Sam's P.O.V
It took us 34 minutes to get to Caribbean Bay, one of the most famous water parks in the world, just outside Seoul in the city of Yongin. We were packed just outside the water park in Daesung's car and we watched on at the front gates where locals and tourists were going in and out. Security guards stood at the gate to maintain order. We even saw a group of primary school children who had obviously come for a fun trip. They were jumping up and down with excitement. It was such a nice sunny day to go out and have fun at the water park. I admired those who were going there to have fun while I had to play cop and find the other Toxins and G-Dragon.
"There are so many people today," said Daesung. "We can't go in there without being noticed and that would just hinder our plans."
"Ya, you're right," said Seungri, who decided to come along with us and sat in the back seat. "We've to think of something fast."
"I'm just wondering why these guys decided to come to a water park in the first place," I said, as I continued to stare at the gate, thinking of what to do.
"Well, this is another place to have fun all day long," said Seungri. "Trust me, this place is awesome, just like Lotte World."
"Ya, but why have fun outside Seoul when they could have easily gone to Lotte World?"
Seungri and Daesung didn't answer and I really wasn't expecting one. I continued staring at the gate and bit my lip in frustration. Trying to find a way in was tougher than I thought. How I wished it was easy just like it was in the movies where you could easily disguise yourself.
"Hey, can we try the back gate and enter from there instead?" I asked.
"The back gate? Why?" Daesung asked.
"Just like we perform at the concerts, we never come in through the main entrance, we always go through the back," I said. "And right now, it seems like the only option. I bet that the others went in that way."
"Sounds good, but there are obviously guards there too," said Seungri.
"We're celebrities, Seungri," I said, facing him with a smile. "They will definitely let us in."
Daesung started the car's engine, put the car in reverse and made a U-turn, heading for the back gate of the water park.
***
Narrator's P.O.V
"Do we really have to go through this again?" Taeyang asked, as he continued to drive with his eyes on the road.
"I don't know what your problem is, but the fact is, you're the problem," said Min Hyo-rin.
Taeyang faced his girlfriend who sat in the passenger's seat. Afterwards he had his eyes back on the road. There was clear frustration on his face and all he wanted was to go back home and forget about things.
"Oh, so you're just going to give me the silent treatment?" Hyo-rin asked, as she folded her arms.
"You're just impossible," Taeyang shook his head and gave a slight mocking smile. "Can you at least do me one favour and be quiet? You've already ruined this date and you just talking is irritating."
"I ruined this date! Tae, we all know you ruined this special day for the both of us, and now you want to blame it on me?"
Taeyang just shook his head and said again, "you're just impossible."
"No, you're the impossible one. You never listen to what I have to say nowadays........"
While Hyo-rin blabbered on, Taeyang tried to block her words out and focus on the road. Just as they were passing, Caribbean Bay, he noticed a car in front of him that looked exactly like Daesung's outside the premises of the water park, on the main road. The car was making a U-turn and before the car could drive off, Taeyang saw Sam in the passenger's seat.
"What is Sam doing here?" Taeyang asked aloud.
"Did you say something, Tae?" Hyo-rin asked. "I pretty much heard you say something."
"Ya, I did," said Taeyang, as he slowed the car down and watched Daesung's car drive away, going behind the boundaries of the Caribbean Bay premises.
"What is it now?" Hyo-rin asked. "Don't tell me you're planning on taking me here to this water park?"
"As a matter of fact, I am," said Taeyang, as he also made a turn, following Daesung's car.
***
Back at YG, Lee was still in the empty boardroom, pacing back and forth with her phone in hand, trying to call either Zoey or Christine, but neither one of them picked up her calls. She tried calling Mike and Daniel and no luck either.
"Shoot! These guys are having so much fun when they don't know how much trouble they would get into if Collins finds out where they are," Lee said to herself as she stared at her phone.
Lee had tried texting the other Toxins earlier but had received no reply from any of them. She had also sent a message to Sam a few minutes ago and she hadn't replied either.
Just as she was about to call Sam, she received a text message from her. Thank goodness! Lee sighed in relief and read Sam's message:
"Just arrived at the Caribbean Bay. Try to distract Collins and Yang Hyun-suk in any way you can. If they plan on coming here, come up with something to buy us time."
Lee knew what Sam was asking from her was difficult. But it seemed the only way to avoid The Toxins from getting into more trouble.
A phone on the table beeped and Lee turned towards it. It was Collins' phone. Collins and Yang Hyun-suk had gone out some minutes ago to address the reporters again. Lee started to think of the worst as she stared at Collins' phone. What if it was a random message regarding The Toxins whereabouts?
She soon heard footsteps coming from outside. It was obviously the two managers coming to the board room. She stared at the phone on the table and then at the door, then back at the phone. She had to think of something, and fast.
"I'm not taking any chances," Lee thought to herself as she quickly took Collins' phone and hid it in the pocket of her jacket.
Immediately Lee hid the phone, the door flew open and the two managers came in. Lee went on to looking at her phone, as though she was busy.
"Reporters are so annoying sometimes," said Collins. "They never leave until they get a story out of you."
"Tell me about it," said Yang Hyun-suk. "Lee, has there been any news on them yet?"
"No, right now I'm scrolling through social media and I've not seen anything," Lee answered.
"Well, that's weird," said Collins. "Zoey usually posts about her whereabouts. Let me try to check her online."
Lee swallowed when Collins turned towards the table. She had her hand in the pocket where she hid Collins' phone and she switched it off.
"I thought I left my phone here," said Collins, as he pointed at the table.
"No, you carried your phone with you when you went out to address the reporters again," said Lee.
"Then I must have left it downstairs," Collins turned to Yang Hyun-suk and asked, "may I use your phone instead to check up on them?"
"My phone died so I left it charging in my office," said Yang Hyun-suk.
