Happy Halloween everyone!

"What's going on? Why did we stop?"

Yunho startled awake from his sleep when he heard Wooyoung asked their manager. Yunho looked around sleepily and frowned when he found out that he didn't recognize the place they were in. "Where are we..? Why are we here, hyung?" Yunho asked sleepily and the manager sighed, pulling out his phone.

"I took a different route because the main road was blocked. I don't know what happened but the van stopped suddenly just now. I'm going to call the other managers to come pick us up." The manager said while dialing the other manager's number before he frowned. "Hm? No line? What the hell? Do any of you guys have any line? If you guys do, call Manager Hyuk."

Yunho pulled out his phone and pouted when his phone also didn't have any line. "No line.. What about you, Woo?" Yunho asked the younger but Wooyoung also shook his head while huffing. "Same here. Guys?" Wooyoung looked around to the still sleepy members but Seonghwa, Yeosang, Mingi and Hongjoong all shook their heads.

"Sannie? Jongie?" Yunho asked the remaining members, but they also shook their heads, mumbling that they don't have any line either. "Now what, hyung?" Wooyoung asked their manager and the older unbuckled his seat belt. "I'm going to check the engine for a bit." The manager went out of the car as everyone else got out of the car as well.

"Where are we, actually? I've never seen this road before." Seonghwa said as he looked around the empty road. Yunho shivered from the wind and cautiously looked around, he couldn't help but to feel a bit afraid, seeing the empty road and the forest surrounding them. He knew Mingi must've felt the same, maybe feeling more afraid than him so he went to the younger and stood beside him.

"I don't feel good about this place.." Mingi mumbled to Yunho, wrapping his arms around Yunho's waist and pulling the taller closer. "I don't like it here, too.. I don't know.. It feels.. Eerie.." Yunho mumbled, putting his hands on Mingi's arms. "Don't say that!" Mingi hissed and whined, making Yunho giggled. "I'm just telling you what I feel, that's all. Yunho retorted.

"I don't know what to do. Everything is fine. The engine is fine. Nothing leaked. I don't know why the van won't start." The manager huffed, rubbing his forehead in frustration. "When the main road closed, I googled for an alternative road and it leads here, but then my internet connection was lost. Now the van won't start and no line at all. I don't really know what to do now.." The manager sighed.

"It's too dangerous to wander around right now. Maybe we should just stay in the van until morning and only then we'll try to find the way out." Hongjoong suggested and everyone agreed. They piled back in the van afterwards, leaving the door open for circulation. Mingi had pulled Yunho onto his lap, not that the latter mind as they drifted to sleep again. Their manager was the one who didn't sleep to keep watch for the others.

Yunho was sound asleep on top of Mingi when someone shook him awake roughly. "Get up get up! Yunho-ah! Fucking get up! Mingi! Get the fuck up! We need to get out of here right fucking now!" Hongjoong shook both Yunho and Mingi up with haste before he wake the others too. "W-wha? Whass going on..? Hyung..?" Yunho mumbled sleepily as Mingi rubbed his eyes.

"I don't know what happened but I heard some noises and woke up, manager Kim was nowhere to be found and I tried circling the van before I heard screaming from the forest and it was manager Kim's voice and something was dragging him further into the forest." Hongjoong explained, making the others frowned in worry. "Shouldn't we stay in the van, then? It would be much safer here don't you think?" Yeosang reasoned but Hongjoong shook his head. "No, we can't stay here, I'm not sure what I saw but it's big. It's fucking big. Grab your things and we're going ahead. We'll stay on the road until we could find some village or something."

Everyone nodded their heads and started to pick up their bags and started walking, to where they didn't know but they hoped that they could find someone, preferably someone nice that could help them get back to Seoul or some place for a night. Everyone huddled closer while walking and it was silent at first before they started hearing some noises.

"W-what was that??" Mingi stuttered, his hands already clutching on Yunho's arm, his face paled as he looked around with wide eyes. Yunho patted Mingi's hands to comfort him but he also was slightly panicking inside. "If something came out from the forest. Fucking run straight ahead and don't look back." Hongjoong said and the others nodded silently, they hold onto their bags tightly and were ready to run if something came out from the forest.

"Don't try to be a hero and fight them. I don't want any of us to be injured. Got that?" Seonghwa warned and he was about to say something when Yeosang screamed.

"WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?! FUCKING RUN RIGHT FUCKING NOW! GO GO GO!" Yeosang screamed, pushing San and Wooyoung who had been in front of him as they started running. "What? What? What did you see?" San asked while they were running and tried to look back but Yeosang only pushed him. "I don't fucking know! I don't think it's human anyway! With furs all over its body! What I knew is that it's fucking big! With some sort of I don't know, a club? A thick branch? It was holding it in his hands."

