37. Confrontations
Third Person POV
In an old bathroom somewhere in an abandoned building, the sound of gushing water was loud. A metallic smell filled the air as someone splashed the water against their body. Leo took the water in his palms as he washed the blood off his arms. He winced in pain as the warm water burnt the long nail scratches on his hands.
Namjoon's sister. That bitch, she did it trying to defend herself.
The moment he killed Namjoon's family, he went into hiding. He knew the girl had seen him in the office that day he stole the burner phone. She would have probably also informed Bangtan about it by now.
He also knew about the woman's real identity. He knew she was Queen. But he never said or did anything because he had been explicitly informed to not harm or expose her.
"Seeing your state, I assume you have been successful", a voice spoke from behind. Leo turned briefly to look at him before continuing washing the blood off him.
"It was a low-blow though honestly", the new voice spoke. "Killing Namjoon's mother and sister. I don't know why Boss asked you to do it but it seemed rather cowardly"
Leo turned his head as he immediately gripped this man's collars and pushed him to the wall.
"Watch your mouth WonHo"
"Why are your panties in a twist?", WonHo pushed Leo away.
"Boss knows what he is doing and I don't want you blindly shitting on him again"
WonHo scoffed before settling in the back. "Where is he anyway?"
"He's out now. So get back to your work. Find out what is happening at Bangtan Mansion"
"I already did", WonHo smirked. "There's a witch hunt for you. Someone snitched on you and now the whole Mafia is out looking. But that's not even the best part. Queen has been found alive. She was living all the time as one of the Bangtan members"
"I know", Leo mindlessly answered.
"What?", WonHo was taken aback. "How did you know about her? And if you did, why didn't you kill her already?"
"Boss told me not to. He said Queen was to be left unharmed"
"I wonder why Boss wanted to keep her alive. Also when will I be able to meet him? You said Boss wants to meet me in person. But, he never contacted me"
Leo ignored him, now washing his face. "When the time is right, he will call for you"
There was silence as the sound of the gushing water was the only one to be heard.
"Tick tock on the clock, Leo's gonna get socked", WonHo made a rhyme which irked the elder.
"Get back to work you fucking bastard", Leo angrily spewed. "I believe we have enough things to do than listen to you spill such bullshit"
"What a prick", WonHo scoffed before walking away.
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Third Person POV
As it was decided, Bangtan drove to the warehouse which Queen had asked them to be at. The moment the rest of the boys came to know about this, they rushed back from Ilsan. Namjoon was the most furious anyone had ever seen. In just one day, he had seen so much betrayal, he was out for blood.
First Leo, his most trusted man who killed his family. He had used all his resources, men and contacts to try and find Leo. And when he laid his hand on the man, he was going to torture him until Leo begged Namjoon to kill him.
Second, Queen. Last time, he wasn't the one to get her killed but this time he was certain that he was going to end her. At this point he didn't know if he should have been mad at his own self for not being able to know her true identity or his members for defending her. Or Taehyung for falling in love with her.
When they arrived, a couple other cars were already there. Since Jimin was with them, they had to be cautious. Taehyung stepped out, the gun ready in his hand. His eyes were bloodshot and a blank expression rested on his face. The rest of the boys would be lying if they said they weren't concerned for him.
For the past whole day he had cried in his room, unable to take this. He wouldn't talk to anyone and not even eat. Every time he closed his eyes, the image of Sua, came in front of his face and he hadn't slept because of this. He wanted to kill himself because of the guilt of falling for the trap again.
There he saw her, sitting on the car bonnet admiring a silver dagger. EXO was standing at the back, clearly more confident now that their leader was back amongst them. She had her mask on and for the first time ever, Taehyung could see resemblance with the woman from the picture.
She looked up and despite the mask he knew that there was arrogance on her face. Their eyes met and Taehyung felt a wave of emotions. Betrayal, heartbreak, pain and anger.
Hyelin's eyes softened as she saw Taehyung. Her eyes stung and tears threatened to fall out at the sight of the man she liked so much. But the way his eyes were so empty, she sensed how hurt he actually was. She did this to him and she was the only one at fault.
