Resurrection ~ Ep. 4
📺 Genre: Horror, Thriller, Drama, Action, Romance
📺 Pairing: Kim Seokjin x (f) OC
📺 Rating: 18+, TV-MA
📺 Warning(s): Strong language, character death, slight PTSD, mentions of carnage, blood, violence, threats, experiments, zombies, zombie violence, use of weapons
📺 Word Count: 4.6k
📺 Credits: Beta read by the marvelous @yoongs-jeontae 💜 ily sis
Banner resources found here (png & photo stock)
📺 TV info: Everyone thought it a myth…legend even, buried away as time moved on. Centuries of secrets and lies for the better of the country. No one knew what to expect. Two brothers. One’s quest for power may lead to destruction. The other, a scientist teaming with a head strong detective and her partner to right the wrongs made. Will they be successful or fail?
📺 A/N: Part of the DramaVers Collab hosted by the amazing and lovely @namluve
Sleep did not come easily to Imogene. She tossed and turned on the couch, mumbling to herself while she slept. Visions of that woman taking two shots to the knee and not reacting left her confused and frightened–something she would never admit out loud.
The sounds of Jin in the kitchen roused her awake. She sat up with a yawn, stretching her limbs after laying in a terrible position. Jungkook followed suit, sitting up from his place on the floor. Jin appeared in the doorway carrying a tray with three steaming mugs of coffee and plates of scrambled eggs and toast.
“Morning. Brought you some breakfast.”
Jungkook bounced up taking a cup and plate, beginning to eat. Imogene shook her head and took one from Jin. “Thank you. You didn’t need to do this.”
“Well you sort of saved my life last night,” Jin answered scratching his head. “After a night like that, we need something in our stomachs.”
Imogene hummed, picking at the eggs. The scene of the woman getting shot still on her mind.
Jin sipped his coffee eyeing Imogene. The detective barely ate any of her breakfast, only taking small bites of the eggs and toast, taking little sips of the coffee. Maybe the incident bothered her a lot more than she let on. He’d bring it later on when they were alone.
Jungkook sighed leaning against the couch, patting his stomach. “Thank you, Jin. Needed that.”
Jin nodded towards Jungkook and began clearing the plates. “What is the plan?”
Imogene and Jungkook gave each other a look. He sounded like he was going to tag along. Jungkook chuckled scratching his nose. “Well me and Im are going to go to the police station. Figure out what's going on.”
“I’m going with you,” Jin started carrying the dishes back into the kitchen. “So far nothing is being shown on the television so this could be an isolated incident, but I want to make sure.”
Fuck, he was right. He’d be a better use to them if he was with the two detectives. Imogene sat back thinking it over. Maybe they could go make a trip to Bangtan LabCorp as well. She was curious about what went on there.
“Kook?”
“Yeah?”
“How’s your ankle?”
Jungkook pulled his pant’s leg up assessing the injury. “A little swollen, but I think I’m good to walk on it.”
Jin sighed. “Alright. We’ll head out. I’ll leave a note for Abby just in case she stops by.”
Imogene stood as Jungkook let out a grunt getting up from the floor. “To the station, we go.”
---
The best word to describe the scene was chaos. Imogene and Jungkook walked in not knowing what to expect. A cold chill ran up her spine at the sight. It looked like a riot took over the station. Papers and desks laid askew across the room. The lights flickered overhead, giving the room an eerie vibe. Jungkook stepped over the debris, brows furrowed. “What the fuck?”
Imogene stopped Jin in his tracks from going further. Jin looked around as the panic set in. Where were the police? Jungkook pulled his gun from his hip holster. “I’ll check the holding cells. Stay here.”
Imogene searched around the room, muttering to herself. “Where is he? He should be here.”
Jin placed a hand on her shoulder as she froze. “Imogene?”
She cleared her throat trying to move the desks. “My captain isn’t here. Where is he?”
“Maybe he got out before anything happened,” Jin suggested.
Imogene shrugged her shoulder away from Jin and went towards Yoongi’s office. “We don’t know that.” As she pushed the door back, a yell came from the holding cells.
“Im! Get back here!”
