Chapter 4

Namjoon wasn't able to sleep throughout the whole night. His senses were too alert and every snap he heard kept triggering his paranoia that someone possibly found them, then later realizing it was an animal or just a bird. He watched at the sun rise from within the woods and he couldn't help but only let out a small sigh, knowing it was going to be a long day ahead for him and mostly looking after seven supernatural beings, including himself.

Before anyone could wake up, he calls his friend Chen in hopes he could help him with their hairstyles today. Chen is a Warlock and a damn good one for sure. They would go over spells together as teenagers and helped each other blend in with the other mortals. Namjoon doesn't or wouldn't like to think about life without Chen in it, his best friend. So when Namjoon asked for the favor, he thought the man was psychotic for doing something as dangerous as letting out X subjects, not just one but six! However, since Namjoon is his best friend, he closed the barber shop for the day just so he can focus on them when they arrived. Soon after calling Chen, he dialed Jihoon's number, his sister's boyfriend. Namjoon would communicate from time to time with the young man, knowing he was going to propose to his sister but sadly Xiao died in the fire along with Namjoon's parents, so it never happened. Jihoon works for an underground market for all super naturals. He's the lead stylist and manager of a fashion store, so if anyone can help these boys with clothes, it'll be him. Jihoon easily agreed to it and told him to come as soon as the boys wake up.

The minute Namjoon finishes with his calls, Yoongi wakes up. Just like Namjoon, Yoongi wasn't able to sleep well; always rustling in his sleep and he knows it's his wolf begging to come out. But Yoongi knows if he lets his wolf now, who knows where he'll end up and who he'll hurt and maybe even get caught, so he'd rather wait until it's officially safe to transform. Not only that but he was listening to Namjoon's conversation due to his enhanced hearing and just decided to get this over with, so mind as well wake up.

Namjoon watches as the rest of the boys wake up one by one as time passes except for Jimin. Jungkook tried waking him up but he wouldn't budge, and that sent immediate alarm bells for Namjoon. Jimin is probably extremely dehydrated due to the lack of water in his body, mostly since he didn't take his medication that X.E.F provide for him last night just so he wouldn't end up like this when he has no contact with water.

With a wave of Namjoon's hand, he shifts a portal from midair and everyone immediately goes through with Jin carrying Jimin. The setting is different. They're at a beach. The sun is rising in the horizon and the ocean is sinking farther back than how it was previously. Jin started approaching the small waves hitting the shore until he was at least hip level in the water before laying Jimin gently on the surface.

"Sink him in, he's practically half fish!" Hoseok shouts over from the shore and Seokjin follows his instructions, pushing Jimin's body further down to the water until he reached the sea floor. Jin stares at the young man with worried eyes, hoping this actually won't drown him instead of saving him. He can barely feel Jimin's heart beat against his hand and it only raised his worry when time continue to pass and Jimin wasn't waking up.

Jungkook watch with concerned eyes to the scene and his nature to help begin crawl his skin, especially now that he's going to be stuck with them for a while. So, with a nervous hand, he begins to approach the shallow waters of the shore, laying his hand just above the surface before whispering a prayer underneath his breath.

Everyone watches the young man with curious eyes, especially Taehyung. He didn't want to believe that what he's doing would actually work. He has tried it multiple times in the past and it never did, it never healed anyone, only caused pain. He only caused destruction no matter how much good he tried to do, yet his curiosity grew to the young angel as he watches a small tear stream down his cheek and tap the water lightly. The spot it hit began to glow and trail all the way to where Jin and Jimin is, the glow circulating around them. Jungkook rises to his feet with a small smile on his lips and feels the warmth in his chest knowing he did something good.

Underwater, Jimin didn't know why he was unable to breath, he was conscious but just not breathing. He couldn't wake up. That is until he felt a gush of water plunge through his nose and parted lip, going all the way through his body until his neck gills began to breath out the oxygen along with the gills on his ribs, causing him to shoot his eyes open and properly inhale the water. The sensation of his scales raking his shoulder blades all the way down his arm feels amazing, almost as if he's connected with his other half once again. Fins tears his skin right blow his elbows and he could feel the scales travel all the way to his face, just his forehead and cheek bones. His pants suddenly felt uncomfortable, feeling them rip against his legs until they shredded to pieces so he's completely bottomless. Jimin's legs connected together to form his beautiful turquoise tail. He lets out a breathless sigh to being one with the water once again after four years. For the first two years all he did was live in a tank until they eventually gave him medication, pills to just swallow up so his body can last without water.

