"This is pointless. We are not going to find Jungkook like this. We need a solid plan instead of just blindly running around places." Hobi said, addressing Namjoon who was equally frustrated.

"You think I don't know that, but what choice do we have other than to keep looking. We have Suga who is trying to hack into the cameras around his neighborhood, our guards are also out there looking for him and I am pretty sure Mr. Jeon also must have his people looking for him. I know it's frustrating, but I don't know what else to do other than this." Namjoon said, rubbing his forehead.

"Maybe we should seek help from the cops."

"Really Hobi, when we, with all our connections and backchannel ways, are finding it difficult to find him, what help are the cops going to be?"

"I am worried about Tae, he is trying not to break down, but we all know it's just a matter of time. We should have gone with him, instead of splitting up." Hobi said, voicing his concern.

"You are right, wait let me call him." Namjoon said, dialing Taehyung's number.

"Tae, where are you? Did you find anything?"

"Jo..Joon, my ba..baby."

"Tae, what happened? Why are you crying tae? Please tell me."

"Kookie he...Joon my baby."

"Wait tae, tell me where you are? We are coming to you."

Namjoon managed to coax Tae to tell them his location, before calling others to come there as well. Hobi and Namjoon immediately left to find their friend.

Taehyung couldn't describe the pain and anger that he is going through ever since he received the message. He doesn't believe he would be in this much pain if he was skinned alive. The visuals of his kookie, tied to the bed, crying and begging will forever be tattooed in his brain. 'I am going to give you the most painful death Kai. I'll make you beg for mercy like my Kookie begged you. You will pay for his every single tear and you'll bleed 10 times more for every single scratch on his body.'

Taehyung was just staring off into space when his friends reached him.

"Tae, oh my God, you're okay. I got so worried when Joon called. He said you were crying. What happened Tae? Did you find anything?" Jimin said, clutching onto his best friend. Taehyung didn't say anything, but just passed his phone to them with an emotionless expression. The Bangtans were worried, seeing him like that. He looked cold and lifeless and it was scaring them. Joon took the phone from his hand wordlessly, before opening it and soon his expression too changed into one of horror. Seeing Joon's reaction, now they were all scared to ask what was in it, but knew they had to if they had any hope of finding their Kookie.

"Joon, what's in it? Why do you look so scared Joon? Please say something." Jin said, shaking Namjoon from his stupor. Namjoon looked at Jin with teary eyes and now it was Jin's turn to hug his boyfriend close, trying to comfort him. Suga took the phone from Namjoon's hand without wasting time and played the video that was paused on the screen, while Jimin and Hobi too surrounded him. Their breath got stuck in their throat seeing the video. Anger, fear and helplessness that's what all of them felt at that moment, but one thing everyone knew for sure and that was Kai wouldn't live to see another sunrise.

Suga immediately connected the phone to his laptop to try and pinpoint from where the message was sent from the IP address.

Seeing Suga working on finding the location, they all collected themselves. This wasn't the time to cry, not when their friend, brother and lover was in danger.

"The message said that Taehyung has 2 hours to come to the location, but that bastard hasn't given any location. How would we know where to go?" Hobi said, getting angry.

"Knowing Kai, he would wait until the 2 hours are almost up, to send the location, so that we won't have much time to plan anything and I also think this is all a trap for Taehyung." Joon conveyed his thoughts.

"No matter what, we are not sending Tae alone. I agree with Joon, this might be a trap." Jimin said, refusing to send his soulmate alone.

"What are you thinking Joon?" Hobi asked his friend who was in deep thought.

"I was just thinking that we may not have another option. Right now our first priority is to save Kookie and until we find him we have no other choice than to listen to him. I am guessing he wouldn't call Taehyung to where he has kept Kookie, since Jungkook is his biggest leverage right now, so he wouldn't do anything to jeopardize his only trump card. I mean that's what I would do if I were him." Namjoon said, thinking out loud.

"So you mean to say that the location that he will ask Tae to come, may not be the place where he has kept Kookie?" Jin asked, getting more worried.

"Yes it's a possibility. I am not saying that's what's gonna happen. But we need to be prepared for it if that's the case and also I am with Jimin, we can't send Tae alone into a trap and Tae, I know you'd want to disagree with me on this, but there is no point in being a martyr and getting yourself killed, if you can't save Jungkook in the end. So we need to think with our head and not with our heart." Namjoon said, looking at Taehyung who was yet to speak a word.

Time was ticking by, while Suga was furiously typing away. Everyone had just one thought in their mind and that was to find their Kookie safe. Taehyung was yet to move from his spot. He kept looking at nothing in particular with an unreadable emotion. They were all worried about him, but knew there was nothing any of them could say to console him. There was just 45 minutes left now from the time Taehyung received the message.

"Why hasn't he messaged yet? How much longer should we wait?" Jin asked, getting restless.

