"So how long have you been working for Taemin?" Jin asked Seulgi as they walked out of the elevator and to her room.
"It's been about eight years now, I think," Seulgi estimated. "And you?"
"Me and the other guys just started working for him six months ago," he told her and she nodded her head.
"Ah, I see," she mumbled and pulled out her key card from her purse and scanned it on the door, opening it.
"Can you imagine, Taemin's been chasing these guys for years and finally we are able to kill them off. He's going to be so proud," Jin stated happily as he walked into the room with Seulgi behind him. "And on top of that, the hard drive will get delivered to the client later on. So just so you know, I can't celebrate too much too early since I have to meet up with her later."
"Jin, can I tell you something?" Seulgi asked him as she closed the door, her voice had a hint of disappointment in it.
He turned around to face her, his eyebrows slightly furrowed. "Sure, what is it?"
"You talk too much crap," she stated and put a sticker on his neck, the same kind she used on Ten the first day they met. "A big rookie mistake, my friend," she smiled before he passed out on the floor.
A sigh escaped her red lips and she suddenly felt shivers on her whole back and arms. "Damn, didn't I turn off the air conditioner?" she muttered and took off Jin's jacket, examining all the pockets.
"Ooo, money," she chimed as she felt the bills in his pockets, as well as his pocket knife and phone. She put on the jacket and fished out the phone from the pocket, seeing a message from Jungkook.
We already left the ship,
make sure to stay out of the room
the whole night and get rid of
their bodies tomorrow.
"Leaving early and only letting one person take care of six bodies?" she questioned as she tossed the phone onto the bed. "Also a big rookie mistake."
"Jisoo?"
Seulgi stood up and went to open the door when she recognized Yuta's voice.
"Where are the other guys?!" she immediately exclaimed as she only saw Yuta and Taeyong standing outside her room.
"Lucas, Ten, and Xiaojun are searching for something in Jin's room right now, Jaehyun is preparing the yacht." Taeyong told her calmly, "why?"
"Why? You idiots! I told you all to come and meet me here!" she hissed at the two of them and hurried back into her room, taking out the suitcase she had brought with her.
"What's going on?" Yuta asked her, not understanding her sudden mood swing.
"How much time has passed since they went to Jin's room, and which room number is it?" Seulgi asked them as she opened her suitcase, revealing all kinds of things in there. Knives, guns, throwing stars, parachutes, and so much more.
"About 44 seconds and room 7202," Taeyong estimated. "What's the problem?"
"Put these on," she tossed two gas masks at them and grabbed one for herself as well and took off her heels. "We have about two minutes to get the guys, let's go!" she shouted.
Seulgi ran out of the room and headed towards the stairs, rushing up the multiple staircases until she arrived to the seventh floor. She looked at the multiple signs and her eyes quickly spotted the sign that stated 7178-7208.
She rushed to the hallway and ran past all the rooms until she reached room 7202. While panting heavily, she scanned the hallway, making sure no one else was around. She spotted Taeyong and Yuta running down the hallway, coming her way and she instantly put on her gas mask.
"Do you have a spare key?" she quickly asked them as they reached her.
Without saying or questioning anything, Yuta handed her an extra key card and put on his gas mask and Taeyong did the same. Seulgi scanned the card and pulled the door handle, rushing into the gas filled room.
"What the hell is happening?" Taeyong questioned as he saw the white gas filling the room.
"We only have one minute. Help me carry them out of the room," Seulgi ordered as she saw Xiaojun lay unconscious on the floor. She went to grab his arms and dragged him out of the room while Taeyong grabbed Lucas and Yuta grabbed Ten.
When they had gotten all the guys out of the room, Seulgi quickly closed the door to the room and continued to drag Xiaojun out of the hallway while the guys handled the others. As she neared the end of the hallway, she peeked outside, making sure no people were present.
"Of course, everyone are at the bar," she mumbled as she saw no one.
"We have to take them to the yacht," she told the guys and Taeyong went up to her, grabbing Xiaojun and carried him himself.
"We'll take them there, go back to Seokjin and make sure that nothing bad happens," he ordered and she nodded, quickly turning around and running back to her room.
Taeyong cursed under his breath as he and Yuta dragged the guys out to open deck, seeing Jaehyun wait by the yacht from afar.
"Jaehyun!" Taeyong called and saw him twisting his head, looking over at him with shock on his face.
Taeyong grunted as he dragged Xiaojun and Lucas over to the edge of the ship, right above the yacht and he could see Jaehyun climbing up the rope to get up on the deck.
"What happened?!" Jaehyun exclaimed as he jumped up beside them, helping Taeyong to carry Lucas.
"I have no fucking idea, but you have to help Yuta and get the guys onto the yacht," Taeyong told him.
"What are you going to do?" Yuta asked from behind.
"I have to go and find Jisoo and keep an eye on her. Make sure that she doesn't do anything stupid," he explained and carefully placed Xiaojun on the floor. "But just get them on the boat and find a way to wake them up," he ordered Jaehyun before walking back to the ship, heading towards the staircases.
As he rushed down the stairs, he caught Seulgi rushing up with her suitcase in her hand. He stopped in his tracks and she did the same.
"What about Jin?" he asked her.
"He's passed out in my room, don't worry." She assured him. "What about the others?"
"Yuta and Jaehyun are handling that," he told her and she gave him a nod before walking up the stairs.
Taeyong stopped to think about something for a moment before he turned around and grabbed her wrist, making her stop. "How did you know that the guys were in trouble?" he asked her and she looked over her shoulder.
"That Jin guy talks too much," she answered briefly, taking another step up the stairs but got pushed back since Taeyong still had his grip on her wrist.
