- Chapter 21 :

You were sure something was going to happen. There was an eerie feeling jammed inside of you, like something was about to jump out of the ground, or something would fall from the sky. You were half convinced you would die of paranoia before the mission even finished, while the other half of you was on full on alert mode. 

Your eyes darted all over the place, and you couldn't focus on one thing, the others making conversation around you. It was probably fatigue, but a part of you told you that they were making fun of you, and that they were just taunting you. 

Instantly, you felt a hand on your cheek and looked down in shock, only to see Magnolia, who was in your arms, touching your cheek; staring into your eyes. You matched the intensity of her stare and didn't say anything until she took her hand away. "Are you okay Mama?" She said as you looked to the ground. You didn't like her calling you that, but you didn't say anything about it. She was a small child. 

"No Lia, I'm tired." You said, sighing and hoisting Lia higher onto your hip. She wiggled more into you and encircled her arms around your neck, pulling you close. You weren't sure if she was being this affectionate to you for discovering her first, or being the only girl in the group. You looked back and saw Minrei, now awake and being piggy backed by Namjoon. She had waken up merely ten minutes ago, the whole group surrounding her even if they didn't even know her.

Jealousy had rose inside of you; Team Des was yours, not her's. Why did they care so much about her? You quickly dismissed your negativity on your fatigue and weakness of you and didn't think much of it. But now, everything anyone did was starting to get to you. And it was annoying you, making you more and more paranoid. 

"I wish I was older." Lia said as she put her face down. You looked down at her, confused and distracted for the moment y her childish antics. "And why is that?" You asked when she went silent, waiting for you to question her. "Because then I could carry you and comfort you." She said meekly as you didn't know what to say. "When I grow up," Lia looked up at you wit fiery brown eyes that resembled Yoongi's, "I'm going to comfort and protect you!" She said a little loudly, patting your back for impact.

You stared for a moment, and then, unknowingly to you a small smile spread to your face and you genuinely laughed, chuckling and then using your free hand to rub the little girl's hair. "Oh Lia, you're adorable. But fine, grow up quick and then stick to your word." You said as Lia also smiled, her baby teeth proudly protruding out. 

You turned back when someone else tapped your shoulder and saw Jimin, looking at you with a grin. A little less cheerful, you nodded at him as to ask what was up. Immediately, Jimin took Magnolia from your hands, giving her to Hoseok, who was ready to take her. You were in confusion as Jimin walked closer to you, put one arm under your legs and one on your back, and picked you up.

"AH!" You yelped in shock as you were lifted into the air, Jimin carrying you bridal style. "Jimin put me down!" You said in a high pitched voice as he leaned in closer to you, giggling, "Nope! You have to let us hold Lia too!" He chirped as you flushed, "Okay hold her, but put me down!" Hoseok peeked over, Lia on top of his shoulders as he spoke, "Jimin's just covering up the fact that he wants you to get some rest. So he thought he'd pick you up and you could sleep, which is why I'll be holding Lia!" He grinned as you gaped at them both.

Minrei was giggling as Namjoon smiled fondly at her, Taehyung trying to get a piggy back from Yoongi, who was running away from the octopus man. Tera simply wheeled on, looking straight and dead as usual. You sighed and looked into Jimin's blue eyes, his crooked tooth flashing. "Fine, but you have to wake me up when you feel tired." You said as he nodded yes.

You felt Jimin hold you closer as you nestled up to his chest, laying your face against his jacket and closing your eyes, a layer of fatigue shutting you down. A little sleep wouldn't hurt. Maybe when you woke up, you'd feel better and that feeling of something happening would finally disappear. 

"I want to die." Yoongi mumbled as Taehyung grinned, on his back. It took ten minutes, but finally Taehyung had grabbed him and forcefully gotten onto his back. Yoongi, who had strayed away from the group, went back to his group of morons to see you asleep in Jimin's arms. A wave of relief passed over him as he knew that you were finally getting rest. 

You were relatively the weakest of the group, and tired quickly, Yoongi used to think you were useless, but now, he knew you were worth a lot more than you seemed. "Yoonji, go faster!" Taehyung teased as Yoongi grumbled death threats, walking faster until he was next to Namjoon. 

