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Kidnapping ( English translation)

Chapter 22: Chapter 22

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Seokmin had just finished eating the dish that Mingyu had prepared with the ingredients that were in the family's refrigerator. He was on duty to bring plates to the hostages who were to be watched by Seungcheol. He went to the living room, not seeing the leader directly, who had retreated to a corner of the room. DK could only see him from the back but was intrigued by his position.

He put the plates on the table before moving towards the leader. The hungry family members could not touch their plates because their hands were tied. It was worse than torture.

As he approached the elder, he saw that his shoulders were moving slowly, as if, as if he was crying?
"Hyung, are you okay?" asked Seokmin who put his hand on the shoulder of Seungcheol who sighed softly before putting his hands directly on his face to rub the water that was running from his eyes.

"Yes..yes."
The voice saw the cell phone Seungcheol was holding tight to his chest, and quickly made the connection to it. In front of DK's worried face, the leader couldn't lie any longer to him.

"I got Jeonghan on the phone, he was in a bad state even though he doesn't showed it" Seungcheol held his forehead with one of his hands as if he had a severe headache.

"I know when he's like this, he needs someone, you know him, he's the kind of person who gets depressed easily and I don't want to...I can't think of anything stupid he could do if he is completely exhausted." he explained helplessly to a shocked Seokmin.

"Jisoo hyung is with him he is supporting him".

"He's not, they took him somewhere else" the leader informed him sadly.

"No... "DK's voice murmured with a heavy sigh. He leaned against a piece of wooden furniture before not speaking again.

After a brief silence, two hands went to the shoulders of the vocalist who looked up at Seungcheol whose eyes were still a little bright.
"We will find him don't worry, I promise you, and you will finally be able to tell him what you feel" reassured the elder who was trying to regain assurance and self-confidence so that DK would not lose all hope. The younger one let out a small smile before Seungcheol pulled him in his arms to embrace him.

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"Wake up everybody, it's the big day ! "shouted one of the guards with his enthusiastic voice that suddenly woke up all the idols who had been able to sleep late.
The day before they had tried to work together to escape from their iron prison but they failed. The guards had been clever and had left nothing for them to open their cages. Their faces must have looked terribly scary because they had been locked up in that cage for several days, laking some natural light and hygiene.

One of the men knelt down in front of Joshua's cage and the american tried to confront him with his eyes, but the guard started laughing.
"That'll be your day, kid," he warned with his psychopathic smile.
Joshua hid his head between his knees so he couldn't see him. He didn't want to know what was coming at him.

A few minutes later, several men erupted into the room before each of them brought each idol out of its cage, blindfolding them again and again.

For the first time since they were locked in this iron prison they were forced to shower, forcing their heads into the water. Joshua had a deep breath when the water jet was removed from his head, preventing him from breathing.
Everything was happening so fast, there was no time to figure it out. He felt that he was dressed with something, with a light garment. He did not see that his skin was made up in the places where wounds appeared to make him as clean as possible.

A man with more imposing steps than the others addressed the others in the room.
"Is it going to start. Are they ready? "
Joshua recognized the voice
"Yes, boss."
The American felt a shadow above him who started whispering in his ear, a presence that had the smell of alcohol and cigarettes.

"We're going to find you a good master, Joshua, someone who will take good care of you like I take care of Jeonghan." The member of Seventeen suddenly started to feel angry.

"We don't have the same definition of taking care of someone, you're just fucking hurting him ! "It was the first time Joshua had dared to raise his voice against the boss. He was sick of being the good guy. To his surprise he didn't get hit, but he did hear the boss sigh.
"The angel's spirit of rebellion has rubbed off on you far too much."

"I hope he's giving you a hard time. He's the most beautiful person I know and you're destroying him." Joshua replied aggressively, trying to untie his bound hands.

The boss always remained impassive and calm because he knew he had the words to hurt him, it was so easy.

