1.21 - Code Red
Okay, so finally Taehyung is returning back tomorrow.
But nothing matters to me right now, the scene from yesterday keeps on repeating in my mind like a tape recorder. No matter how much I want to keep my mind off that moment, it comes back in a mere second.
But I am confident, I am surely going to talk about it with Taehyung today. I hope god gives me strength for that big discussion.
But all I can think about is that it didn't feel bad at all, the mere seconds it lasted and even though it was just a kiss cum peck cum kiss, I don't know but those moments were utterly blissful.
Stop!
Concentrate. I am currently writing down everything that is written on the board, Taehyung is continuously shifting around his seat in order to adjust his arm in a comfortable position.
And as soon as another bell rings, everyone including Aera practically runs out of the room, probably because of their next class. She just waves me a goodbye and scurries away.
Oh god, don't leave me alone with Taehyung.
When I am done packing my bag while trying to avoid any eye contact with the boy, I sling it over my shoulder and stand up from my seat while walking towards the door of the hall.
"Goeun!"
Taehyung's voice halts me between my steps as I turn around as casually as I can, this is slowly becoming his habit- exclaiming my name from meters away.
"Yeah?"
"I want to tell you something," He almost mumbles as I gulp nervously but his expressions says otherwise.
"I am all ears."
"But not here."
Oh man.
With those words said, he grabs my hand in his and keeps on pulling me with him. I run behind him, already tensed about the thing he is going to tell me.
And if it is related to yesterday, then I am going to die from over blushing.
But he stops at the outer corner of the building- the place where the front portion of the place can be seen clearly.
"Goeun, I have been experiencing some really weird happenings since last two days," He grits his teeth several times due to nervousness as for a second I heave a sigh of relief but my agent persona gets attentive.
I motion him to calm his self down first.
"Can you describe them to me?"
I don't want it to be anything dangerous, I mean at a time when we are not at all prepared and it is supposed to be my so-called 'vacation'.
To my request, he nods but first he looks around to spot anyone's presence and then his eyes fixes on me.
"There is a group of people including both men and women who keeps on wandering around the city. I have witnessed them checking out some very crowded places- I bet they are upto something."
"How do you know that they are 'checking out' the city, not casually walking around?" I frown, now feeling like he probably has misinterpreted the situation.
"The Great Mall where more than thousands of people visit every single day- I saw them wandering in the abandoned parking lots and washroom. Even near my house and now they are, there."
He secretly points downstairs, towards a group of people- about 2 or 3 of them having black duffle bags around their shoulder or in their hands as they glare around their surroundings.
One of the women suddenly crouches down and places a black bag on the floor which was hanging all along on her shoulder.
With that, the whole group disperses one by one in the crowd as now the last woman walks away too.
But I don't know how she sensed that someone or actually we are staring at her as without even looking around, she knowingly smirks and mouths a 'boom'.
Code red, I guess.
"Well no shit, Taehyung," I mutter as my fists comes in contact with the grill which is somehow hiding us from the lady.
"Is it a code red then?" Taehyung mutters while staring at her as she gradually walks away from the area.
"I guess, but what can we even do?" I exclaim, now feeling totally helpless.
"Why? We can just plan something in the mean time and act accordingly-"
"I don't have my damned bracelet Taehyung, while you have yours but it ain't even working yet, what do you think that two normal teenagers can do at a time like this? Get superhero powers out of a sudden?"
I know it is not at all his fault that my bracelet is not with me. I know he is just suggesting his ideas about but here we are indulging ourselves with a group that is scattered around the whole city, probably placing duffle bags here and there and we can't even call the police to ask if we can check out the city's surveillance cameras.
And I bet the police can't even do much in this case. They will come back to sense once a big explosion occurs and in no way I want that thing to happen.
I don't want any deaths.
"What about Jungkook? Can he-"
"Yeah, Jungkook! I should call him," I jump up and down because of nervousness as I try to find my phone in my pocket but to no avail. Letting out an irritated groan, all of a sudden Taehyung grabs my hand and hands me his cellphone.
"Thanks!" Exclaiming that, I quickly dial Jungkook's phone number as it rings for about 4 to 5 times and then the call is picked up by a very tired Jungkook.
"Hello, may I know who is this?" Tiredness drips out of his voice as I suck on my lower lip.
"Jungkook, it is a CODE RED."
Guess he already gets the idea as I hear some shifting sounds from his side as I tap my foot impatiently while waiting for a reply.