Now Jimin feels like he can finally breathe.

He shoots his head up from the water and inhales the air, how good it feels to be in the beach once again. Watching Jimin awake and full siren mode sent a cheery feeling to Jin's chest as he looks down at the younger man who's howling and laughing while the others cheer him on. He felt just as happy that the man didn't die right in his face and is reunited with part of him that he long been away from. If only Jin could do the same.... Since last night Seokjin has been starving and craving blood heavily, but he tried to maintain his urges just for the sake of it. He can't stand the thought of being in that prison once again, he would rather kill himself if that's the case. As of now he prefer pushing his urges away until the moment presented itself.

Namjoon calls over the pair and Jimin practically drags himself against the smooth sand to join in on the circle.

"So, we are going to go find you guys clothing for the next few days and then we will will go to a barber shop to change our hair styles. From there we can find something to go eat and settle down for the next few days, everyone in?" All eyes stare at Namjoon as he says this and soon they all nod in agreement, as if they even have a choice than to agree.

"Wait umm before we go... Does anyone mind lending me an extra pair of pants?" Jimin says sheepishly, his cheeks flaming in embarrassment as he feels his scales slowly drying up in the sun and he knows it's a matter of time before he's naked in front of them.

Namjoon was hesitant to teleport a pair of pants for him, mostly since he knows it would be caught on camera and he's bound to be caught. He really didn't want to risk it so when Jungkook offer him his pair of pants, he felt instantly relieved. Jungkook thankfully had a pair of baggy under garments that reached just a little bit above his knees so he won't be naked. They all turned around to give Jimin his privacy to change and then turned back around once he gave them the approval. He's completely shirtless, showing his light golden skin under the sun and flaring cheeks that's tinted pink of embarrassment as he places his nervous hands around his waist, concealing his bare top but everyone can still see.

Hoseok, him being the super positive person he is, decides to say, "You look great! You don't need to hide from us Jiminie," To this Jimin sends him a small smile but still remains his arms wrapped around himself, but that was enough for them to know he'll slowly get to that comfort.

"So," Yoongi says, breaking the awkward silence, "Where to next?"

Namjoon opens the portal and smirks back to them, "Mexico City."

None of them been to Mexico besides Namjoon, so being in a foreign country slightly uneased them, but they had to follow the boss so they just remain quiet and enter the portal, instantly entering a knew world. Many fairies and flying species are in the area but can't really go fair up high since this is practically an underground city. Many creatures of all kinds walk around, entering various of stores or just socializing amonst each other. The buildings here are extremely large, almost like a city and very colorful. The floor they're on is entirely mirror, making Jimin slightly self conscious as he sees his reflection on this ground. Negative thoughts began to run his head but he instantly pushed it away when Namjoon began to guide them through the flood of people.

This feels almost normal. They're not receiving odd stares or any suspicious glances, as strange as it is, they feel completely comfortable being in that area. A light Spanish guitar rings the air as they continue swarming through the people until they officially stopped in front of an expensive looking store, filled with endless piles of clothing. As they walk through the glass door, a young man with vivid red hair steps from a clothing rank and he approaches Namjoon with a wide smile, "Look who rose from the ashes."

"The phoenix himself," Namjoon finishes with a laugh as they embrace each other, the other boys looking at them awkwardly.

Jihoon notices their presence and pulls on a wide smile, "Welcome to La Fama! I am the manager but I'm be in charge to make you guys look like you didn't just escape prison," He gleams in which caused them to slight squirm. He eyes them carefully and closely, like a hawk, mostly since his eyes are hawk shaped, and he turns to Namjoon, "Dude did they even shower?"

When Namjoon didn't answer, not knowing how to respond, Jihoon groans and motions a finger to follow him. Jin didn't feel to comfortable around the young man, but he follows the group regardless after noticing how nervous Jimin is looking around the mirrored floor. He places a hand on his lower back, guiding him through and whispers lower, "You're beautiful that even the mirror is glowing at the sight of you."

