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The uninformed clamour provided a vigorous reversion in Taehyung's body. His averted face witnessed a po-faced lady shooting a laser through her orbs at him. An unpleasantly cold and clammy atmosphere surrounded them. Fog densified at a few yards vertically from the surface of the land.
Taehyung's rhapsody dissolved into invisible ashes at the rhetorical words of the elder female. Out of nowhere, poignancy enclasped his chest as he asked pointlessly, "So, what am I supposed to do now? What's the big plan?"
"I sometimes wonder why on earth I chose you as my brother, just why?" Ruby exhaled while shaking her head in disappointment. "Come here you, of course cracking through the front door is not in our plans," she said pitying the younger.
She crossed her arm over his shoulder blades and said, "Listen, wake up to your senses, what are you doing? Three whole lives are at stake in there. Do you wish for that old humpback to win again without a trial?"
"Of course not, I-I'm sorry. My head is aching real bad. This is sick." He grasped his head among his palms as he crouched down on the sweaty clay crust.
"Take a little rest and over here. I'll be back after blowing the plan clandestinely."
A few moments later, Taehyung jolted up on his toes after revivifying a clear note of undiminished determination.
Ruby returned to her previous post, glistening her gums at the other. "All set? Feeling better?"
He forced his rheumy eyes on her happy physiognomy while nodding his skull in response. "I am a lot better. I won't spare that dumbass at any cost," he spat out in a sense of disgust and loathing. His prior situation had been quite confusing to himself; it provided him with no clear distinction of morals for his dizziness.
Ruby having given an assuring look, he sauntered presto towards the alley beside the walls of the dingy mansion. His pretentious appearance made the other fellow leer a beam who was waiting for the recent approach.
They barged in through the back door, which lead them into a hallway after a short dark lane. Two watch guards secured the entrance to the hall, scanning every corner for any sense of mischief.
Taehyung moved his head up and down in a quick tempo and soon after he crashed his elbow at the nape of one of the night watchers followed by his mate who performed the same assult. They yanked the pair of unconscious bodies out into the itchy chillness of air and started exchanging their garments.
In a while, two of the conscious souls pretended to be the personalities whom they knocked down a few minutes ago. Taehyung cracked his knuckles as he swayed his neck for a warm-up. He readorned his black face mask prior to walking back into the house.
His partner joined him on his right and he spoke, "You head to the emergency spot. I'll look for them. Remember, we've got only 7 minutes by the clock. So hurry!" The opposite human gave a nod and delayed his motion for heading sideways.
The emptiness of the hallways only helped in reverberating the stepping of hard boot heels on the wooden furnished flooring. Heartbeats jammed till his throat as he walked on. It was not the first time that he had been at a task as this but yes, time was one of the most alluring fundamentals unlike other times besides its being a bit sensitive as well. His presuppositions were what he relied upon most of the time until he heard mewls of snivels from the other side of a cubical door on the way. He paused at his shoes, pulled a deep breath in and only prayed for their prevalence on the other end of the wooden barrier.
The door streaked in, startling and helping the goosebumps to play on the skin of the inner population. A middle-aged woman perched on the double bed along with two teenager twins weeping for losing to keep up with their hopes. Taehyung gulped lightly as he noticed the amount of concern, hopelessness and fright concentrated in their eyes.
"Please, we haven't done anything! Don't harm my children, for god's sake!" cried out the woman, tears drooling out constantly through her orbs.
Taehyung shushed their voices by saying, "Shh.. don't shout. I've only come to save you and get you out of here." He prevaricated to keep his voice as low as possible. "We got to go out real fast! Come on!"
"B-but who are you? Why will you do so? And how are we going to believe you though?" the teenage girl dumped all her questions upon the sole Taehyung whose mind was busy competing in a tennis match of reasonings.
"Well, you see, the thing is - "
"What are you doing here? Your job is only to serve the back door, not poke your mucky nose into other's businesses," raised a man who looked like a pal of the mastermind of the house.
Taehyung did not have to be informed of the new rookie's bio. Just one smirk, flip and snap and the next moment, the person was lying on the floor flat on his chest like a sore toad.
"Bad blood, duh, "the furious one spat, glaring at the others which concerned the preserved family with a bit uneasiness.
He shove his hand inside a pocket whereas the three curious forms waited for some devastating weapon to pop out of the jeans flap. Unfortunately, the weapon represented the form of a folded piece of paper, decontaminating their suspense. "This was given by John. You know his handwriting, right?" said he while extending the paper piece to the lady.
She unfolded the leaflet and instantly responded, "Yes, it is indeed. But how do you have it? Here it's written that you've come to take us out. Are you his friend?" The spark of curiosity in her shiny sockets held Taehyung off-guard.
"Guess she's not yet aware of her husband's death. Holy shit," he pondered in his mind.
"Yes, kind of, now move. Follow me," he commanded, solemnly taking back the last letter written by late John Laurent.
As they were cascading down the wooden staircase, a sense of vibration erupted on Taehyung's thigh. His eyes widened like saucers and he raised, "We need to buck up, it's only one more minute left. Hurry up!" He grasped the younger male's hand, taking long strides to rush towards the exit, the moment they were yet to decipher his unclear declares.
When he left past his peer mate, his partner casually pressed a red coloured button attached to the wall near the escape hatch.
Ruby straightened up on her space. "Ten seconds to go. The countdown starts now. Ten...nine... two and one. She mumbled and her thumb settled itself upon a button that damped in a bit due to the applied pressure.
Within moments, a loud bang escorted to the ears. Bright golden flames floated over the highest point on the rooftop of the house and dark clouds curled up the horizon. The dreadful scene got reflected on her iris as she stood with a blank expression, hall egotism of pride, half perplexed about something which was bothering her.
The house was set on fire.
It was burning right before her eyes.
Choking odour of smoke dribbled down the frame of the glowing mansion and blew to her nostrils.
Everything was happening as efficacious as planned.
But was the mission really accomplished? Did they manage to elude safely? It was still a mystery.
Where was John's family? Where were his wife, son and daughter? And most importantly, where was Kim Taehyung?
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