"Um you know, he spends a lot of time underneath me screaming out in pain your name or Seungch- something name when I fuck him really hard. He's trying to act tough, but you know him as well as I do," he began to caress Joshua's face, which was still blindfolded and his hands were tied. His body tensed at the touch.

The boss came over and whispered into the American's ear.
"He loved last night's party, you should have seen, we had a lot of fun, and so did my other seven employees, I'm not sure he can walk this morning because we got him so fucked up, if you want to see the video" the man in his fifties teased him.

"You're a fucking monster," Joshua murmured as he pictured the scene of violence and his best friend in the middle of eight ruthless men. Why did they have to go through this.

"Hey again he didn't see it all, he won't get out of here alive, don't even think about it" continued to provoke the angel's rapist as Joshua stopped listening. The American felt the presence away from him as the latter clapped his hands.

"Put them in place, it will start soon! "he ordered before everyone responded positively and left the room.

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The next morning at the Lee family home

"We need money. "Seungcheol simply said as he and Soonyoung and Jihoon sat the family on the couch. He woke them up not very nicely before threatening the father again who had become completely submissive.

"The safe is in our bedroom" Seungcheol grabbed the man before putting him on his feet.
"Great so you're going to take us there now" said the leader with a voice annoyed by the father's cowardly behavior since the day before. In the meantime, all the members of Seventeen had dressed up and prepared to receive Seungcheol's new instructions.

The D-day was here.

The three leaders returned a few minutes later before throwing a bag of money on the floor.
"We found 90398,19 $ (76000€)" explained Jihoon as they looked at the wide eyes of the members in front of this huge sum of money.

"Let's hope it's enough if we need it" hissed Seungkwan.

"We don't really have a choice" sighed Mingyu who crossed his arms as Wonwoo ordered him to stop complaining.

"Well, as planned, me, Minghao, Irene noona and the girl are leaving for this meeting in two hours," he said.

It was time to get ready. Irene led them to the rooms where she could borrow clothes from the mother, Seungcheol from the father and Minghao from the 17-year-old son. The latter grumbled when he saw the much too classic and old-fashioned style of the young boy.

"Hyyyyung, it looks so good on you," said Chan who tried not to laugh while everyone in the room was laughing.

"Shut up"This insult made the laughter grow as the Chinese man felt like killing himself.

The couple's 14-year-old daughter was brought in by Irene, who had put on one of the mother's suits and a little hat in her hair. The little girl didn't seem to be struggling much, she seemed cooperative and shy.
Irene motioned for her to get dressed in the dress she had chosen for her, she didn't flinch and did as she was ordered.

"She's always been the only one nice to me all this time, I think she really wants to help us" Irene whispered to Seungcheol and Jun as the three waited for her to change. The elder didn't want to use the little one in the plan but they had no choice.

"What if he asks for the IDs? " Minghao questioned as he scratched his back because of the top that was bothering him. The members stopped talking abruptly as the leader, despite the hood, broke down.

"Shit, I didn't think of that," he said as he dropped into a chair.
"Irene noona looks a bit like her, but you Hyung it will be complicated."

"We'll manage with the cards, we have no choice, "The 6 districts market" starts in 30 minutes, let's go" Seungcheol was quickly back on his feet, he was determined to enter it by all means.

The 4 had taken the family car, a very luxurious one. Irene was adding a little makeup to accentuate her resemblance to the mother. Minghao was complaining in the back as the suit pants doesn't suit him. The young girl was still silent even though Minghao could see she was afraid. He said nothing but tried to be as gentle as possible, he didn't want to traumatize a kid.

Seungcheol tapped on the steering wheel of the car anxiously the whole way. He started to bite his lip when he saw the gate where the checks were being made in the distance. His look had been completely transformed, his hair up to give his forehead more space, and give him a more adult look. His striped suit made him look good. He hoped the ID cards would work. He drove slowly until a man who motioned him to open his window.