Wooyoung then looked back while they were running and widened his eyes when he saw the creature was running towards them. "It's chasing us!" Wooyoung screeched making everyone speed up their pace, no one dared to look back anymore as they tried to find somewhere safe. They heard the creature roar and growl, making them searching for a place to hide even faster but as they kept running, it looked like the road had no end. After a while, the roars and growls stopped but they kept on running without looking back.

"Why is this road so fucking long?? There's not even a single house or shop nearby! All I see is this fucking road that leads to wherever and the fucking forest!" Mingi hissed and pant as everyone started to slow down, exhausted from all the running. "We can't keep running like this. What should we do?" Jongho asked while panting. "I'm not sure-" Hongjoong started but stopped when he spotted someone, who looked like a decent human being and shouted.

"MISTER? CAN YOU PLEASE HELP US?"

The man nodded his head and waved for them to come with him so they rushed towards the man but Yunho actually faltered for a bit. "Should we really trust him, guys..? What if he is just like the thing that was chasing us?" Yunho mumbled. "He looked human, Yunho-ah. It's our only chance right now. Just be careful." Hongjoong said and Yunho pouted but he followed the others.

The man led them into the forest, making Yunho feel more suspicious as he tugged on Mingi's sleeve. "I don't think we should follow this man.." Yunho whispered to Mingi and the latter could only give him a shrug. "I know, bub but who knew if he could actually help us. Let's just follow him for now, okay? If something went wrong then we could find another way to get away from him." Mingi comforted Yunho and the taller pouted though he nodded his head.

"This is my house. You guys can stay here for the night. It's dangerous out here especially this month. You guys sure had bad luck to come here right now." The man said as he ushered them into his house. "We didn't mean to come here.. Our van broke down and we've lost our manager.. The creature had taken him.." Seonghwa explained.

The man widened his eyes though what they didn't know was the man tried not to smirk, giving them a pity stare instead. "Oh, I'm sorry for that. You guys can get some rest while I'll try to find your manager. Just use whatever in this house if you need them." The man said before walking out of the house, leaving them alone.

"He just left us in his house?" Yeosang said as soon as the man was out of the house. "Well at least we have a safe place for the night." Wooyoung shrugged before flopping down on the couch and the others followed him, some of them sat on the floor instead but Yunho gawked at them as he didn't move from his spot.

"Really? Guys? You guys believe him just like that?? What if this is a trick?? I don't think we should stay here!" Yunho tried convincing them but Mingi pulled him down to sit right beside him. "Calm down, bub. We're safe here. That's what matters right now. We will go and find some help tomorrow morning. Okay?"

"I don't like this! I don't trust that man! The creatures?? What are we? In some horror flicks?? That thing doesn't exist! That could be the man itself!"

Hongjoong sighed, rubbing his face tiredly. "Stop, Yunho-ah. I don't know what's going on. None of us do but if we go back out there blindly, it will be even more dangerous. Just stay here for the night and we'll be gone the next morning. Get some rest guys."

Yunho frowned and pouted. Why does no one believe him?? Yunho huffed and crossed his arms over his chest while the others had started to doze off. I'm so not going to sleep here! Yunho thought but he succumbed to sleep anyway because of exhaustion from their schedules earlier that day.

Yunho woke up startled from the thumping voice outside of the house. He looked around and noticed not only him was awake and Mingi had pulled him closer. "Bub, I'm sorry I didn't believe you. We shouldn't have stayed here... Guys, what do we do?" Mingi whispered, enough for the members to hear him. Yunho tilted his head in confusion before flinching again when the thumping started again.

"What's happening? Why the sudden change of heart? And what is that sound?" Yunho asked.

"I woke up about an hour ago and started thinking that maybe you're right, Yunho-ah. So, I tried to find something, anything that could tell where we are exactly and found a few parchments in the last room with Jongho." San explained, showing Yunho the parchments that he had taken from the room.

"Read that while we go find something that we can use as a weapon, just in case." Yeosang said while Hongjoong, Seonghwa and Wooyoung were already searching the house frantically but silently as they didn't want to alert the 'creatures' outside. Yunho read the parchments with Mingi, though Mingi had read them earlier when Yunho was still asleep.

"They're not some spooky creatures.. They're murderers that eat their victims.." Mingi whispered, making Yunho widened his eyes and looked over to him. "Why didn't you wake me up earlier, Min?" Yunho pouted and Mingi kissed his cheeks lightly. "Sorry, bub. I woke up like 15 minutes before you anyway and they just told me what they found. Then the noises outside started and you woke up from it." Mingi explained as Yunho hummed, reading the parchments again.

"They're not just murderers? It says here they took their victims as sacrificed for their worshipped god? So, a cult?" Yunho wondered and Mingi hummed. "Not just a cult though, more like a 'black magic' worshipper. They said the 'god' told them to kill all the people that came in this village and eat them so they could gain immortality." Mingi explained further, making Yunho scoffed.

