- Chapter 15 :

( a/n : ima just say rn that this aint gonna be a long chap, only like 5k words bc i dont want this book to have too less chapters smh )

Black.

All you saw was black. It was a sea of death almost, no other colors. It was dark and blind. You were blinded. You couldn't ever see yourself. 

Were you dead?

You tried to breathe but you choked by the darkness, your hands clawing at your throat and hitting your chest as you tried to breathe, tried to work. But nothing was happening. You felt yourself sink into the darkness, your golden gold hair loosing its glow. 

It faded to a white, the simple white that was changing you, becoming a haven from the vast sea of black.

You closed your eyes; this was a battle you couldn't win. As if to support your thoughts, memories appeared in the black sea. Yoongi being hurt, all your legends being defeated, Jimin being captured, Tera tortured, visions you didn't remember happening.

Were they happening now, or were they soon to happen?

And then you saw yourself. 

You were on a plain metal bed, tied down. However, you weren't moving. Your eyes were open in a way that only dead people could manage and your once golden hair was a dull gold, just like a regular Orphian. What's more, your eyes were blue, not void.

Were you not the guide anymore? Were you.  .  .dead?

Questions flooded into you, what was happening? 

As you sunk to the never ending bottom, a hand grabbed your own limp hand. You looked up to see a masked figure, light surrounding him. As if on cue, the dark around you became all light, the darkness losing against the blinding light.

You closed your eyes, pain swimming in your head from the sudden difference in light to dark.

You clenched your first and bit onto your lip, your stomach free falling as you sucked in another breath. Confused. Confusion. You were-

"You can open your eyes now." You slowly did so, hearing the honey like voice speak to you in such a gentle manner. When you finally were able to adjust your eyes to the blinding light, you saw a man smiling at you. He wore a mask, covering his face. You could make out his skin color, but the shadow of his mask covered his eyes. 

"W-Who are you?"  You asked, vision a little hazy. From what you've gathered so far, this was all a dream. You just weren't sure whether it was a good or bad one yet. 

The man smiled at you, adoration in his features as he walked to you, caressing the side of your face. Your skin tingled at the contact as you didn't shrug out of it. It made you feel at home, comfortable. You found yourself sinking into his touch as a small smile made it to your lips without you noticing.

"Sit down." He gestured to the ground as I nodded, sitting beside the man. He smiled through the mask before looking away, a distant expression on his face. "You've gotten the visions haven't you?" He asked as your eyes widened in curiosity. How did he know?

Nevertheless, you nodded, agreeing to his statement. The man sighed, nodding as he looked down at his hands. "I suppose it is my fault everything ended like this. You could've lived a better and more informed life if I wasn't so stupid." He said in a low tone as you tilted your head at him. Something about his voice made memories of your days in Orpheus stir in your head.

"Why do you seem so familiar to me?" You asked, confusion racking your head as the man looked genuinely surprised at you, chuckling. "All in due time young one. I still have a lot to tell you. We don't have that long before you have to go back." He said as you nodded, accepting the answer.

"The visions you've gotten, they are snip bits of the future and what it to come to you soon. You will not be able to avoid your destiny so there is no point in me telling you what is going to happen." The man said as first as you nodded, seeing nothing to argue about.

"However, about your.  .  .powers." He trailed off as you looked at your hair, the white color slowly snaking up in your hair. You didn't even properly notice it if you were being totally honest. "Luciel, when you activate your powers, you must stop relying on your anger. You will not be able to access your powers if you rely on such an aggressive emotion." He says in a matter-of-fact tone as you sigh.

"I-I don't think I even have powers. I can't access them, I'm just exerting energy through my nunchucks at this point." You say, looking downcast to the floor as you gulp your guilt down. "Then why do you think your hair glows so brightly and your eyes glow when you get mad? You nunchucks glow after you begin to glow Luciel. You have unlocked powers inside of you." The man says as you look up, trying to find the lie.

"Then why can't I unlock them?" You ask with a frustrated screech. Seeing everyone around you hold such an important part in the team was getting on your nerves. The man seemed to think about it for a moment before his eyes widened. "A spell must have been placed on you since your childhood." He said as you paused, thinking back.

"Life back then was tough, it's possible." He said as you paused, staring at him. "How do you know about my childhood?" The man ignored this, still deep in thought. "Luciel, have you been seeing anything wrong with your health perhaps?" He asked as your eyes lit up. "Y-Yes, I've been coughing a lot and feeling sick." You reasoned as he became quiet, looking at his hand.

