"Please don't get agitated, sir."

     Lee had eventually woken up from his unconscious state while paramedics attended to him.

     From his now twisted broken nose came trails of dry blood, but he was so cold he barely felt the pain and the cold sensation of the ice pack that a paramedic was holding to his nose didn't reach him. If he ever wanted his face back, he knew he would have to go through surgery. But he had more than enough money to afford quality surgery and a new face.

     Letting himself be treated, he remembered what had happened: he had finally killed Jin but he had failed to do the same with Jungkook.

     He immediately looked for him, but he had trouble seeing what was beyond the two men who were treating him because of the blow of the crutch that Jungkook had struck him in the eyes and internally cursed the boy.

    He first wondered why he hadn't died seen how the boy seemed determined to get revengeand then realized that Jungkook was probably the one who had called for help. He let his lips sketch the shadow of a smile: he had won again, because Jungkook was far too weak-minded to kill him.

     Yet this mistake was going to cost Jungkook dearly, Lee swore to himself because he was going to destroy his life and make him look like Seokjin's murderer and his own attackers. He already had his new scenario in mind: "Crime of passion : the famous idol Jeon Jungkook kills his bandmate Kim Seokjin whom he suspected of having an affair with his manager and tries to assassinate his manager as well."

     "I really don't understand what could make him smile at a moment like this," Lee suddenly heard.

     He lost his smile and froze, hearing the familiar voice but not seeing the person who had just spoken. Still, he knew who it was for spending time with him, and it wasn't Jungkook. It was Jimin. However, in his mind, Jimin had nothing to do here because in his memory, Lee was alone with Jin and Jungkook on this beach.

      "Me neither, but I imagine that mentally ill man's head is full of inexplicable things," Hoseok chimed in, "let's not try to figure it out."

     Squinting to see who was in his still blurry field of vision, Lee suddenly realized he was surrounded by the other five members of the group.

     "Shit!" he said, wincing in pain as his head finished being bandaged.

     He realized that Jungkook had not only summoned rescuers, he had also summoned his hyungs. What a brat ! Since he was not there among the other, Lee assumed he had to be taken to the hospital while his elders dealt with the situation. It didn't change anything for Lee, he was still going to turn the situation to his advantage.

     After all, Jungkook had never been able to do anything against him and even the company had given up trying to attack him, so he wasn't going to be fooled by BTS. Anyway, with Jin no longer there, they had lost their trump card for the trial. They couldn't do anything against him.

     "Yeah, as you say," Namjoon said dryly, in reaction to Lee's swear word. "I believe that seeing you again is even more detestable to us than to you but trust me : at the end, this reunion will be more harmful to you than to us."

     During their last meeting, Namjoon had hit  Lee, no one had forgotten and certainly not Lee who couldn't get revenge then but now wanted to hit the leader of BTS as much as he wanted to kill Jungkook. The two stared at each other with pure hatred for a few seconds during which Lee seemed to wonder what to do next.

     Even though he wanted revenge, he was weakened and cornered, and the gaze of the two paramedics prevented him from acting as he wanted. And if he stayed, the kids were going to have him arrested, if he had other plans than being in police custody

    Without warning, Lee pushed aside the survival blanket that covered him, brutally pushed the two paramedics away - it wasn't a problem, he thought, he would later say that he was afraid for his safety, surrounded by the harried members of BTS and that was why he ran away ; both men could witness Namjoon's threatening words.

    Lee tried to force his way through the circle of idols, but his frozen body covered with frostbite suddenly refused to answer his request and so that he felt himself falling on one of the boys, this one moved aside to let him crash on the ground.

     Hearing mocking laugh above him, Lee tried to straighten up but a foot pressed against his side made him roll again on the ground, his face buried in the wet sand.

     "Do you have a death wish, Taehyung?!" Lee yelled, turning his head and glaring at the boy, after spitting sand from his mouth.