Imogene ran to the cells, Jin hot on her heels. He slammed into her back as they stared at the sight. Blood coated the walls. Bodies laid inside the holding cells as some rattled against the bars. Jungkook held a hand to his mouth to combat the stench. The female detective felt oncoming bile in her throat as she stepped back. A few creatures reached out trying to grab at them from between the bars. Hissing and growling, blood and saliva oozed from their mouths. The sight alone almost made her vomit. The majority of the bodies were that of their squad torn to shreds. Jin looked in horror at the scene before his eyes.
“Seokjin!”
The screams stopped them in their tracks as Seokjin tugged Eunji off the road and behind a grove of trees. The sounds made the hairs on his neck rise. Carnage was the only word to describe the scene before them. People panicked, trying to run away from the hoard only to be massacred. The sounds of bones crunching and the smell of blood filled the air along with burnt flesh. Eunji covered her mouth, burying her face against Jin’s chest. He could feel her tears dampen his tunic as he held her.
“Jin!”
“Jin!”
A slap connected across his face as he jerked in alertness. He winced holding the side of his cheek as Imogene glared at him.
“Now is not the time to daydream!”
Jin blinked a few times at her dumbfounded. “I-I-I’m sorry. I–”
Imogene exhaled, closing her eyes. She dropped her head down. “Sorry. I didn’t mean to hit you.”
Jin squeezed her shoulder and inched toward the cell. Now that there was natural light, he got a good look at the creature...being...whatever they were. The man being restrained in the cell was covered in dried blood. The eye color was white, almost milky. As Jin moved, the man moved, hissing as he tried to reach for Jin with his hand. It reminded him of the woman at the train station.
“We got to get to Bangtan,” he murmured.
Jungkook frowned, staring at him. “Why?”
“I’ll explain when we get there.”
Imogene looked from Jungkook to Jin. “It can’t hurt to see if anything is there.”
“Fine,” the male detective went over towards the gun cage. “I’m gonna load up. I don’t want any more surprises.”
Imogene nodded as she headed back into the main room. “Fine. Get enough for the two of us.”
“Hey scientist, come help,” Jungkook called, grabbing a bag.
Imogene continued her search for anything in the station that gave any clues to what happened the night before. A groan from Yoongi’s office made her pull her gun out. She stepped closer to the door, opening it a crack.
“Whose there? This is Park Imogene, detective of the KNP. I am armed, please reveal yourself, arms where I can see them.”
“P-Park,” a hoarse groan called out in the darkened room.
“Captain!” Imogene nearly dropped her gun as she ran into the room. Yoongi was under his desk, holding a towel to a gash on his head. She crouched to the floor, helping him from under the desk and propping him against the wall.
“Are you okay?”
Yoongi groaned as he sat back. “Barely. Got banged up pretty bad.” Imogene wrapped him up in a hug making him wince. She apologized as he waved her away. “It’s fine. Just look in that cabinet over there and bring out the bottle from inside.”
Imogene opened the cabinet and rummaged through the clutter. A frown painted her lips as she pulled out a half-empty bottle of whiskey. She turned to him in displeasure, bottle in hand.
“Do I need to ask?”
Yoongi growled, snatching the bottle away, unscrewing the top, and took a long swig. “None of your damn business.” When he looked back at her, his scowl faltered. He winced, trying to sit up from his position as Imogene helped him. “I was never drunk on the job,” he reassured her.
A little part of Imogene sighed in relief. She didn’t need another person in her life drinking theirs away. Yoongi placed a hand on Imogene and grunted softly.
“Im!”
Jungkook ran into the main room looking for her. Imogene turned waving in the doorway. “I’m in the Captain’s office!”
The young detective scrambled inside a relieved grin on his face. “Good to see you alive boss.”
Yoongi scoffed. “Whatever. Help an old man up.”
The partners snorted as they got him off the floor and sitting on his desk. “How bad are you hurt?”
Yoongi removed the towel from his head, relieved the bleeding had stopped. “Just this gash from the glass on the door. Those bastards are strong.”
Jin walked in carrying another bag. “Jungkook, here’s the other bag.”
Yoongi looked at him with a frown. “Who the hell are you?”
Jin chuckled nervously under the man’s scrutiny. “Dr. Kim Seokjin. I’m a scientist. I work at Bangtan LabCorp.”
