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Kidnapping ( English translation)

Summary:

In a dystopian world, some Kpop idols disappear. A black market is built in parallel to sell them. The agencies turn a blind eye to these kidnappings. Seventeen following the disappearance of two of their members will launch their own investigation to find them.
But will they be able to find them in time? Who's hiding behind all of this?

Notes:

Hello this story is a translation of my french story Kidnapping on Wattpad. Sorry for the grammatical mistakes, I’m doing my best :) thanks for reading 😁

Translation with the help of two friends 😁
You can find the original story in French on Wattpad : Seventeen2498
Or the story in English on Wattpad : Seventeen9824

Chapter Text

 

It was one o'clock in the morning, Seventeen was training hard for their next comeback ( Oh My). The atmosphere was rather childish but also serious when it came to learning the dance steps to which Hoshi attached a great importance. Everything was going well since they started around 10:00pm. But around 1:00am, a bottle of water flew across the room and struck Jeonghan in the head as he was laughing with Mingyu, both sitting on the floor of the rehearsal room.

"What the fuck is your problem, Seungcheol! "shouted the angel, who got up angry.

"Oh no, here we go again," Dino muttered.

"We're training, get up now instead of flirting with Mingyu. "reproached the leader, a little jealous.
*CLAP*
Jeonghan burned inside and stood in front of the leader before hitting him, Seungcheol retorted and pushed Jeonghan who almost fell. The fight would have continued but Jun and Dino stood in the middle to calm the situation, while Jisoo pulled Jeonghan back.

"Hannie, calm down, come on, let's get some fresh air," he whispered in his ear.

They went out in the street, walking silently at first. Jisoo knew very well that it was better not to disturb an angry Jeonghan. They arrived in a park, very quiet considering the time it was. The angel decided that it was enough walking for the moment and sat against a tree hiding from any curious eyes. He began to pull the grass out next to him as he gazed at the landscape in front of him.

"You know that grass didn't do anything to you," Joshua breathed before sitting next to him. No answer from the angel who was still sulking.
"Han you overreacted, you know he's jealous, and he is exhausted so he just lost it."

"You have no idea how tired I am of our fights » finally spoke Jeonghan, who seemed to be really suffering because of the desperate tone he had used.

"You're crazy in love, it's normal to have times like this sometimes, couple life is not all rosy"

"I know I love him so much....arghh" he put his hands on his face.

"Frankly, without lying to you, your relationship is based on fighting, sex, love. When you don't fight, you're lovey-doley like no one else and when you are arguing we can be sure that the reunion will be noisy" he mocked to ease the atmosphere.
He was hit in the shoulder by his best friend for that.

"Stop" he had blushed but he still seemed thoughtful.
"Don't you think this relationship is so passionate, it's destroying us?
"And what would you like to do?"

"I-I don't know."
he paused and resumed "we have already taken breaks and it always comes back the same way we can't leave each other more than a week, we see each other h24h it's too complicated, I'm afraid that what's between us will become fragile because of that " he bites his lip, anxious .

"Jeonghan, it took you so long to express your feelings for him, he suffered for over a year, he waited for you, you can see just the way he looks at you that you are the most important thing to him after his family. "The angel listened attentively to him, reflecting on his words.

"As soon as I'm next to him and he watches you dance, he can't help but tell me he's so lucky, that you're beautiful, talented and I'm not going to mention everything to you or it's going to take a loooong time" he teases, Jeonghan kept blushing. He put his head on Jisoo's shoulder.

"What would I do without you to cheer me up?"

"I don't know your life would suck, I think."

"I should never have said that you're going to be big-headed," grunted the angel as he lifted his head up under Jisoo's laughter.
They stayed a good hour chatting under the stars before deciding to return at their dorms.

The American continued to tease Jeonghan on the way while the other one blocked his ears.
«I'm looking forward to the reconciliation » says ironically Joshua. « We are going to have to run away from the dormitory with the others so we don't hear your loud moans » he gently pushed his best friend.

"But shut up, people will recognize us," cried the angel, still as embarrassed as ever.

A black van stopped in front of them as they were about to cross the road. They looked at each other questioningly. Thinking that the vehicle wanted to park, they started to go around it except that several people got out of the car and surprised them by catching them.

"What are you doing, let go of me, Jisoo!" He tried to remove his arms around him, trampling on the person's foot. He elbowed the attacker in the nose, who unfortunately didn't let go but tightened his ties.
"Jeonghan! "His best friend was in the same situation, struggling too, but they put a chlorophorm handkerchief on his face that made him fall asleep after a few seconds.

The angel was about to cry out for help, but it was his turn to sank into darkness when the cloth was put on his face.

Dormitory
3am

After the fight that completely ruined the atmosphere, they gave up training. The leader came in the dorm slamming the door and locked himself in his room.
The others had stayed in the living room, not knowing what to do to calm him down.

"It's going to be ok," said Jihoon, shrugging his shoulders as the younger ones seemed worried by the situation.
"Jeonghan will come back and they will clear things up as usual" the situation was so usual to him that he left the living room to go in his bedroom, followed by Soonyoung who joined him.

The group gradually dissipated, some going to bed, others kissing on the couch #Verkwan.

 

Wonwoo was lying in his bed reading a book quietly.
"Hyung, can I sleep with you? " Said a voice that he knew well.

"Kim Mingyu you sleep with me every night why are you asking" he sighed without letting go of his book. The person in question laughed at his answer. And gently climbed on the bed walking on all fours before standing above Wonwoo.
"What are you doing? "the eldest finally looked up at the giant who was looking at him with a meaningful look.

"No, we won't do what you think, let me read" he tried to push him away while trying not to let himself be tempted by what was before him.

But Mingyu slowly removed the book while keeping his gaze immersed in the eyes of his hyung. The atmosphere was getting warmer, as Mingyu slowly approached Wonwoo's mouth, he turned his head with a smile on the corner he wanted to play with the younger one.
"I'm tired I think I'm going to sleep" he let himself fall on his bed before going to bed with Mingyu still on all fours above him. "Good night, Mingyu" he mocked, pretending to close his eyes.
"Hyuuuuuuuuung" started complaining like a grown-up child. "You made me hard, you have to take care of it now."

"Mingyu, I didn't do anything, I was reading a fucking book, how could you get turned on by a book ? " complained Wonwoo, always with his eyes closed.
No one answered him, however, he felt someone slipping under the covers next to him. Mingyu clung to the elder before whispering in his ear.

"The answer might be pretty long, so you don't want me to show you what I can do with it instead." Shivers ran through Wonwoo's body as he swallowed his saliva under these words. The youngest began to kiss him on the cheek, gently descending towards his neck.

"Mingyu aaah stop" sighed Wonwoo who was already succumbing. He tried for a few seconds to resist before turning his head and be face to face with Mingyu. Their breath was close, he could feel the breath of the youngest on him. Mingyu gave him a provocative look and knowing that he had won, he let go a sexy and victorious smile before kissing the elder's lips.

The couple spent a wonderful night in the seventh heaven. They were totally ignorant that two of their members had joined Hell.

Chapter 2

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Seungcheol aka Scoups aka the leader aka the king of carats aka the professional bias wrecker has been woken up by the first sunlights who crossed his room's window. As always he expected to wake up with Jeonghan's warmth next to him but he was surprised not to see him when he put his hand on the empty place where the angel has to be.

" Oh yeah we had a fight yesterday " he hit his head with his hand.

" He must have slept with Joshua ". he didn't like this idea, but he had no choice anyway.

He stayed in his bed, on his phone because he didn't have the faith to go back to sleep and it was too early to wake up the other members, their activities starting at 9am.
Finally at 7 o'clock he decided to get up, passing in front of each room to wake the others.

" Wake up here we leave at 9"
" Mingyu, Wonwoo, move your asses, stop making babies ! "
" Jihoon stop strangle Seungkwan for waking you up, use your guitar to finish him instead ".

He goes back and forth between the two dormitories to wake up everyone except Joshua and Jeonghan.
" Chan go wake up Jisoo and Jeonghan " he doesn't want to do it himself so the maknae will do it.
Jun was preparing the ramen in the kitchen for the breakfast.
Everyone threw themselves on it as soon as the dish was on the table, but Dino stopped the group.

" They're not in Joshua hyung's room " he said " I looked in the bathroom, nothing either ".

" So where are they? They can't leave without telling us, there's probably a good reason for Jeonghanie hyung waking up so early ".

Seungcheol started to get annoyed and called Jeonghan. His phone rang but no one answer.

" Shit I'm sure he's ignoring me it's annoys me when he do that".

Wonwoo tried to call Joshua but he doesn't answer neither.
" It's weird that Joshua hyung doesn't answer his phone too".

" We're gonna go to the photoshoot as planned they'll probably join us there " the leader decides and the others approved. When it was time to go, they were taking their time as always.

" Dokyeom stop singing this loud in the morning or I will make you eat your phone " threatened Mingyu when they were going to take the van.

" Stop talking at him like that and move " Wonwoo hit the back of his neck. But the giant catches him by his waist and blocked him against the corridor wall.

" A problem Jeon? " whispered Mingyu. He received a flick on his forehead.

" It's hyung for you fool, leave me we have to go ".

" A kiss and I let you go ".

" No why? really " sighed Wonwoo who couldn't make a move because of the other, he finally kissed the youngest slowly who slipped his hand on his cheek to make the kiss deeper.
But someone scratched his throat beside them.

" Could you stop making out in the middle of the corridor seriously that everyday the same when we have to go anywhere " complains the maknae.

" You will understand when you will be older " tell him Mingyu before moving away from Wonwoo and tap his head.

" But hyung i'm nineteen already "

" They grew up too fast " said Wonwoo going along with Mingyu's joke. And the two walked away, continuing their comedy, leaving the maknae depressed, and grumbling in the middle of the corridor.

30 minutes later they arrived at the place of the cosmetics shooting because they were chosen as muses for the brand.
We took them to a waiting room with a make-up artist and a stylist.
The manager looked at his watch and start to be angry when he saw that it was 10am and the two best friends weren't there.

" Seungcheol call them again, and tell them to hurry, we can't wait any longer". The leader did it even if he was so fed up of the situation. But when he looked at his phone and saw a message of his boyfriend, his legs started to shake and he needed to sit down immediately.

From Han 💞
Hi Seungcheol, I'm sorry to tell you this with a text message, but our relationship is getting nowhere, it's a lost cause. I've loved you, but now my feelings are gone. I realized it was Jisoo that I wanted, he is more interesting than you, he is wonderful and we decided to stop our activities with the group to start a new real life together, away from the spotlights.

Don't search us it will be a waste of time. Keep my things as a memory of the past if you want to. I don't want to see you and the others anymore.

Goodbye.

The leader's life collapsed at that moment. He read the message several times. He can't believe it. How can he do that.

" He's fucking with me "  he whispered to himself.
" What hyung, what's happening? Do you have news about them? " ask Hansol who saw his change of expression .

" HE IS FUCKING KIDDING ME " screamed this time Seungcheol.
The scream warns the others who gathered around the leader, who was divided between tears and anger. Jihoon took the phone to see, and it passed hand to hand.

" How can they do that to us! "

" But...but it's impossible"

It has been the chaos in the room. The manager left the room to see the staff of the photoshoot, apologized to them because of a last minute problem.

He returned to the room 5 minutes later and it was a flow of insults and reproaches against Jisoo and Jeonghan that welcomed him.

"  THAT'S ENOUGH " screamed the manager to stop them before it goes too far.

" We're going to dorms now, the shooting is cancelled. I have to see the CEO, that's not my job to manage this kind of stuff. Now take your things we're leaving ".

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Unknown place

POV Jisoo
Ouch my head, and why my back hurt like this.
I slowly open my eyes but I couldn't see anything. They were no lights in the room. Where am I ? My hand was in contact with floor it's cold and not comfortable, how did I get here?
Then I remember what was happening, that hooded men who took Jeonghan and me away. Jeonghan? I start to panic about being alone, but I heard a cough in the room who stop my bad thoughts.
Then someone starts to complain. Yes, that's Jeonghan.

" Han?! " the person doesn't answer he had to come to his senses.

" Jeonghan?! " I tried again, louder.
" Jisoo? " a little voice is heard.

" Yes, it's me, where are you? put out your hands so I can find you ".

" Shua where are we?! Why is there no light? " he starts to panic.

" Han calm down ".

" How do you want me to calm down, we don't even know why we are here! " following his voice I tried to approach him by putting my hands in front of me and by walking slowly.

" AHHH " he screams when I touched him, he didn't expect it.

" It's me " I quickly catches his hands to reassure him, but also to not get hit because I scared him. I know him very well.

" Are you ok? you're hurt? "
" No no and you?"
" No... "
" Do you have your phone? " I was going through my pocket to check, but no sign of it. I answered with a negative response. Suddenly a sound coming from the outside scared us and our breaths stopped.

" What was that? " I whispered, my voice shaking. Jeonghan wasn't reassured either because his hand started to squeeze my hand stronger.
" I'm afraid " he whispered like a baby.
There was something to be scared of. I start to get up to check if i was hurt anywhere, he gets up also with me, hanging onto me.
That's only a dream that's not possible.
I'm gonna wake up, we're gonna wake up.

We started to touch the walls to find out the smallest opening or anything else to help us to find clues about the outside world, but hours past and we were still in a complete darkness. Our stomachs started to complain, we both huddled against a wall. I rested my head on his shoulder while I heard him humming.
A sound surprised us when a big door in front of us opens, allowing the appearance of three silhouettes and a light blinding us.

Notes:

Heyy
Something is wrong with Jeonghan's message no ?😏
I hope you like this story for now and you can understand even if there are some grammar mistakes 🙃
Bye

Chapter 3

Notes:

Hello, just to tell you that this fiction will have some flashbacks to explain how a couple was created (like Jeongcheol) and memories who can be important for the story 😇

(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)

Chapter Text

Little Smut🍋
Flashback : Mansae Era debut 2016

As every Friday evening in a motel in a sparsely populated area of Seoul, young people would meet each other. That evening, a young man with long ginger hair was sitting on the bed, quickly tapping the floor with his foot, looking at the minutes passing on his phone. The annoyance was present on his face, as he glanced quickly from the door to his mobile.
A barely audible tapping was heard on the front door before Jeonghan rushed to open it.

"Sorry" was the first word from the person behind the door.
The angel gave him an angry look before pulling him into the room. The rather muscular man locked the door while Jeonghan stood with his arms crossed in front of him.

"I'm sorry, I had to help Jihoon in the studio and I didn't see the time pass."

"I've been waiting for you for an hour, Seungcheol! "complained the boy with long hair.

"I know I'll make it up to you, okay, we have 2:30 hours in front of us."

"Sure" replied Jeonghan, still offended, staring at his leader.
Seungcheol started to take off his shirt slowly under the gaze of the youngest who had not moved. He walked towards Jeonghan and took him by the waist to pull him towards him.

"Come on smile baby" he said in a sensual voice, he began to slowly lower his hands towards the angel's butt, who after a few seconds passed his arms around Seungcheol's neck.

"Tell me what you want" the oldest whispered to him.
Jeonghan muttered something, the leader let out a laugh because he knew very well that the younger one hated it when Seungcheol took the lead.

"Can’t you just fuck me and shut up"

"At your command, sir," he teased and on these words he grabbed Jeonghan's lips and the angel hurried to put his legs around his waist.

It was followed by a battle of domination between the two, with their languages fighting and trying to take control. Seungcheol's hands wandering from Jeonghan's thighs to his ass again. The leader gently placed them on the bed.

"Cheol" moaned Jeonghan, raising his arms for the eldest to take off the angel’s shirt. The latter did it and then began to kiss the bare belly of Jeonghan who was wriggling under him. He undoes his pants before throwing them in the room.

The leader took his time to the despair of the youngest. "Please, please, please I need you," he prayed, totally impatient.

They quickly found themselves naked. The angel was over the leader, he had in his mouth the penis of the oldest who held his hand in Jeonghan's long hair pressing on his head from time to time.
"Han-ah" Seungcheol sighed with pleasure at the youngest and dropped his head back. Seeing that the elder was almost coming so Jeonghan left what he was doing to go up to the leader's mouth and kissed him passionately before whispering at him.
"Let me do it today" with a teasing smile.

 

Pretty U ERA
"Cheol, faster ahhh". The leader accelerated the movement and his thrust became faster and more precise, Jeonghan arched and put his hands on the leader's muscular arms (😏). But the angel seemed to get stuck at some point. "Stop"

Seungcheol slows down, raising an eyebrow to the youngest's order. "What?" he bent down to start kissing Jeonghan's neck.

"Can you get off me please ? " he asked embarrassed.
"Uh, yes, of course." The angel let out a sigh when he felt him withdraw and the eldest fell on the bed. Both remained contemplating the ceiling to catch their breath, but Seungcheol stood on his side to be able to talk to the youngest.
"Hannie" gently called the leader.
"Hum" Jeonghan put himself in the same position as his friend and found himself face to face with Seungcheol.

"What's wrong ? »

"Nothing is just that... »

"I know when something is wrong with one of my members, so tell me."
Jeonghan reached out to the leader and began to put the sweaty bangs of Seungcheol back in place.
He was waiting for the youngest to speak.

"Cheol, we have to end all of this". He was hesitant in his words, as if he didn't put his whole heart into it.

"What's going on ? I did something wrong ? " the leader worried directly.

"No, not at all, the two of us were great, but... »

"No, but if you want to stop everything, I'm not going to force you, it wouldn't be very legal otherwise," he tried to joke. Jeonghan smiled sadly as he sat up against the headboard.

 

"It's Minhyuk ( Monsta X), he confessed his feelings to me. » Seeing the seriousness of the conversation, Seungcheol sat down.
"What did you tell him?"

"I said that there was a mutual attraction but we couldn’t talk about love feelings for now but that I was going to think about it. »
Seungcheol felt like a pinch in his heart.

"And so what?"
The youngest took the eldest's hand and began to play with his fingers.

"I would like to try, I've never really had a boyfriend and we get along well and it could work. »

"Go see him and tell him that then" this time Seungcheol grabbed Jeonghan's hand and squeezed it.

"I don't know, I'm afraid he'll be disappointed."

"Jeonghan why he would be disappointed, you are one of the most caring and beautiful people I know.
The angel shrugged his shoulders.

"You have nothing to lose, go ahead."

And after a few seconds of reflection." You're right," Jeonghan's smile reappeared. He started to get out of bed and dressed again under the eyes of Seungcheol who was internally ill. He was lost in thought and was surprised when Jeonghan kissed his cheek.
"Thank you Cheollie, I'll see you at the repet."
The leader pretended to say goodbye and the angel came out of the room.

When the door closed, Seungcheol's heart broke. He took his cell phone and called Jihoon. The latter quickly answered.
"So did you tell him? "the boy seemed to have been waiting impatiently for the call.
"No"
"But why did you tell me you were going to tell him, tell him you love him-".
"He left with another guy, it couldn't have been reciprocated. I was right not to say anything."
"But-but" Jihoon was speechless and didn't know what to say.

"Too bad, I prefer to see him happy, I don't want to be selfish," Seungcheol breathed, even though he felt sadness in his heart. There was a silence who lasted a few seconds.

"Do you want me to come? »

"No, it's okay, I want to be alone." Jihoon approved with a little "Okay, I'll see you later"
Then Seungcheol hung up. He directly saw his wallpaper picture of Jeonghan and him with their CEO.
He tossed his cell phone across the room before lying himself in the bed and letting his sadness express itself. He stayed in this position for 30 minutes, but his cell phone rang to tell him that he had received a message. He got up and with a heavy step grabbed his cell phone and wiped away the tears that were still on his face and that were blocking his eyesight.

Angel 😇
It's okay I told him everything, we are going to try :) thanks Cheol 💛

Notes:

Hellooooo
I hope you are not to heartbroken for Seungcheol😏
Their relationship is very complicated, I'll make flashbacks again later. The same goes for other couples.
Of course now we will focus on the group's reaction in the next chapter following the disappearance of Jisoo and Jeonghan hehe

Byeee

Chapter Text

"Hyung gets out of this room" asked Jihoon to Seungcheol for the umpteenth time behind the leader's room door.

"The CEO will probably bring them back so that you can have a discussion with Jeonghannie hyung." added Seungkwan who was sitting on the floor next to Jihoon.

"I FUCKING HATE HIM." Yelled back in return the oldest.

« No you don't. Its the twentieth time you are saying that, but you don't even believe in these words ".

"HE'S A COWARD FOR NOT SAYING IT IN FRONT OF ME."
Seungkwan started biting his nails, he was stressed that it was really the end of the elders' relationship, and that the leader had now become uncontrollable.

But after ten minutes of screams and after a huge noise as if the oldest had just hit or thrown something, the silence was back again.

" That's it ? you have finished crying out of heartbreak can you open to us now ? "

*clic*

" Thanks " Jihoon took the leader by his arm to the living room where the members where waiting patiently.

" Nice he finally and after one hour gets out of his room " complained Jihoon before lying on the sofa, everybody looking at them with a sad expression.

At the same moment, the manager was returning after a meeting with the CEO.

" We tried to contact them, but their phones are switched off, their families don't know what's happening ".

" They've really planned it well " started to laugh with anger Seungcheol.

A debate began about the reason of their departure.
" Seokmin, you and Jeonghan were really close, did he tell you something? " asked the manager who was trying to stay calm.

The vocal has been really silent since the departure, it was weird seeing like that.

" No never, he was always telling me that your couple was perfect, and he was in love with you etc. "

" In love, my ass, yes. " said the leader who was clenching his teeth.

" Seungcheol, please " said the manager to stop him from being mean.

" Joshua hyung won't do that, he is not like that. " explained Chan completely upset by what was happening.

" Yes, that's really shocking me. I can't think of him doing something like this." said someone else.

" The last message I've received from him was at 3am saying that they were on their way back home " told Soonyoung, checking his phone for the message and showing it to the others.

" So, there is no sense, they won't leave like that, without their stuffs. "

Seungcheol started to realize something's weird, the two of them couldn't have left  the dorm like that. What happened to Jeonghan and Joshua then ?

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The light blinded them a few seconds before the silhouettes put something in the room and immediately began to close the door. Jeonghan  had thrown himself on it but it was closed just in front of his face.

" OPEN THAT FUCKING DOOR, LET US GO ! "

While Jeonghan was screaming and kicking the door, Jisoo had come closer to the thing they left: food, actually bread and water.
Great.

" Han stop kicking that door you're gonna hurt yourself " said with a worried tone the americain.

" What do they want from us? " the angel became alarmed as he raged against it, his fists made the scrap metal door vibrate.

Why are there three plates ? When Jisoo started to touch the package he felt three small boxes containing what he had mentioned before.

" Hm...Jeonghan? "

"What?" The oldest finally stopped at the call of his best friend.

" We're three here " he whispered to him. Creepy.

" Is there someone here? " he said louder than before. Try not to be afraid Joshua.

But nobody responded. The eldest of the two returned to his friend, gently grabbing his arm.

"We're nice, I mean I'm nice, Jeonghan not really" jokingly said Joshua before he was getting hit in his ribs by Jeonghan's elbow.

"We won't hurt you," the angel added, shaking his hand against the american's biceps.

" Here " said a voice beside Joshua that made him flinch. Jeonghan let an insult escape since he had also been afraid.

" Why did you wait that long before coming out? "

" The advantage of being in the dark is that we can spy easily "

" So during a few hours you spied us? Why? " Jeonghan was really angry. But really scared too.

" To know if you are trustworthy and if you're that clever to take us out of here "

" I don't know how to take that " whispered Joshua to Jeonghan, but the stranger heard it too.

" How you want. "
He directly added " Joshua and Jeonghan from Seventeen from what I've been hearing. "

" Yes and you? I've heard your voice somewhere. " Said Jeonghan with suspicion.

"We've met before, I'm Yugyeom"

" From Got7 " finished Joshua.

" You're from the 97liners like Minghao, Mingyu and DK "continued the americain.

" Yup "

" So do you know where we are? " asked Jeonghan who had been on guard until now.

"Not really it must have been a day that I've been here, impossible to get out, I've tried everything and so have you," he alluded to when a few hours before, the two elders had tried to break the walls with their fists to get out.

They had unknowingly started to eat what they had been given. They were starving and they already missed Mingyu and Jun's good food.

They each sit on the ground even though sleeping on the floor could cause them horrible back pain.

Jeonghan put his leg over Jisoo's leg.

" Are you cold ? "whispered the youngest.

" Maybe " said Jeonghan, who wouldn't agree with the americain.

" You're always cold, why am I asking you. " said Jisoo not surprised.
He felt two hands going under his jacket and even if he had a shirt he felt the coldness of Jeonghan's hands.
" I'm not Seungcheol "

" It's true that the muscular level is not the same."

" ah ah ah, very funny " grumbled Jisoo and Jeonghan started to laugh at his own joke.

The three of them dozed off during the night without ever really falling asleep.

In the middle of the night, the door opened suddenly, and they all came out of their drowsiness.

A man with a full black clothes and a hood approached Yugyeom before grabbing him and forcing him to stand up to take him out of the container. Yugyeom didn't protest, Joshua and Jeonghan where looking at the scene without knowing what to do.

" Let him go you asshole ! " Jeonghan insulted him. But Jisoo quickly pulled the oldest closer to him to make him shut up. They had backed up to the back walls and were now against it. A man who seemed to be the boss came with two armed men. He didn't wear a hood. It was just bright enough to see that he's was in his fifties, he had brown hairs and a cold glance. Joshua was statufied. Jeonghan was killing him with his eyes. The guy stepped in front of the americain, who avoided his gaze.

" Look at me now " he said with authority. Jisoo looked up gently before plunging his eyes into those of the man. The latter started to look at him from top to bottom. He took Joshua's chin with a hand before looking at him in every possible way.

" You have three seconds to take you hand off my friend's face or I will pull out the few hairs you have on your head " provoked Jeonghan who didn't like the way that man was looking at his best friend.

" Stop talking if you don't want me to kill you in front of him " responded severely the boss. He stepped in front of Jeonghan this time.
" You seem to be a tough guy, we will have work to do with you, but I'm sure you can be interesting ".

But what is he talking about ? wondered Jeonghan.

" Where did you take Yugyeom? "Jeonghan continued with the same aggressive tone.

" Don't worry, he will come back. You should start worrying about yourself, you're going to experience the same thing". This sentence made the two boys shiver.

"But you, you have something in particular. "he smiled pervertedly at Jeonghan. "We're going to have a great time. »

The angel's face suddenly lost its colors, moving one step back towards the wall.

Chapter 5

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Aju Nice ERA

Flashback

"We wait for Jeonghannie hyung and we start " warned Soonyoung who was warming up with the others.

"Hyung is always late since he's been with Minhyuk hyung," said Dino, who was also reviewing the steps of their new dance.

"It's called being in love," said Mingyu, who was in the corner on his cell phone. He was talking to Wonwoo who was out of town during that comeback because he had acute gastritis. The older one was disappointed that he couldn't participate for this comeback and blamed himself. Mingyu missed him very much. The couple was rarely used to being separated and since Wonwoo had returned to his parents for treatment, they hadn't seen each other in a long time.

"Mingyu put down that phone and come to warm up, there's no way one of us is going to get hurt without Wonwoo."

Seungcheol stood against the window to breathe a little and saw a van from Monsta X (he deduced it) parked in front of the door. After two minutes a person with a hood came out and rushed inside the building.

"There's Jeonghan," Seungcheol sighed. He was ready to see the man he loves, tell about his wonderful life with Minhyuk.

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"Come on, let go of me I really have to go," laughed Jeonghan as the older one held him by the arm to keep him from getting out of the van.

"We won't see each other for a week," pretended to sulk Minhyuk.

Jeonghan sat on his thighs before kissing him, Minhyuk slipped his hand on the angel's neck to deepen the kiss. Jeonghan started to moan when his lips were going on his neck.

The youngest managed to stop him so he could get away from the oldest and gave him a last kiss on the corner of his lips.

"I'll see you soon, okay?" The Monsta x's member approved before kissing his hand, Jeonghan separated from him and went out.

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"Hello everyone" shouted the angel as he entered the room and threw his bag to the side.

"You look very happy to me, you had a good night, didn't you ? " asked Soonyoung with an idea in mind.

"If you knew" Jeonghan pulled out his tongue with a smile on his face.

"No, thanks, we don't need the details," Seungkwan said, expressing his disgust just thinking about what they were insinuating.

Jihoon watched the scene while looking at Seungcheol who was decomposing internally.

"Now it's time to practice"

The training lasted for several hours. Seungcheol couldn't concentrate, his steps were wrong sometimes and he couldn't follow the choreography, which was one of the most complex until now.

"Hyung what are you doing" Soonyoung was also a little on edge with the comeback coming up.
"Sorry I did a mistake again ," whispered the leader who was so tired of himself already.

"It's been the 20 times that you are making the same mistake "

"I know, Can we take a break please ? " Seungcheol looked at him while Jihoon was looking at his boyfriend too to convince him to say yes and Soonyoung agreed.

"Okay, 15-minute break."

The oldest directly went to the bathroom and cleaned his face with fresh water.

The door opened and he saw his best friend, Jihoon.

"Hyung, are you alright?"

"Yes I was good before the guy I love mentioned his « beautiful night » with another guy. »

"Hyung, you can only blame yourself for this » Jihoon crossed his arms.

"What do you mean? » 

"You and Jeonghan had been sleeping together for several months, and you succumbed and fell in love, it was the trap of this kind of relationship. And both of you knew it"

The younger one added, "You should have told him before Minhyuk did."

"It's so easy to say" the oldest started to get angry even though he knew it was his fault.

"I know very well that I was just a fuck buddy for Jeonghan and taking the risk of telling him my feelings without being sure he felt the same in return would ruin our friendship. »

"Jeonghan had no feelings for Minhyuk when they started dating, who tells you he couldn't have done the same thing with you" Jihoon was trying to reason him the best he could.

"The break is over," Soonyoung was screaming to everyone to come back.

"It's too late..., you saw how happy he is, I've never seen him like that"

"When he was with you he was exactly the same. "Jihoon took a step towards the leader.

"When he knew all these Friday afternoons that you were going to meet in the evening, he smiled so much. »

"He knew very well that he was going to get fucked, that's why," said with an annoyed tone Seungcheol.

There was a knock on the door and a black haired angel appeared. Jeonghan.

"Guys, Soonyoung is getting impatient, can you come back? "he said in a small voice.

Jihoon bit his lip. Shit.

"We're coming" Seungcheol took one last look at Jihoon ending their conversation and passed in front of Jeonghan ignoring him.
The angel looked at Jihoon who had remorse in his eyes.

"Is everything alright? "Jeonghan asked timidly.
Jihoon patted his shoulder before going out, trying to stay as natural as possible.

"Yes, come on"
Jeonghan was boiling inside he had time to hear Seungcheol's last sentence.
How dare he talk about him like that.
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Present

"You" the chief called Jeonghan dryly.

"Your cell phone's been ringing for a while now. « Seungcheol with a stupid red heart next to his name » is calling you, guys we have a faggot with us" laughed the man, which triggered the laughter of others.

"Jeonghan no," Joshua told him. Jeonghan is a time bomb ready to go off, the oldest was so impulsive. But he couldn't exploded or he was going to kill them all.

"What you're going to do now is that you are going to send him a little message to stop this, so he will leave us, and your absence won't be very suspicious," the boss ordered him after taking up his threatening look again.  Jeonghan took the phone, his hand was shaking.

