The hours felt like days. They asked every doctor and nurse that walked by if Jungkook would be okay, nobody knew. On top of that, they also don't know what happened with Namjoon, although right now whatever was happening with him was the least of their concerns. They didn't care what happened to him anymore.

Finally, hours later, a doctor came in. "Mr. Jungkook's family?"

All the members shot up and ran to him. "Is he okay? Is he alive?!? Please just say he's alive, is he alive?!" Jimin yelled through his tears.

"Yes, he is alive."

Everyone let out a huge sigh of relief and hugged each other. It felt like they'd all been holding their breath this entire time.

"Well, how is he? Can we see him?" Hobi asked impatiently.

"He's doing a lot better than when he first got here. He's stable, and we were able to regulate his breathing. He did have 4 broken ribs that we had to repair. He also had internal bleeding in his stomach that we surgically stitched. We have him on a ventilator as he did inhale too much smoke, and unfortunately he did receive quite a few nasty burns. We have him medicated and bandaged up, but thankfully with the medical treatment we have here, they should all heal up perfectly. He most likely won't even scar, actually."

Everyone was so happy to hear Jungkook would be okay.

The doctor continued, "And also, he was pronounced dead at the scene. Mr. Yoongi I hear you brought him back?"

Yoongi blushed. "Ahh, yeah. I couldn't accept him dying so I just did what a brother would do," he said shyly.

"Well if you ever want a new job, we'll definitely hire you here!" the doctor laughed. " You may go see him now."

The doctor led them to Jungkook's room and left them alone.

They all slowly walked in to see Jungkook asleep , hooked up to all these wires and a ventilator to help him breathe. Tears started welling in everyone's eyes again, they hated seeing him so hurt.

It hurt them even more knowing that the person who put him in this position was someone they used to all love and trust. Jungkook was also hooked up to a heart monitor, everyone silently watched it and listened to his heart beating.

"This is a greater song than anything we could ever possibly create." Hobi said while wiping his tears. They all surrounded Jungkook's bed, and to their surprise he started to stir a little bit. Taehyung gently rubbed his maknae's arm. "Hey there, Kookie," he said softly. Jungkook slowly opened his eyes, but only slightly, he was exhausted.

"H...hyu..." he whispered, but couldn't quite get the word out. He couldn't talk with the ventilator in.

"Shh it's okay. You're okay. Just rest, we'll be right here for you. You're safe okay?" Taehyung reassured him, and Jungkook's eyes dropped as he quickly fell right back asleep. Yoongi ran his fingers through Jungkook's hair and just stared at him. He's going to be okay.

While hanging around in Jungkook's room, their manager called Jin.

Manager Jung knew the entire situation at this point and they had been going back and forth on how to move forward. They knew this would be all over the news, considering they couldn't hide Jungkook's injuries or the fact that Namjoon had just been arrested.

Manager Jung told Jin and the rest of the group that he would like them to give a public statement to ARMY, and tell them the truth, because everyone knew at this point Namjoon would not be back in the band. He wanted them to do it quickly, too. He arranged a location for them to record a public broadcast to discuss the events that took place and what was happening with Jungkook and Namjoon.

"I want the broadcast out today," Manager Jung told Jin over the phone. Leaving Jungkook to rest, Yingi drove the rest of the members to a location the manager had requested for them to record their broadcast. He also had people hired to do their hair and makeup.

"Are you guys ready?" a cameraman asked them, "Just remember, you're telling them the truth. Tell them everything."

And so the members did. They began talking about how they had gone for a trip and it started off okay.

Taehyung told ARMY how Namjoon had started to act a little strange not very long after they had been at the house. And how Namjoon had also beat him up while he was trying to save Jungkook.

The members had a hard time getting the whole story out, as reliving it had them all in tears again. They told ARMY they didn't know if Namjoon had been dealing with some kind of mental issue that he hadn't been getting treatment for, they really didn't know what happened.

They also felt like it was an extremely personal thing to discuss, but they knew they needed to. They told ARMY that they really weren't sure what was going to happen next.

They finished recording their broadcast and were nervous about it going out. They knew the entire world would be hectic over the entire situation. They weren't in the mental space to deal with the internet, so they had asked that once the news went public to please not discuss what the internet had to say, they also didn't plan to check social media for quite some time. They just wanted to go back to the hospital and be with Jungkook.
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Weeks had gone by and Jungkook was finally strong enough for them to transfer him to a hospital back in Seoul.

Namjoon had different court dates that the members weren't allowed to attend , but the final one where he would be charged as guilty or not for attempted murder was coming up and that one they would all be attending, except for Jungkook. Someone from the court had asked for Jungkook to be there but Yoongi told them no, plus he had to remain in the hospital anyways, he wasn't completely healed yet.

