Requested by: LeonaMherize and skz_sisters_01 and @kpopmultifandom10 and ArtistHanji
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"To the room over there, now!", Sunoo said.

The three boys quickly ran to the room at the far corner of the practice studio.

Once they got in, Sunoo locked the door.

"Sunghoon, what is happening?", Sunoo asked.

Jeongin sat closer to Sunghoon, holding onto his arm.

"It's a long story, but that man...he has an attraction to younger people. Manager knows him because they were childhood friends."

"And manager willingly put you all in harms way?"

"More than once. But see, I've known that man for a while. He used to babysit me when I was little. He knows my mom."

"Sunghoon, I'm so sorry."

"It's okay. We just have to keep Jeongin away from him. He's one of those weirdos who finds littlespace...attractive...in that way."

Sunoo sat down.

They heard a crash outside of the room.

"He broke the door in...", Sunghoon said.

"Hoonie, I scared. He gonna get me?", Jeongin asked.

"No baby. He won't touch you."

Sunghoon looked around.

His eyes landed on a dark corner of the room, shielded by boxes.

"Jeongin, Sunoo, I need you both to hide."

"Sunghoon-", Sunoo said.

"Go. Please. I need to handle this."

"Hoonie, no go! What if he hurt you?"

Sunghoon pat Jeongin on the head.

"It's better than him hurting you. Now go."

The rooms door was hit, causing a booming sound.

Sunoo took Jeongin's hand, pulling him behind the boxes to hide.

Sunghoon stood up, opening the door of the room.

"There you are.", the instructor said, "Look Sunghoon, I don't have time to beat around the bush. I have been waiting since you were a little boy. And now...your little friend is here."

"You're not going to touch Jeongin."

"Oh really? You gonna stop me?"

"I can."

"Can you?"

The man walked closer to Sunghoon, who tensed up.

"Or are you still scared of me?"

Sunghoon stayed quiet as the man grabbed his hand.

"You're very handsome. You haven't changed a bit since that day."

The man watched Sunghoon's facial expression change to fear, as the memories of that day came back to him.

"Do you remember, Sunghoon?"

"Shut up...I don't want to remember."

"Oh but you do."

The man put a hand on Sunghoon's waist, leaving him unable to move from the panic that was setting in.

"Don't you?"

Sunghoon's breathing picked up, and he started to try every method to get away from the man, who held onto him tightly.

"Trying to run now huh?"

"Let me go! Let me go! Sunie help!"

Sunoo looked over the boxes at the sound of Little Sunghoon's voice.

"Crap...uh...Jeongin...stay here."

"But Sunie..."

Sunoo got up, running from the room.

Jeongin listened closely to what was happening.

"Hey let him go!"

"You let go of me! Back off!"

Jeongin heard something hit the ground, followed by a scream.

"Let me go! Stop it!", Little Sunghoon yelled.

Jeongin made a mental decision.

"You got this Innie. Go save friend!", he said to himself.

Jeongin got up, running out of the room as well.

He saw Sunoo getting up off the ground, going for the man who was trying to take Sunghoon from the room.

Jeongin ran forward, pushing the man away from Sunghoon, and being met with a slap across the face.

"You back away, unless you want to come with me too."

Jeongin went to Sunghoon, holding his friend.

Sunoo stepped in front of them.

"Don't touch these boys."

"Look at you. Can someone so small really stop me?"

Sunoo hit the man in his stomach, making hom bend over in pain.

To the littles shock, the man stood back up, using his hands to punch Sunoo across the face, knocking him down.

Sunghoon went to him.

"Sunie!", he said.

The man grabbed Sunghoon by the hair, opening the door of the room.

Jeongin tried to reach him, but was pulled out of the room by another man, who was waiting outside.

"Ahhh! Ahhh! Help! Someone!", Jeongin yelled.

The two men dragged the kicking and screaming littles away.

Sunoo held his face as he got up, trying to follow the men despite the pain he felt.

"Stop! Stop!", he yelled, running after them.

"Sunie!", Jeongin yelled.

"Help us!", Sunghoon also yelled.

The men dragged the littles around a corner, and out of Sunoo's sight.

All he heard were distant screams as they disappeared.

"Babies...wait...", Sunoo said out of breath, "Shit..."

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"So what happened?", Chan asked.

"Sunoo said they were taken. All we know is Sunghoon and Manager knew the main guy.", Jake said.

Chan looked at Sunoo, who was being hugged by Jay while crying.

He hadn't stopped crying since they got there.

"I'm sorry Chan hyung. You'll probably never trust us again.", Jake said.

"It's not your fault. Or his. We just need to find them."

The Stray Kids and Enhypen members were waiting to see if the police could find ant evidence aside form security footage.

They took down Sunoo's story, and everything Manager knew about that man.

"So what do we do?", Seungmin asked.

"We do the most difficult thing. We wait.", Heeseung said, sitting in the grass.

As they were talking, a police officer came outside.

All of the members gathered around.

The officer sighed before beginning.

"We have the license plate of the vehicle that took them."

"That's good.", Jungwon said.

"Bad news is, it belongs to a convicted felon. A man arrested on several occasions for crimes against children."

Sunoo looked at the ground.

"He's also actively wanted for murder."

"What?", Felix said.

"Yeah. He killed a young man in his 20s a few weeks ago. He was allegedly working as a babysitter for age regressing adults. Case file says he took the young man from his home, and they found him the next day, gone."

All of the members looked at one another.

That couldn't happen to their babies, could it?

Stray Kids couldn't lose their maknae, and Enhypen couldn't lose their Sunghoon. They wouldn't let it happen.

"What can we do?", Niki asked.

"Nothing right now. We suggest you go home while we look into this."

The members were forced to agree.

Sunoo held hands with Jay as they walked.

"Hyung, be honest with me.", Sunoo said.

"Yes Sunoo?"

"Do you think the officer mentioned that case because he thinks they're going to die?"

Everyone stopped.

Jay turned to Sunoo.

"I hope not Sunoo."

The younger boy looked into his eyes.

He could tell Jay was feeling the same way.
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"This isn't going to end well...is it?"