"Why would you do that for me?" Jungkook asked softly as he raised his head off the floor.

"Because I couldn't do it for my son." Mr. Bang whispered as he nudged Jungkook to take the bottle of water and head toward the couch.

It took a whole minute for Jungkook to breathe calmly and look over to the old man that sat beside him with the grip tightened over the photo, "Is that him?" Jungkook perked a question.

"Hm," he hummed and softly rubbed a thumb over the photo.

"What happened to him?" Jungkook scooted closer to take a better look at the picture.

"He..," his voice trailed off as fresh tears ran down his cheek.

"What happened?" Jungkook turned to face the man taking the man's hand in his.

Mr. Bang inhaled sharply as he carefully turned towards Jungkook with his gaze still fixed somewhere far rather than on Jungkook, "He was my most precious child. The only child of our family and we loved him so much. We were so happy together but one day-" he tried not to stammer but he couldn't.

It was so painful to even talk about it.

"My child was taken away by the beasts that you and Tyne witnessed. They pretended to be loan sharks and took away my son for a mere chunk of money. Before I could comprehend things and run for his rescue. He was long gone. I tried searching for him. On countless nights I ran through empty streets but all I could do was cry over my misery. I couldn't save him. No matter how hard I tried. It was all in vain-"

"You sold him?" Jungkook's lips frowned as he sunk the information.

"Why would I do that? I was told to pay off the debt in a year. They kept my home as alimony. I accepted those terms. But after three months they came barging into my house and beat my wife to unconsciousness and took away my son. When I tried to contact the dealer, he simply shunned me. The officers didn't do anything to help me. Those bastards filed a case and left it. It was never opened nor was it investigated-"

"But aren't you an officer?" Jungkook carefully put forth.

"I wasn't back then. I turned into one for his sake. I looked through old case files at the station about missing children and tried to find any similar cases to my son. My world stopped when I found not one but more than a hundred missing cases in a single station. I hunted down those people and found out about the factories where they are pushed to work after being taken away from their parents. Working alone was a disadvantage because I had to do it secretly and secondly I couldn't trust anyone there-"

"Did you find him?" Jungkook asked and Mr. Bang nodded in denial.

"All I received after years of the search was that he was an item for the boss. But once they found a new item, he was butchered-" to this point Mr. Bang was wailing with his face buried in between his palms.

Jungkook's lungs stopped when he heard the final sentence.

Does that mean Yoongi would be killed too because he is the item too? He shrugged his thoughts and tried to focus on the guy.

"I can't revert time. Neither can I save my son. That's why I decided to help Tyne. I was ordered to go for checking at the stripper house with the troupe to look for any child trafficking. We were undercover and the first person I saw was Tyne over the stage. I decided to meet him after the show. He directed me to the suite room and that's where he disclosed about the place and Viper."

"If he told you everything then why didn't you save him?" Jungkook stood up fuming with anger and his knuckles turned white due to fisting his hands.

Mr. Bang chuckled softly, "You think I didn't offer him that?" He stood up to face Jungkook head-on, "He fired me with questions."

"And what might that be?" Jungkook bit his lips with tears filling his orbs.

"What about others? Will you leave them behind? What about the ones that will be brought here tomorrow to replace me? How will you handle that?"

"Why did you listen to him? Why didn't you just drag him out of there? He doesn't have to be the only one to suffer. He doesn't have to think about others for once!" Jungkook screamed his lungs out with angry tears gushing down his cheeks.

"Eglan..," Mr. Bang's voice softened as he watched Jungkook turning into a ball of guilt, "it's not your fault -"

"How are you so sure! It's all my fault. I was weak as fuck and couldn't save him or Jebb! I couldn't do anything when he was dragged away right in front of my eyes. I couldn't do anything for him-"

Mr. Bang pulled the boy into a hug and softly patted his head, "Trust me when I say this. It all feels like your fault but it isn't. It's not always your fault. There are times when you are feeling so but trust me that most of the time it isn't your fault. He trusted you with my card. It's our turn now to return him with what he wants. Don't you think?"