But emotions were always second in this game, business was first. She composed herself, the fiery demeanor returning back to her eyes. Within a second she went from being Kang Hyelin to the dreaded leader Queen.
"Welcome my fellow comrades. Wait. Ex-comrades", she said in a mocking tone. "So good to see all of you here"
"Where is Jimin", that was the only thing Yoongi said as he pointed the gun at her.
"First of all, lets remove this. Its not like you guys haven't seen this pretty face already", she taunted and removed the mask, flinging it off. "Second Yoongi dear, put the gun down. We don't want anything to happen to Jimin now, do we?"
Yoongi's jaw clenched and he refused to put the gun down. "Queen", Namjoon spoke and Hyelin turned to look at him. "Where is Jimin?"
"Men. Men. Men. Always like to complicate things", she sighed. "Bring him"
The six boys noticed as Sehun took Jimin out of the car and pushed him ahead, before bringing him to where Queen was. Jimin grunted as he was shoved to the ground. Without a word Queen removed a gun as she placed it at Jimin's head. "Namjoon ask Yoongi to put the gun down. In this room I should be the only one with my gun pointed at someone. I'll give you five seconds to distance yourself from the weapon Lil meow or else....You know I don't play"
All the members were stunned. She seemed like a completely different person. This couldn't be the same woman that lived with them for almost two months. Yoongi backed off as Namjoon nodded and him before ultimately he put the gun away.
"Uh nuh, on the ground", she stressed. "Away from your reach", with that she pushed the gun in Jimin's head who just whimpered behind a handkerchief stuffed in his face as he fell ahead. Unwillingly, Yoongi dropped the gun.
"Boys", with that the rest of the EXO came forward. "Take all their weapons"
They did as they were asked, frisking each of the Bangtan member and removing their weapons.
"Jongdae, the coconut head keeps two daggers in his shoes. Make sure you take both of them"
Jungkook glared at Queen as the weapons were taken from his secret space which he often kept for emergencies like this. She just shrugged her shoulders and now he regretted as he recalled the time he told her about it, unknowingly spilling it to the enemy.
She just nodded at Suho who pushed Namjoon to the floor. Following suit, all the members of Bangtan were tackled to the ground and on their knees. Each of the EXO members in charge of checking them stood at the back, a gun placed on the enemy's head.
"Now that formalities are done, lets start. So before we begin, Namjoon, do you have anything to say?"
Namjoon said nothing because he was ridden with humiliation of being deceived. He still hadn't recovered from his family's death and now this happened.
"Guess you don't want to answer. Who else then?", she looked around. "AH! JIN", she yelled. "Want to answer for your boyfriend?"
Jin said nothing but just kept glaring at Queen. Behind him Luhan poked him in the head with the barrel. "When our leader asks something to you, you answer", he said with gritted teeth. Namjoon seeing Jin being hit, tried to standup only for Suho to push him back down.
"SeokJin, why you glaring at me like I called you old and ugly? Anger doesn't look good on that beautiful face of yours", Hyelin directed the words at him.
The oldest of Bangtan just looked away. It wasn't anger that made him do that but rather the reality of being betrayed that dawned on him. His eyes found his brother who was being pushed to the ground right now. He could never forgive himself because he was the one who pressured Taehyung into this relationship. And now the man was broken once again.
"Anyways", Hyelin rolled her eyes. "Getting you guys to answer makes me feel like a math teacher trying to get students to solve the problem on the blackboard. So let me just take hold of the conversation"
With that she headed back to where her place was.
"Do you want to know how and why you guys got fooled? How I, Sua got into the police department and then into your house? How your factories were blown to bits and most of your clients taken? You must be curious right?"
Hyelin walked towards the boys, this time stopping in front of Taehyung. She held his chin as she made him look up until he was looking her straight in the eyes. Taehyung tried to resist but Hyelin's grip was so strong, he couldn't move his face.