"Uh-oh, he is obviously going to ask for my phone instead," Lee thought to herself as she bit her lower lip. "What am I going to do?"
"Hey, Lee, may I use yours?" Collins asked, as he turned to face her.
"Oh, um, sorry Collins, my mobile data just turned off," said Lee. "You know how my phone malfunctions when I use it too much."
"Ya, and I always tell you to get a new one or try to have it fixed," said Collins, rolling his eyes. "Anyway, I'll go get my phone. Hopefully, the reporters won't let me stay down there with their questions."
"I'll come with you," Yang Hyun-suk insisted and the two left the room.
"That was close," Lee whispered to herself. "Now all I have to do is find a way for those two to stay down there with the reporters for a while. That would buy Sam some time."
***
Sam's P.O.V
I just texted Lee on the phone when the gates in front of us drew open and Daesung drove in. Daesung had managed to talk to the guards guarding the back gate and they were excited to be receiving celebrities. Although they spoke in Korean, I heard them mention G-Dragon's name. It was obvious that the others had also passed through here. We even saw G-Dragon's car packed in front of us near the warehouses.
"I told you they came in this way," I said. "I'm just from texting Lee telling her to try and distract our managers to buy us time."
"That sounds fine," said Daesung. "Let's just hope she manages to do so."
Daesung packed his car right next to G-Dragon's. When the three of us got out of the car, we noticed another car coming in through the gate.
"Hey, isn't that Tae's car?" Seungri asked.
"Taeyang?" I looked on and I noticed the driver of the car was indeed Taeyang. And also, he had someone with him.
"Oh, wow, he brought Hyo-rin along too," said Daesung, not looking pleased at all.
"Wait, that's Tae's girlfriend, right?" I asked.
"Yep," said Seungri, who just like Daesung, didn't look happy either. I felt like I was missing something here or was I just insinuating things?
Taeyang stopped the car in front of us. He and his girlfriend got out of the car and approached us.
"What are you guys doing here, if I may ask?" Taeyang asked.
"Hi, Tae," I said, diverting the conversation. "You should at least introduce me to your girlfriend first, don't you think?"
"Aish, never mind him," said Hyo-rin. "He gets really cranky sometimes. I'm Hyo-rin and you must be Samantha."
"Yes, nice to meet you, Hyo-rin," I said with a smile as we shook hands.
"Can we get back to my question?" Taeyang asked. "What are you guys doing here? And isn't that G-Dragon's car?"
"Wow, now that's two questions, my dear oppa," said Hyo-rin teasingly.
"Not now, Hyo-rin," said Taeyang, looking so upset. I raised an eyebrow at him. I never knew he would ever get this upset. To me, he always looked like the happy-smiley type.
"Oh, boy," I heard Daesung whisper to Seungri. "Here we go."
That was a signal for me to step in before the couple turned all of this into a cat and dog fight. It looked like the two had an argument and I didn't want their fight to interfere with my mission.
"Okay, you two," I said as I stood in front of the couple. "Right now isn't the time to argue. I came here with Seungri and Daesung because we have to bring in G-Dragon and the other Toxins back to YG."
"Why? Did they do something wrong?" Hyo-rin asked.
"Well, it's complicated," I answered, shrugging my shoulders. "I'll tell you what's going on later, but we have to get to them before our managers find out where they are and decide to come here. So, are you two willingly to help out or not?"
"Ya, I'll help, as long as I'm not close to him for a while," said Hyo-rin, staring at Taeyang.
"Okay, great, let's go," I said, as I led the way towards the water park.
***
Narrator's P.O.V
"Mmm, I wonder how these guys manage to stay with these masks on for so long," said Zoey, as she wriggled her nose under the mask. "I feel like a surgeon instead of a celebrity."
"You complain way too much, Zoey," said Mike, as he was squatting right beside her, also wearing a mask. "Just play along and everything will be fine. We just have to wait for GD's signal."
"Really? And how long do you think that's going to take? I'm really dying to have some fun right now."
Zoey and Mike had been waiting behind the slide of a swimming pool with masks on and with water guns in their hands. There were so many swimming pools and fun water slides. There were also many people enjoying themselves at the big twisting water slides and there were shallow children's pools for little kids.
"I know, I also want to have fun too," said Mike. "But we have to stick to the rules of the game. Don't forget, we also have Christine and Daniel to think about."
"You're right, we've to win, no matter what," said Zoey. "Can you still see them?"
"Let me check."
Mike looked over across the swimming pool where he and Zoey were hiding to a shallow kid's swimming pool where he saw Christine and Daniel, also wearing masks and holding water guns. They hid behind a wall of rocks that acted as boundaries of the swimming pool.
"Ya, I see them, they are still there," said Mike.
"I have to check if my water gun is all ready and loaded," said Zoey, as she took a look at her pink water gun and shook it.
Mike continued to look around to see if there was any sign of G-Dragon anywhere. He then noticed him, also wearing a face mask, on top of one of the tallest slides in the water park. He waved his hands back and forth at them. That was their signal for the game to begin.
"There is our signal, let's go!" Mike addressed Zoey and the two came out of hiding behind the water slide.
Christine and Daniel also came out of hiding, and just like Mike and Zoey, they were rushing towards the water slide where they saw G-Dragon.
Mike and Zoey got to the pool first and it was one of the biggest pools they had come across since they got here. They were so many people around, all in their swim suits having fun in the water. The place was crowded and when they looked to the top of the slide, G-Dragon was nowhere to be seen.
"Where could he have gone?" Zoey asked Mike.
"I don't know, I bet he went down the slide," Mike answered. "If he did, then he is probably in the pool with all of these people around."
Zoey turned to look in the direction they had come from and noticed that Christine and Daniel were also at the edge of the pool on the other side looking for GD.
"You know what, I'm going in there," said Zoey. "I'm not losing this game, even if it means I have to ruin my expensive sneakers."
