Arthit and his frens couldn't make it through the mob tat was blocking the entrance to the backstage...the full crowd was onto Kong...Arthit being the previous Campus Moon knew that the participants would gather for a group photograph with all the judges and staff now, so instead of trying to get backstage he led the others to the lawn where the photos were to be taken...

Kat,Rome and Prae were already there chatting with each other, when the saw the seniors, they smiled at them..The seniors congratulated the winners on their titles..

"Where's Kong though,he should be here by now."Prae asked..

"When we last saw him he was being crushed to death by all his fans backstage " said Bright chuckling..

"Yeah? I told him he looked drop dead handsome and he'd win outright."grinned Rome, proud that his prediction came true...

"I ll call him..."said Arthit feeling jealous that his boyfriend was attracting so much attention...

He dialed Kong's number and waited...it rang and after a brief ring it got cut...while Arthit was wondering wat happened and made to dial again he got another call...

"P' why are u calling me at this hour??"

"Arthit am on my way to your university..we had managed to get a bug into one of Danny's men and we just overheard him say that Jay is upto something here at the university...if he's here it's either to do with Kong or you..so get Kong and keep him close to you..don't let him out of ur sight..."

Arthit cut the call not bothering to hear anymore, dread filling him as he dialed Kong's number again...

He started running towards the green rooms when his call got cut again.. he dialed Bright's number..

"Bright, I can't reach Kong. I think he's in danger. Get the the other's and meet me at the entrance of the green rooms. Try tracing the location of Kong's phone if u can..."

"Got it ..we'll be there in a few."

Arthit barged through the green rooms..it was empty...the feeling of dread kept increasing in the pit of his stomach...Namtarn..

He picked up his phone and dialed her number..it was switched off...he screamed in frustration and had to put in all his will power to refrain from smashing his phone on the floor...

Bright and the others arrived running just then...

"What happened Arthit??Bright said Kong was missing..?" Knot asked concerned..

"I am not sure though it feels that way..I can't find him anywhere and his phone s not reachable..Namtarn's phone s also switched off."

"Let me check if I can hack into the cctv here..we definitely saw that he went backstage, he should have come in here..."and Bright started tapping on his phone...

Meanwhile Arthit's phone rang again..

"Yeah, P' I am near the green rooms backstage and Kong's missing..Bright's trying to get the cctv feed..he was last seen here. Can you talk to the management and students and see wat u can get?"

"Ok. Let me know if u find anything.."

"Sure P'.."

Meanwhile Bright looked up from his phone..the look in his eyes said it all..

"The last footage of him s as he was mobbed by the crowd. After that there s no footage till now..it's been deleted or tampered with. And I am not able to track his number its like it's somehow evading my trace..there's a very clever hacker involved Arthit.."

Arthit pushed his fingers through his hair as Tay patted his back in assurance.. Knot, Tew and the others all wearing worried expressions on their faces...

"There has to be some clue that they should have left, something at all...he just couldn't have disappeared in thin air..someone should have seen him.." Kat was in tears already...

"You're right someone saw him."said a voice at the door,a lanky boy was pushed in by a police officer followed by a few more.."He was paid to lead Kong to a deserted corridor by Namtarn."

"P' Lee.." Arthit looked up acknowledging the police officer at the door..

"He recognized her from a photograph. She had also given him a bottle of drink which thankfully he hasn't drunk yet..I have sent it for testing. Someone who cleared their tracks so well wouldn't leave a witness behind, so I am sure it must be poisoned.." Inspector Lee finished..

"Which room did u lead him to?", Arthit asked the frightened boy and he pointed down the corridor... They ran to the room and after switching on the lights found shoe prints and evidence of a struggle through the dirt laden floors..if the boy hadn't told them they would've never looked in here...

Inspector Lee put his team to work gathering the evidence of any prints or material they could get...the drag marks pointed to a side door. The door opened out to a deserted alley like place..there was a truck parked in one end but it looked as though no one had used it in months..

Using torches they again found tire marks and scuff marks near the door..after asking his team to record and photograph all the marks P'Lee looked around for cameras..