"What am I supposed to do?" Jungkook's cries lowered in intensity as time passed.

"Let's punish that bastard who did this to us!" Mr. Bang gripped Jungkook's shoulders and stared at him with a burning gaze and a hit of vengeance running through his aura.

"mh," Jungkook mumbled through his lips and wiped his tears with the back of his hand, "how are we going to do this?"

Mr. Bang smiled wide and walked backward to pull a huge curtain to reveal a big green board with over a hundred photos clipped to it and arrows connecting like a fucking spider web.

"This is the plan!"

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Yoongi stood still in his place with the cloth in his between his fingers. His gaze slowly fell over the two unconscious boys that he sedated. A slight tremor built in his fingers as a slow irregular breath escaped past his lips.

What have I done?

Yoongi's thoughts were cut off when Viper called for two hefty men into the room.

"Take him away!" He ordered and Yoongi's feet turned cold as they started dragging Taehyung out of the room.

"W... where are you taking him?" Yoongi stuttered as the fear laced into his system.

"To hell," Viper smirked as wiped the blood off his leg.

"Let me go with him!" Yoongi panicked and blurted the first thing he could.

Viper perked an eyebrow as he stopped his movements to look over to Yoongi who stood firm in his place, "What makes you think I would do that?"

"I...will keep an eye on him. So, let me go with him. That way you don't have to kill him. Plus, we...still don't know how he escaped the factory. Didn't the big boss tell you to find that? Wouldn't it be easier to know it through his lips?" Yoongi was running out of excuses now.

But this is the only way.

For Hoseok, he could do anything.

For Hoseok, he could kill people and betray them.

For Hoseok, he could do anything.

But for the first time, he didn't find the courage to do it.

He couldn't see a future with his lover where he trampled three precious lives that cheered him all the while.

Taehyung was dumb to run back into the hotel when they first escaped away from Viper just to protect Jimin.

Jimin was naive to cut a deal with Viper to protect the two at the cost of his dignity being ripped away.

Jungkook was a fool to give up on the freedom he received from the two and continuously strive to retrieve them back.

They are a bunch of idiots that didn't think about themselves first.

But the real question is,

How was he any different?

He was standing here at the brim of his death begging to save the life of Taehyung who might never see the sun tomorrow.

Why does he still believe in Hoseok's words that he is more than just a mere monster?

Why was he even fighting a match he was sure of losing-

"Fine."

"Huh?" Yoongi asked in disbelief as Viper didn't deny his offer.

"Find the route of his escape while you are with him. And while you are with him. Don't try anything smart or..," Viper smirked and dragged his shot leg toward Yoongi as he walked up to him.

"Your little bitch won't stay safe too long-"

"Don't touch him!" Yoongi spat in a firm tone.

"You are in no position to threaten me, honey. Have you ever told him that he is the biggest disadvantage in your life? If he wasn't to dare and enter Busan, you wouldn't be here working for us all over again." Viper laughed hysterically and patted Yoongi's shoulder before walking out.

One of the guards tried to lift Jimin but Yoongi strongly denied it and decided to do it himself. He inhaled sharply and lifted Jimin.

With every step he took towards the bed, guilt dropped like a hundred tons over his head. He carefully placed Jimin on the bed and walked back towards Taehyung not once looking back at Jimin.

Because he knew the moment he would turn around, his instincts will run havoc and his inner soul will try everything possible to pull them out of this shit.

But he can't afford that.

Not when Hoseok is under Viper's watch.

He can't do that to Hoseok.

I am sorry, Tyne.

A/n:- WHAT IS MR BANG AND JUNGKOOK PLANNING?

Sorry, my caps were on.

Why did Yoongi offer himself to go with Taehyung?

Will Jimin ever forgive him?

Hoseok is under Viper's clutches!

How are we going to save poor hoba?

Ah! I miss creating this suspense!

Hehe! Hope you liked the chapter.

Meet you in the next chapter 💛

Love you kids.

Maddie🙂❤️