「ADDITIONAL INFORMATION」

❈ V could still see with both of his eyes. However, the vision isn't very clear.

❈ There would be implied of 707/MC and Zen/MC. But this story would mainly be focusing on V/MC.

❈ Rika/V would be written as the abusive relationship they were in canon. However, Rika's personality might be slightly OOC-ness.

❈ The characters' personality might not be followed completely since this is my first time trying to write about them.

❈ Tissues are recommended for the future chapters.

RESCUE ME

by: VivianKai

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PROLOGUE:

Coffee?

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Guilt: A feeling of responsibility or remorse for some offense, crime, wrong, etc., whether real or imagined.

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MC sat by the window, the cup of caramel macchiato was held in between her palms to keep her cold fingers warm. As she took a dainty sip of the caffeine, the brunette gave out a hum of approval. The coffee was good, the price of the drink was cheap, and the atmosphere around the cafe is relaxing.

Zen was the one who introduced the coffee store to her. And she reminded herself to thank the actor afterward for introducing her to such a beautiful store.

To be honest, she had been rather stressed recently thanks to the preparation for the upcoming RFA party. One week is a little too tight for the preparation. It became more than just an inconvenience since it was her first time preparing the charity party.

Some of the guests were rather… unique. And she had to learn the knowledge by herself through the internet just to interact with them. Not to mention, being stuck in a small apartment for five days straight made the short trip to the coffee shop became even more enjoyable.

She understood that the RFA members were concerned about her safety since she was being lured into the apartment without knowing about anything. But to be stuck in the apartment 'till the day the party start? It seemed a little illogical since she couldn't possibly feed on dry crackers and cup noodles for nine days straight (although she had been eating those for five days now).

When 707 told her that she was allowed to go out for a short trip to the grocery to pack up the needed items, she was beaming with happiness. The redhead even assured her that it was okay to stop during her way back home to have a cup of coffee.

Which is why she is here.

In the middle of checking the messages in the RFA chatroom, a figure suddenly sat at the opposite side of MC. The brunette tilted her head up to meet with a raven haired lady smiling politely at her.

"Hello, I hope you don't mind me sitting here. This had always been my favorite spot at here."

"Oh! Sure, I don't mind." MC moved her cup of coffee closer to herself so that there was space for the other woman to place her drink on the small coffee table.

"Thank you."

MC nodded her head at the woman's gratitude. Before long, there was silence between the duo. MC gazed out of the window as she watched the people who walked on the street.

"So, do you live around here? You're a face to be seen in this cafe." The woman spoke up as she took a sip of her drink.

MC paused. She couldn't possibly tell the person that she was being brought to this location by a strange message. Not to mention, 707 had warned her to make her existence as transparent as possible since she might be targeted.

"Oh, well. I just moved here a few days ago. I've been busy tidying up my new apartment since a few days ago."

"Is that so? Mind if I know who does you bought or rent your apartment from? As far as I know, all of the apartment around this area had been brought."

MC gulped. She couldn't possibly spill out V's name to the person she barely knew. "His name is… Uhm… Kim." The brunette honestly wanted to hit herself for picking the name.

"Kim huh...?" The woman purred the name out. "It didn't happen to be Jihyun Kim, is it?"

Too late, MC saw the wicked smile that slowly spread on the corner of the stranger's lips. "Oh no," she whispered under her breath. Immediately, her hand reached out to grab her phone.

"MC!"

With a loud exclamation, the silver-haired man pulled himself awake. At the moment when he finally woke up, Zen almost forget how to breathe as he tried to calm his racing heartbeats down. Cold sweats were visibly shown on his forehead as his vision wavered.

"... that's… a strange dream... "

Hyun hated it when he had dreams - specifically, the bad one - since it frequently came true. He pinched the bridge of his nose as he furrowed his brows. Hopefully, the bad dream he had is nothing more than a mere dream.

Hopefully.

His shoulders tensed when he heard the phone rang. The plastic body rotated a little as it vibrated on the desk. Zen placed an individual ring tone for each of his friends, so he immediately knew who was calling before he looked at the screen. The musical actor took a deep breath and meditated, calming himself down. The mantra of 'it isn't what you think it is' ran in his mind as he took the phone and answered the call.

"What is it, Luciel- … what?"

His breath stopped. Zen swore that his heart skipped a bit as his face paled at the news he received.

"Zen, MC is missing."

Brrrr! Brrrr!

V sighed as he pulled his phone out. It was unusual for Luciel to call. Usually, the hacker would leave a message for him to check when he was free. But somehow… Luciel is more persistent to make him take his call today.

"What is it?"

The photographer decided to skip the formality as he dove straight into the question. It was hard to speak since he was in the territory of the Mint Eye. Thus, he hoped that Luciel would make everything quick for both of their safety.

"V…! Sorry, I know you said I shouldn't call when it's nothing important! But this is an important- no! It is an EMERGENCY!"

V had to pull his phone a few inches away when Luciel yelled the last word. Once the redhead was done with his yelling, V leaned his ear back to the screen of his phone.

"Calm down, Luciel. What is the emergency about?"

The hacker from the other side finally calmed down his rapid heartbeat. Taking a huge gulp of air, Luciel started to talk again."MC… she went missing."

"... what?"

"I knew it was a bad mistake for her to leave the room! I know!" A loud slam could be heard. V assumed that Luciel had hit the desk out of frustration. "But… but she looked lonely. And the food supply was running low. I told her she could go for a quick grocery shopping and maybe fetch a cup of coffee. I… I didn't expect she would disappear like this."

The guilt was lingering in Luciel's voice. V could sense it clear and loud since he had seen the younger man broken down before.

"Calm down, Luciel. It isn't your fault. It was an accident - something none of us hoped to happen." He told the redhead, and he took the silence from the other as a sign to continue. "Did you found any pieces of evidence of what happened?"

"Yes… yes, I do." There was a rustle before Luciel talked again. "I went to the grocery store she goes, and the cafe as well. I showed MC's photo to one of the waitress, and they told me that a dark haired woman brought MC away when she suddenly collapsed down. Oh, hold on! I'm sending the kidnapper's image for you!"

His phone gave out a quick vibrate. V pulled his phone away and looked at the image delivered to him. Turquoise eyes widened when V immediately recognized the mystery woman as a member of the Mint Eye.

"I'm still trying to find information about the woman. Jaehee had reported MC's disappearance to the police and Jumin promised to help as much as he could with his power. Hopefully… MC could be found safe and sound soon."

Now, V was the one who felt the guilt ran down his skin. However, the man masked his emotion with a strained smile as he spoke into the phone.

"... I would try to help as much as I could, Luciel. Yes, yes… I know. We would find her as fast as we could. It's okay, stop blaming yourself."

When the phone call finally ended, V stared blankly at the dark screen of his cell phone A look of sorrow flashed through his eyes as he gazed down at the grass.

'Rika… why do you want to involve more innocent people in…?'

TO BE CONTINUED.