Zoey got into the pool and Mike also followed. The pool wasn't too deep. The further they went into the pool, the more the deeper it got. This time the water level reached above their knees close to the waist.
"You should be on the look out just in case you see Christine and Daniel on G-Dragon," said Zoey.
"Aye, aye, captain," said Mike, giving Zoey a small hand salute.
Finding GD seemed difficult with so many people around. With beach balls flying above their heads and bumping into people, slowed their progress a little. Christine and Daniel were also walking in the pool and searching on the other side.
As Mike and Zoey were approaching the slide, they noticed G-Dragon at the bottom end of the slide, standing in the water, waiting for them. It was obvious he had come down using the slide because his shirt looked a little wet.
"There he is!" Zoey heard Christine shout behind her. Zoey turned and she saw the other two approaching fast.
"Hell, no, I saw him first," said Zoey, as she also started walking towards G-Dragon with Mike beside her.
"If they get close, try to distract them by shooting at them," Zoey said to Mike. "And splash them in the eyes if you have to."
G-Dragon noticed the others coming. Zoey was closing in on him, while Mike stayed back to distract Christine and Daniel. GD looked above him and noticed that a man was coming down the slide on a water floater and he was coming down fast. GD went back to looking at Zoey. He was waiting for the right time to move since he was already close to the edge of the pool. He started to back away slowly.
"I'm coming for you, GD!" Zoey called out to him as she approached him.
"You aren't going to catch me that easily, love," said G-Dragon, as he gave Zoey a huge grin.
All of the sudden, the man who was coming down the slide, hit the waters with a huge splash, right in front of Zoey. Zoey screamed as she got splashed with water everywhere. G-Dragon laughed uncontrollably as he quickly came out of the pool.
Mike looked behind him and also started to laugh. Even Christine and Daniel joined in. Zoey's upper body was completely wet and so was her hair. Zoey looked at herself in shock. She removed her mask and started to whimper while the others continued to laugh at her. Their laughter caught people's attention who were around them in the pool.
G-Dragon laughed so hard that he had to remove his mask to breath properly. The others slowly did the same.
"Oh, my gosh, you should really see yourself," said G-Dragon in between laughs. "You look so ridiculous!"
Zoey frowned and hit the water's surface with her hand, splashing water everywhere. She pointed her finger at G-Dragon and said through her clenched teeth, "you're so going to get it, GD. I'll make sure I'll have you for supper!"
"Then you have to catch me first, love,"said G-Dragon as he laughed and ran off.
"Urgh! I hate him! Come on, Mike, we've a dragon to catch."
Zoey and Mike got themselves out of the pool and ran after GD, with Christine and Daniel behind them. They were oblivious that some of their adoring fans who were in the pool, recognised them after taking off their masks. And with their cameras and phones, some fans came out of the pool and ran after the pop stars, hoping to get a picture of them.
***
Sam's P.O.V
"Wow, this place is huge," I said in awe after we had come round from the changing rooms and looked at what stood before us.
"Caribbean Bay is one of the biggest water parks in the world," said Hyo-rin. "So, ya, it's huge."
"Finding them is going to be difficult," said Seungri. "We also have to consider the indoor water park too."
"There is even an indoor water park? Oh, that's great!" I said, with my hands on my hips. "That's just going to make things more difficult for us."
'Then let's split up," said Taeyang. "I'll go with Daesung. Seungri can go in the indoor water park and check there."
"And I'll stick with Hyo-rin," I said, finishing the sentence. "Got it. So, if we find them, we should communicate and we meet back here and head out back like we came."
Everyone else shook their heads in agreement and the five of us split up heading in three different directions. Hyo-rin and I headed towards the kid's water slides.
"G-Dragon and the rest of your team are really putting you under pressure, aren't they?" Hyo-rin asked.
"You've no idea," I said as I took a look around at one of the kid's swimming pools. "They can't be around here. Let's go a little further."
Hyo-rin and I walked in silence as we continued to look around. When we got to one of the adult's swimming pools, we noticed that there were a quiet a number of people.
"This is the biggest pool so far," said Hyo-rin. "It seems really crowded."
"I bet it won't hurt if we try to ask around," I suggested. "I mean, who wouldn't recognise G-Dragon and The Toxins? If we keep on looking for them like this, it would take forever."
"Good idea," said Hyo-rin.
I turned to the young lady who looked to be in the same age group as I am standing next to me. She seemed to be British and was obviously here as a tourist on vacation. She was wearing a pink bikini and was talking to a tall guy, who also looked British wearing his black and blue swim shorts.
"Um, excuse me," I said as I slowly got closer to them and Hyo-rin was right behind me. The girl turned to look at me and so did the guy.
"Sorry, if I'm interrupting, but I-" before I could even ask, the girl's eyes bulged in excitement and she gave out a little shriek as she started jumping in excitement.
"OMG! You're B.K, as in 'The' Black Kitty!" the girl exclaimed in her British accent.
I raised my eyebrow. Yep, she is definitely British. And YIKES! I completely forgot that I am famous.
"This isn't going to go well," whispered Hyo-rin, behind me. "She will attract a lot of attention."
Hyo-rin was right. I soon started to notice a few heads turning our way, and I used my hand to cover the side of my face, while I used the other to hold the British girl's shoulder.
"Please, calm down," I whispered to her. "I don't want to make a scene."
"Oh. My. Gosh. B.K just touched my shoulder," the girl said as she looked at me as though she had seen an angel. "Kevin, am I dreaming or what?" The girl turned to address the guy she had been talking to and I realised that he had been staring at me the whole time, speechless.
"Never mind that," I said, as I took a quick look around. "I need your help."
"Anything for you, B.K," finally, the guy spoke. He sounded as though he was hypnotised, and with that British accent of his, it kind of freaked me out.