"There aren't any P'."Bright spoke up seeing wat the inspector was looking for.."even if they were there they would have erased any footage..there s another option though which they wouldn't have thought of." He said and pointed to the truck...

The entire group looked at Bright confused..

"Wat are you trying to say Bright, spit it out clearly we don't have all day.."Arthit barked.

"The truck may have a black box. We can try retrieving the footage from it..it may have captured a number plate." Bright explained.

"Bright your a genius " Inspector Lee clapped him on his back and walked off to get his people to retrieve the black box..

In a matter of 30 mins the box was out of the truck and connected to a monitor in the university tech lab. All gathered around to see the contents..

They played the footage after 8.00 p.m as tat was the time Kong went backstage. At around 8.30 p.m they saw a van come back and park near the door. Two mins after which 2 figures came carrying Kong who was unconscious and bundled him in the van and left.. Lee then asked his team to zoom in on the number plate and track the vehicle through the cctv's in the road taken by the vehicle once it left the campus.

Meanwhile in a dark rundown warehouse....

Kong was beginning to gain consciousness...His wrists were tied with cable ties and they were so tight they cut into his skin..he couldn't get loose of them..his mouth was gagged with some kind of cloth and his tongue felt dry...he tried to see where he was but it was dark and his eyes were taking time to adjust...He struggled to break the ties..

"Ah ah ah, don't try so hard Singto your hand may get cut..the ties are strong.." a sweet voice dripping with venom addressed him...

"Mmmmmfmm"

"Awww, poor baby can't talk."the voice crooned closer and his hair was suddenly pulled back with a jerk and he found himself looking into Namtarn's eyes...

"Last time was a warning to stay away Sing and u didn't take it..this time I am going to make sure you stay away..." she said pulling the gag from his mouth..

Singto coughed and wet his tongue..

"P'Namtarn, P'Kit will never love u. Though you force him to marry you it will only be a marriage in name. You can never possess his heart." Singto spat out.

"Oh ya ya ya..I get the point..don't you think I haven't thought of tat Sing?Do you think am so stupid?well as your anyways going to die today let me enlighten you...Me marrying P'Kit s not to merge my papa's share with him but to rather take over the hospital and charities. Do you know anything about organ transplants Sing?"

Singto shook his head in a no.

"Well people around the world are paying billions to just get a part..even skin..and taking over the many orphanages and the hospital s going to give papa the perfect supply of bodies and a cover to do tat trade. No one ll be interested to question a few missing orphans or care to check if their dead bodies have all their parts right? In fact did u know tat a few trials are actually underway at the hospital..Papa already has a few trusted men in. So the only remaining step is me marrying P'Kit and giving him the full access." She grinned an evil grin...

Singto felt his skin crawl..no he can't let this happen. His P'Kit's future dream was the hospital, he would never guess this horrible scheme was happening under his nose..He had to get out of here. He had to warn him.

"Save your skin Sing..told u those ties are strong..infact I want you to meet an old friend of yours..he was very excited to find you actually. Said he had some unfinished business with u" she said in a sinister way dialing on her cellphone.

"He's conscious.." she said and cut the call..

"Oooh I can't wait to see your reunion. " she giggled excitedly...

Hurried footsteps were heard and then powerful focus lights came on. Singto squinted his eyes to see who it was but his eyes still had to get used to the strong light..

"Well well well...our little orphan lion s awake...Did u find ur family yet gay boy??" a man's voice rang out clearly..

Singto froze..that voice..he would never forget the owner of that voice..he had spent many sleepless nights having nightmares of tat voice. Tat voice was the reason he had suffered a most horrible trauma when he shifted schools..

"P'Jay..."

"Oh, his memory s still strong Nam..he remembers me..but how could he forget..I gave him such good memories to think of me each night didn't I gay boy.Did you have wet dreams thinking of wat I did to you?" and he came closer his breath on Singto's skin,making him flinch..

Jay opened a switch blade and proceeded to make a slit on the t shirt Singto was wearing.."I still remember how good you looked screaming under me Singto.."he whispered in his ears...

