KYUNG EUNSOO
We went into the shabby house and she immediately pulled all five locks into place, before heading over to the window. She peeked out of the window for a while and then pulled the curtains shut. She took off the face cap she had been wearing all along and took the band out of her hair. She ran her fingers through her hair and pushed the strands away from her face. I finally got a better look at her face. There was a long scar that ran down her eyebrow, all the way to her jaw and another scar around her neck. There was something else that really struck me...standing here with her made me realize that she looked a lot like Shin Mirae. The resemblance was uncanny.
" I'll get to the point since you don't have much time left. Your father has one day left right?"
" Yeah "
" First off.....What's your relationship with her?"
Taemin said and pulled out the picture we found at her house.
" Where did you get that?"
" We did a little digging "
Hyejin rushed forward and grabbed the picture. She held the picture close to her as a tear rolled down her chin.
" She was my sister "
" Oh.....I'm sorry "
" But your last names are different "
" She was married remember?"
" Right ". Taemin said and looked at me.
" A few days before she died, she brought these to me. It was almost like she knew she was going to die "
Hyejin said as she opened a small compartment in the ground. She pulled out a box and opened it. Taemin got up after picking one of the books from the box.
" That day I had gone over to Mirae's house but when I tried to knock, the door fell open. I rushed inside and found my sister lying in a pool of blood, with her head cracked open and deformed. Soon enough my brother in law and nieces were found dead with bullet holes all over their body, in an abandoned building.
" Oh...."
" On the day I was attacked, one of the men whom she used to work with suddenly showed up and was asking after her. He said he hadn't seen her in ages so I figured he didn't know she was dead. I let him into the house because he was someone I was acquainted with. He suddenly grabbed me by my hair and tried to kill me. He was going to slash my neck but I was lucky to escape him. He gave me these scars "
" One of the men she used to work with?"
" Yes "
" Is his name Lee Byungchan?"
" Yes that's him"
" He is Taemin's Uncle "
" Oh no...has Taemin said anything to him yet?"
" I don't think so "
We were still talking when Taemin rushed over to us with sheer horror written all over hisface.
" Something is wrong "
Taemin said and pointed towards the window he just left. Hyejin and I ran over to the window and peered out. Some men had stationed themselves outside her house and there were quite a few of them.
" You guys should get in here now "
Hyejin said and lifted the floorboard inside the compartment she had opened earlier. We all crawled into it and closed it shut. We kept crawling through the dark, mouldy tunnel and soon as we heard a loud crashing sound followed by thunderous footsteps, above our head. My heart was beating so fast and my fingers and toes felt cold as chills ran down my spine.
We heard someone slide the compartment door and Hyejin started panicking as she she urged us to move faster. I could hear their voices behind us already. I was starting to see some lights now as I neared the end of the tunnel. I got out and then pulled Taemin out also. Hyejin got out and started navigating us through the vegetable farm we found ourselves in. We were still running, when we noticed the other men ahead of us. We turned around but the other men were out of the tunnel now and were making their way towards us. Taemin came closer to me and held my hand.
" Follow me and stay close "
Hyejin said and ran towards a thin path. I held Taemin's hand tightly and ran after Hyejin. We were running out of path and the men were starting to catch up. Hyejin pulled Taemin and I towards a parked tractor and asked us to get under. She started gathering a large pile of grass to cover us up.
" What are you doing?"
" Aren't you getting in?"
Taemin and I asked as we looked at her. She pushed the box she had been holding, under the machine and smiled at us.
" We will be caught if we stay together. I'll try to distract them. It's all up to the both of you now "
Hyejin got up and started yelling as she ran away from us.
" Hey!!!! You fucking bastards!!! Is that all you've got?"
She yelled and pulled out a gun. She fired and sent the first man down. She shot another man in his arm but before she could fire her next shot, four shots were fired at her. She groaned loudly as she fell to the ground. One of the men walked towards her and kicked her severally in the chest.
I pulled out the knife in my bag and was about to crawl out when Taemin stopped me. I looked at him and he just shook his head.I looked back at Hyejin and saw the man pulling up with her hair.
He threw repeated punches across her face and then pulled out a knife. He stabbed her repeatedly and didn't stop even when she went limp in his hands.
Taemin and I crawled out through the other side, and ran towards the woods. We kept running until we came to the road and hid behind the first house we saw.
It was now past three and Taemin and I were slowly making our way back to the main road. While on the train back home, I kept the knife very close to me and held onto the hilt tightly. Taemin tightened his grip on my hand as he glanced nervously around the train. We hurriedly got into a taxi as soon as we left the train station.
I got a really bad feeling as we rode back home. I picked up my phone and dialed my mum's number. I waited for a while but it wouldn't connect. I tried Minah's own and it was the same.
" Taemin call your mum. I can't reach mum and Minah "
" Okay "
He pulled out his phone and dialed her number. We waited for a while and then we heard the phone click.
" Mum where are you? Are you okay? Did anything happen?"
I listened quietly, trying to make out what his mother was saying.
" Okay.....stay there. Eunsoo and I are on our way ". He said and hung up.
" What did she say?"
" She said she got really scared and moved to our other house"
" Right. You said your family has a bunch of houses across town "
" Yeah "
" Wait what about your Uncle?"
" She said she called him over because she got scared"
" Is he there right now?"
" No....not yet "
" Call her now and tell her to leave that place...immediately. Tell her not to tell your Uncle where she is going "
" Why?"
" Just do it "
" Okay "
He picked up his phone and dialed her number again. I called mum again, hoping she would pick up but it still wasn't connecting and so was Minah's. I started panicking as I stared at my phone.
" Are they still not answering?"
" Yeah.....I think something is very wrong "
" Maybe it's the connection "
" No.....something is off.....earlier at the train station, there was someone waving a red flag at me "
" What did he look like? Did you get a look at his face?"
" No "
.............
I kept trying their lines as Taemin and I walked towards the restaurant. We were a few blocks away from the restaurant, when I heard the sirens. We ran towards the restaurant and my legs almost gave out, when I saw the police and ambulance.