•I don't own Heirs.
•English isn't my first language. Please correct my mistakes, so that I can learn.
A Horrible Mistake
The place smelled of carosin and alcohol as she made her way to the brown door. To her surprise, the door opened easily with little pressure as though someone had recently used it and had forgotten to shut it properly.
She slowly peeked in into the dimness. She could hear the blaring music of the club. When she was sure no one was on the other side of the door, she moved in quietly and shut the door behind her. It took her vision some seconds to adjust to the dimness of the hall before she could finally make out the ending of the hall and a door in the middle which was a small source of light.
Na Ri took a few quiet steps forward into the dim hallway, and fear gripped her so strongly and so suddenly that she had a sudden urge to turn back and run away from there. But she was more afraid of going back now than going further. If she went back now, her conscience would assault her for the rest of her life.
She carefully moved through the hallway and when she reached the corner of the hallway, she looked over carefully. There was another long hallway ahead with a closed door at the far end. A wide stairway went down near the door, likely to the dancing floor or to the bar. Lights reflected on the walls on the opposite side of the stairs. There was an empty space leading to a hall beside it.
Without warning, the door at the far end of the hall barged open and two men strode out of it. Na Ri immediately veered around, her heart rate shooting up. She could make out their words over the music as they neared her.
"I am not doing this job next time. Go through so much trouble for that brat and he says he didn't like the girls." A man said and Na Ri recognized the voice to be of the man who had slapped the girl.
"Why doesnt he just make it work with one of the girls from the club?" Another man's voice reached Na Ri, coming closer. She glanced at the door she had entered from and made herself ready to make a run for it at any given moment.
"What are we going to do with them now?" A third man raised the question.
The rest of their words turned muffled as they walked off into the hallway beside the door, and inspite of the fact that she was relieved, her heart continued to hammer in her ear. Na Ri swallowed dryly and gathering herself, came out of the corner, as quietly as she could and began to follow them forth into the next hallway because she knew they would lead her to the girls. She buttoned up her black coat with shaking fingers to hide the Naesang Fries Chicken shirt when she came into the view of the tastefully dressed people at the dance floor below, although no one was paying her attention.
Following them had indeed led Na Ri to the girls. She hid behind a big blue barrel, while the three men were in a room which she had presumed contained the drugged girls. All three of them left the room in about three minutes.
When they left through the same hallway, Na Ri knew it was her only chance before they could come back. She felt like a suspense novel protagonist as she slided over to the door and pushed it.
The door was firmly locked.
Na Ri held in a groan. Ofcourse, they were ought to lock this door. Just because she had found one door unlocked that didnt mean she would find every door unlocked.
Na Ri didn't believe it would work when she pulled out her hair pin and sat down on her knees, jiggling the hair pin into the lock, just as she had seen in a drama.
But it worked.
The lock clicked and Na Ri pushed open the door halfway, slowly. She slipped inside the small room and spotted the girls lying on different couches, gagged and tied up. They stirred and stared at her in wide eye wonderment. Na Ri closed the door behind her and rushed to them. She fumbled with the ropes binding them.
The girls straightened up upon realising what was she doing. The girl who had been slapped before, stumbled to her feet when Na Ri released her, and clumsily removed the gag from her mouth. She couldn't have been more than 15 or 16. They both then proceeded to help the other girl, who appeared to be older than Na Ri.
"Let's get out of here before someone comes back." Na Ri said to them urgently.
The two of them followed her as Na Ri lead the way outside. She grasped an arm of each girl. She knew they didnt have time. The girls stared at her with gratitude as they made their way through one hallway and then another.
Na Ri gulped in a few fresh breaths upon reaching the balcony and almost collapsed.
She couldn't believe they made it out so easily. However it was not a time to relax yet. Na Ri rushed over to the wall and told the girls to jump over immediately.
The girls quickly came forward and the younger one climbed the wall. Just as she was about to to jump outside, the older one gave a sharp gasp and turned to Na Ri.
"They have my bag!" She exclaimed with panic. The younger girl halted and turned to the older one.
"What bag?" Na Ri glanced back and forth between them.
"My bag that has my stuff. My money, identity cards, address, everything on them." The older girl elaborated in a shaky voice. "They can find me again with them."
"We will go to the police from here, dont worry. They wouldnt be able to harm you." Na Ri tried to reassure her.
The girls exchanged a dark look.
"You dont know these people and who they work for." The older girl said. "Police never helps. Going to police now is just the same as walking back in there."
Na Ri pushed her hair back roughly with her hands and bit her bottom lip. "They dont know your identity yet?" She asked wirh a tone of urgency.
"Ani, they don't."
Na Ri sighed deeply. "Jump over and run away. I will bring back the bag quickly. But don't wait for me. Go to your home. I will contact you later."
The older girl's eye shook, tears leaking out, and she startled Na Ri by enveloping her in a grateful hug that warmed Na Ri's insides. Na Ri gingerly patted her on the back while her heart sank with the thought of going back in there to retrieve the bag.
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She had managed to reach the room where the girls were kept tied up, despite her instincts screaming at her to go back. She was fumbling around for the bag when a voice startled her.
"Who are you?"