"Just as I thought. When you use your anger, you are creating more negative energy in your body. Due to that, more toxins are being created and as a reaction, your hair is turning white. Something is also probably happening to you on the inside as well, otherwise you wouldn't randomly start coughing.  .  ." The man was talking more to himself at this point as you said nothing, listening intently to him.

"You have to release the curse, otherwise the sickness will spread. If your hair becomes totally white, them you're a goner child." He said as your eyes popped out. Almost half your hair was already white. That didn't give you such a great chance at all. Plus, why did someone even place a curse on you?

"Can you tell me about this curse? Who placed it on me and why!" You exclaimed, leaning forward as the man seemed to be in his own world, eyes clouded with pain and his hands in fists on his lap. "Mogaria is my main guess. They probably placed it on you when they figured out that you were the guide." Your eyes popped out in worry.

"I-I can't go to Mogaria now and somehow get rid of the curse! I need my powers to find the others!" You said as the man shook his head, chuckling. "Patience child. I never said that you had to go to Mogaria to unlock it. To get rid of the curse, you have to get rid of the person who placed it on you." He said as you fell back into your seat.

"I have to k-kill him?" Memories of your killings on Atlair stroke you as you sighed, releasing a shaky breath. You felt a warm hand on your hand as you looked up to see the man watching you carefully. "Calm down kiddo. Yes you'll have to kill him but in the future you'll have to kill many more for the sake of the galaxy. Killing for sport is bad, killing for a purpose can be overlooked." You intently listened to the man as he kept talking.

"The men you killed on Atlair, they weren't good people. They didn't deserve to live. If you didn't kill them, they would've killed other people, innocent people. You did the world a favor by giving them quick deaths." You felt yourself calm down and nod slowly. 

You thought back to the man who cursed you. If this so called curse was still impacting you, that meant that he was still alive somewhere. "How do I find the man who cursed me?" You asked hopefully, wondering if this man who seemed to know everything, also knew the identity of the man who cursed you.

However, the elderly man just sighed, raking his hair with a small smile. There was still the questions you held about the visions, would they really take place? "Luciel, there are things that I cannot tell you." You looked up at the sudden change of tone. "The world isn't a fair place. It isn't for you and neither was it for me. The man who cursed you, will find you before you move to Mogaria." 

"How do you know?" You questioned, not believing his answer. There was no response for some time and you looked up, curious. You didn't expect to see the man's tears, streaming down from behind the mask and trickling onto the floor. The man sniffed, looking at you before taking your hand, bringing you close and hugging you to his chest.

"Ci, I'm so sorry." He said as suddenly you stopped, your heat freezing as your blood ran cold. There was only one person apart from your mother who called you Ci, that person being your father. With a grunt, you pulled of his mask, clamping your hands to your mouth when the aged face of your father came into view. His once void eyes were now a blank gray, once glowing as you remembered.

"F-Father?" You asked silently. How was this possible? How was the man that left you and your mother when you were hardly three now embracing you ever so tightly. "I'm sorry Ci, my dear daughter. We don't have much time left. You have to wake up and face reality." Upon hearing that, you began to panic shaking your head and clawing his arm.

You had just found your father, you weren't ready to let go of him all over again. "No, you can't go now. I-I have so much to ask and catch up!" You cried as your father cupped your face. "Silly child, I've been watching from here since you were a child. I'll always be with you kiddo. Listen carefully, all those visions were real. I trust that you'll be able to face them. As for the man who cursed you; he cursed you to stop you, now seeing that you're finding the legends, Mogaria will send him for you to stop you again. You must stop him."

"Father don-don't go!" You cried as tears threatened to leave your eyes as well. Your father smiled down on you, wiping your tears with his thumb. "Luciel, I will always be here." He pressed a finger onto your heart before ruffling your hair. "I will meet you again. This won't be the last time I talk to you my dear daughter."

You noticed the surrounding of light around you fade as your father brought you closer, hugging you. You surrendered into his warmth with a sob as he hugged you gently. 

"Be careful Luciel, not everyone can be trusted."

"She's regaining conscious."  

You felt yourself move as your eyes opened slowly, the light that was shining on you also blinding you. With sore limbs, you managed to look to see yourself strapped in a chair, your arms and legs chained from moving anywhere. 