"Yes, we would do anything," said the girl, looking really hyper and excited.
"Have you seen either G-Dragon or The Toxins anywhere?" I asked.
"Well, a while ago, I heard someone talking about them being around here," said the girl.
"Um, okay, so where did they go?" Hyo-rin asked.
"I heard they were running towards the Aqua loop water slide," said Kevin, still looking at me in a funny way and pointing his finger towards a certain direction.
"I know that slide," said Hyo-rin. "We better go."
"Alright, thanks a lot you guys," I said. "I really appreciate it."
Hyo-rin led the way and I followed her. All I hoped for was that we would find the others fast before everyone got to know that BigBang and The Toxins were here. That would only stir up attention even on social media. And our managers wouldn't like that, would they?
***
Narrator's P.O.V
Lee tiptoed silently along the hall after getting out of the elevator. Before she turned round the corner, she silently leaned on the wall and slowly bent her neck to look across the other end of the hallway and there stood a door. That was where YG held their press conferences with the media and a guard stood there. Lee groaned silently in frustration. She had to find a way to get the guard away from the door. But how?
She finally thought of something. All she hoped was for her plan to work. She slowly braced herself, took a deep breath and turned round the corner, approaching the guard with confidence.
When she got closer, the guard became upright and alert. He stood right in front of Lee, preventing her from going any further.
"No one is allowed to go in," said the guard in Korean.
Lee cleared her throat and also spoke in Korean (a super power no one ever knew she had), "I'm Collins' assistant, I just wanted to know if he is in there."
"Yes, he is. But he is busy with the press and you can't come in."
"Good, it looks like the press have kept them busy, for now," Lee thought to herself, as she quickly thought of what to do next.
"I just received a package outside that's for him. I wanted to tell him that it has finally arrived," said Lee.
Lee tried to walk past the guard, but he held up his arm to prevent her from going any further.
"You can't go in," said the guard, with a fierce look on his face.
"Then can you please tell him about the package?" Lee asked politely. "It's important that he knows about it immediately."
The guard gave Lee a stern look, while Lee stared back at him. She was doing the best she could to maintain her composure, but the look the guard gave her almost made her squirm.
"Okay, I'll go tell him," said the guard, as he lowered his arm. "You just stay here and I'll report back to you."
The guard turned around and started heading for the door when Lee swung a huge torch she had swiftly managed to get from under his belt and hit him at the back of the head. The guard fell to the floor and was left unconscious. Lee quickly searched his pockets and found a bunch of keys.
"I hope I manage to find the right key," Lee said to herself, as she scrambled around with the keys.
When she thought she had found a suitable key, Lee went to the door, inserted the key into the lock which fit in perfectly. And when she turned the key, she heard the lock mechanism click. Could it be that she apparently found the right key? Lee tried to open the door to see if it would open, but it didn't. It was firmly locked.
"This surly is my lucky day," Lee said to herself with a smile. "Now, all I have to do is wait until Sam gets here with the others and hope that the guard doesn't wake up."
***
Back at Caribbean Bay, Taeyang and Daesung were also searching, but no luck either.
"Finding these guys will be impossible," said Taeyang.
"If you wanted, you wouldn't have come along on the search," said Daesung. "Because it already looks like you're in a bad mood because of Hyo-rin."
"Look, I'm just doing this to help Sam out, okay?"
"And because you want to do something to get your mind off things concerning Hyo-rin. It's been like that for a while now."
"Not now, Daesung, we have people to look for," said Taeyang, as he faced Daesung with a pleading look on his face telling him to keep his mouth shut.
"Weren't you two supposed to have some romantic lunch somewhere?" Daesung asked as he tapped his chin with his index finger as though he was deep in thought. "I remember you said something about going somewhere romantic today."
"Ya, we were, but I'm not here for you to interrogate me. Let's just keep looking."
The two walked on in silence for a few seconds until Daesung asked, "so what happened between the two of you now? What caused you two to fight?"
"For goodness sakes, stop it!" Taeyang yelled, which somehow attracted people's attention.
"We better move," said Daesung, "we don't want fans all around us and that won't be good."
Taeyang and Daesung hurried along before anyone could recognise who they were. They found themselves at the aqua loop slide.
"I wish this place wasn't built this big," said Taeyang. "And the place seems packed on a week day."
Daesung didn't say anything as his eyes were fixed on the opposite side of the pool. At a far-off distance, he saw someone like G-Dragon, running around in zigzags behind some trees. He couldn't tell if it was him because the trees seemed to block his view. He then noticed two other people who looked exactly like Zoey and Mike also running and carrying water guns. It looked like they were chasing after G-Dragon behind the trees.
"Hey, look, there they are," said Daesung as he pointed at the direction in which he saw them. Taeyang also looked and they both saw Christine and Daniel come into view behind some trees, but instead of running in the same direction the other three took, they took a turn up north.
"It looks like they are heading for the indoor water park," said Taeyang.
"Should we call Sam and tell her to meet us there?" Daesung asked.
Before Taeyang could reply, he noticed Sam and Hyo-rin appear on the opposite side of the pool. As the two searched around the pool by the edge, they noticed Daesung and Taeyang and waved at them.
"Have you seen them yet?" Sam called out to them, shouting as loud as she could.
"They went that way!" Daesung shouted back pointing at the direction he had seen them. "They must be heading for the indoor water park!"
Sam and Hyo-rin turned behind them towards the trees and started heading there.
"Let's go, we better catch up to them," said Taeyang, and the two started to walk around the wide pool, heading for the trees.
***
Zoey was panting heavily as she ran after G-Dragon amongst the trees. For someone who was older than her and the other Toxins, G-Dragon seemed to be pretty fast for them to catch. Mike was right behind her. As they ran amongst the trees, they seemed to be going uphill. As they looked further above the trees, they could see a building. It was the indoor park. They could see G-Dragon up ahead and it looked like he was heading for the building.
"We've to catch up to him," said Mike, in between breaths. "It will be difficult to run around when he gets inside the building and he might possibly find a place to hide."
"I'm on it," said Zoey, as she quickened her pace, leaving Mike behind.
Zoey was soon gaining on G-Dragon and it looked like she was definitely going to catch him. But surprise, surprise, Christine and Daniel appeared right in front of G-Dragon, with their water guns pointed at him. G-Dragon stopped on his tracks with a surprised look on his face. Zoey also stopped behind him and she too looked surprised by Christine and Daniel's sudden appearance. But she quickly regained her composure, and with an angry look on her face, pointed the water gun at the back of G-Dragon's head.
"Drop the gun, Zoey, GD is ours," said Christine. "You lost."
"No freaking way, GD is mine," said Zoey. "The rules of the game were that whosoever catches him wins. And you haven't caught him because I was about to do so myself."
Mike had soon caught up with Zoey and his jaw dropped when he saw Christine and Daniel.
"How did you two get here? You were behind us," Mike said.
"Shortcut, bro," said Daniel, with a smirk on his face. "It's was my idea."
"Mike, never mind them," said Zoey. "I was so close to catching GD. So that means we've won the game."
"No, you haven't, we stopped him, so we have won the game," said Christine.
"Wait, guys," said G-Dragon, grabbing everyone's attention. "The rule was whosoever catches me wins the game. You haven't caught me, like catching and holding me with your own hands. So right now, one of you has to hold me and end this."
There was silence for a while among them as they all stared at each other. Zoey, Christine and Daniel still had their water guns pointed at G-Dragon.
"Mmm, fair enough," said Zoey as she tilted her head to the side in agreement. And from pointing the gun at G-Dragon, she pointed it towards Christine, with a few quick steps forward.
"Huh?" Christine had a look of confusion on her face and before she could point her gun at Zoey, Zoey's water gun had already shot out water and splashed into Christine's eyes, blinding her.
"Aargh, my eyes!" Christine exclaimed, as she tried to wipe away the water in her eyes.
"Ha!" Zoey exclaimed as she caught G-Dragon's shoulder, "We've won, fair and square."
"To be honest, I'm impressed," said G-Dragon, with an eyebrow raised as he looked at Zoey beside him.
"I know right?" said Zoey, as she teasingly bit her lower lip. "I know how to handle these guys the easy way."
Then Christine shot out water and it splashed on Zoey's face out of the blue. Zoey looked surprised with her mouth open and water dripping all over her face.
"That's for cheating," said Christine.
Zoey shook her head and gave a slight smile. "You're so going to get it this time, Christine," said Zoey.
Zoey and Christine started shooting water droplets at each other from their water guns and they started running around. Daniel and Mike also joined in the fun. G-Dragon just looked on and smiled at the others until he heard a voice calling from a distance.
"Zoey! Zoey! Christine! Are you there!"
G-Dragon paused and turned to the direction he heard the voice calling from. When the voice called out again, he realised that it was Sam's.
"Hey, GD, what's wrong?" Daniel asked, when he had noticed that G-Dragon was a little off.
"It's Sam, I think she's here," G-Dragon replied.
Immediately G-Dragon said those words, the other Toxins stopped running around and stared at him.
"What? Sam is here?" Zoey asked.
"I heard her voice just a second ago," said G-Dragon. "Sssh. Listen."
Everyone became quiet and they heard Sam calling.
"Zoey! Christine! Mike! Where are you!"
"Yikes, that's definitely her for sure," said Daniel.
"But why is she here looking for us? And how did she manage to find us?" Christine asked. "Did any of you post anything online?"
"No. I don't know how she found out, but she couldn't have come this far looking for us in case something is wrong or she's just worried," said Daniel. "I suggest we go to her to spare her the trouble of finding us."
"Hold on a minute," said Zoey, holding up her hand to stop Daniel from walking away. "Let's not go to her now."
"But why?" Mike asked.
"Come on, it's not wrong to play one last game, right?" Zoey asked. "I suggest we make her find us. It would be so much fun."
"I don't know about this, Zoey," said Christine, scratching her head. "Don't you think we've had enough fun for one day?"
"I agree with Zoey," said G-Dragon. "It will be so much fun to play around with Sam for a while. Don't you agree?"
"Okay, fine," said Daniel, rolling his eyes. "I'm in."
"Me too," said Christine.
"Me three," said Mike. "So, what's your plan, Zoey?"
"Oh, you're going to love it," said Zoey with a huge grin on her face.
***
Sam's P.O.V
"Zoey! Christine! Mike! Where are you!" I called out as I walked around the forest of trees with Hyo-rin beside me.
"These guys are just typical," I said as I put my hands on my hips. "I bet they can hear me and they just want to make my life difficult."
"Well, we can't be too sure about that," said Hyo-rin. "When you take this route through the trees, it would led you to the indoor water park. I bet that's where they are."
"Should we wait for Daesung and Taeyang to catch up to us?"
"Nah," said Hyo-rin, giving me a funny look when I mentioned Taeyang's name. "They will catch up."
I was curious to find out what was going on between the two love birds, but now was clearly not the right time. I brushed the thought off as I pulled out my phone and called Seungri.
"Hey, have you found them yet?" Seungri asked over the phone.
"No, but they are heading where you are, so keep alert when you see them," I said.
"Alright."
Immediately I cut the call, Hyo-rin and I walked amongst the trees and we could see the building of the indoor water park, uphill. I didn't try calling out for The Toxins again, thinking that they might not be close as Hyo-rin had said.
While Hyo-rin and I walked in silence, I heard something. I stopped in my tracks and tried to see amongst the trees where the noise was coming from.
"Hey, are you okay?" Hyo-rin asked, when she noticed that I had stopped walking.
"I thought I heard something," I said as I concentrated on hearing the sound again.
"It must be a small animal running around or something."
"No, that was no small animal. I feel someone or some people are here."
"Oh, Sam, you really make a good detective with those instincts of yours," came Zoey's voice from behind a tree. "You should have been one instead."
Zoey suddenly appeared before Hyo-rin and I from behind a tree with a water gun pointed at me.
"Finally," I said, breathing out a sigh of relief. "You can't imagine how long I have been looking for you."
"Ya, you must be tired," said Zoey, still pointing the gun at me. "But I'm afraid fun time isn't over."
I raised an eyebrow at her, feeling confused. "What do you mean?"
"Fun time isn't over. That isn't hard to understand, right?"
"Okay, enough, Zoey. Stop pointing that gun at me and lets all go back to YG. If we don't, we will get into serious trouble."
"Come on, Sam. Don't be such a bummer. Just join in this one little game and we will willingly come with you."
All of the sudden, Christine, Mike and Daniel came out of their hiding places with their water guns pointing at Hyo-rin and I. I rolled my eyes in irritation. These guys weren't going to give up, were they?
"You guys can't be serious," I said. "We've to go right now or else Collins and Yang Hyun-suk will be furious at us."
"Please. Just one last game and we're done. I think our managers don't mind waiting," said Zoey, giving me the puppy dog look.
"Where's GD?" Hyo-rin asked.
"Ah, I forgot you came along with a new friend," said Zoey. "You kind of look familiar though."
"She's Hyo-rin, Taeyang's girlfriend," answered Christine.
"Wait a minute, Taeyang is here. So that means you have brought the entire BigBang members with you to find us," said Zoey as she looked at me, bringing out a mocking laugh.
"Ya, except TOP," I said, shrugging my shoulders. "I couldn't find you guys all by myself."
"Again, Sam, you really make a good detective. You even made sure to bring along some backup."
"Okay, enough with the bad-guy talk, it's ridiculous. Where is G-Dragon?"
"That's the whole point of the game, my dear, Sam," said Zoey. "Catch G-Dragon and the game ends."
"Then where is he so we can get this over with?" Hyo-rin asked.
We soon heard twigs breaking behind us and when we all turned, there stood G-Dragon at a distance, giving us a cocky smile.
"Try to catch me if you can, my little kitty," said G-Dragon as he started to back away slowly.
"This isn't going to end well," I whispered to Hyo-rin.
Before I could take a step towards G-Dragon, Zoey behind me said:
"BTW, you aren't easily going to catch him with all the distractions you're going to face."
"Really, what distractions?" I asked as I turned back to look at Zoey.
"Us," Zoey answered as she shot out water from her water gun and water splashed on my face.
"Aargh! Stop it, Zoey!" I yelled as she continued to shoot water at me everywhere.
Christine, Daniel and Mike also did the same and this time, both Hyo-rin and I were being shot at with water, making our clothes partially wet. We tried to block the water droplets with our arms, but somehow, it felt of no use. They made a circle around us to prevent us from getting away and I took a glimpse of G-Dragon taking off.
"He's getting away," I said to Hyo-rin with my forearm raised acting as my shield to prevent water from getting into my eyes.
"What do you think we should do?" Hyo-rin asked.
I quickly knelt down on one knee to the ground still shielding my eyes from the droplets of water. And with my other hand, I took in a hand full of dirt and threw it in the eyes of Christine and Daniel who were standing in my way. And as fast as I could, I threw some at Mike and Zoey, blinding them.
"Run!" I told Hyo-rin and the two of us ran as fast as we could away from the others and after G-Dragon, while the others tried to regain their sight.
"They are getting away!" I heard Zoey yell behind us.
Hyo-rin and I continued to run as fast as we could. I could see G-Dragon running ahead of us. We were getting close to the the indoor water park. G-Dragon reached the clearing of the trees and was heading for the building.
Hyo-rin and I soon came out of the forest and we could clearly see G-Dragon heading for the stairs that led to the indoor water park. We by-passed some people who seem to look back at us as we ran past. It was obvious, they knew who we were. But now wasn't the time to start taking pictures or autographs. I had to end this game once and for all.
G-Dragon soon reached the open wide doors and went in. A few seconds later, Hyo-rin and I also reached the door and we stopped dead in our tracks as we looked around the place.
"You've got to be kidding me," I said to myself as I looked around the indoor water park.
There were so many people and so many pools inside. I thought the indoor water park was a reasonable small place, but it was huge. The place looked more like a huge aquarium than a water park.
Hyo-rin looked behind her and took me by my elbow, jolting me back to reality.
"We've to go," said Hyo-rin. "These guys are going to catch us and we still have to find G-Dragon."
"You're right. Let's hide," I said. "I don't trust these guys and they would make sure we lose this game if they find us."
"I know the right place to hide. And maybe, we might just find G-Dragon there."
***
Narrator's P.O.V
Lee paced up and down the hallway as she looked at the time on her phone. There had been no call from Sam saying if she had found the others or not. And the two managers had been in the conference room for almost thirty minutes because no attempt had been made on the other side to open the door.
"The managers must have been kept very busy," Lee said to herself. "Sam is worrying me right now. Hasn't she found them yet?"
Lee bypassed the guard who had been laying on the floor still unconscious. She couldn't stand the wait any longer. If the managers found out what was really going on, they would be so furious, if not mad.
As Lee continued pacing, she saw the door handle turn. She stopped and looked at the door as her heart skipped a beat. Someone was by the door and wanted to get out. Could it be either Collins or Yang Hyun-suk?
Knocking came from behind the door and again, the door handle kept on turning. Lee tiptoed quietly to the door to try and hear who was on the other side.
"Damn it!" Lee heard Collins' voice. "The door seems locked from the outside."
"Really? Let me see," came Yang Hyun-suk's voice. The door handle turned but the door wouldn't open.