"Poor little one he's shaking, anyway this relationship is unnatural, and if you're so anxious to not get fuck by men we'll work it out. "A perverse smile on his face appeared again. This sentence sounded really bad in the heads of the two young men.

What am I writing. He's never going to believe me, panicked the angel. Joshua looked at him and as if they had spoken telepathically, he wrote the farewell message.

To Seungcheol ❤️
"Hello Seungcheol, I'm sorry to tell you this by message but I think we're both getting nowhere, it's a lost cause. I loved you, but I no longer have feelings for you. I realized that it was Jisoo I wanted, he is much more interesting than you, he is wonderful and we decided to stop our activities with the group and finally start a real life together, away from the spotlight.

Don't look for us, it won't help. Keep my things in memory if you wish. I don't want to see you again.

His finger remained a few seconds above the sent button. He couldn't do that. If only Seungcheol could understand the message behind this. The phone was ripped out of his hands, and ruthlessly, the chief sent the message.

"It wasn't that complicated, was it?"

I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. Forgive me. Forgive me.

One of the two guards addressed his leader.
"We can move on to the next one Sir."

"Well," he turned his eyes to Jisoo.
"You're lucky it's already your turn," he snapped his fingers and we grabbed Joshua. He was struggling but it was a losing battle. Annoyed the guard who was the tallest, twisted his arm. Joshua moaned in pain.

"Listen, it'll go well if you obey okay" before pushing him out. The American surrendered.

"JOSHUA NO" Jeonghan tried to run towards the door except that the chief pointed a gun at him as he slowly pulled back towards the exit to join the two guards.

"Don't worry about him, worry about yourself instead." He shot next to Jeonghan to scare the angel, who dropped himself on the floor. It was these last words before the door closed and left the angel in the darkness again.

He heard Joshua screaming his name, believing that his best friend had just being shot by the boss. The young man curled up against the wall. A tear falling on his cheek.

Help us, I begging you, help us.

Notes:

Hey
I hope you like that story for now.
The atmosphere will become very dark in the next chapters so be ready 🤭

Chapter Text

Blindfolded, Jisoo walked as ordered to an unknown destination but still surrounded by guards.

He was pushed into a room before the blindfold was removed. It took time for his eyes to get used to the bright light again. He saw in front of him a man facing a fireplace drinking one of his strong alcohols. The cliché of the man with power. He turned around when he heard the American coming into the room and found himself alone with him when the two guards left to stay in front of the door outside.

The American wasn't sure what to do so he didn't move. The man started looking at him from all angles with his glass of whiskey in his hand. It was a frightening thing to see. It was like seeing a lion circling around his prey.

Then the big boss went back to sit on a chair in front of Jisoo.

"I like you" his voice was deep and intimidating.

"You're talking about me as if I'm an object," Jisoo was offended and dared to open his mouth. The man began to whistle which caused the American to frown.

He had completely ignored Joshua's reproach and continued his observation.

"Take off your clothes."
"What?!"
"Don't make me repeat it, you might not like it," threatened the man who had stopped laughing and who was refilling his drink. Jisoo didn't want to know the consequences so he did it gently.

Once in his underwear, the boss took another interest in him. His gaze was so insistent on his body, it made the American feel uncomfortable.

"If you want money, you can contact our agency and they will give it to you". The man giggled again before approaching Jisoo who took a step back.

"Oh you know with what I'll do with you I'll have a lot more money than you can give me and don’t worry your agency will be good without you. It's a real industry, they'll find more talented," he added. Jisoo swallowed his saliva, he didn't like where this discussion was leading.

"Tell me, are you a faggot like your friend too?". The American rarely got angry but talking about Jeonghan like that got to him.

"Hey, even if I was one, what would it matter to you?" He crossed his arms on his bare chest.

"I just want to know what I can do with you." The man was so close he could smell his alcoholic breath. The boss looked into the whites of his eyes before lowering his gaze down his body.

When he went to his office the doors opened behind him.

"It's okay, I'm done with him, you can bring him," he said indifferently.

" Take me where? " Joshua questioned him, but he had no answer.

Each guard grabbed his arm and pulled him out. One grabbed the pile of clothes on the ground as he passed by and threw it into a bin on the path.

A few minutes later, as the boss was serving himself another drink that was starting to go to his head, Jeonghan was brought into the room. The same thing happened to the angel, his blindfold was removed and he was left alone in the room with him.
The member of Seventeen quickly adapted to the light and when he saw the man at the desk in front of him, he quickly stepped forward and slapped both hands on the table.

"WHERE'S JISOO? »

"Hello to you too, Jeonghan." Jeonghan raised an eyebrow at the man who already knew his name but went straight back to his first concern.

"You haven't answered my question".

The man staggered up from his chair before walking around his desk to join the angel. Jeonghan turned to him because he was looking suspicious. He didn't step back when the taller man stood in front of him as he had done to Jisoo. The man began to touch his hair, except that Jeonghan grabbed his wrist to make him stop.

"You have two seconds to step back." He threatened him. He didn't anticipate when the boss, who was stronger than he was, managed to twist his arm before pushing him forward on the desk and blowing in his ear.

"And you better obey me if you don't want me to kill Jisoo in front of you"

"Don't even say his name out of your filthy mouth." The angel who had turned into a demon couldn't contain himself.

The man tightened his grip and Jeonghan let out a cry of pain.
"I don't think you're in a position to do anything to me."
The angel was still bent over the desk with the man glued behind him.
The man laughed slyly to make fun of the situation.

"And don't tell me you don't like the position you're in now, you must be used to getting fuck like this. »

Jeonghan bit his lip not to respond and make things worse for himself. The boss let him go knowing he had won.

"Well, you've finally learned your lesson, get undressed"

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The band was really realizing that something was really wrong with Jeonghan and Jisoo's disappearance. To confirm what they thought, JB, the leader of Got7 had contacted the 97 line to find out if they knew where Yugyeom was who had also disappeared. Their answer was negative, and both groups had promised to keep each other informed of their situation on both sides.

The agency claimed that Jeonghan and Jisoo had given their letters of resignation to leave the group. So they did not even want to look any further. But the members couldn't believe it was possible. There was a real problem.

The leader was beginning to lose patience for not hearing from the other two older ones, it was inconceivable that anything had happened to them, he was ready to turn upside down the city and the country to find them. He read again and again the message Jeonghan had sent him. Dino was beside him with his head on his shoulder.

"Hyung would never have written that," he tried to reassure himself. The leader closed his phone before getting up.

"I'm going to check the hospitals to see if they've seen the guys, I can't just sit here and do nothing. " Mingyu and Wonwoo went with him.

"Jisoo told me in his message last night that they're in a park nearby, let's try to find their way back."

So small groups formed to look for clues that would give them an idea of what had happened to the angel and the American. The research proved to be complicated, but the group was smart and determined.

Seungcheol and the Meanie couple returned to the dormitories without any news in the evening. No hospital had seen the two men. The leader was angry, which frightened Mingyu and Wonwoo, who had never seen him like that.

"Hyung we'll find them, I promise." Wonwoo was trying to stop him from breaking anything under the anger.

"Don't you think it's okay that the agency isn't helping us ?! »
Mingyu said no because that's what he wanted to hear. No one in the group had seen these letters of resignation and Seungcheol refused to believe that they were real.  What if the agency knew something?

Chapter Text

Jisoo couldn't walk as fast as he was told. He was dragged somewhere again but this time his eyes weren't blindfolded he wished he had.

First he went into a small room with four doors, and you could hear shouting and crying. Then he came into a long corridor with doors on all sides, like prison rooms with people inside. Some of them banged on the walls, got angry, cried, he couldn't see their faces, but their screams of distress and cries for help were enough for him to draw a picture of the place he had landed in. Women and men all trapped like him.

A guard opened a door and pulled a girl outside who wasn't even struggling. He felt as if he had seen her before, even though her hair was messy and falling down on his face. She looks exhausted. He recognized her as Yuju from GFriend but he was not certain.

They put him in a cell too. A kind of dirty room with a bed without a blanket. On it was they were a white T-shirt and a short of the same colour also made of cloth. He had been wearing shorts ever since he left the chief's office. Right in front of the bed there was a toilet that had all the germs in the world.  And that was it. He was left in this "room" before being locked up again. He looked around, not a window, nothing.

He had a moment of absence, but a sort of bell interrupted him. When it rang, the doors were opened by guards. Each person went out and walked to the end of the corridor. He managed to see Yugyeom walking next to another young man. Intrigued, he followed them. He arrived in a rather gloomy, smelly, medium-sized room with wooden tables and benches. Meals were already being served, well, what seemed to be soup, a poor piece of rotten meat and two potatoes. When everyone sat down he did the same at a table where there were three men and a woman. No one was talking to each other, and with robotic gestures they ate. The American had tried to swallow a piece of the meat but it was overcooked and he had almost choked.

The main door opened again before he immediately recognized the person who entered. The angel had his head down and walked forward a little while hugging himself. Jisoo, alerted, slowly got up from the bench and made the others at his table raise their heads. He walked forward to Jeonghan who finally saw him and threw himself into his arms. They were in front of the guards who were watching the door, so in order not to be watched by them, he began to walk back to his table while holding Jeonghan in his arms and made him sit on the bench beside him.

The angel had put his hand back on the right side of his face when Jisoo pulled back from the embrace.
"What's wrong with you? "the American asked him who received a simple 'nothing' from Jeonghan, but his lip was trembling.

He then decided to take his wrist and remove his hand from his face by himself. The elder allowed him to do it, but did not want to look his best friend’s eyes. The skin around Jeonghan´s right eye had turned purple.

"They hit you," Jisoo breathed helplessly.
"Just hit yeah..." the way Jeonghan had said it sounded ironic. Did the boss touched him, did he .... no. Joshua couldn’t think about something worst. Or didn’t want.

They started whispering when they noticed all eyes were on them.

"Tell me, what did he do to you?"
Tears rolled down the elder's eyes again as he nodded his head.

"We have to get out of here Jisoo, please" said Jeonghan in a breath as he joined his best friend's arms again to cry, the youngest tightening his protective embrace. The angel clenched his fist on the American's shirt and closed his eyes before thinking of Seungcheol, which he needed so much right now.

"What have they done to you? "He murmured the sentence again, but didn't expect an answer from the other. He had never seen Jeonghan this frightened, although he was surely one of the bravest in the group.

Once he had calmed down a bit. Jeonghan finally looked up for the first time since he had entered the room. He saw four other people at his table and others around them.  He did what Jisoo hadn't done so far and looked around the room and at the people.

"We are all idols" he deduced after a few seconds.
« What ? »said Jisoo who had just made a disgusted expression when putting a piece of meat in his mouth again. He was so hungry.

"There are only twenty of us and there are only idols"

The American also took the time to look around. Yugyeom was with Woojin from Stray Kids. He also saw Chaeyoung from Twice, Yuqi from (G)I-DLE, Jimin from BTS, others they couldn't quite recognize because they were in bad shape.

 

"Are you feeling better? " asked the girl who was at their table and hadn't spoken so far. Jeonghan didn't know who she was and had looked at her a little strangely, she must have noticed.

"I am Jiho. » Her name still didn't mean anything to him "From Oh my girl"

"Jeonghan and Joshua from Seventeen" introduced the American by pointing to himself and his best friend.

"We know who you are." The man next to Joshua had stopped eating.
"You don't pass so unnoticed when you get here," continued the boy with a gentle smile.
Doyoung and Haechan from NCT. The third boy remained silent.

"Where are we?" Jeonghan wasted no time in asking for the only thing he was really interested in at the time.

"If only we knew, we've been here for days, some people even weeks," Doyoung shrugged.

"Did you met the chief and had to pass his weird inspection," questioned the American who was trying to get as much information as possible.
Jeonghan shivered again when he heard about this.

"Yes, we all go through this before we get here, but that's not the worst thing, you'll see, they'll keep testing you. » He must have been going through a lot here, Joshua thought to himself.

"There are newcomers every week. And sometimes people disappear from here, we don't know what happens to them and where they are taken.  But if someone comes to pick you up one day in your room, it's no good" and with his last words he stood up when another bell rang and everyone went back to his little prison.

No solution came to Joshua's mind to get out of it. They were doomed to stay here for now. And with what little strength and conviction they had left, they got up and went back to their room. In the hallway, before Jisoo separated, he grabbed Jeonghan's hand and he walked a little further from his cell.

"Han, We'll find a way out of this, just hold on," his eyes pleaded him to be strong even though he knew that his best friend's psychological and physical condition made him vulnerable at the moment. He touched Jeonghan’s cheek gently to reassure him.

 

The angel nodded and then barely let go of his hand, refusing to let go with a little cry. And loneliness gripped Joshua again when the door slammed behind him.

Chapter 8

Summary:

*Warning : Rape, violence*

Chapter Text

(Scene of violence and rape guys, I warn you even if I already told you at the beginning of the fiction that there would be this kind of scenes, the vocabulary is also quite crude "

"Please stop, please stop," Jeonghan shouted as the boss blocked him against the desk again, trying to open his pants. The young man crushed his foot with all his might to get the other to let go and then kicked him in his private part. He rushed to the door to open it, only to find himself with a gun to his forehead.

"Please don't let him do this, no," he begged the guard to help him, tears still streaming down his face. Except the man pushed him back into the room and closed the door. Hands surrounded him and crept into his jeans as Jeonghan watched helplessly the door closed in front of him, he lost the last hope he had of escaping this fate.

The smell of the man whispering just behind his ear made him sick. His rough hands that went under his shirt gave him horrible chills. Not the good shivers that Seungcheol gave him when he touched him gently as if he was made of porcelain.

"No, no, it's a nightmare," he'd close his eyes, sobbing.

He could feel the bump in the man's pants behind him. It disgusted him. No matter how much he defended himself, he knew that the man would have the last word, he would die if he rebelled. The fear that he had deep inside him was hiding the anger that was beginning to be born.  He would rather die than live that...and then he thought about the other members. He couldn’t die.

He heard the sound of a belt behind him. An arm encircled his waist, pulling him violently towards the desk and pushing him against it. His body no longer responded. The man tore off his shirt as Jeonghan wouldn't raise his arms to take it off himself.

"Don't worry, you'll have brand new clothes soon," said the man when Jeonghan reacted belatedly to the removal of his shirt. The Boss lifted up the angel and forced him to lie down on the desk before pulling his pants off, while holding the body of the younger one with the other arm.

"You don't know what you are doing, you will regret it, I promise you, I will kill you." Jeonghan was trying to remain dignified, reckless as he was every day with Seventeen even though he felt that emotions were overwhelming him and he was beginning to have trouble breathing.

The boss pulled down his own pants without taking them off.

"You talk too much, a little bitch like you should shut up."
Jeonghan didn't know how to react, but the man grabbed him by the ankles and pulled him over on his stomach.

Jeonghan reached out his hand and tried to grab a sort of statuette on the desk, but he felt the man penetrate him violently without precautions. The pain was horrible. He'd never felt that before as he squeezed his hand on the edge of the desk before he started crying in pain again.

"No...no," he was at the end of his strength, his voice and his breath too. The man's movements became faster and faster, Jeonghan didn't react any more, he didn't even have the will to defend himself, he let out small groans of pain far from those of pleasure. The boss pulled his hair so that he could look at him, his smile was frightening.

« I’m sure you like that slut »

Jeonghan spat at him with what little strength he had left to react; madly angry, the man withdrew from him before trying to turn him over to punish him, but the angel blocked the boss's arm between his legs before trying to make an abrupt movement to twist and break it. It seemed to work as the man shouted. He pushed Jeonghan away and he fell from the desk to the floor.

The boss opened his desk drawer, pulled out a pistol and pointed it at the angel who was looking at him defiantly even though he was in bad shape, naked, his hair was a mess too.

The guard in front of the door had entered immediately when he heard his boss's scream. The older man gestured him to stop as he was about to catch Jeonghan and surely hit him. The boss took it upon himself to suddenly lift Jeonghan up with his remaining arm before putting his gun to his head.

"You're going to put your cute little butt on that chair right now"

Jeonghan didn't look down, but did as he was told.
The chief nodded to the guard who stood right behind Jeonghan's chair to make sure he would not move.

"Listen, I have a proposition for you."

The angel did not answer but showed that he was attentive.

 

"If you let me do what I want to do with you, like emptying my balls in your ass or using you as a coffee table, I won't touch your little Jisoo and make him endure what the others are going through here." The boss started pacing around the office.
"However, if you refuse I'll make him suffer, suffer a lot, which means he won't even last a week here"

Jeonghan didn't answer, he just lowered his head. He had already made up his mind, he didn't have to think about it for long.

"I accept"

"Well, we're going to have a lot of fun together," the man laughed sarcastically before waving at the guard, who pulled the angel out of the chair.

Chapter Text

The next day, Jeonghan, Joshua and the others were again gathered in the great hall for lunch. No breakfast for them.

 

"Did you sleep last night ? » Jeonghan asked, biting into the only piece of bread they had been given with water and a little rice.

 

"Not really," said Joshua, who was really tired but hadn't been able to sleep in that place.

 

"I can tell it just by looking at your face," mocked Jeonghan, who kept his joking skills despite the situation. Joshua looked up to the ceiling. "Thank you," he said sarcastically.

 

The main door opened, all eyes turned to it. The big boss came in. Joshua raised an eyebrow when he saw that he had a splint on his arm. He turned directly to Jeonghan, who had a smirk.

"Is that you? "the American asked his best friend, who looked suspicious.

"Oops, my bad," he said ironically. I'll break his arm completely next time. " Pure insolence was found in Jeonghan, the American said to himself.

"Jeonghan" a loud voice started to resonate in the room.

"What does he want from you? " asked Jisoo with Fear for his best friend.

 

"Nothing's worrying you."

"Jeonghan" the voice growled louder when he saw that the angel did not answer his first call. Jeonghan threw his remaining piece of bread on the table, sighing and waving at Jisoo before following the boss who had called him.

 

Joshua was speechless.

"What he's gotten himself into again," he grumbled inwardly even though he was worried.

For more days it was the same thing. He would pick up Jeonghan at lunch and bring him back only in the late afternoon. The angel was trying to stay normal, even though Jisoo had tried to get him to talk at dinner in the evening, the angel told him that everything would be fine. It was starting to annoy the American who was losing his patience because his best friend was hiding something from him. One day, Jeonghan came back with a bruise around his neck as if he had been strangled. The elder had avoided the question, but Joshua wasn't blind, he could see his best friend's drugged eyes.

 

« Han, are you on drug ? »

 

« I’m okay Shua » said as always the oldest.

 

Joshua, on the other hand, hadn't had too many problems so far, and nothing very disturbing had happened to him when they'd been here for a week, strange. Yet some came back traumatized from their absences when they were called during the day.

 

"Jisoo"

"Yes," Joshua lifted his head from his food and looked Jeonghan in the eyes.

"I love you, you know."

"Yes, me too, Han"

"Then you have to trust me"

"Of course, but... "He couldn't see what Jeonghan was getting at. It was all so obvious.

"Please stop asking me questions about what's going on for both our sakes."

Joshua didn’t know what to say to this. He just approved with his head. Jeonghan had a sad smile at him before hiding his face in Joshua’s neck who hugged him harder to comfort him.

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On the other side, the group was beginning to get tired of not knowing where the other two were. They'd been all over the city looking for any evidence.

The idea that they had run away together had been completely erased from their minds. Seungcheol was getting out of control and almost attacked a policeman who didn't know what to tell them despite the fact that they had explained the situation. Like the agency, the disappearance didn't seem to worry them any more than that.

 

"I'm sure they just wanted to live their lives away from it all."

"The life of an idol is understandably complicated."

 

These were the arguments they heard over and over again for all this to lead to nothing and the two best friends were still missing. It was too much.

The leader had stormed into the CEO's office, followed by the other members who had been trying to control him again and again for a week.

"Jeonghan and Joshua had fought their way to this point and would never have run away or given up! " he shouted at the CEO.

 

" Seungcheol, calm down, sit down. "

That was the one sentence you shouldn't say. Mingyu had caught the leader with Jun's help before pushing him out of the office. Everyone was looking at them, security was about to arrive. The three of them had been taken outside.

"It's normal for him to be heartbroken, but you have to help him overcome this and above all teach him to control himself," the CEO told the rest of the group in his office.

 

"Hyung, there's nothing normal," interrupted Jihoon.

"It's a disappearance, a kidnapping, whatever you want, but not a resignation." Soonyoung was also starting to lose his temper, his jaw was clenched.

"We want to see the letters of resignation from both of them."

 

"I don't have them on me, and you don't have access to these documents," the CEO's face darkened as he folded his arms as he sat in the back of his seat.

""I have work to do now, get out."

Ah, they touched something on the Joshua/Jeonghan case.

Jihoon put his hand on Soonyoung's shoulder to point the way out. They had to stay smart, and above all, not put the agency completely backwards.

 

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Mingyu, Jun and Seungcheol had been taken out in the back alley of the agency so that it would not be suspicious that three Seventeen members would be kicked out by security.

 

Seungcheol had his hands in his hair, pulling them out in anger. He tried to breathe to calm his nerves. Except he felt his cheeks were wet. So he turned his back to the others before bending forward, putting his hands in his lap. He saw Mingyu's feet appear in front of him. He stood up slowly in front of the giant.

 

"Hyung" The giant took the leader in his arms and after a few moments Seungcheol also put his arms around Mingyu. He could feel his tears coming back, which made him sniff.

 

« we are going to found them Hyung » Jun rubbed the leader's back. A week ago, the Chinese had become more mature, his childish part had almost disappeared. He realized he's the second oldest since the other two disappeared. The leader needed his support.

 

The rest of the group also went out the back door and surrounded Seungcheol and Mingyu.

 

The leader finally took off before he took a persevering look. He lifted his head after this moment of weakness.

"We're going to find them on our own, nobody believes us, so we're going to show them that we don't need them to solve this. The group nodded to the leader's words.

"But for that we're going to have to stick together because it's going to be complicated, no matter what we have to do, promise me that we're going to be together and nobody's going to be in danger alone."

A promise from every member was made.

Seungcheol placed his thumb in the middle so that everyone else would do the same.

Their war cry rang out. A war cry that had the motivation and conviction to save their friends from the clutches of evil.

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"Jeonghan" the concerned person raised his head abruptly. He was falling asleep on his plate. He rubbed his eyes with fatigue before looking at his best friend.

"Eat hurry up, we don't have much time left," he reminded him as he pointed to his foods.

"I'm not hungry," he said as he pushed the food out. He had been disgusted with it lately.

Joshua sighed before turning around on the bench to face Jeonghan.

"Look at you, you've got 20 meters long darks circles. We eat very poorly here and you manage not to be hungry." He was about to touch Jeonghan's forehead, but the older gently pushed his hand away.

"I'm just tired Jisoo, don't start giving me a moral lecture," the elder complained.

"Yes, and that bruise on your neck is a sign of tiredness too," ironized the American who was getting tired of secrets. He knew that Jeonghan had warned him, but it was impossible to stand by and watch his best friend's condition deteriorate.

« Don't start talking about it again Jisoo » he warned him, he didn't want to justify himself.

The American stood up suddenly before taking his food, glaring at Jeonghan with an angry look before going to sit down at another table.
The angel let out a plaintive grunt before putting his head between his arms. Someone patted his back to comfort him. Doyoung.

"Hang on hyung"

Jeonghan thanked him before starting the conversation. He needed it. "I miss my members."

"Mine too" said with compassion the NCT member. He saw that Jeonghan was not feeling well and his eyes softened thinking of what these monsters could do to him because of his physical condition and his many absences. He had noticed that Jisoo had never been called before, so he thought Jeonghan had something to do with it.

As Doyoung was analyzingJeonghan's wounds, the angel took a look at Jisoo eating alone on the table next to them. Some part of Jeonghan was angry that he wasn't being 100% honest with him anymore, but another part knew that he was protecting him.

One of the guards entered the room and began to move around the room, Jeonghan watched him and he stopped in front of Jisoo. The angel frowned. They exchanged a few words before the American began following him.

"No," Jeonghan whispered before getting up.

"What?" Doyoung asked.

"Where are they going?"

"Jeonghan you know that-" he wanted to grab the angel's arm, but Jeonghan escaped him and walked with a determined and quick step towards the door. He wanted to follow Jisoo but someone stood in front of him.

"Jeonghan go back to sit down now " the tall guard asked with a threatening voice.

"Don't call me by my first name," he said, clenching his teeth before continuing.
"We have a compromise, you must not touch him".

"If you stay in your place, nothing bad will happen to him."Jeonghan clenched his fists.

"Now get out," the man pushed him. The angel thought his fist would go in his face but he controlled himself.  Only two minutes later it was his turn to be called by the big boss. Great what was he going to do today.

He wasn't led into the office, but he walked through another place, before going upstairs to the first floor and arriving in front of a majestic wooden door.
The guard who had brought him was going to push him violently in the room, but he ducked before complaining about being pushed around all the time.

"I've got fucking legs," he began to get angry as the door closed behind him.

He kept bitching but saw that he was in a bedroom. It doesn't sound good was thinking Jeonghan. The shivers began to come back in him, images of everything he had been put through.

He felt his vulnerability coming back... He didn't feel able to fulfill the pleasures of this disgusting man any longer.

He saw him appear in a doorway frame while he was in a bathrobe with a cigarette in his hand. He motioned for him to come closer.

Jeonghan didn't do it at the first invitation. He walked to the middle of the room before stopping. The boss released a cloud of smoke with his cigarette before slowly approaching.

"Have you ever smoked Jeonghan?"
"No."
The boss put it in front of the angel's mouth, who turned his head away. The man's impatience increased and he grabbed Jeonghan's hand before burning his arm with the end of the cigarette.

Jeonghan, not expecting it, pulled his arm out by force before touching the mark. He hadn't screamed, he'd been through worse.

"That's for not listening to me when I tell you to come closer," he then threw his cigarette butt away before removing his bathrobe and looking at the angel. There was really nothing attractive on his body, Jeonghan just wanted to run away.

He was pushed onto the bed a few seconds later before the man took advantage of his body, as if he was a sexual object. He didn't want to defend himself since the punishment was even more violent and Jisoo was going to have problems.

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When he finished, the man threw him out of the room and the angel fell at the feet of the guard and caught his leg. The guard pushed him to let him go before taking him back to his cell. He was shaking like a dead leaf, who would feel good after being abused.

As soon as he got in his cell, he rushed to the small sink to get rid of the dirt he had been carrying around every day.
Then he sat down on the cell floor in a corner. He put his hand on the side of his shorts and pulled out something that might save him. A cell phone.

When he fell on the guard, he had slipped his hand into the man's pocket. He knew that each guard had a mobile phone which they kept in their back pocket. The small cell phone allowed them to coordinate their activity. So he didn't have a lock code. Jeonghan had figured it all out, he was known to be one of the smartest in the group, and he was going to use that ability.

With his hands still shaking, he dialed a number he knew by heart, hoping he would have time before the guard realized the device was missing.

Beep...beep...beep the phone rang.
The angel bit his lip in apprehension.

"Hello? »

"Seung-Seungcheol? »

"Yes.

Switching the action to the Seungcheol side

"Yes?" asked the leader. Wait, I know that voice he wondered. He sighed as his breathing quickened.

"Jeonghan? Love is it you? "He silenced the members who had heard the call and began to question him from all sides.

"Yes" Jeonghan's little voice broke his heart.

"Where are you, Han ? Jisoo with you? Is he okay? Please tell me you're okay " He had so many questions to ask.

Jihoon waved to him not to panic and slow down so Jeonghan would understand. Wonwoo ran out of the room before coming back with his laptop, he started tapping on it quickly.

"Jisoo's fine yes, me too... I don't know where we are Cheol I want to leave" his voice cracked.

"Babe, we'll find a way" he tried to reassure his boyfriend but he felt so helpless and confused. He knew that Jeonghan was lying to him just by his voice, he could sense that something was wrong.

He finally saw what Wonwoo was doing, he had managed to crack a software program to locate mobile phones, so he started trying to get Jeonghan's location.

"Hyung you have to try to stay on the line as long as you can so we can get your position," Wonwoo shouted from a distance so Jeonghan could hear him.

"Han describe the location and what you saw."

"I'm in some kind of weird cell, there are a lot of idols, they're n-" he stopped he didn't want to tell Seungcheol what we were doing to them here, what we were doing to him. The oldest was going to lose his temper and blame himself that two of his members were suffering because of his alleged incompetence to protect them.

He went on to change the subject
"I haven't seen much. They blindfold us when we move except when we go to eat."

"It's okay, Hannie, we'll find you, stay with me." The leader was trying to get him to talk. On the one hand to get as much information as possible, but also because he missed his voice.

 

On Jeonghan’s side
He heard angry footsteps in the corridor, which was approaching his position. And he heard someone unlock the lock on his door...

"Cheol they found out, they know it! " two guards came into the cell, they looked really, really pissed off. He had to create a diversion to keep the cell phone as long as possible. He got up before he tried to avoid the guards trying to grab him. He elbowed one in the belly and bent down before going out into the corridor. He wouldn't get far, but he had to try. The will go after him. He fell near a locked door he couldn't open.

"Please get us out of here," he shouted into the handset before he was hit on the head, which knocked him out. He fell heavily to the ground.

The members had heard the scene, they crossed their fingers that the loading time would come. They had encouraged Jeonghan to stand up to the guards for as long as possible, Seungcheol didn't want to because the guards were going to hurt him but the angel would have done it anyways.

It was when a loud thud of a body falling on the ground and the noise that the phone made when it fell too, that they all looked at Wonwoo. Seungcheol squeezed the phone in his hand and then against his chest when he hung up.

"Wonwoo, tell us it worked ? I’m begging you »

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Flashback
Boom boom Era end 2016
Seventeen had just performed in Mcountown. As they returned to their waiting room, Seungcheol stopped to greet one of his friends whom he had been very close to since the beginning of the band. Hwasa from Mamamoo. They exchanged a few words and smiles. Jeonghan didn't miss any of these smiles. Why couldn't he take his eyes off them.
Once in the waiting room, the angel sat down on the couch to rest. Seungcheol walked into the room while Jeonghan shoot him a dirty look because he was laughing maniacally with Hwasa.

"Yes, see you soon, good luck with the promotion of your group," he exclaimed before he ended the conversation.

"Hey ! " Joshua said jokingly, jumping on the couch beside him. Jeonghan looked up to the ceiling at his best friend's stupidity and returned to his cell phone.

From Minhyuk 🙈
Hey Babe, do you want to do something tonight, I just got back to Seoul.

Jeonghan smiled at the message even though he had a strange feeling inside.
"Hosh, we don't have anything planned for training tonight ? " the angel asked the tiger who was changing his clothes.

"Nooope tonight is rest time," then he glanced pervertly at Jihoon.

"But not for you "Seungkwan choked with his bottle next to him, DK innocently turned his head towards them as he didn't understand the situation. Jihoon showed his middle finger before fleeing from the room to the car.

From Han ❤️
If you want? Where ? ❤️

From Minhyuk 🙈
In a restaurant in a rather hidden part of Seoul, and afterwards we can go to my dorm, the members went home for a few days.😏

From Jeonghan ❤️
All right but you're picking me up. That's not a question. To tired to walk in this cold 😭

From Minhyuk🙈
I knew you were gonna say that. I know you pretty well. 8:00 P.M. outside your dorm, see you love ❤️

 

Jeonghan saw that Joshua was looking over his shoulder at his messages...
"Hey stop doing that " the older hit him.
"What I wanted to know why you were smiling like that. And I know someone is going to get laid tonight" he was beat by the angel who gave him a playful hit on the head after his naughty look about his reunion with Monsta X's member.