Yoongi’s face twisted into a snarl as he jumped on Jin grabbing at his shirt. “You piece of shit!”
Jungkook pulled Yoongi back in shock. “Captain! Calm down!”
Jin jumped back in confusion. “I-I’m...sir…”
Yoongi breathed hard through his nose. “It’s his fucking fault everyone is dead here.”
Imogene frowned. “What do you mean?” She glanced at Jin. “What is he talking about?”
Jin brushed his hair off his face. “I-I honestly don’t know.”
Yoongi limped out of the office groaning in pain. “Let me enlighten you all then.” Yoongi escorted them into the other room where they reached a body on the floor laying facedown. Yoongi kicked it over and pointed. “Look at that wristband.”
Stamped on the wristband was Bangtan LabCorp in bold letters. Jin felt ice run through his veins.
Taehyung lied. They had started human trials after all.
“Were there any more in here from the lab?”
Yoongi shook his head. “No. This was the one brought in from the train station.” He sighed looking around the room. “It was absolute chaos. People were being bitten and attacking others only moments later.”
Imogene scrunched her face up. “You mean this can be contracted through a bite?”
Jin gave a reluctant nod. “It happened at the train station. It seems it's passed through bodily fluids. We need to stay on guard.” He glanced at the law enforcers seriously. “I need to get to Bangtan LabCorp. We need more answers.”
Jungkook nodded as Imogene grabbed the other bag. Yoongi limped over with some effort. “I’ll be damned if I stay here. I’m coming with you all. It seems the only thing that puts these bastards down is a headshot. You’ll need me.”
“Then it’s settled. We’re heading to the lab,” Jin said.
---
What an unusual group. The drive to Bangtan LabCorp was in silence for the most part. They were definitely a ragtag bunch: a scientist, an injured police captain, a stubborn detective, and a detective that acted like he was in the middle of a video game.
They reached their destination rather quickly, much to Jin’s surprise. The streets weren’t overly populated like usual. In fact, it felt quiet at this time of day. Less people than he was used to. Hardly any news covered the sudden illness that was sweeping the city. Besides a few ‘isolated’ animal attacks, the radio only mentioned it in passing. That meant only one thing: someone was covering it up. All thoughts lead to Taehyung and the board.
After parking, Jin pulled his keycard out and scanned it against the door. A red light flashed, making him frown. Jin muttered a curse, wiping his keycard and holding it up to the scanner. Thankfully a green button appeared this time and the door opened.
“Piece of shit. I told them to fix it.”
Yoongi limped in with a grunt. “Well, it works. Let's get this shit done.”
Jungkook helped Yoongi in as Imogene followed behind Jin. She looked around the lobby curiously. This place always looked intimidating from the outside and that was true for the interior. They spared no expense on the technology or design. Bangtan LabCorp was in a whole category in itself. Jin led them to the elevators.
“We’ll go down to my lab first,” he explained.
Imogene rested against the side of the elevator as it descended. “I think you were being modest about your career Jin.”
He blushed, looking away from her. Even during a tense time, Imogene seemed to find a bit of humor by making Jin flustered. It seemed she enjoyed seeing the tall man blush. She couldn’t help it, seeing him blush made her smile. What if he had taken her up on the offer last night?
“I’m a simple man of science. Nothing more.”
“Sure,” she said, rolling her eyes playfully. “I think there’s more to you than what you show.”
Jungkook and Yoongi exchanged looks at the obvious flirtation going on. The police captain coughed making the pair step away from each other.
“What exactly are you going to be looking for, doctor?”
Jin scratched his chin thoughtfully. “I have a possible hunch. If I’m correct, the answers will be in my lab.”
The detective and captain kept neutral faces, still unsure of what was going to be in store for them in this lab. The chime rang, signaling the doors to slide open. Jin walked out and through the sliding glass doors.
Imogene walked into an equally impressive laboratory. She looked at the wall of charts and graphs, none of which made any sense to her, but knowing Jin understood kind of turned her on. She stepped over to his desk as he typed furiously on the keys. Just as he suspected. A file on the server he’d never seen before.
“Project Resurrection?”
As he tried to click it open, a window popped up on the computer screen making his face twisted in disbelief.
