V FOR VAMPIRE // jenlisa

Chapter 24 [Finale]

RS.

I place my hand at the small of Jennie's back as she boards my Jeep. She stumbles a little but I catch her weight, pushing her up to the seat of the vehicle. She doesn't say thank you, and I don't mind. She has been quiet since her encounter with Lisa. She had woken up from her unconscious state sobbing, screaming and it had taken me and Jisoo a long time to calm her down and even get her to trust us. It's only expected, I figure. I dwell on the guilt that she probably shouldn't trust us given what we're subjecting her to devoid of her will.

"Rosé?" Jisoo calls from the driver's seat as I nod my head in response, flinging myself onto the Jeep.

We need to take Jennie away from here, as per plan. We had convinced Jennie on the notion that Lisa is probably going to terrorise Delmonde along with the Blacks now and that it was dangerous for Jennie to be here. We were taking her to Relth, her foster parents' hometown.

I sigh quietly, my hand going to trace my cheek that still hurts from Lisa's blow. My eyes burn a little as I think about how that will probably be the only trace of her existence tomorrow when she's gone. And that will fade too in some time, I think solemnly, my eyes falling on Jennie's unmoving figure from the back.

I lock eyes with Jisoo on the Jeep's mirror, before she looks ahead. I ponder upon what it must be like for her. Cheating her own deaths, helping others cheat theirs, and ironically pushing some of the others to their own. Behind her jolly persona, I see grief. Grief for strangers, a grief built upon no basis. It's miserable, I conclude, angry at yet another disturbing predicament I've come across in life. It just never stops, does it?

"You knew." Jennie's hoarse voice reverberates through the silence and I shiver. That's the first time she's spoken since gaining consciousness.

"Yes." Jisoo replies weakly, her eyes staying trained on the road. Her fingers tap on the steering wheel messily.

"Why wouldn't you tell me?" Jennie asks as I hear Jisoo gulp. She doesn't answer.
"Jisoo, why didn't you tell me?"

"Arguably the best choice." Jisoo says as I pick up on the implication. We'd debated on this, and this was what we'd decided on.

"Best choice? Letting me fall for a predator who was trying to kill me all this time?" Jennie's words are forceful now.

"Arguably." Jisoo stresses as I hear Jennie hiss quietly.

"Tell me there wasn't at least one possibility where I die."

"There was." Jisoo says in a clipped tone. Jisoo won't ever lie. That I know.

"Then why wouldn't you tell me?!" Jennie roars and I wince. It's so out-of-character to see Jennie like this. My heart sinks in guilt and sadness for her.

"Would you believe me? You were ready to die for her a few days ago. You said you'd loved her since you were thirteen." Bad move, I think, confused at why Jisoo is bringing this up now. I narrow my eyes at the mirror as Jisoo's calm eyes meet mine.

"I was and-" Jennie stops. There's silence for a good ten seconds. "It doesn't make sense." I glare at Jisoo in the mirror but her eyes are still as calm as ever. "Why wouldn't you let her die?" Jennie asks confusedly, mirroring my own confusion at how Jisoo's tearing the narrative apart.

"Who am I to decide?" Jisoo asks. God, this is getting all riddled up at this point.

"What?" Jennie's face twists in confusion.

"Who am I to decide anyone's, let alone Lisa's death? I can only see. Even my vision is limited. It all depends on your actions." Jisoo says as I try to hide my frustration. This conversation is making no sense.

"What are you saying?" Jennie asks confusedly, her jaw clenched.

"What I am saying is however you choose to perceive it." Jisoo says as I clench my jaw.

"This is going nowhere, Jisoo." I bite out as she shakes her head and her shoulders lift up to a shrug.

"Let's focus on where we're going, then, Rosé. We want to protect Jennie." Jisoo says weirdly as I furrow my eyebrows.

"Protect." I hear Jennie murmur from in front of me and look at her. I see her grip the edge of her seat tightly. "Rosé, where's Lisa?" I'm stunned at the question being directed at me.

"She's- I-" Fuck, my lie-telling abilities cannot mess with this. "She jumped off your window and I haven't seen her since." I say the truth. Jennie looks back at me with puffy overly concerned eyes before they snap to Jisoo. Is she-

"Where's Lisa, Jisoo? Tell me the truth." She asks desperately.

-figuring it out?

I look with widened eyes at Jisoo, begging her to come up with something diplomatic. She's already ruined this enough but I can have her deal with my anger after this mess has been sorted.

"The woods." Jisoo says honestly as I close my eyes to calm myself down.

"Take me there." Jennie says without any weight to her words as I do a double-take.

"But Jennie she bit you-" I try.

"I can't stop trusting her. None of what her or you guys said makes sense to me. I'm a fool either way. Take me to her."

I sputter, not knowing what to say. Jisoo doesn't make a move either, her face set straight as if the worst-case scenario isn't playing out in front of her eyes.

"Jisoo, turn the car. Take me to Lisa." Jennie commands as I feel myself jerk to the side at how abruptly Jisoo makes a turn.

"What are you doing?!" I ask in distress as Jisoo doesn't reply.

"You're all up to something. Rosé, you too?" Jennie asks me with a hint of betrayal and exasperation in her voice as I sigh heavily. "How can Lisa have died in your vision in the woods for me and then have done this?!" She directs the question at Jisoo and I hear the girl gulp again. "She pushed me out of the way when Namjoon threw a dagger her way! What? Why...?" Jennie runs her fingers harshly through her hair.

I don't say anything. Nothing I say will do any good, anyway. We've reached the woods and as Jennie bolts towards the mass of trees ahead, I look at Jisoo and glare daggers her way, ones that if materialised, would dust her in an instant.

"I am sorry, Roseanne." Jisoo says heavily and I'm taken aback by her using my birth name given to me by my pack, her tone serious. "It's just how it's supposed to happen. Trust me or not." She says before leaving me behind, bolting just as fast as Jennie into the woods.

I follow behind, having to fasten my pace after them. I spot Namjoon first, his arm set hard against something- Lisa. I gasp quietly, observing how he has the girl pressed hardly against a tall tree, his hand creeping up into his coat pocket. I try to bolt, try to at least delay the action as he pulls out a golden dagger but all I can do is dart my eyes around. My feet are heavy on the ground and my limbs get stuck in the air. As I eye my surroundings, everyone else is in the same state, standing like mannequins as the scene unfolds. I try to spot Jisoo and Jennie and out of the corner of my eye. They're frozen too, only thing moving being Jennie's tears streaming down her cheeks. My heart thumps wildly against my chest, the only movement my body makes. I'm not blinking, or even breathing.

Why is nobody saving her?! Why can't I move?!

I want to scream but I can't make a sound. The only sound there is is a dull patter as Namjoon savagely stabs Lisa in the chest, the girl not making a single sound, just opening her mouth.

Then, the woods are echoing with Namjoon's dark cackles as Lisa's figure falls to the ground in the form of light dust.

The End (?)

a/n: Eek, that was hard to write but killed some time which I like.

Damn, it's the end to this book. Bruh, I don't know how I wrote this much. I genuinely do not know, but I'm so fucking glad I wrote and published it. I hope you guys enjoyed reading it and thank you for doing so.

Signing off this book,

Lie.