Back at the dormitory
Since last summer, when Seungcheol made the mistake of insulting Jeonghan out of jealousy while he was listening at the door, it had become quite awkward between them.
But the leader had decided that he couldn't keep his feelings to himself any longer and that maybe it was time to share them with the person concerned. He knocked on the angel's door. Jeonghan looked like he was busy picking out an outfit for tonight and was also packing his bag.

"Hey."

"Oh, hey, Scoups, what are you doing here? "The angel continued to put one of his pants in the bag.
The leader was ready to take a step back. He couldn't do that. The moment of hesitation could be seen on his face as Jeonghan stood up when he saw that Seungcheol wasn't speaking.
"Seungcheol, what's going on? »

"I need to talk to you."

"I can guess if you're here, but I'm in a hurry, Minhyuk is coming in 15 minutes," he says, looking at his watch.
Seungcheol bit his lip before sitting on the angel's bed.

"I-I don't really know how to say this.
Jeonghan stopped what he was doing before he sat down next to him.
"I know you heard me last time when I was talking to Woozi, I didn't mean to be mean to you, I was pissed."

 

Flashback in flashback 😆 (inception🤭😂)
"It's too late..., you've seen how happy he is, I've never seen him like this."
"Yes, when he was with you he was the same. "Jihoon took a step towards the leader.

"When he knew all those Friday afternoons that you were going to meet in the evening, he smiled so much. »

"He knew he was going to get fuck, that's why," said the annoyed leader.
There was a knock on the door and a small head appeared. Jeonghan.

 

Back to the first flashback

 

Jeonghan lowered his head.
"It hurted me but I also felt guilty, for you to talk about me like that I must've hurt you, especially since Woozi knows about our special relationship now."

"He knows there's nothing left now, but I wanted to talk to you about that...." The leader chewed his lip anxiously.
Jeonghan didn't say a word, he waited for the rest with apprehension.

"I know there's a lot of assumptions about sex as friends, that if you do it without feelings, it can break your friendship, because there is always one who fall in love. "
Jeonghan didn't fully understand where he was getting at.
"Everything was clear between us, Seungcheol, who cares what others think," he said with a gentle tone to reassure him.

"It's not about the other it's about me" He swallowed his saliva and then took a deep breath before letting out what was weighing on his heart.
He took the hand of the angel who raised an interrogative eyebrow at this gesture, he was used to this kind of affection with the members. But there he shivered he was afraid of what the older was going to say to him.
"I'm not looking for an answer from you, I just want to free myself from the burden I've been carrying for a few months," Seungcheol warned him.

 

Jeonghan looked him in the eyes, which intimidated him a little, but at the same time the more he looked at him the more he fell in love.

"Han, I know that between the two of us, things were clear and precise, we slept together, we got rid of our stress and at the same time we shared a moment just the two of us away from each other. But the problem is, I didn't think it was going to go this far. Going so far in the fact that every time I kissed you, or you hugged me, I was going further and further over the line we had set. »
Jeonghan looked at him in astonishment, he had finally understood, he immediately removed his hand from Seungcheol's before getting up from bed showing his back to the older.

"I'm sorry, Han, I can't control this, I love you, I love you more and more every time I see you. "In desperation, he also got up before standing in front of the angel who had now red eyes, he looked down as Seungcheol stood in front of him.

"Why are you telling me this now, Seungcheol? "The youngest spoke in an accusing tone, but at the same time he was touched by what he had just said.

"Telling me this now, when I've been with him for 8 months, that everything's fine."

"I know it was stupid forget it" the leader was about to leave but Jeonghan caught him by the wrist.

You can't just throw this at me and walk away!" Jeonghan got angry, raising his voice desperately.
"Hey, what do you want me to do then ? I shouldn't have told you the truth. I'm so egoistic. I wish you all the happiness in the world with Minhyuk, and I hope he'll love you as much as I do."

The leader had meanwhile taken Jeonghan's face in his hands when he saw that his eyes had shed the first tears. He had glued his forehead to the angel's one before whispering to him that he had been stupid. Jeonghan was looking at his lips, Seungcheol felt that his lips were becoming a real magnet that wanted to find the lips of the youngest at all costs. But he stepped back. Minhyuk was innocent he couldn't do that.

"Have fun tonight okay" He kissed his forehead and smiled sadly as he walked out of the room, leaving a lost Jeonghan who felt on his bed, crying.

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"Tokyo was awesome," exclaimed Minhyuk as he and Jeonghan settled into a small Italian restaurant, they took a secluded table to avoid any malicious rumors.

"And you, I saw your comeback performance was so cool ! " was smiling the older, proud of the angel.
Jeonghan was staring into space, barely touching his plate and vaguely listening to his boyfriend's words.

The member of Monsta x, waved his hand in front of him, which brought him back to earth.

"How are you? Are you okay ? " he looks suddenly concerned for Jeonghan.

"Sorry I'm exhausted, Hoshi's killing us with all his training," the angel tried to smile. Even though the evening was not going well, Minhyuk managed to make Jeonghan laugh once in a while, and then they ended up in a bar before going to Monsta X's dorm, a little drunk. Minhyuk had push Jeonghan against the front door of the apartment while kissing him languorously as Jeonghan slid his hands on the elder's neck. Minhyuk led them both into the bedroom while continuing to kiss him, and dropped them on the bed.

Everything was going well, they were bare-chested, Jeonghan had gone all the way down Minhyuk's chest, leaving kisses on both sides. Still in his pants, the elder changed places before kissing again the angel, both of their bottoms still wearing pants, touching each other. Minhyuk was about to take off his trousers but he saw that tears were running down Jeonghan's cheeks.

"Shit Babe what's going on, did I scare you or something "He knelt back down on the bed to make room for the angel who had put his hands on his face. Minhyuk thought it was the alcohol but he knew Jeonghan hadn't drunk enough to be like this. He helped the youngest to stand up and the angel found refuge in his arms.

"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry," he whispered these words softly through his tears.

"Han look at me, explain to me," he whispered in his ear to calm him down.

" I've been trying for eight months, but I can't, my feelings just won't come. "
Minhyuk wanted to reassure him that it was okay, that he didn't have to blame himself that they were going to come later.

"No, no they won't come, I know it." He looked at the elder, his words were deep, confident.
"They're somewhere else, I couldn't do anything, it's out of control " explained between his tears Jeonghan.
Minhyuk knew about the history between Jeonghan and Seungcheol, the angel spent his time telling him about the leader and so he made the connection.

"Seungcheol? "Minhyuk asked him calmly, even though his boyfriend had just told him that he loved another man.
Jeonghan nodded. Minhyuk hugged for a few seconds to breathe his scent because he knew what was about to happen next and it would break his heart.

"Go to him Han, you have to be with him, I don't want you to be with me in pain and every moment we spend together you will think of another. He lifted Jeonghan's head holding his chin, kissing delicately his wet cheeks.

"Hey don't pity me, do what will make you happy first" Minhyuk was a really good person, Jeonghan said. How could he do this to him. With sincerity, he gave a last kiss on the older's lips. It was so hard for Minhyuk to let go of them.
"Be happy" the elder whispered to him.

 

"Be happy" the elder whispered to him.
Jeonghan thanked him with a grateful smile before getting dressed and running out into the street. He must find Seungcheol. He need to find Seungcheol now.

He called him, but he didn't answer. So he called Joshua who told him that the leader was probably at the studio with Jihoon. With so much adrenaline, he ran those few miles to the studio. He rushed up to the room before suddenly opening the door. The two faces of Jihoon and Seungcheol who were focused on their work turned to him, intrigued. Seungcheol stood up from his chair as he looked out of breath.

"It's all right, Han. Why did you run?"
The younger one threw himself on him so that his lips can meet their soulmates . Seungcheol didn't answer right away, he closed his eyes and put his hands around Jeonghan's waist to deepen the kiss. The angel's hands clung to the leader's hair. The kiss lasted several seconds before they moved away to catch their breath.

"I love you Seungcheol, I love you, I'm sorry I didn't realize it earlier," the younger one whispered. The leader smiled at him, before he pressed his lips against Jeonghan's again.

"Hello, I'm here," Jihoon, who was watching the scene, looked at them with an annoyed tone for this skinship, but he was secretly so happy for his two friends. The two had to stop kissing because the sudden appearance of Jihoon in their world made them laugh.
"I love you too Yoon Jeonghan." Seungcheol hugged him tightly.

Chapter 12

Notes:

Rape violence and some consensual sex
Be ready 🙃

Chapter Text

A piercing sound resounded in Jeonghan's ears as he regained consciousness. He was lying on a bed. He immediately saw that he was in a bedroom, unfortunately he did recognized it as the bedroom of the boss, for coming too often. When he tried to move he saw that he was handcuffed to the headboard. He rubbed his head with his other hand where he had been hit. He tried to move his wrist in all directions to break the handcuff but it only accentuated the red mark that was forming around it.

He remembered that he was on the phone with Seungcheol. He didn't know if they had been able to locate him, but he was so hopeful. The door opened abruptly and the older man came in. He looked very angry and Jeonghan moved back as far as he could towards the headboard to get away from him. As usual he grabbed his hair and started to yell at him. The angel tried to grip the man's arm to soften the force he was putting on him but he was out of control.

"You stole one of our phones to try to rat us out, didn't you? " he slapped Jeonghan while he was still holding it. He let him go violently before he put his hand around his neck to strangle him.

"You know the consequences, you don't seem to understand."

"Please don't hurt him, he doesn't know it was my idea." Jeonghan was trying to catch some air but the man was clenching his neck tighter and tighter. The man's face came close to his own.
"Too late your promise is broken, he will suffer the consequences," he laughed, his breath still smelled of alcohol.

"Unfortunately for you it might not be as pleasant as usual," he waved to one of his guards, who gave him a belt. 

"Strip him."

" No ! Don’t touch me "Jeonghan began to struggle when the first guard approached him. He blocked him with his arms while the other tried to undress the angel. The Seventeen’s member bit his arm very hard and his skin began to bleed.

"Hurry up, why are you struggling so much while that bitch is tied up," the chief got impatient and tapped the belt in his hand.
Jeonghan tried to resist for a few more seconds before another slap sounded. He felt out of this world again when he saw that he was undressed, still handcuffed to the bed. His pale skin was covered in bruises, but he could still see the boss looking at him perversely, proud of his work.

The latter approached Jeonghan before hitting him on the legs with the belt. The angel let out a cry of surprise followed by cries of pain as they multiplied. He hit every part of his body, right up to his butt. Jeonghan's muscles were petrified and could not move because of the pain. Scratches had now joined the bluish stains. When the boss had had enough, he looked at his two guards who were mockingly watching the scene and said to them.

"I have to go and repair the mistakes he has caused, you can do whatever you want with him, you can have fun," he said, insisting on his last words. The two men looked at each other before they gave Jeonghan that look that frightened him, that look that was ready to make him suffer. One of the two men was the one from whom he had stolen the phone, you could see that he was planning to take revenge. He felt two hands which started to hold him and in front of him, the other guard was starting to untie his jeans while looking at him dirtily.

"You should never have done that, I'm going to make you regret it, I almost got killed because of you".

And for a good hour the two men took advantage of him. They raped his frail body, there were no other words. So many feelings mingled as he had lost his power to react.

He wanted to die, he felt dirty. He knew he'd failed and they were going to hurt Jisoo.

 

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As a guard came to get him, Jisoo looked one last time at Jeonghan's table, who was alone with Haechan and others. He was surprised to be called for the first time for 'an activity'. He really didn't know what to expect.

He was walked to a room and when he entered he had to sit on the chair on the middle. A man with glasses and gray hair came in and ordered him to get on the scales and measured him. Then he looked at his body just like the boss did." Am I a piece of meat. Looks like he wants to sell me," Jisoo thought annoyed.

He didn't do anything else to him. He was blindfolded again before we took him back to the refectory. He didn't see Jeonghan at the usual table. He gazed at the rest of the room but didn't see him at the other tables either.

 

"What has he done now? ». He blamed himself for getting mad at the elder. But he didn't appreciate being protect by him when he knew how to defend himself.
But his anxiety grew when he saw two days after Jeonghan had still not reappeared. He had tried to get information from the guards who had brutally chase him away. One night he had heard a cell opening and closing. And the next day Jeonghan reappeared. He was at the usual table as if nothing had happened.

Joshua had rushed to the table to sit next to his best friend.
"Where have you been for the last two days?" he whispered to him, completely worried.

"I was sick, I stayed in my cell." It was weird because the angel was the only one with a long-sleeved shirt. Jisoo raised an eyebrow before grabbing his arm and lifting his sleeve. He saw that red mark, right down to the flesh on his wrist. It wasn't hard to figure out what it was.

« Don’t lie to me »Jisoo slammed his fists on the table and also stood up on impulse. The angel pulled him towards the table again so he wouldn't be noticed while all eyes were on them. It was easy to get noticed here as very few people dared to speak.

Their argument was interrupted when black smoke came into the room.
"Cell 23 is burning, one dead" they learned that one cell had caught fire and contaminated three other cells. One person had died and the other three persons were now left without a cell. Including Jisoo.

Jeonghan had begged the boss to let them sleep in his cell in exchange of what he wanted. Jeonghan knew how to be persuasive. And that night, the two were together. Jisoo was sitting on the bed looking at the wall while Jeonghan had his head on his lap staring at the ceiling. The American ran his hand through the angel's hair, but he stopped when he felt a kind of bump on his best friend's head. But he pretended it was nothing.  However, Jeonghan had felt his movement stop. It was getting difficult to hide that from Jisoo. Anyway, Jeonghan's error would soon have consequences on him.

"Joshuji"
"Yes," Joshua lowered his head to look down at Jeonghan, who hesitated for a few seconds as he called out to him. And the angel had told him everything in great detail. He wasn't afraid to say the word "rape", he wasn't afraid anymore, he was only digusted.
Joshua couldn't stand still, and had stood up and pacing around the room. Jeonghan had stopped him from getting angry and making too much noise, which would alert the guards.

He then joined Jeonghan, who didn't move from the bed but didn't say a word. The American took him in his arms and put his chin on the elder's head.

"Thank you for doing this for me". And now he was the one who blamed himself.  He was afraid to touch Jeonghan's body and hurt him by hugging him... Victims of sexual assault often found it difficult to have contact with others, but Jeonghan was trying to be strong.
"It's you Jisoo, I trust you, it's become a habit, I'm not afraid anymore," he said sadly.

Jeonghan had his head on Jisoo's shoulder and he was singing Sunday Morning to comfort his best friend. But Jeonghan was thinking too much, he was thinking of the consequences.

"Jisoo, have you ever been in a relationship?"
The American suddenly stopped singing. The question came out of nowhere. He scratched his throat as if he was ashamed to say it.

"Uh, no, I didn't really...have time." Jeonghan frowned. Then he learned that his best friend had never kissed anyone and therefore . . . had sex with someone.
It made Jeonghan’s blood boil, and Jisoo didn't understand what happened when he felt a pair of lips on his. Jeonghan backed away a few seconds later slowly.

"I... "the American was a little embarrassed even though he didn't mind. "Why?"
"Because I don't want you to have a bad memory for your first kiss, one of these assholes is gonna take advantage of you and your purity".  Just thinking about that, the angel was ready to kill them all.

But Jeonghan's gaze was lost for a moment, he seemed to be thinking, and Jisoo watched him do it.
"Jisoo, it's awkward to ask you this, but I will like it if you agreed." Jeonghan wiggled on the bed, as if he was hesitant to ask for it. He tried to find the least weird and shocking way to turn his sentence ...

"Do you want to do your... first time with me?"  Joshua was shook at the proposal. He had seen that Jeonghan had suffered from these attacks, he thought about when it would be his turn. Having never done anything and his body not being used to this kind of interaction, he was going to have a really bad memory of it.

"Okay," he agreed shyly. He really didn't know what to think about it. May be it was like a way to reassure himself. He felt like he needed it to overcome the violence he would experience later

‘’ I'll guide you. Just say stop if you want me to" Jeonghan didn't wait long and kissed him again, then took off their shirts one by one. His hands were clumsy at first, but Jisoo started to pick up the pace as he put his hands around Jeonghan's waist. The angel then laid him down on the bed stroking a lock of his hair before continuing.

 

Jisoo tilted his head slightly back when Jeonghan came to kiss his neck as he slowly pulled off the American's shorts. A winning smile appeared on Jeonghan's face as he managed to make Jisoo groan weakly as he tried to contain himself to not alert all the guards.

Jeonghan also tried to take off his stocking but the youngest wanted to do it, he did it sensually. After that, the angel naturally settled between Joshua's legs. They kissed very little on the mouth, preferring kisses on the neck, face or collarbone. Jeonghan wanted to imagine Seungcheol in front of him, it was his only consensual relationship in recent weeks, and Jisoo's thoughtful gestures reminded him of his boyfriend's.

As Jeonghan gently lowered his hand to Joshua's private part, Joshua began to feel uncomfortable. He blushed and the angel laughed.

"Josh, it's okay if you're uncomfortable, we can stop," he assured him in a tone of voice that was half joking, half thoughtful.
"No, it's not that, but I wondered who was going to... you know... " he stuttered, still under stress.
"Being underneath? You," the angel replied without question.

"What do you mean me?" Jisoo raised an eyebrow at the spontaneity of his best friend's response. They were still in the middle of a conversation as Jeonghan stood over Jisoo with both hands on either side of him for support.
"There's no way you're going to dominate me, you're the one who's going to take"

"I- no" refused the American, crossing his arms over his naked chest. The argument began.
"Joshua, I said I'd do it with you to show you pleasure for the first time, so you must receive."

‘’No... "Jeonghan grumbled after this answer. It was going to last a long time.
They continued debating half-naked on the bed while Jeonghan ended the problem with a proposition.
"Rock, Paper, Scissors"
"You know very well that I lose all the time."
Joshua sighed before he played. He lost as usual, with Jeonghan making a little victory sign.
"Go easy then," the American timidly asked him, while Jeonghan gently nodded his head to reassure him.

"Seungcheol will understand," Jeonghan hoped. This was the only pure and consenting relationship he would have with someone in several weeks. He'd forgotten what it was like.

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"Aaah," it was a moan that was part plaintive, part painful.
"Jisoo I only put one finger"
"I know, I know, I'm sorry, go on, I'm just not used to it."
"Relax," whispered the angel in his ear. He started kissing his collarbone and then kissed his ear. Jisoo ran his hand through the angel's hair while the older was preparing him. The feeling became more and more pleasant, but he hadn't seen everything yet. There was the last step that would surely be painful.

The youngest held back a few cries of pain to not alert his best friend who was worried all the same.

"Josh, are you sure? I can stop if you want, it might hurt a little when I go to-- "
"Yes, go ahead, I've stopped asking myself questions since we started, I want to know what it feels like," Jisoo assured him as Jeonghan pulled his fingers out, with the American letting go a sigh of disappointment at the emptiness created.

Without lubricant, it was quite difficult not to hurt someone, but it had been replaced by their saliva, which made a good alternative. Not necessarily the most hygienic, but it was a good pain reliever.

Jeonghan turned back to Jisoo before looking for his eyes. He could already see Jisoo's hands clenching on the mattress. He was about to step forward to gently penetrate him, but Joshua stopped him.
"Have you ever done it before? "Jeonghan understood that he was asking him if he'd ever been the Top in the relationship.

‘’Never," Jeonghan said, "go ask Seungcheol to be a bottom, he's going to pout for a week because I would have made him doubt about his ability to please me. Joshua listened to his words, he bit his lip and was a little apprehensive.

"Are you ready? "the angel asked him softly.
He shook his head silently before he felt the tip of Jeonghan's cock pass through his orifice. He entered with difficulty, the angel made a grimace as Joshua grabbed his arm and immediately stopped the elder in his advance. As the American hid his head with his arm, he asked Jeonghan to continue despite the pain on his face. The angel hesitated to continue before sinking deeper and deeper.
"Josh...Shit" he moaned as Joshua answered him with a little cry.

 

"Is everything in there? " The question was a bit weird, the younger one was hoping the answer would be yes.

"Yes," whispered the angel who was above him with a tense face, it was also new to him.

‘’ Can you just wait a little...."Jeonghan agreed and stood waiting above him for at least two minutes as Jisoo's body tried to adjust to the presence inside him.

Joshua had finally removed his arm from his face and Jeonghan finally saw him.
"Are you all right, am I hurting you? "the angel said in a concerned and worried voice. He had experienced this pain even though he knew it would give way to exquisite pleasure afterwards.
"You can move," he whispered. Jeonghan looked at him before Jisoo gave him a sign that everything was okay. The angel began to move shyly before accelerating slowly...

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Their sweet moaning quickly blended together as the American first tasted sexual pleasure. Joshua caught everything he had around him when Jeonghan gave him increasingly powerful thrusts.

‘’ Han faster please..."The angel smiled when he saw that the younger one was beginning to understand why sex was so addictive. He put his hand over the mouth of the American who was starting to make way too much noise. The moans of the two members of the vocal team looked like a real symphony. But the angel had very little stamina and Jisoo felt that he was getting tired.

"Jisoo, I think I'm going to..." Jeonghan didn't finish his sentence and quickly withdrew from Joshua before ejaculating on his belly and falling on the youngest with his head on his chest, both of them breathless.

He felt that Joshua's penis was still erect. He was about to gently lower his hand towards the American to help him with that but he felt a hand slide down his back and then two intruders entered him.

"Joshua, what the fuck are you doing?" he moaned as he raised his upper body to look at his best friend.
He could barely concentrate on Jisoo as he started to move back and forth inside him.

‘’You said you were going to teach me about receiving pleasure, I want to learn how to give it now "Jeonghan was going to answer but Joshua moved out from under him and turned him on his back, reversing roles, the American on top. He passed his hand gently between Jeonghan's legs and Jeonghan said nothing, knowing that the youngest had every right after the answer he had given him.

Jisoo inserted himself into him without difficulty, the walls still relaxed from earlier because of the boss. Jeonghan looked away with tears in his eyes. Joshua is going to think he is a slut. Everybody fucked him since he had arrived here, it was surprising if there wasn't any seed left from the previous man who had dared to rape him. The angel had thought of stopping him but all of a sudden the pleasure returned to him for the first time when the American turned his chin to look at him.

"It's me, Joshua, okay, don't think about them," reassured the younger one as his best friend leaned towards him to kiss his lips softly. Unlike the boss. Jeonghan responded to the kiss before putting both hands on his cheeks. Closing his eyes, he saw Seungcheol in front of him. He pretended it was him. Jisoo was surprised when he moaned the name of the leader, but he said nothing, accentuating his movements.
"I love you" sighed Jeonghan as he grabbed the American's neck. The words were not meant for him, but Joshua kissed his forehead back to comfort him.

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They had tried to be as quiet as possible. There were no feelings between them other than friendly, they had felt nothing more that night. At least that's what they tried to convince themselves...

Both of them had fallen asleep, at first they had each gone back to their beds to sleep. They put on their shorts and left their T-shirts in the corner of the room. But Joshua heard Jeonghan crying in his sleep at night. At first he tried to reassure him from a distance, but of course the Korean was asleep and couldn't hear him in his nightmare. Without hesitation, he crawled back into the elder's bed to take him in his arms. This position was the cause of why they had been so surprise when they woke up.

Jeonghan accidentally pushed Jisoo out of bed by reflex when he saw his best friend.

They realized that they had fallen asleep in each other's arms. The relationship had lasted only one night, and to be in the arms of your naked best friend seemed strange. 

"Oops, sorry."

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" No I didn't have time he hung up too early, I only have his location in a 10km diameter area " explained Wonwoo as he gave some hope to the other members to find their two friends.

Chapter 13: Chapter 13

Notes:

hey 👋🏼 

it's been a long time since I wrote a chapter of this story here. I'm starting slowly to translate it again :) I hope I still have some of you who are reading it. Sorry again for my english it's not my first language.
byye 

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"No I didn't have time, he hung up too early, I only have his location in an area of 7 miles radius . (~10km in diameter)" Everybody looked at him surprised, he said it like he was not happy.

"In a 7 miles zone? But it's already great Wonwoo," Seungcheol exclaimed, looking grateful and sitting next to him looking at the computer screen.  

"Yes, but the area is full of luxury homes and warehouses, how do you expect us to find what's unclear here ? I'll try to see if there are security cameras on the street and if I can hack them," the computer genius said. He started typing on his keyboard again at high speed. He looked discouraged even though others were already reassured that they had a place to look at.

"Jeonghan said there are only idols, so if we go like this it's dangerous for us," Woozi warned, crossing his arms and thinking. 

"We don't really have a choice, we're not going to buy a drone, it would be even less discreet, and a house that keeps idols and mafia-like things must not be difficult to find. The leader was not wrong, but he also knew that they needed a maximum of discretion to go there.

"Guys, it's time to put our spy equipment to work," Soonyoung clapped his hands. In a specialized store, they had been able to get the equipment they needed to carry out their mission. 

"Wonwoo and Woozi, you stay here," Seungcheol ordered, with a plan in mind. 
"We're going to equip ourselves with small cameras so that you can see what we see and we will also have microphones. We need you to keep an eye on the surrounding area," the rest of them agreed with the idea. 

"We're going to do three teams, one of them will stay with the car parked somewhere, you can sometimes move around so you don't stay too long in one place and try to see what's going on. Be the least suspicious as possible. Others will connect the hacking wires to the cameras so that Wonwoo and Jihoon can access them. And the last group, it will have the most delicate mission, but I would like you to go directly to the different houses to see if the owner looks suspicious, say that you've lost an animal or something, I'll go directly with the last group". 
With 9 members available for the mission, the group was divided into three (I know i know I'm good at math :) XD).

First group: watching from the car: Mingyu, Soonyoung, Seungkwan 

Second group: Locate the cameras and help with hacking. First group: Dino, The8, Jun 

Third group: Seungcheol, Vernon, DK  

The third group was made up of the members who seemed the most innocent and therefore looked the least suspicious to go to people's homes. The leader will stay behind them to make sure everything goes well.

"How do you not get recognized? "wondered DK.

"No idea, but we will have to hurry and not stay to long at the same place. If we hide our face with a mask or a hood it will be even less discrete".

"It looks like we are in the MV of Boom Boom" whispered Seungkwan to Vernon who approved with a funny expression. 

The two computer professionals stood in front of their computers while the band borrowed the manager's van. 

"It's more than 29 miles from Seoul ( ~47km)," Seungcheol said, looking at the GPS, he was worried about the two members, but especially about Jeonghan after the end of their discussion. He didn't know what these men were going to do to him for disobeying and he was biting his nails under stress. He was very pessimistic and thought about whether they would find them too late. 

When they got closer they saw that there were actually more than 6 residential areas with more than 20 houses each.   And all this with warehouses in the same area. 

"Great " grumbled Seungcheol as they stopped. 

"It's going to take us 3 days to search everything, we can't be everywhere". 

"The guys take care of the cameras, that's the most important thing, so we can keep an eye on one area while you search the others," Wonwoo explained in the earpiece.  

"He's right," said the leader, "we keep the same groups, the first one you can go and help the second group, and try to distract them while the others hack the cameras, we'll ring the doorbells. "DK was a little anxious, but it was going to work. Vernon was ready, he was the perfect target to send. He looked like a child, he will look innocent," Seungcheol remarked.

Seungcheol, Vernon, and DK abandoned the car after it parked behind a low wall. The others waited for them to disappear before getting out.

The group that was going to meet the neighbors began walking down the street. There were beautiful cars and houses everywhere. They had tried to dress well to blend in with the scenery.

Vernon was pulling on his elegant sweater that he was wearing because the material was scratching him. Seungcheol clapped his hand to make him stop.

Then they pretended to be in the middle of a philosophical discussion when they walked by two neighbors who were laughing together. That kind of hypocritical laughter that you do to look passionate about what's your neighbor is saying to you even if you don't like him. But laughing help to maintain a good relationship with him for privilege. And it's mostly because criticism and rumors come up at the slightest opportunity and hurt your "reputation" as a rich person.

They greeted them when they were passing quietly in front of them, but the two neighbors started speaking in return.
"Hello! "they smiled at them with that stupid smile on their faces.
"Hello," the three boys answered back.
"We've never seen you here before," the man asked. 

" We are so dead " was thinking Seokmin.

"We just arrived two weeks ago and we live in a neighborhood nearby. »
"Oh you are the children of the Lee family who just moved in, that's right! "said the lady with a cheerful air.
"Yes, that's right! "Seungcheol replied, trying to look friendly and avoiding the thought that each of these people might be likely the one to detain his boyfriend and Joshua. 

"We're looking for our dog, we lost him," Vernon said, falsely sad.
The lady succumbed to Vernon's charm and began to feel sorry for him.

"Oh no, poor thing," she said, putting her hands over her mouth. 

"You should make an announcement at the next " The 6 districts market ", which is next week"

" The 6 districts market" ? Seungcheol wondered.
He saw that Seokmin was going to ask what it was but the leader elbowed him to stop him. They had to act as if they knew.

"Yes, you're right," Scoups smiled at them.
"Thank you for your advice, we will continue our research."They greeted them with a smile and start leaving.

"We need to find out what this meeting is," Seungcheol whispered as they walked to the next house.

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Jeonghan was getting dressed after his night with Jisoo and was starting to feel guilty. Joshua was watching him struggling to put his shorts back on.

"Han it's not your fault, you had good intentions" reassured the American.

"Go explain that to Seungcheol," the angel start insulting himself.

"He won't know." Just said Joshua.
Jeonghan turned to him with a shocked look on his face.
"I can't hide this from him, no, no, we promised not to lie to each other," he began to make grand gestures. 

"As you wish, if you have the courage to tell him, but I won't."

The angel sighed before sitting on the bed. Jisoo patted him on the back. 

"I think we have other things to worry about at the moment," he said as he heard the corridor doors open, indicating that it was time to go to the big room. 

Indeed, they were all gathered together again in the great hall but the faces seemed anxious and Jeonghan and Jisoo couldn't understand why. They sat in their seats and immediately called out to Haechan and Doyoung.

"Guys what's going on, why is the atmosphere so heavy? "asked Jeonghan. He saw that Jimin was not in his place. 
"He's dead," whispered Jisoo, who learned that it was him who had been burned to death in his cell. It wasn't someone Jeonghan knew, but hearing that broke his heart. 
"No.... »

The big doors opened and for the first time since they were here the boss entered the room and start walking with his guards to the small stage in the middle of the room. They always had wondered what it was used for.

Once on stage, he first looked at Jeonghan before giving him the perverse smile he usually gave him. The angel lowered his head as Jisoo shot a dirty look at the man who was staring at his best friend.

"Well who are the lucky ones today? "he looked proud as he opened his arms and looked at all the future victims in the room.

"What does he mean by that? "Jeonghan whispered to Haechan, whose foot was only moving anxiously.

"It's selection day. Those who are chosen, we never see them again..."

Chapter 14: Chapter 14

Notes:

( 2nd post of the day hehe) 
Don’t forget to read the chapter before since I have posted two times today :)

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While Joshua and Jeonghan still had a hope of getting out of here, they lost it when Doyoung told them that the fate of the people who were going to be call would be uncertain. 

