Chapter 5 -- The Wall

Monsters: The Mousetrap

Her body clock naturally woke her up after two hours of sleep. She never managed to get any more than that at one time. It was a miracle she didn't collapse from the amount of sleep she got or the amount of food she managed to eat.

But she figured out a way to time the two hours "naps" appropriately so she would be well-rested and fresh to look at the case. They had only begun after the case started anyway. 

She stretched her arms above her head as she felt her limbs wake up from the long day. She had to give herself just 10 minutes to herself before getting back to the case. She had managed to pick up some yoga poses from one of the videos Seungyub had sent when she needed to get healthy again.

She stood up straight for the salutation pose before easing her back into a downward dog. She regulated her breathing as she cleared her mind. This was the perfect way for her to wake up and deal with her scattered brain about the case. 

She pulled back into the child's pose, stretching out her back and meditating for a minute, taking deep breaths in and out. Slowly, easing herself up and rolling her neck slowly so she didn't break anything, she opened her eyes.

Now, she could get back to the case. She walked outside of the bed space and into the other room. Where one entire wall was cluttered with pictures on a map of the area. She used select star post-it notes for the names of the scents that the girls smelled.

She had added french fries earlier and about how Yoona got all the guys in her school as well. That was something that seemed to be a pattern as well. All from different schools, but all of them seemed to be the 'it girl' every guy wanted. 

But the smells were all different. It made no sense, the only way the perpetrator could lure all them with their favorite smells was if he stalked them in between each disappearance. But there was no pattern to that either.

Sometimes it was once a week and sometimes it was twice a week. And where were all the bodies? A would release the girls after he was done. That sort of tactic was all about the power trip, he needed the feeling of a helpless girl in order to get his release.

But that never happened with anyone. Once the power trip was over, a would let the girl go. But no one had returned.

Now, if it was a kidnapper, then it would make more sense. But the reasoning behind all of it made no sense. They would need to stalk their prey and figure out their usual patterns. But all these girls were doing something off-pattern when they were taken.

So it didn't make sense for it to be a kidnapper that stalked their prey. But he would keep the victims, which is why no bodies had been found. 

All the girls were different though, their facial structures were different, their heights were different. They all had different styles of dress. Length of hair wasn't the same, though color was similar being all dark brown or black.

There was nothing else to link all these girls together, not even their ages were the same. She sighed to herself, how could someone figure out what their favorite scents were. That was the key factor out of all of these kidnappings. 

She wrapped red string around five thumbtacks and connected the pictures of the scents together. She fumbled through her desks and found a red marker and drew a big question mark over everything.

What in the world did the scents have to do with this? It was an important that distinguished all the disappearances from each other.

And why only those girls? The only way she could prevent another one was to research the gossip about each school. She had to find that one girl that everyone wanted to get with. And that was too much work for her. She had no idea what school would be hit next.

All the locations were everywhere, he had no way of knowing when and where the girl would go in the following days. He had no history of stalking and yet he had to stalk them to find out what he knew about them.

She also wondered about how he knew that they were the popular girl that every guy wanted. How could the kidnapper know who she was without following the schools. Not to mention, how did he know where she would be at that time of day.

None of them were following routine schedules, they had decided on a trip that day and they had been chosen so randomly, Hana didn't know what to make of it. 

And in fact, their favorite scents, how did the kidnapper know about their favorite scents? He couldn't have known them without some serious digging for information. None of them had shared that knowledge without anyone out of the ordinary before their disappearance.

Not only that, but none of them had any connection to each other. The places, the time of day, the scents, their company, their passions. Nothing in common.

Hana let out a deep sigh, before she shook her head. This was the wrong way of going about this. She had find something to focus on. There was too much going on in this big jumble of thoughts going on in her head. She grabbed a piece of paper and pen to get ready.

She had to grab something to focus on and decided to write down the main questions that were bothering her.

Number One, how did he know that the girls were the popular ones? He had no record of stalking them and if she had to take weeks to figure out who was who, then so would he.

Number Two, how did he know their favorite scents? Again, no stalking so he had no way of figuring that out on his own. But also, the girls didn't tell anyone their secrets either.

Number Three, what was he doing with the girls? They had to be going somewhere, but she had no idea where. Their bodies weren't appearing but neither were they gone.

And Number Four, the biggest question of all, who was he? What type of person was he? How was he getting the girls to follow him? This was the biggest worry to her, after all. If she couldn't find out the truth about this, then she never would.

She grabbed a thumbtack and put the questions right next to the big red question mark on the board and sighed. She had done enough looking at her notes for the moment. She grabbed onto a book and sat on the couch, it was time to take a break and then look over them again.


Author's Note;
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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
2448 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! :)