The Middle

You watched his eyes widen and take on a sliver of the terror you felt. The gears in his mind went full speed as he began to take charge of the situation. 

"Everyone! Let's form a plan." He gathered us all into a circle, his calming voice bringing Tae's loud cries down to quiet whimpers. "For those of you who don't know, a body has been found in the examination room. A real one, freshly attacked." Jimin gasped and Yoongi's eyes widened, all eyes turning to Taehyung who nodded in confirmation. 

"So there's a killer here. Where is he?" Asked Jin reverently.

"He could be anywhere." A chill went down your spine as Jungkook's quiet words rang through the room. 

Suddenly a loud crackling made everyone all jump and look around to see where it was coming from. Your eyes flew to the speakers in the corner of the room in terror. Someone was on the intercom.

"Hello my lovely people, welcome to the Seoul Scare House!" All of you recognized the words being spoken, it was the recording that played before every tour. You looked at Namjoon but he seemed just as confused as you. "Please stay with your guide and enjoy the ride." 

Everyone remained frozen once the recording ended. There were only two people who had access to the intercom. Namjoon...and your boss Bang Si-hyuk. But Namjoon was with you so was it possible that Bang-ssi was the culprit? He had never given you any reason to fear him before, it seemed off. 

"We need to get out of here." Seokjin said, stating the obvious. But before he could propose a plan, Namjoon cut him off. "There might be other patrons still in the building, we need to get them out too." Nobody rejected his statement so he continued. "Let's split up into groups of two so nobody is alone, and everyone take an area of the scare house."

You hated this idea.

This is what people in movies always did, split up and then get killed off. It was stupid and you didn't want to comply, but who would just leave the innocent patrons here to potentially die? So, you sucked it up and said, "Jungkook is my partner." 

He nodded and everyone else grouped up as follows: Namjoon and Taehyung (who had mostly recovered from his experience), Jimin and Hoseok, Seokjin and Yoongi. It was decided that you and Jungkook would cover the torture room, Taehyung and Namjoon would cover the Jail room (to avoid seeing the body again), Jimin and Hoseok would take the Doll room since Jimin knew it best, and Seokjin and Yoongi would take the examination room. 

You all stood up and looked at each other, and with nervous tears in your eyes, you split up.

You and Jungkook walked slowly through the dark hallways, jumping at every little sound. Your partner was visibly shaking, terrified by the possibilities ahead of you. He was often the strong and tough one but seeing Taehyung cry had crumbled his strong resolve. One was dead already, who's to say others wouldn't follow?

When you reached the tall wooden door, you were surprised when the door swung open at your touch since it had been locked before. It was dark inside just like the hallways, but without the advantage of candle light. You could hardly convince yourself to reach your hand inside and find the switch, but were stricken again with terror when you found it broken off. Whoever was doing all this was just playing with you now. 

"Noona?" You shushed Jungkook, grabbing one of the plastic candles from the hall to take inside. The poor boy grabbed your hand and stepped in before you. You could tell that even though he was terrified himself, his need to protect you was dominating his fear. 

The candle did little to tame the darkness ahead of you as you walked in. "Hello? Are any patrons in here?" Your voice shook nervously and suddenly Jungkook froze in his tracks. "What is it, do you see something?" He didn't respond, instead taking the candle from your hand and holding it up to one of the exhibits. 

It was empty. And that's when everything went too shit. 

Hearing a breath behind you, you flipped around to see a silhouette standing in the doorway, grinning madly as they slammed the door shut. You couldn't help but let out a little scream, scared out of your mind and now presumably locked in a dark room. The two of you ran to the door, tripping over things you couldn't see and fighting the stinging tears in your eyes. 

Jungkook reached the door first, attacking the handle with all the force in his body as if he already knew it wouldn't budge. You however, noticed a small paper taped to it's hard wooden surface and read aloud what it said. "Try the other door :)" 

The two of you looked at each other before sprinting to the other side of the room and throwing open the door to the hallway. Just then, you heard a loud yell and a grunt coming from the around the corner. Acting on instinct, you grabbed Jungkook and ran a few feet to a closet you had often used to jump out at people. 

When you threw open the door, you had to stifle a shriek as a body came tumbling out onto the floor. Jungkook began to hyperventilate but in a split second, you recognized it as the prop that usually sits on the examination table that had been...replaced. In one swift motion, you grabbed both the prop and Jungkook and flew into the closet at lightning speed. You had good timing too because the second the door closed, someone came running around the corner. 

Jungkook, still trying futilely to catch his breath, sucked in a loud breath and whoever was outside stopped and backtracked towards the closet. Your knuckles turned white as you held the door shut with all the strength your body still had to offer.

"Jungkook-ah?" The voice was very obviously Namjoon's and you nearly let go right there and then, but then it all clicked in your head.

Namjoon was the only one with access to the intercom. He told you all to split up. He knew the place like the back of his hand. And the silhouette in the torture room? Just his height. 

"Let me in, please. I think someone is coming."

You were quiet for just a moment.

"Please trust me."

"No." 


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