"Well, well, we can begin, as I'm sure you're looking forward to the lucky ones who will be chosen, you have to tell yourself that you were chosen for your qualities,"

" How can he use the term "Lucky ones"" Jeonghan wondered angrily. Being lucky for him means to submit to others. To keep quiet to not to be killed. The man was always smiling, it seemed as if he was going to tell them good news when it would be disastrous for the lives of the chosen ones.

"We're going to start with the first lucky one, Yeonwoo, we can applaud her," the chief initiated the applause with very little enthusiasm from the idols. The face of the girl who was already saddened did not even seem to change with this announcement. She stood up shyly before being carried out. Her friends watched her sadly. 

The hearts of the two best friends started beating very quickly, the hand of the angel was trembling on the table. 

"Yanan". The Chinese man refused to get up at first before he was ripped from his seat and dragged out. 

"He doesn't know how lucky he is to get out of here," laughed the Boss before coughing to clear his throat.
Umji was also called a few seconds later to the despair of her group members, Yuju, who started crying as she tried to hold her back. 

Relief was beginning to appear on the idols' faces but the boss cleared his voice, letting the fear rise again.

"I decided to be even more generous today, we won't have 3 but 4 chosen ones, yes, an unexpected good news at the last minute," he laughs mockingly. Everyone's eyes widened, no one understood what he was talking about. But Jisoo and Jeonghan had understood him and their eyes met, as if it was goodbye.

"Jisoo, your turn came quickly, tell me, it's weird, your qualities must have something to do with it" he mocked Jeonghan's actions through his words. But Jeonghan was too busy pushing back the guards who wanted to catch Joshua, the same ones who had abused him the day before.

"Don't touch him with your filthy hands." He wanted to be threatening, but the two laughed, as they no longer took him seriously, the images of the angel being mistreated the day before came to their minds.

"Jeonghan, he'll be much better away from you, I hope you've enjoyed this last night, it will surely be the last time you see each other," he said as he approached the two boys. The second oldest of Seventeen tried to throw himself on him, but Joshua caught him before turning and hugging him, putting his head on his shoulder. He could feel the angel's hands clinging to his back like as if they never want to let go of the americain.

"I don't want you to go, it's my fault." Jeonghan started sobbing in his best friend's shoulder. He knows that it was his nerves that were talking at this moment when he just wanted to kill the 3 people behind him.

"Please don't cry, I'll be fine." The American was trying to reassure himself as best he could. He didn't know what would he become.

"I promise I will find you after I kill them all." He promised him. The demon inside Jeonghan was now awake. 

"Don't do anything stupid please "Joshua stepped back from the angel's arms before placing his hands on his best friend's face to whisper this phrase to him and maybe look at him one last time. No matter what he said to Jeonghan to calm him, he knew that Jeonghan was so angry to have someone he loves and protects being take away from him.

"Love you," Jisoo whispered before turning around to the guards that lead him out. The chief approached Jeonghan who was shaking with anger, his emotions were out of control. The man stopped one step away from him and threatened him by pulling on his arm to bring him closer. 

"You are mine, you will never move from here and dare to rebel again and you can be sure that I will bring the dead body of this fucking shit to your cell.

"There won't be a second chance," the man said, before stepping back and walking with a determined and arrogant step out of the room. Everyone looked down when he walked nearby. But the angel who had promised to kill him with his own hands.

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As soon as Joshua had passed the doors of the room, their faces where covered with a black bag and their hands tied behind their backs.
The American could hear the young member of Momoland crying. He wanted to reassure her, but he did not want to lie to her about their fate either. His feet felt gravel under them, a sign that they were outside.

Jisoo could also feel the wind and the sun on his skin but the bag on his face prevented him from breathing the fresh air that he didn't have during those weeks of captivity. He had to climb something before being seated on a bench. It was only after he heard an engine start that he realized that they had probably been placed in a transport van. But where was he going?

 

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The group that had improvised itself as a spy had abruptly stopped their mission on the first day, because they suspected that one of the neighbors had recognized them.
A woman in her forties had opened the door, looking up and down at them. At the end of the corridor, her daughter, who had heard someone knocking, began to come when she stopped suddenly. In her eyes, Vernon, DK and Seungcheol saw that she had recognized them. 

"Lyna, these are the children of the new family in the neighborhood, comes to greet them. The girl, who must have been 10-11 years old, stepped forward before frowning as she stared at the group. She whispered something to her mother and her eyebrows suddenly frowned.

"If you haven't seen our dog, that's okay, but thank you, we still have to go." Seungcheol quickly ended the visit before quietly pushing the others to leave. The woman didn't hold them back even though they could feel the mother's and daughter's looks on their backs. 

Seungcheol ordered the group to stop what they were doing and return directly to the car. The other groups had barely had time to see where the cameras were in the first neighborhood. They were hoping that they could use it. 

The leader banged his head on the steering wheel when he got into the car. A hand on his shoulder tried to calm him down. They had just lost an opportunity to find the others.

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They tried to come back 3 days later hoping people have forgot about them. The 1st district was still as peaceful but also "scary" according to Seungkwan. Their strategy didn't change. They were going to each houses but they will stay as far as possible from the little girl's house.
Wonwoo and Woozi were able to get the images from the camera that Minghao, Jun and Dino had hacked. They had seen nothing suspicious on it. 

While Seungcheol was on the main road that linked the 6 districts, a van that was driving fast overtake them on the road. The leader didn't ask himself any more questions than that, it was just another madman on the road.

"Maybe hyungs are in it," Vernon murmured as he listened to music. The rest had heard him, but told him that this coincidence was unlikely. And yet. 

They'd never been this close to Joshua in those three weeks. And without realizing it, he slipped through their fingers again when Seungcheol was turning in the first district...

Chapter 15: Chapter 15

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"trigger warning ⚠️( violence, rape)"

 

Jeonghan was lying in the boss's bed hiding his body with the blanket after the man laid his dirty hands on him again. His soul had long left his body. Facing him by the door were the two guards that he knew and hated them so much. Since his rebellion, they were watching him even when the chief raped him, they were there watching him and wishing it was their turn. He was a beast in a cage that was distracting them. Sometimes the boss let them have a little fun with him, sometimes not, he wanted the exclusivity of Jeonghan's body.

Jeonghan was down to his last ounce of strength, he was at his worst since they took Jisoo away from him and he refused to eat. He had tried by all means to get information about his best friend's destination but he found nothing. 

Doyoung and Haechan did everything they could to convince him to eat, and gave him moral support. They did not understand what Jeonghan wanted to do. Would he let himself die? They knew that he wanted to take revenge, but they were a little worried about how he would do it.

As the angel put his clothes back on, he felt a hand pinch his ass. He turned around weakly and push the boss away, he still had his defensive gestures even though they could not hurt anyone for lack of strength. The man was still naked and still wanted more. Jeonghan had already responded to his cravings a few minutes ago, but he kept coming back for more and more to make sure Jeonghan understood the lesson and that he didn't escape him. 

"On your knees, hurry up."
Jeonghan tried to implore him saying that he couldn't take it anymore, that it was too much for today. The man then forced him by himself and Jeonghan fell to on his knees. He clenched his lips with all his might, turning his head away. He heard the boss release an angry sigh. Then the two hands of a guard came around his head and turned it violently. He refused to open his mouth. so he was violently pulled by his hair by the boss and when he was about to let out a scream he was blocked with his mouth open when the boss stuck his cock in it.

"Be a good bitch Jeonghan, there's no point in struggling, it only makes things worse."

For the first time since he was being taken advantage of, the angel's tears ran down his cheeks in the middle of the act. The man was half choking him with his penis and the guard had pressed Jeonghan's head violently to make him accept his fate and for him to start sucking him properly.   The boss forced him back and forth leaving Jeonghan no choice but to follow the movement to not hurt himself.
When the guard released the angel's head, Jeonghan fell down before vomiting the man's secretions. It did not seem to please him as he was kicked in the stomach and Jeonghan let out a small cry of pain that made him bend in half on the ground. He curled up in a ball and burst into tears. He could hear that everybody was laughing around him but the sounds faded away, drowned out by his tears and fatigue. His last thought was for his boyfriend who he missed so much, to be in his arms, to be protected even though most of the time he said he could take care of himself. There he needed it, he wanted to feel loved. He didn't remember what happened next, as he found himself back on the floor of his cell when the sounds came back again.

 

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Luckily, the weather was rainy today so it was a good excuse for members to hide by putting on their hoods. They had easily been able to hack the cameras of the first and second districts by splitting into two groups. None of these rich owners had gone out during the heavy rain, which was a good thing for Seventeen. 

For a moment everything was going well even if Mingyu had the brilliant idea to climb up the ladder to help but almost fell. This poor puppy had been scared to death. Luckily Wonwoo hadn't witnessed the scene.  However, the giant had been yelled at by Seungcheol who didn't want to see him climb a ladder again. Soonyoung and The8 were the most skillful and thanks to them the cameras where quickly hacked. Wonwoo and Woozi where still on their computers from the dorms so they could monitor the cameras.

Later they were going to the 3rd District, except that it was closed by a security gate. The security man saw them and approached their vehicle, signaling to Seungcheol to lower the window.  A wave of panic blew through the car, they did not think it was a good idea at all to stay here any longer.

"Hello sir" greeted Seungcheol to keep polite.

The car had tinted windows so he couldn't see the ones at the back that had bent down to hide. He could only see the head of Seungcheol and Soonyoung. 

"Good afternoon, what do you want? » 

We are here to find Jeonghan and Jisoo our friends. Of course they couldn't tell him that. 

"We are looking around the neighborhoods to find our dog." The man raised an eyebrow intrigued by the answer. Hoshi crossed his fingers that it would believe it. 

"We haven't seen a dog here, you can't come in without an access card, I'm going to ask you to leave now" they didn't like the man's tone at all. He acted so cold to them. Soonyoung thought the leader would get impatient and fight back, but he just said goodbye to the man before reversing the car.

When everyone sat back down properly in their place they were thinking how the rest of the plan would go.

The leader put back his earpiece that he had hidden to talk to the man. 
"Wonwoo, Jihoon we stop the mission, keep an eye on the cameras in the first two districts." He received a positive response before accelerating out of the area. 

"Hyung, you're not really going to give up, are you? "Seungkwan said, putting his chin at the back of the front seat.

"Never" he replied determinedly. "We will come back in the middle of the night."
"But not everyone," he warned them.

He suspected that the members were going to complain because they all wanted to participate in the rescue and indeed their complaints came in one second.
"We'll go to the 6 districts market on Saturday like the lady told us? "asked DK.

"Oh yes the 6 districts market" recalled the leader.  They had no way to enter it without being noticed. Yet it was the best way to find out more about all the inhabitants. 

"I have an idea but a dangerous one." Everybody turned to the maknae who had opened his mouth, not to be mean but Dino often had ideas that were a little too complicated to realize.

"We find the Lee's house since we are supposed to be their children, we take the family hostage, we force them to give us their membership card and we go to this meeting, part of the group goes there, the others watch them".

"Chan it's risky" Seungkwan broke the silence after the maknae's proposition.

"We can't hold people hostage like that, it's a crime". 

"But it's a good idea".  The leader cut him off. 

Some members were quite reluctant, and were a little afraid to participate in the mission, which was dangerous for idols who knew nothing about spying and manipulation.. 

"Those who don't want to come I won't force you, I'll go alone with Dino if I have to. " He felt Jeonghan's voice floating above him, insulting him for accepting to bring Chan to such a place. 

The role of the leader was to make a decision for the whole group, but he couldn't force them to put their life in danger. If they were to be arrested, the consequences would surely be to go to jail at a young age or worse...

"I will come Hyung," said The8, raising his hand. "We'll go all the way with you." 

The group decided to carry out this mission together. Even Seungkwan, who had hesitated about the idea at first. They can't be scared if they want to save their friends.

Seventeen would soon be 13 again.

Chapter 16: Chapter 16

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Jeonghan was going crazy. Crazy to be locked in that fucking cell. He had begun to scream, to hit the walls before curling up on the floor because he was so tired. No one had intervened in his madness, the guards ignored him, they had orders to do so. The chief let him go out less and less, except to abuse him. He no longer went to the big room, he was given his meals in his cell and refused to eat them.Sometimes he would give in when he heard Jisoo's little voice in his head telling him not to give up, that he was a fighter, stronger than this. So he would eat hoping that he will see his best friend and the other members again one day. 

These last few days he was calmer than before and obeyed without rebelling against the boss. He was doing whatever he wanted and  he would always get this little slap on his ass when the man was congratulating him. Jeonghan would refrain himself from putting his fist in the man's face. Today he had been allowed to go to the big room with the others. It had been four days since the idols had seen him and their faces lit up as he passed by. He was greeted by the comforting smiles of the two NCT members, but also their worried looks as he slowly approached the table. He tried to give them a shy smile. He sat down carefully in his usual place. His back and his behind were so sore because the boss was so harsh with him. His gaze went straight to the only empty seat, the one where Jisoo was still sitting a week ago. His smile faded before he started biting his lip as he lowered his head. Someone gently put his hand on Jeonghan's back. Haechan.

"Hyung... we didn't think we'd ever see you again," he said, relieved to see the angel in front of him. The NCT member, who was just 18 years old, was happy to see the big brother figure in Jeonghan. The member of Seventeen weakly stroked his hair and made the younger one smile.

"I'm here now don't worry". They didn't dare to make a comment about the wound on Jeonghan's lip, which was more than noticeable. They took care of him because of his condition, but the older one pushed them away, saying that it was nothing and that it was his job to take care of them.

Jeonghan began to eat furiously what he had on his plate while disfiguring the guards at the door. As he looked so hungry, Haechan and Doyoung gave him some of their food.

"Hyung we'll help you find Jisoo, they'll end up killing you, we'll do everything we can to help you."

The angel was moved by Doyoung's words, but looked at him confidently before promising them something. 
" Guys I promise I'll get you out of here, whether I die or not."

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Seungcheol didn't need to raise his voice for everyone to listen to him. They were in the living room, and he was going to explain to them the dangerous plan for the hostage taking. 

"Well, Dino suggested earlier that we take the place of one of the families in the neighborhood, that we hold her hostage during the 6 districts market.  I know this mission could be risky and if we miss the consequences will be... ». Minghao suddenly cut off the leader's speech.

"They will be terrible, we know hyung. But no matter what, we must do everything we can to find Jeonghannie and Joshua hyung on our own". 

"Thank you Minghao for your motivation, but I don't want to force any member to do this." He looked at them all one by one waiting for someone to give in and say no. He had already received a positive response from everyone in the car but he was trying to dissuade some of them.

 

"The 6 districts market is on Saturday, we're going to rush into the house during friday night.They are in the quarter 2 so there will be no gate so we will be able to go enter the district in peace. But the problem is that the next day, the meeting will take place in district 6, that is to say in the most supervised district, so it will be complicated to go enter it, but we will do it". 

The leader looked so confident, he would do everything to find the man he loves the most on this planet and he would kill anyone who hurt him. He knew that Jeonghan was not well, he could feel it. His fists would clench just at the thought of him being touched inappropriately by anybody. He was out of this dark thought when Jihoon came and stood beside him. 

"Hyung I think we're all motivated to go, nobody wants to stay here," the musical genius had already got the members to vote and everyone wanted to participate. Seungcheol knew this plan was crazy, and even more so in bringing the other 10 members with him, but he wasn't going to lock them in their rooms. Although it could be an idea. 

Whatever, the decision had been made. Everyone was enjoying their last quiet evening before walking into the lion's den.

Jihoon was sitting on his bed, one eye on his computer to check the cameras placed in the first quarters. Soonyoung came and sat behind him before passing his arms around the waist of the smallest one, kissing his neck before placing his head on his shoulder. 

"You should get some sleep," the older one whispered. 

"Hyung is counting on me, I'm sure we can found a clue or something. "  In front of Jihoon's persistence, Soonyoung started kissing his neck again while the younger one squinted to see every detail of the video. He was soon distracted by his boyfriend's kisses.  

"Hyung also said that it's useless to look at this in the middle of the night, these rich people are asleep and we have other things to do," he said, raising his eyebrows and a smile on his lips. Jihoon looked at him and began to detach himself from Soonyoung, except that the oldest was holding him back. 

"And that other thing to do is about you and me in bed," Soonyoung whispered in his ear, causing shivers all over Jihoon's body. He began to move his hands down his boyfriend's pants, feeling the bump that was beginning to form. He sensually unbuttoned  his pants without the youngesr one stopping him. Another smile appeared on Soonyoung's mouth : he could feel that Jihoon wanted it as much as he did.  

He could affirm his hypothesis when the younger one's lips clung violently to his own, letting them both fall backwards into bed. 

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Flashback 

After Jeonghan's statement about his love for Seungcheol in Jihoon's studio, the couple was official.
The three was now going back to the dormitory. Jeonghan and Seungcheol could not contain their love gestures for each other and Jihoon could not take it anymore. Even on the street, it was 2:00 a.m. and the two were holding hands. They were not afraid of anything, he said to himself. Seungcheol whispered things to Jeonghan that made him laugh. Walking behind them, Jihoon wondered how they had not noticed that they were made for each other from the start. It smelled like love 12 miles away. ( 20 kilometers away."

When he arrived at the door of their apartment, Jihoon dodged the hug Soonyoung wanted to give him. Soonyoung showed him a lot of affection and it scared him a little. He had never been so close to anyone before, especially a friend. 

Jeonghan had stopped Seungcheol before he could enter the dorm.
"Seungcheol, what do we do, do we tell the others or not? Don't you think they will judge me for leaving Minhyuk like this? "The angel bite his lip anxiously, Seungcheol put his hands around his waist to bring him closer before looking him in the eyes.

"Han, they won't think badly of you, you know them, don't worry," he gently kissed his lips before pulling him in. As their hands were tied, some members was surprised, but eventually continued what they were doing as if nothing had happened.

Seungcheol cleared his throat hard enough to get their attention. Jeonghan went to fetch the other members from their rooms, he came back with a Mingyu clinging to his hand and a Seungkwan complaining, half sleepy.

Everyone sat down on the sofa except the two older members who remained standing before their questioning eyes. Jeonghan stepped back behind the leader, afraid of their reaction.  Seungcheol gently pulled him forward before giving him a loving smile.

"I hope you have a good reason to wake me up," Seungkwan sighed as he went back to sleep on Vernon's shoulder.

"It's not necessarily something that concerns you directly, but we just don't want to lie to you."
The group watched them attentively and also watched the way Jeonghan played with his hands nervously.
"Why is hyung stressed? "Mingyu wondered.

"Is he pregnant? "Soonyoung laughed and tried to relax the atmosphere. There was a grimace on Jeonghan's face.
"Very funny Soonyoung thank you for this intervention" answered the leader, rolling his eyes while smiling.
"In short w -"

"Oh you're going to talk about Woozi hyung ? " a pillow flew accross the room directly into Mingyu's face after his joke. 

"Mingyu no. We have something to tell you. Jeonghan and I have decided that it is better to tell you now: we are together."

Big silence in the room, even if the faces didn't seem more astonished than that. Joshua had a smile as he looked at his best friend. 
"Is that all? That's not really surprising," Seungkwan yawned. The others agreed with what the diva said. 

Seungcheol wrapped his arm around Jeonghan's waist to bring him closer under the "awwwww" and "ewww" reasoning in the room. 

"We're happy for you hyungs, but please for everyone's sake, don't make too much noise at night, there's Meanie for that." Again a pillow was used as a weapon by Wonwoo to stop Minghao from talking. Everyone started to laugh.

"Great, after this good news, I'm going to bed," Seungkwan said as he stood up and pulled Vernon with him.  The living room began to become empty because it was late. Seungcheol had invited Jeonghan to sleep with him in his bed. They both went to bed silently as the angel snuggled against Seungcheol's chest and the leader kissed his forehead. He felt good, he loved Minhyuk but the warmth of Seungcheol did not give him the same feeling. It was stronger.

"Cheol? I'm sorry to have kept you waiting like this," Jeonghan whispered to him, looking up at him even though he couldn't see him in the dark. "I know, but you can't blame yourself, I have you now," replied the leader, tightening the arm he had passed below his waist. "Han, I really like you and I want us to start again slowly without skipping any steps." The angel was in complete agreement with his new boyfriend. They wanted to wait before having sex again. Let the love aspect take over their relationship in the most natural way possible. They did not want to respond only to their sexual urges. So they fell asleep just hugging each other and without any ulterior motive. They will never let go of each other again. It was what they were thinking. But the future didn't have the same intentions for them...

Chapter 17: Chapter 17

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Since Doyoung and Haechan had talked to Jeonghan about helping him get out of here, he had a lot of questions. He was lying on the bed of his cell, his arms under his head contemplating the paint of the ceiling which was peeling. His health continued to deteriorate. If it were up to him, he would have already revolted and tried to run away, but he had Jisoo's life, or even the lives of the two NCT members in his hands.

He wanted to retrieve a cell phone to contact Seungcheol again, but he had to do it differently. He could already see how to carry out his plan, but he was waiting for the right moment to come.

Today he had to go to the "doctor" to see if his body would be able to withstand what they were doing to him.

"So what? They’ll kill me if I’m too weak?They'll find an another victim" he thought to himself.
It was when he was in the room alone with the doctor that he thought it was the time to get the man's phone.

He broke the heavy silence that had been established between the two of them.
« I know you had nothing to do with it ». The doctor looked up from his notes to see that Jeonghan was talking to him but he didn't answer him.
« They're holding you as an hostage too, that's right, I can tell by your behavior that you don't want to be here ».

« You don't know anything, young man ». The doctor had approached Jeonghan to take his blood pressure, the angel grabbed his arm for the man to look at him.
« You surely have a family you want to find, I can help you ». Jeonghan was trying to manipulate the doctor but there was compassion behind his words. The doctor didn't ask for anything, he was doing his job under pressure from these men. The man stopped talking when the angel spoke of his family. Touché. 

« I know you saw Joshua before he was taken away from me, he's my best friend, we've been through everything together, we've always been able to count on each other, and I want him back ».

« You won't be able to find your friend ». Finally he was opening up to Jeonghan.

« They've taken him somewhere where there's very little chance you'll find him, especially if you're locked up here ».
« Then tell me where he is? »
« I can't ». The angel did not want to insist afraid of being observed. But he clumsily knocked over with his elbow a small medicine box that was on the desk. The doctor rushed to pick up all the pills to put them back in their box.

Out of the corner of his eye, Jeonghan had seen the phone on the desk. He was very close to being able to reach it if he stretched out his arm. His hand stopped a few inches from the phone. He couldn't do that. The boss was going to kill the doctor if he lost his phone, the doctor was just another puppet to him, he was worthless. He let his hand land on his thigh just as the doctor finished cleaning up. 
The doctor turned his head abruptly towards the angel before speaking to him « This cell phone, you didn't touch it. »

Jeonghan looked at him questioningly. His sentence was not a question. The man had seen him. He had to defend himself now.
« No, I can't do this, risking your life for mine ». The doctor sat down in front of him before looking at the member of Seventeen. They didn't speak for a few seconds even though they were still looking at each other. It was as if the doctor was trying to look deep inside Jeonghan's mind for trust.

« They think I'm on their side ». The doctor had made his choice. The angel wanted to help him. He didn't doubt it for long. He let him continue his monologue.
« I never was, they are monsters ». Indeed Jeonghan had noticed this. 
The man put his two elbows on the table before taking his head in his hands. 
« It's been a year since I've seen my family, my wife, my little girl, they've separated me from her ». Jeonghan didn't expect the man to start crying in front of him and wasn't sure what to do, so he listened to him.

« I sent a dozen of these young idols to hell, they were kidnapped from here and sent to "I don't know where" because of me ».

« Sir, it’s not your fault, you don’t have the choice ». Jeonghan had stretched his hand over the desk and put it on the doctor's shoulder. Even though the angel could be a real demon at times, he also had a big heart.

 

« I promise I'll get us all out of here but I need you to give me that phone so I can call my boyfriend ». The doctor looked up at him with red eyes. He could see the hesitation in his eyes, but at the same time, who would not have hesitated at that moment. What if someone came into the room because the visit had gone on long enough? At the same moment the guard knocked hard on the door to show that the wait was annoying him and that it was time for Jeonghan to come out. The doctor quickly made a written report saying that the angel was weak but could still be "used". He said a few words to Jeonghan before walking to the door.

 

« I'll bring you back tomorrow, we'll call him together », the doctor whispered to him. 
  
 The angel asked, « Tomorrow? Why tomorrow? My health will be the same as today, it will never work as an excuse to come back here».

However, this questioning was replaced by a glimmer of hope in Jeonghan's eyes as he thanked the doctor with a brief nod. When they opened the door the guard was waiting with folded arms.

« What were you doing? » He was suspicious about the doctor's activities but also of the angel's.
« Why do you care about that? » He didn't react to Jeonghan but stared at the doctor. For a second, the Seventeen's member thought that the oppression was too important and that the doctor was going to give in, but he didn't.
« We were talking about his physical condition. What you wanted us to do ? I know he belongs to the boss, I wouldn't want to irritate him by trying something on Jeonghan ». The guard frowned before waving at the doctor to return to his office. Jeonghan was about to start walking to his cell but the guard stopped him abruptly. 

« You thought you were going to get away with it today, too bad for you the boss wants to see you, and he has guests ». Jeonghan swallowed his saliva. He didn't know why, but curiously, he didn't want to meet the guests. When disgust seized his expression, the guard pushed him against the wall before threatening him by holding him by the throat.

 

« You'd better behave yourself and meet their requirements, they're important ». He insisted on the term. He could feel Jeonghan's body trembling slightly of fear and fatigue.

« Are you tired ? Don't worry about it tonight, you're not going to have time to be tired, and you'd better not ». He dragged the angel away from the wall before pushing him back in the path to an unknown room.

Chapter 18: Chapter 18

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While Jeonghan was taken to a mysterious destination, the group of Seventeen had just stopped their car near the Lee's house and especially out of sight of a camera.

The leader took the opportunity to remind them of the latest recommendations. He turned to the back seats where the members had already their eyes on him, waiting for instructions. They had never been as attentive as they were today.

Seungcheol spoke calmly and convincingly.
"So guys..." he stopped to catch his breath. The leader was very anxious about having the responsibility to put his members in danger.

"So we're going to go through one of the back windows and surprise them in their sleep." It was probably the simplest plan but it was the least risky for beginners like them.

"I know I'm repeating myself, but I really don't want anyone to put themselves in danger, if you see that something is wrong you tell me and we'll get out of here as quickly as possible." The members nodded, they were so scared, but at the same time they didn't want to run away without finding their two hyungs. They wouldn't leave with them.

"We will split into two groups, one will go with Soonyoung, the other with me" the performance leader nodded his head. Hoshi had that serious look that he had most of the time when he had to train. That look of perseverance that would get the job done.

"Soonyoung, you'll keep an eye on the outside until we can get inside, we'll give you a signal so you can go inside after us." he rummaged in his bag for two seconds before throwing hoods at them so they can hide their faces He then took three guns he could find. Guns had become easier and easier to buy on the Korean peninsula, the internet had everything available.

"Put this on, they shouldn't recognize us, if they know that Seventeen held people hostage it will be over for us". Seungkwan tore the hood off the leader's hands at his words, there was no way his career would end today.

After checking that everyone had put on their masks, the group got out of the car. They had to remain silent, which was difficult for some, but here they were like real secret agents or trying...

Soonyoung's group went into the family garden, checking the surroundings, before positioning themselves behind the bushes as the leader guided the members of his group to one of the windows behind the house . Once arrived in front of the window, Minghao started unlocking the lock. It didn't take long before he succeeded, the other members were impressed by the Chinese man who started opening the window.

Wonwoo stopped him with one hand on his shoulder before pointing to a small white box at the top of the window.

 "It's an alarm." The latter took a kind of small box out of his pocket. The others didn't ask him what it was. Wonwoo seemed to know what he was doing. After a few seconds, he approached the window before opening it by himself. All the members stopped breathing at the thought of the alarm waking up everyone in the house, Wonwoo seemed sure of himself.

The glass window managed to open without triggering the alarm so that everyone could breathe again. Seungcheol rubbed Wonwoo on the back to thank him and he gave him a thumbs up in return. The leader rushed into the house first. He checked that no one was in the diving room, he signaled the members to come in.  Soonyoung's group was warned and went back after them.

"Nothing to report outside, everything is quiet" Soonyoung said as the leader nodded his head.

"Well, there are two children here, plus the parents' room. That's three rooms to be taken hostage. The leader appropriated a device that allows him to see through the walls (x-ray). He could see a silhouette in a room a few meters away from them. He signaled to three members to take a weapon and to stand in front of the room door. They had to coordinate their actions so that no family member could call the police. The room of the second child and parents were quickly identified afterwards.

Seungcheol began whispering into the earpiece to start the countdown.
"Everyone is in position, I'm going to do a countdown and we're all going home at the same time, be careful, we're gathering them all in the living room."

"3...2.... 1 GO". The mother's surprised screams could be heard throughout the house.

"Get up now." The8 yelled at them with a strong Chinese accent.

The parents did so immediately. The husband looked more frightened than his wife, he had dared to protect himself behind her because of the gun in Seungcheol's hand. They tied their hands behind their backs and searched them to make sure they had nothing on them.

Arresting them had been easier than expected. They pushed them down towards the living room. The children were also present, frightened to see their parents in the same condition as they were. 

"Sit down on the floor now," the leader ordered them.
As they sat on the floor, a noise was heard in the basement.

"Did we forget anyone? "Seungkwan asked.

"There are normally four of them here," said Jihoon, who had been watching the house for a few days to find out how many people live here. 
Seungcheol began to get angry with the family. If there was one more person here, they might have already called the police, and they would be screwed. He tried to open the basement door, but it was locked. 

"Where's the key?" Soonyoung was threatening them with his gun. Mingyu had abruptly picked up the father, who was trembling with fear. The man was a coward anyway, he had almost given his wife away earlier.

"In the drawer over there. " The giant pushed him back beside his children as Seungcheol went to the drawer to find the keys. He pulled out a keychain and headed back to the basement door.
"Hyung be careful," Dino told him. "We don't know what was inside."

"Wonwoo with me". ordered Seungcheol.

The door creaked and opened on the stairs. The light was barely working and the cold of the room quickly reached them. They cautiously walked down the stairs one at a time before putting the weapon forward in case anyone wanted to attack them.

There was an old mirror that had crashed to the floor with an old cupboard that didn't seem to be of any use. The person must have been hiding in it and had dropped the mirror.

Seungcheol motioned to Wonwoo to stand in front of the handle to open the cabinet door as he prepared his weapon.

"Now," said the leader as the younger one quickly opened the door. A fairly young girl was curled up inside and put her hands to her face at the sight of the weapon and the two boys. She was in bad shape, her skin and clothes were in bad condition. 
Seungcheol automatically lowered his gun when he saw no threat and knelt down in front of her. He couldn't see her face but she was completely frightened.

"It's all right, we don't want to hurt you, we're going to help you."He wanted to touch her, but she moved back a little more towards the back of the closet.

"I am Seungcheol and this is Wonwoo" they took off their hoods so as not to scare her. At the understanding of their name, the girl's face turned towards them. Wonwoo was speechless as he recognized her directly.

"Irene-ssi" whispered the leader, recognizing her as well. The leader of the Red Velvet group seemed to have recognized them too as she seemed to breathe again when she saw them. She tried to get out of the closet, the oldest of Seventeen put his hands around her to help her before making her sit on a mattress on the floor.

