(9) Given or Taken
"Hey guys we got the real Niki back! And Sunoo!", Jake yelled.
"Real Niki? And MY BABY HI OH MY GOD I MISSED YOU SO MUCH!", Jay yelled, practically tackling Sunoo.
They all had a moment to reunite before Sunoo began to explain the situation.
"So yeah, to put it safely. That was ghost Niki and the spirit came out of him and is now probably after us. We need to find Jungwon and leave this house like yesterday."
No one had time to say anything in response before the sounds of broken glass boomed throughout the home.
Every window in the living room had been blown out, letting them know that Ghost was near.
"Everyone to the ouija board room!", Sunoo yelled.
All of them followed him down that hallway once more to the room where the ouija board still sat.
Manager closed the door while the others gathered around the board.
Sunoo placed his hand on the board and spoke.
No one understood what he said, it almost sounded like a different language.
There was banging on the door of the room.
"Sunoo whatever you're doing needs to happen quickly!", Niki said.
Sunoo kept speaking in the unknown language, and pretty soon, the banging stopped.
They all stood and looked at the door.
"What did you say Sunoo?", Jake asked.
"I made a promise. Now let's go find Jungwon..."
Ghost Jungwon could fully understand what Sunoo had said to Ghost. And he did not like it at all.
"Sunoo why did you do that? Just let him take me.", Jungwon said to him.
"No.", Sunoo replied.
"But Sunoo we-"
"I'm not changing my mind."
The group was now searching high and low for Jungwon.
The Ghost of the boy himself was doing the same. But all he could think of was Sunoo, and what he had said to the Ghost.
Jay was following Sunoo around as they dug through entire rooms looking for their leader.
"Where could he be?", Jay said.
"If this is like hide and seek, he has to be somewhere with toys."
"Like a kids room?"
"Right! Upstairs! One of those rooms has to be a kids room."
The pair ran up the steps, followed by Ghost Jungwon and a very mentally stressed out Sunghoon.
The others continued the search downstairs.
Each boy went to a different area of the second floor. The rooms that had already been searched looking for Sunoo were ignored.
"One of these has to be it...where are you Wonie?", Jay said to himself.
Ghost Jungwon was smiling at him while walking into the room. Even though Jay couldn't see or hear him, the younger still felt comforted by knowing he was there.
"Guys I found something!", Sunoo yelled.
Jay, Sunghoon, and Ghost Jungwon went towards Sunoo's voice.
On the right side of the second floor, Sunoo was standing in the entrance way of an open room.
"Over there, on those stuffed animals.", he said.
Everyone entered the room and saw what Sunoo was looking at.
There was their leader, laying flat atop a small pile of discarded stuffed animals. In his hand, a tiny bear.
"He looks like he's sleeping...", Jay said.
Sunoo looked at Ghost Jungwon.
"Come on Wonie."
"Sunoo I can't."
"Please."
"I can't let you do this!"
Sunoo walked up to him.
By this time the other members and Manager had found their way upstairs, and were witnessing what looked like Sunoo talking to himself. Except for from Niki's perspective of course.
"Jungwon, they need you, go."
"No!"
"Why not?!"
"Because you want to sacrifice yourself! I'm not letting you!"
Niki gasped, earning confused glances from the others.
"Wonie, sweetie, you know I love you, right?", Sunoo said.
"And I love you too, which is why-"
"No. Just listen. I have done so many things in my life. I got to reach my dream. I got to debut, with all of you. And you got to be our leader. What is a group without a leader?"
"And what is Enhypen without their sunshine? How do you expect us to move on without you?"
"Jungwon please. Either way, someone is not leaving this house. I would rather that be me...than you."
The leader sighed. He put his head down as he walked towards his body on the floor.
The other members were trying to grasp what they just heard. What did Sunoo mean by rather me than you?
Jungwon sat down, and laid into the position of himself. And a few seconds later, his eyes opened.
"Wonie!", Niki yelled.
They all ran and hugged him. But before the reunion could continue, the door swung open with force, causing them all to back up.
There, in front of them stood Ghost.
Only Sunoo, Jungwon, and Niki could see him, and all three knew what was about to happen.
Sunoo turned around to the group.
"Enhypen, and Manager, thank you, for all that you have done..."
"Sunoo please...", Jungwon said.
"I always have, and always will love and care for each one of you."
Jungwon and Niki saw Ghost getting closer to Sunoo.
"And I just wanted to say that I hope you don't forget me."
"Whatever you are about to do Sunoo, don't do it.", Sunghoon said.
Sunoo smiled.
"Sunghoon. I'm sorry I never got to tell you how much I love you. I wanted us to have a life together, one day. But hopefully you can find someone else."
That was the breaking point for Sunghoon, who let the tears fall like a water spout.
Just then, Ghost placed his hand on Sunoo.
"Goodbye, my family."
Ghost wrapped its arms around Sunoo, making him inhale sharply.
Sunoo looked up into the void of darkness that was Ghost, and watched as a white mist was pulled from him.
The members and Manager watched in horror was the life was seemingly drained for their member.
But Sunghoon wasn't going to let it end like this.
"No!", he yelled, pushing the others aside and running forward.
He grabbed Sunoo in an attempt to pull him out of the way.
This only made Ghost angry, and he grabbed Sunghoon by the arm, preventing him from pulling Sunoo.
"Let me go!", he yelled.
Now, he could see him. The tall dark figure let go of Sunoo, who fell to the floor, unmoving.
He now held Sunghoon, and began to do the same.
"No!", Niki yelled, trying to go to him, but Jungwon and Jake held him back.
"No Niki, he'll get you too!", Jake said.
After a few seconds, Ghost released Sunghoon from his grasp, letting him fall to the floor as well, right next to Sunoo.
The dark mist that was Ghost, began to appear to all of them. A spectre of darkness only known as...
"Mr. Kire?", Niki said.
Ghost, who Niki now saw the human form of, responded.
"Riki. It's been a while. I hate to run, but I have things to do."
Before they could catch him he disappeared into thin air.
Heeseung slowly walked over to his younger members who lay there on the floor.
"W-why...", he cried, "This wasn't supposed to happen...why..."
Manager walked up to him.
"You...stay away from me...", Heeseung said.
"Heeseung, I-"
"Shut up! You're probably happy about this! No one is alive to tell about what you did to them...at least now how they could."
Jungwon was on the floor in between the two, holding Sunoo's left hand, and Sunghoon's right. The others were gathered around them.
"That's not true. I cared for these boys!", Manager yelled.
"Of course you did! A little too much if I might add. Right? So much so that you feel the need to put your hands on them?"
Jay raised his head.
"It was one time."
"One time my ass, I saw you! I should have said something that day, maybe we wouldn't be here. This is your fault."
"No...it isn't..."
"But it is. This was your idea to come visit this place. It was YOUR idea, to bring us here. Good luck finding a new job after this..."
Manager stood there as he watched the members each pair of eyes filled with tears.
Niki now cradled Sunoo in his lap, similar to how he did when they first appeared in this house.
Jake was doing the same with Sunghoon.
"What do we do?", Niki asked.
"I don't *sniffles* know...", Jungwon responded.
Across the room, watching the whole situation unfold, stood Sunghoon and Sunoo, holding hands.
"Can we go back?", Sunghoon asked.
"I hope so. I want to hug you as a human and not a Ghost."
"Same."
Niki looked up from Sunoo, and found himself looking across the room.
He made eye contact with Sunghoon.
"Holy shit...", Niki said.
"What is it?", Jay asked.
Niki pointed.
All of the members turned around.
"We...", Jay said, "We can see you..."
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