"Why hello!" You looked up to see another man, Mogarian by the looks. He was wearing a lab coat, a small injection in his hand as he stared at you menacingly, smiling. You gulped but didn't talk, keeping your mouth shut as you faced the odd looking man. "I guess you don't want to speak to me. Now I'm sad!" He giggled as you wondered if all the Mogarians were nut cracks. 

"I'm Demen! I'm so excited to finally meet the great guide that Mogaria has been waiting to kill!"  You glared at the man as he jumped in place, taking a different injection out and skimming over your body with a predatory glance. "Let's see, where would it hurt more if I stabbed you with this?" He seemed to hum to himself as you locked your eyes on the liquid.

"What is that?" You whispered as the men flickered his gaze to you, then to the black liquid. He grinned and brought it to your face, dangling it right in front of your eyes. "This liquid here is custom made for you! It'll freeze your powers so that you'll never be able to unlock them! Even with that unexplained temper of yours!" Your heart froze.

If this man was able to puncture your skin with the fine needle, even your father's hints wouldn't help you. It would be over for you and Team Des. "Stop." You warned as he giggled, taking the syringe and coming close to your arms, pressing his long nail against your nail. Your body shook as you tried to resist and get out, screaming threats and curses at the man who's eyes became more crazy and deranged by the second.

"Hold still!" He commented as he held your slender arm in his tight grasp, looking down at you with a twitching eyes. You watched in horror as the needle came near to your skin, the needle poking at you as a little of the black liquid leaked and stung you.

In a rush you could see the other's disappointment and your father, seemingly the previous guide as he shook his head at you. In the end you were an utter failure. You couldn't do anything.

"NO!" You screeched in a high pitch, your eyes shut closed. You waited for the needle, but felt nothing as you opened your eyes, shaking when you looked down to see what had happened. The man who was just about to seemingly end your life was still smiling at you, eyes twitching as his hand rested right above the needle. 

However, the needle was in the same place as it was before. And so was Demen. The man was frozen in still air, everything about him lively, yet so dead. You paused and gulped, the air thick and heavy. Did you just freeze the man? You slowly looked down to his pocket, that was touching your hand.

A pair of keys hung lowly as you grasped them, grunting as you struggled to unlock yourself from the metal clamps, sighing in joy when you finished freeing yourself. You got up, tapping Demen's cheeks. Cold as ice. The man was totally frozen. Without a word, you raced to the table on the other side of the room. 

Your hands clamped around your nunchucks as you glanced one last time at Demen. The man was so still you were scared. Was he going to stay like that forever? Then, with one last sigh, you pushed the door open and checked both ways. When you saw no one lurking in the dark halls, you raced out, ready to find your team.

"Jimin fucking move you punk, you weigh like ten tons." Yoongi hissed as Jimin snored in his sleep, cuddling more onto Yoongi. Yoongi cursed the men for throwing all of the boys onto each other, wondering where Tera was being kept. 

"Yoongi, do you think Luce is okay?" Taehyung whispered, tears forming in his eyes. Yoongi wasn't sure if the tears were from Hoseok's weight or from sincere worry. Yoongi himself was concerned on the location of the guide. After all, you weren't that bright and without your true powers or nunchucks, it would be harder on you. 

Another worry was how they were going to get out of the no magic cages. Yoongi sighed and stared straight at Taehyung, thinking about how weak they were as a team. They needed so much more practice. Even though Yoongi had his powers for more than two years, he never used them or paid attention to them until you came into his life.

"I'm sure she's okay. For now we have to focus on getting out of here. Wake up Hoseok and I'll wake up this punk." Yoongi said in a low voice, not wanting to attract the attention of the men outside. Taehyung nodded as he began nudging Hoseok, whispering into his ears. Yoongi himself grunted and pushed Jimin off him, the male falling with a grunt as his eyes sleepily opened up, his lips in a full pout as he sleepily yawned.

"Huh, what happened?" Jimin cawed as he tried to get up, meeting shackles instead. Yoongi presumed he remembered nothing after being hypnotized by the Mogarian man. Yoongi looked to see Hoseok waking up, talking in low voices to Taehyung as Yoongi looked back to Jimin. "You were hypnotized by the Mogarian and fought Ciel. She knocked you out and fainted herself so they took her and threw us in these no magic cages."