Jimin smiles shyly at the man and sends him a low thank you but Jin knows it's going to take a while for Jimin to be more confident in himself. Hopefully soon. They go through a small hallway and end up at the other end to see it's a complete SPA. All the boys echo a gasp as they move their eyes around area. There's a big river like pond at the center in front of them with the top of the area completely roofless that you are able to see the small makeshift city better but no one is able to look down at them. By the sides there's a section to get massages and the other side to get your nails done and far off to the left there's an entrance that says Mens Shower and the other side says women's shower. What's different from this to the outside is that it's entirely wooden, giving more of a tropical vibe, especially with grass around the pond and the Spanish guitar in the background.

Namjoon can sense Hoseok getting giddily from beside him and he can't help but feel that giddiness too, to finally relax to a SPA.

"Alright gentlemens," Jihoon announces while turning around facing them, "I only open this to people if it's an emrgancy but this is clearly an emergency, I'm not going to let you try on my clothes while being dirty," His cringe noticeable before continuing, "So, I'm give you the whole package for free since Namjoon is a good friend of mines. Go into the pond that's also a jacuzzi, get a massage and have your nails fixed because they look digusting. After that you must shower in the mens section and then put on a bath robe and wait for me to assist you. Any questions."

Cricket noises echoed and Jihoon smirks widely with his yellow eyes glowing, "Good, as for now, enjoy!"

That's all it took for him to say for all the boys to push past him and strip naked while rushing to the pond. Jimin watches with hesitant eyes as Namjoon enters the pond first and moans out in pleasure to how the warm water feels. Soon follows Jin who just jump in, causing Namjoon to get fully soaked. They laugh it off as Yoongi nervously steps in but eventually sighs in pleasure to the relaxation of his muscles under the water. Taehyung dives in a minute later and rise to the surface, long hair pressed against his face as he howls in satisfaction, a wide boxy smile on his beautiful face. Everyone's voices rukus suddenly dwindles down as their eyes drifts off to Jungkook removing his shirt, showing his toned skin and a strong pair of abs that made Jimin feel even more self cautious than before raising an eyebrow when the young man removes his under garments and the boys couldn't fight the temptation -that Taehung's didn't cause since he was in the same boat as all of them- when their gazes travels down with eyes wide to the view. Even Jihoon cranes his head in awe at the perfectly molded man approaching the pond. Junkook was entirely unaware that they were all gawking at him as he runs a hand through his hair long, brown curly hair, revealing his perfectly shaped forehead as he enters the pond and sits down against a rock that's meant to be a seat. His raises his eyes to notice that they are all silent and staring at him with parted lips.

He nervously licks his lips, "What?"

As if snapped from the trance, they go back to fooling around almost instantly, Jungkook and Taehyung obviously keeping their distance from each other but still getting along with everyone else. Jimin's lips tug to a frown as he plays with his fingers, unsure on what to do. He just doesn't want to pop his fins the moment he steps into the water, that'll be too embarrassing.

"Are you going in?" Jihoon asks him, appearing right beside him, staring at the boys splashing each other with the water.

Jimin sighs and shakes his head, "I can't exactly go in," He states lowly and flashes Jihoon the scales on his hand that he made appear.

Jihoon didn't seem the least fazed by the scales, instead he grins widely and waves Jimin to follow him. Jimin sends one last glance to the boys as follows the younger man into a room with a large pool. Jimin steps closer to the pool to notice these odd machines at the sides of the pool under water, he turns to Jihoon to ask what it is.

"You'll find out when you go in, all you need to do is sit on the seat and lay your tail on the foot rest and you'll enjoy the relaxation. This pool is at least 300 meters deep so you are able to go further down and swim for a while. So please, enjoy," He says and clicks on a remote, soft Spanish guitar filling the environment once again. Jihoon leaves so he can give the man his privacy and almost instantly Jimin strips down quickly and dives into the pool, feeling his tail forming quicker than before. He rises to the surface, gasping and runs a hand through his pink hair. What does the hawk shifter mean by relaxation on the seats?

Jimin's curiosity got the best of him and he sits himself on the comfortable chair ad raises his tail to the foot rest. Almost instantly the water around him began to bubble up with warmer water and the machine springs out these cuchioned balls attached to strings and they began to massage his trail, causing a throaty moan to escape his lips as he throws his neck back and leans back with both arms out of the water and placing them against the edge of the pool. Jimin flutters his eyes close, taking in how amazing that made his aching tail feel.