He didn't say anything but listened, trying to catch Namjoon's thoughts. Minrei's were stupid, about how much she missed her base and Namjoon, but they were also how he wad able to find her in that maze. If he hadn't heard her nonsense thoughts, they could've still been somewhere in that abandoned building with that..walker. 

'We have to get back to the base, we have to get ready and find a cure. I can't let anymore people I love be taken.'

Yoongi didn't think much of these thoughts, it was normal for Namjoon to be having thoughts like that. A thought crossed Yoongi's mind and he smirked, looking to Namjoon. "Namjoon, you do plan on really coming with us after we get back to your base right?" Yoongi asked, waiting to hear Namjoon's response, both verbally and mentally.

"Yes of course."

'I don't think so...'

Yoongi didn't say anything as he took in the contradicting words. Namjoon said he was okay with coming, but his heart was still stuck on this planet as he obviously would have a harder time parting than the others. Yoongi, Taehyung and Hoseok didn't have any family to leave behind and were able to come easily. Jimin was just a responsible person who wanted to use his powers for better causes, and that he wanted to finally grow without Chaeyoung holding him back.

Namjoon was a different matter. He had the girl he wanted to spend his life with here, and Yoongi knew you wouldn't allow her to come with you all. Yoongi wasn't sure how Namjoon would react sinse he'd already lost Minrei once, and he was now in a tense place with you. Yoongi could already anticipate the argument that would go down as he sighed. 

"Is something the matter?" Yoongi looked up to see Minrei staring at him from Namjoon's back. Yoongi would admit, she was a beautiful lady, with a honey like voice and body. If you weren't in such a bad mood, Yoongi was planning on making fun of you. It wasn't like something was wrong with you of course, but you did have some fat on your body, and your looks weren't the best, although you were better than average. Yoongi didn't know if he actually found you attractive or not.

"No, I'm just planning on how to kill the moron on my back right now." Yoongi said as Minrei looked taken back, gaping and nodding as she leaned more onto Namjoon, smiling at him. Yoongi could only wonder what it felt like to be in love. 

Taehyung leaned down onto Yoongi, quite identically to Minrei on Namjoon and whispered into Yoongi's ears as a shiver passed down his spine, "Yoongi.." Yoongi looked back to Taehyung slowly to see Taehyung sweating and biting his lip. "What the fuck.." "I need to pee." Yoongi paused as Taehyung kept sweating. Taking his hands off, Taehyung yelped and fell butt first to the ground, as the group stopped walking. 

"What happened?" Hoseok exclaimed, stopping entertaining a giggling Lia to see what was going on. "Taehyung was being seductive, and then told me he needed to pee and I'm scared do something about it." Yoongi sighed, walking a few paces away from Taehyung, who was grabbing his pants frantically, doing the famous 'bathroom dance'. 

Tera wheeled Taehyung away, as Team Des stood awkwardly in the middle of no where. "He's such a damn child." Hoseok giggled. Yoongi frowned in distaste and sighed, the group halted again as they waited for the two to return. 

It wasn't long before Tera and Taehyung returned, Taehyung happily jumping onto Yoongi's back once more as the group began moving. "We're almost there, don't worry guys just a little but more." Namjoon said as Hoseok was starting to complain. Yoongi rolled his eyes before raising his hand, a purple aura raising Hoseok a little above the ground. 

The man's eyes grew larger as he smiled enthusiastically, "Thank you!" Yoongi merely nodded and looked to Jimin, ignoring Taehyung's dangling arms. You were fast asleep, holding JImin tightly as Jimin himself was staring down at your phase, smiling fondly. Yoongi tilted his head to the side and focused in on Jimin's thoughts, trying to see what was going on in his mind.

'She's so cute when she's asleep.'

Yoongi scrunched up his nose in disgust. Your mouth was wide open and Yoongi was sure you were drooling as well. Your hair was beginning to get messy and you looked, well, distressed. Definitely not cute.  

Yoongi was beginning to wonder if Jimin had feelings for you. 

"Do you want to switch?" Hoseok whispered to Jimin, pointing to the sleeping child on his shoulder, and to you. Jimin shook his head, "It's fine, we're almost there and I don't want to disturb their sleeps." He said as Yoongi scoffed, it was definitely a crush. 

"We're here guys." Namjoon smiled enthusiastically as Yoongi finally looked up from the drama behind him, about to say something. 

