Chapter 2:- Vacant

The quintet moved across the wooden paved floor towards their designated rooms. The manager had welcomed them in and after writing their names in an address book  , he had gave them the keys to their designated rooms.

Jimin had found it strange that in that address book ,there were no other names except for them and two other travelers who had arrived a few hours before them. The  whole address book was strangely empty and it seemed that no one had visited the hotel all year along. 

And what Jimin found stranger was the fact that it seemed that the young manager had been expecting them as if he knew the storm stranded travelers were goanna arrive at the hotel and the fact that the manager hadn't even mentioned the fee for their stay and insisted that they could pay after the stay ended. 

With this thoughts in his head ,Jimin arrived at the room ,he was supposed to share with Taehyung.

Room 113

Namjoon and Seokjin were sharing a room together while Jungkook insisted on having a room to himself despites the pleas of his hyungs.

Room 112 and Room 111

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Jimin was seated on the soft bed while Taehyung had decided to take a shower. He felt his pockets and pulled out his phone. As he opened his phone, he realized on thing , the time it showed on his screen was 

1:14 PM

That was strange. As far as Jimin could remember ,the time at which they had arrived to this motel , it was pitch black and he couldn't even blame the storm for the darkness as he remember setting of for the journey at 12:30 PM and they had travelled for so long that it felt as if hours had passed by ,not 44 minutes. 

Deeming, that their was something wrong with his phones internal clock, he pocketed it again waiting for Taehyung to come out of the shower. 

Just then he heard a knick on the door.

'' Whose there ?' he asked.

. '' Sir, I was told to inform you that dinner will be held in an hour and you should arrive in the dinning room by then ,or if you wish to have your dinner in your room you could always tell us through the phone, the dinning hall is on the main floor ,large oak doors to the right of the stairs'' answered a soft yet familiar voice

'' Oh, thank you'' 

'' Your most welcome Sir'' the voice answered and Jimin heard the soft thud of heels on the wooden floor. He found this strange as he hadn't heard any footsteps when the waiter had arrived. 

'' I probably didn't hear him cause I was to busy thinking about the odd timing on my phone , that's probably it'' he mused to himself.

Just as he was thinking this ,a wet Taehyung entered the room wearing a white bathrobe, water dripping from his shaggy brown hair.

'' Who was knocking at the door ?'' he answered. 

''It was a waiter informing us about dinner, do you want to eat here or in the dinning room '' asked  Jimin.

'' Hmmm...In the dining room , I guess '' he asked flopping on his bed. 

''Then were your clothes, the dinner is about to be served in an hour'' said Jimin.

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The two friends headed towards the dinning room following the instruction the waiter had given them. The walked through the large oak doors with beautiful carvings to a large dinning hall. 

The hall appeared to be a mixture in between a dinning hall and a Victorian era ball room. The walls were a Chinese red color with tapestries  draped over them. Their were quite a few paintings as well. The furniture was dark brown oak and the lighting cast a dull orange glow on the room ,giving it a beautiful classy sort of look.

The two walked in and spotted their travel companions seated on a large spacious dinning table along with two strangers who were probably the other travelers whose names ,Jimin had read in the address book. 

Yoongi and Hoseok

The friends headed towards the table deciding to sit in the company of the other passengers. As they got closer , they could see Seokjin chatting avidly with a another guy who had reddish brown hair and a heart shaped smile , he constantly tried to engage the other man in his conversation too who just answered with small head shakes or nods. He had cat-like features and fluffy hair dyed a minty blue. Namjoon sat opposite to the man, a small smile on his face as he listened to the conversation. 

'' Hello Hyungs, may we join you?'' asked Jimin politely.

'' Of course'' said Seokjin giving them a smile. The two friends took their seats on the table, Jimin next to Namjon and Taehyung next to the cat-featured guy.

'' These are the people who helped us when we were stranded, this Jimin and Taehyung, and you two meet Hoseok and Yoongi'' he said pointing at the respective person. 

'' It's a pleasure to meet you two'' said Hosoek ,heart shape smile adoring his face.

'' Nice to meet you'' said Yoongi in a low voice.

'' Likewise'' Taehyung and Jimin answered in unison. 

'' So how did you get here?'' asked Taehyung ,boxy smile on his face.

'' Well we were actually heading to the city actually, we got stuck in the storm in our way and found this motel ,so decided to stay here'' answered.

'' Oh, what do you guys do ?'' asked Jimin with interest. Jimin felt as if he knows these two , but couldn't recall how. They felt familiar ,just like Namjoon, Seokjin and Jungkook did, somehow. 

'' Well iam dance instructor and Yoongi is a producer'' said Hoseok. 

''Cool'' said Taehyung.

'' And Seokjin told us about how you nearly ran into their companion on the way , and how you arrived'' 

At the mention of the incident, Taehyung cheeks flared a punk while he scratched his nape with a sheepish smile. This reaction causing Hoseok and Seokjin to burst into giggles while Jimin, Namjoon and Yoongi smiled.

'' Speaking of Jungkook ,where is he ?'' asked Taehyung

'' He decided to have his dinner in his room, instead of the hall'' answered Namjoon.

Just as he finished talking ,the double doors on the other side of the room opened and a waiter walked in carrying a diary.

''Wait......isn't that the manager'' though Jimin recognizing the blue hair and hair cut. 

The manager/waiter walked closer to them , a smile on his face.

'' May i have your orders ,Sir''  

'' Wait ,aren't you them anger'' Taehyung blurted.

'' Well Yes, but we are short of staff these days ,as you can see not many people come across this motel, and it's hard to pay the staff with less income ,so I have to work overtime these days'' said the manager.

'' Oh that must be hard'' said Hoseok with a sympathetic look on his face.  

'' It is ,but It would be a great help if you tell me your orders ' he said with a smile.

At which the group picked up the menu's and skimmed through the things to eat.

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The four companions along with the other two walked to their respective rooms ,strangely enough though the room Yoongi and Hoseok were sharing was 

Room 110

Jimin couldn't understand why they were given rooms on the second floor when all the hotel was nearly vacant and wouldn't it have been convenient for them manager to put them in the main floor or the first floor.  

Shrugging the thought away, Jimin bid the couple goodbye as there room came first along the row. The group stood thee for a moment exchanging ''Good Nights'' and '' Sleep wells'' . 

The rest walked to their respective rooms while Jin decided to check on Jungkook.

 Jimin and Taehyung had just entered the room when a shrill scream resonated thorough out the empty hotel.

The two looked at each other with wide blown eyes before they ran towards the source of the sound. The source being Jin in their adjacent  room. 

They ran to the room but stopped in their tracks at what they saw. Taehyung turned green at the sight his eyes beheld ,running back to his room probably to upheaval the dinner he had just eaten. 

Jimin stood their at their ,too shocked to move ,he felt bile rise up his throat at the sight that greeted him.

On the bed ,lay mutilated body , with it's eternal organs ripped out ,it's blood spilling out turning the pristine white sheets to a crimson red. It's finger were broken and twisted while many of it's ribs were jutted outwards as if pulled out by force. It's face was stuck with a look of horror ,jaw wide open ,two black sockets bleed out blood as if they were tears that stained the persons pale bloodless face.

It was Jungkook................

                                                                          To be continued