The Truth

Upon arriving, the girls immediately rumbled out the van to enjoy their food. Lisa, Jiu and Seulgi were the first ones to arrive in front of the elevator. Gray shakes his head with a chuckle as Chungha follows suit the next behind her members. Gray still finds is amusing that despite their busy schedule, food always brings their energy back up. After everyone left the van, Gray follows close from behind after making sure the van is locked. Holding the elevator open for the girls to enter, Gray entered the last.

"We finished our last showcaseeeee!!" Lisa chimed in loudly in the elevator as it goes up which surprised Gray as usual, "Multiple wins with Snapping,,, uuu... Snapping snapping. Her dance was followed by the other members as they held onto their respective McDonald's bag. Gray can't help but smile seeing their celebration, but it was cut short when they start to jump in the elevator.

"Y..Yahh.. stopppp," Gray held onto the wall of the elevator as it moved due to their jumping, "you'll kill us all..."

"Ooopps mian oppa," JiU stopped after signaling the others to stop, "It's just too unbelievable, felt like yesterday that we just debuted and now we are so popular."

"Neh! We've come so far oppa," Seulgi then gives a wink towards Gray with the 'Saranghae' sign that followed suit, "we couldn't have made it this far if it weren't for you."

"Gomawo oppaaaaa," the girls chorused as the elevator doors open. Gray chuckled and holds the door open for the girls to go out. "I am just doing my job, girls," Gray smiled gently towards the girl.

"aishh this man always too modest," Chungha was first to go out and punched him lightly on the arm, "You should take credit once in a while oppa."

"Unnie got a point there oppa," Lisa did the same as she punched Gray on the arm, "You're way to modest at times."

"What they said oppa," JiU winked at Gray as she dragged Seulgi with her out the elevator. Seulgi, as if to stress on the other member's point, eats a french fry with a smug look on her face before winking at him.

"You I have enough credit when I am with you girls, it's breathtaking," Gray's words earned groans of annoyance from the girls.

"There he goes again," JiU does the 'get out' gesture with her hand as Chungha taps in the code into their dorm. The girls goes in with laughing Gray following close behind. The girls always hated it when he says those corny lines but at the same time it was something that the five of them share as more than just manager and artist. And since the girls don't bring much, it wasn't much of a hassle.

After the girls settled on the sofas and eating their meal, Gray pulled out his phone. "Andwaeeeeee," Lisa covered her face with one of the sofa's pillows. The other three looked towards Gray and earned the same shout.

"Yahhhhh stop shouting it's late already," Gray tries to soothe their surprised reaction. It's an automatic response any time he takes out his phone in front of them because it only meant more schedules the following day., "Relax okay? You haven't heard me yet."

"Fine, oppa," Seulgi sits up to which the other three followed automatically to listen to Gray. Although their faces still evidently show that they rather not hear this right after their busy and long day.

"Well you do have a schedule," the three girls sighed with their shoulders slumped and their pouty lips jutting out, "But it's not until 7pm tomorrow and I have made sure that there is no schedule until then, okay?" The girls breath with relief, "There is more though but this is for Lisa and Seulgi."

The two girls mentioned looked at each with confused looks and back to looking at Gray, "Lisa and Seulgi, you both will begin your first subunit," the news brought gleam on the eyes of the two girls, "The details of the song and concept will be discussed at meeting tomorrow at 7 pm."

"Heol...Daebak,," Both the girls spoke immediately in unison as they stare at each other.

"One.. Two.. Three.." Gray muttered under his breath and on cue all 4 girls jumped up with squeals loud enough to dwarf the calling sound of a dolphin. The four of them have been wondering what it would feel like to have their own sub-group after seeing a lot of their seniors doing so. Now the oldest and the youngest of group got the chance in advance to taste first hand debuting as a sub-group. "And that is my cue to leave," Gray pushed his phone back into his pocket, "You girls need to rest after stuffing your faces kay?"

"Oh.. Oppa, you don't want some tea or maybe milk?" Seulgi stopped her celebration and looks at Gray, "I'm sure you've got quite the busy day too going back and forth the company then also handling today's schedule."

"Thank you Seulgi-ah, but i need to go," Gray smiles assuring the girls that he is fine when he is actually exhausted himself, "I need to take care of something tonight before sleeping."

The girls exchanged looks, "This hour? Isn't it very late already?" Chungha stated as she looked at the clock above the their Plasma screen TV. "You should be resting oppa."

"It will be just a quick errand, don't worry kay? I'll rest very soon once I arrive home," Gray pats the shoulder of the leader with an assuring smile that follows short eventhough he knows the night might not end as quick as he claimed, "Now just rest up as many as you guys can, I'll pick up Lisa and Seulgi at 6pm sharp kay?"

"Neh oppa, please rest," Lisa replied.

"Ok then, I'll be going now then," he bows his head at them before walking to the door.

"Drive safe oppa," Gray turns to find Seulgi with the other three close behind smiling at him with a concerned look in their eyes.

"Don't worry, I'm your super manager right?" Gray winked at her, and something caught him slightly by surprised when he noticed Seulgi turned away with a smile and no longer making eye contact with him, "See you tomorrow."

"N..neh oppa, bye bye," she waved almost timidly before rushing into the living room, which also surprised the other three.

