Chapter 1 -- Amateur

Monsters: The Mousetrap

Hana rushed to the station, she had spent the whole night looking over the "Missings" case. No one was taking it seriously, they had all assumed that the girls had run away or something. Despite the hard evidence that proved they weren't the type to run away like the officers assumed, only Hana seemed to care about them.

But she knew better, why would any of them just up and leave their friends alone on a Friday night? They had just spent the night out together, why choose that time of all times to run away?

All the cops were just lazy asses that didn't want to take on a case that required actual work. Hana still couldn't prove much, given all the differing eyewitness testimonies.

But she knew it in her gut, something gravely wrong had happened to these girls. And she just needed someone to listen.

She stepped into the station and looked around for someone who would listen. Any officer who wasn't sleeping, ignoring her presence or just looked like they could be interested.

"May I help you?" A man asked her with a smiling face.

"I'm Hana and I'm here to report several missing girls." She said calmly.

"Very well. Let's talk at my desk. My name is Doojoon by the way." He told her, directing her to one of the closer empty desks.

She sat down in the chair across from him and he got himself settled as he waited to hear what she had to say, "Several missing girls you said?" He asked her.

Hana took out her folder and showed him pictures of the missings, "Bae Suji, Park Bo Young, Lee Jieun, and Im Yoona have all disappeared within the past month, one disappearance a week." She explained.

He looked over the pictures and noticed that other than the fact that they were all beautiful, the girls had nothing in common. The type wasn't a commonality.

"Do you have any proof?" He asked her.

She looked at his name plaque before looking up at him, "Well, Officer Doojoon. All of them disappeared in the same way. In the middle of night, while someone else was with them, and then completely without a trace." She explained.

Doojoon looked over her notes and saw what she was trying to avoid telling him. "All the victims have different accounts from eyewitnesses. One of them smelled strawberries, another vanilla, one of them is lavender. The other was with a friend, one was with a boyfriend. That stories are too different." He told her.

"I know but eyewitness accounts aren't trustworthy anyway. The point is that all of them have gone missing. Im Yoona disappeared just two days ago. and Bae Suji was the first one, no one has seen her for the past month." Hana replied.

Doojoon simply shook his head, "I'm sorry, Miss Hana. But we cannot investigate these disappearances, for all you know the girls just ran away. Look at this one, Yoona, her boyfriend could have been abusive." He pointed at her picture.

"You don't understand. None of them have any records of priors. None of them have any reason to run away. No one has any reason to leave their friends or boyfriends stranded, leaving them worried and concerned for their safety. None of them have anything to indicate that they ran away. They didn't empty their bank accounts or try to pack clothes, nothing. They just disappeared." Hana argued.

Doojoon sighed in frustration, "I'm sorry, Miss Hana. But we cannot investigate these cases. Please forget about them and just live your life as you have been normally." He told her, as he stood up and gestured for her to leave.

She narrowed her eyes at him, "I knew you wouldn't listen to me. You never work hard, you just take all the simple jobs and expect things to just fall into place." She criticized with a huff, taking her things and leaving the station.

She shouldn't have even bothered with the police in the first place, why would they help her? She would have better luck on her own. She rushed back to her studio apartment where she created a sort of office for herself.

She had maps tacked up, strings that connected the dots along the walls. She had pictures pinned up and writing everywhere. This puzzle had been bothering her for the past two weeks. She only got the message recently and she had to solve it before another girl went missing.

Her cell phone went off in the silence and surprised her. She grabbed it off her desk and slid the lock to answer. 

"Hello?" She answered.

"I have a meeting set up for with Yuri Kwon, Im Yoona's best friend." Seungyub said, without even greeting her.

"Thank you. How soon?" Hana asked him.

"In two hours at the coffee shop downstairs." He replied. "By the way, I have more info on Yoona." 

"Do tell." She said.

"Im Yoona. Student at the Seoul Arts Fashion Academy. She was one of the top 15% of her class for design as well as photography. She is known for having the best bare face on campus, and many of the other girls like to use her as models for various fashion shows that happen throughout the year." Seungyub said. "That's all I got though."

"That's good enough. Thank you for setting up the meeting with her best friend. I will buy you meat later." Hana told him, getting herself more organized and ready to ponder this puzzle some more.

"You owe meat three times over, noona." Seungyub told her, before hanging up the phone.

She scoffed and rolled her eyes at the phone, that boy would keep count.


Author's Note;
Here is an update :)
Hana unni has already departed for Japan to teach there :)
Doojoon is a cop. And if you guess the trend between the last four missing girls.
I will reward you with a pic request :) hehe ;3
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Rianne2580
Mousetrap: this story is almost done :D I'm like so close... But I hope you enjoy the coming updates~

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0330-TBA
#1
Chapter 27: CH 25: Whoa that was some monster there. Anna~~~~ TT____________________________________TT But now time to find out some secrets and be reunited with Seungyub too~~ <3

CH 26: Sad to see it end~~ TT______________TT But it was SO DANG good~!!! <3 <3 <3 Really did love this!! :D Now onto Khun~~~ <3 Thank you SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUUUUUCCCHHHH~~~~~ <3 Love you~~~~~ Hehehe Seungyub got the hint XDDDDD
0330-TBA
#2
Chapter 25: I accidentally deleted the comments up until this point!!!! WAAAHHHHHH~~~!!!! TT_________TT

CH 15: WOO~~~!!!! THEY'RE TALKING!!!!! YEEEAAAAHHHH~~~~ XD But 15 people??? Dang! I didn't even know that many girls were taken :O

CH 16: She finally figured it all out! Woo!! But Anna... Where'd she go TT_______TT AHH!!!! She CAME!!! WAHHHHHHHH~~!!!

Ch 17: Yoshi~! Heard everything now just have to figure out how to beat the little witch. *fist pump* Poor Kiki though~ That must really sting every time he hears that from her (That he's the real monster). Crazy crazy stuff right there~!!!

CH 18: Whoa! He's SO caring~~ <3 <3 <3 <3 ADORABLE~~!!!!! Looks like things are progressing~~~ }:D (Hahahah XD Your inner battle XDD SO FUNNY!!! XDDD)

CH 19: Now she's using her as a threat to make Kiki go and do the dirty job?!?!?!?! What the H man. That's not cool. She gonna get her kicked~ >:| *On a side not super great to see how close they are getting now }:D

CH 20: WOO~~!! Figured out like everything I'm pretty sure! PLUS~ Got to still be in the same cell as KIKI!!!!! AHHH!!!!! So happy!!!!! (HAHAHAHA XD It's ok~~~ Even without it'll be amazing~~~!! XD

CH 21: Awwh man! He heard the last part?? TT______TT I llooooovvveee yoooouuuuuu <3 Hehehe. Yay for Kiki x Hana action~~!!!

CH 22: OMAGAWSHH!!!!! Just like aisdhlkadskfnkaljdslkgjaklsdngkanksdf. CAN NOT EVEN. Just died. Legit died. WAHH!!!!!!! (Now waiting anxiously to see what a white rose means)

Ch 23: Yeaahh~~~~ He just picked her up and boom. Taken care of. XD SOOOOO Excited to see where this will go~~!!!

CH 24: THEY KISSED~~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Then the old hag left and now the girls are back to normal~~ HEY!! Maybe they'll find Anna!!! Oh, maybe she was in a different cell??!?! Wait. Or maybe... idk. I'll wait XD
0330-TBA
#3
Chapter 9: CH 1: WAHH!!!!!! THIS IS ALREADY SO FREAKIN' COOL!!!!! WAHHH!!!!! Psh! Lame-o cops! Why ain't you doing your dang job?!!? Leaving it all to Seungyub and I. PSH!! But we can do a better job anyways :P DOJOON!!! WAHHH!!! I feel like I am seriously going to die during these series. Like OMGosh. Just dying and nothing really has even happened yet oh man. orz *fangirling too hard probs*

CH 2: So smart. Keeping the door in view at all times. Also making sure that no one can sneak up from behind. WOO! Awe, Yuri seems really sad! D; Glad to be helping out :) I wonder if that guy has any connection :O

CH 3: Whoa!! They're slowly finding out more and more!! Woo!!!! :) Seungyub is such a great helper/friend!! <3 FRIES~~~!!

CH 4: Her friend got taken too?!?!?! This guy is crazy!!! So sad TT_________TT Man Seungyub is insane! Super amazing!!!!! YAY FOR INVESTIGATING~~~~! XD

CH 5: I honestly have no idea either XD I have the same questions! XD AH! The guy man. Must be SUPER smart to just grab that many people and throw the police off that much so that they don't investigate :/

CH 6: ANOTHER ONE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Cube Ent..... Hmm..... Hyuna?! PS, I'm starting to want to eat one of those XD Sounds so delicious~~~

CH 7: DANG IT! It was Gayoon... I was close though XD Yoseob?? Poor Yoseob~! But really he's taken a girl a lot faster than before and now has taken a girl that was in a relationship. Boom. Things have changed plus the theories to the questions before have changed too I'm sure XD (Oh and your dancing is way good!!!)

CH 8: WHOA! This is so cool!! Dream revelation!!! Like everything during her dream is helping her out! And maybe even that guy has some meaning!!! WOOOOAAAAAHHH!! OH! And I see what you did there with Hyosung and secret XDDD (Everyone is so pretty. They're all good at dancing)
sam098 #4
Chapter 27: Wow! You are so awesome!!! I love yhis story!!
Do you wrote pther Beast stories too??
kpopfanforever77
#5
Chapter 26: You gave hints about the guy and girl convo?! i didnt even catch it!
Lyli21 #6
Chapter 27: I really enjoy this story so much. you bring my mood high and down author-nim. keep writing.
luv_kero
2447 streak #7
Chapter 27: I've really enjoyed reading this story and the mystery has kept me on my toes since I first subscribed! ^-^ You're a great story-teller, with your subtle hints sprinkled throughout the chapters. It's been a rollercoaster of a ride, trying to figure out all (or at least most, haha) of the secrets in this story. Ki Kwang is such a sweetheart and I'm so glad he's got a happy ending now! x] Kudos to you for a great job and I'm excited to read the next installment with Nichkhun! :)