closed her eyes in fear when the Great White Shark was going to take a huge bite. Luckily, Tao got in front of her just in time. He used the chains to block the shark's attack, stretching it across its mouth and even throwing the shackles inside quickly. The shark turned away violently. It must have choked from the chains and it got caught up to some of its huge teeth.

The shark swam around vigorously, trying to shake off the chains, water splashing everywhere. The chains were bright yellow, and it aggravates the sharks. Some Great White saw the shark thrashing about, deciding to attack it because of the bright color of the chains. Blood started to spread again. With haste, Tao quickly took to his arms and helped her swim until they raeched the clock platform.

Tao hoisted her up and in return, she helped him out of the water. Both of them moved away from the area, afraid to go even near the water. With heavy breaths, collapses on the floor, letting out a sob of relief. Tao bent down, anxiously checking on her condition.

"Are you okay?-"

"Tao!!!" suddenly hugged Tao tightly, surprising the brave maknae. "Thank you. . . .you saved me. So brave. . . ." she continued to sob.

Tao couldn't stay brave and told her the truth. ". . . .I'm also scared. I was scared. . . .I'm not brave." he bit his lower lip, but he couldn't hold back his feelings of fear. "It was scary. . . ." he welled up in tears.

Pulling away from the hug, cupped his face and tried to smile for him. "It's okay. . . .we're both safe. You must be really scared. . . .I'm scared too."

He sniffed, looking away to wipe his tears. "Aah~ I cried again. . . .but that was a scary experience. I could have died."

"Don't say that!" sounded mad which surprised Tao. "You're alive. . . .that's all that matters."

Tao nodded and tried smiling for her as well. "Yes. . . .you're right. By the way, can you stand?" he pointed to her left leg that was injured.

"O-oh. . . ." looked at her left leg and tried standing up. "Don't worry. I can-"

When she got up along with Tao to support her, she stumbled and almost tripped forward. Tao caught her arms then frowned. "You can't walk like that. I'll carry you from behind."

"What?!" it surprised her, hesitating a bit. "A-are you sure? I can walk. . . ."

Tao gazed at her seriously. "Don't be stubborn." he firmly said.

Giving her that look made shiver in fright. That serious gaze he gives off with his eyes is something rare that you don't see everyday personally. It was different from seeing him on screen. Without hesitations, she quickly nodded. "O-okay~" she bit her lips embarrassingly.

Sitting down on his ankles, he folded his sleeves before she went behind him. circled her arms around his neck then pressed her body against him. Tao grabbed both of her legs from behind to secure them tightly, making sure he won't put pressure on her left leg.

"I'll carry you now."

"Okay."

Tao hoisted her at his back and carefully stood up. He was a bit surprised of her weight. "Wow, you're kind of light-"

"ARE YOU SAYING I'M UNDERWEIGHT?!" screamed near his ear which probably hurt him.

"AAH!!!" Tao winced in pain, shaking his head and almost letting go of her. "No no no! Not that way! Aaw. . . .my ear." he felt something still ringing inside his head.

"Omo! I'm sorry!. . . ." she buried her head at his shoulder, hugging him closer. She was totally embarrassed. "Sorry I'm light. . . ."

Tao smirked, shaking his head. "Why are you apologizing? Besides. . . .you weigh fine and by light I meant it like. . . .I could carry you around all I want if you get hurt or can't walk properly, just like now. It's the least I can do to help you. It's better to say light than heavy." he managed to escape a chuckle.

She stayed quiet, blood rushing to her cheeks. blushed in shades of red from what Tao is saying to her. ". . . .You romantic panda." she mumbled softly under her breath.

"What?" Tao didn't heard her quite well so he took a glimpse to look at her at his back.

"I said thank you." peeked from his shoulder and saw that Tao was looking at her with curiousity. She also noticed how his hair was soaking wet and slicked back, revealing his manly forehead. Gulping down, quickly looked at the other direction. "We should get going. . . .thank you once again."

Tao smiled and started walking. "The question is, is it safe to go in there?" he stared at the secret trap door. "Sehun came from above and I think he went down through levels and ended up here."

"Hmm. . . ." thought hard. "If we were all playing and everybody can see each other. . . .I conclude we're not alone in this hotel."

He also agreed but he was not surprised since he had that idea back then. "Same idea as yours, I told Luhan and Chen gege that idea when we were all talking. The killer must have hired people."

