~ Together by a String ~ (Jiyoo)

~19~

"Wait what? Why would you call the cops?"

"I don't know, Yoohyeon wanted me to. She said that Yunjin would be there so I should call the cops and inform them that there was something going on."

I just stood there, listening to Gahyeon explain everything. I felt cold sweat dripping down my forehead because I sensed something bad might happen. I felt a strong gaze on me and when I turned around, I saw Sakura glaring at me. She motioned me to come outside, so I told Gahyeon I'd be out for some air and followed Sakura to check out on whatever she wanted to show me.

"Minji, you see that car over there? That's Yunjin's car. She must be here somewhere."

"H-Here? But I didn't see her at all-"

I then remembered what Gahyeon told me and tried to match it with Yoohyeon's reasoning to leave..

"Oh fuck.."

"What's wrong?"

"Sakura, Gahyeon just told me that Yoohyeon wanted her to call the cops to a warehouse somewhere here. Do you think it has anything to do with this?"

"Shit, I fucking told Yoohyeon to not do this plan! Let's go to the warehouse right now."

I saw her run to her bike and grab a pistol. I widened my eyes and just looked at her reload it. I've been in many fights and have seen a lot of knives or crowbars, but it was my first time seeing an actual gun that was not on display. She got a pocket knife from her bag and threw it to me. I almost dropped it out of shock and she started running towards a direction that lead towards the warehouse.

"Are you coming or not?"

"I am! Just let me tie my laces."

I tied my shoe laces and ran faster than her towards the warehouse. I tried to not think of anything bad and just hoped the thing that scared me most wasn't actually happening.

I ran as fast as possible and saw a small glimpse of the building. Sakura got infront of me with her gun and signaled me to walk stealthily. I nodded and moved slowly right behind her towards the big closed door.

"*whisper* We'll get inside on my mark."

I pulled out my knife and breathed deeply. Sakura counted to three and abruptly opened the door and...

There was nothing here?

Sakura used her gun's flashlight to look around and saw a note on the ground. Right then, a police car arrived. Sakura was reading the note while I was trying to explain the situation to the cop.

"I swear that a girl my age is in danger right now, but we have no idea where she is.."

"Can you at least tell me why that woman has a pistol?"

"N-No idea, but please trust us and help us find her!"

"We'll do our best to find her. You can go back to safety and-"

Right then, the cop got interrupted by Sakura handing the note to him. He read it carefully and I managed to read a small part of it: