⚠WARNING!!!!⚠

There're some mature contents in this chapter; violence, explicit murder scenes, a lot of blood, and strong language.

I've warned you, read at your own risk!!!

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Hope. It was not merely a word. But more than that, it's actually a prayer. When everything seemed lost on us, everything seemed on the opposite side, only one could save us.

Hope.

Because even the darkest darkness vanished by the faintest light.

Hope. It was Jimin's light.

'Jungkook!'

*****

Brukkk. . . !

A loud thud came from the right side along with a familiar figure breaking through the wooden wall and lunging himself onto the alpha. It caused Namjoon to fall from its tight grip. That figure managed to land perfectly on his knees. Dusting himself, he stood to show his soaked self to everyone.

Jeon Jungkook.

His body was drenched in black blood, his hand was holding a lump of beast's head. He stood up, then turned his body to the alpha. Wagging his wet black hair, he threw the head all the way forward and it stopped right as it touched the alpha's toe.

"Surprise gift, bitch!" He smirked.

Shocked, the alpha widened its eyes and blinked a few times to ensure itself. When finally it was convinced that it really was the brother, it howled while beating its own chest in frustration.

Taking the chance, Jimin made a twisting motion while brandishing his machete. It flung the beasts swarming around him far to the back.

"NOW, JOON, BETRAPS THREE TO THE ALPHA!" He shouted as he kept on striking back the beasts attacking him from every direction.

Still doing the same defense motions, he turned around and shouted once again. "KOOK, FLY ACROSS! BETRAPS FIVE IN BIG CIRCLE!"

Namjoon and Jungkook heard the order. At one side of the room, Namjoon tried his best to stand upright on his trembling feet and pointed his special weapon to the alpha. With one strong jolt, a thick golden yellow rope with a sharp and serrated tip came from inside of it. It pierced the alpha's body right in the center, binding it tightly.

The alpha stumbled backward, shocked. Its eyes bulged, looking at the yellow rope piercing its body in disbelief. Shaking with tremendous anger, It let out a very loud growl.

"W-What... is... this?" It stuttered with hands on the rope, trying to pull it out but of course, it's useless.

On the other side, Jungkook who had another special weapon in his hand, used the beasts' bodies as his foothold, stepping onto them to make him fly across the room. He ran around, swiping his weapon—which was an iron rope. It managed to hold all the beasts in one big group, causing them to keep struggling to get free.

"Serge!" Jungkook threw the other end of the iron rope to Jimin who could easily catch it with just one hand.

"These... are our special weapons, betraps. We created and developed them specifically for you, beasts. To destroy the destroyers of our earth. These weapons are made with perfect calculation, no doubt for their strengths and liabilities." Jimin said.

Walking over to the bounded beasts, he continued, "the silver powder covering the surface will render you powerless and sluggish. So, no need to fight them, beasts. It's useless."

The explanation caught Taehyung's attention. He lifted his head to meet eyes with his best friend then mouthed, "smart ass."

Jimin gave him a sly smirk before turning his focus back to the group of beasts in front of him. With one strong snap, he pulled the rope over and forced the beasts outside to the open area through the broken wall that Jungkook had knocked down.

And the heavy rain hit them.

Their bodies seemed to shrink and tremble under the rain. They had no power to pick up a fight. Taking the chance, Jimin and Jungkook used the rest of their strengths to yank the iron rope in the opposite direction with all their might. There was nothing but deafening crescendo howls of the beasts. They kept writhing around until the tearing sound of their bodies being split open filled the air.

And all changed into complete silence.

Still gasping for a breath, Jimin approached the weak alpha, crouching down to its level.

"They all gone, beast. . . Gone." He whispered right beside its ear.

"You. . . You will get revenge for this, Park Jimin! Luke will hunt you down and kill all of your members!" The alpha groaned, "he's so close to you without your knowledge. You don't notice it, do you?"

Smiling maliciously, it whispered back. "And you know what? Humans will no longer exist on this planet. And you, Park, you will not be able to do anything to stave it off. Keep that in your shitty mind!" The alpha guffawed with black blood squirted from its mouth.

Jimin scoffed, coming right in front of its face to fix his deadly stare on it. The second their eyes met, he answered dangerously calmly with his icy voice. "Then, I'll hunt him down and kill him first. I will make sure. . . it will go that way."

The sound of laughter and the face with passionate victory were gone instantly. The Alpha shuddered. It seemed to forget how to breathe and blink. It was totally shaken.

"Serge!" Hoseok's voice rang in their ears. "The rain will stop soon, you better come back now!"

"Copy that!" Jimin replied.

He turned to Namjoon and nodded, hinting him to draw the weapon in his hand to finish off the alpha.