"How do you know it is a code red? And where are-"
"At my chemistry class and Taehyung is with me. He informed me about a group of suspected people who are roaming around the most crowded places of our city- I just saw that the group has placed a duffle bag containing I don't know what. I hope it is not what I am thinking it is but I guess-"
"Calm down, Goeun. Shit I am not even in Daegu-"
"Where the hell are you, Jungkook?" I exclaim.
"I am visiting mom and dad's grave. Remember, it is their memorial day today," He explains as I calm down a little.
"Why didn't you remind me?" I ask, feeling a lot calmer now. I hear a huge sigh from the other side. "Goeun, you were so happy and joyful nowadays that I thought I shouldn't remind you. You are already traumatised and I don't want you to get upset about it again."
In each aspect, my brother is right. But..
"What should I do now, Jungkook?" I whisper as I peek down at my shoes, feeling quite nervous and anxious now.
But then a hand crawls upto mine and engulfs it in his big ones- I raise my head to look up, only to see the boy smiling reassuringly at me. He eventually grabs the phone from my hand and attaches to his ear, placing his other hand around my shoulders and pressing my side to his.
Side hug, to be more precise.
"Hey Jungkook, it is Kim Taehyung here," He talks with my brother while softly rubbing my arm, I glance down at the abandoned duffle bag again.
"Alright, I will. Come soon," Taehyung hangs the call as I snap my head towards him in expectation.
"Jungkook is coming soon but as much as it sounds weird, he said to remind you of pager."
And that is when my eyes widens, realizing the meaning behind the clue my brother gave to Taehyung.
It surely would have been thrown in vain if he directly asked me, I was not at all calm and I would have started screaming at him without even realizing the importance of that device.
"Yes, I do! Oh my god, why didn't I realise it sooner?"
He draws his arm back from my shoulders as I internally groan at the disappearance of his warmth but the situation is more crucial than comfort. I crouch down as I practically empty out my bag- my pencil kit, notebooks, books, notepads and tons of things comes out, even my mobile phone too and at last the pager.
This thing is going to be so useful now.
I instantly turn the pager on as it's brand name gets displayed on the blank screen, but then it gives out a beep sound indicating that it's battery is low.
I punch the floor beneath me super hard and glance up at Taehyung in vulnerability.
He seems to be thinking deeply while staring at the device in my hand. Biting his lips, he suddenly sits down on the floor and dismantles his phone.
"Here, may be it helps?" He hands me his phone's battery. I bite my lips in anticipation, let this work, god.
"Worked! It freaking worked!" I exclaim as I lunge on Taehyung with happiness flowing inside me. Taehyung chuckles loudly and joins his hand together behind my back as his hands ruffles my hair.
"Look, no need to hype up in situations like these. If trouble is what you are facing, solution will always be there as an option."
I nod, feeling emotional already as I turn on the pager again and type the important message.
•-•- --- -•• • •-• • -••
•• • -• -•• •••• • •-•• •--•
"Woah, you know Morse codes?" Taehyung asks, totally mesmerized as I nod quickly. "Yeah I am into these stuffs since my childhood."
"You indeed are special."
The second I try to glance at his face, but the beeping sounds of my pager beats me to it. Quickly opening the message with my shaking hands due to anxiety, I read-
"Sending, stay safe."
I plop down on the floor on my butt as Taehyung sighs in relief too, none of us thought that this will be resolved so soon.
"But pager-"
"I know, it is an experiment. Two-way pager that can send morse code messages and receive alphabetical messages."
Even before he gets to complete his sentence, I answer his question. I hear a chuckle coming from Taehyung's side as I let out my emotions too.
"It was so nerve-wracking though. You were going nuts about everything," Taehyung laughs while shaking, acting like me as I kick his thigh playfully.
"Even though I am used to these things, still I am a human with exaggerating emotions."
"But your face looked like.." He literally makes a face resembling a dehydrated fish and instantly guffaws with tears forming in his eyes- I shake my head.
"Yeah yeah, keep making fun of me."
But our little talk is interrupted once we hear loud screams emerging from downstairs. Mine as well as Taehyung's eyes widens once we realise the reason behind the ruckus.
And as soon as we both jump on our feet, people starts rushing around- away from the now opened bag. The thing placed inside is on full show now.
"Shit!"
We both exclaim at the same time as Taehyung instantly grabs my hand and pulls be with him- probably fearing that I will break a bone or two while running down the stairs in hurry.
