Let the dark themes commence~

A heavy sigh is all that could be heard as the raven haired male gathered himself to leave the tattoo parlor. He was still in the room the tatted male left him in so suddenly. He guessed that he was pushing too much into V's life, but he couldn't help himself. The man is such a shrouded mystery. Every time he gets one step closer he feels like they're taking 5 steps back. V is a man with many strong walls guarding his emotions, making sure no one besides his twin can get inside. It makes Jungkook wonder what exactly they've been through to get to that point.

As Jungkook finally leaves the room, he walks to the front of the shop to see a pale, black haired man behind the front desk on his phone. Even with the bored look on his face, Jungkook could tell he was very handsome.

"Can I help you?"

The pale man spoke without looking up from his phone. Jungkook realized he was just staring at this man and shook his head in response. "Sorry, I was just leaving. Can I pay here?"

"Yep. You were with V, right?"

Upon mentioning V's name, Jungkook rolled his eyes but nodded nonetheless. He thought the pale man wouldn't catch it since he hasn't looked up yet but...

"Trouble in paradise?" He asked with a hint of amusement.

Jungkook's eyes widened slightly, peering down at the man who is finally looking at him face-to-face. "Wait what?"

His face appeared disinterested, but the slight raise in his voice gave away to his amusement of the situation. "With V. Got trouble in paradise?"

"Definitely not a paradise, more like hellmouth." Jungkook looked at him with a raised eyebrow. "How'd you know?"

"Saw him storm out the back earlier. Don't think about it too much. It's $80 by the way."

Jungkook handed him his card, still focused on what the man said. "Why shouldn't I worry about it when it was my fault for pushing him?"

The pale man rung him up with the same bored look he's been sporting the whole conversation. "He'll get over it. Nice to meet you, Jungkook. I'm Yoongi."

Assuming the man got his name from his card, Jungkook gave him a nice smile. "Nice to meet you, Yoongi."

Yoongi was about to reply when the door opened to reveal a tall, sexy man with platinum blonde hair.

Damn, why is everybody around here so hot?

For the first time today, Jungkook saw an emotion besides boredom on Yoongi's face. With shock visible all on his face, Yoongi looked at the man in question. "Namjoon, what the fuck are you doing here?"

"We've got a problem." The man seemed like he was in a rush. Looking around quickly, his eyes fell on Jungkook. They momentarily widened before he gave the ravenette a small smile, quickly returning his eyes to Yoongi. "Now, Yoongi."

"How bad?" Yoongi asked alert but calmly, all surprise on his face now washed away.

"Fucking bad. Look we need to go before-"

"What the fuck is going on in here?" Jungkook's eyes widened seeing V, still upset, enter the room. They made eye contact and V's sharp eyes made Jungkook want to immediately look away.

"V, we have a problem that needs fixing right the hell now." The tatted man shifted his gaze to the alarmed tall man and nodded immediately, taking in his state. "I'll meet you outside."

After the three men quickly shared a look, Yoongi and "Namjoon" left the shop while V marched towards Jungkook who stood frozen by the front desk.

"Look sugar, the shop is closed now so I need you to go. I have some business to take care of." He spoke calmly, looking Jungkook directly in the eye.

With genuine concern and confusion, Jungkook looked at the tatted man in front of him. "V, this all seems really serious. Are you gonna be okay? Should I call Tae?"

At the mention of his brother, V's eyes narrowed. "Whatever you do, don't you dare involve my brother in my affairs. Just mind your damn business and everything will be fine."

That made Jungkook furrow his eyebrows in rising anger. "Don't fucking talk to me like that! I'm genuinely concerned for your wellbeing and you're being an asshole."

"I told you, I'm toxic. Now go about your day and leave me alone."

The ravenette shook his head in disbelief. "You're not toxic, V. But you acting like this is completely uncalled for. I'm not going to stoop to your level and be as disrespectful as you. Be safe, please."

With that, the ravenette was rushing out of the shop and quickly walking down the street to get away from whatever the hell that was. Who exactly was the silver haired male that ran in looking so nervous? And what type of trouble are they in? Even though V was being an absolute ass, Jungkook is still worried about him.

Please be safe, asshole, so I can keep calling you that to your face.

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Abandoned warehouse: Location N/A

12:00 am

The darkness is scary because of the fear of the unknown, but some creatures of the night thrive in it.  Lurking in the shadows, feeding on the fear of their innocent (or maybe not so innocent) victims.  On this starless, black night, three men find themselves on a mission within their control.

"Owl, what's your reading?"

"Five targets outside and six inside." The one named Owl was perched on the rooftop of a building, wearing heat vision goggles to detect the number of people in the abandoned building. "Rogue, take out the target to your left first.  They move in the same rotation so quickly move onto the next target."

