" jin isn't here." jimin paused, "we checked the whole home."

namjoon sighed. they were too late. he ran his hands through his hair. he wasn't going to give up, there could still be a chance jin was there.

"taehyung switch on the cameras. we're going in."

"but hyung-"

"-just do it." namjoon interrupted, "i think it's time we talked with exo face to face."

"everybody but haru and taehyung comes with me."

not a word escaped into the silence. the others stuck their earpieces into their ears and followed namjoon out of the car.

namjoon clicked his gun as he stepped out of the vehicle. he glanced at taehyung.

"tae, alert us if there are any complications."

taehyung pursed his lips. hacking into their cameras was a complication of its own. he had no clue what entering their firewall would do.

haru watched as the boys faded away into the darkness of the rain. she watched as taehyung spat out profanities.

"what the fuck is wrong with him!"

taehyung rolled his eyes, "no let's not fucking sneak in but alert them with our presence!"

"oh the holy gods, bangtan has arrived, bow down to us!"

taehyung smashed his fingers onto the keyboard. he punched in letters as his eyes flared.

haru chuckled. taehyung turned his head towards haru flashing a menacing glare.

"do you fucking see how ridiculous this is?"

"maybe he has a reason for it." haru spoke slowly, "let's calm down for a bit."

taehyung growled. he typed more code into his computer. a green light flashed across the screen. he broke the firewall. he had access to all the cameras.

alarms blared within the house. sirens flashed red in the corners.

jungkook stared jimin in the eye, "uh hyung what the hell is happening."

jungkooks shoes were vibrating with the floor.

"run! jungkook run!"

he didn't need to be told twice.

the home went into a complete shutdown. doors were locking itself, stairways were moving. they were about to be locked in the basement if they didn't escape.

jungkook ran up the basement stairs, "jimin are you coming."

"i'm coming! i'm coming!"

the stairs were shifting out of position. they would have to jump in order to make it. jungkook jumped first.

jungkook screamed, "hold onto my hand hurry!"

jimin leaped. his hand clasped onto jungkook's hands.

"don't you dare let go park," jungkook growled.

using all his force, jungkook pulled jimin up as the stairs disappeared from sight.

"how much money do you think they would've spent on all this tech."

jimin glared at jungkook, "not the time. lets first find the others. hopefully, they made it in"

"where are you guys?"

"first floor." yoongi mumbled into the earpiece.

jungkook and jimin made their way towards the others in the hallway. their faces were etched with worry from the fiasco earlier.

"taehyung, you have access to the cameras now. is jin inside?"

taehyung scanned through all the cameras. he zoomed into them, scanning for any sight of jin.

"he's not there."

jimin rolled his eyes, "thats literally what kook and i said."

"then, is there any way to leave?"

taehyung glanced around his laptop. all the entrances and exits were bolted shut. there was no way they could leave.

"nope." taehyung singsonged, "you did this to yourself."

"well, there's got to be some way to leave."

namjoon tapped his feet against the ground, deep in thought. the only option left was to wait it out.

"exo's going to be here any minute now-"

"-wasn't the plan to leave before they arrived."

the room was still. the alarms stopped screaming. only a faint click of the grandfather clock. time had almost stopped.

taehyung chuckled, "you guys can't leave until exo unlocks the systems."

"shit." namjoon mumbled, "i think it's time we talk to exo."

there wasn't a reply. only silent nods. namjoon knew something else was going on but, he didn't know what exactly. his gut told him there was more than what meets the eye.

a white van came into taehyung's focus.

"hyung they're here."

namjoon paused, "jungkook and hoseok take the front exit. yoongi and i will take the back exit."

"-and jimin stay out of sight."

they pulled out their guns. a loud wave of clicks passed through the air as they shuffled towards their positions.

the exo members stepped out of their van. exhaust wiped over their faces. kai looked at their home. it was in lockdown mode.

he paused in his tracks, "there's someone here."

chanyeol took out his phone. a red notification flashed at the top of the screen.

"a security breach. they're locked in."

chanyeol clicked the notification on his phone, unlocking the house for them to enter.

"half of us go in through the front exit, the other half through the back." sehun whispered.

the group split in half without a second to waste.

"fuck." lay mumbled, "most of us don't have weapons."

"we'll do the best we can."

sehun took out his gun. he looked around him. he was the only one who had a gun. he cocked it reeling it in tight against his shoulder.

"on a count of three."

sehun held his hand on the doorknob, "one."

"two."

"three." he pulled open the door.

"put the gun down." namjoon growled, pointing his gun straight at sehun's head.

sehun hesitated. he held the gun in his right hand without moving an inch.

"put it down or i'll fucking shoot!"

sehun didn't let the gun leave his hand. a wide smirk crossed his face.

"you're not the only one who knows how to use a gun."

namjoon raised his eyes, "isn't that right."

sehun pulled back the trigger of the gun. namjoon dived right. he could play the same game as sehun. he let his finger slip onto the trigger. the bullet exploded from the barrel with a bang.

impact, the bullet had grazed sehun's hand. the gun crashed against the floor with a loud click. blood seeped out of the sehun's wound.

namjoon raised his gun behind sehun's head.

"go to the fucking couch." namjoon paused, "we have some things to discuss."

the eight members of exo sunk into the couch. each bangtan member held a gun to one of their heads.

"move and we'll fucking shoot!"

jungkook counted the group. his eyes widened as his head bobbed from right to left.

"we're missing one." jungkook scanned the bunch again, "there's only eight."

jungkook locked eyes with jimin as they identified the missing member.

"it's suho we're missing."

namjoon identified the members one by one. only the blonde was missing.

"where the hell is suho?"

the exo members exchanged uneasy glances. however, none of them spoke a single word.

"at least tell us where the fuck jin is!"

namjoon's voice rose against the dead silence of the room. nobody was willing to speak.

namjoon dug his gun into kai's head, "why the fuck won't any of you speak!"

taehyung's eyes enlarged at five times the size. he had missed it. they made a mistake in coming there. it was planned. exo knew that they would come.

"taehyung." haru pointed at the screen, "who the hell is that."

a gun clicked against namjoon's head.

"son, i think you're asking the wrong people."