Without hesitation, Namjoon jerked the betraps, making the rope twist in an impressive level of power and speed to return to the holster. The sound of flesh being torn filled the air, leaving the alpha lying covered in his own black blood on the ground.

"Bye, beast!" Namjoon stepped onto the dead body of the alpha.

"Alright, you all heard Hoseok, didn't you? So, let's move!" Jimin ordered as he put his machete back beneath his shirt.

He walked over to Taehyung who was holding a female figure covered with bloody wounds on his lap.

It was her, Bhrea.

Jimin inevitably stared at her: At her brown wavy hair, her rosy cheeks, her plump chapped lips, and at her covered with bruises light skin. Though wounds and blood covered her body, it could still be seen clearly that she had a dazzling appearance. And the sight made Jimin's heart flutter.

"Let me carry her instead, Tae. You're injured and we need to move fast." He squatted beside Taehyung and asked him to lay Bhrea on his lap.

Right after he held Bhrea's weak body, Jimin felt warmness all over him out of nowhere. She opened her eyes for the first time and their eyes met. There was a big bang in Jimin's heart as he felt a strange sensation in his stomach. Something unfamiliar for him.

'What is this? Is it because of her enchanting orbs or what?' He thought.

Stirring slightly, Bhrea whispered, "my... brother..."

"What?" Jimin bent down, bringing his ear closer to her mouth.

"My brother... I hid him... at the cave near... the waterfall behind this building." She weakly said, sending the warm breath onto his skin. He was mystified by that small contact because it was enough to make his heart thump erratically.

He pulled away slightly to look at her eyes. "Please... save him," she pleaded in a hoarse voice.

Jungkook came over, his menacing gaze fell on the girl in Jimin's embrace. "Serge, we can't! We have to go back." He reminded firmly while shaking his head.

"Our time is running out. The rain will soon stop. Rain disaster, remember? We can't take the risk, Serge. That'd be too much." Putting his hand on Jimin's shoulder, he stared with his pleading eyes. "Please..."

Jimin sighed.

"Please..." Bhrea pleaded too, squeezing Jimin's arm that managed to draw his attention once again.

"I beg you, he's just a Redties, he won't make it out there. Please... Save him. Please... I beg you, please..." She repeated the same words over and over as she weakly grabbed Jimin's shirt and pulled him closer. "Please... save him, please..." She whimpered between her sob right in front of his face with only a few inches apart.

Jimin flinched upon hearing her cracked voice. He didn't even know why his heart ached badly when he watched tears trickle down her face. He shut his eyes, sighing deeply before he opened them again.

"Hoseok, look at the waterfall area in the direction to sector eleven. How many beasts are there?" He talked to the microphone beneath his collar.

It took less than twenty seconds before Hoseok answered him in his slightly panicked tone. "Two beasts, Serge. But, why? Is there something wrong?"

Jimin didn't answer. He was unmoving. Repeatedly shook his head while mumbling something to himself. And finally, he rose from his position. Still with his brows furrowed, he carried Bhrea bridal style in his arms.

"Tae, take her to the bus." He handed her back to his best friend.

"But-" Taehyung hesitated but left with no choice because Jimin had turned his back on him already.

"Joon, bring Jungkook with you to the bus. I'll search for her brother. I'll be quick, don't worry." Jimin ordered Namjoon without making eye contact.

"No no, wait!" Jungkook came in between with his worried face. "Serge, I know he's just a Redties, but-"

"No buts, Kook!" Jimin firmly stated before scurrying to the back of the building without even sparing a glance at Jungkook, leaving him perturbed and froze in his place.

But before Jimin even could reach the edge of the room, the frozen Jungkook shouted from his position, "let me come with you, Sergeant Park!"

Turning around, Jimin replied, "no!"

"Please, Serge!" Jungkook pleaded in frustration, slowly turning around to finally face Jimin.

"I said go back to the bus, Blueties Jeon Jungkook! That's an order, you hear me!" Jimin snapped, still avoiding the stares. "Joon! take him out of here!" Without waiting for the answer, he turned his back on them. "Now!"

Taking a big amount of air, he then walked away while shutting his eyes in guilty. Meanwhile, Namjoon grabbed Jungkook's arm and started pulling him.

Roughly brushing Namjoon's grip off, Jungkook boomed, "stop there and look at me!!" His slightly shaking voice made Jimin stop in his track and turn around to face the raging boy right in the eyes.

"You won't make it! Why so stubborn? Please don't do this!" Jungkook managed to stare back but Jimin looked away instantly. His heart was too heavy to see Jungkook so down just because he was too worried about his safety.

