Taehyung exchanged a glance with his co-pilot, silently asking him to get control over his nerves as the lives of their crew and passengers now fell upon them. The co-pilot gave him a subtle nod.

The baldy kept his gun trained on Taehyung as he cast a glance at the door where his companion turned up and they shared a few words in a language Taehyung didn't seem to understand. He immediately dialled in the four digit code 7500 on his transponder to alert ATC about the hijacking in process.

Taehyung, acting purely on instinct, slowed down the aircraft speed by 40 percent. His co-pilot took in a breath when he noted what the captain was doing.

Taehyung felt the cold metal of the gun press against his skin and froze for a second.

"Contact authority. We have message to give. Contact now," barked baldy and it took a second for Taehyung to register what he'd said due to his accent.

Taehyung pressed the VH1 pushbutton on the ACP and made eye contact with the hijacker who bent low to the level of his headset mic.

——

The doors to his office were thrown open and a petit man rushed in, panting, face ashen.

"Sir,flight370hasbeenhijackedandthey'veaskedforthereleaseofthreeterroristsinexchangeforthepassengers."

The man behind his desk, shoved his glass to the bridge of his nose and raised a brow at the man.

"Take a breath. Calm down, and repeat yourself. Slowly."

The man greedily gulped in air before it seemed to strike him whom he stood before and with cheeks blooming a pale shade of pink, he composed himself.

"Flight 370 has been hijacked, sir. The hijackers have demanded for the release of three terrorists in exchange for the lives of the passengers on board."

"Request for an urgent meeting at once. This matter needs to be discussed without any further ado."

"Yes, sir."

With that, the petit man turned and left.

As he did, the other pulled out his phone. If he'd read right then . . .

He shook his head at the thought and slid into the chats he last had with his son. A document of his son's flight ticket, along with that of his son-in-law appeared on the chat. He clicked on it and watched as it opened on a different tab, hoping he'd read wrong the first time.

His heart dropped however, when the flight number stood out against every other detail.

Flight 370.

Jimin and Jungkook were on the hijacked flight.

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First voter: Shriparna0

[To be continued . . .]
8 May, 2023