"Your identity papers, your village admission card and the invitation please"At first the man did not look up from his tablet where he was validating the arrivals. Irene passed all the documents to Seungcheol who looked up at her.
"Stay calm and natural" she whispered to him while the leader nodded to the advice of the elder of Red Velvet.

He passed the papers to the man who started by checking the registration, he raised his head at the moment of the identity cards. Seungcheol took the opportunity to point directly to Irene who knew how to use her charm.

"This is my wife Lee Hyulin" the girl made an elegant sign almost flirtatious to the guard who seemed to appreciate the visual of Irene. "I am Lee Chin" the man seemed to hardly give importance to the greetings of Seungcheol since he returned the papers with always his glance planted on Irene who remained in her role.

"Welcome" Seungcheol did not wait, thanking the man and then closed his window to started the car again. He tried to remained neutral but inside he was so relieved.

"Noona, I fucking love you." he said, addressing the member of Red Velvet in a very familiar way, while he was still on the parking lot to park. He thought about his words suddenly before stuttering an apology.
The young woman started to laugh.

They were told to park in a specific place. Then he went to open the door to Irene, playing the game of the elegance. They did not take long to enter the room which was magnificently decorated. A huge chandelier shone in the room, people were all well dressed and chatting with each other, letting appear that hypocrisy on their faces.

The three idols felt really uncomfortable, one wrong move on their part and it would be noticed immediately. They wanted to avoid people who wanted to get to know them, so everything went well even if they had to force themselves to exchange some words with some families who were passing by. An imposing man followed by two guards came towards them. Seungcheol saw from the corner of his eye that this man was going around the families to talk to them and it was their turn.

"Hello, I'm Chang Sang-su, the owner of this market, you are the Lee family, the newcomers, that's right! Welcome ! " the man looked cheerful by the presence of the 3 idols. Seungcheol introduced them with a deep, mature voice that he had created to look older. The man kissed the hand of Irene who had a tense smile on her face, she wanted to slap the man. She knew him.

"I hope you like this place, you can enjoy delicious meals and especially do not forget the sale in a few minutes" he winked "to the couple" before disappearing into the crowd with his glass.

"I'm not feeling it" Minghao murmured as Seungcheol had a very bad feeling as he looked at the man who had just left. The little girl, whose name was Sohyon, stuck to Irene as she stroked her hair with an automatic gesture. The poor girl looked frightened and did not feel like those other people who belonged to her world.

While the "family" exchanged over a drink on the plan to follow. A sound of microphone made them turn towards the stage. A large curtain hid the back of it. The boss waved to the applauding crowd as he began his speech.

"Hello everyone, thank you for coming. I am very happy to see your enthusiasm for this sale. This is already the 10th one we've done since its creation" shouts of acclamation could be heard. The three idols were still wondering what kind of sale was going on here.Irene already had an idea on the question that she had not mentioned to the group.

"I think you are eager to discover our lots of this month so I will not make you wait any longer. You know I found my gem not long ago who submits to my every wish, if you had seen him he is so beautiful with his angelic face, his beautiful hazel eyes "

He does not know why, because this description could resemble many people, but Seungcheol's heart missed a beat. What if it was his boyfriend?

"Anyway aha. Let the sale begin ! "The big curtain was raised and a desk was set up. The boss placed himself behind it.

"Let the first one enter! "the boss ordered with a smile as Umji was forced onto the stage.
Irene, Seungcheol and Minghao recognized her immediately despite her pitiful state. This couldn't be it. A sale of people. The three of them looked at each other, fright showing in the depths of their eyes even though their faces had to remain impassive.

"This is Umji, 20 years old, she will promise you loyal service. Her beauty is as pure as her body which has never known anything. She even offers you her virginity. Price 3000 euros ( 3569,37$) "

This show was abominable and Seungcheol's body was overflowing with anger as Minghao discreetly put his hand on the leader's back to calm him down. Irene felt like throwing up, it brought back bad memories. At the time she had not gone through the market, she had been sold directly. The operation had changed not long ago because the number of idols being taken away was multiplying.