For Taehyung time had stopped. There isn't a greater agony in the world for a man, than watching another man touching your lover, while you are forced to watch and not being able to do anything. His mind has been playing the video in a loop over and over again and all he wants to do is to bang his head somewhere until his brain either forgets it or he bleeds to death. Everyone was in their own thoughts and their silence was pierced by a sudden ringtone which brought them out of their reverie.

"Open it." Joon said to Suga, who had Taehyung's phone connected to his laptop.

Suga immediately unplugged the phone and opened it to read the message while everyone surrounded him.

"It's the location, but it's in Yongsan. It will take at least 40 minutes to reach there from here, but we have only 30 minutes. That bastard. He did it purposely." Suga said, seething in anger.

Taehyung didn't wait to hear anything else. It doesn't matter if his Kookie was on the other side of the world. Nothing was going to stop him from getting there. He immediately took his bike keys and was about to run to where his bike was parked, when Suga's voice stopped him.

"Wait Tae, I have cracked the location from where that video was sent, but it says it was sent from Songpa. I have a feeling that Jungkook must be there, but both the locations are equally far from here. We can't go to both places at one time. We won't make it before the time's up. It's up to you Tae, we will follow whatever you decide." Suga said, making all of them clutch their hair in frustration.

Taehyung wanted to hit something. He didn't know what to do? If he chose to go to Yongsan, and if Kookie is not there then what will he do, but if he chose Songpa, then again the same question arises. He had never been this helpless in his life ever. But this was not the time to panic, when his Kookie needed him. He composed himself before walking away from his friends to the opposite direction of the park. His friends watched in confusion, not understanding what was going through Taehyung's mind, when they saw him approach two men dressed in uniform, which they recognized to be the one the guards wore, who came to get Taehyung in the morning. They understood that Mr. Jeon must have sent them to follow Taehyung.

Taehyung walked up to the guards that had been following him from the time he left the Jeon Mansion and asked them to call their boss. The two guards looked at each other and then at Taehyung, not knowing whether they should call their boss and listen to him yelling at them or not call him and get beaten by the angry young man in front of them who looked murderous. In the end they decided that getting yelled at is better than getting beaten. They called their boss's number and gave it to Taehyung, who waited for it to get connected. As soon as Mr. Jeon's voice came through the phone speaker, he cut him off.

"I don't have time for introductions Mr. Jeon. Jungkook is in danger and I am sending you a location. Be there in 30 minutes if you want to save him. I don't have time to explain anything right now. So I would suggest you to get moving right now." Taehyung said, before disconnecting the phone, not waiting to hear what Mr. Jeon had to say. He tossed the phone to the guards and walked away to where his friends were waiting.

"Namjoon and Suga, you guys are coming with me to Yongsan. But I'll go inside alone, while you'll stay hidden. Hobi, Jin and Jimin, you three will go to Songpa, but won't go inside since we don't know how many people are there inside, guarding Jungkook, so it will be dangerous. I have a hunch that Kookie is in Songpa as well, but I won't take any chances in case I am wrong. I have sent the location of Songpa to Mr. Jeon. He would be arriving there with his men. You wait for him to come and won't go inside no matter what. Wait and see if Jungkook is there and the moment you see Kookie safe, you call Joon or Suga and inform them. Till then I'll handle Kai on my own. But until and unless you see Jungkook safe with your own eyes, you won't interfere with me and Kai." Taehyung said, with determination.

"But Tae, are you sure? Kai could kill you as soon as he sees you." Joon said, worried about sending Taehyung alone, while they wait.

"Yes I am sure and Kai won't kill me as soon as he sees me. He would want to toy with me before he decides to kill me. I'll try to stall him as much as possible and buy you guys time. Now let's go. We need to be there in 20 minutes." Taehyung said, getting on his bike and zooming away while Joon and Suga followed him from a safe distance.

Taehyung reached the location within 15 minutes, with 5 minutes to spare. He looked around what looked to be an abandoned building, with no one in sight, but he knew looks could be deceiving. He walked inside and was immediately surrounded by a dozen men with weapons.

"Welcome, welcome Mr. Kim. you're on time. I must say I am impressed and you really came alone. Does falling in love make people stupid that you walked into my trap willingly?" Kai said, coming into his view.

"Where is Jungkook?"

"Why the rush? He's not going anywhere and neither are you. But before that tell me, did you enjoy the video? I must say it was really difficult to stop myself from fucking him, but it's ok, I'll enjoy your boyfriend after I deal with you. I might even think of sharing him with these fine men, since I have a big heart." Kai said, laughing while Taehyung clenched his fists. Bile rose in his throat just at the thought of anyone seeing his Kookie at his most vulnerable state, let alone touch him. No, he won't allow that, and as long as he has even a single breath left in him, he won't let anything happen to his baby.

