|Weak Hero| Of Fangs and Claws

Chapter 1

Donald and Gray disappeared not long at the start of Season 2, a few days after the Union executives meeting.

Both Gray Yeon and Donald Na had gone missing. Originally, most people thought that there was no connection and it had just been two separate kidnappings by two separate culprits. But investigations revealed that both of them had been kidnapped by the same group of people that had been dubbed Mad Dog Arena.

Kingsley Kwan had been devastated. He had loyally followed Donald and felt lost without him. He buried himself in focusing on maintaining the Union, believing that one day that Donald will be found and once he returned, he'd resume his role as the King of Yeongdeungpo. He just needed to keep the throne intact while Donald was gone.

Jake Ji assisted Kingsley. Although he hated the Union, while under Donald's reign he never once had lost control in a fight like he had done in the past. He also pitied the other teen. Jake had been horrified after discovering his brother's bloody and beaten state. He could only imagine how badly Donald's kidnappers were hurting Donald.

Ben Park, Alex Go, Gerard Jin, Teddy Jin, Rowan Im, and Eugene Gale were distraught when their friend had been kidnapped. They all joined the desperate search for him but it all ended with anger, regrets, and frustrations when they were unable to find him.

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It had been an entire year. An entire year had passed since the two smartest people in the area had been kidnapped. Despite the two teens' lack of presence in the area, life still moved on for everyone else.

Teddy had noticed his cats were acting strange, more specifically Sprite. Although Teddy had adopted Sprite and brought him to his apartment, Sprite still preferred to be able to explore the outdoors. Most of the time Teddy fed Co and Sprite dry kibble, but once a week he'd also bring out the cans of wet cat food.

Co happily gobbled his can of wet cat food up while Sprite only took a few small bites before picking up the entire can and sprinting outside. At first Teddy brushed it off as Sprite not wanting Co to steal his food. But after Sprite began to lose a bit of weight, Teddy decided to follow him one day while also bringing some extra food with him.

To Teddy's confusion, Sprite traveled quite the distance to an abandoned building. Teddy was worried for Sprite's safety but it seemed like his cat had done with multiple times before. Teddy entered the building and saw as his cat rushed over to a pair of large figures in the shadows. A pair of blood red eyes were glaring right at Teddy.

"What the fuck is that!?" Teddy exclaimed.

Without warning, one of the figures lunged at Teddy and knocked him to the ground, pinning him with ease. Teddy panicked and tried to escape but he was no match for the creature's strength. Sprite quickly rushed to Teddy's aid and hissed at the creature. 

The creature glanced at Teddy before letting him go. Teddy backed away in fear but as much as he wanted to run away, he was not going to leave his cat alone with whatever the fuck this creature was.

Teddy managed to get a closer look at the creature now that it was in better lighting. The creature stood on two legs like a human, but its hands and feet were animal paws and it had a tail that swished back and forth behind it. Teddy caught sight of the creature's face and tattoed neck and was immediately able to recognize who the creature was.

"D-Donald Na!?"

Donald narrowed his eyes and continued to glare at Teddy. He sniffed the air a bit and pointed at the bag Teddy had brought with him. Teddy fearfully kicked the bag over to Donald who opened it and saw all of the cans of cat food. He walked over to the shadows where the other figure was and began opening the cans, also sliding one can over to Sprite.

'Wait, if that's Donald Na then...' Teddy quickly took out his phone and shone the flashlight at where the two were. "Gray!"

Compared to Donald who stood on two legs, Gray seemed to prefer to be on all fours like an actual cat. Gray, like Donald, also possessed feline paws for hands and feet and had a tail. Teddy recognized Donald's traits as those of a lion and Gray's traits as those of a snow leopard. As they both ate the cans of cat food, Teddy noticed that they also had sharp fangs for teeth.

Teddy shakily dialed Ben's number. "B-Big Ben...I-I found Gray and Donald,"

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Ben, Alex, Gerard, Eugene, and Rowan arrived and they had also notified Kingsley of Donald being found. Jake had been with Kingsley at the time and had also tagged along. At Teddy's request, they had also brought some food. The blonde feared that they might get attacked if the two cat-human hybrids were still hungry after all those cans of cat food.

"Oh my god..." They were all horrified to see the missing boys' current state.

"Gray—"

Gray became terrified when Alex had begun to approach them and protectively hid behind Donald. Donald snarled and bared his fangs at them, daring them to get closer.

"Hey, we're not going to hurt him!" Alex argued. "He's our friend!"

"I don't think Gray can recognize us," Gerard said, placing a hand on Alex's shoulder. "He seems terrified of us,"

"Donald also seems to be pretty protective of Gray," Rowan commented.

"Donald?" Kingsley gently called and took a few steps towards him with Jake on standby to pull him away if necessary.

Donald's tail flicked with caution as Kingsley continued approaching him. His scarlet eyes were trained on the bespectacled teen but he made no move to attack. Kingsley stopped right in front of him and held his arms out for a hug. 

"Donald...you must've been through a lot..." Kingsley didn't bother hiding his tears. "I'm sorry I wasn't there for you, Donald,"

To everyone's shock, tears began to fall from Donald's eyes as he leaned into Kingsley's chest and hugged him back. Kingsley gently ran a hand through Donald's hair while comforting him.

Word Count: 1008

Mad Dog Arena is a concept I've used across other fandoms such as Detective Conan, One Piece, and Jurassic World. It's one of my favorite concepts to use because I love trauma bonding and recovery fics.