He definitely needs to get himself one of these.

While Jimin enjoys himself in the pool, the boys continue to splash water to each other until they finally stopped and it all falls to a comfortable silence. Nothing really is in their minds, besides gratitude do be living in this moment right now.

"If I was still in X.E.F, I probably would be drowning myself in pills by now," Jin states out the blue, staring at the buildings above. His hunger is starting to become more demanding. As much as he hates those damn pills, he really wishes he could get himself one just to stop the cravings.

Hoseok nods slowly nods, "Yeah definitely. My pills were disgusting."

Yoongi furrows his eyebrows in confusion, "Why do you need pills for?"

The younger man only grins before saying, "Well I am a cupid and cupids have a natural charm to them. As in persuasive. I can persuade anyone to do anything just as fast as you can flash your golden eyes," He says right when Yoongi's eyes flashed gold.

"I can make anyone hate or love each other. I mean for the full process I need a bow and arrow but I can guide them to the first few steps and once they are convince, I hit them with the arrow, settling it down," He tells them with a grin, vivid images of him going psycho in the streets just hitting people with random arrows and watch with delight as they get heart broken by how the Cupid set them up. Not once regretting it.

Hoseok loves being a cupid and nothing will change his mind about it.

Namjoon observes the individuals carefully, seeing their stress relieved faces. It wasn't as awkward as he thought it was going to be, mostly thanks to Hoseok who just bubbles in a conversation with his positive aura. After the pond, they went to get massages and their nails fixed before showering and getting dressed into bathrobes. No one has seen Jimin but Namjoon recalls him following Jihoon to a room so he approaches it with the boys following behind, Hoseok and Jin in a conversation on kids shows while Taehyung and Jungkook fall silent and Yoongi trailing far back with bored eyes.

They enter the room to see a large crystal clear water pool, empty.

Hoseok and Jin's conversation falls silent as they notice Jimin no where to be found. Namjoon grows closer to the water to notice it's insanely deep, too deep for him to be able to swim back to the surface if he were to touch ground level.

"Where's Jimin?" Jungkook breaks the silence and rushes to the edge to search into the water. Moments past and Jimin makes no appearance.

Yoongi let's out a loud grunt, "Why does it always have to be fucking Jimin!" His hiss caused his eyes to glow gold and Taehyung's eyes beside him shifted red as he reads all the frustration and stress going through Yoongi's mind.

Angry little man isnt he, Taehyung thinks with an eye roll.

Suddenly a soft tone fills the air. Not the Spanish guitar but something more.... Calming? Haunting even. Namjoon feels his entire body relax as he listens to the soft voice filling the air, feeling a slight pull to get closer to the melody in the water. He steps closer until he's standing right at the edge, not hearing Jungkook's protests to get away from the water or Taehyung's slight warnings as he squats down and stares into the water.

Piercing eyes suddenly came to view in a far distance but Namjoon still managed to notice, the voice becoming louder and louder, luring Namjoon to lean closer to the water as Jimin's face grows closer with his glowing blue eyes. Right when he was about to place a hand into the water, he was aggressively yanked backwards, causing his head to slam against the wooden floor. It seems as if reality zoned itself back as he grunts at the throbbing pain and rubs the back of his head while glaring at Taehyung, in which the younger man only huffs, "Virgin Mary didn't want to be violent, and as much as I wanted to kick you in the pool, we are kinda latched onto you," He states annoyed, causing Namjoon to roll his eyes but accepts Taehyung help to pull him to his feet.

At the surface of the water appears jimin, half his face showing, but he's clearly grinning at Namjoon and the rest of the boys as they were close to falling into the pool except for Jungkook and Taehyung.

"You are one dangerous man! Don't ever do that to us!" Yoongi growls, causing Jimin to officially burst into laughter, his soothing and light giggles filling the air that made Hoseok slightly squirm to how pure it sounded.

So.... Alive.

