Chapter 39: Cracked

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When Taehyung and Yoongi dock, they quickly leave the ship and head towards Jimin and the others. They have been nervously waiting for them because the last they saw was Taehyung falling from the sky.

"Tae!" Jin whisper shouts when he sees the group of three heading towards them.

"Hey!" Taehyung responds and runs over to the group.

"Are you ok?" Jimin asks and pulls Taehyung into a tight hug.

"I'm ok, but I think that I hurt Yoongi." Taehyung answers and points to Yoongi's burned hand.

"I'm ok. It's not your fault. I am the idiot for placing my hand in fire." Yoongi chuckles and shakes his head.

"Ok, so do you know what has been going on inside?" Taehyung asks as he peaks over the castle walls.

"They all seem to be panicking." Wooshik answers and peaks over as well.

"Shall we go in?" Taehyung asks as he continues to look around the castle grounds beneath them as they sit on the castle walls.

"I think now is a good time." Yeajin answers with a nod.

"Alvara, what do you think?" Jin asks her because she is the most experienced fighter out of all of them.

She quickly nods in response.

"Ok, let's go." Jisoo whispers and prepares to jump down.

"Stop, Tae are you ok?" Jin asks when he hears Taehyung grunt in pain.

"I'm ok. It's just that this place is filled with dark energy." Taehyung answers as sweat runs down his forehead.

"Summon your fiery sword. It seems to drain the dark energy at a good rate." Yoongi suggests and pats Taehyung's shoulder.

"Ok, good idea." Taehyung mutters and is suddenly holding his sword. "I'm good now. Let's go."

As the group jumps down from the castle walls into the garden, Wooshik keeps watch from above. Once the rest are on the ground, Wooshik crouches down to hide and shoot the castle guards from above.

"To the King." Yoongi grins and begins running towards the hidden castle entrance.

When they reach the hidden entrance, Taehyung's brutal death from the past flashes through his mind. He remembers being dragged out of this entrance as he bled out. He remembers the faces and voices of his tormentors. Those same men who tortured him to death at the age of 15 are the same men controlling this kingdom.

"Tae, are you ok?" Yeajin asks when Taehyung stops and stares at the entrance.

"Yeah, just some unpleasant memories resurfaced." Taehyung mutters then opens the door to the hidden entrance. I think that it is only appropriate that I walk through these doors to kill you just like you dragged me out of these doors to kill me.

"Let's put those memories to rest then." Jin smiles and leads the way.

As they walk through the tunnel, they can hear the commotion in the castle above them. Odine stays right by Taehyung's side with his sword drawn just like he promised Jungkook. When they near the end of the tunnel, Yoongi stops everyone and examines the energy above them. Since the general is not in the castle, the energy is rather weak.

"Let's go." Yoongi whispers and opens the door that leads right into the throne room.

The moment that the door opens, everyone in the room quickly turns to look at them with fear in their eyes.

"Hello, everyone." Taehyung grins and walks towards them. "Remember me?"

"A-Azar." Rayner stutters in fear and takes a step back.

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