"Laugh how much ever you want Kai, because today is your last day on this earth. I'll make you regret ever laying your dirty eyes on him. I'll tear you apart limb by limb, for laying your filthy hands on him and when you'll be crawling on the floor with blood pouring out of your body, you'll beg me for mercy. But I still won't kill you, I'll leave your half dead body out here where no one will find you and you'll die a slow and agonizing death wishing you were never born. Today I will show you what Kim Taehyung would do to the person who dared to even look at what belongs to me. You'll pay for his every tear with your blood. So, laugh as much as you want, you won't get another chance."

There was pin drop silence in the room once Taehyung finished talking. A cold shiver ran through Kai's body, though he won't admit it. He felt afraid even with all the men and weapons behind him, Kim Taehyung made him afraid.

"You think you'll live to kill me? You are going to die Kim Taehyung and I want you to know before your death that you failed as a boyfriend, the almighty Kim Taehyung who never loses, lost this time. You'll die knowing that you couldn't save your boyfriend, that you lost to me." Kai yelled, hatred lacing his words.

"You are just a coward Kai who talks a big game, but in reality you can't do anything by yourself. Why else would you hire so many people to deal with a single person, too afraid to face me on your own?" Taehyung said, mocking him.

"We'll see who the coward is very soon Kim Taehyung, when you'll be begging me to let you live. What are you guys waiting for, get him. Make sure you break every bone in his body." No sooner had the words left his mouth, the men rushed forward with their weapons.

"What the hell is taking him so long? Are you sure that asshole is going to show up?" Jin whisper shouted. The 3 of them had been waiting for Mr. Jeon to show up to the location. They've been squatting behind the building for quite a while now, but still there was no sign of Mr. Jeon and his men.

"What if he doesn't show up? Should we check out the place by ourself?" Jimin questioned, getting restless.

"No, we should wait. Taehyung has strictly told us not to go in and to wait for Mr. Jeon. so, that's what we'll do." said Hobi.

"Wait, I hear something." Jin said, suddenly getting their attention. They looked towards where the sound came from, hiding themselves more.

Jungkook's whole body was numb. He didn't know how long he had been lying in the same position. He couldn't even move a single muscle. His arms and legs were burning from being tied up for so long, but he'd rather endure this pain a hundred times over the pain he went through when Kai was touching him. He could still feel his touch on his skin like thousands of ants were crawling on his body. The only thought that was running through his mind was of Taehyung. He prays to God that he is okay. If only, things hadn't turned out the way they did.

Suddenly there was a lot of sound of people yelling and gunshots coming from outside his door. Jungkook looked at the door in fear, thinking Kai could walk through that door any time now. He waited with baited breath until there were no more sounds reaching his ears. But then suddenly, his door was being banged and then kicked down. His eyes widened when he saw his father walk through the door, Mr. Jeon's expression mirroring that of Jungkook's.

Seeing his father, Jungkook let out the tears that he had been holding in, while his father untied his hands and legs, engulfing him in his embrace. Jungkook wailed loudly, exhausted both mentally and physically, he soon passed out in Mr. Jeon's embrace.

Jeon Jungwan didn't waste any time before carrying his son outside, before driving away. Jin, Jimin and Hobi had been watching everything from their hiding spot and the moment they saw Jungkook in Mr. Jeon's arms, they immediately dialed Suga's number to inform him about the same.

"Let's follow Mr. Jeon's car to see where he is taking Kookie." Jimin said, coming out of his hiding spot. Jin and Hobi thought for a moment before leaving behind Mr. Jeon.

"What happened Taehyung, gave up already? Tsk tsk..not even 10 minutes and you're already on the floor. Is that all you can take? I must say, I am really disappointed. What's the fun if you give up before I get a chance to teach you a lesson?" Kai said, watching Taehyung struggling to get up from the floor. He had been taking beatings for the past 10 minutes. Taehyung didn't fight back, not until his Kookie is safe, he can't fight back. He was bleeding profusely and was on the verge of losing consciousness. But he shook his head forcefully trying to clear his vision.

Namjoon and Suga had been waiting outside, a little far so they wouldn't be seen. They were impatiently waiting for the phone call from their friends and also worried about Taehyung, who was all alone inside, when Suga's phone rang. He immediately answered, putting it on speaker and the moment they heard that Kookie is safe, they ran inside, but halted on their steps seeing Taehyung lying lifeless on the floor and Kai standing over his body with a bloody knife.

"TAEHYUNG"

💜💜💜Woah, that was intense to write. You know when I started writing this book, I had hoped to finish it with max 30 chapters, and now here I am 45 chapters in and still not done with it. God, my editing sucks. But anyways, I hope you guys are enjoying the story so far because I really don't have the story planned out, other than the basic plot of the story, I just go where it takes me. But i'll be finshing this book quickly, because I have other stories that I want to write.

So, thank you guys for waiting patiently for the updates and also for all the votes and comments. Love you all. Be safe and happy wherever you are.💜💜💜