"What a joke.." Yunho mumbled and everyone flinched again when the thumping made its way onto the door and the windows. "Oh no.. They're trying to break in.. Guys?? Did you find anything that we could use for self-defense??" Yunho hissed, standing up with Mingi as Jongho rushed to them and gave them a hammer and a bat. "This is the only thing that I could find." Jongho said.

"What's the plan guys? We can't just go out there without a plan. That would be suicide." Yunho asked as he gripped the hammer in his hand as he told Mingi to have the bat because it would be easier for him to use it. "We go back to our van and go to the opposite way. I'm sure we will find the main road if we go that way." Hongjoong suggested. "We should've ran there in the first place.." San mumbled but Yeosang rolled his eyes and slap his shoulder lightly.

"I panicked, all right? And you guys listened to me anyway." Yeosang retorted, making Sannie scratched his neck sheepishly. "Okay, everyone's ready? Don't scatter around if you can. We should stick together until the end." Seonghwa said and the others nodded their heads and sucked in a deep breath, watching the door in alert. "Stick with me, Min. I don't want to lose you." Yunho whispered and Mingi nodded his head, pecking Yunho's lips afterwards. "You too. I'm not afraid as they are apparently human though I'm a bit nervous because well, they're murderers." Mingi mumbled as they braced themselves on what's coming their way.

The door broke down and everyone was ready to attack the murderers but stopped when they saw it was their manager. "HYUNG!" All of them shouted as the manager was breathing heavily but widened his eyes when he saw them. "Fuck! I'm glad I found you guys! I was about to find a safe place when I broke free from them! Are you guys okay?!" The manager said before staggering and Wooyoung was quick to go help the manager.

"We're fine, hyung. You don't look so good. What the hell happened? Hongjoong hyung said you were taken by them." San asked and the manager nodded his head albeit weakly. "I heard some noises and thought that I could ask them for help but when I came closer to them, they just plunged their weapon at me and dragged me further into the forest." The manager started, before continuing, "The place they dragged me was some place that looked like a place for a sacrifice, with a big round table in the middle of it and they tried to put me on the table but I got to break free from them. Not without them hurting me though.. We need to get out of here boys.."

"We should go back to our van and go straight to where we went before, hyung." Jongho said and the manager nodded his head, agreeing with them. "That's right. Come on boys, we should go before they come here. What did you guys find out?" The manager said and asked. "They're a cult, worshipping some 'black magic' god and would kill anyone that comes here as 'sacrifice' so they could gain immortality." Yeosang explained, making the manager frowned. "Then we should get the fuck out of here, ASAP. Let's go."

"Will you be alright, though hyung? You're injured right now." Yunho asked worriedly, "Maybe we should patch you up before going out." Yunho said and Seonghwa agreed with him, already getting some small thin towel and proceeded to patch their manager's wound. After Seonghwa had patched their manager they cautiously walked out from the house, everyone was on high alert, their weapons tightly gripped in their hands as they slowly walked out of the forest.

They were about to reach the road when they heard roars and growls again, they were about to run when several of the murderers rushed towards them, with weapons in their hands and everyone panicked, running at full speed but the murderers were faster and caught San. Luckily, San knew how to fight so he kicked them and broke free while the other murderers had gotten the others as well.

Yunho lunged his hammer towards one of them because they got a hold on Mingi but he was not fast enough to block out another and got hit on the head. Yunho groaned as he dropped down to his knees, clutching his head and gasped when he saw blood on his hand. Mingi saw this and he got furious, slamming Yunho's attacker with the bat and went to Yunho quickly.

"Bub?? Are you okay??"

Yunho whimpered but he nodded his head while Mingi helped him to stand. "I'm f-fine. How are the others..?" Yunho mumbled, feeling dizzy from the hit as Mingi looked around. "Well, I think we got all of them, for now." Mingi said as he looked around, everyone was panting but most of the murderers were lying on the floor right now. "Everyone's alright? Let's go before they come again." The manager said and they quickly went out of the forest and ran towards their van, Mingi had to help Yunho because the latter was having a bit of a problem running.

"There's the van! Come on guys, as far as I remember it was only 10 minutes from the main road!" Their manager said as they ran. They ran past the van and didn't even stop to catch a breath because they heard the murderers pursuing them again. Yunho's head was about to burst from the constant running but he pushed himself and ran.

After 15 minutes, they got to the main road and stopped running, panting harshly as Yunho slumped down on the road, clutching his head and whimpered. Yeosang, Hongjoong and Wooyoung also had injuries on their bodies but it wasn't as bad as Yunho's. "Look, they stopped chasing us." Seonghwa said and the others turned around to look and true enough, the murderers stopped chasing them once they were out on the main road, only glaring at them before retreating back.

