Hello, ARMY. Things got a bit crazy and chaotic last chapter, didn't it? I promise you that this one will be less so. Hopefully. Most likely. At least, less than the last chapter. As to what is going to happen in this chapter, it's time for our favorite part of every action movie...the evil monologue revealing the villain's big plan. Let's see how our boys are doing.

Namjoon groans as a sour smell hits his nose. He groans louder as he starts to register the throbbing pain coming from somewhere near the back of his head. He shifts a little and groans again as he realizes there are ropes tied around his wrists and ankles. He groans once more as he slowly cracks open his eyes to see his current situation. In an instant, it all comes back to him. Theodore playing them all. The gang appearing and knocking them all out. Them being taken to wherever they are. Namjoon looks to his left and right. He spots his members in similar situations to him. They are all strapped to chairs and they all have similar looks of disgust across their faces. Namjoon grumbles when the smell assaults his nose again. From the looks of it, the boys are in a sewer system. It's nothing special except for the large machine with bright screens and loads of levers behind Theodore. The man is standing there with his eyes narrowed. Namjoon groans one more time for good measure, which seems to piss off the one that brought the group here. "Will you stop your whining!?" Theodore exclaims, "I didn't bring you here and wait for you to wake up, just to hear your stupid groans and moans."

"You didn't have to bring us here at all," Taehyung huffs.

Jimin nods, "And, if you don't want to hear us complain, you could just let us go."

"Funny. I went through all this work just to capture you. Do you actually think I would just let you go the second I have you?" Theodore says.

Taehyung sighs, "It was worth a shot..." Theodore rolls his eyes and walks over to the machine and runs his hand along it. "Isn't she pretty? You all remember her, don't you? You nosy assholes found her in my garage. I had to move her all the way down here, so you wouldn't get your sticky fingers on her," Theodore says, "It worked out though...I was able to make some upgrades. Now, she'll be able to do exactly what I want with ease."

"And what's that?" Jin asks.

"I'm going to change things again," Theodore states, "This time, I'll do it right. I should've done this from the beginning, but oh well. I'll do it now. And you're all going to sit tight and watch." Suddenly, the sound of wood scraping against concrete can be heard. Yoongi is rocking his chair back and forth by shifting his weight. The others watch with wide eyes, hoping that the rapper can actually get free. Theodore chuckles as he watches Yoongi struggle. He shakes his head and calmly walks over. He grabs the back of the chair and stops Yoongi from moving any farther. In an instant, a cold barrel of a gun is pressed to his temple. The pale rapper stiffens and he flinches as Theodore presses harder. The rest of the boys' breaths all halt as they stare at the scene in front of them, helpless. "Don't try anything funny. You're all here because I don't want you causing me trouble while I do my work," Theodore says, "If you do try something...you know what will happen. I got this from my friend Sangsoo and I'm not afraid to use it. I actually wouldn't mind using it either. So, if you want to get shot, I'll be more than willing to grant you your request." With that said, Theodore pushes Yoongi's head hard before taking a step away. He slips his gun back into his pocket and Yoongi glares at the man. The others turn to watch as Theodore goes back to the machine and starts to do things with it. The man presses buttons and eyes various screens. The boys flash each other sideways glances, trying to come up with a plan. They didn't even know what Theodore is going to change. How are they supposed to stop the man from altering the timeline again? How are they supposed to get free? How are they supposed to defeat Theodore and go back to the way things are supposed to be!? "You can't keep changing the timeline!" Namjoon exclaims, trying to stall the man by distracting him with conversation.

Theodore rolls his eyes, "I can do whatever I want."

"What are you changing?" Hoseok asks, trying to help out. Theodore groans and turns to face the group. "If I tell you, will you shut up!?" Theodore questions.

"Tell us and then we'll see," Jungkook says.

