restrained. My vision returned when I noticed Hyunjin, who was unconscious, across from me. He was sitting on the ground, leaning against the wall. The room appeared to be a large restroom. Then I noticed Yeona near Hyunjin, who was also unconscious. When I looked to my side, I noticed Changbin lying down.

"Yeona! Changbin!" I exclaimed as they regained consciousness.

"Chan!" exclaimed Changbin as he tried to get closer to me but couldn't because he, too, was chained. While crying, Yeona yelled Hyunjin's name. Hyunjin gradually awoke.

"Yeona! I'm glad you're still alive!" exclaimed Hyunjin upon seeing Yeona.

"I tried telling you guys to look behind you, but you couldn't understand me... " Yeona said, recalling what had happened. Someone slammed into us from behind.

The door then opened, and a man wearing a mask and two men wearing mascot heads entered. He stood in the center and looked at each of us individually.

"You're finally finished!" he exclaimed, his voice strangely familiar.

"What do you expect from us?" Hyunjin asked.

"Now that you're all here, I can ask for whatever I want; all I wanted to do was show Chan how the people he cares about will die," he explained.

"Why? What have we done to you?" Yeona questioned.

"Because of you... Everything has gone wrong, and Chan cannot be with me," he explained.

"Wait, don't tell me you're... " Hyunjin said as the man took off his mask. Woojin was the name.

"I knew it was you, Woojin," Changbin explained.

"W-Woojin? Then why are we here if we didn't do anything to you?" Yeona wondered aloud.

"No, no, little girl, you play a big role in this," Woojin said, laughing slightly. He crouched to her level as he walked slowly towards Yeona.

"He rejected me because Chan likes you," he explained, and Yeona just stared at him in disbelief.

"You're so weak, you can't even accept rejection," she said firmly, before Woojin slapped her so hard that she fell on her back.

"You asshole! How dare you-" Hyunjin screamed as he tried to approach Woojin but couldn't. Woojin simply smiled as he looked at him. The dog mascot suddenly approached Hyunjin and kicked him. As Yeona yelled his name, Hyunjin groaned in pain.

"Remember, your lives will depend on me while you're here; even if you're all going to die, everything is dependent on my decision," he said.

"Oh, you can take off your costume," Woojin said, and we had no idea who he was talking to. The dog mascot gradually lifted his head, revealing...

"Seungmin..." I mumbled, disappointed. Since I found out about what he did, I assumed he regretted it... but I'm guessing he didn't. They began walking towards the door and were about to leave when Woojin came to a halt and turned to face us.

"You'll soon have to make the most important decision of your life," he said as they exited, leaving us stunned.