The Day I Die - A Kpop Zombie Survival Story || KSJ

10. It's a Small Seoul After All

POV: Jin-BTS

Time: 5:15

"I won't miss this time. I promise"

He shoots me.

I cry out in pain as the bullet goes straight through my body. I collapse onto the ground, and I see the thugs running away and the zombies running at us. Yeji crawls over to me, still exhausted, and applies pressure to stop the bleeding. She curses as she realises the bullet stuck in the floor; there's an exit wound too.

"Seokjin, look at me. You're going to be fine... just fine... Just don't close your eyes..." Yeji says, tears welling up as she cries from both the exhaustion and the sight she sees.

"I'm... trying... Yeji... Tell *cough* the... members that... that... I love... them... for me... okay...?" I pant, knowing that there's a slim chance for our survival.

The zombies are only tens of meters away. Against what Yeji wants, I close my eyes and let nature take its' course.

"Seokjin! Wake up! Wake up!"

Her shouts get quieter and more distant. I know I'm drifting off into death, every string which is binding me to life starts to rip, one by one. It's not long until there's only one left.

Death pulls me in.

The last line will not break.

It's a line between my friendships, whether that be the members or the people that I just met in the past two days.

It refuses to let me go. Instead, it reels me in, bringing me closer and closer to life, not death.

It brings me so close that I regain my senses again.

I'm alive.

I wake up. I'm lying down in the back of a big moving van. I hear sobbing and voices in the compartment.

"He tried to save us... I feel so bad..."

"Shhh... It's ok... He'll be fine... I hope so..."

"Dubu, how is Mina doing?"

"You know, Jihyo, you can just ask her yourself... She's been awake for like 5 minutes."

"Jihyo, what happened to your ankle?"

I cough. Then I feel a huge pain in the right side of my torso. I let out a hiss of pain.

"But why- Seokjin? Are you awake?" Hyunjin asks.

I feel someone rush over to me, helping me sit up.

"Thanks." I say, looking at the person. It's Yeji.

"Oh... Yeji I-"

"ARE YOU ALRIGHT? ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE OK? WE THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD!" Yeji screams, bringing me into a bear hug, being careful to avoid my injury.

"Oh- Yeah... I'm fine... Where are we?" I inquire.

"Well... It's a long story" Jeongyeon says.

"Yeah... we'll talk about that later...." Han says.

"Is everyone safe? How's everyone?" I ask.

Hyunjin is awake and sporting a bandage over his head, talking to Han. He smiles once he sees me awake. Mina is with Dahyun, who is checking up on her. Jihyo is helping Ryujin secure her bandage. The rest are either sleeping or chatting to another. I let out a sigh knowing that we are all safe.

Wait... if everyone is in the back... Then...

"WHO'S THE DRIVER?" I scream.

Are we kidnapped? Are we hostages? Are we on the bus to the afterlife? Where are we? Whose van are we in?

Everyone in the van starts chuckling. Ryujin letting out a snort.

"Seokjin, why don't you go and see for yourself?" Jeongyeon suggests.

Yeji helps me up and I walk over to where the driver's seat is. From behind the driver, I can see that it's a young man with black hair. But the hair looks so familiar. It's almost iconic to-

"JUNGKOOK, AH!!!" I exclaim.

"Eyyy Hyung! You're awake! Just in time! We're here."

Jungkook pulls the vehicle to slow down as he slowly approaches a barricade made from different items of scrap and torn scaffolding. A camera planted on the barricade looks upon the vehicle before the gates are unlocked by a young woman with bright pink hair. The gates are chained by multiple heavy-duty bicycle locks which she takes time to open. Once the gate is open, Jungkook drives through into a big parking lot with lots of destroyed cars and only about 2 working cars. He parks between the two working cars.

"We're at our destination. Some may call it the central mall, but we've made it into our one and only survivor camp. There aren't many of us. But we're scouting around, looking for anyone still alive" Jungkook tells the team.

"Who are the people here?" Tzuyu asks.

"You'll see for yourself" Jungkook says as he pushes a button, opening the back of the van.

We help each other out of the van, taking special care for the ones who have injuries. Yeji and Jungkook help me out. I feel pain in every breath, the wound stretching every inhale and exhale. I let out hisses of pain from time to time as we walk towards the building: the mall itself. Every time I hiss, both Yeji and Jungkook look at me with concern.

We enter the building. It's not the biggest mall I've seen, but it's cosy. There're people waiting for us inside.

I see 5 tall males. 3 females.

"No, the leader must do the- Oh hi! Welcome!" Yeonjun says.

"Hypocrite. Ok... *sigh* Hello! Welcome to the survivor camp! Hehe... Uhm... make yourself at home..." Soobin says.

"For a leader, that was a weak greeting..." Kai blurts out. He gets a smack in the head by Yeonjun.

"Uhm... Hi! We'll do that... Thanks." I say to the 3 members of Blackpink (Rose was guarding the gate) and the members of TXT.