Except, he was met with Namjoon's distressed face. "What's wrong?" Yoongi yawned as Namjoon's face entered a stage of panic, "It seems like.."

"Something is wrong." You said, as you rubbed your eyes, feeling the tension in the air. You met Jimin's face as he looked panicked, looking down to you and smiling tensely. He let you to the floor as you stood yourself, fixing your hair into your head band and wiping your face to make sure the sleep was gone.

You looked at the hide out and frowned, it looked..weird. The front guards were gone and the doors were wide open, windows broken and items scattered. There were no sounds coming at all, and suddenly it clicked in your brain as you gasped and put your hand to your mouth.

"No way." Yoongi said, his eyes widening as he took a step back. Your eyes were equally as big as you gulped and looked around, feeling helpless once again. Not only was it destroyed, everything reduced to seemingly dust, but there was another humongous problem. 

Namjoon was on the ground, his mouth wide open as tears dotted his vision."No, this can't be.."

But it was.

Everyone was gone.

For moments, you all stood in shock as the only sound heard was the beeping of Tera's machinery. "They're gone. No one's left. Otherwise they would've came out." Minrei said, more to herself than to the group. You stood in shock feeling a tug at your pants and looking down to see a frightened Magnolia, looking around in discomfort.

You picked the small girl up, Hoseok holding Yoongi, who was dead concentrated, trying to hear the thoughts of the missing people most probably. He shook his head however, biting his lip in failure as Namjoon pounded his fist against the hard dirt floor, stray tears falling to the ground.

"Damnit!" He screamed as You covered Magnolia's ears, the child scared as she dug into you, hiding in your embrace. Minrei noticed as she placed a hand on Namjoon's shoulder, urging him to calm down. "Joon, we have to keep walking, please sweet. Maybe they all fled away, we can keep walking and find them." She said in a clam voice as Namjoon flew to her idea, getting up and wiping his eyes, nodding.

"Let's go." He said in a solemn voice, picking Minrei up again as you frowned, looking at the abandoned base one last time, and then trotting a few steps, something on your mind. What exactly made the whole team run from the base? What scared them so bad they didn't even try to put up a fight? After all, there was no blood, just broken damage...

"Namjoon, we should go back into the building and-" "Shush, don't you know how much this is hurting him! Give him some space!" Minrei interrupted you, glaring at you before turning to Namjoon, "Është në rregull dashuria, vazhdoni të ecni. Ne do të jemi mirë." You frowned as you held down the urge to slap her across her face.

Instead, you hesitated as you looked back at the building. You wanted to go back in and take all the weapons that were left since they'd help you not only here, but on the rest of your mission as well. "Mama, what's wrong?" Lia said as she held your face in her small hands. "I have an idea, but I don't think the others will listen to me." You said, fake pouted at the child who smiled, "I'm sure it's a great idea! I'll come with you." Lia said as she tilted her head, looking at the building.

"What's the matter Queen?" You looked down to see Tera beeping brightly, watching you carefully. You wondered when the robot had creeped up on you, but said nothing before biting the inside of your cheek, "I want to go in and get the remaining weapons, will you come with me? We'll make it quick." You whispered as you saw Team Des moving slower. Tera nodded at you and you quickly thought up what you were doing, knowing that Yoongi would hear it.

As you walked to the building, you heard Yoongi curse your name loudly and you grinned, knowing he knew what you three were up to. 

You cautiously entered the building, the lights still running, electricity pumping through the pumps. You try to remember which way Namjoon took you as you stay aware of all the broken glass and broken doors. You almost feel shivers run down your spine and feel insanely glad that Tera accompanied you. The robot was running scans as it followed you closely, acting like your body guard. 

"Take a right here, Queen. I took a layout of the premise before we left." Tera said monotonously as you were impressed, petting the robot's head. "What would I do without you Tera?" You asked, Lia smiling at the robot. "You would continue to run the tasks that humans need for survival. These include-" "Tera..it was a rhetorical question." You said a little awkwardly as Tera said nothing more after that.  

Tera came to a stop in front of a door that seemed to be in perfect condition. You frowned, why hadn't anyone ran down to get weapons? Either only Namjoon knew about this door, or..whatever it was that came for them was too fast for them to run and get weapons. You didn't think too much about the second option and put Magnolia on the floor as you typed in the code you'd seen Namjoon use, watching the door slide open. 

