Reflection

Twenty-Six

~ Taehyung POV ~

'Namjoon' was the only thought in his mind as he plummeted hard into the dirt. His wings snagged as he tumbled, rolling rapidly and tearing his clothes and wings all in one go against the rocks as he eventually landed in a burst of flames against a broken log upturned onto its side. The pain didn't stop, becoming unbearable as he cried out in anguish, nothing making sense as he started to dig his fingers into his chest when he felt it.

Mind clearing, Taehyung scrambled his fingers against the spot just above his nipple and pulled out the small quill that had embedded into him. The burning had stopped, but now as he laid there, bloodied and bruised from his fall, he started to feel strange. Groggy in a way that didn't make sense, head feeling light as darkness threatened to make him lose consciousness.

He just felt so tired...

Fighting to stay awake, Taehyung tried to stand, his mind screaming at him to move, to get up and get away, that danger must surely be approaching, but he couldn't. Panic started to set in. All feeling in his legs were gone and his hands and arms were already starting to feel heavy and numb. He was afraid, very afraid. Whatever was in that quill had poisoned him somehow and he didn't know what to do.

'Yoongi.'

The zombies name echoed in his mind and he once more tried to force himself up, fighting against the poison quickly scorching through his veins. His vision blurred and his head began to swim, the fogginess sinking even harder into him, but Taehyung continued to fight on. Tried to stand up, even as he heard a figure approach him. Their form blurred to the point that he couldn't recognize anything about them, couldn't even see a single detail, before he lost the fight and slumped against the log. His flames disappearing with his consciousness.

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~ Yoongi POV ~

"Hello Yoongi," The voice was just as he remembered it from last time. Slimey and hoarse. He froze, arm within inches from the man's throat. Ready to tear him to pieces but he knew that he shouldn't, if he was here that meant that there were others nearby, other poachers.

They were always looking for a fight with the Resistance, especially since some of their top ranks were all creatures and each of them had a hefty price on their heads.

Jungwoo had wanted posters up for them everywhere, Yoongi and Taehyung being plastered on the most. Which made them prime targets for poachers like Kai who had made it some sort of sick sport to track them down and scuffle with them. Yoongi wasn't sure how the human kept finding them, all he knew was that he had found them multiple times and that he wanted Taehyung. He just didn't know if he was working for Jungwoo or if this was something more personal. Either way the man was sick and a few of their men, himself included, have been caught in the crosshairs of this man more times then he could count and he while he had managed to keep Taehyung safe thus far, a lot of blood had been spilt on both sides.

They couldn't keep meeting like this, especially right now, not when tempers were high, emotions were all over the place, and they had someone in their midst that was an uncertain comrade.

"Why are you here Kai, Taehyung isn't here and last I checked I'm not exactly on your list. Zombies don't bring in much anyways."

Yoongi tried to appear nonchalant, his eyes focused and alert but also screaming boredom as he stared the human down, his arms were now at his sides, straining to move but he needed to handle this before things got out of hand. Now that he was focusing on things he could smell at least six other humans surrounding him, four on the ground and two in the trees. This was a calculated move.

A smirk was plastered against Kai's scarred lips, the reddish flesh from the old wound stretching along his cheek and chin in a large pink line. "Zombie's may not be worth much, but Min Yoongi sure is and last I checked that's you. Word spreads fast didn't you know? Some deep pockets want your head served to them on a silver platter after what you and your rats did in Gumi a month ago."

He internally cursed but also thanked his lucky stars at the same time. Yoongi knew that that one was going to be biting him on the ass sooner or later. They had been reckless, the mission barely counting as a success with how poorly it had been handled and he knew that eventually that shit show was going to catch up to him but now was the worst time that it possibly could. All of his generals had been busy elsewhere, fighting on different fronts in order to stop cargo transports going into Jeju Island. Jungwoo had been planning something, something that they still had very little intell on but needed to stop regardless. The vessels that they had been able to obtain from the fights were now sitting back at the base for him and Hoseok to go through once he returned with Namjoon, but other then rumors he had no actual clue as to what was going on. So he had been forced to send spies into Gumi where one of the larger compounds was located, and with these spies having as little experience as they did they had been caught, barely managing to survive and get out of there in time to warn Yoongi so that he could go and clean up their mess. That had been a bloody day....

On the other hand, he was thankful that it was just that and that Jungwoo hadn't sent Kai - no matter how annoying the human was - on their trail at Namjoon's disappearance. He just hoped that the transfer from their old compound being led by Jungkook was successful and that none of his agents were already heading towards them in retaliation for stealing his weapon.

"So what's the plan then Kai? Plan to kill me here," He allowed his eyes to flash and cracked his neck from side to side in order to hear the pop, "Take off my head and get your won?"

"Something like that," Kai continued to smirk and he took a step closer towards him, his hand reaching towards his side in order to grab his gun when all hell broke out around them. Yoongi was quicker then his hand but the others around them jumped out as soon as he moved, the two from the trees shooting at him and making him dodge into the ground.

Nothing had managed to hit him yet but it had been close. Popping up behind Kai he went to grab for his weapon, eyes glowing, and mouth dropping open and splitting open at the sides for his teeth to elongate and puncture his neck when the shots rang out again and he had to dodge and roll. This time however, one landed in his knee, a small quill that burned and sent waves of pain throughout his body as if he was on fire. A yowl escaped from his mouth and he went to stand back up, to drop back into the earth, anything, but he suddenly couldn't.

He couldn't move...

His legs buckled and his head was starting to swim as Kai chuckled from nearby. "Good to know that this shit works as advertised, it was hard to come by, but it wasn't that much of a waste if it was used to take down you and that fucking bird."

"Taehyung," Yoongi tried to stand again but instantly collapsed, the pain growing worse with every second, his entire being feeling as if he had been lit on fire as his mind started to abandon him. "What did," His words started to slur, "What did you fucking do?"

Kai was now hovering over him, taking a sword from a subordinate as he unsheathed it and raised it above Yoongi's head. "Little birdie is going to be having fun with me in his new home, you though, your going bye bye like you should have a long time ago creature. God I love wiping scum like you off of this earth."

The sword was coming down, it was about to slice into his neck, his eyes barely able to stay open when there were sudden screams all around him. Screams of pain and fear as a blood curdling roar filled the air. Someone was hovering over him, but it was no longer Kai that was doing it, the being screaming shrilly in such a horrific way that he knew instantly who it was.

Closing his eyes he allowed himself to succumb to whatever was flowing through him, knowing that he was now in good hands.