"What are you doing here ?" she asked weakly was lowering her skirt which was too short for her.

"If they find you you will become like me" her face seemed to show concern for the two boys.

"We are looking for two of our members who were kidnapped by these people, we are sure that they are somewhere not far away".

The expression of fear settled again on the young woman's face. The two men didn't wait for Irene's answer and decided to take her upstairs where the atmosphere would be a little warmer than the frozen basement.  She could hardly walk, her days must have been very long.

Once in the living room, Mingyu exclaimed before approaching.
"Noona! "she smiled at him, recognizing that they had already worked together briefly and had gotten along well.

"What did they do to you? "Mingyu said as she touched his arm.

"The same thing they'll do to your two friends and to Yeri if we don't find them. "They also have one of her members" Seungcheol thought to himself. So they couldn't convince her to leave here.

"Irene-ssi, we have to take you out of this district." the Seventeen leader said very seriously.

"No, I can't, not without Yeri," she answered immediately. "I will help you.

"It's too dangerous."

"The life of a friend of mine is at stake."
It was a strong argument and everyone knew it. A leader would never resign himself to abandoning one of his members.

The members had turned to the leader for a decision, but it wasn't his decision to make.
"She stays with us, in the meantime we have to take care of them," he said, pointing to the family still shaking on the ground.

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The guard was still dragging Jeonghan violently as he tried to remove the grip that was hurting him on his forearm. They arrived at a large reception room that was being prepared, but the guard seemed to drag him to another room, a small private lounge where he could recognize the boss talking with two other men of the same rank. He was thrown into the arms of the boss who passed his hand around his waist, he held it tightly so that the angel would not move.

"Jeonghan here you are" the perverse smile was back.

"You're going to put on your outfit, I'll come and join you in a little while to explain everything" he felt the boss's hand sliding towards his behind, the angel quickly grabbed it to hold it. 
The two men in front of him were just as scary and looked at him from top to bottom. They were all animals in front of their prey. The guard caught the angel more gently this time since it was in front of guests before taking him to a small room to change.

"Put on your outfit and wait for the boss, hurry up, I won't repeat myself," threatened the guard before taking him by the chin to look at him.

Jeonghan violently pushed the man out of the room. The guard didn't say anything to not hurt him. He had too look perfect without any injuries.
The angel slowly approached the table where his outfit was set down. "Seriously" said with an annoyed tone Jeonghan. He would never wear that. He threw the clothes on the floor. He didn't want to do that, that was enough. He took his head in his hands before he heard the door open and close.

"I told you to get dressed ! "The voice of the angry boss echoed through the small room. He approached Jeonghan, who backed against the wall. 
"I won't wear that." he found the only courage he had left to face the man. As usual when he refused something, the man slapped him hard and pushed Jeonghan towards the clothes.

"Pick them up and get dressed." The angel did it reluctantly before removing his top and shorts that he had been wearing for several weeks. He put on the rather feminine top he had been given, which showed a large part of his torso. He didn't even dare to look at himself and put on the clothes without really knowing what he looked like.

"You want some help with the bottom ? "said the boss, licking his lip. Jeonghan nodded his head to say no, but two hands came to rest on his thighs and squeezed them. The man was already pulling up the kind of skirt / shorts he had been given.

"Who said that only the women could wear skirts? Sluts like you can too" Jeonghan's hands clenched when for the first time he was wearing this kind of clothes.

The hands of the man slipped under the skirt of Jeonghan before landing on his intimate part. The impulses of the man suddenly awoke as he lifted up the angel before crushing him against a wall, kissing and biting his neck. Jeonghan didn't scream, and tried to keep his face away, but it was impossible. 

"I hope you're ready to do well with my friends today." the man whispered in his ear before forcing a kiss on the angel's mouth.

Chapter 19: Chapter 19

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(Hello, I warn you that this chapter is a bit shocking. There is sexual violence and mention of suicide. Probably the most complicated to read.)

"Come on, they're all waiting for you," he said, pulling Jeonghan out of the room. The angel was trembling inside, he was really afraid of what was going to happen to him knowing that he would not be facing one pervert but many.
He hesitated to run away to convince the doctor to give him the phone now, but it might kill them both. He was the center of the show tonight so they won't let him escape.

They entered the same living room that Jeonghan had seen earlier, and there were several men in suits, smoking their cigars.
"My friends! This is Jeonghan, he's here to serve you tonight".
"But what did you do with the other toy you had? " asked one of the men, laughing at the boss's habits.

"He died the day after our last evening together, you've tired him out a lot! "exclaimed the boss, laughing as all the men joined him in his laughter. He stopped to give an order to Jeonghan.
"Go get a drink from the kitchen! "The angel did not hesitate to leave the room. The hungry looks of these men made him want to scream or throw a bottle at them.

Everyone avoided his gaze when he arrived in the kitchen, the tray of drinks was already ready, several glasses of whisky. He tried to exchange a few words with a woman who was running away from him. He didn't try to catch her or talk to her. There must have been a reason why she didn't, she had surely been warned that he was the boss's toy.

He looked around the room before he found what he was looking for. A bottle of rum. He took a big sip to encourage himself, he squeezed it tightly in his hand with murderous ideas that passed him by in a few seconds, but he changed his mind. He preferred to be drunk to live the shitty evening he was about to have.

He took his time to bring back the tray in the small living room, he felt his skirt going up as soon as he walked. It was very unpleasant. He encouraged himself to give the drinks correctly while one stared at his body and his behind as soon as he bent down.

"I know you want to Chin-ho. You can touch. " the man designated as Chin-ho by the boss didn't hesitate for a second to grab Jeonghan's ass when he turned to the man next to him. Following this action, Jeonghan dropped his tray on one of the men, with the whisky spread over his suit. The man blushed with anger before hitting the angel in front of the boss who said nothing.

Jeonghan didn't know what to do, within 5 minutes he had already ruined their little party, "I'm sorry, I can clean up your suit", he said, holding his cheek after the blow that had been dealt to him.
"Lick" ordered the man to show him the whisky that had fallen at his feet on the floor.

"No, I'm not a dog," the sentence had escaped Jeonghan's mouth, and despite his seriousness, all the men burst out laughing, laughing at him.
"No but you are a little bitch."The boss smiled and threatened him, grabbing his hair on the back of his head and pulling on it, "What do you think you're here for?

"On all fours hurry up," he ordered him as he was getting encouragement from the boss's friends who were waiting for it.

The angel really didn't seem determined to obey. The boss angrily sighed before taking his phone out of his pocket and whistled his words.

"If that's the only thing that can make you obey."
He handed his cell phone to Jeonghan.

"Josh" whispered the angel, shocked to see his best friend after not hearing from him for a week.
He saw a picture of Joshua, standing in his underpants against a wall, looking scared. The boss took the opportunity to show it to the other men, who started throwing degrading words at Joshua.
"I can't wait for tomorrow, I'm going to reserve him for myself," teased Shin-ho, who leaned over to get a better look at the photo.

"No Shin-ho let me have him. I would pay a lot for him" he had a vicious smile as he looked at Jeonghan who was burning inside but at the same time was terribly worried about his best friend.

"Don't touch him" warned Jeonghan as he tried to show what little courage he had left, especially in the face of 8 men who would jump on him at the slightest opportunity.

"Or what ? "One of the men, whose name Jeonghan didn't know, whispered in his ear. He hadn't even seen him get up. He put his two arms around Jeonghan's belly and then hugged him to have Jeonghan against him.

The boss came in front of him and took his chin in his hand, pointing to the puddle of rum on the floor.
"Lick it off before your friend really disappears this time, you're lucky he's not dead. Yet."

The man behind Jeonghan was rubbing himself lightly against him as the boss was talking. The poor angel was getting more and more destroyed inside. He was thinking about the person before him who belonged to the boss and who had died before he arrived. He was going to end up like her. He also hesitated to end his life, but he still had the hope that he would run away one day or that Seungcheol would come to rescue him in time.

He pulled on his skirt before going down on his knees on the ground. He was a few centimetres from the pants of one of the men, he could clearly see the perverse ideas they all had.
If he put himself on all fours, it would be worse. He could already see the scene. When he tilt his head to bring his mouth closer to the puddle of rum he couldn't lick it. It was beyond his capacity to submit.

The group became very impatient and the man who had taken the glass of whisky and who was right there with Jeonghan at his feet began to open his pants zipper.

"Jeonghan, you disappoint me very much," the leader spit at the angel who was still on all fours, his head down so that he couldn't see the looks around him.
"I think he wants to be punished."
"We need to treat him like the bitch he is." added another man who had gotten up from his chair before lighting a cigar.

The scene happened very quickly, he was pushed over the man who had opened and pulled his cock out of his pants. The man forced him to kneel down in front of him and grabbed his hair to push him to open his mouth.
"You owe me this after you messed up my nice suit," he whispered.
"No, I'm sorry," begged Jeonghan, who tried to resist by walking away, but was hit in the thigh and burned by a cigar.

"Suck! "ordered the man with his stern and frightening voice. The angel's hands were restrained behind his back, and he put all his force to prevented himself from moving. His mouth was so close from the man's sex. He opened his mouth to breathe, and the man took the opportunity to push his sex into it deep enough to make Jeonghan want to vomit. His skirt was then raised whereas he tried to struggle to put it back. While he was forced to make a blow job to a man he heard the laughter of the others behind him. He felt a hand on his ass, caressing him while he was half naked.

"It's so tempting, look at that, that beautiful ass, you'd want to get in it" were the words that Jeonghan's ears heard vaguely.

"Please go ahead, but only today," laughed the boss, gently warning the other men. Jeonghan belonged to him. But for tonight the man had the permission. While he pulled out his cock from his pants, he let out a joke while looking at the angel's anus.
"I think i'm too big for him." he vented himself as he approached and grabbed each side of the young Korean boy who was choking.

He brutally pushed it in sharply, causing a kind of tearing and pain inside the young boy who wanted to scream. His thrusts became stronger and stronger, Jeonghan's knees were about to drop him on the floor but he was being held back. He was finally able to breathe when the man withdrew from his mouth as he let out a sigh of contentment leaving Jeonghan to groan in pain with every movement inside him.

"Stop-stop it hurts so much please" His body didn't respond anymore. For a few seconds he felt emptiness before someone else went inside him.
"You were right, it's so nice," mocked the man who was now raping Jeonghan. The eight of them were waiting for each other turn as Jeonghan eventually fainted while he was being taken advantage of so badly.

He woke up later on the floor, with a shooting pain in his ass, semen all over his fragile body. He had been tossed to one side of the room and the men were enjoying their alcohol on the other side as if nothing had happened. He lay motionless while he started sobbing silently. He had never felt so dirty, how could eight men have the same intention of hurting one person.

His body hurt, he couldn't take it anymore and his suicidal thoughts came back. Seungcheol wouldn't want him after all this, everyone had taken advantage of him, the leader would be disgusted. The members would be disgusted too. Joshua will be dead, he won't have anyone who understands him anymore.

From the floor, the angel saw that he was next to the kitchen, he saw a woman who had just been looking at him with pity. Jeonghan watched the group of men to see if the field was clear. With difficulty, he slipped out of the room before rushing into the kitchen where the girl had now disappeared. He found himself alone again and again. He was tired of it.

He let himself slide along a counter as he grabbed a bottle and drank it from the floor.

There were pieces of glass a few meters away from him on the floor, so he picked one up and looked at it. What if it was his way out. Any sharp object had been removed except that. He looked at his wrists and in an impulsive gesture he cut his veins on his right wrist. The blood began to flow little by little, but he felt good, he had already been weakened these last few days. But the blood that left him emptied him of the garbage that cluttered his body after that evening. He wanted to die here and now.

"I love you so much Seungcheol, but I'm sorry I can't take it anymore..." and his vision became black after a few minutes.

Chapter 20: Chapter 20

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The four family members had been moved from the floor to sit on the couch. They had been completely uncooperative until now. Irene seemed a little frightened by the family but the presence of the 11 boys reassured her a lot. She had been a slave for these four people during several months but now she was the one who had the power.

"How can we enter the meeting tomorrow? »
Seungcheol went straight to the point, he had no time to lose, especially after seeing the state of the Red Velvet member. He was even more upset when nobody answered him.

"ANSWER! "the leader quickly became impatient, startled the family and even some members who were not expecting it.
He knelt down in front of the father, who had remained as cowardly as ever since the beginning of the hostage-taking.
"I'm going to blow your brains out if you don't answer me right away. "Seungcheol grabbed the man by his pajama top, but Jun and Mingyu tried to calm him down. He was going to kill him before he could get the information.

Seungcheol was known to be quite intimidating, but when he got angry you usually didn't dare to answer him, the father seemed to be petrified in front of the leader. Seungcheol then turned to the mother. Threatening the children might make it easier for her to talk. As Scoups was about to lose his temper with the mother again, he heard somebody crying. It wasn't coming from the family. Everyone turned to DK, even though he was wearing a ski mask the other members knew it was him.

"Why are you crying? " Soonyoung tried to calm him down when he saw his favorite dongsaeng crying.
"We're never going to be able to find Jisoo hyung and Jeonghannie hyung if we can't go tomorrow."
The members didn't care if the family knew their names because they wouldn't let them go until they were reunited with their two friends.
"Soonyoung, take DK to another room so he can calm down," the performance leader agreed before putting one arm around Seokmin's shoulders to go to the first room, which was the father's office.

When they were in the room he hugged his friend. Seokmin's beautiful smile was gone and it made him sad too.
"We'll find them, don't worry. "The elder reassured him.
"I can't tell myself that something has happened to them, to him," DK said between tears. Soonyoung had clearly guessed who he was talking about, Seokmin had already spoken to him about his feelings for Jisoo, however he had remained discreet until now. But it was becoming too hard for him to consider not seeing the American again without confessing his love to him.

"Don't think like that, we have to stay hopeful." He nodded sadly. Soonyoung smiled at him with his eyes that formed the famous 10-10, then DK's smile appeared again.

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The group was still in the living room trying to get the family talking. Seungcheol had pointed his gun at the father's head and he gave in very quickly.
"No, no, please don't kill me," he begged in panic.
"I'll tell you everything," Seungcheol brought the gun to his head again to make him talk faster.
"You need an invitation to get in, it's in my coat pocket," Seungcheol ordered Vernon to go get it and he returned with it fairly quickly.

"Who says they won't recognize us ? And they'll suspect something when they don't recognize your family members." scolded Jihoon, who was also losing patience.

"We've never been to this meeting like we just arrived in this neighborhood a few months ago, a few people know our faces." explained the mother, who hadn't dared to speak up from the beginning. Seungcheol was reassured to know that their approach was going to be successful and that they were going to get what they wanted.

"We're going to take your daughter with us tomorrow, so if you dare to fight or call for help, I'll kill her," Seungcheol threatened while looking at the mother's desperate eyes. The girl was about 14 years old, she wouldn't make it if she rebelled the next day.

"Hyung who will go tomorrow ? " asked Seungkwan who was sitting on the armrest of the sofa.
"We can't go with too many people," Wonwoo explained.

"I'll go, with the girl, Minghao too and-"
"Me too," Irene intervened. Seungcheol was stunned for a few seconds before saying "no".
"Noona, I'd rather you stay here, we don't know how the plan is going to go and if it's going to go as planned," admitted the oldest of Seventeen as he approached her.

"Seungcheol, you need someone to play the role of the mother." She took the words out of the leader's mouth as she was not wrong. If they went as a family it would be easier to go unnoticed than to arrive with five men of the same age.

"I know this house from top to bottom because I've tidied it up and there's all the equipment we need so we can dress up." The Red Velvet leader seemed to have already made the plan in her head.
The boys looked at each other and especially at their leader, who was biting the inside of his cheek while thinking.

"Well, okay."
"Hyung it is madness" said with a worried tone Mingyu because Irene was putting herself in danger.
"Mingyu she has as much right as we have to want to participate in this mission, we are fighting for the same thing". The giant didn't know what to say because it was true. He sighed silently before crossing his arms.

"I survived 6 months here, I think I will be able to survive tomorrow" assured Irene whose voice showed her confidence and determination. The members were astonished by the leader of Red Velvet but felt more reassured to let her go knowing that she knew how to defend herself, she was very intelligent.

The group began to think about their ultimate plan for tomorrow as a result of this change in their strategy. Seungcheol did not realize that his phone was ringing on the coffee table in the living room while he was going to the bathroom. As he had placed it against the table, no one noticed the call. The phone rang during a few seconds before it stopped...

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"Young man wake up." a distant voice brought Jeonghan out of unconsciousness. It was a woman. His body was hurting him, that's the first thing he noticed. He didn't open his eyes directly, but felt pressure on his two forearms.

 

" Jeonghan, open your eyes slowly." He recognized this second voice. The same voice that had promised to give him the means to call the leader the next day. The angel hardly forced his eyes to open. Why didn't death take him with her as he had wished. He no longer wanted to be part of this world. The light in the room blinded him before two silhouettes appeared in front of him. The doctor and the lady who had been avoiding him all evening. His eyes directly went to his arms. A bandage had been placed on his wrists to stop the blood that was running from the veins he had opened.

"Please let me die. " he whispered weakly. He still had tears on his cheeks. He no longer had any conviction to survive. He wanted to remove the bandage to release the blood, but a hand stopped him.

"Jeonghan, no, everyone needs you here. You have to lead the revolution you promised. The other idols are counting on you." So the doctor was aware of his plans for rebellion. Jeonghan sat up straight against the counter.

"I'm not strong enough for this, look at the state I'm in, I've already given up" The angel spoke slowly, he was already dead inside. The gang rape he had been the target of had completely taken the last bit of life out of him.

"Jeonghan looks at me" the doctor took Jeonghan's head in his hands to keep his attention as he saw that the angel was about to die if he went back to sleep.

"I'm going to give you this phone now, you're going to call your boyfriend, and you're going to fight for you and for him and for Jisoo and all the others okay" the doctor wasn't going to let Jeonghan down. He was going to give him the phone now even though they were in the room right next to the people who scared them the most.

Jeonghan's eyes began to shine. He ripped the phone out of his hand. Did he really have the strength to do it ? What was he going to tell Seungcheol?
If the leader came to save him, he couldn't even look him in the face anymore.

He started dialing the number before he hesitated to press the button. The doctor encouraged him with his head. He wanted to call him so much a few hours ago, but now he was going backwards. With a lump in his throat, he pressed the call button. The phone rang once, then twice, then three times. No one answered. Jeonghan realized after a short reflection that he needed the leader to answer. He wanted to hear his voice, his reassuring words that would allow him to hold on to something. His heart bled when no one answered. "Please baby, i'm begging you, answer"

 

The doctor seemed sorry when he saw the angel's distress. Jeonghan dropped the cell phone next to him while looking at it. They heard movement in the next room and then loud laughter. The doctor was about to take his cell phone back, but Jeonghan had again grabbed it in a quick motion.

"Please can i try again ? " the doctor hesitated to say yes, after the noise that the men did next door. It was far from reassuring them. But the sad voice of the angel made him accept. And Jeonghan didn't waste a second to ring the phone again, as he brought his knees against him. He whispered to his boyfriend to answer it with a trembling voice . The ringing was nearing its end, and the leader had little time left to answer. Jeonghan wiped a tear from his cheek. It was probably his last chance, was Seungcheol going to answer?

Chapter 21: Chapter 21

Chapter Text

Previously :
"Please can i try again ? " the doctor hesitated to say yes, after the noise that the men did next door. It was far from reassuring them. But the sad voice of the angel made him accept. And Jeonghan didn't waste a second to ring the phone again, as he brought his knees against him. He whispered to his boyfriend to answer it with a trembling voice . The ringing was nearing its end, and the leader had little time left to answer. Jeonghan wiped a tear from his cheek. It was probably his last chance, was Seungcheol going to answer ?

 

The family was still sitting on the couch while Jun and DK were leaning against the wall in front of them, watching them from a distance. They saw the father staring at something on the table but they didn't pay any more attention. Then after a few seconds, Seungcheol came into the living room from the bathroom, he was also heading to the kitchen but saw that his cell phone was no longer on the coffee table. He rushed toward the family, thinking one of them had taken it. But before he had the time to threaten them, he saw his cell phone on the floor, with two missed calls...

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The phone went to voicemail a second time. His trembling voice left a quick message.
"Seungcheol, it's Han... I've messed up. Jisoo got kidnapped, he was taken away from me. They're going to kill me if I do anything to get him back. Please find him, don't think about me. I'm not sure I want to see you again I-"

He cut himself off, he didn't want to alert Seungcheol and make them look for him and not Jisoo. He said a sad farewell before hanging up the phone. Jeonghan let out a small sob of abandonment. The doctor gently took the phone from his hand before apologizing. But just as the doctor took the phone back, the phone started vibrating because of an incoming call. Jeonghan directly looked at the doctor waiting for him answer. It must be one of the guards calling to give him an order.

"Hello" the doctor's voice sounded questioning. "Yes it's us, it was your boyfriend he's with me" Jeonghan suddenly straightened up having guessed that it was the love of his life on the phone. The doctor, after warning the caller, handed the phone back to the angel with a warm smile.
"Thank you, thank you very much" whispered Jeonghan, tears apparent before taking the phone and quickly wiping his eyes to keep his composure.

"Hey" Jeonghan said in a relaxed, weak voice mostly. Seungcheol's mouth had already formed a smile of relief. "Hey" replied the leader while the emotion was already invading him, he knew that the longer they took to find them, the less likely they would be to see them again one day.

"Han we are not far we will find you ok, please hold on." begged Seungcheol because he was concerned when hearing the weakness in the voice of the angel.

"They took Jisoo, I don't know where he is, it's all my fault..." Jeonghan looked at his wrists whose bandage had become red with blood. It was then that he realized what he had done. His state of trance was over and he regretted having tried to end his life, having cowardly tried to shorten his fate and having almost drowned his friends in sadness and remorse.

"Babe... it will never be your fault, don't say that. " Seungcheol felt powerless not to be able to hug him, to kiss him to comfort him.

"Find him before you come looking for me, that's all I ask."

"Han ! Don't ask me too do that ! " complained the oldest who had changed room to make sure that the members were not intrigued by what was happening.

"Seungcheol, I'll be fine but him I don't know what they're going to do to him. " The angel was so concerned about his best friend's current state.

"Jeonghan I promise you if anything bad happens to you, I'm going to blame myself for the rest of my life, we need you in this group and I need you in my life, you're my life."

The youngest did not answer this sentence suggesting that it was already perhaps too late to respect this promise.

"I miss you" Jeonghan said as his throat tightened.
"I miss you too," Seungcheol whispered and closed his eyes, clutching the phone in his hand.
"I'll find you, please hold on."
"I will try..." assured the angel, regaining some hope and courage to fight for a cause. Jeonghan saw the doctor signal him to stop the conversation, his eyes seemed to be panicking. Indeed, the voices of men could be heard coming closer and shouting.
"Where the hell is that bitch ! ". They are looking for him.

"I love you with all my heart" Seungcheol was sending so much love through his words. Jeonghan could hear it from the softness of his voice, his feelings for the leader grew day by day and the distance became complicated to endure.

"Me too my love, bye" The last word was hard to let go. Maybe it was the last time, the last time they would hear each other's voice.
"Bye" he thought he heard a crack at the leader's last word.

Jeonghan reluctantly pressed the hang-up button before quickly returning the phone to the doctor. The short time their conversation had lasted would not have given the Seventeen an accurate location of Jeonghan. But the angel was only too happy to know that their search would focus on Jisoo who needed it the most right now.

He, on his side, had a revolution to prepare. And it wasn't going to be easy. The men in front of them had no mercy to kill.

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"Stop moving damn it! "
The boy slowly opened his eyes, sitting on the iron floor of the small prison he was locked in. It was the umpteenth threat from one of the men on another young boy who was banging on the edges of his cage.

Joshua put his hands on the bars, avoiding hitting the roof of his own cage. It was Yanan who was acting up. They had been locked up in this little iron prisons for several days.

"You won't make it through the night if you keep this up." Yanan stepped back before moving to the bottom of his cage to avoid the guard's murderous stare. The man guarding them was armed and had orders not to use his gun against them because they were "precious" and they need them for tomorrow. They had not been told anything about their fate. Nobody came here to see them. The idols couldn't talk to each other without being threatened, the looks they gave each other were enough to see the desperate state of everybody.

As soon as the guard moved away from the cage, Jisoo asked Umji how she was feeling. The girl looked pale, very pale. He didn't want to know what she had been through, but it pained him to see her like this. The GFriend members must be very worried about their maknae. Jisoo had known her to be jovial when their groups met at shows and festivals, now she looked emotionless.

For the past few days, he had been very apprehensive about Jeonghan's behavior, who by now was probably turning the place upside down after they were separated. This last night was going to be a long one, especially when you don't know what's going to happen to you the next day.

Chapter 22: Chapter 22

Chapter Text

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."

Chapter Text

"Hyung," Minghao asked softly to get the attention of the leader who was splashing water on his face after seeing Joshua disappear in front of him. It was the first time in weeks that he had seen him again and his condition was pitiful. His frightened expression, his body now frail and lacking in color, hurt Seungcheol's heart and he couldn't do anything without being noticed.

"We have to go back to Irene Noona and the little girl, we shouldn't leave them alone like that with these crazy people" the Chinese tried to reason him while he was leaning against the wall.

Seungcheol lifted his soaked face from the sink before looking at the dancer through the mirror. He looked terribly worried about the leader. The latter sjighed before straightening up and tried to regain his composure.

"We have to follow them to this man's house and get Josh back."
The Chinese man had no other idea in mind so it seemed like the easiest way to get their friend back.

They still had to play it discreet, they could not leave directly that place without returning to the reception. The two went again in the big room, Irene turned her relieved face by seeing them arriving. A man in a suit was talking to her and Seungcheol didn't like it at all, he saw a danger immediately. He walked quickly towards "his wife and daughter" before taking a seat next to them with Minghao behind him.

"Seu-Chin darling, this is Mr. Kim, he is one of the co-chairmen of this district" The young woman had almost blurted out the leader's real name but had managed to catch herself cleanly.

"Mr. Lee, a pleasure to meet you and your lovely wife. I came to say hello, I strongly hope you enjoyed the deal."
Seungcheol was about to answer but his gaze froze on the boss who entered the room again. Anger rose to the leader's face, his fists clenched so tightly that Irene had to put her hand gently on his while Minghao had put his on Seungcheol's lower back.

"Yes we are very happy to have been able to join your community, my husband is only disappointed that he could not get the slave he wanted earlier. "
Seungcheol was totally in his murderous thoughts, we had to pinch him to get him back into the discussion.

The co-chairman laughed.
"Yes, unfortunately that's the point of the game, this man really wanted it too, he already had some ideas in mind to use this young boy. You'll get yours next time! I'm sure it will be the right one. "He put his hand on Seungcheol's shoulder and the leader breathed in silently so as not to break his arm.

The little family agreed with a forced smile on their lips to show their false infatuation. The man seemed convinced as he winked at Irene before walking off to another group of people.
From their place in the room, the small group could see in the hallway, the slaves being pushed towards the back of the house towards who knows where. On a whim, Seungcheol was about to follow them, but his path was cut off when the boss stood in front of him, still with a creepy smile on his lips.

"Mr. Lee, I'm glad you participated in such good faith earlier. It's a pity you couldn't offer more to get Joshua, who, if I may say so, could have fulfilled all your wishes and services." The leader felt that the boss had changed his tone when addressing him, unlike earlier.

"It seemed to affect you considering your hasty departure from the room after the sale" He raised an eyebrow as if he suspected something.
Seungcheol began to panic, not necessarily for himself but for the others they had brought with him and had possibly been spotted.

"I...I got a call from my important work I absolutely had to answer it" the three family members who had been watching the leader from afar and watching the outcome of the conversation were really worried. The eldest of Seventeen was holding back from smashing the man's face in front of him.
He had to hold back even more when he saw Joshua's back disappear into the hallway as he was pushed into another room.

"I hope it wasn't too bad, your boss will understand that you have better things to do here" It sounded a little ironic but at the same time so real. It was true it was better to be here watching young boys and girls being sold to obsessed rich families.

"No, everything is settled. "Seungcheol replied falsely enthusiastic. He had to restart the conversation to get information about where Jisoo was going to be taken.

"I wanted to ask you when the next market would take place as we didn't have the opportunity to get...our slave" the word was very hard to say.

"Normally within 3 weeks. We have a lot of boys and girls in stock that will suit you next time. " he explained with a convincing smile on his lips. He put his hand on Seungcheol's shoulder.

"You know, this is the best thing that will happen to you in your life, you can do anything with it, no one will stop you. "
Seungcheol held back from asking a question that was burning in his mind. It escaped him and it was to his great misfortune.

"What do you do with yours for example, I don't really have any ideas for mine" Seungcheol whispered slightly as if he wanted to hide something from his "wife" Irene. The man let out a small laugh.

"Ahaha you seem to be very interested, I like to see someone so involved"
Seungcheol nodded with a smile waiting for the answer to his question.

"We could go and talk in the living room upstairs, I'll tell you all about it over a nice glass of whiskey. "proposed the boss who whistled.
The leader could not see himself refusing this invitation, especially if it allowed him to learn more about his two members. He approved before the boss waved his hand and walked towards the big staircase in the room.

The two of them went up, accompanied by two bodyguards who closed the way. A large wooden door stood before them. They entered a mini-salon belonging to the boss. Alcohol was already laid out on a table, glasses were available. The guards closed the door once Seungcheol and the boss were inside.
What a great opportunity to kill the man who is holding your boyfriend,"thought the leader of Seventeen as the boss pointed to a chair near a fireplace.

A few minutes later, the two men were found sipping their whiskey. Seungcheol drank little and twirled his glass in his hand to try to stay as sober as possible.

"Tell me, Mr. Lee, how does a man with such a beautiful wife like yours get interested in having a slave who could satisfy his most carnal desires. "The boss took a sip as he focused his gaze on Seungcheol who didn't hesitate on the answer.

"My wife is perfect but...I'm missing that little something in bed. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about," Seungcheol said, trying to play it off as best he could.

"Oh yes and indeed one of these slaves will do you a world of good. "exclaimed the boss who finished his glass in one go and was already pouring another one. The leader of Seventeen straightened up on his chair nervously.

"You know, mine, my angel as I call him. If you saw him you would say the same thing. You'd be very happy to pull his hair while he sucked you slowly. To smack his little ass while you're humping him. You can use a whole bunch of toys on him, but also like I did last night, give it to your friends, it's the perfect attraction for a little man-gathering. When he moans under you and that's when you'll feel all powerful. "

Seungcheol broke down inwardly. He didn't know if his face could control itself on the outside but in any case his world fell apart. He wanted to cry. Everything Jeonghan had been going through for weeks.

On the phone he had done his best to hide it all from him. Seungcheol knew that the angel was not well, but that he was going through all this was inconceivable to him. No human should go through this. Especially not Jeonghan. A sudden nausea took hold of him. The whole thing had disgusted him. Images appeared in his head, his boyfriend in more than abominable and submissive positions.

He wanted to throw himself on him and strangle him to death. The man in front of him was a monster without morals. But then he thought of Joshua. He had promised Jeonghan to save his best friend, and the angel was resourceful and much smarter than most Seventeen.

"So, have I convinced you?" the boss took a sip of his whiskey before frowning at Seungcheol who snapped out of his thoughts. He took back a hypocritical smile, even much too forced.

