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My hands pulsed in pain, rough ropes rubbing my skin raw.

I couldn't move.

My back felt stiff, as if one movement would break it in half. My legs were numb, and my face stung.

I felt a burning sensation in my chest, and from the sticky, warm, wet feeling, I could tell I was bleeding.

Then the headache came to my attention. The back of my head was throbbing, and my brain was pounding as if a wrestling match was taking place inside my skull.

Opening my eyes, I saw painful shots of light, and my vision blurred, as if every hypothetical punch to my brain was sending my head flying side to side.

I'm not sure how long it took my eyes to adjust, but when I could see clearly, I rather wished I couldn't.

The blood seemed unrealistic almost; it didn't seem possible for someone to have that much blood in their body.

Or bodies.

I wanted to cry out, but it felt as if my face was frozen. Instead, my throat swelled and silently screamed.

The eyes; oh god, the eyes. They were glaring at me, un-seeing but somehow accusing, as if they knew it was my fault they had died.

God, how did they even die so messily?

Levi lay to my left, her body rittled with holes, a single crater in her forehead dripped blood down her nose, crossing her cheek and trickling into her frozen mouth. Just like the nightmares from before. But this was real, I was seeing it with my own eyes.

There was Jungkook, his youthful face tarnished, his nose crooked, almost as if it was about to fall off. And next to him was V, god, his mouth was stretched out so wide, his jaw hanging loosely down in a horrifying, unnatural gasp, the skin torn from someone forcing his jaws apart.

And Jimin, his pouty lips split in half, his cheeks coated in gaping gashes. And J-Hope, his hand tightly gripping Jimin's, his angelic face frozen in fear. His smile was not on correctly, as his lips drooped downwards, tears still coating his lifeless eyes.

Yoongi, his face hardly recognizable, large blisters on his cheeks, his hair burned to the roots. A mass on top of him; it took me a moment to realize that it was Star - what remained of her anyways. Their skin was covered in large, pink mounds, some parts so burned that they remained crisply black, straight down to their bones.

And at my feet, the face of the man I'd fallen in love with. No dimples graced his cheeks; I couldn't even tell where his dimples were supposed to be. His eyes remained the only thing recognizable; his entire body was covered in blankets of blood, gashes on his face, his cheeks so bruised, so sunken in that I wondered how anyone could have even managed to cause that much damage.

I closed my eyes; unable to bear seeing it, but I felt a crippling cold object on my face, and then my skin was stretched out so far that I couldn't close my eyes.

Already they burned, more from the air exposure or the tears, I'm not sure.

All I knew was that I would have to stare at the mangled carcasses of my friends. For as long as I could see, that was all I could see.

Surrounding me were mirrors, so no matter where I looked, the bodies stared back at me.

"You killed B-Free, and Bobby. You didn't really think that I'd let you get away with that, you clueless bitch."

Seung-Jae. Seung-Jae had killed my friends.

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"Another nightmare?"

I sat up with a start, my mouth wide open in an attempt to breathe, as it felt like I was suffocating on my horror.

Darting my eyes around quickly, I sighed in relief to see no blood, no bodies. Only flowers. Acres and acres of flowers, as far as I could see. There were all different kinds and colours, but they all seemed to mock me in their harsh beauty.

"Goddamnit Jin, I don't see the future, right?"

I knew it was a stupid thing to say, but at this moment, I needed comfort. Even if Jin wasn't the best kind of person to reassure me.

It's kind of hard to take advice from a dead person.

Especially one that won't tell you why or how they died.

Made you wonder what they were like, what they did in life. Maybe their advice would get me killed, just like they got killed.

"Are you stupid?"

I glared at Jin; my heart was pounding, I was just terrified beyond belief, Jin knew this, and he was still his usual self.

Rude.

"I mean, I'm talking to a dead person. Clairvoyance isn't exactly that much of a stretch. Bitch."

Jin shook his head softly.

I noticed that his usual white rosebud flower crown was more bare today; hardly any petals remained on his head.

It made me worry that maybe he was dying.

"I'm already dead, I can't die again you idiot."

Fuck off.

"Do you want me to talk to you or not Sin?"

I stayed silent, glaring at my lap moodily.

I just saw my only friends die, and he's calling me an idiot. I'm not in the best mood to listen to his impatiently rude remarks.

"I'm dead, I don't exactly care about being nice anymore."

"I can't imagine that you were nice in the first place, even alive."

"Oh, I was, once."

Jin's face got that sad smile again; I hated that. He shouldn't smile in a way that made me want to cry in miserable sadness. Smiling wasn't for when you were sad. It was to show that you were happy.

"We're not here to talk about me."

Well that's surprising.

"Sin. You dreamed that Seung-Jae killed everyone, right?"

I nodded, shivering as I recalled the graphic images.

"That's pretty reasonable. Seung-Jae kills lots of people. And his number 1 targets are all in Bangtan."

I frowned at his words, and where they were likely going.

"It's not what you want to hear, but that dream could very well become a reality."

I shook my head; he couldn't be saying this. Not now, and not to me.

"So, enjoy them while you can, okay?"

He was standing up, but I wasn't done with him.

"No! I have to protect them! I can't just sit back and wait for them to die!"

"I mean, you may die before them...."

I gave him a glare; that's not what I meant.

"I have to protect them."

He gave me that sad smile again.

"You can't save everyone, Sin."

And then he was gone.