"But he must've had a good reason if he chose to tell you," he stated as a matter of fact and Seulgi rolled her eyes.
"No, he was just a terrible gang rookie," she assured him and turned around so she was facing him properly. "Now will you let go of my hand so that we can get out of here?"
"Wait," he said, still not letting go of her wrist which made her very impatient.
"What?!" she snapped at him.
"We have to look for a hard drive, if we leave without it it won't look good for us," he told her and she shrugged her shoulders.
"It won't look good for you," she emphasised with a teasing smirk and he shot her a glare.
"Listen," he gritted his teeth and pulled her arm, making her stumble into his arms. She furrowed her eyebrows and he inched his face closer to hers, giving her a threatening look.
"You came to us for help and right now you are working for us. So if it doesn't look good for us it definitely won't look good for you," he spoke, his voice low and threatening.
"Damn, Yong," she chuckled, plastering a teasing smile. "I didn't know you had such severe mood swings. First you tried to sell me to some man in the black market, and then you decided to work with me, then you saved me from a fire, then you tried to seduce me, and then you tried to shoot me, and now you're threatening me," she listed and quirked her lips a tad more.
"I did not try to seduce nor shoot you the other night," he told her.
"Then why the fuck did you kiss me?" she hissed, and at this time she hadn't realised that he had released his grip. Now they were just standing by the staircase, arguing.
"Because I saw that guy give you those bags with pills and I knew that if you kept them I would be dead in approximately three weeks. And I had to take them away but I'm not good at pickpocketing like Xiaojun is so I had to distract you in some way." He explained and she shook her head while murmuring an inaudible "whatever".
Taeyong rolled his eyes and put his hands on his waist. "Don't even try to put the whole problem on me, you kissed me back!" he argued and she scoffed.
"Because I saw the gun on your waistband and I was afraid you were going to shoot me because I sneaked out to meet a random drug dealer," she told him innocently and he exhaled the air, showing clear signs of irritation.
"Was I even pointing a gun at you?" he questioned her irritatingly.
"Were there any other reason as to why you carried a loaded gun then?" she tilted her head.
"I am a gang leader with a lot of enemies who can show up at my place at any time," he pointed out, causing Seulgi to sigh.
"Alright..." She trailed off, thinking deeply of something. "You won't find anything if you go back to my room, and Jin's room is full of poison gas so that's not an idea."
"Shit," he cursed but then grabbed her suitcase. "Let's just go home then," he told her and walked up the stairs.
"What is so important with the hard drive though?" she then asked him as she walked up the stairs, following him out to the open deck.
"Just a rivalry thing," he answered before looking down from the ship, seeing Jaehyun motioning for him to climb down to the yacht and Yuta who was slowly waking up the other guys.
"A rivalry thing?" Seulgi asked as she came to stand beside him.
"Yeah, nothing you need to worry about," he said and walked out of the way. "Ladies first."
Seulgi gave him a wary look before climbing over the edge, tugging onto the thick rope. "What kind of rivalry does he have with Taemin?" she thought as she climbed down the rope.
"Here," Jaehyun spoke as he held out his hand, which she accepted before jumping down on the yacht.
"Catch!" she heard Taeyong yell and looked up, widening her eyes as she ducked to the side and let Jaehyun catch the suitcase.
"Hey! Be careful with that!" she shouted at Taeyong.
"What do you even have in here?" Jaehyun made a face at the heavy suitcase before putting it down gently.
Seulgi didn't answer him and just crossed her arms, thinking about the "rivalry thing".
"Are the guys fully awake?" Taeyong asked after he jumped down from the rope and cut it off.
"Yeah, they are resting in their rooms. I'll go and start the engine," Jaehyun informed him and walked away, leaving Seulgi alone with Taeyong.
"What are you thinking about?" he asked her.
"Nothing much," she shook her head.
"I'm not telling you much because you're not telling me much," he spoke as if he knew what she was thinking about. She guessed that he knew there was something else that led to Jin telling her about his plan, so she decided not to ask him anything more about the hard drive or the rivalry.
"Even if I don't tell you, do you still trust me?" she then asked him.
"I would," he told her after a long pause.
"Really?" she raised her eyebrows a little.
"Yeah, you could've chosen to let the guys die and act stupid about not knowing but in the end you helped us save them," he admitted with a faint smile. "And you?"
"Do I trust you?" she spoke and pursed her lips together, pondering about the thought before nodding her head slowly. "I think this will prove it," she said and put her hand in the pocket of Jin's jacket, fishing for something.
"I'm not going to ask what it is," she then promised. "I won't keep it as a secret from you. I'll just believe you and not worry about it and that's why..." She paused and looked at him, seeing the confusion but also intriguing look in his eyes.
"I'm giving this to you," she smiled as she took out the black hard drive from the pocket, smiling as she saw the shocked look on Taeyong's face.
"You're kidding," he exclaimed as she handed him the hard drive.
"Jin told me before he passed out that he had to deliver it to someone, so I thought he had it on him. Apparently it was tucked in his waistband," she explained to him and he smirked as he looked at the hard drive.
"Great job," he complimented her. "Week one done, there's only three left," he then encouraged, rather teased, her and she only smiled.
"That's okay. This week's been somewhat bittersweet, I like that," she told him and his smirk faded away and a blank expression appeared on his face instead.
"Go and get some rest, Jisoo. You deserve it," he told her in a neutral tone before walking away, heading to his room in the yacht.
Seulgi sighed heavily as his body disappeared from her sight. "What was that about?" she mumbled to herself, looking out at the ocean as she realised the yacht was moving. She looked at the ship and watched how it got smaller and smaller.
"Why didn't Taemin tell me about NCT?"