Theodore shakes his head, "It's simple. I'm erasing you from existence. There's no BTS. No Kim Namjoon. No Park Jimin. No Min Yoongi. No any of you! You were never born! You are never even going to be a thought. That's what I'm planning to do."

"Is that even possible?" Jimin asks.

"Isn't that a bit excessive?" Jin questions at the same time.

Theodore sighs, "Yes, it's possible. And of course it isn't excessive! After all that you have done, this is a worthy punishment. You don't even care that you ruined people's lives. You need to pay. Now stop asking so many questions." The boys look to one another, still not entirely sure what they had done. They weren't going to stop asking questions either. They need answers and they need to keep Theodore away from that machine. They won't be able to do anything if he erases them from time. They need to make sure that doesn't happen at all costs. "What did we even do!?" Jungkook exclaims, "We really have zero idea."

"How could you not know?" Theodore states, his voice wavering a little. His gaze remains on the machine as he continues to prepare for the time change. "Cause, we didn't do what you think we did!" Yoongi shouts. Theodore shakes his head, choosing to ignore them. Whatever he thinks they did must have been bad. The group give each other exasperated looks. They really don't know how to stop this. They could try to convince Theodore that they were innocent, but they've done that before and it hasn't been successful. They've tried distracting the man, but he seems to have a one track mind when it comes to changing the timeline. They can't escape because they'll be killed, which won't make much of a difference when they erased from existence, but still. They don't want to be shot at. "What do we do?" Hoseok mutters, talking quiet enough that Theodore can't hear.

"What can we do?" Jin questions.

"Maybe if we..." Namjoon starts, "No...that wouldn't work..."

"What if...." Jungkook says before trailing off.

Taehyung's eyes widen, "How about...." The group fall completely silent and the only noise is from the time machine's whirring. The boys feel lost. They've reached a point where they don't even know if fighting back is worth it anymore. They don't want to give up, but it seems like there's no way they can win. "We can't give up," Hoseok murmurs, "Things look bad, but it can't be the end. There has to be a way." The others nod their heads, trying to think of something...anything that could help them out. "Here's a stupid idea that only we could do. We get the gun from him. We shoot him and use the time machine ourselves. We stop Theodore before he can do anything else," Yoongi says. The others look to Yoongi like he has three heads. "I know it's risky, but it's our only hope of getting back to our lives," Yoongi states, "Not to mention, we don't exactly have any other wise ideas."

Taehyung smiles, "Never thought Yoongi hyung would come up with something like this. It's insane, but it could work."

"Or, it could just get us all killed," Jin says.

"Hyung," Yoongi frowns, "It's either possibly get shot at or be completely wiped from the Earth. Take your pick."

"Fine, say we go with your idea," Namjoon says, "How do we even get it all started?"

"Easy," Yoongi says, "Hey, Theo!" Said man groans, but turns to look at the group. "What!?" Theodore snaps, "I am almost done."

"We realized that fighting you is useless. We accept whatever it is that you're going to do to us," Yoongi says loudly.

"Hyung!" Jungkook exclaims.

Yoongi glares at the kid and says under his breath, "Play along, all of you. I need him to get close if we want to disarm him." The others nod their heads and look towards Theodore with fake looks of sadness. "What game are you playing?" Theodore says with wary eyes.

"No game," Hoseok says quickly, "We really have given up. There's no way for us to stop you." Theodore continues to eye them with skepticism, but slowly nods his head. "Can we just ask one favor of you?" Taehyung asks, "Tell us why you're doing all of this. We really want to know..." Theodore frowns, but it's clear that he's considering granting them their request. He clicks a couple more buttons on the machine before walking closer to the boys. "Fine," Theodore states, "But, only because the machine needs some time to warm up before I activate it. I will tell you, but you are not allowed to interrupt."

