undercover | jungkook

facing the devil

Y/N's pov

I felt my face fall. Jungkook put his arms out infront of my body. But, he wasn't trying to protect me from Jack the Ripper. He was trying to protect me from reality — we're screwed.

"Well, what do we have here?," Jack the Ripper said with a smirk. I tucked the knife into my skirt. "Enlighten me, how did you two escape?"

We stayed silent. "That's a nasty wound you got there," He said, reaching his hand out and touching my arm. Jungkook grabbed his hand. "Don't touch her." He spat.

"First off, don't you dare touch me ever again. Why don't you two back away from the door?," Jack the Ripper said. "Let us have a lil chat."

Jungkook and I did as we were told and backed away to the other side of the room where broken pieces of wood covered the floor. Jack the Ripper paced back and forth, just like his daughter previously.

"Jihee just left a few moments ago, looking very.. distraught." Jack the Ripper began. "What did you say to her?" He looked at Jungkook, who remained quiet.  "I'm only going to repeat myself one more time – what did you say to her?"

"Only the truth." Jungkook answered.

Jack the Ripper laughed softly. He walked over to Jungkook slowly and stopped only when his face was milometers away.

"And what might that be?" He asked. I felt my body began to tense up, I swallowed hard.

"That she's insane." Jungkook said.

Jack the Ripper snatched Jungkook by the throat, both their faces turning into a bright shade of red. I saw a gun tucked into Jack's jeans.

"Please!," I shrieked. "Please stop!"

Jack looked at Jungkook for a moment but, didn't let go.

"Please, Jack-" I begged. "H-he can't breathe."

"Well, silly girl, that would be the whole point of holding him by his throat, would it not?" He said with a smile. I heard Jungkook struggling to breath.

"Listen," I said. "Just, please let him go. What do you want? It doesn't matter, whatever you want, we can fix this."

"Let him go, Jack." He mumbled to himself.
"No, he hurt Jihee." He continued.

who is he talking to?

"You don't know that. Listen to the girl, just let the boy go. No, Jack. Let him die. Who cares?"

he's talking to himself. he has two personalities!

"You need to stop this, Jack. Never. Just Let the boy go!" Jack removed his hand from Jungkook's throat hesitantly. Jungkook gasped for air.

"Let me tell you something," Jack began. "I am.. unpredictable, do not play with me. I don't care what you think of me as long as you obey. I acknowledge that I have odd methods, but they work."

"What are your.. methods.. trying to accomplish?" I asked.

"I want to see my daughter, Jihee, happy. That is all I ask for and if you both have to die then, so be it." Jack pullef the gun from his jeans and pointed it at Jungkook's head.

"Wait!," I screamed. "We are the same, don't you see? We both just want to be happy and for our loved ones to be happy too. I'm sure we can find a way for all of us to win, I'm sure-"

"You could look at squirrel and see something cute, but I see something I can kill. I don't want to shoot it though, I want to see how long it can last while I disembowel it nice and slow. I want to see the light go out in its rodent eye while I examine it's insides. Your lives mean nothing to me, nothing. I will enjoy killing you and Jihee will be delighted seeing you dead. Everyone I care about wins."

Jack placed the gun on Jungkook's head. "Bye bye." He said.

"No! No, no, no." I screamed, reaching for the knife.

Jack never pulled the trigger.

I heard a clashing against the floor. Jack had dropped the gun, he gasped. "Oh, god, what have I done? I am so sorry." He said.

Jack began to mumble again, to him self. To his other personality. "What are you doing, Jack? The right thing. Jihee needs to have another way to grieve, it's been ten years, I can't keep killing innocent people. After you kill them, you can stop. That is what you said when you killed Junghyun. You? We killed Junghyun. Now, we need to kill Jungkook." Jack slapped his head with both hands. "SHUT IT!" He screamed to himself, tears began to fill his eyes.

i know what to do. manipulate his other personality.

"Jack," Jungkook called out.

"It's okay," I finished. "You're okay. You are doing the right thing."

"Come on." Jack said, wiping his eyes.

Jack the Ripper's pov

Jack, dont do this. Don't let them go. Kill them, now.

no, i won't.

Jihee will never forgive you, do you understand me? never.

i can't keep killing people.

"Come on." I said. "You need to go, now, before Jihee comes back." I started walking towards the door. "Or.. my dark side."

"Thank you." I heard Jungkook manage to choke out.

remember when you killed his mom? remember her scream? you loved it.

"I DID NOT! YOU MADE ME" I screamed out loud by mistake.

you're a fool.

i am not.

"Jack, ignore him." Y/N said.

"You can hear him?," I asked her. "How? I'm so sorry."

"Yes, I can hear him." she replied. "Ignore him, you are doing the right thing. Let us go, please."

"Thank god, someone else can hear him. Thank god, thank god!" I said.

"Tell him." She said.

I looked at her confused.

"Tell him you won't let him control you anymore. Tell him you will do the right thing this time."

"Oh, no, I can't. He could get mad.. when he gets mad-"

"Tell him, so you can be free." Jungkook pitched in.

"I-i will not let you control me." I mumbled.

what? what did you say?

"Again." Jungkook said. "Louder, more confidently."

"YOU CAN NOT CONTROL ME!" I yelled. "I'M DONE. I'M DONE BEING YOUR PUPPET."

I felt a weight get lifted. Finally, silence.

"Come on," Jungkook said. "Can you let us go?"

"Please?" Y/N added.

"Oh, yes. O-of course, you helped me. I will help you, let's go." I said, leading them to the door.

I opened the door that would lead all of us out of the basement.

"DAD!" I heard. My heart fell.

"Fuck." Y/N cursed.

"DAD!," Jihee repeated. "I'm done, I changed my mind!"

"Oh, that's good right? That's good.. Jihee is going to let you go!" I cheered.

"Shhhh," Jungkook hushed.

why? Jihee is going to let them go.. so why are they scared?

"I don't want Jungkook to die, I want both of them to die and I want it now!"

shit.

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PART | TWENTY NINE