“No access?”
His brows knitted, Jin tried to find a backdoor into his computer. Imogene took the seat next to him.
“Something wrong?”
Jin scoffed, shaking his head. “Fucking prick locked me out.” He groaned in frustration. “I have to see my brother.”
Imogene quirked her brown. “Why would you need to see him?”
“Remember when I said this was a family business?”
“Yes.”
“Well my brother is the CEO.”
Imogene stood up. “Alright. Let’s go.”
Jin stared at her perplexed. “Excuse me?”
Imogene pursed her lips together. “You heard me. I’m going with you. He’s got some explaining to do.” She could see Jungkook and Yoongi sitting at other desks talking quietly to each other. “Kook, stay with the Captain. I’m going with Jin.”
“You’re not going,” Jin said, crossing his arms.
Imogene looked at him as a frown formed. “I don’t think you heard me correctly.”
“Yeah, I did. You’re not coming with me.”
“Yes, I am.”
“No. You stay. They need you.”
“Their big boys who can handle themselves. I’m going.”
No matter what Jin said, Imogene wouldn’t budge. After a few tense words, he gave in and let her tag along. He walked her to another elevator and slid the keycard in, punching the button to the top floor. He leaned against the door. With the combination of stress and lack of sleep, his body wasn’t functioning at a hundred percent. Not to mention Abby hadn’t contacted him back.
Imogene watched as an array of emotions crossed Jin’s face in the span of a few seconds. While she wasn’t an empathic person by nature–one of the reasons she picked the homicide department–a part of her still cared.
“Are you alright?”
“Truth?”
“Truth.”
Jin let out a quiet chuckle. “I’m worried about my dog. I’ve never been away from her this long.”
Imogene blinked at him for a moment. A laugh bubbled to the surface, as she chuckled softly. This made her see him in a whole new light. He missed his dog. What wasn’t cuter than that? She reached over and squeezed his hand.
“When we leave here, we’ll go get her.”
Jin’s lips curled into a smile for the first time of the day. “Thank you, Imogene.”
The elevator’s doors opened and he let out a deep breath walking out. Much to his surprise, there were a few people walking the offices. They paid him no mind as he went over to Taehyung’s room. Without knocking, Jin stepped in. He found his brother hunched over near the window, an assortment of liquor bottles on the floor.
Jin walked over to him and shook his shoulders. “Leave it to you to get drunk. Where’s the board members?”
Taehyung shoved Jin away as he stumbled over to his desk. “Wouldn’t you like to know?”
Imogene stepped forward, flashing the badge on her hip. “We would, actually.”
Taehyung blinked in a drunken stupor giving Jin a smirk. “Picking up cops now Seokjinnie?”
“Detective,” she corrected with a scowl.
“Pardon moi,” Taehyung said giggling. When he noticed he was the only one laughing, he sobered up enough to point at his laptop. “See for yourself.”
Jin ran over to the laptop, Imogene standing behind him as he looked. “What am I looking for?”
“The video feeds from the night before,” Taehyung answered, grabbing another bottle to guzzle down.
Jin clicked the file and brought up the feed. Imogene studied it with equal curiosity.
Hani held a vial up to the camera with a smile.
“We’ve done it! This batch should be more successful than the last.” She looked off-camera with a nod. “Bring the subject out.”
An assistant wheeled one of the patients into view, strapped to a chair with an IV drip. Hani proceeded to fill a syringe with the light purple liquid. She held it up in the camera view.
“Now we’ll try just twenty milligrams to start.”
The person struggled against the restraints as she inserted the needle into the IV and watched as the purple liquid mingled with the contents of the bag. The person struggling slowed their movements down and lay motionless. Hani walked over puzzled.
“What’s the monitor reading?”
The heart monitor suddenly dropped as the heart rate stopped.
“Damn it! Get the AED machine!”
“Wait!”
The assistant stepped closer. “The heart rate is going back up! Wait, it's getting too high! They're going to go into cardiac arrest!”
The person broke from their restraints and jumped at the assistant ripping into his throat. He yelled trying to push them off. Hani screamed as she ran out of view. Mayhem ensued as a few of the patients broke out of their beds being triggered by the freed one. They attacked everyone as the camera fell over.
