Pirate King: An ATEEZ & ONEUS Novella

Epilogue

Captain Kanye West watches Jongho's expression as two of his pirate minions drag Wooyoung toward the barracks. Jongho struggles to maintain a dignified and calm look, but he breaks and spins to the wicked man.

"Where is he going?" Jongho asks, unable to hide his concern. "You just told me to tell him..."

Kanye West smirks. "If you do as told, perhaps nothing. For now, he's going to chillout with some of Hwanwoong's buddies."

Jongho stares at the man. "You told me to tell him about what was going on."

Kanye laughs and gestures for Jongho to follow him. "I know, that can wait. I first want to see if you are still worthy enough to me."

"Worthy?" Jongho questions.

"Of magic, the gift..." Kanye West says. "If you still possess it, then you are valuable to me and then I will award you the chance to tell your little friend, before I feed him to very hungry sharks."

"If I still possess the gift of magic, he won't be and I'll make you sorry!" Jongho retorts.

Kanye West snickers. "You think I'm foolish enough to allow you that chance? Of course not." He stops on top of a small barred window. "I made sure that you can't do a thing without my say-so."

Jongho watches as he bends over and lifts up a trap door.

"So, in you go," Kanye West says.

Jongho gasps as he is shoved toward the trapdoor and then roughly pushed in. He lands on a cold metal floor. He pushes himself over and looks up to see the villainous captain smirking at him.

"Get yourself free and survive the monster and I'll have my answer," Kanye West sneers, before letting the trap door fall back into place, closing Jongho in the iron box. "Knowing you, it won't take but eight minutes."

Jongho looks around him, seeing that he is trapped in an iron enclosure that looks big enough to house a month's worth of supplies in. At the far end, in darkness is a giant metal barred exit and in between the bars, a pair of glowing red eyes.

Jongho works the ropes on him, eyeing the eyes as an ominous sea monster growl slices through the air. Hurry! You've got to get free and survive! For Wooyoung and the others! What he wouldn't give to have Malteez at his side.

A giant tentacle whips through the air and slams on the ground with an echoing crack. But it's enough to startle Jongho and he snaps the ropes on his wrists. Like that, he snaps out of it and rips off the rope around his upper arms.

Then a massive blue-glowing octopus crawls out from where the barred exit had been and hovers before him. Another terrifying shriek from the sea monster echoes around the iron walls.

Jongho swallows his fear and faces it.

To Be Continued...