Singto screamed trying to get away from this person as far as he could, the chair he was tied to rocking as he struggled, the ties cutting through his skin making him bleed...he screamed like a mad person.. he couldn't go through tat again...those memories were his worst...his tears were streaming down his cheeks as the thoughts of Jay and his friends assaulting him in the back alley of his school came flooding back...

"You got off easy as my Dad hadn't wanted to mess with school and silly kid's complaints. Or else you wouldn't be alive today Singto..." Jay growled gripping the arms of the chair..

Singto shivered...

"Do you know how you're going to die Singto?" It was Namtarn who was eager to add fear to his torturous thoughts now...

She walked up close to him circling his chair as Jay busied himself doing something in the side table out of Singto's line of sight..

"We like to experiment and we just created a new cocktail of powders...not just any, but the most potent of ashes and star dust..with a little secret ingredient which makes it super absorbent..I just have to apply it on u like the make up u have on and u ll be flying in secs..u just won't come down again..absolutely painless and blissful..wat do say??You'll just be another student who did a careless overdose to celebrate the night he won the moon title.."

Singto's mind was working so fast wondering how he could get out of this mess when suddenly the spotlight flickered and went out making the whole place dark again...

"Fuck those morons, " cursed Jay " I told them to check the lights yesterday before we used the place..never get the job done. Lazy asses. Nam light the lantern in the corner I still need to finish mixing these."he called to Namtarn.

She lit the lantern lying in a dark corner and brought it over to the table as Jay continued wat he was doing.. The two were occupied for some minutes as Singto started rubbing the cable tie binding his hand on the wood of the chair..the plastic started stretching and getting thinner..

"There it's done.Here you can do the honors.."said Jay handing over the dish to Namtarn...

Namtarn walked over carrying the lantern in one hand and setting it on a barrel near the chair..she then took a sponge and touched it to the powder on the dish...

"Goodbye Singto..."she smiled...Jay's back was turned cleaning the table he had worked on..

As she came closer Singto knew it was now or never...With a heave of all the energy he had he pushed off the chair crashing onto Namtarn making her drop the dish and the sponge...she screamed making Jay turn around..

Singto pulled his hands free of the chair..and pushed of Namtarn. He lifted the lantern and threw it on Jay as he started to come forward...

Jay just pushed it aside with one flick of his wrist..it crashed on the floor near some rubbish..

The light went out temporarily, making Jay loose sight of Singto..

Singto though jumped on him a second before the rubbish came aflame from the broken lantern.

The two rolled on the ground Singto trying to punch Jay.

Almost when Singto seemed to be winning he felt a sharp blow to the back of his head and fell down unconscious...Namtarn had hit him on the head with a log of wood.

By now the fire had picked up feeding on the stuff kept in the warehouse..seeing that, Namtarn and Jay tried to get out leaving Singto to die in the fire..

They were out the door and had gotten into the car, when the sirens blared and a long row of police cars screeched in, surrounding them and cutting off their escape route...

Inspector Lee had his gun out  and the two had no other go but to surrender.

"Where's  Singto?" Arthit asked rushing upto to Namtarn and  shaking her by the shoulders..

She just grinned sinisterly and turned towards the building engulfed in fire..."He should be dead by now".

"No, Tuan..."Arthit shouted as he turned and ran into the building before anyone can stop him...

"Singtuan.."he shouted coughing as he inhaled the smoke..he bent down low and tried to look in the light of the fire...but he couldn't see him...then out of the corner of his eye he saw a movement near a table in the middle of the floor..

"Tuan...Tuan...is that you.." he shouted moving towards the moving figure avoiding the burning objects..

Kong felt a blinding pain in his head and he was unable to breathe from all the smoke...then he heard a voice calling him..P'Kit...

He tried to shout but could only cough out...he tried moving but his limbs felt so heavy like lead..

Then the voice sounded near..

"Tuan hold in there..We'll get out of here soon...look at me..can u hear me Tuan?Tuan? Breathe..." Arthit said slapping Singto's cheeks..he tried to lift him up but he was too heavy..

Just then he felt another pair of arms lift Singto from the other side and heard Knot's voice asking him to move..and they both got out carrying Singto between them...