Jimin's eyes widened as he bit his lip, looking down. "It's my fault.  .  ." He cried as Yoongi's eyes softened. He hated it when people blamed themselves for something that wasn't even their fault. "No Jimin it's not your fault. Calm down. We have to focus on getting out and saving Ciel and Tera, not crying and sobbing." Yoongi said in a low voice as Jimin nodded, sniffing.

"Taehyung, these are no magic zones, so try to get your hand out of the cage." Yoongi whispered as he couldn't use telepathy currently. Taehyung nodded and grunted as he sent both his shackled hands through the bars of the cage, sweating from the concentration and struggle. Hoseok pushed him from behind as they both looked up for further instructions. 

"Since your hands are out, you can probably use your hands to cast some lightning. Aim at your lock to break it." Yoongi said as Taehyung nodded, closing his eyes as a lightning bolt stroke his lock, making a small sounds before the lock fell to the ground, his shackles falling with them. Taehyung grinned as so did Hoseok, Jimin releasing a breath.

Taehyung took his hands back in, pushing Hoseok's hands out and repeating the same process. Once the two were free, the ran to the door, unlocking it and then to Jimin and Yoongi. Yoongi released a relieved sigh when the shackles that were previously clamped around his wrists vanished, leaving him free and feeling better already. Once the door was unlocked, the two got out as now the legends were together once more.

"I swear to god Hoseok if you don't awaken your powers anytime soon I'm going to-" "Okay okay I'll try!" Yoongi glared at the sunshine man as he pouted dramatically, hiding behind Taehyung. There was a ripping sound and Hoseok shrieked and pounced onto Jimin as the man  was sweating again, veins popping from his forehead. 

"It's too hot!" "No god damnit the shirt has to stay on you pabo!" Hoseok cried as Yoongi deadpanned, using his powers to make the two float in the air. He placed Jimin and Hoseok onto the floor before wiping the thin layer of accumulating sweat of his own skin, glaring at them. "Can we try and act like a team? For Ciel's sake?" This seemed to silence the group as they all shared looks with each other, nodding. 

"Good. Let's go." Taehyung said as Yoongi raised an eyebrow. "We should find Tera first." Jimin suggested as Yoongi smirked, it took some scolding, but they were going to be alright. For now only of course. The group set out to the door just as it opened, a few LIVED members jumping them. 

Yoongi knew that they couldn't make any noise, or they might signal the other guards and higher ups. He immediately looked to the right and forced a vase to slam into the man in front as he rolled his eyes back, fainting on spot. Yoongi then forced the vase to sit peacefully on the ground, creating no noise. The rest of the group seemed to get the memo as they did the same.

Taehyung casually jumped into the air, strangling a man with his legs before twisting his neck and electrocuting him with his hands, clamping his mouth close. The man fell to the ground, face burnt as Jimin ran past them, using his hands to boost two men high into the air. With his own boost of air, Jimin kicked them both mid air, smirking as they let out small yelps, that too being silenced by the air that circled them, creating a small tornado like object.

Yoongi held his thumbs out to their deeds as two men were left, Hoseok taking care of them. Since he didn't have powers, he relied on his martial arts, knocking them out by their pressure points and gently placing them onto the floor himself. Yoongi hissed at this, Hoseok was far too nice for his own good. "Let's move." Yoongi then said as they all nodded at each other, running out and taking their leisure time taking the guards down.

Taehyung held one of the men in a choke hold, trying to look intimidating. "Where is Tera?" He asked as the man struggled to breathe, looking confused. Taehyung gasped before trying again. "Where are they keeping the robot?" The man seemed to understand this as he held up his finger, pointing to a long hallway that stretched in front of them.

Taehyung nodded before swiftly ending the man's life, frowning at the site but sighing as he kept going on. The four stopped by a door, peeking in to see if they were given correct information. Jimin peeked in to see Tera sitting in the middle of four metal posts, some kinds of waves sending themselves to it. Tera wasn't working under these waves.

More men surrounded their robotic friend as Hoseok studied the men. As the second in command, he knew all the men and how they fought. This came to his advantage in a situation like this. "Okay, the Jimin, take the men in that corner, Yoongi and Taehyung take the other two corners. I'll get Tera sinse I know the passwords to the computers. We made the network." Hoseok said as they all nodded at each other, memorizing the instructions. 

"Remember, no sound." Yoongi reminded as they nodded, running back into action. Hoseok pounced on a man, taking him out before attacking the computer, quickly typing in numbers and words as the sound of typing floated throughout the room in a fast pace. 