Gray frowned at first before deciding to think that it was probably nothing as he leaves the girls' dorm. After making sure the door is locked, Gray immediately heads for the parking lot. Looking left to right, making sure no one is around, Gray proceeded to where the Van is parked. Moving to the wall facing the back of the van, Gray swiped his hand across the cold wall. A small square sized shape, no bigger than his hand appeared, formed and slides downwards to expose a secret handprint scanner. Pressing his hand on the scanner no longer than 5 seconds, the scanner glows bright green before a door shifted on wall right next to it. The door opens to a bright lit elevator. Gray goes in and just as suddenly as it appeared, the makeshift door disappeared when the elevator closes.

Right under one of Korea's most renowned apartment is the 4th biggest vampire hunter base in the world. Complete with motion sensors on each entrances and actively equipped weapons to kill any vampires brave enough to invade the tightly guarded base. Gray entered another room for another examination with someone watching on another side of wall with vampire proof two way mirrors. "Evening, Gray, how are the girls?" Joo Hyuk the watcher of the examination room spoke through the P.A.

"They're all okay, Hyuk-ah, how's your Sodam and Chaeun?" Gray smiled and loooked at the mirror as he asked how Joo Hyuk's daughter and wife are doing.

"They are all healthy, thanks for asking," Joo Hyuk smiled through the two-way mirror and gave a thumbs up for the go ahead.

"Take care, Hyuk-ah," Gray returned the gesture with his own thumbs up as he enters the base.

The base is right under a big dome which is no surprise to anybody due to the fact of how deep underground this base was built, hundreds of feet under the ground. Gray walked and returning a few bows to some staffs who greeted him as the night shift begins. Nyxus, the name of the base, has two factions; the field faction who is active in hunting and killing vampires while the base faction monitors the city on any vampire threats. With over 2500 individuals functioning as a unit in or outside the base, they are deadly for the vampire race. Gray looked up to the top offices who to catch Jay's figure looking back at him through a balcony on the base's boss office.

Gray enters the boss' room, and welcomes his is a bright lit room nicely put together and everything in order as it should be. It is a nice comfortable place and Gray's soon to be office when he takes over on the upcoming coronation 5 months from the current day. The boss sitting right on his desk while Jay stands by the same window.

"Have a seat Gray," The boss gestured for Gray to take a seat across him, "You need to see this," he states as he hands Gray a tablet after he sits. On the tablet is a video opened, and he presses play.

"Why did you capture all these girls?" Yoochun, the initiating speaker in the video asks the captivated Vampire from last night's raid, "As far I know, you assholes eat and leave a mess. What's so different about tonight's menu?"

Instead of an answer, Yoochun got a sinister almost weirded out laugh from the vampire, "The king will return and this time victory will forever be ours."

"Your king died 300 years ago," Yoochun steps closer to the vampire without any fear, "His body incinerated."

"Was it?" the vampire bites back an answer, "Four of the purest.. Will wake the royal undead from his rest.. As the moon glows blood red... The world will drown in blood shed.. "

Yoochun stood frozen before the vampire as it cackled in triumph, "We will find the pure ones and you all will die." The video ended as the vampire laughed into the night.

"The purest... the pure ones..." Jay repeated those two words as he stares through the window with his arms across his chest, "Why does that sound familiar..?"

"It does, because we've all heard it Jay," Yoochun walked through the doors with a big old fashioned book in hand, "From this 400 year old ancient text," Yoochun places the book on the boss' office and opens a page where he had marked.

"I thought this prophecy was nullified," Gray voiced out as he reads the exact same page that the vampire recited, "300 years ago the association made sure thier king burns into ashes and up till now there is no sign of him being revived whatsoever."

"I guess it's not the case anymore," Yoochun loooked at Gray, "That vampire had such conviction and belief in his eyes."

"What does it mean by the purest?" Jay asked as he step closer to them.

Yoochun flipped several pages carefully to rip any pages accidentally, "Pure ones are rare humans who possesed blood that are deadly to regular vampires but extremely powerful and potent for their king. Once every  hundred years only four humans will be born onto this earth that carry such blood. Upon consuming all four, it is said that their king will become immune from silver and the sun, basically immortal. These four humans are said to be only maidens, no older than 30 years of age, that will become his bride and from them, a new breed of vampires that as immune to the sun and silver like him will be produced. Whether these brides will conceive or feed, anyone they touch will become immortal. The worst part is that these four will grant him supernatural powers that we've never seen before."

"We must act quickly," the boss finally spoke after hearing Yoochun, "Yoochun, make sure we're not the only ones informed of this news. Contact every branch. And send as many available bodies to any known hospital or blood banks in the country. Have them retrieve blood samples of every women born in the last 30 years."

"Right away sir," Yoochun bows and left the room with the book in hand.

"I want you both ready and alert," the boss stood and addressed the two senior hunters in the room, "I don't want those vampires to be the only ones active in the night. I want you both to inform the Ten and form your very own groups to scour the country. As number 1 and 2 of my most elite field agents, I expect you both on high alert, I suspect they will send in their very best on this job as well. If their king rise and obtain what he needs, there's no more hope for humanity."

"Yes sir," Jay and Gray bowed before taking their leave.

The Ten are South Korea's most elite and deadly vampire hunters. Each country has their very own elite squads with their own respective names. Gray is deemed number one on the list with Jay following as the second. Loco, the third. Irene, the fourth. Jennie, the fifth. GD, the sixth. Seyeon, the seventh. Jihyo, the eighth.  Taemin, the ninth. Seolhyun, the ninth. These 10 operates differently in all areas of the country. Being different than regular hunters, these men and women have way stronger stamina. Where any one could succumb to health problems due to lack of sleep, these 10 can go hours without sleep.

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