The lights were off on the inside of the room and you carefully walked in, gulping as you felt uneasy. Why would the lights be off? The electricity was working fine outside and the lights were supposed to be automatic here. "Tera." You whispered, waiting for the robot to offer a source of light. Tera hummed in response and soon after, and a beam of blue light streamed from its body. You smiled at the robot and turned around,

To be met with a dead body. 

You shrieked loudly and fell onto your butt, shaking as you crawled on your back to the door again. Magnolia was gone from near you and Tera was instantly by your side, using more power and the whole room light up with a dark blue tint. You covered your mouth as you saw three more bodies scattered on the floor, their limbs gouged out and laying on the floor, one right next to your foot. You screamed again, seeing the bloody hand so close to your leg and choked.

"Ciel!?" You heard foot steps and immediately Yoongi's arms were wrapped around your frame as you looked into his face with bewildered eyes and a trembling mouth. Yoongi looked at you with concern and then looked to the rest of the room, his own eyes widening. Jimin and Hoseok ran into the room, almost tripping over you and staring at the horror on the floor as blood seemed to be pooling near the bodies. 

"D-Don't l-let Namjoo-n in he-here." You stuttered as Hoseok slowly nodded, running back the way he came. "Shush, worry about yourself for once dumb shit." Yoongi said as he pet your head, Jimin resting a hand on your shoulder. You didn't know why you were so impacted, you'd seen enough death, even by your own hands. But something about the helpless expressions on the dead bodies hit home inside of you. 

"Why are you guys here?" You finally said after a moment as Yoongi released you from his embrace. "I heard your first scream, and then Lia came racing telling me that something had happened to you so.." Yoongi said, looking to Magnolia, who was hiding behind Jimin's legs, looking at you with worry and wide eyes. 

You nodded and got up, patting Yoongi's shoulder. You then evaded the bodies, not even daring to look at them and walking shakily to the weapon rack. Taking off the backpack you were holding, you packed the most useful looking weapons into the bag, next to your nunchucks and then turned to the others, nodding meekly. "Let's go." 

Tera turned the lights off as you watched the door slide closed, the dead bodies forever trapped in there, their horrific faces escaping into your mind forever. 

You along with Yoongi, Tera, and Jimin, who was now holding Magnolia, left the building for the last time, a silence between you all that seemed like it wouldn't be breaking soon. You reached the rest of the group, Minrei and Namjoon giving you weird looks. "What's the big deal? Why did Hoseok tackle me before?" He said as you looked to Hoseok, the male shrugging in response. 

Minrei gave you a look, "Why don't you answer him?" A knot broke in you as you looked her dead straight in the eye, "Why don't you shut up?" A silence followed and no one said anything except for you and Minrei glaring each other straight in the eyes. Namjoon shifted uncomfortably, and so did the others.

"Why don't we keep going." Jimin muttered as Namjoon nodded, taking Minrei by the hand and leading her away gently. The group began moving as Jimin continued holding Magnolia. "She's just scared and irritated about her home being taken away and her being kidnapped-" "Did I ask you to defend her?" You spat at Yoongi as he opened his mouth to say something, and then shut it. "You don't have to get so mad over this Ciel, calm down." He said as you frowned.

One of the things you hated most was being told your emotions were not justified. If you wanted to feel it, you'd feel it. Sending him a sharp glare, you went and walked in line with Jimin. "Thank you for carrying me earlier. You didn't have to do that." You said genuinely as he smiled knowingly at you, "It's fine. You needed the rest anyways. Do you mind holding Lia though, my arms are getting tired." You nodded instantly and took the child into your arms.

"You know you need to walk too kiddo." You joked as she frowned. "My legs were injured when you found me from being chased and now they're tired from running." She said as you instantly regretted it. "But, are you mad at Papa?" She asked as you looked at her, tilting your head. It took a moment to remember that she called Yoongi her father and then you chuckled, shaking your head. "Yoongi-" "Papa." You gave Lia a look and continued, "Papa, always finds a way to make me angry. Don't mind it." You finished.

Yoongi probably heard that since he stared at you without emotion, sighing. Taehyung walked next to Jimin and you, making small talk. You were about to respond when Tera halted, beeping louder than before. "About ten approaching." You all immediately understood it was about walkers as you took out your nunchucks, handing a gun to Namjoon and grudgingly giving one to Minrei.