"Totally, I couldn't wait until the next sale. My impatience will win me over before then. I liked the young man tonight very much. "

"You sound to me like you really regret it. But you can. It was the purest we had. Joshua. I got to enjoy it for a while before he left. That's the advantage of my position. But as of tonight, its new owner can enjoy it whenever and however he wants," the boss laughed as Seungcheol tried to open his mouth to do the same. 

He wanted to get out of this room, he couldn't stay here anymore with this horrible person in front of him.

Seungcheol looked at his watch to find an excuse for a hasty departure.

"I'm sorry my family and I have to go. I have an important meeting this afternoon. "The leader didn't waste a second getting up, forcing the boss to do the same.

"I'm sad to see you go so quickly. I'm sure we have a lot in common, and your interest seems similar to mine. I like that very much. What do you say we come over tomorrow night and share a meal with some of the guys, and we can discuss this activity in a little more depth and potential things that might interest you. Plus, I'll bring my little angel to entertain you. "He emphasized his last sentence hoping to get a reaction from Seungcheol whose heart accelerated in front of this dilemma.

The leader of Seventeen was at a dead end. This meeting was very dangerous but also interesting to learn more about everything. But he couldn't see Jeonghan being..... before him. He couldn't intervene either because it would jeopardize his cover, and both of them would surely get killed as well as the members at the Lee house.

"I'll be there," the elder Seventeen simply replied, trying to show a bit of excitement.

"Well perfect, a car will be sent to your house to pick you up at 7:30. It's nothing against you, but the location of our meeting tomorrow must be kept secret. A manly handshake followed, leaving a few seconds later Seungcheol to go down the grand staircase under the worried and questioning eyes of Irene, Minghao and the girl.

He walked quickly towards them before calling them discreetly to tell them to go towards the exit.

None of them dawdled. When they arrived outside and then in the car, Seungcheol put his head against the steering wheel as the three of them looked at him. Irene rubbed his back as the leader held back from screaming to release all the pressure and horrors he had heard. He looked up with tears in his eyes even though he tried to hide them.

"We have to find this Mr. Ro to find Jisoo," he said, starting the engine.
Minghao stopped him at once.

"We saw him in the hyung room. He hasn't left yet. "The Chinese man said as Seungcheol looked at him in the rearview mirror.

"Let's wait at the exit of the neighborhood, then we'll follow him" replied the leader as he started to back the vehicle out of its place. When they finally passed the barrier indicating the end of the market place, they could finally breathe again. Irene took off the hat she was wearing, Seungcheol untied his tie that was too tight around his neck. They were finally able to detach themselves from these characters who were nothing like them.

They went to a place just before the main road that connected the different districts. Normally, this allowed them to see any passing cars without looking suspicious.
"Minghao took the binoculars from the glove compartment and watched the cars coming out. As soon as you see it, signal us. "

Time passed slowly. Many cars passed by without a trace of Mr. Ro and Jisoo's car. Seungcheol nervously tapped his foot on the floor of the car, ignoring the fact that he might have missed the car, but Minghao finally broke the heavy silence.

"That one! Follow that car, Hyung," he shouted to Seungcheol, who did not wait long and sped off. They kept their distance so as not to call out to the man he was following. His car was heading for district number 3, one of the secure districts, Seungcheol said to himself. They were not going to be able to get through the barrier, it was dead in the water. As the car turned to drive into the neighborhood, after passing the security gate, Seungcheol plotted his course.

"We won't be able to get in, it's no use. We'll gather the others and warn them. We know where Joshua is now. It's time to come up with the plan: to save Joshua," the leader said as he sped toward the district 2 and back to the Lee house.
His mind was totally elsewhere. He was thinking about tomorrow. Probably the worst day of his life.

Chapter 24: Chapter 24

Chapter Text

(Trigger violence, rape)

"Guys?!! So how did it go?!" rushed the young members when they saw the leader, Irene, Minghao and the girl who came through the front door. Jun immediately grabbed his boyfriend, who he was happy to see again even though they had been gone for only five hours. At the same time, he was afraid of what might have happened to him.

Without a word, Seungcheol silently asked them to gather in the kitchen, while closing the doors so that the Lee family would not hear them. They all stood around the central island unit as the leader placed both hands on it before taking a deep breath.

"We saw Joshua..." he slowly said. For sure, that was the first thing the members wanted to hear. Their eyes immediately brightened, but more importantly, they all began to speak at the same time.

"How is he?"
"Is he hurt?"
"What happened at the Market ?"

"Guys one question at a time." Irene ordered them in a motherly voice as everyone fell silent to obey the oldest person in the room.

They looked at each other before giving the floor to the one who made the most sense, namely Jihoon.
"What happened, is Jisoo Hyung okay?"
Seungcheol lowered his eyes to the worktop, he actually started to speak without looking at them.

"No he's not okay. He's not okay at all. We've never seen him this terrified," Seungcheol explained sadly and finally looked up at the worried faces of the members, especially Seokmin who was biting his lip.

Scoups straightened up and tried to regain his posture so as not to scare the members too much. If they saw their leader down then their moods would follow as well.

"He was sold to be a kind of slave." The oldest informed without beating around the bush.
"Like other idols at this market."
Jun's face broke down as Minghao told them that Yanan was one of those people. Many were shocked.

"But, slave of what? Why? Why are they doing this?" Chan was completely lost and did not understand how idols could be captured to do this kind of things.

"You don't want to know what he's going to be confronted with..." grinned Seungcheol slightly. The silence was enough to make them understand.

The most complicated part to explain came for Seungcheol, he had a lump in his throat.
"I....tomorrow night, I'm invited to a party by the big boss of this fucking traffic..."

"Hyung you can't go, it's way too dangerous" Mingyu immediately worried without thinking. It was as if he was throwing himself into the lion's den as an idol.

"I know, but he's got Hannie and I'm going to be able to see him at this party." he said with a dejected look, he shuddered to think what he would be confronted with when he got there. He was afraid to see the angel, to see his state and to see him suffer in front of him while remaining impotent.

"But that's great Hyung! You'll be able to put in a word to help him escape!" exclaimed Seokmin. Soonyoung saw that Seungcheol didn't seem to be thrilled at all, so he waved his dongsaeng's enthusiasm away. The leader rubbed his face with his hand before explaining.

"It's more complicated than that, Seokmin. He does horrible things to Jeonghan, him and his friends. He beats him, he rapes him, even more than one..." The oldest's voice went off the rails when he mentioned the constant rape of his boyfriend. Everyone started to look at him with pity before he felt Wonwoo's hand on his back, supporting him.

"I don't want to witness this tomorrow. It's going to get out of hand, they're going to start touching him and I'm going to do something stupid. I'm going to defend him and they're going to hurt him even more and we're going to be found out." the elder panicked, already imagining the scene going that way.

The others didn't know what to say except to let out sobs for some whose words were becoming unbearable to imagine. Their Hyung was going through hell.

"Cheol" Jihoon dropped the mark of respect, he was addressing his best friend for almost 9 years. "It's going to be hard but you have to do it. Think about him, he's been through nothing but horror for weeks. He needs to see you even if it's just a look you're going to exchange."

"Ji, I know him. He's going to shut down knowing that I saw him like that. He told me on the phone that he didn't want me to help him and that I should get Jisoo back first. I'm sure it was so that I wouldn't find out what they were doing to him" exclaimed the leader helplessly. He was angry at himself for not having been there earlier. He regretted their fight the night Jeonghan and Jisoo were kidnapped. If the fight hadn't happened, they would still be there.

"We'll take care of going to rescue Jisoo Hyung," reassured Soonyoung who knew how to manage the group in the absence of the main leader. "Jeonghannie Hyung needs you."

"Yes Hyung, go ahead. You can find a way to get him back," intervened Seungkwan, who was up.

A moment of silence, marked as a moment of reflection on the part of the elder made them wait.

"I will go. For him," Seungcheol murmured as everyone gasped at the leader's wise decision.

 

The group had not left the house in the afternoon, to plan the next day's assault on Joshua. It was decided that they would go to Mr. Ro's house while he was away. They figured he'd probably be at the boss's party tomorrow, so that left them free to rescue the American. They strongly hoped that they were not wrong.

Meanwhile, Seungcheol would try to survive the party. He had to blend in and that was a complicated role to take when you have several completely perverted, rich, psychopathic men next to you.
He would take it upon himself. He promised himself.

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Jisoo was shaking with fear in the car that was taking him to the person he had been sold to. He struggled but was quickly blinded with a bag over his head, making him lose his bearings for the umpteenth time.
When he arrived at the house, he could see again. He expected a luxurious house and it was.

Mr. Ro rubbed his hands together before addressing him.
"Welcome to your new home. I hope you like it because you will stay there until you die." Jisoo felt his legs weaken just thinking about it.

The older man took him by the wrist before leading him to a room, the kitchen.
"You will spend most of your time here cooking for me, cleaning, and attending to other miscellaneous needs," he said with a mischievous smile.
"You will obey me and only me. I have no wives or children," he said with a scornful look.

Joshua felt even more frightened to be alone with him. It reminded him of the Jeonghan situation.

"Now that the introductions are made, I'll let you clean this house while I go to work. Don't run away, you won't be able to. The safety of my house is the priority here. If a guard catches you escaping, you'll have to deal with me and I wouldn't recommend it," he threatened through his teeth. The American felt obliged to nod in return to show that he had understood well.

He found himself alone. He observed the kitchen before taking a quick tour of the house and the rooms to which his master had given him access. He bellowed at the word "master" but at the same time there was no other word to explain his situation. The house was huge, to get lost in it. He met the stern gaze of a guard who forced him to start the housework. He cleaned the house from top to bottom without question. He didn't have the head today to find a way to escape because he didn't see any. He thought he was doomed to stay here for the rest of his life.

The evening was approaching and he made the man a meal.
He was one of the best cooks in the group so he had some skills to make good meals. Except that...
The dish went flying off the table.

"This is disgusting!" he pounded his fist on the table. Joshua gasped, not expecting it.

"Do something else and make it jump!" the impatient man shouted. Jisoo quickly slipped away to the kitchen, tears welling in his eyes.

He came back a few minutes later with another dish, at first badly looked when he put it down, his hands trembling.
The man tasted it and kept quiet. This time he ate it in silence as Joshua stood by his side waiting.

He cleared the table in the dark silence as the man disappeared to go to his office. Once the chores were done, Jisoo wanted to discover the house so he started walking around. He arrived at a door that the man had not allowed him to open. However, his curiosity was greater. He was about to open the door when he heard a voice behind him.

"So we're disobeying Joshua ?"A dark and rough voice. Jisoo was thrown violently to the floor as he began to apologize.

"I'm sorry, I won't do it again, I didn't quite understand that it was forbidden" Jisoo implored.

"Oh you didn't understand ?" Joshua nodded, his lip quivering and his face turning white.

"I'll get it into your head then" The man began to remove his belt as Jisoo looked at him wide-eyed.
"No, no no..please" the American lost his Korean with fear.
His master's angry face didn't falter as he grabbed the Seventeen member's forearm before hitting him with his belt.
Joshua screamed at the first blow. Then came the second and the American gritted his teeth at the pain. The belt blows followed, leaving red marks on his skin from his unprotected clothing.

He put himself in a fetal position on the ground while he didn't stop himself from crying. The man became impatient to see him like that and pulled him violently by the arm to make him come back to him.

"In my room, hurry up"
"No no, everything but this please" Joshua begged him who knew very well what would happen.
The master laughed slyly as Jisoo could do nothing against the man's strength. The weeks spent locked up had really weakened him physically. He was now finding it difficult to fight back against a man.

He was taken into the room and thrown onto the bed. The man climbed on top of him before slapping him to make him stop crying.
His belt was already off and he easily removed his pants despite Joshua's pleas to do the same.

(TRIGGER RAPE)

The night he had spent with Jeonghan came back to him and he understood why the angel had wanted him to experience a night of love as opposed to the one that was about to start now. A night of torture.

The master gripped both his thighs tightly before touching his smooth but belt-scarred skin. He laughed again at his action. He abruptly turned Jisoo on his stomach, then forced him to get on all fours in front of him. The American clutched the blanket, still sobbing. A hand slapped his buttock as he felt an intruder touch his orifice.

The man tried to put a finger in, but the American was much too tight and panicked. He slammed it again, as Jisoo began to bite the pillow. He thought that his torturer was going to have at least the intelligence to put some lubricant or other but it is when a sharp pain took him at the level of the bottom that he understood that not. A violent pelvic thrust nearly made him rock forward, whereas the aggressor repeated them to try to sink at most because of his "tight walls".

Joshua felt a tearing inside him. He'd never experienced this feeling, and he didn't want to. A groan left his mouth as the man breathed out victoriously after he was fully inside.

"It reminds me of your friend that I fucked at the party. He was dry and complicated too, but once inside, it's heaven," his master whispered with a perverse and conquering expression. Joshua squeaked in response, for the pain was unbearable.

Throughout the night the pain was immense, the man was tireless. Jisoo screamed, calling for help in the void. After the fourth ejaculation of the master on Joshua, sweating and full of semen, he was so tired. The American was kicked out of the room as he was thrown into the showers. He collapsed in the hallway, unable to walk as a guard pulled him by the hair to force him to wash.
He didn't sleep all night. He wanted to get out of here.

(END OF TRIGGER)

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The next day.
It was 7:20 pm. The car sent by the boss to pick up Seungcheol would arrive in less than 10 minutes. The leader was waiting nervously on the sofa. The family had been dumped in the basement where Irene had been abused for several weeks. They had no way to escape.

The eldest was tapping his foot quickly on the floor. He had pulled out a suit that the father had and that fit him like a glove after some alterations. He had taken off his band ring that he had carefully entrusted to the members. He felt like he was going to his death. His friends were also ready to leave after he left to go get Joshua. It was less of a risk, but if Mister Ro wasn't at the party after all, it would end their plan and an opportunity to save Jisoo.

A horn sounded outside, indicating the arrival of the car. The eyes focused on the leader's who closed his eyes and breathed in and out. Jeonghan used to breathe this way when he was too stressed. He stood up and received small pats on the shoulder and good luck. Some were afraid to let him go, but they had no choice.
"Be careful," Jihoon whispered to him. Seungcheol quickly hugged him.
"Be careful tonight, okay ? "The composer nodded and smiled shyly at him.

---

The drive was in the dark. The windows were tinted so that he could not see out. He was not allowed to look in and know where the boss lived.

When he arrived, a woman opened the door and he greeted her to thank her. She must not have expected it because she stammered some words.
"Seungcheol you have to behave like a bully or you'll get caught" he insulted himself.

He entered a huge hall, with two golden stairs. A maid directed him directly to the living room. His heart was beating so fast just knowing that he had never been so close to Jeonghan.

"Mister Lee!" exclaimed the big boss as he saw him enter, opening his arms wide. Seungcheol quickly felt oppressed by the stares of the other men around him.
"Mister Chang" replied the leader with a little less enthusiasm but it didn't show.

"I'm glad to see you here, these are the other colleagues you must have seen at the market" he introduced them one by one. Seungcheol remained fixed on one, his hand clenched on the other, but soon changed his look and behavior so as not to alert the people around him.

They began to talk vaguely. Seungcheol listened more than he spoke.
Until a sentence brought him out of his thoughts.
"Didn't you tell us your angel was coming?" a certain Mr. Cho called back, highly interested. Seungcheol turned his murderous gaze directly at him. The boss sneered.

"I knew you would claim him at some point. It's a good thing I'm nice and brought it to you. Jeonghan! Come here, hurry!" the boss shouted seriously. No one came in. The boss got annoyed because the angel must have been hiding in the bathroom. He apologized before leaving furiously to look for him.

"He looks as rebellious as ever. We'll calm him down."One of the men started to laugh and the others laughed. Seungcheol gave a forced laugh. His heart stopped and his eyes froze as he saw the boss come into the room, grabbing the man of his life firmly by the arm. Jeonghan's head was down so he didn't see him as the boss grabbed him as he always did, by his ass.

Seungcheol's murderous urge rose again.
"Come on Angel say hello" ordered him with a mocking voice, the boss forcing his head up by the chin. And that's when his gaze met Jeonghan's whose face couldn't be any more decomposed than it already was.

When the angel refused to look at the monsters in front of him, he had a presentiment. A presence he could recognize, he didn't know why. And it was when his head was forced up that his gaze was drawn directly to a face. He felt his body weaken at once when he recognized Seungcheol. His love, the one whose arms he missed, his kisses, his protection.

"Well now I invite you to sit down while Angel will serve us drinks. We'll talk and then I'll let you have fun with him," the boss warned, smiling perversely at his last sentence. Seungcheol did not take his eyes off Jeonghan who tried to avoid the leader's eyes because he was ashamed.

Seungcheol saw the bruises and/or hickeys on Jeonghan's neck and knees. His once white skin, his beautiful face was completely soiled by the man that the leader was preventing himself from killing on the spot. He was still the most beautiful creature on this planet despite all this, Seungcheol's heart still lit up when he saw him.

He couldn't let Jeonghan face this alone, and despite his orders to save the American first, he was determined to help him.
So through a look they exchanged again quickly, the oldest promised him.
"I will save you Jeonghan"
And the angel understood him.

 

Hey. The end of this story is near There will be two endings :)

Chapter 25: Chapter 25

Chapter Text

Very hard chapter to read if you are sensitive (rape, blood, violence). I'll warn you before the passage so you can skip it if you want.
Looooooong chapter ahead

 

The henchmen were all sitting in the living room, watching Jeonghan go back and forth between the kitchen to serve whatever was requested. For the time being, they were rather focused in their conversations with Seungcheol and were not touching the angel. Jeonghan would remain the most in the living room short to avoid any inappropriate actions in front of his boyfriend.

The elder of Seventeen saw him struggling with the skirt he had to wear and on which he pulled to make it go down a little. It was not the first time that Seungcheol saw him in skirt, it had already happened during their intimate moments together. But in public no and he did not like at all that the boss was forcing his boyfriend to wear this outfit against his will.

"Tell me Mr. Lee, why did you move to our neighborhoods?" asked a certain Mr. Hin.
"Because I like the politics of this small town," Seungcheol automatically replied.

"I have a colleague who advised me this district and all the advantages with it" explained seriously the leader hoping that this reason will work.

"Oh well, yet anyone who comes here is supposed to keep the secret about our work and these quarters. " the boss said suspiciously and pressed Jeonghan to re-serve him.

Seungcheol felt a pang of stress go through his head. He saw from the look on his boyfriend's face that Jeonghan was also afraid for the cover of the elder of Seventeen, who may have just exposed himself.

"Yes, but he trusts me, and he did well. Look at where I am today. I want to work with you now," Seungcheol said convincingly. The men all looked at him, as if to see if he was telling the truth, and their faces changed as they finally bought the idea.

"Indeed. I hope you will agree to work with us for many years to come."

"What does my job consist of if we work together ?" questioned Seungcheol as he gently held out his glass to Jeonghan, who came directly to him. Just the closeness to the leader soothed the angel a bit, as their loving eyes met briefly. He encouraged Jeonghan to continue his role as bravely as possible. He almost reflexively hid with his hand the back of the angel's skirt, which rose a little, but he stopped himself.

"Just like my other collaborators here, you will have to help us to capture idols that we particularly target. You won't have any problems with the agencies, they are on our side. They are factories anyway, they renew easily, and that always makes more for us." Seungcheol quietly clenched his hand on thigh in annoyance.

So Pledis had known about this from the start, and had just about organized the kidnapping to make money. Jeonghan's face suddenly became sad as he thought about it. Had he done something wrong to deserve this fate? Wasn't he a good enough singer and only a good whore?

Seungcheol nodded his head in agreement as the boss continued his speech.
"Those fragile little effeminate singers are only good for getting fucked and beaten. Nobody will miss them anyway. Their fans will forget them as quickly as they came with the appearance of a new band."

"That's not true." replied Jeonghan to interject himself into the boss's disparaging remarks. "Our fans will never forget us." The men laughed mockingly even though the boss didn't appreciate that Jeonghan dared to answer him like that.

"Jeonghan, how many times have I told you to shut up and stop with your insolence ?!" he threatened between his clenched jaw. The angel confronted him with his eyes even though he didn't answer orally. Seungcheol just wanted to tell his boyfriend not to try to answer for his own good, even though he knew that Jeonghan was stubborn. The boss got up from his chair before standing in front of the second oldest of Seventeen, who suddenly lost his self-confidence in front of the man's imposing stature.

"You are only good to be at the end of my tail. Your pretty face was just waiting for me to mess you up. And if your fans see you again, they will be disgusted by you" he stroked Jeonghan's cheek as the young man turned livid at the thought.

"Now take off your clothes, it's time for your show" he whispered still with a superior air and a bit threatening. "Not in front of Seungcheol please" begged the angel in his head. How stupid he had been to want to defend himself against the boss when he knew the fallout every time.

"We..we haven't finished talking about this collaboration, maybe I could get more details about my role." tried to ask Seungcheol to buy some time before the pain his boyfriend was about to incur.

The boss bit his cheek before letting go of the angel, Seungcheol thought he would agree to sit down again to continue talking, but the smile that appeared on the face of the perverted man, told him that not.

"Mr. Lee, we know how to do two things at the same time, don't worry. We have all evening for that, but for now we need to have some fun and I see that you are all waiting for that." he exclaimed as the staff responded happily. He tore off Jeonghan's "shirt" which did not resist the force. The latter came directly to hide his chest while he was half naked in front of his hungry eyes.

"You suddenly look pitiful ." whispered to him the boss while he walking around his prey.

"Please, I don't feel well, don't do that..." replied Jeonghan in a lifeless tone.
He hoped that one day the boss would give in to his distress and let him escape his fate tonight. But the laughter that escaped the man's mouth directly broke the angel's poor hope.

TRIGGERRRRRRRRR

"I need a good blowjob Angel." Seungcheol's horrified gaze turned directly to the voice that was just sitting next to him. He had recognized him from when he shook his hand. Mr. Ro, Joshua's owner. He took comfort in the fact that there were no obstacles in the way of the boys getting the American back. Jeonghan shuffled over to the man, who ordered him to kneel down before him. The angel did so and found himself a few seconds later trying to find air as Mr. Ro choked him with his penis, trying to push it in deeper.

Seungcheol didn't dare look down to watch the scene, his anger growing by the second. The man's grumbling and the laughter of the others were enough to enrage him.

Joshua's buyer tugged a little more on the angel's hair as a tear of pain already ran down his cheek. He came quickly into his mouth as Jeonghan was forced to swallow, and then he was thrown back, coughing as he was trying to breathe. He was then forced to sit on the lap of another who began stroking his hair, sniffing his neck as Jeonghan painfully impaled himself on his dick. Then he began to give him powerful thrust which immediately made him moan against his will.

Seungcheol was forced to watch the scene as he was in front of him. And his behavior was going to get weird if he didn't pretend to enjoy what he was seeing like everyone else. It was also the first time in a long time that he had seen Jeonghan's naked and fully wounded body. It was strewn with all kinds of marks. He wanted to throw up. The boss approached Jeonghan, grabbing his face without delicacy. Mister Cho continued to indulge the angel who opened his mouth slightly to let out cries of pain. The young man met Seungcheol's gaze and that was the worst idea because he started to cry, his worst nightmare had just taken place, his boyfriend had just seen him in the situation he had wanted to avoid. The leader is going to be disgusted with him if he isn't already.

Seungcheol saw tears multiplying on the cheeks of his poor boyfriend who was hiccupping between the moans he let out. The others waited impatiently for their turn but the boss smirked at Seungcheol.

"Mr. Lee I'm sure you'd be happy to have the angel take care of you a little."
The boss glanced at Mister Cho who was forced to release Jeonghan who struggled to get off the man. He fell on the floor.
"Jeonghan is going to give our new arrival a little treat, he must be welcomed."

Seungcheol was about to refute the boss's words but Jeonghan walked on all fours to him, the angel put both his hands on his lap. Both of them shivered after touching each other after so many weeks. Jeonghan waited for the leader to undo his pants button. But he blocked him, and Jeonghan saw it. Not wanting Seungcheol to be a problem with the boss, he gently brought his small hands to do it on his own.

"Good boy" said the boss in English as he saw that Jeonghan lingered to take out Seungcheol's penis as the oldest was watching him helplessly.
As everyone in the room burst out laughing at the boss's joke, the leader took the opportunity to quickly run his hands over Jeonghan's cold and trembling hands.

"Han, don't do this." whispered Seungcheol to him as he kept his eyes on the other mens so they wouldn't catch him talking quietly to the angel.

"I...have...to." forced himself to say Jeonghan. The leader could not stop him as the men's eyes turned back to them. He felt his boyfriend's icy hand grasp his penis as he unconvincingly licked the tip and then took it into his mouth. He sucked it slowly as Seungcheol fell back in his chair. He closed his eyes, pretending that he was enjoying what was happening when he just wanted to get the image of his boyfriend with all his predators ready to pounce on him, out of his mind.

Jeonghan also closed his eyes, thinking of a moment alone that he and the leader would share. He just wanted to give himself that feeling.

Jeonghan swallowed the Seungcheol's semen and was finally able to sit up with difficulty.
"You should take him from behind now that would please him greatly."

END OF THE TRIGGER

 

Seungcheol had to find a way to stop this, it was going way too far. If he was forced, he would definitely lose control and kill everyone with his bare hands.

"You look shy to me, Mr. Lee. You don't have to be." said the boss, seeing that the elder of Seventeen was not motivated to do it at all.

"I can show you how to do it," the boss said as he pulled Jeonghan's hair towards him and grabbed him fiercely by the waist.
"I need to go to the bathroom and then I can take care of it if you want," said Seungcheol suddenly as he had an idea that may work.

"I've heard the toilet technique before." laughed the boss as Seungcheol felt his heart drop once again because he was afraid that the boss had discovered who he was.

"Mr. Kim has done it to me every time when he wants to enjoy a special moment with Jeonghan." The man who was concerned began to laugh loudly. Seungcheol joined him to mimic the fact that it was his intention.

"Then go ahead, Mister Kim was also planning to go, Jeonghan will show you the direction and more if you need it." he winked suggestively as Seungcheol's legs lifted him up at the opportunity.
He began to follow Mr. Kim who was holding Jeonghan firmly by the waist while the youngest had his head down.
They arrived at the bathroom, which had only a toilet, a sink and a trash can. Yet everything was luxurious as always.

As soon as the three of them entered the room, Mr. Kim had already started kissing Jeonghan's neck while touching his ass. In an impulsive move, Seungcheol pulled Jeonghan away from the man before strangling him with his arm.

Mr. Kim was powerful, but Seungcheol's strength was increased with everything he had held back so far. The man tried fighting back but he ended up dying on the ground after 2 minutes of struggling. Jeonghan put his hands to his mouth while he was still crying, completely in a panic attack. Seungcheol rushed to hug him for protection and reassurance.

"Cheol." Jeonghan squeaked in his arms as his fingers tightened on the fabric of his suit jacket.

"I'm here...I'm here" his boyfriend cuddled him as he too struggled to tell himself that he was holding Jeonghan completely scared in his arms.

"I have.... missed you so much" the younger one sobbed. Seungcheol stroked his hair. He then slowly pulled Jeonghan's face up to him to kiss him but the angel turned his face away.

"No...I did dirty things with that mouth." Seungcheol took Jeonghan's chin to look into his eyes.

"I don't care. I love you no matter what. I will always love you." Jeonghan's eyes glistened with tears before Seungcheol could finally kiss him tenderly. The angel responded to the kiss. A kiss that he had missed so much and wasn't dripping with strength and misplaced ideas like the boss when he forced it.

"I'll get you out of here. We need to leave now that the field is clear." whispered Seungcheol to him as he looked at the dead body on the ground.

"Joshua?" asked Jeonghan automatically with a voice filled with concern.

"The others went to get him. We have to go now." The leader started to take Jeonghan's hand to leave for the door but the youngest stopped him short.

"Cheol. We can't. I promised to help the other idols out. If we don't kill the boss it will continue for them. And besides the guards will see us running away from this house ."

"Jeonghan. I'm not leaving you here, there's no way," Seungcheol scolded at his foolish idea.

"Please. The revolt is tonight, we'll meet there okay, follow the smoke from the fire to find out the location of the building." warned the young man as he took Seungcheol's face in his hands to make it clear.

"I need to kill him. Then this will all be over." tried to convince Jeonghan as Seungcheol let his forehead fall against his boyfriend's. He seemed to be thinking about the angel's idea.

"Alright..." Jeonghan smiled lovingly at him before kissing him again in a passionate kiss. It sounded a bit like a goodbye kiss if anything went wrong, both of them knew it was a possibility.

"Promise me you'll be careful."
"I can't promise. I want to kill him at all costs. Maybe my attempt will fail and then..."

Seungcheol didn't want to imagine the rest of Jeonghan's sentence. They hugged each other tightly again. Now they had to go back out to the living room. However they could not return like that, Seungcheol who kissed one last time Jeonghan, started biting his neck that he marked. They had made sure to mess up Jeonghan's hair to make it look more real.

After that, Seungcheol carried Mr. Kim's body to hide it in a closet in the hallway.

Then they returned to the living room together.
Seungcheol pretended to zipper up his fly.
The boss automatically asked him how it happened, but his eyes became confused when he didn't see Mr. Kim.

"Where is our dear Mr. Kim?"
Seungcheol had to play the humor card because it would definitely please the boss.

"He was offended that I made your angel come much harder than he did. So he pretended to feel sick and left." laughed the leader as he hoped the men would join in so he wouldn't laugh alone. And it worked.

"Damn Kim, I'm not surprised about him. He's always had a lot of confidence in himself, you've touched his pride Lee. I like that"
congratulated the boss who sat down as if he did not care that one of his employees had left.

The exchange continued for another half hour. Seungcheol's cell phone vibrated in his pocket as he took it out discreetly to see the message on it. He escaped a slight smile when he saw it before shaking hands with the boss.

"I'm glad you're here, Mr. Lee, we're going to have a beneficial collaboration for this city," said the man who was totally convinced. They exchanged a few more words before Seungcheol and the others were escorted out. On the way, the men had the right to address a last gesture to Jeonghan between hands on the ass, perverse message and forced kiss on the cheek. Seungcheol also approached him to kiss his cheek, he pulled him abruptly by the waist before approaching his lips to his ear, he whispered a few things quickly and he noticed that Jeonghan's body finally relaxed.
"The other got Joshua back."

---

After the leader left, Soonyoung and Irene took the lead. The plan wasn't that complicated; they had to successfully attack the guard at the entrance to Village 3 in order to open the gate.

They weren't too worried about screwing up; the euphoria of finally being able to find Joshua was working in their favor.

So when they got to the entrance of the village. Soonyoung and Jun got out of the car. As the group walked up to the guard to distract him, behind him came their two members, who knocked him out and pulled him into the small hut where the guard usually waited.

With the passageway open, all they had to do was find the house and that was no easy task.
"Guys, we shouldn't look suspicious walking around in front of houses. Knowing that there are probably cameras outside. Someone will have to go and look at the mailboxes alone."

Chan was about to offer himself but Irene raised her hand to intervene.
"I think it will go over better if I'm the one to go."
The boys looked at each other and it was true that she was not wrong. The young woman was not afraid to put herself in danger. Soonyoung breathed in reflection and approved. He gave her an earpiece.

"Be careful, let us know if you have a problem, we'll come to you."