"If that is the case. . . .I think we will play the next game until we reach that 12th day." tried to guess. "Find Sehun."

----Chanyeol, Kris, D.O and Kai----

"What is really happening? And isn't it suppossed to be my turn to die?" although Chanyeol doesn't want to admit it, but it was the truth.

"Don't say that as if you're expecting it!" Kai scowled. He was not in the mood to hear anything related to deaths or just plainly not in the mood all of a sudden.

D.O frowned. "You don't have to get so worked up about it."

". . . . .I'm just pissed, alright?"

"Not only you. . . ." Chanyeol said sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

As they were all running down the hallway, Kris finally saw the doorway to get out of the room. He quickly opened it and out they went to another floor level. "Maybe something is in store for us." Kris guessed as he looked around the hotel hallway.

Lights were on and everything seemed normal. Red carpet, yellow lights, gold colors and hotel rooms. After awhile, two doors flew wide open at the same time. Lay, Luhan and Chen got out of the room as well. EXO got reunited with one another.

"Lay hyung!" Kai fumbled towards Lay, giving him a tight hug.

"Kai!" Lay hugged back in relief while the other members ran towards each other.

"Duizhaaang!!!" Luhan and Chen grouped hug Kris while D.O and Chanyeol took turns hugging everyone until they all joined together as one.

Lay was the first one to cry. "I'm sorry guys. . . .I couldn't do anything."

"Don't worry. We know what happened and I think everyone watched from the screen." Kris assumed and everyone nodded in agreement.

He got shocked from what he heard. "Watched? You guys were seeing what was happening to us?"

"Mmmhm!" Kai nodded. "At least we are positive on one thing. We will die according to the killer's plan no matter what."

"That's the sad part. . . .the next one is. . . ." D.O sighed heavily.

Lay noticed one person missing. "Where is Tao?" he looked around the area but he was nowhere to be found among the group.

"You didn't see what happened?" Chen asked curiously.

Chanyeol pointed out frankly. "Hyung, that is why, Lay hyung is asking.

"Oh, mianhae!" Chen covered his mouth embarrassingly.

Kris then frowned. "We all saw Tao jumping down to save . After that, we don't know what happened. Now, that is our objective. To find them if they're still alive."

"And Sehun! We have to find Sehun!" Luhan pleaded. He was deeply worried for Sehun.

"And Sehun, of course." Kris added.

"But where do we start? I mean. . . .there might be a reason why we're all in this floor." Kai bit his lower lip, thinking of more possibilities.

D.O was kind of eyeing Kai. "What floor are we anyway?" he looked around when Kai asked the group, and tried reading one room number. "Room 34,722."

"So that means, we went up four levels. From the 30th floor to the 34th floor." Lay said.

"Guys~ enough chit chat~ let's go find them~" Luhan was very uneasy and nervous at the same time that he wanted to well up in tears.

Kris rubbed Luhan's back to comfort him. "Think positive. Nothing will happen, okay? A lot happened already so it's not good to be a worrywart."

"But what if Sehun gets hurt! He only has 12 days left and I don't want to think about him dying today! I'm not ready! too. . . ."

Kai stepped up and interrupted them. "Kris hyung? I think we should get going. Luhan hyung is really tensing up." he saw how Luhan's face were so pale and it wasn't something that you could see everyday from him. Luhan couldn't get to relax himself. "He's really close to Sehun and especially noona. . . ."

Pausing for a minute to decide, Kris looked at Luhan carefully. ". . . .Alright, but when we get to our floor, we all go back there."

Luhan was about to retort when Kris eyed him seriously. "None of us will go lower until I say so. Surely would do the same." he said and walked off.

Everybody exchanged looks then they just followed Kris. D.O on the hand, was picking up a bad vibe. "Could it be possible?. . . ."

----Tao and ----

Tao carried at his back all the way out of the room. When they were walking in caution, they couldn't help but to feel nervous. Who wouldn't when it wasn't in your plan to drop way down from the aquarium and end up here? They could encounter some of the hired men and then they would be in big trouble.

"Ah!" felt the wound at her left leg twitching.

"What's the matter?" Tao stopped for awhile.

"My wound is twitching. . . ." she whined when she felt it twitching again.

"Oh. I'll bring you down once we get out of here. We're almost there." Tao brisk walked his way to reach the door.