"Deal," Jin says. The boys all look to Theodore with interest and shut mouths. Meanwhile, Yoongi begins to untie his bindings, getting ready to act as soon as he can get free. He works as quietly and quickly as he can, struggling a little as the rope is tighter than he expected. Theodore speaks, his tone filled with emotions, "I'm doing this because I hate you all. I hate BTS. I hate your faces and your songs. I hate your ridiculous outfits and your stupid choreographies. I hate that you have fans that listen to you. I hate that you preach love when there's not enough love to go around. I hate that you waltz around acting like it's all okay. I hate that you don't see how much of an influence you have on your fans. I hate you."

"You don't have to like us, but hate is a strong word. Some of the things you said aren't right either. You're hating us for things we don't do. For being people we aren't. We know the influence we have on our fans. We understand and we carry that weight of responsibility. We understand that burden," Namjoon says.

"Don't interrupt me," Theodore shakes his head, "And you don't. You think you do, but you don't see it. You don't see how the positive you try to exude to your fans can actually bring negative. You try to bring about some good changes, but those changes end up causing a lot more harm than good. I know they do. I know firsthand the harm that you bring. Because you hurt someone close to me. Because you hurt my sister."

"Selina?" Jimin asks.

Theodore frowns, "Yes, Selina. You ruined her life. She was your fan, you know? In the other timeline, she loved you all. I know that she told you that she was depressed. Well, she was that way in the previous timeline. It got so bad that she killed herself. And, it was because of all of you. You see, she was already spiraling. She was struggling so much. I didn't know if she was going to be okay or not. I was so scared that I would get a call about her or find my sister dead in her room. Things changed when she found your group. You made her smile and laugh. She would listen to your music and she wouldn't feel so sad. She would watch your crap and she would be happier. Being an ARMY made her happier. I was okay with it because she started to get better. She seemed so much brighter. Like something ignited within her and gave her life. It was amazing and I was so thankful. I thought that Selina would be okay. I thought that her joy would last. But, it didn't. She started getting teased for liking you all. The people in her school saw her listening to your music and they made fun of her for it. They made fun of her. Want to know what they posted? That's the weird girl that likes Kpop. She's ugly and listens to garbage music. She has serious issues. Let me tell you what they said to her. How could you like a group you don't understand? What's wrong with you? They all look the same, how could you ever like them? What's wrong with you? You like that noise. What's wrong with you? You like BTS. They're weird. You're weird. What's wrong with you!? What's wrong with you!? It's all she heard. She started to believe it. She started to think that there was something actually wrong with her. She thought that she was messed up. That what those kids were saying was true. She listened to them and trusted their word. So much so, that she killed herself. Because, she got hate for liking you. Because, people gave her crap for liking Kpop. Because of you, she died. Because of you, she killed herself! Because of you, she suffered! I buried my sister! I lost my sister! I couldn't bear it. The fact that I lost my sister because of some stupid boy band. So, I changed time. I found a way to fix things. To give Selina a second chance. To give her a chance to be happy without you. And in this timeline I made, she's doing fine. She's happy. She would've been alive if it weren't for you. The girl you met is what Selina should've been if it weren't for you. If she didn't kill herself because of her love of BTS, she would be like that. She would never have killed herself. She never should have killed herself. It's on you that she did. Her death is on all of you!" The boys all frown, not knowing that this could even be possible. They know that they aren't loved by all. They've received hate for who they are and what they do. They never thought that feeling would be experienced by their fans, especially in the manner it did with Selina. In the end, though, none of this was on the boys. They had no idea about this. What were they supposed to do? They tried their hardest to make their fans happy. That's the best that they could do. They are sorry that Selina lost her life because of hate, but the boys never brought that hate themselves. They never wanted anything but good things for all of their fans. "I'm sorry, Theodore," Jin states, "You've been through a lot. Losing a family member isn't easy to deal with."

"Do you finally see what you did!? Do you see why I'm so upset?!" Theodore grimaces, "You can say whatever you want. You can say you're sorry, but that isn't going to bring her back...it's not going to bring back my real sister..."