"Hoseok hurry up man!" Jimin said in a strained voice. Hoseok didn't dare look back as he heard little noise from the struggle. With a grunt, Hoseok pulled a lever down, deactivating the magnetic waves that were being sent to Tera. Immediately, Tera powered up, turning to them with red lights before it recognized the men, the lights fading to a dull blue.

"Thank you all from rescuing me. Where is the queen?" Tera asked in a hushed voice. Hoseok made a confused face as Yoongi tsked, looking out the door for men, stepping on one of the many men that littered the floor. "She's been captured but we don't know where she is. You have to help us get to her." Yoongi whispered as Tera nodded, wheeling out and performing another check in the palace.

"I think I know where she is. She's moving at a fast pace so I'm not sure. Follow me." Tera demanded as they all did as was said, silently following with they weapons that were being held in this very room. Taehyung grinned to himself as he wrapped his hand around his staff. Having the metal weapon back in his grip was oddly comforting.

"There is a figure heading towards us at rapid speeds." Tera said as they all got ready to fight, creating their distinct fighting poses. Yoongi turned back and paused when he saw Hoseok making an odd grasshopper pose, Taehyung and Jimin stacked on top of his back with their own poses. "Guys I don't think that's going to help-"

"Fight!" Tera exclaimed as Yoongi huffed, turning around and sweeping the person up into the air as his eyes turned a glowing purple. He heard a feminine yelp and paused when he felt like he recognized the voice. He stared up only to find you in the air, eyes wide as you sported your nunchucks.

"Luce!" "Elly!" "Lu!" You flinched when all three boys yelped your nickname. You were about to smile back when you paused, questioning their positions on each other and the way they were standing. You were dropped to the floor by Yoongi as Tera wheeled to you, healing the little bruises you had. "Good to see you again my Queen." You smiled a little at this, nodding to the corridor. 

"Come on, we still have a long way to go guys." They all nodded simultaneously as you smiled at them, feeling a random surge of affection. You frowned, you were becoming way too soft for the pack of idiots you were stuck with. 

With another final nod, you all began running, not minding the sounds you were emitting. You were all a group now, Team Des and everyone should know that. "We have to find the higher ups. Taking them out will help the people get out of the hypnosis I believe." Hoseok said in a tight voice as you nodded, turning sharply into a dark hallway.

Just beyond the hallway, a ray of light was being emitted, blinding you. You came to a stop, holding your hand out to stop the others as well. "The minute we pass into the light, we'll be entering a battle zone. Are you all ready to work as a team?" You turned back, your side profile being lit by the light as you smile at them.

Hoseok punched both his knuckles together as he smirked, walking forward right next to you. As the others signaled themselves being ready to fight, you smiled and walked on, letting the darkness of the hallways leave you as you entered the light.

Once your eyes adjusted to the settings you frowned a little finding the whole LIVED soldiers lined up with armor and weapons, crouched as they were ready to fight. Your eyes traveled up to the balcony where a row of men sat, royal clothing and drinks as they smirked. Your eyes were set on the man in the middle, the Mogarian.

As you stared and ended up glaring at him, the man simply elegantly placed down his drink, crossed his legs and with a final movement, smirked right at you.

"Welcome back, Luciel."

new chapterrrrrrrrr ! sorry for the wait, i was on vacation lmao. sO I WATCHED THE JINTRO AND IM NOW DEAD TF?????? altho im still salty ma boi kook didn't get a whole album for euphoria i'll excuse jinhit- i MEAN BIGHIT bc i love them.

so bc im indian i watched this hindi movie called secret superstar and i want y'all to watch it lmao, it has subtitles so chill. it's on netflix but if u dont have an acc like me, go to this site called einthusan and watch it, no joke its such a good movie i cried lmao.

so i saw the darkest minds in theaters and the ads were coming aND A BTS AD CAME ON SO I SAW BTS ON A HUGE MOVIE SCREEN AND I WAS SO HAPPY-

@MysticMochi did make me some fanart so as promised here it is:

cAN WE TALK ABOUT HOW CUTE THIS IS UWU IM DYING LMAO and as you can see she clearly ships yoonciel-

sorry for the short chap its only 5k words hjhjhjh but hope you all enjoy ! love y'all and see you in chapter 16 ! get ready for another battle between Team Des and LIVED forces uwu

-lunar