You then looked around, but they were no where to be seen. Until your eyes landed on a lone fat tree in the distance. There were walkers huddled behind it, staring at your group as their disjointed forms drooled. You immediately stepped back, but frowned. There were only nine of them...where was the tenth?

"Alert!" Tera cried and almost instantly the ground under you moved and a gray hand grabbed your ankle. You screamed and instantly threw Magnolia to Taehyung, who caught her without hesitation, his face now in concentration as his bubbly side was gone, replaced with seriousness. 

The walkers from the tree began sprinting at you as you leaned down, grabbing the walker's slimy arms (trying not to scream again at the disgusting feeling) and pulled it up with all your strength. The trick worked and the walker came flinging out of the soil as you used it and threw it at one of the walkers running to you. 

Jimin jumped up using his air and levitated for a split second before stomping on one of the walkers, crouching to the ground in a predatory pose before leaping up again, using the walkers as stepping stools while actively taking them out. You smiled, he was getting better at controlling his powers.

However, the remaining six walkers had surrounded your group, Jimin back near Team Des. "There's something very familiar about these walkers." Minrei mumbled as Namjoon nodded, "And they seem much smarter, they had a battle tactic this time." Yoongi used his powers to create a purple ball, the walker close to him getting stuck in it as he exploded to bits and pieces. Its arm fell close to Namjoon as the male crouched down and inspected it, his eyes widening.

"These are my men!" You all paused when he exclaimed that, holding up a soggy bracelet. You gasped, it was the same bracelet his second in command was wearing in the building. You looked at the other walkers, taking in their clothing and accessories and relating them to different members of his team you'd seen. 

Which meant..the base was invaded and everyone other than the dead bodies in the weapons room..had become a walker.

Jimin held Namjoon back as you and Hoseok took out the rest, closing your ears to Namjoon's screaming. You knew you couldn't stop, these weren't the kind people you'd met before. They were out to kill you. With that, you killed the last walker, the sound of your nunchucks reverberating in the desolate area. 

Namjoon fell to his knees and looked you dead in the eye, "You killed my men." You said nothing. What could you say in this situation? The man was clearly grieving. Denying it would only make him hurt more.

So you took the blame.

"I'm sorry." You said in a small voice, looking to the ground in an attempt to escape his cruel glare. Namjoon got up and strode to you, using his arms and shaking your shoulders aggressively, "You killed me men." He repeated the same thing, over and over again, letting the words enter your body to exit his.

You kept apologizing to him, not knowing what else to say. Namjoon stopped. He walked back a few steps, "This is all your fault. You're useless." He said as your eyes widened. You wanted to say something, you should have said something. He had no right to say that, but you had no right to hurt him even more than he was already hurting. So you welcomed the cuts that he formed, letting the pain become part of you. 

But you kept quiet. You held your hand for Jimin to see it as he stepped forward to say something, stopping him. Yoongi was quietly watching you, eyes analyzing you as he said nothing. "Let's go." Namjoon said, walking forward as Minrei shot you a look, holding onto Namjoon's arm and walking next to him, whispering consoling things to him in Denebolian. You fell at the back of the group as you walked slowly, not looking up.

This time, even Magnolia didn't come to you. 

Team Des walked for ages, at least it felt like that to you. You didn't say anything, and in fact, no one in the group was talking at all. It seemed like no one wanted to break the silence that had already broken you. "Walkers." Even Tera sounded blander than usual, letting the group know what was coming. You finally looked up, nunchucks swinging a little as you spotted the walking dead a in the distance.

However, the minute the creatures saw your group, they ran in the other direction. Your eyebrow raised in confusion, what was happening? They were usually ever so eager to attack you, but now, they were running in fear from you all. The group didn't say anything since tension was high, until the same event began occurring multiple times. More walkers kept running from you all, not even glancing back. 

"This is weird." Taehyung said, oddly serious for once. Yoongi nodded, "If only I could read their minds, but the suckers are infected." He sighed as no one said anything else. "What's that building there?" Hoseok asked, as he pointed to a tall building in the distance, not bigger than Namjoon's old base, but big enough to fit many families. 

Namjoon squinted at it, tilting his head and consulting Minrei. "I think it's one of the old laboratories. I'm not sure since I used to live on another whole part of Denebola. This part of the planet is more desolate.." He said slowly, unsure of himself.  

