The members felt dizzy. They didn't understand how all of this could be real. Jimin started shooting off a million questions as they frantically began to follow the man through the woods. They asked the man all about the colony and what took place there, and the man was more than willing to tell them everything he knew.

The members hearts broke when they realized the possibility of Jungkook and Taehyung being beaten or traumatized or murdered had just become all too real. They prayed and prayed that the two were safe and okay.

The man started asking about them and how they had gotten to be new recruits to help guard the woods. All of them lied through their teeth.

"Who recruited you?" The man asked.

The members looked nervously at each other.

"It's a secret," Hobi blurted out.

"Ahh, good." The man seemed to approve of that answer. Hobi turned and saw Jin giving him a thumbs up. The man asked if they'd been given the proper equipment and nobody knew what that meant.

He was referring to guns.

The members froze. None of them wanted guns or to shoot anyone, they just wanted their brothers back.

"N-no," Yoongi said hesitantly. The man said he'd introduce them to others who would be able to provide them with guns.

They trudged through the forest forever, walking through both day and night. The man introduced them to others who handed them guns. The members immediately shoved them into their backpacks with no intention of ever using them, but they figured it'd be suspicious if they didn't accept the offering.

Finally, after what felt like a lifetime, the members saw old looking buildings in the distance.

"Is that it?!" Jimin screamed. 

The man they'd followed nodded. The members hearts ached and swelled at the same time. They realized they were so close to their members. That is, if this is where they'd really ended up. If Jungkook and Taehyung weren't here, or here but dead, they didn't know what they'd do.

The members ran to the edge of the tree line to get a better look at the colony.

"You can't go in. Our job is not to go in, but to stay in these woods and shoot whoever tries to come out," the man responded. He said he needed to depart and left the members alone at the tree line. They started whispering to each other about how the hell they were supposed to see if their two youngest were even in there.

"We have to go in," Jin said.

"But how?" Hobi asked. "We have to be careful not to get captured too. We can't save them if we're stuck here."

"That's if they're even here," Yoongi said sadly. The members all stared at each other with a silent hope in their eyes. They decided to scout out the colony from within the forest just to see what they witnessed, and what they witnessed absolutely broke them.

They saw men in chains being screamed at, whipped, and beaten. They saw young men doing slave labor. They saw how incredibly cruel the 'masters' were being.

But what broke them the most was that they still didn't see Jungkook or Taehyung. Namjoon and Jimin were crying together with the thought that they were too late. They remained at their spot in the woods and continued to watch anyway.
——
Jungkook and Taehyung looked at The Master with absolute fear.

"What?! Executed?! No!" screamed Taehyung. "You can't kill us!"

"You die in the morning." The Master smiled and immediately left the room, locking it. Jungkook and Taehyung ran to the door with all the strength they had left and started screaming.

"Hyung, I don't want to die!" Jungkook screamed as his tears flooded his face. He threw himself into Taehyung's arms and the two sobbed loudly together. "I don't want to die," he repeated.

"I don't either! We will figure something out! We'll fight, we'll run. Whatever we have to do!" Taehyung screamed through his own panic. They were both absolutely terrified.

"If we run we're dead anyway. We're either burned, or shot. We're dead." Jungkook held Taehyung in a tight grip. "We're going to die tomorrow."

Taehyung had no more to say. He was out of reassurances and held Jungkook as they cried together. They spent the entire night crying and trying to break down the door, but it was no use. Whatever that bedroom door was made of and whatever was used to lock it was completely indestructible.

After failed attempts to escape the two sat on the ground cuddled up with each other saying their goodbyes. They reminisced on their lives together and how much they loved each other and their hyungs, and how badly they'd miss everyone.

Before they knew it, daylight was shining in through the window and they heard multiple people coming to their door. They both scurried backwards to the furthest corner and tried to make themselves small.

"No, no." Jungkook started hyperventilating with fear. Taehyung did too. 

Their door was thrown open and men were there with ankle and wrist shackles for both of them. They started closing in on the two while The Master stood to the side and spat profanities at them.

"Get the hell away from us!" Taehyung tried smacking the men as they got closer. The men immediately tried grabbing both of them and they fought hard. Screaming, kicking, punching, trying to run.

They weren't able to escape. They'd both been grabbed and chained up.

"Taehyungie!" Jungkook screamed.

"Jungkook!" Taehyung screamed back. They were both grabbed by the hair and hoisted to their feet, being dragged out. They continued to scream and fight but their bodies had gotten too weak. Not only had they been under a heavy physical toll but at this point their emotional states also had them on the brink of giving up. They both realized they were at a point where no matter how much they fought it'd do them no good.

They kept their eyes on each other the entire time they were being marched out toward the execution block. They kept telling each other how much they loved each other over and over again. As they were being dragged to the town square, Jungkook looked out beyond the buildings towards the woods.

He figured his eyes had to be playing tricks on him, clearly he was exhausted and imagining things.

Because he thought, just for a moment, that he'd just seen his hyungs faces.

He shook his head. He knew it was wishful thinking. He felt the back of his head get punched as he stumbled forward. "Keep walking," a man screamed. He looked over at Taehyung who had his head towards the ground as they were led to their deaths.
—-
"Guys! Guys guys guys! Is that them?!" Hobi screamed when he saw two men in shackles being dragged towards the middle of the colony to what looked like some kind of gathering.

The members looked more closely.

"Oh my God! Taehyung! Jungkookie! That's the them! That's them!" Yoongi screamed. Without thinking he stood up and went to run for them, but Namjoon grabbed him.

"Wait," Namjoon said. "We have to be smart and think first."

They continued to watch and were absolutely devastated seeing the state the two maknae's were in. They watched them being dragged and could see them covered in blood and bruises. Taehyung was limping and couldn't even look up.

"What the hell have these bastards done to our babies?!" Jin cried. "They'll be fucking sorry and they won't get away with this! You're telling me all of this shit has been real?! For years?! All these young men!? This ends today!" Jin screamed. He didn't know an anger like this and it was consuming him.

"Jungkook just looked this way. Do you think he saw us? Do you think he knows hyungs are here to save them?" Hobi asked. They gasped when they saw a man hit their maknae in the back of the head.

"That motherfucker!" Jin screamed.

They stared and saw Jungkook and Taehyung being herded like cattle onto a giant wooden platform.

"What the hell are they doing?! What the hell are those men doing to them?!" Namjoon cried.

Jin started screaming. He realized what this was.

"No! Oh no!" Jin screamed and straightened his body out. The members looked at him confused.

"Murder! Executions!" Jin cried. "They're trying to kill them!" Jin screamed. He started running from the woods. "We have to save them, now!" 

The others didn't hesitate. They realized they couldn't keep wasting time, they had to act now. No time for thinking. They all started running from the tree line, straight for the town square.

And just as they had started to run,

The wooden platform that Jungkook and Taehyung were chained to...

was set on fire.