Jin closed the laptop as his body shook with anger. “What did you do Tae?”
“Don’t make me say it,” he whimpered.
Imogene growled stalking towards him. “You better start talking before I kick your teeth in.”
Taehyung flattened against the wall hiccupping. “We went ahead with the human trials. The first batch of volunteers took it well. We did it in pill form. After you brought the samples back, we added those and combined it with a stimulant, thinking it would have a better effect being put straight into the bloodstream.” He chuckled, running his hand over the growing beard. “As you can see, things got out of hand.”
“Out of hand?!”
Jin jumped up making the chair topple over. “I was attacked by one of your creations! You’re telling me some got out?!”
Taehyung gulped softly. “The ones from the first trial were released after taking the pill. Once the carnage started, I had security lock down the basement lab.”
“I should throw you out this fucking window. You’ve single-handedly put the entire city….shit the country in danger with this!” Imogene had to hold Jin back as he tried to go at his brother.
“What are you going to do Taehyung?! This is fucked up!”
Taehyung shuffled away from them and back to his desk, yanking open a drawer. He pulled out the journal and tossed it at Jin. “Figure it out,” he muttered.
Jin’s eyes scanned the binding until he recognized it. “Seo-bi’s journal! You had this entire time?”
“Correct. Now get the hell out of my office. I’m gonna watch the world burn.”
“You bastard,” Imogene hissed.
Taehyung sucked his teeth in as he pressed a button. “Tsk. Very unladylike using that language. Security will be here soon. I suggest you leave.”
Jin grabbed Imogene with his free hand. “C’mon.”
Imogene’s fist shook as they went back to the elevator. “Is he always like that?”
“Oh, and so much more,” Jin answered. “He’s a piece of shit.”
Imogene shook her head. “That’s putting it nicely.”
They made it back to the lab and Jin informed Jungkook and Yoongi about his talk with Taehyung. Yoongi swore low. “If I wasn’t injured I’d go stick my foot up his ass.”
Jin waved the journal at them. “In due time. He gave me this.”
“You mentioned a name...Seo-bi? What did that mean?” Imogene asked propping herself on a table.
“I’ve only seen a few of the pages from scans, but this journal was written five hundred years ago by a nurse named Seo-bi. Apparently this isn’t the first time this plant has been around. This thing is called the resurrection plant.”
Jungkook sniffed in disgust. “Resurrection plant?”
“Yes. Somewhere in these pages lies the cure, possibly,” Jin said hastily.
Yoongi sighed, waving his hand. “Well read something.”
Jin flipped through the pages with care. “It seems this is not an isolated incident. A conspiracy to take down the kingdom’s rebels so the queen regent can once again hold power in place of the deceased king. The creatures only come out at night and prefer dark, dry places to hide during the morning hours. They thrive in colder temperatures. Fire or water or a blow to the head can disarm them permanently.”
Jin’s hands shook as he felt his knees wobble. Flashes of creatures running as arrows with fire pierced them in all directions. Another was hand submerged under water as worm-like critters escaped from a bite wound. He dropped the book, leaning over the side of the table. Jungkook ran over helping him to a seat.
“Jin?”
His eyes fluttered open as his chest heaved. Yoongi gazed at him as Imogene ran over handing him a bottle of water. Jin swallowed half the bottle before speaking again. “I-I’m fine. Just blacked out.”
“Is that normal?”
“No, I–”
An alarm rang out in the lab making the group jump. Jin ran over to a screen on the wall as his face paled. “What the hell!”
Imogene stood up. “What? What’s going on?”
Jin tried to press the buttons on the screen to no avail as the alarm blared back. “The basement is being unlocked.”
“THAT IS CORRECT.”
They listened to Taehyung’s voice over the loudspeaker. Jin growled slamming his fist against the monitor. “Are you out of your mind?”
“MAYBE. CAN’T HAVE YOU SPREADING THESE RUMORS ABOUT THE COMPANY. NEED TO TIE UP LOOSE ENDS. FAREWELL BROTHER.”
Imogene turned just as two doors hidden behind a panel appeared and began to slide open. Guttural noises filled the room. Jin’s face paled.
“Help me block this off!”