Na Ri whirled around with wide eyes, and fell back on the sofa. A short man, possibly a few years older than her, dressed in a plain white shirt and black trousers, stood before her with his hands tucked in his pocket and shoulders pushed back. His expressions were more curious than grave, but his droopy eyes, they were bloodshot red with dark shadows underneath.
He was also taking in her appearance. Na Ri's face flushed when his eyes darted shamelessly on her protruding chest wrapped in a black coat, then to her medium waist, the curve of her hips, to her skinny jeans clad legs, then back to her crimson face and her dark hair.
Na Ri struggled to form words.
"Where are the girls?" He sniffed and demanded hoarsely, his hard and suspicious eyes, piercing into her fearful ones.
Na Ri swallowed, and weighed down her chances of escape, as she flickered a glance towards the door, but the scary looking guy was blocking her way.
Na Ri slowly stood up, "I.. I came to.. came to deliver food." She said lamely.
The scary looking guy narrowed his eyes at her. Na Ri tried to edge side way, so that she could make a run for it.
"In here?" He derided her.
Na Ri took this moment to bolt towards the door, but the guy seemed to be expecting it. He was quick to grab her by her arms, and pin her against the closed door, roughly. She gave a strangled cry as her back hit the door, and spikes of pain vibrated into her spine. She tried to push at his chest, but he tightened his grip on her arms, digging his fingers into her soft delicate flesh, and she cried out in pain again, as her eyes flooded with tears.
Breathing heavily, Na Ri looked up at him dreadfully. The guy was staring straight into her wide round eyes with a tilted head and narrowed eyes. His expressions were unreadable. An unfamiliar odour emitted from him which didn't seem to be cologne. However, now looking at him up close, Na Ri noted something:
It had not been lack of sleep or anger. He was unmistakably high on drugs.
Two soft knocks came from behind Na Ri. The guy's gaze moved from her to the door, and he grabbed hold of her wrist and pulled her aside, opening the door.
Na Ri visibly trembled beside him.
The men who had been around the girls, stood outside the door. Their bewildered eyes bounced from the guy holding her wrist, to her, and then to the empty room.
"Where are the girls?" One of them voiced the same question, the guy beside her had done earlier.
"Escaped." The guy beside her sniffed and replied coldly, while nodding his head towards Na Ri. The men gaped at her in disbelief.
"Don't stand like that. Go and look for them!" The guy snapped suddenly causing Na Ri to flinch. "As for me," he added, jerking his head towards her, "I have found someone else."
Na Ri could feel blood draining out of her face. She didn't have time to pray for the safety of the girls for she knew what was going to happen to [her] now. She was now, deeply regretting coming back for the bag.
The men bobbed their head up and down, hazily, not quite comprehending the situation, but still agreeing to it, and hurried out.
The guy started to drag her out of the room. Na Ri though, dug her feet down, resisted and sat down there, refusing to cooperate. When he turned back, looking down at her, looking ready to snap, she wanted to say something -- perhaps plead or something-- but her lips just couldn't form the words. She could only bite her bottom lip as tears swam in her eyes and she blinked up at him, pleading silently. All the bravery and courage she had shown earlier gone in an instant.
Ths guy screwed up his face in annoyance, and jerked at her wrist harshly. Na Ri jolted forward into his arms.
"Let's make a deal." He bent his head, leaning closer to a sniffling Na Ri's face who in response cringed away in his hold. "Be compliant and I will be gentle."
Na Ri choked back a sob trying to escape to her mouth.
"Deal?" He sniffed.
He took her wrist in his hold once again, and started towards the hallway. Just when they were about to turn a corner, and face the stairs, Na Ri finally found her voice. She let out a high pitched scream, trying to grapple with the guy to charge towards the other hall.
In the next moment, Na Ri found herself being hurled at a wall. A burst of pain exploded on a side of her forehead, as she hit the hard surface of the wall. She didnt even have a moment to gather herself before she was yanked to her feet by her hair. She shrieked due to the excruciating pain.
"Do you really think someone's gonna help you here?" He said venomously.
Na Ri howled in pain, as he dragged her by her hair to a door. He threw it open and flung her in. She hit the floor and the thobbing pain in her forehead intensified. She could feel every single beat of her heart as she touched a trembling hand to her stinging forehead. Something wet touched her fingers and she realised blood had oozed out from her forehead. She could faintly hear him say something to someone outside the door, as she caressed her aching scalp to try to ease the harsh sensation. He stepped in and closed the door shut, clicking in the lock. The booming music quieted down considerably.
He walked past her, and from where she was lying on the floor, Na Ri's eyes followed him through the black spots clouding her vision, to a lavish, king sized bed where he plumped down tiredly, and leaned against the headboard. He picked up something from his side table.
Na Ri's vision cleared up a bit and she could now discern the spacious room too. Her eyes snapped back to the guy who had dragged her here when she heard a moan from him...
He had been injecting something in his arm, which was already tainted with purplish spots.
He dropped his head back and his chest moved up and down in relaxed breaths. Eventually he raised his head after some moments and squinted at her.
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Please review
I had this idea about Choi Young Do and an OC, and I realised that putting it down on a paper really helps. I appreciate criticism, though try not to he mean :(
~Fawns