"The door is locked and the guard doesn't seem to be by the door," said Collins. "My phone isn't here. I would've called Lee for help."
"Sorry, Collins," Lee thought to herself. "I know what I'm doing is wrong, but I need to have a little faith in Sam to try and bring these guys back."
***
Sam's P.O.V
Hyo-rin led me up the stairs and from above, I could clearly see the whole indoor water park. People were taking a dive into the water from rocks above and some from diving boards that were really high above the pool. There were also water slides. The place was just incredible that I couldn't help but stare in awe.
"You can take a look around later on when we end this game," said Hyo-rin. "Come on, we better hide."
I looked down below and I noticed Zoey and the other Toxins entering the building and looking around. They seemed confused as I was at first because there were so many people around. They split up and started their search below.
I followed Hyo-rin and I noticed that this place wasn't just an indoor water park. The place had a beauty spar and sauna up the stairs. People were all around in white bathrobes, some having a glass of orange juice while they sat back and relaxed as they either got a manicure or pedicure. While others, mostly men were heading for the sauna to relax themselves in the heat.
I couldn't help but feel envious when I saw some women relaxing and having a pedicure. That made my body ache and how I wished I could just sit there and get treated to a pedicure myself. I groaned in frustration. Why did my day have to be so tiring and awful?
"Hey, Sam, you're here," came Seungri's voice.
Hyo-rin and I saw Seungri coming towards us. He must have used the other set of stairs on the other side to get here.
"Have you seen Zoey and the others downstairs?" I asked him.
"No, I haven't," answered Seungri. "I was just on the other side when I saw G-Dragon come here."
"I told you I had an idea about his hiding place," said Hyo-rin with a smile.
"Ya, but G-Dragon isn't stupid," I said. "He might just put on a bathrobe and pretend to blend in with the people around here."
"Good point," said Seungri.
"Let's just find him and get done with this game. Someone should stay here just in case he manages to get out."
"I'll stay here and keep a look out," said Seungri.
"Just be careful though," I warned him. "Zoey and the others are looking for us. So don't get caught."
"Wait a minute, I thought we were the ones looking for them." Seungri looked confused.
"You would be surprised how the tables have turned," said Hyo-rin.
Hyo-rin and I entered the spa. There were so many people, mostly Koreans, in white bathrobes.
"If I were G-Dragon, where could I be? I asked myself aloud.
"Maybe in the sauna?" Hyo-rin suggested.
"Are you kidding me?" I looked at Hyo-rin and gave her a horrified face. "I'm not going to start searching in saunas where I'll find half naked fat men."
"Not all men are fat," Hyo-rin laughed due to my reaction.
"He must be around here somewhere," I said as I looked at every individual in the room carefully. "He can't hide forever."
"May I ask what you ladies are doing here?" Hyo-rin and I heard a deep voice behind us.
"Well, this day just keeps on getting better," I said as rolled my eyes and turned around to face TOP who just like everyone else being treated in the spa, also wore a white bathrobe.
TOP gave me that bad boy smile of his his that always made me blush and shiver. But this time, I tried to harden myself with a serious look on my face though I still felt my cheeks blush.
"I see you and Hyo-rin have already met," said TOP. "So, aren't you going to answer my question?"
"We're looking for G-Dragon," said Hyo-rin. "What are you doing here?"
"I came here to relax until Seungri gave me a call that you were here looking for the other Toxins and GD."
"Well, you should have helped us when you found out," I said, folding my arms.
TOP smiled at me, and again, I couldn't stop blushing. He should really stop doing that. I always felt he was intimidating me when he smiled.
"Sorry for not being there to help out," said TOP. "Though I can help you find GD."
"Please, do. I just want to end this game and get back to YG."
"Get back to YG? Why?" TOP asked.
"Less talking, more helping," I said as I held TOP's shoulder and led him ahead of Hyo-rin and I.
"Finding GD isn't that hard, you know?" TOP said as we passed along the aisle, where on either side people sat on comfortable chairs being attended to. Some were having a foot massage, some were having manicures.
"Can we skip to the part where you just get along with it?" I asked impatiently. "I'm so not in the mood for beating around the bush."
"Come on, Sam. Don't tell me you don't see it."
"See what?"
TOP continued to stare ahead and I followed his gaze. Along the aisle to the left sat a man in a white bathrobe reading a magazine that covered his whole face. I continued to look at him. I couldn't see it at first, but then I realised that the man wore white designer footwear sneakers at his feet and they were wet and somehow muddy. That was one dumb move from G-Dragon. We had finally caught him.
"It's not that hard to find G-Dragon when you know what kind of shoes he wears," said TOP.
"Thanks, TOP," I said with a smile. "You've helped me enough."
Hyo-rin and I silently started making our approach towards G-Dragon. Before we could reach half way, G-Dragon slowly dropped the magazine and saw us.
"No way, he's so not getting away this time," I said as I sprinted towards him.
G-Dragon jumped out from his seat, dropping the magazine to the floor and ran as he turned around a corner, quickly removing the bathrobe and dropping it to the floor.
I continued to follow him as I turned round the corner. It looked like we went round the place in half a circle because we were back at the entrance and G-Dragon was heading for the door. I saw Seungri getting ready to catch G-Dragon when he saw him. But G-Dragon ran past Seungri, pushing him aside and running for the stairs.
I also ran out the door and jumped over Seungri on the floor like a deer would gracefully jump over a log. I ran past people, bumping into some as I ran down the stairs.
G-Dragon reached the bottom of the stairs and started running for the pool. I quickly ran as fast as I could when I also reached the bottom of the stairs. For a moment, I even forgot that Zoey and the others were still looking for me until I heard Christine's voice in a distance.
"Hey, she's over there! And she's about to catch GD!"
Oh, nuts! I am so screwed now. I had to reach GD before the others got to me.