"Maybe they can't go out here, a cult rule or something." Jongho said.

"I have lines! The phone works again! I'm going to call Manager Hyuk!" Hongjoong said, his phone in his hand as he quickly called for their manager. "Call an ambulance too, I'm worried about Yunho and you guys have cuts too, right? We need medical attention." The manager said and Seonghwa nodded his head, already pulling out his phone to call for ambulance.

Yunho felt dizzy but he also felt sleepy and closed his eyes before Mingi panicked, patting his cheeks to keep the taller awake. "Bub, don't close your eyes, please." Yunho groaned, "M'sleepy though.." Yunho slurred and it only making the others panicked. "No, you can't sleep right now, bub. You might have a concussion so you certainly can't go to sleep right now." Mingi explained while pulling Yunho onto his lap.

Yunho whined when he heard that he can't go to sleep but he also knew that if he had a concussion, he can't go to sleep because he might won't wake up anymore so he tiredly laid his head, sideways on Mingi's shoulder, trying to keep awake. Mingi started to blabber in hope it would help for his bub not to fall asleep and it worked until they heard the ambulance's sirens.

"Oh, my.. Did you guys go into that road??" One of the medics said as he got out of the ambulance and Hongjoong nodded his head. "Please help, one of my members got hit on the head. Attend him first, we could wait." The medic nodded his head and went to Mingi who was holding Yunho, having a hunch that was the one who got hit on the head. That village is dangerous.. We always get a call in this month.. We'll tell the police to block that road from now on.. Too much cases happened already.." The other medic told them while he attended Yeosang.

The medics hauled Yunho up onto the stretcher and went into the ambulance, Mingi quickly went into the ambulance as well, not wanting to leave his bub all alone. Hongjoong then came up into the ambulance, sitting beside Mingi. "Hyung told me to go with you guys. They will wait for Hyuk hyung to come and pick them up, we will meet up at the hospital." Hongjoong explained.

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"How's Yunho?" San asked, rushing to Hongjoong and Mingi in the waiting room, the others hot on his tail. "He's in the surgery room. The doctor said the wound is quite big. So they wanted to make sure that nothing is stuck in his head." Hongjoong explained as Mingi stared at the wall quietly, worrying about his bub. "I see, we did a report to the police that was why we were late coming here." Seonghwa said.

"What did the police say?" Hongjoong asked as Wooyoung, Jongho and Yeosang went to sit with Mingi, trying to cheer the latter up for a bit.

"They will block the road from now on and put a dangerous sign so people won't try to go in there. They also will catch them as Yeosang actually brought all the parchments with him and gave it to the police so they have evidence to catch all of the murderers now." Seonghwa explained, eliciting a nod from Hongjoong.

"That's good, the nurse already patched me up, what about Yeosang, Wooyoung and manager Kim?"

"Already patched up before coming here. Now we just have to wait for Yunho. I hope he's fine.." Seonghwa sighed softly and Hongjoong patted his back. "I'm sure he'll be fine. That pup is stronger than his soft look. I'm sure he'll survive this." Hongjoong assured him.

All of them waited for Yunho and after 1 hour, the doctor came into the waiting room. Mingi was the first one who went up to the doctor. "Doctor? How's my baby?" Mingi said without a care, making the doctor blink before smiling. "He's fine, stable but his concussion is a mild one so he needs plenty of rest." All of them were relieved by the news and the doctor told them that they can go see Yunho.

"Baby!" Mingi shouted as soon as he saw Yunho on the bed in one of the beds in the emergency room. Yunho flinched at the loud voice and hushed Mingi weakly. "Shush.. Don't shout.. My head is about to burst.." Yunho mumbled and Mingi sheepishly scratched his neck before apologizing and kissing Yunho's forehead. "Sorry, bub."

"You guys can take him home, make sure he had plenty of rest until the stitches healed. No loud noises, bright lights and give him plenty of fluids and food." The doctor said and went away to sign the discharge papers.

"Can you stand, bub?" Mingi asked. Instead of answering, Yunho held both of his arms in the air, indicating for Mingi to pick him up. Mingi chuckled and picked Yunho up gently, as they went to their van, outside.

"You guys will have 2 weeks of vacations. To heal physically and mentally from the event that happened tonight." Manager Hyuk announced and the others nodded their heads happily. "I can focus on taking care of my baby, then!" Mingi said excitedly before Yunho slapped him lightly on the chest.

"Shush...." Yunho mumbled, though he cuddled closer to Mingi and the latter ran his hands on Yunho's waist quietly.

"Well I'm certainly going to watch those fluffy movies for 2 weeks. I need to get all of this out of my head." Wooyoung huffed, eliciting a quiet laugh from the others.

"I think that's a good idea."

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