     But Taehyung royally laughed at his threats and sat on his back to hold him down, while still laughing coldly. He was no longer afraid of Lee at all and he even blamed himself for having one day yielded to his odious blackmail. Looking at him now, he realized how besides being a despicable man, Lee was a pathetic man who only lived by crushing and manipulating others.

     And now that he was weakened like that,  that his physical strength was gone, that his blackmails no longer worked, he only had his anger and his wickedness left to throw at them. Sure, he had a sharp tongue, but that wouldn't stop them from standing up to him.

     "You should have stayed hidden under your blanket for now, because you're making a fool of yourself," Taehyung said, patting him on the cheek, "look at you, weak as you are and yet still full of anger, you are pathetic."

     "I'm going to kill you, you little shit!"yelled Lee who, however, couldn't lift his frozen body to knock Taehyung out of it as the singer seemed to ride him ridiculously.

     "You better be a little less arrogant, you would have died if help had not been sent to you. It seems like you're alive only because we helped you, but if it had been my decision, I don't know if you'd still be alive," Taehyung replied, earning the dumbfounded looks of the paramedics who, however, made no comment.

    "Which is not the case of Seokjin,  you probably missed it, but the poor boy lost his life, he drowned, maybe Jungkook did not have the opportunity to tell you, in bad shape as he was," Lee said nastily before turning to the paramedics, "I'm their manager, I did everything to save their eldest who died tragically and in doing so, I nearly froze to death but they still wish my death, it is to believe that young people have no morals these days, including those who are supposed to be role models of their generation."

    Before the paramedics could tell Lee the truth of Seokjin's survival, Yoongi coldly interjected:

    "I think you misunderstood the situation you are in, this is no longer the time to play smart with us," Yoongi said coldly, "You probably missed it too, but you lost three toes today and it doesn't move us in the least because it'll never be worth all you've put Jungkook and Jin hyung through."

     If Lee was shaken by this revelation, he didn't let it show.

     "Are you comparing Seokjin's life to my toes? Wow, Yoongi, you're messing up Seokjin's memory. Besides, you don't look particularly sad to me, and neither do you guys," he remarked suddenly, staring at each of the artists, "you mustn't love him so much that you proclaim it in front of him, you hypocrites!"

    He burst into a joyless laugh but he felt something was wrong. In the eyes of the five boys around him, there was only hatred, but was it possible that this feeling completely masked that of sorrow? And where was Jin's body? Lee wondered, trying to look around. He was sure he had managed to escape from Jungkook because the latter had preferred to go get Jin. Did Jungkook fail to get him to the beach? Or had Jin's body been evacuated by ambulance already? Lee began to have a terrible doubt and this time it showed on his face.

     "I wonder who he's looking for like that," Hoseok pointed out in a loud voice.

     "Looks like he saw a ghost, poor thing," Taehyung sneered, still sitting on Lee's back and ruffling his hair almost affectionately but without any care for his injury, which made Lee groan in pain and anger and flailing to bring down Taehyung who held his ground and lectured him as he would to a horse: "Easy, now!"

     "He thought he achieved something that night, it's pitiful," Namjoon spat with visible contempt and hatred.

     "Yeah, you tried to kill them both today, but you failed," Yoongi said, staring hard. "Both of them are alive."

     Lee widened his eyes and whispered to himself:

     "No it's impossible... Seokjin was dead..."

     "Do you mean you killed him?" asked Namjoon who wanted the man to confess and betray himself in front of the two paramedics who were listening attentively to their exchange.

     But Lee gave Namjoon a venomous look.

     "You're trying to play smart, uh? What I meant is that I went to rescue Seokjin but I'm sure he was dead when I took him out of the water. He was underwater for a really long time, you know? It must have been very painful to him, he must be in shock, I wonder if he will be able to explain what happened to him."

     He saw with satisfaction the boys twitch in sadness thinking of how Seokjin must have felt. They knew that if Jungkook had failed to save Jin, they would all be feeling the horrible pain their hearts were now trying to imagine. And if Jungkook had not defended himself to the end, he too would have lost his life. What Lee did was unforgivable, it was already the case before that night, but it had only become more so, and it was certain that they would never forgive him.