Here was the member of Red Velvet in the darkness of the night. She walked slowly toward the first house. She didn't need to stop to see the name on the mailbox that didn't match the one they were looking for. She continued for fifteen minutes before stopping suspiciously in front of a house because she couldn't read what was written on the mailbox. She dropped her purse to save time and was able to take more time to see the writing. "Mr. Ro." It was a shout of victory in her head.

"Guys I found it, house 14."

---

The boys and the young woman had stationed themselves in a place on the street in front of the house, which was not visible from the cameras of Mr. Lee's house. All the members could not go there, the intervention would be much too complicated and they would need someone to restart in a hurry just in case. Vernon, Minghao who can drive, Seungkwan, Irene and DK were chosen to stay in the car. The latter was grumbling because he wanted to come and save the American, his feelings wanted it. But Soonyoung decided that the most vulnerable should stay in the car for their own good.

Soonyoung led the way after putting on his hood, he stood in front of the door of the house with Mingyu before knocking, a guard came to open the door but he didn't have time to speak when the performance leader hit him in the head with his gun and paralyzed him. The other members came running after them as they had to duck to avoid a burst of bullets fired at them from the top of the stairs.

"Number 9, you stay by the door and make sure the guard doesn't wake up," Soonyoung shouted to Mingyu.

Wonwoo narrowly dodged a bullet thanks to Chan who saved his life. Jihoon returned fire with his gun, which after a moment managed to hit the man who fell over the railing. Oops, they were not supposed to kill them normally, and from the look on Jihoon's face he saw that he had just killed someone. Soonyoung came up behind him, before grabbing him by the shoulder to say two words.

"It doesn't matter, love. They didn't deserve to live." he reassured him before kissing his boyfriend's temple quickly and getting up to leave.

They had to find Joshua before another guard came along.
"We'll split up into two groups, one upstairs and one downstairs."

The basic planned groups that is,
Soonyoung, Mingyu, Jun and Wonwoo, Chan, Jihoon split up. The first group stayed downstairs, clearing the house of guards as best they could.

Those armed men in front of them were very bad with their gun. Mr. Ro should review the employees he has under his roof. However, a stray bullet hit Soonyoung in the leg as he fell to the ground.
"Hyung!" shouted Mingyu, who tried to grab him to take cover. Jun continued to shoot at the slightly more skilled man in front of them.
The performance leader gritted his teeth before managing to take cover thanks to Mingyu looking at him as if he were about to die.

"It's nothing Mingyu, it didn't touch anything vital." he wasn't a doctor, he was just saying that to reassure the younger man.
Jun finally got the man in front of them who smashed his head on the kitchen floor.

"Clear here" Jun said in the earpiece to the members on the upstairs.
"Hoshi Hyung is hurt." Mingyu admitted.

---

Jihoon, Wonwoo and Chan anxiously went upstairs when they heard the mess downstairs.

"Jisoo!?" shouted Chan in an attempt to find out more quickly where their Hyung was. But no one came out. A dozen doors opened for them. They wasted no time in opening them one by one. Bathroom, empty room, torture room. Everything was empty. The boys were beginning to think they had come to the wrong house.

"Hoshi Hyung is hurt," they heard in their earpieces. Jihoon's face changed directly to concern.
"No...no..." he breathed as he urgently wanted to go back downstairs.

Wonwoo held him back.
"We have to find Jisoo first," the black-haired man reminded him as Jihoon shook his head to clear his head.

They arrived at what they thought was Mr. Ro's room. They unholstered their weapons in case the master of the house was hiding in there because they still didn't know if he was home. Jihoon broke down the door while Chan and Wonwoo put their guns forward. The room was empty but...but Chan dropped his gun when he saw Joshua hooked up to the bed, his eyes closed.

"Hyung!" they shouted at the same time as Chan rushed to check if his heart was beating because he was so livid and scarred from the belt. The American opened his eyes with difficulty, blinking them several times as he thought it was a dream to hear his dongsaengs.

"Guys," he whispered weakly.
"Yes Hyung it's us." spoke Jihoon who gently patted his cheek to keep him conscious.

He was hooked up to the bed except they didn't have the key.
"Shit" Chan worried as he looked at the other two. Wonwoo, who was the pro at hacking everything, pulled a piece of scrap metal out of his pocket and inserted it into the lock. Everyone held their breath, and to their delight, a small "click" signaled that it was successful.

Joshua was finally able to free his aching wrist, and Chan didn't wait to throw himself into his arms.
"Chan, be careful" Jihoon asked him gently, even though he knew that the younger man was far too happy for that.
The express reunion over, they helped Joshua to his feet.
He leaned on Wonwoo as they led him to the stairs. A man appeared as he grabbed Jihoon, holding a gun to his head.

"Guys, we have a problem." Wonwoo whispered in the earpiece.

"Where are you going with this? He doesn't belong to you." he threatened as he pulled Jihoon close to him.

"Jihoon!" shouted Soonyoung from downstairs, he sensed that it was his boyfriend who was concerned about the problem and yes he was, indeed.

"Give him back to me." ordered the guard who wanted Joshua back.

"Never." replied Jihoon through gritted teeth as the man put the end of the gun to his head again.

"So you'd be willing to die for that bitch," the guard laughed mockingly.

"I didn't say I was the one who was going to die" Jihoon whispered as the man wondered what that meant. His thought was short lived as he was elbowed in the stomach which bent him forward, then a knee blow in the head which knocked him out. Jihoon picked up the man's gun and threw it down the hall.

Wonwoo and Chan looked at him with admiration.
"Let's go," said the voice leader as he walked past them as if nothing had happened. When they reached the bottom of the stairs, the worried members let out smiles when they saw their Hyung.

"The reunion will be in the car," Jihoon said as they ran out of time. They ran to the car. DK wrapped his arms directly around Joshua, taking him with him to his seat. They gave him a blanket before racing out of the neighborhood.

Mission: Rescue Joshua ✅

HEYYYY
NOW the next chapter will be the first ending :) I hope you will read the two of them :P One is a good ending, and the second...well.. you will see :)
AND THERE IS A SECOND TOME ^^
Don't hesitate to comment :)

Chapter 26: Chapter 26 : Ending 1

Chapter Text

Seungcheol collapsed in the seat of the car that was taking him back to the Lee house. His heart had stopped beating rapidly because of the stress. He had seen Jeonghan and had let him go again. He hoped that the angel's plan would go perfectly, he had no choice but to wait for the smoke that would warn him of the location of the warehouse where the idols were locked up.

He was biting his nails on the way back, thinking of many endings for this story, and unfortunately not all of them were good.

As the car finally pulled up in front of his "home", he took the time to thank the driver haughtily. He had to stay in his role until the end, he was perhaps a little too paranoid but the driver could very well go and report a little too suspicious behavior to the boss. With a determined step he entered "his" house without knocking.

There was a lot of chatter in the living room and no one must have heard him come in because of that. And when he arrived in the room, all eyes turned to him. His gaze fell directly on Jisoo who was sitting and wrapped in a blanket on the sofa. The twinge of sadness from the last time he had seen him at the market, came back to him.

"Josh..." he whispered as the American seemed to become emotional again when tears wet his eyes at the sight of the leader. He stood up carefully despite his body hurting from the beatings and other sexual abuse he had suffered. Seungcheol walked quickly to him as he took him in his arms. Jisoo came to take refuge as he hid his head in his neck to cry silently. The elder put his hand directly behind his head, consoling him and stroking his hair. He looked traumatized, which was totally normal after going through hell.

"I'm sorry I couldn't save you when we saw each other at the market, maybe that could have prevented-" Seungcheol whispered to him as Joshua took his face off the leader's neck to look him sadly in the eyes.

"It's not your fault, Cheol. I'm sorry I couldn't protect Jeonghan too. We have to save him," the American said helplessly as he tightened his fists on Seungcheol's suit jacket.

"You couldn't have done anything anyway except get yourself killed. You know very well that Han would never have let them touch you even if he had to lose his life," the oldest gently affirmed as he gently grabbed his chin to make his words clear. Jisoo nodded slightly at Seungcheol's words before falling back into his arms.

Seokmin was watching the scene a bit from a distance. The two looked close. It must have been the reunion that caused this but at the same time, the closeness between the two was a bit surprising.

"And Jeonghannie Hyung ?" asked Soonyoung who was sitting on the chair. Seungcheol's eyes widened when he saw the tourniquet on his leg. It didn't seem to bother the performance leader all that much.

"Soon, what is it? Are you hurt?" the older man asked directly, while Joshua was still in his arms, exhausted.

Seungcheolslowly placed the American back on the couch, before quickly stroking a lock of hair that had grown well in front of his eyes. Joshua curled up with his blanket over him.

The leader then came to kneel in front of Soonyoung as he touched the wound that made him let out a slight frown at the touch of it.

"Soon, you need to go to the hospital. You can't stay here" he looked up at Jihoon who understood that it was necessary for doctors to act on the wound which was likely to evolve badly.

"I want to stay here," Soonyoung complained, gritting his teeth to make the pain seem bearable. Jihoon silenced him by pressing on his wound causing his boyfriend to cry out and complain of pain, proving that he was not insensitive to pain.

"No. You're leaving. You will be of no use to us injured and you risk putting yourself in danger." The elder was telling the truth and of course did not wish to offend the younger.
Soonyoung muttered through his teeth even though he knew it was the wisest choice. He finally came to terms with the fact that Jihoon was going to drag him to the hospital if he had to.

"We can take the family car. You're going to need ours to escape," Jihoon warned and was logically chosen to accompany his boyfriend. Unfortunately he didn't have a license. Minghao immediately offered to go.

"Josh, you go with them," Seungcheol ordered him in a gentle voice, placing a hand on his shoulder. Joshua flinched. He flinched at the slightest thing, and he was not used to people being kind to him anymore. A few minutes later they were saying goodbye to the members. They just hoped they will see each other again. They all took care to hug each other properly because they were already imagining the worst.

"Guys especially if you see the manager, pretend you don't know where we are. He'll probably ask you a lot of questions," the leader said as he asked Minghao to roll down his window. The front seat was left free while Joshua squeezed in with Jihoon and Soonyoung in the back seats. He made sure he was not seen through the window so he would not be recognized.

"Don't worry, we'll manage," the confident vocal leader reassured him from the back seat. Soonyoung was already half slumped on him. His condition was deteriorating little by little as the blood kept flowing despite the tourniquet.

Seungcheol shouted something one last time and put his head inside the car so that everyone could hear him without him having to scream outside.
"Notify the police. We need to be able to get the other idols out who are trapped in every house in the neighborhoods."

"What?" gasped Minghao. "Hyung they probably know about this and they're going to play blind to what we tell them."

"The agencies are up to no good, but the police aren't in on it, I'm sure. That would be too many people knowing and it wouldn't even be a secret anymore. It would become a norm to give idols to kidnappers." resounded Seungcheol who looked convinced of his words and reasoning. What if the police didn't know anything about it and the agencies pretended to report the disappearance when they didn't.

Parents of missing idols were put in touch with a fake police force that told them what they wanted to hear. A fake police force that covered for the agency while the real one lived in unawareness of the disappearances.

"Well, we'll do it Hyung if you're so sure of yourself. Take care of yourself and bring Jeonghannie Hyung back to us" Seungcheol promised them before stepping back to let Minghao close the front window.

The car quickly disappeared from their sight and the oldest went back into the house again. No one else was out so as not to arouse suspicion if they saw too large a group of young people outside.

They just had to wait for the war to begin now and Jeonghan had to start it...

---

Once Seungcheol left, Jeonghan felt the only light in his heart fade away as well. At the same time, he was the one who didn't want to go back with the leader. Now he had to act. He was taken back in a car by force as usual while the boss had to return to the warehouse a little later to enjoy his time alone with Jeonghan. He had two rooms. One there with his office above the warehouse and here where the meal had taken place and which was his real home.

The angel was forced to go to dinner to regain his strength for the evening. The eyes of the idols who knew about the revolution that night turned to him as he walked with a conquering step to his place.
Everyone acted as if it was a normal day when Jeonghan returned after a long and perilous day.

He sat down in front of his plate filled with some soup before as usual, ending up eating only the piece of bread next to it.

"Hyung..." whispered Doyoung. Jeonghan looked at him directly waiting for the next part of his words.

"We managed to get the word out to everyone. Everything is ready. The doctor helped us."
Jeonghan knew he could count on him, he had been sure of it since the time he gave him his cell phone to call Seungcheol.

"When do we launch the assault ?" questioned Haechan.

"In 30 minutes, at 11:00 p.m., the guards are getting fewer and fewer at that time. I'll distract the boss. The guards will be lost because they won't get orders from him."

Doyoung took into account what Jeonghan said before dropping his fork on purpose.
The silence that was already in the room allowed everyone to understand the signal for one person from each table to look towards the one of the three. He picked it up before tapping the table three times with it, indicating the 30 minutes and therefore 23 hours if one looked at the clock at the top of the room.

Jeonghan knew he only had 10 minutes to eat after which, he would be taken to the boss's bedroom. That would be one less guard in the room to get rid of.

Besides, he saw the said guard start to come towards their table to snatch it from his plate.
"Guys, do you know what you have to do?" the two affirmed with a brief nod.

The plan was simple. Get rid of the guards in the great hall and then blow up the kitchen by opening the gas all the way and letting a candle burning. It would create a big explosion.

"Good luck," Jeonghan murmured worriedly as this might be the last time he would see them alive. It was noticeable that the mood in the room was gloomy, as if people were saying goodbye without really saying it to each other.

"I hope to see you again outside, Hyung," Doyoung replied with a slight smile. The angel didn't miss it and unfortunately didn't have time to return it because someone arrived to lift him up from his chair, without delicacy.

It was up to him to play now. He breathed to calm his nerves which were now mounted to block. He had waited for this moment for a long time but he had to contain himself not to do anything and to strike at the right moment.

He knew that he was probably entering this room for the last time because the building would soon catch fire, and especially because either the boss or he would die. When he was pushed into the room, the boss was finishing his shower. The guard was forced to keep Jeonghan waiting, the gun at the back of his neck so he wouldn't move.

The young boy took the opportunity to observe the different elements of the room that would allow him to assassinate the boss.
The man's gun would surely be the easiest way to kill him quickly, but how to reach him. He didn't have time to think about it because the boss came into the room in his bathrobe with a smile on his face that Jeonghan would love to rip off with a big punch. He directly ordered the guard to come out to give him some privacy with his "angel". Already, it was a mistake on his part because no one will be able to intervene when Jeonghan attacks him.

"I'm proud of you angel, you did very well tonight." he laughed in his deep, awful voice as Jeonghan crossed his arms over him thinking about that disgusting evening.

"For once you're doing things right." he provoked.
He ran his hand through Jeonghan's hair as the half-length haired boy closed his eyes waiting for the boss to pull them sharply as usual.

(TRIGGER)

"It's now my time to have some fun. You know what you need to do," the older man hinted as he sat down on the bed. Jeonghan automatically got down on his knees to begin performing oral sex on the man. "That's the last one," the boy encouraged himself as he worked on doing it so the boss would let his guard down, if he did things the way he asked.

"Take off your clothes, I want to see what's mine" the man did as he pulled Jeonghan's head up so he would stop sucking him. The angel promptly removed what little clothing he had before returning to licking the boss's sex, who was enjoying the sensation. The man poured into Jeonghan's throat and he winced softly before swallowing. The boss hated it when he spat out the cum on his floor and became violent afterwards. When he saw that Jeonghan swallowed the liquid properly, he stroked Jeonghan's hair.

"Go to the bed now, it's not over. I want to enjoy you, I was a little jealous of my friends earlier." he said in an amused but also annoyed in tone.

Jeonghan immediately lay down on his back waiting for the next step. He had to attack the boss at the same time as the explosion in the kitchen, otherwise his plan would fail. He had about 10 minutes left to suffer before he could take action.

The man passed between his legs as he tugged violently to bring Jeonghan closer to him. He grabbed the angel's ass, gripping itfiercely to lift the young boy up and penetrate him without delicacy, as usual. Jeonghan clenched his fist on the sheet, he had to hold back a little more. The member of Seventeen began to simulate and moan to replace the pain.

The boss was thrusting, he knew he was so full of himself that he would be proud to see the angel cum under him so Jeonghan tried to show him that he had given in and was "enjoying" what was being done to him. As the boss accentuated his movements he leaned towards the young boy's face before slapping him for pleasure and then he whipped Jeonghan's thigh with his hand.

"You like that huh! Say you like it!" the old man laughed with sadism as he left a red mark with his hand on Jeonghan's upper leg.

Jeonghan could not do anything but moan. He mostly hid his cries of pain with in his hands. His body was moving without resistance because of the rapid rhythm of the boss inside him. He opened his mouth to hiccup and say what the monster wanted to hear.
"ye...yes" he sighed as he arched his back as the man went deeper into him.

"I knew it, a slut like you could only love it after all. It took you several weeks to admit it though" the man slyly took pride in Jeonghan's answer. The young boy responded with a small cry as he touched his prostate. He then turned the angel over onto his stomach and let him do it, his head on the mattress and his buttocks slightly elevated. He grabbed both sides of Jeonghan's hips before sinking into him. The boss even added a few fingers to play with Jeonghan's orifice. He pushed them in next to his penis while taking the same rhythm.

The angel gritted his teeth at the new intrusion, he could feel his anus stretching a little more and it was so painful. The minutes were very long. The man withdrew his two fingers as he grabbed both of Jeonghan's arms to lock them behind his back, loving this feeling of dominance and submission in his little treasure. The singer began to panic as there was nothing he could do to defend himself in this position and especially to grab the weapon in the drawer beside him when the time came. More than the slamming of their two skins against each other could be heard as Jeonghan muffled his screams by putting his face into the sheet.

The room suddenly began to shake after a thud, synonymous with the explosion in the kitchen, startled them both. The door to the room opened immediately as a guard entered.

"Boss, there is a problem, what should I do?" the guard wanted to know if he should leave the boss alone here, or leave to help the others, he couldn't make a choice on his own, if it wouldn't be to put his boss in danger.

"Go and see what's going on!" the chief ordered him directly with an air of contempt because he had just been disturbed. In the meantime, he had dropped Jeonghan's two wrists in surprise, which had fallen limply onto the bed. The heart of the angel accelerated if it was the moment. His hand moved slowly across the bed to the drawer, while the guard was far too focused on the boss to notice. His hand touched the round handle of the drawer.

The piece of furniture being old, it would surely make a noise when opening it, which would put the plan in danger. In spite of the guard's intervention, the boss continued to move slowly in the youngest while he didn't even look at him. Jeonghan groaned again as he opened the drawer, hiding the creaking sounds. The scene passed very quickly. He retrieved the gun before hiding it under his chest. "I hope i won't kill myself accidentally" he said to himself.

His speed allowed him to close the drawer at the very moment when the boss turned around. He only saw the angel's hand hanging down, he raised an eyebrow. His stupidity did not make him ask more questions fortunately.
(END OF THE TRIGGER)

Jeonghan was now in possession of the weapon that would normally save his life.

"We're going to have to finish our little lovemaking sooner than we thought, my angel." The man pulled on the Jeonghan's hair to raise his head and whisper his words in his ear. He quickly poured himself inside Jeonghan who squealed when the boss pulled out of him as a burning sensation appeared at his orifice.

"Yes this is going to end faster than expected" the angel muttered back as the boss heard him.

"What do you dare to say?" the boss lectured as he knelt on the bed. He abruptly turned Jeonghan onto his back as a gun was pointed at him. The second oldest of Seventeen held it firmly with a defiant, almost convincing look in his eyes, even though his cheeks were red and his eyes glistened like after every rape he had ever experienced.

The man laughed before threatening him.
"Jeonghan. Drop the gun or you'll get hurt." the boss laughed at the image in front of him. He wasn't taking it seriously at all.

Outside the room, there were the beginnings of gunshots and screams of rebellion as the idols ran away and got rid of the guards. Jeonghan felt a pang of sorrow as he thought that there must have been idols who had been killed already.

"So it's your rebellion that's causing all this mess ?" said the boss in an aggressive voice. The man's eyes darkened but Jeonghan did not back down.

"I promised you I would kill you one day and today is that day." He had his hand on the trigger ready to pull.

"You can't do that. You're too weak," the boss tried to convince him as Jeonghan's hand began to shake. Shaking with exhaustion and anger.

"Oh yes I can. I can put a bullet in your head no problem." Asserted Jeonghan who was slowly regaining his confidence with that gun in his hands.

"Why are you trying to act tough with me. If I die. Joshua will die too. Mister Cho knows what he has to do." The boss scoffed again, thinking that the mention of Jeonghan's best friend in their conversation would stop the Seventeen member from shooting.

But this time, it was on Jeonghan's face that a smirk appeared, unsettling the Boss for the first time.

"Joshua is safe from your dirty hands." Jeonghan told him as the boss's face turned stern because his weapon of dissuasion had just been stolen from him.

"I've been waiting for this moment for weeks. Weeks of you making me suffer. You've torn young people away from their group when they had a bright future ahead of them. All for the sake of your little eyes and the eyes of others as crazy as you."

The man's head was smoking as his eyes could have killed Jeonghan if they were weapons. Speaking of smoke, black smoke was beginning to pass under the door as the building caught fire, enough to choke them if they were to stay here too long.

"Oh but you know. I've enjoyed this so much. Fucking you until you were full of my cum, watching you scream because you wanted to get out of here. You've only lived here for what you deserved as a good slut from your group and all those effeminate idols combined." The words of course touched Jeonghan, exhausted by so much violence. Tears were already welling up in his eyes even though he was trying to keep them from escaping to maintain credibility.

"You're a fucking monster. You're pathetic." spat Jeonghan who was still on his back with the man kneeling in front of him. He didn't mince his words, the gun still held out.

At this sentence, the boss suddenty tried to grab the ankles of the angel to destabilize him while he was trying to bend over him to snatch the weapon.

But the shot went off by reflex and burst in the forehead of the boss, blood dripping immediately from the hole caused by the bullet. The boss's body fell on top of him as he was blocked by it. He had no strength left. A shrill sound echoed in his ears as he was stunned by the gunshot.

Blood from the man's head dripped down his shoulder as he screamed to try to push the much larger body off of him. He was trying to regain the strength he had lost by not eating anything in recent weeks. The oppressive smoke began to tickle his throat and he began to cough.

He couldn't die here, not now. He sounded his action to move the boss's heavy corpse, which this time lifted slightly as Jeonghan pulled himself out by dropping to the floor, only to dodge it when he dropped it again. The fall was unpleasant, but it was enough to wake him up from his stunned state. He realized what he had just done. He had succeeded. The boss's body in the middle of the bed. The place where Jeonghan had experienced the worst things in his life. The wheel had turned.

Emotion took hold of the angel, who could not get up for lack of strength but also because his legs were still very sore after the last rape.

The smoke began to sting his eyes as he felt the heat of the fire approaching the room through the door. His eyes blinked in an attempt to stay conscious as he saw the door fly open.

"Han!" shouted a voice he loved so much. His man. Seungcheol rushed over to him before shaking him by the shoulders, which dissuaded Jeonghan from falling asleep. The leader immediately took off his jacket to cover his boyfriend's naked body.

"Cheol..." murmured the youngest breathless with a small happy smile, he thought he was dreaming for a second.

"Yes my love it's me. Hang on to me we must leave from here." he spoke quickly, out of breath, for having searched all the rooms of the building. The time is short.

He put his two arms around Seungcheol's shoulders as the elder carried him. The leader saw the dead body of the boss on the bed as a feeling of disgust came over him at what he had done to his boyfriend and the other idols. He quickly kissed Jeonghan's sweaty forehead to congratulate him before rushing to the door to flee the room.

From upstairs, they could see the flames rising higher and higher. They were already beginning to nibble at the staircase as Seungcheol stepped onto it. A step gave way under their weight as he caught himself and jumped onto the one below.

"Put me down. I can walk..." Jeonghan said weakly as he saw that Seungcheol was getting tired from the heat and the choking smoke. In response, the elder tightened his grip on Jeonghan's waist and under his legs, he would not let go a second time.

When they reached the ground floor, they found themselves walking through a thick cloud of smoke. They couldn't see anything and a coughing fit started in both of them, as the smoke came to stain their lungs.
"Han... *put the *cough* jacket over your face".

He saw that Jeonghan was refusing to do it so they can be both in the same situation, so he tried to speed up the pace. A piece of the roof began to collapse as Jeonghan shouted to warn the elder and the two ended up on the ground as Seungcheol threw himself down with the youngest under him to protect him from the debris that fell from the ceiling. The leader closed his eyes waiting for something to hurt him. Jeonghan brought one of his hands to the elder's closed face.
"Cheol, are you all right?" he worried as his eyes closed.

They opened as Seungcheol's eyes fluttered open again. Jeonghan breathed a sigh of relief as he helped the oldest up this time. The exit door was not far away as a draft was felt.
Their faces were turning black from the dust and smoke, and their health was deteriorating from the toxic gas. They would die of poisoning if they did not get out in the next three minutes. The leader eventually forced the jacket over Jeonghan's face so he wouldn't breathe in the smoke. The angel would not die, he promised himself.

Seungcheol had jumped into the building to save Jeonghan. The members couldn't do anything to stop him because the leader would never have agreed. But he didn't regret his choice.

"Jeonghan I love you." the Seungcheol suddenly said as he continued to cough as he walked forward. He had his arm over the second elder's shoulders to hold himself up as Jeonghan supported him with one hand around his waist.

"Me too." At least if they were going to die here, they would die together. Seungcheol fell to one knee as Jeonghan begged him to get up.

"No, no Cheol we're almost there! Please," the angel's voice trailed off. The difficulty to breathe was getting bigger and bigger, death was getting closer for our two heroes.

---

"Please let them come out" Seungkwan prayed and waited anxiously with the others in front of the building. Idols were running right and left to get out but they had not seen the two older ones in their group. Irene had found Yeri and was holding on to her, her arms tightening around the girl.

Black vans began to pull up not far from them, they knew trouble was brewing when armed men emerged from the vehicles.

"Take cover!" shouted Wonwoo who had been designated the permanent leader as the other three leaders were not there. Initially, they were shot at, but flashing blue lights gave them immediate relief. The police had come, dozens of cars with armed policemen to the teeth who started a real war with the gunmen.
An explosion took place in the warehouse again, blowing out the windows. The members of Seventeen began to shout the names of their two elders.

"Hyungs!" half cried Chan because they were still not coming out. Mingyu had a sudden burst of courage to run to the warehouse but Wonwoo stopped him.

"Please don't do this. Don't leave me. Not you." whispered Wonwoo whose voice cracked. The giant talked himself out of it before hugging his boyfriend, who hid his head in his chest.

As the members began to mourn the loss of the two elders, two figures walked through the smoke visible at the front door before collapsing a few meters after going outside. Seungcheol and Jeonghan.
"Hyungs!" yelled Seokmin as everyone rushed toward them to get them away from the warehouse.

Vernon hugged Jeonghan with Jun and refused to let go while the angel was still conscious. Seungcheol had passed out in the arms of Seungkwan and Chan. A policeman came running towards them. They had gained the upper hand on the gunmen and were busy getting people to safety.

We need an ambulance, please," the policeman said into his walkie-talkie. He ordered the Seventeens to stand behind a low wall as an ambulance arrived in two minutes. They had already been called when the police were notified of all this. Two helicopters were sweeping the city as families tried to flee their homes.

It was a scene from a movie. The two elders were put in the truck as they were taken to the nearest hospital. Jeonghan also succumbed when an oxygen mask was put on his face. He still grabbed Seungcheol's hand that was hanging on the bed next to him before falling asleep.

---
The next morning

The intermittent beeping of a machine woke Jeonghan up uncomfortably as he scrunched up his face. His body ached terribly. He opened his eyes to see that he was in a hospital room. He immediately noticed Mingyu and Wonwoo asleep on two chairs in the room. He then looked at his body, which was completely scarred all over, and saw the reality of what he had experienced. He felt as if it had all been a nightmare, but it had been real.

When he moved in his bed, Wonwoo woke up immediately as his eyes widened when he saw Jeonghan awake. He shook Mingyu ungraciously as the giant woke up with a complaint. He was about to argue with Wonwoo, but the look on their elder's face as he looked at them affectionately drew a smile on his lips immediately. The two of them quickly dived into Jeonghan's arms as the angel laughed and stroked their hair. It didn't take more than 10 minutes for everyone to invade his room.

Soonyoung made his way among the others while he was on crutches, he too came to embrace Jeonghan who was worried when he saw his leg. Only Jisoo and Seungcheol were missing and the angel immediately tilted despite the good mood in the room.
"Where's Cheol and ... Jisoo?"

"Joshua Hyung is having a checkup. He needs to see a psychologist."
Jeonghan nodded before asking the question again because he hadn't been answered about his boyfriend.

"What about Seungcheol?" he insisted. Their eyes met as if something was being kept from him.
Jeonghan was about to rip the catheter from his skin to get up but a hand stopped him and he saw the leader with flowers in his hand.

Jeonghan brought his hand directly to his mouth as Seungcheol withdrew it to place his lips on it, the angel came to caress his boyfriend's cheek, who kissed him a little more lovingly, almost forgetting the others.

"Are you okay?" asked Jeonghan, nose to nose with the elder.
"Yes, I had a little carbon dioxide poisoning but I have a treatment so I'm fine. And you?" whispered Seungcheol in front of his lips.

Jeonghan backed up in bed before huffing and puffing.
"I hurt all over."

The others had ideas of why and were sorry.

"We're sorry we didn't save you sooner, Hyung," Soonyoung apologized as Jeonghan nodded.

"It's not your fault at all, okay. You risked your life to save me and I'll be grateful." He lectured them as one would lecture children. But he didn't want them to feel guilty. They could have done nothing and just waited.

"Wait. The other idols have escaped, have there been any deaths? Are Doyoung and Haechan okay?" The faces of the other members grew dim as Jeonghan knew something was wrong.
"Tell me." pleaded the angel who couldn't live another minute without knowing who had sacrificed themselves for the survival of the others.

"9 out of 46 are dead. Doyoung too."
Seungcheol said with difficulty as he came to embrace Jeonghan who began to cry silently.

They stayed with him all afternoon waiting for Jisoo to come back. The second oldest left to do some exams. The two best friends still hadn't seen each other despite the fact that they asked to see each other. They were condemned to stay a good week in the hospital for psychological support, which they would then have for several months or even years if they wished. They had not contracted any STIs, which was fortunate after the multiple rapes on Jeonghan.

On the third day, Jeonghan was allowed to get up and go see Jisoo. He walked apprehensively to the room of the American he had missed so much.

The youngest was playing his guitar to relax in his room. He was looking outside. It had been a long time since he had seen him. A knock on the door turned him toward it as a young man with a frail body he recognized from a mile away walked in. Joshua dropped his guitar.

"Yah, don't break it." laughed Jeonghan.

"Han!" the American had shouted in surprise as Jeonghan ran to him to throw himself into his arms, causing them to fall onto the bed. It was a mixture between laughter and tears. They caressed each other's faces as if they were seeing each other's for the first time.
They didn't let go of each other and refused the nurses' request when Jeonghan was told to return to his respective room. The angel had been convincing and a bed had been added to Jisoo's room.

It was of no use for the rest of the week as the two preferred to sleep together in the same bed, cuddling.

Jisoo was grateful to Jeonghan for protecting him during these long months, the elder only told him that it was normal as a best friend. They had nightmares together at night, with horrific images coming back to them. But they supported each other as always.