He quickly twisted the doorknob to open it and to their relief, they were in the hallway. Nothing seemed suspicious so Tao hurriedly placed her down the carpeted floor to check on her wound. rested her back against the wall and carefully supported her left leg. 

"It's twitching from time to time. . . ."

Tao knelt down the floor and bent down to take a look. Her jeans were ripped and stained with blood but it was surprisingly a lot around her wound. "You have to take your jeans off."

"WHAT?!" got shocked by what he said, face turning red. "T-take off?!"

"We have to take a look." Tao looked at her anxiously. Although the idea was necessary, it was quite embarrassing. "Your wound might be infected since the water in that aquarium was quite dirty and. . . .we can't tear apart your thick jeans."

"He does have a point. . . ." looked down the floor and mumbled. "B-but. . . .Tao. . . .how. . . .because. . . .uhm. . . ." she turned bright red from head to toe, unable to say what she intended to say.

Tao blushed in beat red when he realized what she wanted to say so he turned around, stood up and stepped away from her. "I won't look and. . . .use that to cover yourself."

She was still looking down the floor but what surprised her was that Tao suddenly threw his long sleeved top beside her. "Eh?!. . . . .Wait, he took his top off?! Then that means. . . .he's. . . ." slowly took a peek in front but she quickly looked away when he saw his back. "?!"

tried pulling herself together, quickly untying her shoes first then removing her jeans. Her wound twitched again so she carefully lifted her jeans to the part where her wound was. To her astonishment, the wound is really infected now. The surrounding skin was also a bit purple-ish. sighed deeply then took his top, tying the sleeves around her waist then knotting it to her left side securely. She also wore her shoes back.

"I'm done. . . .hey I'm sorry again."

"It's okay-" Tao turned around. The moment he laid his eyes on her, it was the second time he actually saw her like a real and delicate girl, despite of wearing boyish clothes. She was in front of him soaking wet too. ". . . . .You actually have a nice- look like a girl." he bent down to her left side, innocently looking at her surprised, but almost saying something that would aggravate her.

got irritated and was about to kick Tao using her right leg but he stopped her just in time. "Are you saying I'm a tomboy." she said sarcastically. "Or you will give me another. . . . .romantic pick up line just to make me blush." she thought of the last line to herself.

Tao chuckled softly and placed her right leg down the floor. "You are wearing a temporary skirt, Ms. Park. Act according to your clothes." he joked around, teasing her.

She couldn't help but to blush madly so she hid it away, crossing her arms. "Tsk. I will challenge you one day to a Wushu fight."

"Except that I don't hurt a special someone."

choked on her words, blushing furiously now. ". . . . .Stop it. My heart can't stop beating so fast. . . .you stupid panda."

"Let me take a closer look of your wound." Tao touched her leg then winced in pain again.

"Ow~ Ouch!" she bit her lip, looking down to take a look of her wound too.

Tao frowned again, wiping some dirt off of her skin carefully. "This is bad. We have to find the Infirmary here. . . .if there is."

felt really bad. "I'm sorry. . . .I'm causing so much trouble for you."

"What did I say about apologizing to me?" Tao flashed a smile, ruffling her hair. "It's okay. If I hear one more time, I will get mad at you."

"Okay. . . ."

"We should decide what to do next. The other members are still above and on another floor." Tao turned around and faced his back at to hoist her up again.

"I think we should probably go back in our room. They might be in there waiting for us but if they're not back within one hour, we have to go up and look for them before we decide to search for Sehun." took her jeans in her hand then carefully rose from the floor to ride on Tao's back again.

It was a serious situation but at the same time, awkward. ". . . .Argh. I prefer his clothes on!" she circled her arms around his neck and felt her skin brushing against his skin.

Tao felt her riding his back so he grabbed her legs then held on to her thighs to secure them tightly on his sides. ". . . .Argh. I prefer her jeans on." he tried hiding his blush away the moment he touched her smooth skin with his bare hands.

"Eeek!. . . ." tried her best not to make any unecessary sounds. She wanted to cry right this moment. "Aah~ his hands! Where are you touching me~!!! @^!$#!%#!*%#*!?"

Tao hoisted her up one more time before proceeding to the elevator. ". . . . .She is actually delicate when you look at it. Aah~ conservative. . . .conservative. . . ."