"Since we're here, might as well have some fun, shall we boys?" Announcing this into his receiver, the one named Rogue immediately sprung into action.  He waited for the guard on his left to walk by and then quickly flung himself onto him.  He covered his mouth so he couldn't scream and watched as his dagger pierced deeply into the man's throat, watching the life leave his eyes. Without skipping a beat, he danced around the perimeter of the building; subjecting every guard to the same fate. 

"All targets down. Your turn, Shadow."

Within the abandoned building, the one named Shadow stood alone.  Protected by the darkness at every turn, he moved silently and purposefully. He resembled a feral feline in the jungle, stalking their prey silently. His senses were sharpened, in tune with the silence surrounding him. He could hear the sound of quiet footsteps approaching and grabbed his dagger, ready to end the life of the person who threatened his. The guard passed by, unaware that another was lying in wait, only to be grabbed tightly by the throat and pinned against the wall. A dagger now firmly pressed against his neck, touching his adam's apple.

"Tell me where he is or I will end you right now." The shadowy figure spoke lowly, his dark eyes being the only part of him visible.

The guard visibly started the shake, fear rising in his body. "Wh-who? What are you talking about, who the hell are you?"

"I won't ask again. Tell me where the captive is and I may spare your life."

Those brown, almost black piercing eyes scared the man more than anything he's ever encountered. "Fuck man, h-he's in the basement! I don't care about The Vipers anymore just let me go!"

"The act of no loyalty is punishable by death. Though it has nothing to do with me, I'll be your executioner since I feel generous today." And with that, his dagger sliced through the man's throat. His sharp eyes locked on the guard's, closely watching as all life is drained from them until the guard is nothing but a shell of what he used to be.

The sound of a body dropping next him made the man turn around alert, only to discover another dead body on the ground. He looked closely and saw the man's skull now had a bullet hole in it. He looked out the window and nodded his head, speaking quietly into his receiver. "Thanks Owl."

He continued on his way finding the entrance to the basement, killing all guards along the way. The basement was dark and dismal, grey wet bricks being its only decoration with a holding cell in the back. In that cell, he discovered the reason why they were here tonight.

A rat.

Already chained up and kneeling before him.

The man looked up, hearing the cell door open. Upon seeing those dark eyes appear, he felt relief. "Oh Shadow, you gotta get me out of here! They kidnapped me on the job earlier!"

But the dark man said nothing, steadily walking toward the man kneeling on the ground. An unsettling feeling was rising in the man's chest as he noticed how Shadow was acting. "What's going on dude, we gotta get outta here!"

"Oh, I'll be leaving. But you won't." The dark man spat, stooping in front of the chained man to look at his face. He hated fucking rats. "Thought you were so smart, didn't you? Could work with us, steal information and relay it back to The Vipers. How wrong you were."

Hearing this, the chained man's eyes widened almost comically. "What the hell are you talking about?! I never did that! I'm loyal to you!"

"And the lies keep coming." He harshly pulled the man's hair so his neck was bared to him. He turned his head to look behind his ear, taking note of a small bump behind it. "You had them install this computer chip behind your ear to capture everything we said and relay it to them. How stupid."

"Sh-Shadow I swear. I didn't mean anything by it!" His scared eyes fell on the pliers the man had pulled out from behind his back. "Wait! What is that!"

"Shut the fuck up. Now, first I'm going to rip off all your fingernails, then I'll chop all your fingers off one-by-one, and finally I'll feed them to you until you choke. After you choke to death, I'll throw your body in front of The Vipers' territory and write a message on your body. This is what happens to fucking rats."

The dark man moved to kneel in front of terrified man who was shaking to the core from the fear of knowing exactly what will become of him.

"See you in hell fucking rat scum."

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Jungkook lay in bed that night, tossing and turning in his sleep. He felt like something was wrong but he didn't know what.  He was still worried for V, that asshole. An asshole indeed for acting how he did but also for making Jungkook worry like this. He tried to keep his mind off of it but nothing was working, so he did the only thing he knew would help. Call Taehyung.

"Jungkook? It's so late, are you okay love?"

"Yeah I'm okay just... feeling kind of worried?"

"Why, what's wrong?"

"I don't actually know. Tae, could you sing for me, please?"

"Of course cutie, anything to make you feel better."

And that night, he drifted off to Taehyung's deep soulful voice slowly singing Get You by Daniel Caesar. Finally forgetting about V and letting all of his worries wash away.

Wow thank you all so much for 1k! I still can't believe you really like my shitty book lol. I started it because I realized there's little good TaekookV books and I thought I'd try to make my own.  I have so many more book ideas in my head that I'm itching to start because I see that you guys actually like my writing.  I honestly didn't expect many people to even be interested in it. Thanks everyone for taking a chance on my little ole book and staying with me through my inconsistency because of college. A bitch is graduated now!

This was also my first time writing action, so let me know if you liked it! Who do you think Owl, Rogue, and Shadow are?

Love you all! Peace out, beauties 💕

~ Emerald 💚