Venom Betrayed or Betrayer?

52-"The Pit Ran Red"

Amidst the towering dungeons, the shadows loomed in the face of the fierce storm, her dark figure stood in eerie silence next to the large window that showcased the magnificent kingdom of thunder. Chalk statues, frozen in their fearful poses, whispered no more as the lightning shattered the sky outside. Their queen remained with her placid eyes fixed upon the riotous display of nature and found her thoughts engulfed by a tempest of emotions. The brilliant flashes tore through the darkness, mirroring the chaotic storm within her soul.

She replayed the encounter with Seokjin over and over again, each word he spoke etching itself deeper into her thoughts. She couldn't help but admit that his silver tongue had woven a web around her, trapping her in a web of indecision.

At that very moment, she had faltered, unable to choose her path as his persuasive words echoed in her mind. The frustration within her intensified as she realized how she had been manipulated, her desire for vengeance used against her like a weapon.

And now, her heart burned with a desire to counterstrike, to show Seokjin the same level of cunning he had displayed. But just as she steeled herself for the clash, he had fled into the night, leaving her alone with her unrestrained thoughts. Confusion intertwined with her anger, leaving her at a crossroads, torn between the yearning for revenge and the uncertainty of what lay ahead.

The dying memory of her mother's face and her final moments haunted her, fueling her determination to avenge her. Yet, the path forward remained masked, a haze of uncertainty that gnawed at her very existence.

Venom knew she had to make a choice, to forge her destiny, but as she clenched her fists and stared into the abyss, the answers remained irritatingly vague.

She couldn’t accept Seokjin’s help not because of the demands he kept, she would never fulfill those demands even if he was the last man on the earth but because she truly loved Kim Taehyung who sincerely loved her back then how can she ever deceive him? He loves him back, right?

Do you know what’s the meaning of this? He loves you right? Then what is this? You are not one of his possessions to bear a mark!

Seokjin’s words haunted her causing many ‘ifs’ to rise yet she denied to put any focus on them.

“My Taehyung would never hurt me, right?” It came out as more of a question.

“He won’t, he would never, Seokjin is just trying to get in my head and I won’t ever let him succeed in that”

“My Taehyung is blameless, he is guiltless, he will never affiliate himself to a filth he hated on me, how can he?”

“Of course, he won’t, he can’t take that innocence away, right? Knowing I fell for him because of that very fact, he can’t be that ruthless, Inferno is just a name, just a disguise, he can’t kill my Taehyung, right?”

I need to get this done soon, I can’t let him dwell on this filth anymore, I need to finish this as soon as I can and get us out before- before it’s too late.

I need to avenge Mother and call it a day!

Finish it once and for all!

Days went past a bit too fast and then the dark clouds took over the city of evil, where shadows danced with sinister grace, The Devil’s Pit, clad in darkness she emerged, her heart ablaze with an insatiable thirst for vengeance. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, she resurfaced from the depths of despair to reclaim her place in the underworld's twisted embrace.

The same steel bat swung across bursting the skulls in the way, one by one she held them all in her claws crushing them like useless worms. With her eyes ablaze, smoldering like molten fire, she stepped onto the grim stage of the night, the night of her arrival, those moonlight hair and placid eyes left her prey shaken in their roots watching the white death suck their souls out, her every movement exuding a captivating blend of grace and fury. Draped in a cloak of mystery, she exuded an aura that commanded both fear and respect, as if she had returned from the abyss with newfound powers.

It was hard to accept that she had risen from the dead and come back to freeze the darkness to an excoriating death. With every encounter, her vendetta carved deeper into the flesh of those who had wronged her.

Every hit of that silver steel bat painted the walls red, the floors ran red and so did the chests of those wolves hiding stones instead of hearts. Screams and gurgles were all she heard upon her arrival back into the pit.

The underworld trembled beneath her feet, its vultures caught in a delicate balance of fear and fascination. Her so-called allies supposed to be bound by blood oaths and sworn loyalties seemed to have forgotten the true god of darkness, a ruthless god who knew no mercy. She had tasted the bitterness of betrayal and had now known better than to trust twice.

The pit ran red.

With the news of her arrival rippling through the underworld like an electric shock, her foes were struck with disbelief, their hardened hearts skipping beats in sync with their racing minds. How could she have returned from the dead, defying the death itself?

Whispers of her name echoed in hushed tones, laden with equal parts fear and awe.

Among those who were most taken aback was Hongjyun, of course, the betrayer he was after all. It was he who had dealt the final blow to the girl, reveling in the satisfaction of snuffing out her existence. Yet, fate had played a cruel hand, pulling her back like a phoenix reborn. A phoenix to put an end to his blood play. A tremor ran through his spine as if an icy hand had clutched at his heart. The color drained from his face, replaced by a sickly pallor, and his eyes widened with a mixture of shock and dread. The memories of that fateful day when he shot her with his own hands and watched her die with his own eyes came rushing back with a vengeance, haunting his every waking moment.

How could this be? Venom is back? Is this a joke?

I killed her with my own hands, I-

He remembered the repeated nightmare he had been having for a few months now. How she grabbed him by the neck with those orb-less eyes with the serpent sinking past his mouth to his heart, he felt it, the way it snaked around his heart and clenched till it burst. Cold sweat beads kissed his forehead and HongJyun yanked at the front of his blazer to pull the buttons open, his lungs gasped for air as panic left them to swell up.

Grabbing onto the guy’s shoulder who informed his mates, Hongjyun turned him around to look him in the eye.

“The fuck you mean Venom is back?”

“Haven’t you heard Sire, she’s back from the dead, everyone is calling her the white death, the pit is running red and everyone is trying to flee away”

“She was dead, I kill- saw with my own eyes-”

“She isn’t dead Sire, if anything she is very much alive and in wrath, the pit is falling and she is breaking it down to bits”

In the dark corners of his mind, a realization took hold – the girl he had killed had returned, not only to exact revenge upon him but to dismantle the very foundation of the twisted empire he had built. The thought of his looming clash with the one he believed he had silenced forever sent shivers down his spine, a cruel twist of fate that mocked his false sense of strength.

Consumed by his horrifying thoughts, Hongjyun was brought out of his thoughts with a ping of his cellphone, retrieving the device he unlocked the screen to find the same notification for the umpteenth time.

The pit’s azure invitation

Invitee: Lucas, The KNIGHTS

Frustration and panic left the old man to sweat more as he pressed his shaky thumb over the screen accepting the invitation. He couldn’t understand exactly why the rival would request a meeting but somehow he now felt the intensity of the matters at hand.

If she really is back then it means-

All he could now think and feel sick-worried was about one name.

Kim Seokjin

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𝔇𝔞𝔱𝔢𝔡: 18/06/2023
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