Jungkook pushed one of the tables up against the doors, grabbing boxes to block off the entrance. Imogene ran over pointing towards the elevator. “I’ll help Jungkook. Try to find a way out of here!”
Jin made his way to the service elevator, opening the panel up. Yoongi, with some effort, stood next to Jin. “What do you need?”
“A sane brother. But for now just a flashlight. I need to override this system. He shut the elevators down.”
Yoongi pulled a small flashlight out of his back pocket and shined it into the panel. “Your family is all types of fucked up.”
“What else is new?” Jin mumbled, studying the wires. He muttered to himself grabbing wires looking for the right ones to connect.
“You sure you know what you’re doing?” Yoongi raised a brow watching the scientist work.
Jin ignored him, but let out a sigh, still putting all his concentration into getting the electric back on.
Yoongi glanced over at his detective struggling to keep their distance between them and the hoard trying to attack them. Jungkook placed another box on top of the table as the hoard pushed against the table. He gritted his teeth pushing the table.
“These fuckers are relentless,” Jungkook grunted.
Imogene nodded in agreement. “Don’t tell me ya getting tired on me Kook,” she breathed out.
“Hell no. You better not either,” Jungkook said with a lopsided grin.
If they weren’t barricading the door she would have hit him upside his head. Her eyes zoomed in on Jin and Yoongi with a frown. “I don’t know about you both, but an update would be lovely!”
“You’re not helping Park,” Yoongi shouted with a growl.
Jin scoffed still moving wires around letting out a tiny gasp when the one he needed finally appeared. “About fucking time!”
He unhooked the wire and switched them around, placing it in a new socket. Yoongi laughed smacking his back. “The panel is back online. Nice job doc.”
Jin rubbed the back of his head with a light chuckle. “Thanks, but we’ll celebrate later.” He looked over at Imogene and Jungkook. “It’s open! C’mon!”
Imogene and Jungkook held the table up still struggling to maintain the upper hand as the creatures pushed against it.
Yoongi punched the panel and the elevator doors slid open. He pushed Jin inside ignoring his protest. Yoongi pursed his lips grabbing a broken chair leg. “Those are my detectives. They need me.”
Biting his tongue, he ran over as the adrenaline pumped in his veins, disregarding the pain in his knee momentarily. He shoved Jungkook out the way and pressed his body against the table. Imogene looked at him in disbelief.
“You’re supposed to be in the elevator with Jin!”
Yoongi kept his weight on the table and hissed at her. “I know where the fuck I’m supposed to be. You both get your asses to that elevator. That’s an order.”
Jungkook tried to move towards the table only for Yoongi to kick his ankle, making the young man howl in pain. “Get your sorry asses there. I’ll be right behind.”
Imogene felt the lump in her throat grow as she stared hard at her captain. One of the few men in her life that mattered and even cared for her. She cleared her throat as Yoongi’s eyes softened. He gave his infamous smile he only saved for her, motioning for her to leave. He pulled his gun out with a curt nod.
“Park, go. Please.”
She felt her head give a reluctant nod as she helped Jungkook to the elevator. The growling only seemed to get louder as the table shifted. Yoongi dug his heels into the floor keeping his back on it. Imogene watched as they made it inside. She waved her hands for him to see.
“Captain! C’mon! You can make it!”
Yoongi swore as he tried to decipher the distance. He wouldn’t make it. He knew it and Imogene knew it. Jin went to press the button just as Imogene smacked his hand away. “No we have to wait. The captain is gonna make it.”
Jungkook’s shoulders dropped, shaking his head. “No Im. That's why he took our place.”
“No, no he wouldn’t give up that easily!”
She wrenched from Jin’s grasp trying to run out. To her horror, the table began to splinter as the hoard tore through it to reach Yoongi. He ran for the elevator only to have his ankle crumple and his body collapse to the floor. He flipped onto his back gun pointed as he twisted his head to look at them.
“Close the fucking door! That’s an order! Now!”
“YOONGI!!”
Imogene clawed at Jungkook as he dragged her back inside. He shot Jin a look. “Close it now!”
The only sounds she heard were bullets ricocheting until a blood-curdling scream filled the room as bones crunched and flesh tore.
The silence in the confined space felt stifling as silent tears slid down her face.
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