"You must be curious right?", but this time her voice was softer as if only meant for Taehyung to hear. Taehyung was taken aback as he kept looking into her eyes. They had a moment where they were only looking at one another and Taehyung swore in all this he actually saw some kind of emotion in her eyes. Was it guilt? Was it love? Was it regret?
"Maybe because", with that she let go of his face and took a few steps back. "I was never Sua to begin with"
All of Bangtan was confused. But their eyes were glued to another woman who walked in. None of them could believe their eyes. The woman looked exactly like the other.
"Bangtan boys, meet the actual Officer Kang Sua and allow me to introduce myself. Kang Hyelin, nice to meet you. Kang Sua's younger twin and Kang Daniel's older sister. Basically, the cursed middle child"
Taehyung's eyes widened as he saw them standing side by side. Splitting images on one another. His henchman's words echoed in his mind from the day they went to Jinyoung's hospital.
She is not who she seems. There are two of them.
All of the boys watched on aghast at this new development. So many things made sense to each one of them. Every little piece seemed to fall into place in the jigsaw. Every finer detail made a bigger picture.
"And want to know one more thing Namjoon?", now Queen's voice was no longer playful. "This is the woman that was shot instead of me. The file you found on me was Sua. Not really me. Daniel didn't run away, he was taken into safety by EXO. Want to know who stole your data and blew the warehouses? Well guess what, yours truly Kang Hyelin. You were right, it was indeed the silence of a guilty person"
Hoseok, Jimin, Jin and Taehyung, the four of them who had defended her had a rush of guilt as they realized how badly they had let down their own leader. Instead of trusting him, they had protected the enemy and their hearts clenched as they recalled it.
"I don't know if I should pity you or be mad at your stupidity", Sua suddenly cut in, looking at Namjoon. "You thought this clown here was me? Does she by any means look like she could qualify to be a police officer Mr Namjoon? With all the over-acting, any sane person would have figured she was bluffing"
"Shut up", Hyelin hissed at her. "Who are you calling a clown? And I was a natural method actor. They couldn't figure out my real identity which just proves how good I was. If I were acting as a job, it would be raining oscars"
"What oscars? You are so bad, they won't even give you a zero on IMDB. The movie you act in would be used to torture people in police interrogations. Lee Minho would rather die than act with you"
Hyelin gasped. "Sua you fucking cunt. Don't drag MinHo in this—"
The EXO boys slapped their foreheads while the Bangtan boys watched on confused. Tao immediately pushed them both away from one another. "This is not the time to be fighting over such trivial things girls", he glared.
"Yes, so as I was saying", the seriousness was back in the room. "Why did you try and kill me Namjoon?"
"I wasn't the one who tried to kill you", Namjoon looked up immediately. "It wasn't us"
Hyelin chuckled. "The cat's out of the bag. There is literally no point pretending. Did you or did you not try and kill me? When you tried to have me shot outside the pub?"
Namjoon furrowed his brows. That random text message popped in his mind. The one where someone told him Queen had been killed. He knew he had been set up.
"It wasn't us, someone set—"
"DON'T FUCK WITH ME NAMJOON", Queen yelled and her voice was so loud, it echoed through the whole warehouse. "You know what, I know you are never going to confess. But I know how to make you say it"
With that she walked to where Jin was. Pushing Luhan to the side, she stood behind SeokJin and pointed her gun at his head. "Will you say the truth or will you watch your boyfriend die?"
"STOP IT", Taehyung yelled seeing his brother like this. Queen ignored him and clocked her gun. "I am not a patient person Namjoon"
"STOP IT! DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH MY BROTHER..", Taehyung tried to stand up and dash forward but Kai immediately pushed him back. When Kai found it difficult to restrain him, Yixing had no choice but to butt in and punch the man who fell back to the ground.
"It wasn't us", Namjoon spoke. This was the first time his voice had quivered in fear of something happening to SeokJin. A single tear rolled down his eyes. "Someone set us up"
Queen's eyes went blank as she looked at him. She clocked her gun and the rest of Bangtan went into panic. "It seems you don't want to tell the truth Namjoon. Don't say I didn't give you a chance"
And with that she pulled the trigger.
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