Jimin gets out of the water and dries up his tail while Jin brings him a bathrobe to cover himself. The siren went through the same process as the rest of the boys and once they were all ready, Jihoon appears moments later and guides them back to the large store and instantly begins on picking each of their clothes with great speed. Once each of the boys had a large pile on their hands, he shoves them to divded dressing room and waits until their done. Some clothes were successful, others not so much. But what feels like hours of trying different clothings, they manage to leave the store completely satisfied with the new clothes they're wearing. Namjoon feels actually grateful for Jihoon's patience with them throughout the whole process. The hawk shifter offered each a backpack with clothes inside for the trip lets them be. Thankfully, for Namjoon's sake, the barber shop is right down the long isle of stores and people.

The wizard was eager to get there already but he notice something strange. Jin has been shaking feverishly the more further they got away from the store and hasn't been able to walk properly. Namjoon stops and turns to Jin, placing a hand on his shoulder as he studies his eyes and that's when he noticed the familiar hunger behind them as his viens swim designs around his eyes.

"I-I'm truh-trying to hold it back," He grunts lowly and moving a shaking hand up to his eyes, "But I can't help it, I want blood."

Instantly the boys began to search around the area to see if there's a shop near by with any blood supplies or a damn hospital, anything! But before they could get their hands on anything, Jin inhales sharply through his nostrils and sighs, his viens spreading around the skin of his eyes and he immediately speeds off into a different direction with great speed. Namjoon could tell he didn't go too far since the bracelet didn't began to drag him back but he's concerned for the man causing trouble and then he'll be caught.

Only minutes later, Jin appears once again and drops to the ground in front of them on all fours, a stream of blood streaming his chin and his eyes are once again back to their normal brown. Namjoon watches him with a loud thumping heart, scared to know if this man did in fact kill someone for the blood. Seems as if he read his mind because Jin rises to his feet with a sigh, "I found a hospital with blood supplies, kinda took some for myself."

Jungkook gawks at him, "What are you doing Jin? That's stealing!"

"Survival my young angel, it's called survival," The vampire implies with a small grin as he wipe the blood from his chin.

Namjoon didn't waste time for them to argue and drags them through the crowd of people until they reached the place he's looking for. The glass held a sign that says close but Namjoon opens the door and guides the boys through the dark store until he spots a pair of glowing green eyes staring at him in a distance.

Namjoon whispers a spell and suddenly the lights turn on, his friend Chen right in front of him with a broad smile on his lips.

Chen's eyes move to the boys, staring at them intently and smiles Namjoon, "Good to see you alive brother," he sighs and comfortably pats Namjoon on the shoulder, his eyes not moving away from each of the boy's hair, slightly cringing as he moves down.

"You too, we really need to blend in since XEF are looking for us," He tells the man who just nods in return with an understanding smile.

"Yeah no kidding," Chen says lowly and fixes his eyes to Taehyung's hair, "I'm start with him first since his is the most.... Cringe worthy one out of all of them," and with that he grabs Taehyung's arm and forces him down to the seat with a sink attached to it. Out of no where a wheel rack approaches the pair with hair supplies and Chen inspects Taehyung's hair, running his fingers through it to feel the texture and inspecting his face while the others watch attentively to what he's doing.

Chen didn't know what to do with Taehyung's hair exactly; at the moment it's extremely long in a mullet type of look but longer, complimenting his wide eyes, pout lips and whole facial structure. He turns to look at Taehyung in the face before asking, "What exactly are you?" Taehyung's red eyes spoke for themselves as they soon turn fully pitch black and that was when he grew an idea. A magnificent idea! The best idea he has ever thought of.

He grins sinisterly at Taehying's hair and thrust the man back to the sink and instantly got into wetting his hair. While doing so he studies each individual species carefully and that's when his idea only intensifies and he couldn't suppress the grin on his face, making Taehyung slightly unease. Taehyung tries to read the man's expression but he's unable to due to the aggressive manner his hair is being manhandled. Never in Taehyung's life has he had various of products dumped into his hair, some causing him to sneeze from the smell, others making his cringe but Chen was completely oblivious of the young man's expressions and finally finished. Suddenly the assaults on his hair stops and Taehyung can smell the fresh smell of paint on his hair before Chen sighs and turns to the rest of the boys, all watching him with fear clear in their eyes as they look at Taehyung's worn out face, but Chen looks overly enthusiastic.

"So, who's next?"

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A/N: A longer chapter!! Yay!! I hope you guys enjoyed! Thank you so much for the reads and sticking around for this book.

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