"Shit. Shit. Shit."
"Oh my God. Oh my God. Oh my God."
Muttering several words under our breathe, clearly none of us have even a single idea about how bombs work and most importantly how to diffuse them.
"What should we do now?" Taehyung glances towards the bomb as it shows a timer, I narrow my eyes at the little screen.
"45:38"
And we both glance up at each other.
"Should we.. take it?"
And his eyes widens up.
"Are you crazy? We shouldn't even be near it, let alone touch it!"
"But what else can we do Taehyung? It clearly looks like it is a time bomb, I don't think it will blast once we touch it," I mutter as my hand slowly moves towards the bag but the boy beside me immediately slaps it away.
"I am not letting you touch it, no way. Not till I am alive!"
"It is your senior's order, Taehyung, don't meddle," I say so in a commanding way but he let's out an exaggerated scoff.
"Senior, my butt."
But I push him with force, as he stumbles back- almost two meters away from me. Grabbing the opportunity, I touch the sides of the bag and pull it up from the ground.
For those seconds, everything stops around us. People are nowhere to be found, that is a great relief, my eyes peeps into Taehyung's as he sends me a shocked glance.
My heart that was beating so loudly in the previous minutes- I could literally hear the beats in my ears but now, it looks like it's just dead.
And as more than 5 seconds passes by, I close my eyes- readying myself to hear the next few holy words.
"You frickity frakty foolish senior!"
Taehyung exclaims as he rushes towards me and in seconds I find myself tightly wrapped in his arms- his hands placed securingly around my side as my head is attached with his chest. The loud and frantic heartbeats can be easily heard, showing the amount of concern he has in his heart for me.
"Little piece of shit, you garbage head!" He keeps on mumbling shit about me but I don't care for now.
At least we are alive.
"Do you even know what could have happened if it was really not a time bomb?" He slams his fist directly in my back as I wince in pain, though it is quite gentle but still, it hurts.
"I am sorry, I know," I lean onto him more as he pulls me more in his chest. It feels so-so good, to be honest. The feeling of being on cloud nine and I am not exaggerating and hyping up at all- it actually feels surreal to be feel protected.
But then our glorious moment breaks once the continuous beeping sounds are heard from Taehyung' hand or say his bracelet- cold winds starts hitting my body, all of a sudden. I open and close my eyes several times in order to understand the situation but it impossible to fight off the rash wind, I just lean on Taehyung more and more.
And by the time everything calms down around us, both of us open our eyes together and lets out a raspy gasp.
We are at a totally different place- a place where an another bag is kept just in front of us, though a few meters away.
Mall's washroom?
"T-Taehyung did you just.."
I try to form the clear words but they seem to just stuck up in my throat. The boy keeps on scratching his head and as soon as he catches his bracelet blinking a cyan colour, even louder than him, I gasp.
"Did you just not teleport us here?" I scream so loudly that he snaps his head towards me, completely confused over what the hell I am blabbering about.
"What the hell?"
"Oh my god your power is teleportati-"
But just when Taehyung spares a glance towards the bag which is laying at a safe distance away from us, the bag slides all of a sudden and stops right beside us- throwing us both out of our wits.
What was that!?
Taehyung looks at me with his eyes filled with shock and terror- he opens his mouth to say something.
"Y- you have your bracelet, r- right?" He shouts while stuttering, completely oblivious to the fact that it is actually him. He is the reason these happenings.
"Taehyung, you practically just brought a bag near us which is not normal-"
And just when he peeks behind him, towards the doors of the stalls- they starts to flap and the mirror in front of me starts cracking too.
Wherever he looks, it breaks or starts moving.
"Now the doors, it is not normal at all," I utter calmly while softly placing the bag on the floor and glance at the half-cracked mirror.
Slowly rotating the faucet of the wash basin, I take large amount of water in my hands and splash it on my face. Looking up at the mirror again, I grab the tissue from the side box and tear some in order to wipe my face.
Finally turning around, I cross my hands against my chest and grin widely at Taehyung who seems to be terrorized about the way I am cooling myself during a horrible situation like this.
"Taehyung," I start by addressing the main character of the situation and sigh deeply, readying myself to state the truth.
"Your abilities are Teleportation and Telekinesis and let me make it clear for you, you are now the most deadliest agent in the whole Bangtan Organization- successfully overcoming me in the power field."
"Congratulations."
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