I saw G-Dragon approach one of the pools which had rocks around it that acted as diving boards where people would just go up there and dive into the pool. G-Dragon started to climb up the rocks and by the time I reached the pool, he was already at the top.
"Sam!" I heard Hyo-rin call out to me from behind.
I turned to face Hyo-rin who approached me and she came along with Seungri and TOP, who still had his robe on.
"I've to go up there," I said as I started to make an attempt to climb up the rocks.
"Are you kidding me?" TOP grabbed me by the elbow and pulled me away from the rocks. "I don't think it's a good idea."
"If you're worried that I'll dive into the pool, it's fine. I already know how to swim."
"But don't you think it's too dangerous?"
"And don't you think we're wasting time here talking? If I don't go up there, Zoey and the others will catch me and they will do whatever they please. I've to catch GD and end this game and I'm going up there whether you like it or not."
I knew I sounded a bit harsh on TOP, but he wasn't seeing the clear picture and I had to put in some emphasis to try and make him understand. I made a note to try and apologise to him later on. Right now, I had rocks to climb.
I braced myself for the worst and I wiped my sweaty hands over my jeans. I had never gone mountain climbing before, but I can sure as hell try since I've climbed over a wall before. I soon started climbing up the mountain of rocks and I was so glad that I had worn sneakers today because they helped with my foot grip as I pushed myself upwards.
I could hear Zoey and the others below me and they were approaching the pool. I had a feeling they would start throwing things at me to prevent me from going upwards, but I knew that was impossible considering the people around. I had to stop thinking about that and get on with my climbing.
I had finally reached the top and G-Dragon stared at me as I pulled myself up onto the top of the huge rock. We were the only ones at the top. Well that was good, just in case I wanted to have a fight with G-Dragon like the warriors do in Mortal Kombat, we wouldn't hurt anyone.
"Wow, to be honest, I thought you didn't have the guts to climb up here," said G-Dragon. "You're so full of surprises, my little kitty."
"You're cornered, G-Dragon," I said as I took a step towards him. "Game's over."
"You haven't caught me first."
"If you mean manhandling you, I'm not up for the idea."
"Okay, then, I'll just stay up here then."
G-Dragon walked to the edge of the rock and started looking below with his back facing me as though nothing was wrong. I rolled my eyes at him and walked over to him. I put my hand on his shoulder and I made him turn to face me.
"There, I finally caught you," I said dully. "Now can we please get down and head back to YG? I've had a long day."
At first, G-Dragon didn't say anything as he stared at me. I still had my hand on his shoulder and just as I was about to drop it, he placed his hand above mine and my hand was pinned to his shoulder.
"You know you can let go now," I said. "The game is over and we need to go."
G-Dragon still didn't say anything as he contined to stare at me with those dreamy eyes of his. I faced the other way, not willingly to look at him in the eye. I am so pissed off because of him and the other Toxins that I wasn't ready to have an intimate heart-felt moment with him.
"I had fun today," he said softly, with that sweet smile on his face.
"Ya, I can only imagine," I said rolling my eyes. "You guys played karaoke, had a pillow fight at your apartment, then you came here to this fun water park and enjoyed yourselves. As for me, I had to play cop and bring you in."
"But out of all that, you chasing me around was the most fun part of my day. I wouldn't want to replace this memory with anything else."
What he said made me look at G-Dragon fully into his eyes. Why did he say such sweet things that made me want to melt? I wish I could slap him, but I couldn't. And I couldn't understand why.
"You're lying," I said, shaking my head and facing the other way again. "You guys have made me go through hell and all you're doing now is mocking me."
With his other hand, G-Dragon held my chin lightly and slowly made me look at him. He was staring at me right in the eyes and it was completely hard not to stare back. This time, I was caught like a fish in the net, and there was no turning back.
"I'm not lying to you, my dear kitty," he said more softly and affectionately. "I won't deny that this day was awesome, but you coming here just made it perfect."
This time, I couldn't help but blush. One part of me wanted him to shut up, but the other wanted him to go on with his sweet words. I felt myself melt like wax and I was afraid I would lose my footing.
"Stop talking none-" I was interrupted as G-Dragon put his index finger on my lips to shut me up.
"Sssh, not a word from those beautiful lips of yours," said G-Dragon as he brought himself closer. "Let's just enjoy the moment right here, right now."
G-Dragon was so close that he started to bend towards me like he wanted to kiss me. I'm not going to lie, but I was so lost and caught in the moment that I didn't want anything or anyone to disturb it. Yes, I was still mad at G-Dragon, but right now, I wouldn't care less even if he kissed me.
Just as our lips were about to touch, G-Dragon held me by the waist and quickly spun me around. It all happened so suddenly, that I didn't even feel my feet leave the ground. And just as I was about to put my foot on the rock to gain balance, I realised that I was falling. I screamed.
At that point, I was so confused and scared as I felt myself fall. But then G-Dragon was holding my other hand that was pinned to his shoulder some seconds ago. It was then that I realised that I was dangling on the edge of the rocks and G-Dragon was holding my hand.
"What the-! What are you doing!" I asked as I looked up at G-Dragon.
"Sorry, the game had to end this way, Sam," said G-Dragon.
"This wasn't part of the deal!" I exclaimed angrily. "Now, pull me up now!"
"I'm afraid I can't, love. It would be so much fun if you took a dive, don't you think?"
"Don't you dare let go of me, GD! PULL ME UP!"
"Sorry, Sam. And by the way, all those words I said earlier, I truly meant it."
G-Dragon suddenly let go of my hand and I took in a deep breath as time stood still. I still had my hand outstretched and as though I was falling in slow motion, I looked up at G-Dragon. For a moment, I couldn't tell what or how I felt. If it was hate, anger, rage or betrayal.
But all that didn't matter now, because I fell into the pool with a splash.