Your group edged closer and closer to it as you felt a bad vibe, a sudden chill running down your spine. "Guys..I'm getting a bad vibe, maybe we shouldn't go in.." You said, stepping back a little. Namjoon looked at you, eyes cold. "You don't know anything. Stay out of this." He said as he instantly walked in the door, Minrei following him like a lost puppy. You reached out to stop him, but instantly took that hand back. 

"We'll be fine, stay out here..tell us if any walkers are coming." Hoseok messed your hair up and grinned before walking in. Before you realized it, only you and Magnolia were left outside. For some reason, you'd never felt this lonely before. 

"Are you sure we should have left her behind?" Taehyung was solemnly, looking down at his feet. He clearly remembered the face you wore, the hurt displayed on your features. You might try to be strong, but Taehyung believed that you lived with your heart on your sleeve. He didn't say anything to Namjoon back then, not wanting to make a scene.

However, now he knew that he had to defend you. 

It was an awkward silence as Namjoon kept moving, not even missing a beat. "She killed my men Taehyung, my men." Taehyung frowned upon that, seeing the others look away, the only one not paying attention being Tera as it scanned ahead.

"Do you not realize that she didn't know they were 'your' men? And for the count you injured them as well. We all did. You would've died if she didn't-" "How do you know that?" Namjoon stopped and turned around, anger dancing in his eyes. "How do you know I would have died? What if we could have found a way to help them?"

"Ugh god, now you're being unreasonable." Jimin scowled, siding with Taehyung as Minrei shot their both a glare. "What do you two know? Namjoon raised half those-" "From the start all you've done is be a bitch to Lu and if you don't want me to treat you the same way I suggest you shut up-" Namjoon flared at this, holding Minrei close to him, "Are you threatening my girl?" 

"Silence." Yoongi seethed, rubbing his forehead with one hand. Immediately everyone quieted down, staring at the tired man. "Namjoon, to be honest you're being a dick so stop it. Taehyung and Jimin, stop defending Ciel all the time and causing fights. Minrei, stop being a little damsel in distress and a total bitch and for the sake of god can we just carry on with the mission?" Yoongi sighed as Team Des awkwardly exchanged glances.

Hoseok stood near Tera, not wanting to engage in the fighting the rest of the group had openly engaged in. He nodded at Yoongi's public service announcement, looking at the others with fear as the tension only increased. 

Namjoon turned and kept walking once more, his fists clenched and his lips in a thin line. Minrei glared at the others before holding on to him and walking at his pace. The rest followed as Tera came to a stop, "There is sign of life coming from underneath us." It said mechanically as Namjoon frowned, looking for an exit to the basement. 

"It's here." Jimin said, opening the door as the hinge creaked loudly. The group cringed at that but nevertheless walked in, being cautious and everyone was one guard, weapons ready to be used. The long mossy steps let the a small room, in which chatter could be heard to a minimal level. 

They flooded the room, only to find two equally as shocked scientists...who happened to be from Namjoon's group. "Chief!" The men cried as Namjoon looked overjoyed, hugging the two men and partially lifting them both off of the ground. When he released them, he eagerly looked at them, "I..I don't understand. Why are you guys here?"

One of the men was about to answer when a sudden realization came to his face and he gripped onto Namjoon's arm, suddenly shaken. "You need to get out of here. Now!" He screamed as Namjoon stepped back in confusion. "But why?"

"It's a trap!"

"The ground."

"Damnit!" You turned to Magnolia with a frustrated expression. "How have you been able to guess everything I clue at?" You racked your head as the small girl raised an eyebrow. "You've said gray for the past four times, the only gray things here are the ground and trees." You huffed, "Fair enough."

The boredom had caused you to start playing 'I Spy' with the small child, the bleak landscape giving almost nothing to give clues about. "Okay then, how about you say something and I'll guess." You said with a mocking tone, ready to see how the child would avoid saying gray.

Magnolia nodded, looking around and setting her eyes on something. "I spy with my little eye...something red." You frowned. Weird. You looked back at the landscape and only saw gray, gray, and....gray. "Lia, there's not red anywhere." 

The next thing the girl said sent a shiver right down your spine.