"Jimin hyung... Please... just come back with us." Jungkook's voice cracked. He had to tuck his lip between his teeth to muffle the sob.

Jimin did nothing but shake his head and flash him a weak smile. "I'll make it out, Kook. I'll come back to you, I promise. Trust me, okay?"

Jungkook's red eyes quivered. He weakly shook his head as he whimpered, "no... Don't..."

Jimin nodded to all the three Blueties members. "Just stick to the plan, and we'll be safe," he said as he shifted his gaze to Namjoon once again. "Joon, I trust you!"

Giving his confidant a certain look for the last time, he then continued his step to let his body be hit by the heavy rain.

"Jimin-ah!" Taehyung called out, causing Jimin to stop in his track. "We'll wait for you! Just come back safely, hmm?"

Jimin gave no response and just continued the walk.

"You promised us, Jimin-ah! You promised me to never leave me ever again!" Taehyung's loud voice was suppressed by the heavy rain but Jimin somehow made a halt.

He turned around just to give his best friend a slight nod and genuine smile before once again walking away, farther and farther, and finally...

He's gone in between the trees.

*****

It had been ten minutes since Namjoon and the others got back to the bus, but still, there was no sign of Jimin's return.

'He'll come back in a moment' Jungkook thought. 'Yes, he promised he'll come back.'

He nodded repeatedly as he occasionally raised his gaze out of the window to check the presence of his sergeant. His face was blank with tears welled up in his eyes. Dripping bloody wounds on his forehead and a big open wound on his elbow were not enough to distract him. He was indeed nervous, leg shaking nonstop and mouth uttering word by word to assure himself that everything would be alright.

He was anxious.

"Guys, the rain will stop in about five minutes!" Hoseok informed, turning his head to the passenger rows at the back.

"We'll wait for him a little more, okay? He will definitely come." Namjoon spoke in a not-so-calm tone while checking the timer on his wrist.

Hearing Namjoon's words, there was a wave of growing anger in Jungkook's chest. He hated the fact that the mission didn't go as planned, that it was falling apart. He hated the one who he thought had ruined everything. And he pivoted his hardened gaze to that particular one. Bhrea.

Suddenly rose on his feet, Jungkook stomped his step to where she was taking a seat.

"IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF YOU!" He roared along the way as he pointed his forefinger, startling the injured girl who sat up straight right away in her seat.

Didn't stop there, Jungkook was about to get even closer but Taehyung stopped him by blocking with his body. But Jungkook was too obstinate.

Using his hands, Taehyung pushed back Jungkook by the chest. "Stop it, Jungkook!"

"None of this would happen if you and your fucking friend didn't beg him to help someone he doesn't even know and risk his own life, asshole!" Jungkook roughly brushed Taehyung's hands off of him.

"If anything happens to him, if he doesn't come back, I swear, I will-"

"Guys!" Hoseok cut off, raising the bevice in his slightly trembling hand to show the red and blue dots all over the screen. "We really must go now! It's code one danger!"

"No!!" Jungkook bawled.

Hoseok set his eyes on him, shaking his head, "Kook, we can't..."

"No no, please, hyung... wait, wait a little longer, okay? Sergeant Park will definitely come. He promised us," Jungkook pleaded. His voice broke and his tearful eyes quivered.

"Joon?" Hoseok swiveled at the pale Namjoon, shaking his head as he mouthed at him, "we really can't."

Shutting his eyes tightly, Namjoon massaged the bridge of his nose. He was distraught and desperate, but Jimin's last words kept ringing in his ears.

'I trust you, Joon!'

A simple but profound sentence. He needed to keep his head straight. Jimin's order was perfectly clear. Yes, it was so hard, but he had to do it. He deeply sighed before opening his eyes once again.

"We gotta leave," he said in a flat tone, "now!"

"What the-" Surprised, Jungkook came to him like a raging storm; eyes stared sharply as razors, jaw clenched, palms balled into tight fists, and feet stomped hard to the floor of the bus with every step he took.

"Hyung! Are you insane?" He screamed as he grabbed Namjoon's collar. "Our sergeant is still out there! Alone! He needs us for fuck's sake!" He roughly threw Namjoon to the row of seats behind him. "And here you are, telling us to leave? Like, seriously?" He snorted ironically.

"How could you, huh?" Stumbling backward, he rubbed his face exasperatedly.

"Sergeant Park said to stick to the plan. Whoever the person is, we have to leave him behind. It's code one danger here, we have no other choice." Namjoon answered in a rather hardy voice, but still, he couldn't hide his true feelings. His voice trembled in the end.

"Agree. Follow his order, stick to the plan." Taehyung chimed in, making Jungkook's blood boil even more.