Within a week, the press had been alerted about the affair and everyone knew about it. The main people in this illegal network were arrested and some were wanted. The agencies were accused of participating and there was a turnover in the heads of the agencies involved to replace the imposters and the leaders who had caused it. Pledis replaced his president. Some fans and groups were also grieving the death of one of their own.

The day of the return to the dormitories arrived. The new manager went to pick up the two boys at the hospital as he drove them home. Both were very stressed about their return.

When they opened the door, they were greeted with a banner and confetti. The members jumped on top of them to greet him, as love filled the room.

Music filled the room as Jisoo and Jeonghan rediscovered the music they hadn't heard in a long time. They partied late into the night, and when everyone got tired, they decided to go to bed. Joshua had decided to sleep with Seokmin, who had suggested it so that he would not be alone in the dark, which now terrified him. Although they hid it well, both were suffering from real trauma that they hoped to forget in time.

Seungcheol gently led Jeonghan to their room as the angel stopped short because he had missed it so much. He had almost forgotten what it looked like. The word "bedroom" often left him with a bad memory because his traumas came from here most of the time. The leader knew this and planned to take it easy on his boyfriend.
Seungcheol lay down first in the bed while Jeonghan hesitated while standing next to him.

"Babe, you're not at risk now. You need to sleep, come on," Seungcheol reassured him in his leader voice. He opened his arms for the angel to come in the bed.

"I won't hurt you, Jeonghan. We'll wait as long as it takes for any further contact." The second elder was of course not scared of Seungcheol, he just had way too many images running through his head. The boss' arms around him, his mouth on his neck, his teeth on his skin. He shook his head to clear those bad images. Seungcheol was getting a little more worried as he was about to ask the youngest to sleep separately if he wanted. But Jeonghan added himself to the bed as he came to snuggle on Seungcheol's chest who didn't dare to wrap his arms around him in return.

"Cheol, it's okay" reassured the youngest as the black-haired man came to encircle him delicately with his arms, surrounding him as lightly as possible so that he doesn't feel compressed.
Jeonghan smelled the scent of Seungcheol that he had been longing for. The older man did the same for the angel's hair, whose special shampoo he loved. They had missed the body of the other. The leader felt wet drops falling on his chest, imagining directly that Jeonghan must be crying. He wrapped his arms around him a little more as he comforted him in the silence of the dormitory.

"No one will take you away from me, Han. Never again." Seunghcheol's words echoed as Jeonghan fell asleep in his arms, pressing himself a little closer to him to regain warmth. This body heat that he had missed so much.

And for the first time in weeks, the group was together again. Having overcome a test that others would not have succeeded. But it was their group work, the fact that they were so tightly knit that had allowed them to get through. Nothing stronger than the love of a family.

 

END 1
The other ending will be there soon...
Thanks to anyone who reads this story :))
The tome 2 will come later ^^

Chapter 27: Alternative ending

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

(I'm repeating some parts of the other ending so it's okay if some sentences are similar, I've indicated when the story really changes).

Trigger warning : assault, rape, blood

When Seungcheol disappeared in that car, Jeonghan felt his heart pinch as if he regretted it. He felt like he should have followed him and run away with him...he was hoping to be with him tonight... Everything was too good to end well. However, there was no turning back, the other idols were counting on him to lead them to freedom and he was going to keep his word regardless. It had been several weeks that they had been waiting for the D-day which had finally arrived.

The angel was obliged to go to eat to regain his strength for the evening, he was the only one that the guards should absolutely not let starve to death. The eyes of the idols who knew about the revolution which was going to happen this night where all looking at him, as he hesitantly walked to his seat.

The boy from Seventeen was able to feel the anxiety of each person he passed by. There was a lot of apprehension and stress in the room and it was getting heavy. Everyone was trying to pretend that it was a normal day when Jeonghan came back after a long and dangerous day of work, if you could call it that.

He sat down in front of his plate filled with a slimy soup, but, as usual, he ending up eating only the piece of bread next to it. The only food consistent enough to fill part of his stomach that would have to readjust to eating a larger amount of food if he were to manage to escape.

"When do we launch the assault ?" questioned Haechan as he put down his spoon after emptying his bowl. His hand trembled slightly, not at all reassured by the revolution that was coming.

"In 30 minutes, at 11pm, the guards are getting fewer and fewer at that time. I will distract the boss. The guards will normally be lost because they won't get orders from him." The plan seemed to hold for now. At the same time, it was hard to come up with anything better when you have over forty idols to coordinate.

Jeonghan knew he only had ten minutes to eat after which he would be taken to the boss's room. That would be one less guard in the main hall.

10 minutes later, he saw the guard start to come towards their table to snatch him from his plate.
"Guys, you know what you have to do?" the two affirmed with a brief nod.

"Especially be careful. The explosion is going to happen quickly, so hurry up and get away so you don't get caught in the flames," Jeonghan whispered quickly, worried that it wouldn't go as planned.

The plan was simple. Get rid of the guards in the great hall and then blow up the kitchen by turning on the gas and leaving a flame burning. One wrong move and it would endanger everyone. They weren't professionals, they had a much better chance of failing.

"Good luck," Jeonghan murmured, worried that this might be the last time he would see them alive. He had a very bad feeling.

It was noticeable that the atmosphere in the room was sullen as if people were saying goodbye without really saying it in words. Glances and discreet gestures were enough. There had been a lot of closeness, some couples had formed and had not dared to reveal themselves to protect each other.

"I hope to see you again outside Hyung," Doyoung said sadly, but the angel couldn't hear him because he was already too far away.

Jeonghan walked with a determined step, it was up to him now. He breathed to calm his nerves that were now running high but also to stop the slight tremors he was trying to hide. He was going to play his life, he didn't think he would ever have to do it. Well, he didn't think he would ever be kidnapped and exploited either.

He knew he was probably going into that room for the last time because the building would quickly catch fire, and more importantly because either the boss or he would die from the other.

When he was pushed into the room, the boss was finishing his shower. The guard was forced to keep Jeonghan waiting, the gun at the back of his neck so he wouldn't move. The half-long-haired boy closed his eyes so he could meditate. He breathed calmly while he still had the cold of the weapon on the skin of his neck. He hoped soon to be able to do the same on the boss while pulling the trigger.

The man's gun in the drawer, would surely be the easiest way to take him down quickly. Jeonghan didn't have enough strength to try to strangle him like Seungcheol had done with one of the boss's friends over an hour ago. He didn't have time to think about it because the boss came into the room in his bathrobe with a smile on his face that Jeonghan would love to punch out of him. He clenched his jaw to avoid letting out a swearword in the face of this perverted person.

The boss ordered directly the guard to leave, to have some intimacy with his "angel". This was already a mistake on his part because no one would be able to intervene when Jeonghan tried to fight back by attacking him.

 

 

(The change in the story is now)

"I'm proud of you my angel, you did very well tonight." he laughed in his deep and awful voice as he grabbed Jeonghan by the waist who was hugged by the man who was now inches away from his face. He lowered his head to escape his mischievous gaze.

"For once you do things right and don't complain." he muttered, his putrid breath reaching the angel's nostrils, who frowned.
He ran his hand through Jeonghan's hair, who wanted to back away but was pulled by his hair to stay in place.

"Tututut.... don't go so fast. You should be grateful that you had the best night of your life. I heard you really enjoyed that little jaunt to the bathroom with two of my associates, Mr. Choi told me. He doesn't seem to be insensitive to your charm."

Jeonghan unconsciously looked up when the boss referred to Seungcheol as Mr. Choi and not Lee. He saw that the boss's features had hardened just like his hand on his hair. He still wouldn't have .... no, Jeonghan's face suddenly turned livid.

He began to laugh at the distorted face of the angel who could not prevent an expression of horror.

"You really think I'm that stupid," the man growled through his yellowed cigar teeth, now so menacing. Jeonghan felt his legs begin to fail him.

"Did you really think I wasn't going to recognize that idiot who was posing as one of my associates. Idols, you all have the same aura that you would be recognized from 20 yards away. It makes me want to vomit. He still had the courage to come and try to rescue you. What a stupid move."

"Please don't hurt him," Seventeen's second oldest immediately began to beg as he begged him with both hands.
The man looked at him seriously before clicking his tongue grabbing his wrist violently.

"I told you, the next time you slip up, the consequences will be terrible. You didn't take my threats seriously so I'm keeping my word." He paused as Jeonghan dreaded what would happen next.
"The 'Lee family' has visitors right now. I hope they run fast, my men will show no mercy. They will make sure there are no survivors."

And that's when the world really fell apart for Jeonghan.

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Seungcheol had just returned to the Lee house and found his friend from 95 Line totally traumatized. Seokmin was on the couch with Joshua in his arms as he told him stories and fond memories to try to cheer him up. The American dodged little smiles here and there.

Seungcheol watched them as they sat in the chair across from the couch, smiling. The others were bringing food to Joshua, who had lost a lot of weight and his cheeks had become hollow.

The leader's expression turned serious as he saw his friend's condition. He also thought about the evening he had just spent.
"How was Hyung?" dared Chan to ask, hesitating a little.

"It was horrible." His answer of course surprised no one and left a great silence in the room.

"Han, how is he?" Joshua's trembling voice rose.
Seungcheol raised his gaze to him as he bit his lip.

"He's still standing... and he's determined to succeed in his plan tonight. I hope he succeeds." He was content to give hope to others. However, he felt as if he should never have left Jeonghan again.

An hour passed and 10:30 p.m. sounded on the clock in the big villa. Nothing had happened in all that time. Wonwoo occasionally looked out the window under Seungcheol's orders, to see if there was any sign that the group should act to help the angel. It was difficult to see smoke because of the darkness, fortunately the street was rather well lit. However, he saw something else that did not look good.

"Guys, a black car just parked in front of our house," Wonwoo said in a concerned manner as he immediately ducked as men got out of the vehicle.

"And they're fucking armed !" exclaimed the young man as only those in the living room heard him.

"What?!" Seungcheol immediately got up from the couch. This was not normal. Not normal at all. The leader sensed that it was going to go wrong so he grabbed Seokmin by the arm.

"Go get the others quickly and hide in the back room, now!" Everyone left the living room in a hurry while Seungcheol was left alone. Soonyoung was crippled with the bullet he had taken and couldn't move very fast. He was still bleeding despite the tourniquet. They had to take him to the hospital as soon as possible, even if it was complicated at the time.

Once the others were out of his sight, Seungcheol rolled up his sleeves and prepared to open the door when they knocked.
The men crossed the long aisle as they stood in front of the door, concealing their weapons.

Seungcheol took a deep breath before walking slowly toward it. He didn't waste another second opening it.

"Hello, I can help you," he said in a friendly manner, opening the door halfway so as not to show too much of the house. The men remained unmoved. The highest ranking officer began to speak.

"Mr. Lee," his voice sounded stern just by mentioning the name. The guard peeked into the room behind Seungcheol, pressing the door open a little more.

"Where are your wife and children?" he asked suspiciously as the other two guards behind him watched the house.

The elder Seventeen didn't waste a second answering so as not to put himself in danger.
"They went to sleep of course, they have school tomorrow and my wife is slightly ill so she is in bed too. Is there something wrong with her ?"

The guard lowered his hand to his gun as Seungcheol's eyes followed her.
"Can we come in?" the guard asked. Though it wasn't necessarily a question in the way he said it.

"It's late. Come back tomorrow." Seungcheol tried to sound stern but that didn't seem to please the three guards in front of him.

"Yes so you have time to escape from here as your false identity has been discovered, Choi Seungcheol." There was a blank moment for the leader of Seventeen to understand. He turned his shocked gaze to the guard who was definitely going to draw his gun. He didn't have time to find an excuse. He tried to close the door but it was blocked, he forced it closed and then locked it.

He heard the first shots, but the bullets could not get through. The door vibrated with each impact.

The leader had to come to his senses a little. They're screwed. That was the first sentence that came to mind as he heard no sound around him. He had to get away. He ran to the back of the house where the group would normally escape through the bedroom. He stumbled in, the surprised and worried faces towards him. The expression said it all.

"We called the police, we have no choice," was the first thing Jihoon said as he supported Soonyoung with his injured leg.

Seungcheol doubted for a second that the police would be on their side, but he couldn't think about that any longer.
"Let's get out of here and quickly," he breathed. His soul had almost left him when he had narrowly escaped the guards' fire. He quickly pushed the members toward the window as they quickly exited.

"Run, get to the neighbors house !" They couldn't go pick up their cars in front of the house. He hadn't really had time to think of a plan. They had to improvise.

Seungcheol grabbed the group's only remaining weapon before taking out the last one. They all ran to the next villa. It was silent now, only their heavy breathing could be heard. The armed group must have been in the Lee's house, they had not yet come out and that left them time to run away and especially to go over the wooden fence to get in next door. At least that's what the group thought.

Soonyoung grimaced when Jihoon and Seungkwan who were supporting him tried to make him speed up despite his bloody leg. This last one gave way, rushing him to the ground, he dragged partly the two others who tried to maintain him.

"Hyung, get up please" begged Seungkwan whose eyes grew big when he saw that a shot hit Vernon in the back. One of the guards had seen them through the upstairs bedroom window. Vernon was one of the members who was walking at the back of the group, with Seungcheol, Wonwoo and Mingyu. He let out a cry of pain as Wonwoo made him continue to run, getting behind him to protect him from the next impact. Seungcheol had managed to shoot the man with his weapon.

Fortunately for them, they had managed to advance into the large garden to be out of reach until the guards came out.

This slight head start allowed a few members to get to the other side of the fence. First they helped Irene, and then Joshua, who had been in great pain and needed to escape the horror. Now they had to help the injured performance leader over the fence. A short ladder was necessary to get through, but it took three of them to pull Soonyoung up. Jihoon held on to him and never let go except when he finally made it to the other side. He was relieved.

"We need to buy some time!" shouted Seungcheol to Mingyu who had joined Wonwoo to protect him from the gunfire as well. The elder realized how difficult it was to get 13 people over a fence in a few seconds. Their task was made even more difficult when they saw the three armed men who finally came out of the back of the house.

Seungcheol opened fire directly with his pistol in an attempt to draw back the two remaining guards, who did so by shielding themselves behind the table on the terrace.

"How?!" yelled Mingyu back at him as he pushed Wonwoo and Vernon toward the fence to rush them.

And the leader had no idea because it was complete chaos. Vernon collapsed to the ground as Wonwoo and Mingyu tried to keep him awake. Jun and Seungkwan climbed the fence to grab Vernon's lifeless body, they were beginning to cry as they saw their badly injured friend.

The problem was that the guards had seen how difficult it was for the Seventeen to get over the fence with an injured man. Seungcheol swung his gun as he ran out of bullets. They were at the mercy of the guards now. Wonwoo managed to throw Vernon, who finally made it to the other side.

Bullets rained down on them again. The members yelled at Seungcheol, Mingyu and Wonwoo to hurry up. Wonwoo almost got shot in the arm as he climbed up, causing him to tumble again. Mingyu caught him, and looked him straight in the eye.
"Hyung, I want you to know that I love you very much and will continue to look after you no matter where I am," he said as Wonwoo lay in his arms. He carried him to reach the top of the fence which the older grabbed confused.

"What ? Mingyu why are you saying that now." Jun grabbed both of Wonwoo's forearms to help him. But the black-haired boy seemed to understand little by little. He hoped Mingyu was not going to do what he was thinking about.

"I have to do it, otherwise you'll never leave " said the tallest without listening to his boyfriend.

"Do what-" but the older of the two didn't have time to finish his sentence when Mingyu started to run away to try to split the guards.
"MINGYU COME BACK!" shouted Wonwoo at him in a helpless voice as Seungcheol froze. Jun pulled on Wonwoo's arms as the boy did not want the Chinese man to touch him.

He struggled to get down and chase his boyfriend. The other guard who had run out of bullets threw himself at Seungcheol who luckily managed to knock him out with his strength, while the leader silently rejoiced. However, a distant gunshot was heard, and then, Mingyu's body falling heavily to the ground and never waking up. Wonwoo screamed at the top of his lungs as his boyfriend collapsed. Tears filled his eyes.

"NOOOO MINGYU! LET GO OF ME !" he struggled as he was still held by Jun's grip that refused to let go.
"Gyu..." the leader muttered as he saw the guard take out his phone to take a picture of the body. He turned his gaze to Jun and Wonwoo as the other members asked what was going on as they could not see anything with the fence. Even though, deep down, they understood when they heard the shot.

"Jun, go ahead," Seungcheol asked. Wonwoo had no answer for anything anymore. Only tears of anger ran down his cheeks. The Chinese man lifted Wonwoo up before Chan and Minghao helped him down. Some of the members had sorry faces for Wonwoo, but they were also very upset. Minghao tried to stay strong even though his best friend had just been killed. Others couldn't help but cry.

"No...no it's not...no way he can't" Wonwoo tried to convince himself as he struggled to breathe through his sobs. Seungcheol arrived last on the ground on the other side, he put both hands directly on Wonwoo's shoulders, so that he could regain control of himself.

"Won, we have to go...that he didn't do this for nothing. We need you to stay with us. We need to get out of here so Vernon and Soonyoung don't ..." He didn't need to say the end of the sentence. Wonwoo was still in denial about what had happened.

Even so, they had no time to slow down, so they reluctantly continued to run so that the last guard wouldn't catch up with them or call for reinforcements.

---

Jeonghan fell to the ground when the boss threw his knee into his stomach. The angel's head was bloody from the blows that had been landing on him for at least 10 minutes. The man in front of him had become uncontrollable after knowing the truth about Seungcheol. He had no strength left to defend himself. He tried to crawl to the drawer where the weapon should be except that the boss showed something in his hand.

"Is this what you're looking for? I told you, Jeonghan, that next time I won't let anything get past me. You're the one who was stupid enough in the story to think you'd escape me." He kicked Jeonghan again, who was writhing on the ground from the pain. One of his ribs must have been broken in addition to his lip that was busted.

"Please call your guards back... please don't hurt my friends, I beg you," the half-length-haired boy was crying on the floor. "Please." he raised his head, his red eyes watering. The boss's cell phone rang at that moment as he picked it up to look at the message. A smile and then a sadistic laugh echoed through the room. He then held the cell phone out to Jeonghan where he could see a picture.

"And I'm telling you that one of your friends... is dead. Congratulations." His expression mocked Jeonghan who brought both his hands to his mouth, as his whole body started to tremble.
"No...no Mingyu," the boy whispered, his sobs redoubling in intensity.

"You are a monster, I FUCKING HATE YOU." He spat at the boss who continued to laugh, but grabbed his hair before lifting him up to push him onto the bed.

"Yes I am a monster as you say. And you're going to join that little fucker soon so he won't be alone."

"Don't talk about him like that! He was the nicest person I knew. You have no heart. You will go to hell, and even hell is too wise for what you have done !" Jeonghan shouted at him. He spat blood on his attacker.

But nothing seemed to hurt the boss who didn't take anything seriously. He only had one thing on his mind. To make Jeonghan suffer. The angel's aggressive words did not even touch his pride.

He ripped Jeonghan's shorts and tank top off as the angel closed his eyes and let himself be hurt.

"I can't take it anymore. Just kill me." the young boy gave up for good when he saw that he couldn't find an ounce of remorse in the man.

"Oh don't worry. You'll die. But I might as well enjoy you one last time. I'm a little sad that I have to kill you, angel." he stroked Jeonghan's naked belly, who didn't react, too shocked by Mingyu's death. He passed his hands on the youngest before spreading the two buttocks, inserting himself without preparation in him. He gave him violent thrusts without any reaction from Jeonghan, who blinked slowly, his eyes blinded by tears.

An explosion shook the building, the revolution was beginning. Cries of revolt were heard as well as gunfire. Jeonghan prayed that the idols would escape.

"You'll have fought to the bitter end at least. " said the owner through his teeth, annoyed that his business was falling apart.

A guard rushed into the room without knocking.
"Boss, we have to get you out of here. There are too many of them!" The boss clawed at both of Jeonghan's hips with both hands as he clutched them.
"Let me finish and let's go," he ordered, putting his hands gently on Jeonghan's neck, and Jeonghan put his hands on the man's neck, who was starting to squeeze him a little too hard.

"You'll pay for all this, I'll...come and haunt you," Jeonghan hiccupped as he began to run out of air. The man was penetrating him more and more violently to achieve his orgasm and at the same time the compression on his neck was far too strong.

Jeonghan tried to reach for the bedside lamp, he was trying everything, his eyesight was beginning to be blurred, his body was not getting enough oxygen. He was inches away from grabbing it, as smoke began to enter the room...

 

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Seungcheol ran, he ran like mad. He had left the group behind and ordered them to leave as soon as they could, without him and take the others to the hospital. He arrived in front of the burning building as idols were running around, chased by guards who were shooting at them without thinking. He saw Yugyeom hit one of the guards with the help of Bang Chan.

The two of them helped Mina from Twice who was knocked down by a guard.
And several similar scenes were taking place. Unfortunately, not all of them were lucky. Kim Han-bin fell down right in front of him after being shot in the back. Two idols rushed to pick him up.

However, they all stood together and helped each other no matter how much their lives were at stake. Seungcheol was the only one to go against the crowd, he bumped into someone he recognized. Kihyun from Monsta X. He was crying, his hands completely bloody. Seungcheol grabbed one of his hands and pulled him behind a tree.

"Seungcheol" The boy was inconsolable. The leader didn't know what to do about his friend.
"Chang Kyun... they killed him, and he fucking died in my arms. And I left him." he cried harder.
"Hyung...hyung" grabbed the older man's face to calm him down.

"You couldn't do anything about it, they were going to kill you too" he tried to comfort him as best he could even though his heart broke at the thought of one of his friends dying.
Kihyun slid down against the tree while Seungcheol checked to see if the guards were staying away. They didn't seem to be in front of the building anymore, they were either chasing the idols through the village or they were dead.

"Hyung, listen, you stay here. The police are coming. I have to go inside to save Jeonghan. Please be strong." He quickly hugged the elder who was still sobbing. He still encouraged Seungcheol with his eyes.

The leader of Seventeen didn't waste a second running towards the entrance of the building. The smoke was already thick and present, greatly diminishing his visibility. The hall was small but enough to accommodate several dead bodies on the floor. Seungcheol remained focused on reaching his boyfriend because if he looked down at the faces that might be familiar to him, he would lose his nerve.

"Jeonghan!" he yelled as the smoke entered his mouth causing him to cough.
He shouted his boyfriend's name hoping to get a response in return but nothing.

He saw some stairs and he doesn't know why but he had a feeling that they would lead him to his boyfriend. He climbed them with haste,the building and pieces of the ceiling were beginning to fall. He threw himself against a wall when it almost fell on him. He saw a double door in the distance, he moved and stuck to the wall before stepping over some debris. One of the doors was half open, he could see that there was no movement in it. He opened it abruptly before staring at a body lying on the bed. A body he knew from miles away.

"Han?" No answer. He approached, remaining on his guard before climbing onto the bed to shake his boyfriend.
"Wake up, we have to go," Seungcheol pleaded with him as he coughed again, taking off his shirt to cover Jeonghan's naked body. He guessed what had happened to him, it pained him greatly but for now he had to get them out of here.

His eyes went to his boyfriend's livid face, but also to his bluish lips. He had purple marks around his neck.

"No, no, it can't be," Seungcheol muttered as he put his ear to Jeonghan's mouth to see if he was breathing. Nothing.

"Han, you can't do this to me. This isn't funny, please wake up." he grabbed the angel's shoulders to shake him a little sharply in an attempt to get him to move.

And for good, the leader shouted of distress by shaking his little friend and then he put his head on his immobile chest. After Mingyu, Kihyun... now Jeonghan. The only light in his life had gone out. He tried CPR in vain, it was too late.

"Please...you can't leave me...please babe" he cried before taking Jeonghan's face in his hands, caressing his cheeks and kissing his face. He desperately tried CPR and mouth-to-mouth, but nothing happened.

"Why, I let you go back alone. Why didn't I come sooner ?!" exclaimed Seungcheol who felt like hitting himself. He alternated between guilt, angry screams and tears.

"I'm begging you Han. Come back, don't let me. " he begged, his voice cracked. One of his tears fell on Jeonghan's face. Seungcheol gently kissed his cheek. "My love, how am I going to do without you. I can't live without you." he put his forehead against Jeonghan's, whispering softly those words that hoped to wake him up magically. He gently kissed his lips to bring him back to life.

There was another explosion, shaking the room, showing that the fire had reached a new area of gas or something. Seungcheol knew he had to leave now if he didn't want to be trapped here. But what was the point. He didn't want to live anymore. He lay down next to his boyfriend, taking the lifeless body and hugging him.

The flames finally reached the room. There was a huge cracking sound as the building collapsed for good, with police sirens finally being heard.

Seungcheol was finally able to join Jeonghan in the world the angel had flown into a few minutes earlier.

---

A day passed. Joshua, Soonyoung, Vernon and the other idols were taken care of by the hospital. A crisis unit had been set up to treat the many injured. No visitors were allowed and the three Seventeen members had no news from outside. Phones and televisions were banned to protect the injured from what was on the news at the time. Many needed to see psychologists and were psychologically traumatized after seeing the death of their friends. The three members of Seventeen could still hear Wonwoo's screams after Mingyu was shot.

That evening, Vernon, Joshua, and Soonyoung had been put in a room so that the three of them could be together Vernon had been very lucky, because the bullet in his back could have been fatal if it had hit any organs. However, luck was with him. Soonyoung had a huge bandage on his leg and was immobilized for several weeks.
Joshua was quietly playing music for them as he waited impatiently for news of Jeonghan and Seungcheol.

That evening, Jihoon, Jun, Minghao and DK arrived in the room. The three injured boys could not define the expression on their faces. Jihoon's eyes were red and swollen. Jun and Minghao were holding hands as if they were about to be torn apart. Seokmin looked at Joshua with compassion while the American didn't even know the bad news.

Joshua slowly got up from his bed to come and stand in front of Jihoon, knowing that something was wrong.
"What happened ?" he felt his legs begin to tremble.
The vocal leader lowered his eyes to the ground before raising his head, his eyes watering.

"Cheol and Jeonghan...they are..." Jihoon froze as his breath caught before he spoke the last word. But Joshua understood. " No...no... please, don't say this. It can't be possible...No." His legs gave out on him as he fell to his knees, bursting into tears as he curled up on the floor, his fists clenched.

Jihoon was now death inside. In addition to his dongsaeng, he had just lost two of his hyungs, one of whom was his best friend. He needed Soonyoung's arms. He felt the tears they had already had all night return to his eyes again as he came to embrace Soonyoung in shock.

Vernon stood there without reacting. It was totally unbelievable. Jun slowly approached him to see how he was doing, while Minghao rushed to the ground to comfort Joshua, who was screaming with sadness. He thought Jeonghan was going to be okay. His best friend. He would never see him again. He sacrificed his life for him.

Seokmin made room for himself next to Minghao so he could hug Joshua. He kissed his head. The new elder of Seventeen cried into his neck as Seokmin whispered words of comfort to him.

"I'm here, I'll take care of you."

---

News flash: About 50 idols were found in a warehouse a few hours from Seoul. A dozen of them unfortunately died while trying to escape following an operation called "The Revolt". All these young people were used as sex slaves by families who were grouped in several villages. The leader of this network Chang Sang-su is currently wanted throughout the country for his crimes. The police are actively looking for him and are gradually dismantling this market to find those responsible. The CEO of the agencies of the idols involved have also been arrested since they admitted to be accomplices. The country offers its condolences and stands by the families of the victims in these difficult times.

 

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A few days later, the burial of the three boys took place. The families had decided to bury them together in the same cemetery. Many fans came to bring flowers in front of the gates.
The members were lost and now found themselves without a home, their families were fortunately there for them.

They had a meeting a few weeks later to see if they wanted to continue the group. Jihoon was in charge of announcing the news in front of the media because it was becoming a public matter.

The members were waiting for Jihoon in a side room. They were not going to miss anything thanks to a television that was broadcasting the press conference live. Joshua shook hands with Seokmin as the boy kissed his cheek lovingly. The American snuggled up to him. Joshua had had the worst time of the month. But Seokmin had been there for him a lot, and had confessed his feelings to him, which Joshua had returned. That night, after that statement, Joshua smiled for the first time in three weeks.

Wonwoo had also struggled with Mingyu's death, and the first few days were very complicated, as the boy refused to leave his room. Then he had a long conversation with Mingyu's family, who were very close to him. It did him a lot of good. The Kim family had even welcomed him for several days to mourn with them. He was feeling a little better now.

On his side, Jihoon sat down in front of a dozen media who were waiting for his answer.
He scratched his throat before putting a sheet of paper in front of him with his speech. The journalists became respectful and silent as Jihoon spoke.

"Thank you for coming here today. I know you are here to know one thing. If Seventeen is strong enough to recover from this deep wound that has left us with three limbs missing." he paused as he looked around the still silent room waiting for the next part of his speech, just like the millions of fans behind the cameras.

"We've been thinking about this a lot over the past few weeks. Our members are deeply hurt by what happened to our friends. However, we will continue. We will continue to make music together. Seventeen must continue for our fans, for us, but also to honor the memory of Mingyu, Jeonghan and Seungcheol. We know they would have wanted us to honor them. So yes, Seventeen will be back soon with a new comeback. We hope that you will be with us again as before because we will need you. You give us the strength to go on, because the carats are our main moral support.

From now on, I will be the leader of this group together with Soonyoung. The units will not change. We will not replace the old members. Seventeen will remain at 13 in our hearts forever. But from now on, Seventeen represents 1 group, 10 members, 3 units and 3 angels watching over us. Thank you." He bowed before leaving the room to the applause of the media present.

Jihoon entered the room as all the members were in front of him, waiting for a word from him. But instead, an encouraging smile appeared on his face as everyone returned the favor. He then held his hand out for everyone to face him, as they did before every concert.

"Seventeen, we're going to keep working hard to honor our friends. I'm sure they're watching over us from above and they're also looking forward to us showing them what we can do. We will never forget them but it's time to write a new chapter. Seventeen, we're going to be together for many more years so fighting!"

The boys gave a group hug in addition to shouts of encouragement that they threw at each other. Wonwoo hugged a picture of Mingyu and smiled.

 

HEAVEN

"Why did he choose that picture of me, I look horrible on it." grumbled Mingyu who was looking at the scene.
"It's not like you're good looking anyway, you always look like that. " Jeonghan mocked as he sat next to him.

Mingyu sighed loudly.
"You still had to die too. I could have been fine here without you, Yoon Jeonghan."

"Yes, but my true nature called me. So being an angel suits me." the boy rejoiced as he spread his beautiful wings.

"I still don't understand how you ended up here anyway. I always thought you were going to hell. Hey !" Jeonghan hit him with one of his wings making Seungcheol laugh as he stood there watching them argue.

He then turned his attention back to the Seventeen on earth. He was proud and it showed on his face. Jeonghan came to stand behind him and put his head on his shoulder.

"Everything will be fine for them, we'll take care of them, won't we ?" the boy asked the eternal Seventeen leader.

"Yes my love. We'll look after them." Jeonghan had a huge smile as Seungcheol kissed his forehead, before the youngest sat down between his legs. Mingyu laid his head on the leader's shoulder.

They looked at their friends who were celebrating their new beginning, under the benevolent gaze of our three angels.

END

Notes:

Thank you very much for reading. I hope I didn't make you too angry, or cry. Just remember the ending you want :)
I hope i will find you on my other stories heheh. Bye <3