"What do you mean? That man smiling over there is wearing red!" You slowly turn to where the girl is pointing at and focus your eyes on what she was looking at. Your heart stopped beating for a second as you notice an oddly tall man standing in the distance, a red coat on and a humongous smile. It was the same smile the creepy clown back on Orpheus wore, red blood dripping from the corner of his mouth. 

You instinctively picked up Magnolia and rushed into the building, looking back to see the man alarmingly close...closer than before. His smile was becoming larger and you held back a cry, rushing in. Magnolia simply looked over your shoulder, keeping watch on the man. If she was terrified, she didn't show it.

"Where could they be?" You cried, swinging your nunchucks randomly. You felt like you heard distant whispering and stopped. "It's coming from below us Mama." Magnolia said. You nodded, and not seeing any passage way downstairs, sighed. "Here goes nothing."

You closed your eyes and felt your power seep into your nunchucks, their golden outlining glowing magically in the dark hallway. You let out a cry as you smashed your weapon onto the floor you were standing on. Almost instantly, the ground below you fell and you felt yourself free falling. 

Until a pair of arms captured you.

You looked up to see Yoongi watching you curiously, his black eyes amused and his lips twitching up. "I heard your thoughts and thought it would be handy if I could catch you." You only nodded, looking to see Magnolia in Hoseok's arms. 

You looked around and noticed  two men from the camp before, staring at you in shock. You ignored Namjoona and got to the ground, "There was this mad creepy dude outside and I think he's coming here." You huffed as Namjoon looked at his men, eyes widening. 

Did you miss something?

"We have to get out of here." Jimin said, taking Lia and turning to leave,

Only to face the man from before.

His smile was wide and his razor sharp teeth were line with blood. He was bald, his face oddly pale and his red trench coat dripping..something told you it wasn't red by nature. His face was too creepy, his whole vibe was way too creepy for your liking.

But there was something about him, almost familiar. As if you'd seen him before. Like you knew him. 

"Chief it's too late. T-That man, Byin, killed the rest of our men, and he was using us bait to fetch your lot!" The second man spoke, cowering behind Namjoon. Byin, or so was his name, nodded at that, walking forward as Jimin stepped back. 

Byin almost sadistically moved his face to meet yours and his eyes gleamed in glee. "It has been far too long my dear, Luciel Lowen Brown." Your eyes widened, this man knew your middle name..how did he-

You screamed as an excruciating pain sprouted in your head and you collapsed to the cold tile floor, feeling Yoongi's arm around you, the others screaming something. You almost heard your father screaming something to you in your head, but you couldn't process anything. Your mind was on fire and you began to sweat as Byin chuckled, walking closer to you. 

Byin does a small motion, a motion that makes everything click in place. He uses his arm to draw an 'x' in the air. 

And that's when you realize,

This was the man your father was warning you about,

The man who had changed your life at such a young age,

This man was the man who had placed the curse on you.

As if sensing your thoughts, Byin smirks. 

NEXT ON CHAPTER 22: BLOOD TIES

"You placed this goddamn curse on me." You snarled as Byin only tilted his head to the side, clapping. "Correct!"

"When." You said in a deadly silent voice. The others didn't know what you were going on about, but thew knew better than to intrude on this conversation. 

"I think you know which day it was very well." You looked confused and Byin smirks, whispering the date to you.

Your body freezes and the puzzle pieces put themselves together. 

The next thing you know, your hair is ablaze and in the air as your eyes change color, Byin looking intrigued.

"You killed her."

do yall see me tryna torture yall? first i added in some jiciel and then i got yoongi back to his original job of being by her side

aLSO I KNOW THIS IS A LATE UPDATE BUT HIGH SCHOOL IS A LOT MORE BUSIER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE AHAHAH- *dies*

but here is the next chapter as promised. when my next break comes, ill make the comic strips and add them in so you might have to wait a while for that..i will try to update again but i have been soooooo busy im sorry ack! please do be patient!

i tried to make this chapter long in apology..?

also which name do u refer to luciel more often or which name seems to be her 'real' name to y'all...im asking bc even tho luciel is her birth name it seems like no one call her that and yall be complaining abt her many names (and we still got more coming (; )

also who do y'all ship luciel with? (;

and can any of y'all guess what's going on in the sneak peak for the next chapter???

see you in chapter 22 and love y'alllll <3

-lunar