He dashed to where Taehyung was and recklessly grabbed his shirt, causing his top two buttons to rip apart and roll to the floor. "Shut the fuck up you, dumbass! You know nothing about him!"

A crushing blow landed on Taehyung's jaw, sending him flat on the floor. Taehyung rubbed the painful spot as he ploddingly lifted his body to the sitting position. When Jungkook was about to throw another strike, Namjoon yanked the back of his shirt so hard to crash him onto the sidewall of the bus.

"Enough, Jeon Jungkook!!" Namjoon thundered, startling everyone— especially Heize who bulged her eyes and clasped her mouth in shock.

"Don't make a fucking scene here or I'll beat your fucking ass up! You know I'm fucking serious!" His forefinger pointed right at Jungkook's face.

Taehyung on the other hand chuckled. His body was shaking as he sobbed in silence. He lifted his face only to show his red eyes complete with the torn lips and bruised face. Blood trickled down from the corner of his mouth. To say that he's sad was an understatement. He had just met Jimin after all those years and the fact that they had to be separated once again was actually excruciated him.

"I know him. Inside and outside, way better than you all do, trust me. When he promises you a thing, he'll find his own way to fulfill that promise. Nothing or no one can change that fact except for death. You have to trust him, Jungkook," he gradually shifted his gaze at Jungkook as he wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with the pad of his thumb, "don't lose hope in him."

Jungkook said nothing. His head hung low. But deep inside, he felt so suffocated with the big lump in his heart.

Taehyung rose, wobbly coming over to Bhrea, "saving Redties. That's how Jimin called this mission. So, Bhre, don't worry. He will do everything in his might to save your brother," he stood right beside her, stroking her shoulder so gently.

For some reason, Bhrea believed what Taehyung said that Jimin would take care of her brother. The fact that she just had met him that day didn't deter her trust in that man. Because when she was in his embrace and stared at him earlier, she saw something so strong emanating from his eyes.

Faith.

And her heart could also feel it vividly. Yes, she could definitely put her trust in him, in Jimin.

"Start the bus now, Hoseok!" Namjoon ordered.

Hoseok was in the process of getting back to the driver's seat but Jungkook's voice stopped him. "Don't you dare, Jung Hoseok!"

Jungkook tried to move but Namjoon blocked him. "Kookie, we really have to go," Namjoon said, shaking his head. "We can't stay any longer, please do understand!"

"No, wait! Wait! Wait hyung, please... " Jungkook moved erratically, trying to get Namjoon out of his sight.

His tears unbearably fell down his cheeks as he beat Namjoon's chest over and over. Hoseok on the other hand had started the engine, making it roar in the middle of the silent forest. He changed gear, getting ready to step on the gas.

"No!" Jungkook cried out.

"Hoseok hyung... Please don't... I beg you..." He sobbed, looking up at the older guy in the driver's seat with his red eyes and wet face. "Please..." But the sound that came out from his quivering mouth was nothing more than just a weak whimper.

Meanwhile, the sound of howls and growls in the distance left Hoseok with no other choice but to shake his head at what Jungkook asked for. "I'm sorry, Kook, really. But we have to leave..."

Hoseok stepped on the gas deeply. Sent the bus moving at a fast pace. Sighing in despair, Jungkook looked away while mumbling, "no, don't leave him..."

He slumped weakly onto the floor, hugging his own knees. His body trembled violently as the sob and wail came out unstoppably.

From the other side of the bus, Heize watched him in silence with her own wet eyes. It pained her to see him despair in grief. She could vividly feel his sorrow but there was nothing she could do. So, she just let him be. She let him cry his heart out. 'He needs time to heal himself.'

And with that, the bus left.

The bus left, leaving the panting sergeant with a boy on his back at the side of the road hidden between the tall trees far behind. He saw it left with his two eyes but he didn't shout nor run to stop it from leaving him.

Because he knew it well, if he did that, the bus would stop just to wait for him to hop in. And if so, everything would be too late to be saved from the impending destruction.

He couldn't be that selfish. He just couldn't.

A/N

Hey yo!❤🥰
Guys, this's intense, isn't it? Tbvh, I had a bit of a brainwave writing this chapter because I wanted the action scenes to be nice and natural, whattaya think?

And, once one of my readers gave a very good criticism, how I didn't put much explanation about the betraps, so I added a little information there, hopefully, it gets better now😉

And for the drama, GOSH!! This area is my biggest insecurity. I don't think I did a good job here 😅, but I hope what I wrote wasn't that excessive 🤭

Wanna know more about our sergeant? He will face the cruelty of rain disaster outside of his camp with a Redties by his side. Keep reading, will ya?

Much lob❤❤