     Faced with this relaxation of their attention, Lee took the opportunity to unseat Taehyung from his back and the singer fell backwards in the sand in a little cry of surprise.

     "Any resistance from you is useless now Lee, " Yoongi commented coldly seeing Lee struggling to his feet while Hoseok helped Taehyung up and that Namjoon and Jimin stood in front of Lee to block his way. "We won't let you get away, you can count on us to stop you."

     "Hey, you want to know why you failed to kill Jin hyung tonight ?" Hoseok asked him in a tone as cold as Yoongi's. "You failed because Jungkook saved him and if he managed this miracle, it's a little thanks to you."

     "What are you talking about?" Lee shot back aggressively.

     "Do you remember when you came to visit us at the hospital in France and you laughed at Jungkook when you told him that it was you who saved Jin hyung and not him, telling him that it was because he didn't master first aid techniques at that time? Doing that, you motivated him to learn and knowing our Golden Maknae, he learned perfectly in record time. That's why Jin hyung is still alive as we speak. So thank you for your wickedness, for once, it will have been useful."

     Lee remembered. He may have provoked Jungkook too much that day and he had underestimated him. Despite everything, he would never have imagined that Jin still had what it took to come back to life. Jungkook's will to bring him back must have caused the impossible because he was sure that Jin was dead. Damn kids.

     This was what embarrassed him. Yet, Jin might well be alive, he was still the weakest link in the group and Lee would always manage to exert his influence on him to stop him from speaking, even on trial. The singer had tried to commit suicide today, that meant he was still psychologically very fragile : Lee didn't have to worry. After his drowning that night, Jin must have been even more afraid of him than before.

     "You made a grave mistake in coming here today to carry out your sinister misdeed," Namjoon cut off the flow of Lee's thoughts, "not only did you fail to get rid of them, but in addition, it allowed you to be caught: this is the beginning of the end for you, prepare to be judged for your crimes, you nasty monster."

     He pointed to the road, where the blue lights of the flashing lights lit up the night next to those of the ambulance. Seeing this, Lee was seized with a surge of energy, probably related to a sudden panic. Despite his frozen toes, he managed to run a few meters before being grabbed by Namjoon and Jimin and very quickly surrounded by the other boys and the two paramedics who did not know what to think of that story but who could not escape a criminal potential.

     "I advise you to avoid hit and run, it doesn't win favor with a jury," Yoongi told him as several police officers finally joined them.

     Lee let out a howl of frustration when he felt the police officers grab him instead of the boys and force him to kneel down in front of the relieved gaze of the boys. The police officers were quick to take notice of the situation and quickly, Lee was handcuffed:

     "Mr. Lee you are under arrest, you have the right to remain silent and to speak to a lawyer. Anything you say from now on can be used against you," listed the policeman who put him back on his feet.

     After a final murderous stare directed at the idols, Lee effectively chooses to remain silent and let himself be taken away by the police without putting up any resistance.

     Finally, they all thought. Jimin even let himself falling with relief into Hoseok's arms.

     "I know it's not quite finished yet, but it still feels good," Taehyung sighed as he sank back into the sand.

     "Yeah," Yoongi and Namjoon nodded.

     Even if Lee were to receive first aid at the hospital for his prolonged hypothermia and his head injuries, he would then be placed in police custody and according to the detailed testimony received, in temporary detention in a penitentiary center. Thus, that evil man could no longer harm them while awaiting his judgment.

     "I'm going to take full statements from everyone," a policeman finally asked, notebook in hand, "but first, I need to know what you're going to press charges for."

     The five boys looked at each other with bated breath. There was no going back after that. Their last battle was coming to an end and it was they who were going to win it.

     "Let's start with the attempted murders'," Namjoon decided, determined, and the policeman began to note.

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A/N : I wrote this chapter and published it a bit too quickly, maybe it's not a good chapter. I kinda wanted to see the situation through Lee's eyes and brain in this rather humiliating moment for him. What did you think of it?