✓ | 𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐀𝐂; all of us are dead

³¹if they stay, i stay

y/n and wu-jin's eye contact was broken by the sound of soldiers landing back onto the roof.

both of their heads turned towards the group of adults. they had finished with what they needed to retrieve, and were ready to leave. they began removing the anchor that held the rope, as another guy began to take out a harness.

wu-jin placed an arm around y/n's shoulders, putting an arm before both of their heads as the strong breeze of the helicopter blades pushed against them. 

the helicopter that stood beside them then moved, going to the spot where it was when the soldiers first landed. "master sergeant, you go first." one of the soldiers had said.

the other soldier nodded, walking towards the rope that was chucked down the helicopter, attaching the hook to their own harness. the sergeant looked at the group of students. with a tug and a thumbs up, the sergeant was pulled up the helicopter.

"we'll pull you up one at a time. even if you feel scared, do your best to stay still." a soldier on the ground with them, instructed.

"you're not landing the helicopter?" ji-min s asked loud enough, over the loud whirring of the blades.

"no. it can get unstable." another soldier informed her, he then pointed a finger at the soldier on the helicopter. "he's going to pull you up, so don't worry."

they all watched as the sergeant managed to get above easily, getting on the helicopter successfully. "we can't all take you at once, so we're going to go one by one, okay?"

"we can't all go?" cheong-san asked, a bit freaked.

the soldier shook their head. "we can take all of you, but it has to be one person at a time when going up the rope."

"ji-min, you go first." y/n heard on-jo state. 

"yeah, ji-min, go first." joon-yeong agreed, slightly nudging the girl forward. the girl then followed, looking back towards her friends.

"you go first!" dae-su encouraged. they then began to put the harness on the girl, then looking at the guy above once they were done, to signal she was ready to be pulled up.

y/n smiled slightly. i guess, it was sorta relieving that she would be able to finally relax. as in to get into some clean clothes, maybe take a few baths as she wanted to thoroughly remove the zombie blood on her, then eat as much food as she can.

the girl was too overwhelmed by her thoughts, that she didn't even notice the odd and hesitant head turns that the soldier was giving them. as ji-min was at the top, about to get on, the man on the ground had suddenly said, "cancel the operation. we'll just take the package and leave."

everyone else widened their eyes as ji-min began to go back down. "h-hey! what's happening!?"

the harness that was on hyo-ryung was being removed, the poor girl scared as she pleaded to the soldiers. one of them moved to where ji-min was now standing, removing the ahrness from her as the girl had done the same thing. as they were finished, they moved away from the gorup of students, standing beside each other.

y/n furrowed her brows, moving forward to stand in front of the soldiers. "hey. why is she going back down? what's happening?"

the others behind her were also asking the same thing, scared and nervous as to what was going on

with her heightened hearing, she heard, "bring her though. do not leave her here."

as she widened her eyes, she felt a slight shove pass her, ji-min now standing before her as she begged, "please take me with you! i wanna get out of here!"

y/n pulled her wrist back, just incase she might do something that would upset the soldiers. she didn't take the hint, shoving y/n's hand away as she moved forward again. though, she stopped, as guns were now pointed at them.

"you. your coming with us." one of the soldiers pointed their gun at y/n, as they slowly grabbed her. 

y/n widened her eyes, as the soldier began to untangle the harness again. "huh? without them? no i'm not!"

"its the commander's orders. you must obey-"

"i'm not listening to him! i'm not leaving my friends here-"

suddenly, a voice on a loud speaker above her spoke. "y/n! listen to him and get the darn harness on! your dad would want you to be safe-"

"yeah, well i want my friends to be safe as well!" y/n exclaimed, anger seething through her teeth as she tried to get off of the soldiers hold. "if he wanted me to be safe then i would've been out of this place days ago!"

her statement left the soldiers quiet, the sound of the helicopter droning above them being the only noise heard. but it seemed that commander jin didn't care. "don't listen to her. bring her back to the base."

the soldiers nodded, trying to hold her as they placed the harness on. y/n wasn't having it though. there were three soldiers around her, one holding her, one trying to put the harness on her, and one pointing a gun at her friends in front of her.

her arms were being restricted, but her legs weren't. she quickly jumped up, pushing the guy in front of her down. she then flipped the one holding her forward, both guys now on the floor and on top of each other. she then made a reach for their rifles, snatching them away. both hands grabbed one, the girl turning back around as she pointed the weapons at the soldiers who were now standing up.

"y/n, stop being stubborn-"

"i'm not leaving without my friends, commander jin." y/n declared, a scary, stern look on her face. "you're a good commander old man, and i don't know why you had changed your mind on rescuing all of us, but if you're not taking them, then you're not taking me."

the man at the other side did not reply, the soldiers before her standing wearily as they stared at the girl who pointed guns at them. 

"i'm keeping these guns with me. tell your four-star admiral seong, that his daughter isn't coming back. not alone."