"We understand. We do, but Theodore, you need to know that we never wanted anything bad to happen to your sister. We would never want anything bad to happen to any of our fans. We had no idea that ARMY could be getting this much backlash for being our fans. We never could've predicted that Selina would commit suicide over something like this," Namjoon reasons, "I'm sorry, Theodore cause what happened is terrible. But, you can't blame what happened on us."

"Yes, I can!" Theodore exclaims, taking a step closer, "It's you, she liked. It's her like of you that got her bullied."

"We didn't force her to like us. We're not bad people. We're just performers. We just want to make people happy with our music. We never would hurt someone like your sister. We would never hurt anyone," Jungkook says, "We're not the reason your sister killed herself. She killed herself because she was in pain and depressed and insecure. We tried to heal that with our music, but we couldn't. We're sorry that we couldn't, but we're only a small part of the healing. We can only heal so much. The rest is on her."

"Who's fault is it than!?" Theodore asks, his eyes widening in a crazed way, "Are you saying it's her own fault for not being stronger?!"

Yoongi shakes his head, "It's no one's fault. It's just the way things work sometimes. Sometimes it becomes too much to bare."

"Ha....no...no...it's your fault!" Theodore shouts, "It has nothing to do with any of that bullshit. It's all on you! All on you! And you deserve to suffer for it! You deserve pain for the suffering you caused my sister! For the hurt you gave my family! For the gaping hole you left in my heart!" In his mad state, Theodore doesn't notice the bindings that were once around Yoongi's wrists drop to the floor. He also doesn't notices as Yoongi frees his ankles from the ropes as well. "Theodore...please calm down," Hoseok says, "You're getting too emotional and not thinking straight."

"Are you saying I'm delusional!? Cause, I'm not! If anyone's delusional, it's you," Theodore states, inching closer and closer to the boys. Yoongi eyes the gun slipped into Theodore's pocket. Just a little closer. "We're not saying that," Taehyung says calmly, "We just want you to think this all through. What you did was more than a little brash. What would your sister think? Do you think she would've wanted you to go through all of this? Do you really think she wanted you to change time?"

"You don't know her! Stop talking about her!" Theodore yells, "She would've wanted me to heal..."

"This is getting out of hand, Theodore," Jimin says, "You can't actually think that the pain you have over your sister's death is going to fade away when you erase us. That's not how this works. You need time and that only comes if you allow yourself to grieve."

"Shut the hell up! You have no idea what you're talking about. I know what I need to do. I know what's best. This will fix me! It will! It has to!" Theodore screams, "I've done this all for her! All for her! I'm avenging her! That's what I'm doing! It'll make it all better! It will make everything perfect!!! The way it should be!!! Without you!!!! Without any of you to ruin her life!!! Ruining my life!!!" The man shoves his face close to theirs as he shrieks this last bit. His fists are clenched and his face red as he continues to spew complete nonsense. The boys watch with solemn expressions. This is just a man who is sad. He did all of this because he's in distress over the death of his sister. Theodore did what he did to cope. He needed someone to take his anger out on. That outlet became BTS. It's upsetting. It really is. They feel bad for him, but no matter how much pity they feel for the man, they need to stop him. They know that what they planned on doing still needs to happen. And it does. It does so in slow motion. Yoongi stands up from his seat before Theodore can get a chance to react. He grabs the gun from around Theodore's waist and fires it instantly. The bullet hits Theodore in the stomach and the man stumbles backwards. His eyes are wide as he holds the spot where his wound is before slowly falling to the ground.

Oooooo, is it over? Has Theodore finally been defeated? Is it that simple? You'll have to wait and see. This story is actually wrapping up, so I think it's high time I open up the comments for questions. If there's anything you would like to ask me about anything go right ahead. I'll try my best to answer you. I would do a character Q&A, but this is an AU based off of their real lives, so I find it a tad bit unnecessary. Anyway, if you could please vote, follow me, add this story to your library, and check out my BTS AU Night of Sin.