The days were hard for the maknae. He had spent a lot of time replaying in his head what happened. He had to constantly try to convince himself that he had done nothing wrong to make Namjoon do what he did. He couldn't believe he had been pronounced dead that night, all he remembered was Namjoon strapping him to a chair, and then waking up in the hospital.

He cried every time he thought of Namjoon. He missed him, honestly they all missed him. They mourned the old Namjoon, the kind one, the safe one, the man he was before they had started that trip. They all wanted that Namjoon back.

A therapist had been coming and seeing Jungkook in the hospital three times a week to help him deal with the trauma, he was having a lot of anxiety now. Anxiety that someone would hurt him, that anyone would just come up and hurt him, even the members. It happened once, it could happen again, right? The members constantly reassured Jungkook that they'd never do something like that to him, and they were all very understanding and gentle if he asked not to be touched, or to be left alone.

The day of the final court date came. This would be the first time any of the members saw Namjoon since the night of the fire.

None of them were looking forward to it, they were all anxious.

They were seated inside a court room as Namjoon and a lawyer walked in. They could tell Namjoon had been crying, a lot. He looked right at them, "I'm so sorry," he cried to them.

None of the other members responded, they just gave him the cold shoulder. The hearing began and everyone went back through their accounts of that night.

"How do you plead?" The judge asked.

"My client pleads not guilty, your honor," Namjoon's lawyer said.

Taehyung shot up from his seat. "Not guilty?! That's bullshit! He tried to kill him! We all saw it!"

"Taehyung sit down!" Yoongi grabbed his arm and pulled him back down into his seat.

The judge turned back to Namjoon's lawyer. "Please, continue."

"Your honor, my client pleads not guilty on account of demonic possession."

Gasps could be heard throughout the court room. Jin couldn't help but let out an angry laugh, "You can't be serious?! Demonic possession?"

Namjoon couldn't make eye contact with them. He kept his head low as he cried. The hearing continued and the judge finally reached a verdict.

Namjoon would not be sentenced to jail, but he was to be kept in a mental facility for a period of time due to being 'Not Guilty by reason of insanity.' It was a place where he would be kept to receive monitoring and extensive therapy.

The members were all shocked, but part of them couldn't help but wonder what was really going on with Namjoon. Possession? They had a hard time believing that, but they did believe maybe it was a mental thing he couldn't control. There's no way he'd in his right mind try to kill Jungkook, right? What if something actually had happened to him? What if he actually was sick?

The first headline all over the newspapers across the world highly resembled the newspapers Jungkook had found in that basement. Headlines such as "Bank Valley killer strikes again!" "BTS's Leader Kim Namjoon Possessed by Bank Valley Killer!" and more like that. They showed Jungkook the articles, he didn't know how to feel about the situation. He never believed in possession but also couldn't stop thinking about the conversation he had with Namjoon in that basement. It definitely wasn't his hyung down there.

Part of him was glad Namjoon wouldn't be going to jail and instead to a mental facility, he couldn't help but feel like there was still a part of him that did care about their leader, they HAD been best friends for years beforehand. He hoped Namjoon would at least get the help he needed.

A couple weeks went by and Jungkook was almost completely healed, all of his burns were gone, and the doctor was right, no scars. He was finally able to go home with his members. He did have to start using an inhaler with a special kind of medicine, his lungs had gotten too damaged from the smoke and it would be a while before they were 100% again, the doctor said that could take a couple months. The members helped Jungkook out of the car and back into their dorm. All they wanted to do with smother and spoil him.

"What do you want for dinner?"

"What can I get you?"

"Is there anything you need?"

Jungkook felt a little bit overwhelmed by all the attention. "Hyungs, I'm okay," he'd tell them over and over again. "So now what? I mean...are we just a six member band now?" he asked innocently.

"Can we please not stress about that right now? You just got home, Kookie, relax. Let's just spend time together, yeah?" Hobi asked.

They all decided to go out back and hang out outside, they figured their maknae could use the fresh air. Yoongi and Jin watched as Jungkook played and chased around Jimin and Taehyung. Hobi was busy making food on the grill for everyone.

"Our baby is finally home," Jin said as he brought Jungkook into a tight hug. The rest of the members decided to join in and hug him too.

After eating, everyone decided to play more. They played tag, had water gun fights, played badminton, and more. Taehyung was feeling especially clingy, but Jungkook didn't mind. They were both excited as this was also the first night in a long time they'd finally be sleeping in their room together again.

"Jungkook-ah, so technically people only die once. And technically you already did, so technically, you're going to live forever now!" Jimin joked with his maknae, getting a laugh out of him.

The members had previously discussed not mentioning Namjoon or bringing him up with Jungkook unless he wanted them to. Jungkook had been asked if he wanted a restraining order but he said no.

The maknae had been thinking about his leader a lot lately and finally made a decision.

"Hyungs," Jungkook grabbed everyone's attention. "I would like to go visit Namjoonie."