Screams echoed around him, everyone running in a blind panic as Jungwoo's creation walked towards the town and the surrounding crowd. But to Namjoon everything seemed to suddenly grow slow, time stilling as he removed his hood and revealed who he was. There were people who were hiding around him, cowering in corners and pointing at him with frightened eyes, clearly thinking that him and the creature had been sent there to destroy them when it had only been sent to go after him.
Before they had started this, Yoongi had told him to wait to transform, to try and hold out and use it as a last minute weapon, to fight without it. Namjoon wasn't sure if he could do it, but he was going to try. If anything, he would just shed his clothes and go after the thing if things started to take a turn for the worse, but he was putting his faith and trust in the zombies words, choosing to follow him since he had trusted him as much as he did before, had given him as many chances as he has, and has even defended him. This was the least that he could do in return for all of that.
"YOU!" A woman was shaking him, one that looked familiar but he didn't recognize, "WE HAVE BEEN GOOD! WE HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING! PLEASE SPARE US!"
Her eyes were wild, tears streaming down her cheeks and when he looked past her trembling form he could see three small children hiding behind her skirts. As gently as he could, he grabbed a hold of her hands in his own, the size difference staggering with how his massive hands encased her smaller more delicate ones, "I am no longer his," Her eyes widened and she turned deathly pale, most likely assuming the worst, "I will keep you and your family safe."
Letting go of her hands, Namjoon took off towards the massive skeletal being walking towards him, the things unblinking eyes seeming to watch his every move despite the crowd of people running, screaming and hiding around him. Remembering what he had been instructed to do, Namjoon took a deep breath, and then yelled as loud as he could above the crowd, "I'm here! Come and get me!" He left out the mother fucker, but he hoped that Yoongi was proud of him regardless.
The thing smiled, its lips pretty much not there at all as it showed its ugly massive teeth and launched forward. He could no longer hear the screams, all the noise in the market drowned out as he launched himself right back at the creature just as Yoongi and Jimin jumped out from their positions in the shadows. Yoongi's eyes were glowing a sickly yellow, his teeth elongated and dripping a green toxic saliva that smelled worse than it normally did, hands digging into the creatures neck and going for its jugular instantly as Jimin came down on the other with some swords that Yoongi had made him take back at the cave. His mate was going for the creatures hands which left Namjoon. Not transforming completely, but allowing his nails to come out and teeth to elongate, he swooped down towards the creatures legs to knock it off balance.
With all three of them attacking at once they managed to get it to the ground but that didn't stop it, the thing was trying to rear back up and dislodge them. A crowd started to form from the rooftops and alleyways, people looking at the scene with awe as Yoongi suddenly gave out the call and told him to transform now.
Throwing off his clothes, Namjoon stripped down to his birthday suit and transformed much to the shock and fear of the locals surrounding the scene. Ignoring them, he started to dig his claws into the meat of the creatures slim thighs and started to shred his ways upwards in a flurry of limbs and speed, spiralling rapidly up the creatures body as Yoongi and Jimin scattered out of the crosshairs of the assault and allowed Namjoon to land the finishing blow. Severing the creatures head completely off of its mutilated body.
He was soaked to the bone in blood, the thick slime like substance falling off of him in chunks as he stood there, dripping, and transformed. Deep pants fell from his lips as he breathed heavily, exhaustion and the fear from before making the adrenaline rush he just had dropped completely from his tired form as he stood there trembling. Within seconds the crowd was upon him, his transformed state no longer a deterrent as they screamed and cheered, but all he could see was the woman who had shaken him and her three children clinging onto her in the back, all four of them crying as they hugged each other.
His transformed state shedded off of him instantly, the pain unbearable as he turned back to normal. Every bone and organ in body shifting or breaking in order to get back into place as he moved towards the small family. "I promised I would keep you safe." Namjoon didn't know why he said it, but as he looked into the woman's teary eyes he was glad that he did.
It was then that he promptly passed out.
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Everything was soft. Softer then he had ever felt before and he snuggled deeper into the softness with a contented sigh. There were fingers playing with his hair and he couldn't help but purr at the sensation as suddenly there was a very familiar body pressing up against his own and much like a cat, stretched out completely and pressed back into it.
"Namjoon," Jimin's voice rang softly in his ear and he purred again, snuggling deeper into the softness of whatever he was laying on even as he pressed more against his mate.
"Baby," Jimin was chuckling and he couldn't resist peeking a little as he looked up at the other hybrid hovering over him. "I'm glad your awake baby."
"Where am I?"
Jimin cupped his cheek and started to place kisses all over him, making happy little purrs erupt from his chest and affection bloom throughout him completely before he answered, "Nayoung has allowed us to use her house while you recovered. It's been a week baby."
At that Namjoon shot up, "WHAT!"
Shushing him and ushering him to lay back down, Jimin moved the stray hairs out of his face, "After you transformed back to normal, you had walked up to them and told them that you kept your promise, which was very bold and cool of you by-the-way, but you fell over and started hemorrhaging everywhere. You were bleeding out of your mouth, your nose, your eyes and even your ears. I," His voice started to break as he spoke, "You nearly died Namjoon. If it wasn't for us being mated your heart would have given out. Thankfully there was a doctor here that specialized in creatures because..."
"Jimin," Namjoon swallowed hard, he knew realistically that if he ever did have a chance to go see a doctor someday that there were probably a lot of things wrong with him, but he tried not to give it too much thought. Now though, seeing how worried Jimin was, how heartbroken he was. He was starting to get a little scared.
"What did they say Jimin?"
His mate looked devastated, "We knew you wouldn't be healthy Namjoon, but your a lot worse than we thought. How your even here with us right now I don't know but I'm grateful. They actually said us mating has helped you a lot so I'm even more grateful that you bit me back in the forest."
Jimin was now kissing him, cradling his face as if he was the most precious thing in the world, "I will take care of you Namjoon, that I promise."
"Jimin, what's wrong with me?"
"I almost don't want to tell you."
"Please."
The other hybrid sighed, "Your organs, all of them have nearly irreversible damage, somehow they are still surviving though and are able to be healed, it will just take time. Your extremely malnourished, but Namjoon," He clutched his hand harder. "You will never be able to transform again."
"W-What..."
"He said that if you did, if you transformed again, it would be your last time."
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أدب الهواةThey say in the end we always pay for our sins, that when we reach those pearly gates and judgement falls that we will repent for our ways and justice will be served. That by only believing in HIS sacrifice are we truly ever saved. But... what if yo...