The prices went up very quickly and the families chose among themselves with the help of their children who also took a malicious pleasure in choosing their future slave.

Minghao almost lost his means when he saw Yanan on the scene. He and the Chinese got along very well. Yeonwoo arrived next, the girl couldn't stop her tears from flowing while everyone else didn't care and only thought about their money.

"Well and now the last one of the evening. It wasn't originally planned but I think you'll really like it. I already know that there are some very interested people in this room" he started to laugh before waving to one of his friends who had participated in last night's party, one of Jeonghan's rapists too.

And Jisoo entered the stage.
Seungcheol and Minghao's hearts were torn apart.

"Look at that perfect face and body. His name is Joshua. He's a little temperamental like my angel, but you'll be able to control him. "He gently slapped his hand on Joshua's ass, who shivered as the room erupted in laughter. "I'm counting on you to raise the sums. Bet at 20,000 euros ( 23795,78$)" he pushed the American forward to show him. The lights blinded the young man, barely able to see the faces of the people.

Seungcheol thought he was going to go on stage to rescue the American before he blew up the room full of heartless rich people because they dared to touch one of his members. But what also made him boil was the mention of his boyfriend whom he now recognized from the boss's speech.

Men began to argue, increasing the price each time. There was only one man left who almost had the last word with the 50,000 euro offered (59489,46$).

"50,000 for Mr. Ro once, 50,000 twice." Seungcheol raised his hand.

"The Lee family sets the bar at 52000 euro (61869,04 $), so it should be an interesting fight. "he said with a smile. Joshua could see the family that being called, and his body nearly gave out when he recognized Minghao's face and then Seungcheol's. He wanted to shout at them to run away but also to help him. The leader gave him a sympathetic look that no one could see except the American, whose tears began to wet his cheeks.

"54000" (64248,62$) the man in front of Seungcheol was not planning to give Joshua up to him. Neither was the leader.

The sums had risen to 70,000 (83285,25$), but Seungcheol knew his plan would fail if he didn't stop at 76,000 euros (90423,98$).

"Please let it be Seungcheol" the American prayed in his head.

The man had just offered €74,000 and so Seungcheol followed up with the €76,000. The boss's voice was heard as he started counting down. The time seemed long. The leader had hopes of winning but these were shattered.

"78,000" (92803,56$) Seungcheol's world fell apart for the umpteenth time. The people in the room looked at him but he had no words, no money to go on.

"Sold to Mr. Ro for 78,000€, bravo" It was the friend of the boss. Joshua's legs made him fall before he could get off the stage and he gave Seungcheol a look of distress. He recognized the helplessness and guilt on the leader's face as he quickly escaped the room and headed for the bathroom. Irene motioned for Minghao to follow him while she stayed with the girl.

When he entered the bathroom, he witnessed Seungcheol's scene directly, hitting the wall with all his might.

"Hyung stop you will hurt you" The older was engulfed in the arms of the Chinese who tried to prevent him in his movements. He struggled before calming down, giving way to sadness.

"We couldn't do anything here, Hyung. But we know where to get him back," the dancer whispered to him.

"We'll get Jisoo back, yes. But that bastard had Han! He dares to call him my angel when he uses him body to fulfill his fucking desires like many people in this room ! Look how he touched Jisoo!"

"You need to calm down we're going to get spotted please Hyung" Minghao begged him as he knew the leader was losing control.

"I'm going to kill him !" Minghao grabbed Seungcheol's arm as he was going to left the room. He pushed the youngest away violently, but he still stood his ground.

"This is not the solution, we'll find it together. We can't kill him if we don't know where Jeonghan Hyung is." Minghao tried to reason with him as the leader's body displayed all his anger. But he knew the Chinese man was right.

"We have to save Jisoo first to ensure Jeonghan's safety."

"Yes. We will. I promise."