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Chapter 26 - floor 26

JIN wakes up with a smile. You could say he woke up on the right side of the bed since the guy had just dreamt of him and Jisoo being happy and in love together.

He stands and went up to his bathroom to brush and wash his face. And just after washing his face, cold air hits his shoulder. It was weird since there's no air at his bathroom at all.

He didn't mind it at all and just went on. He steps out of his bathroom and felt the strange feeling around him again. It made his eyebrows furrowed and look at his bed, then underneath it. There's something about the atmosphere that Jin can't pin-point.

Jin then thought of an idea. It was crazy but something was pushing him to do so. He slowly bends down, then kneels and was about to take a peak when his doorbell rang.

"Ah, ye coming!!" He shouted and immediately stands up. Before he walks away, he then looks at his bed and around his room, still feeling that strange energy in the atmosphere.

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GROUP CHAT NAME: THE SKWAD

Howard: HELLO HELLOOOO wuss good?

Alexander: do you mean "what's good?"

Howard: Alex, that's still the same

Stacey: aWWW I MISS Y'ALL

Jasper: you just miss me

Stacey: now, why would I miss you??!

Yhael: I thought only Jane and I are the only ones who always banter

Max: awww, I miss ya'll too!

Jane: don't lie, you only miss rhei and not all of us

Howard: how can he miss rhei! from what mori said they were together!

Stacey: look at you @Rheanne you have time to meet with Max and not your girl friends?!

Yhael: so that's how it is now then, MAX?

Max: oh come on guys, we were together because she's sick

Stacey: wait cHAEYOUNGIE IS SICK?!?!?!?!?!

Max: yeah her office called me to take her home

Jane: wow so her office called you and not us?! and we're her best girl friends!! we're closer to her than you!!

Jasper: are you courting the girl or you're already together?!

Howard: oOOooOOOOoohHH HOT SEAT!!

Max: yah jASPER SHH STOP

Yhael: alright settle down noisy children

Howard: yah where's rhei, leila and june?

Yhael: oh yeah they seem so quiet

Stacey: yAH @Max WHAT DID YOU DO TO OUR CHAEYOUNGIE?!?!

Max: yah stacey, I didn't do anything

she's sleeping in her room

i'm outside and just cleaned up the table

Alexander: wait, she's still sick?!

Howard: yeah mori said she's still not in the office

Jane: how about lei and june?

Yhael: yah kids @Leila @June u still alive

June: yea?

Jasper: goodness I was nervous I thought you're dead

June: can I go to your unit, Jasper?

Jasper: right now?

Alexander: hey, what's happening?

June: nothing, alex

yes jasper

also, leila's coming with me

Jasper: alright then

why so sudden though

Leila: to confirm our suspicions.

Jasper: uhh okay..?

Stacey: I'm coming

Jane: I'm coming too

Yhael: me too

Alexander: I'm coming too!

Howard: I wanna go too!!

Max: I wanna come too but I can't leave rose. she's still sick

Jasper: alright, max

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JASPER hears the doorbell that he was expecting. He walks up to the door and opens it. He greets the seven and let them enter.

The moment the seven entered, they immediately felt it.

the strange energy.

Though Leila and June already felt it, the moment they entered it was like the strange energy got stronger. The once-comfortable penthouse of Jasper suddenly became eerie and uncomfortable. They all felt it. Jasper noticed it and knew it was not only him who feels it. But he decided to brush the thought off first.

"So why did you two came again? And on a work night? It's still Thursday." Jasper says.

It's like Leila and June didn't hear him at all. They all just look at the youngest two, watching their movements. It was Leila who made the first move. She starts to walk, specifically towards Jasper's bedroom. June followed her while the others were still watching but then followed the two behind them afterwards.

As Leila and June arrive in front of Jasper's bedroom door, the two looked at each other before opening the door together.

And right there and then, their suspicion was confirmed.

"I knew it. It hasn't ended yet." Leila says, which rose the elders' curiosity.

"What do you mean 'it hasn't ended yet'?" Yhael asks. The older ones were confused, their brows were furrowed and are anticipating for the younger's next words.

"J-jasper." Leila calls out, looking at Jasper. "D-did you felt that too?"

The spotlight was now on Jasper. Everyone looks at him as he answered, "Y-yes." He says, "It's been probably three days. It was weird. It's a strange energy, a strange feeling. It's like there's someone with me right here in my bedroom."

"W-what?"

"How come you just told us now?"

"Wait so you're also feeling this, Leila? June?"

Their attention went back to Leila and June again. This time, June spoke.

"Well four days ago, I dreamt it again. Leila and I did, again." He starts, earning shock gasps from the elders, "We felt a strange energy. But not as strong as it is in here, and in Jasper's bedroom."

"S-so.. it's not over yet?"

"Most likely, it's not yet." Leila answers Jane when a phone rang.

It was coming from Alexander's phone. He gets it and answers it. The call was from Max.

"Yes, Max?"

["A-alex.."] hearing the anxiousness in Max's tone made Alexander worried, and immediately turned it on speaker mode.

"Hey, Max? Are you okay?!" Alexander asks.

["Rheanne is crying non-stop! I can't stop her! She kept saying she's afraid of something-- someone! She won't stop crying and shaking in fear. I'm worried, I don't know what to do--"]

["NO PLEASE NO DON'T TAKE THEM, DON'T TAKE US, DON'T TAKE HER. PLEASE!! JIMIN HELP ME MAKE THEM STOP!!!"]

Everyone heard it. How Rheanne pleads, cries, and begs. How she and Max were so afraid. The worries in Max's voice were so evident. They didn't need them to repeat it. They knew what is up.

It has not ended yet. And this time, they'll face something even bigger and will experience something down and deeper...