3rd POV

"Did you get anything, Taehyung?" Hoseok asked. Taehyung sighs. "Not yet."

"Are you worried?"

"Namjoon is smart. When giving a location with his hidden device he only has one shot. The signal will only show for a few moments. They are probably moving him around."

Hoseok nods. He understands now.

"How is the girl?" Taehyung asked to change the subject. "She's fine. Seokjin found out she was knocked out with sleeping gas. She'll wake up on her own."

"Did Seokjin lose his job or something? Isn't he a surgeon?" Taehyung asked.

"He is a surgeon, yes. He also doesn't really need to be there. He's just a paid volunteer surgeon. He's good but his real job is with us."

"A side hustle?"

Hoseok chuckles. "I guess you can say that. Not everyone can say working at a hospital is a side hustle."

Silence filled the room. It was a comfortable silence.

"How are you, Jimin, and Yoongi getting along?" Taehyung knew of their past relationship. He also knew it was because of him and Jungkook that they broke it off.

"Good, I guess. Jimin won't leave Yoongi alone anymore. Yoongi is getting irritated by it. I, on the other hand, enjoy that they are comfortable with each other now."

Taehyung nods his head. "That's good. Do you mind staying here while I go find Jungkook? Make sure you report to me when a signal shows."

"Alright."

Taehyung walks out of the meeting room to find Jungkook. Walking down the hallways he makes his way to one of the guest's bedrooms.

Opening the door Taehyung speaks. "Jungkook, we need to talk about..." He stops his words as he stares at the man.

"Why don't you knock!?" Jungkook yelled, turning off his tv.

"Why were you watching Carebears?" Taehyung laughed. Jungkook just blushed. "Nothing! What did you want to talk about!?" He just wanted to change the subject.

"Well, I wanted to talk about your progress and your little team."

"What about them?"

"No, you first. How's the leg?" Taehyung asked, walking up to his wrapped up leg. "Pretty good. It's still sensitive to movement, but I guess that's because of the open wound."

Taehyung nods his head. Stopping next to his left leg he speaks. "Still hurts?"

"Yeah."

"Alright."

With a quick movement Taehyung flicks the gunshot wound before yelling at him. "What the fuck do you think you're doing!?"

Jungkook scrunches in pain. "What the hell!?"

"While you are here, 'resting', our team members are getting along."

"Why is that a problem? Aren't we supposed to like each other for this stupid collab?"

Taehyung rolls his eyes. "Get along, not love each other. You know what Hoseok asked me during our first mission?"

Jungkook stares at him. "I wasn't exactly there to hear him, so no."

"He asked what we were going to do once this is over. Do we stay allies or go back to being enemies? I told him to ask you since I can't speak on your behalf. Did he ever speak to you?"

Jungkook thinks for a moment. "He did ask me. I gave him an honest answer."

"And that would be?" Taehyung wanted to know what was going to happen to their friendship after this.

"We go back to how we were."

Taehyung nods his head. "At least they know they won't be together after this."

"I said, 'we' go back to how we were. I never said they had to. Just us. If you haven't noticed, Seokjin is starting to form a liking for Joon. I don't want to break two relationships again. I'm responsible for both ours and Yoongi's relationship. I don't want another on my conscious."

Taehyung was surprised at his answer. "If they choose to stay together, what is your plan?"

"I told Hoseok he and Jimin could stay here if you let them or Yoongi can come with us. All Yoongi's decision of course. I also told Seokjin he could stay as well, I doubt Namjoon will want to leave his first ever real home."

"You would rather lose everything you've built than ruin something as small as love?" Taehyung was a little skeptical.

"You thought love was important back then. If I can ruin the word 'love' to a boy whose whole life revolved around it, I don't want to break anymore people."

Taehyung sits next to him on the couch. "You've grown soft."

"I guess."

Taehyung stands after a good few minutes of silence. "I'll leave you be then."

Jungkook watched as his ex boyfriend walked towards the door. I need to tell him.

"Back then."

Taehyung stops when Jungkook speaks again.

"Back then, I didn't want to leave you there with them."

Taehyung was angry. Why would he bring up the past? "Then why did you leave me? Huh!? When they found out I was of no use to them, they sold me off to a man that treated me like shit! I was raped, used, and passed off to his men! I had to save myself. I killed the leader, I took his place. Love didn't get me out of danger, it just put me in it."

Jungkook listened to Taehyung pour his heart out. Tears ran down his face as he talked about it. To say regret was all he felt, you would be wrong, he felt heartbroken for what he was forced to do and how it affected his first love.

"Just know that it wasn't my decision. Do you even know what 'it' was that they wanted?"

Taehyung shakes his head. "All I know is that you would rather keep this, whatever it was, instead of me."

"Do you wish to know what 'it' was?"

Taehyung thinks for a bit. What if the item was something so important that it would change his point of view of the entire situation? What if he was mad at him for a stupid reason, selfish reason?

"No. Not really."

Jungkook sighs. "As you wish."

They stayed in silence once more before Jimin ran inside. "Taehyung! We know where Joon is. And you're not going to like it."

Taehyung runs out of the room to go to his meeting room to stare at the computer. "Daegu!?"

"Yup." Yoongi said. "He not only gave us a 1 second signal but also an audio recording."

Yoongi then presses play to the recording. Everyone stayed quiet to listen.

"No matter what you do, I won't make you God's Eye. Jackson will do nothing to break me."

"We only have that kid because he has seen too much. You, on the other hand, will make me God's Eye."

"Look, you have all of Daegu police on your side. Why not ask them to find a guy that can do this willingly?"

"We already tried. You're the only one capable of achieving this goal of mine."

"Why take over the country? What do you really plan on doing?"

"Nothing to concern yourself over. You will be staying here in the meantime. Tell me what you need and I'll get them for you."

"I need nothing. I'm still not making it for you."

The group heard shuffling in the background before talking was heard again.

"You will, unless you want me to do 'that' again."

"Let go of me. You did nothing when you did that! Maybe a little mental damage but not by much. I wasn't a virgin when you took me."

Everyone gasped. "Did he...?" Jimin wasn't able to ask when the voices started again.

"Your boss went through it. Maybe you will too? You still wish not to make me God's Eye?"

"I wish to never speak of it again, actually."

"Alright, boys, you can have him."

"Get off me! Let go! Stop it!"

The recording stopped. Everyone was scared to move. "Joon sent this to us from his hidden mic zipper. I think he stopped it when he realized what was going to happen and didn't want us to hear it." Hoseok informed them. Seokjin had silent tears running down his face.

"We know where he is at. Now we need to save him before anything else." Taehyung had to be brave.

"I did this." Yoongi said to himself. If it wasn't for me leaving, he'd still be with us.

"I'm going with you guys." Jungkook's voice was heard at the door.

"No you are not, stupid!" Taehyung yells at him.

"That man did something I vowed to never happen to my men. We are together, that makes him half my responsibility. I may not be able to rescue him but I am able to cause a distraction. He still thinks I am dead, he won't suspect me to be there to save him."

Yoongi speaks up. "He's got a point."

Taehyung thinks about it. "Seokjin, is he ready?"

Seokjin stops his thinking about Namjoon for a moment to answer. "Just a bit. He's been walking without the use of his crutches. Just a limp to worry about."

Taehyung sighs. "Fine, you can come. We just need a plan."

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