Seal of Dark Fate

Marked Seal and The Guardian

"Does it still hurt?" Haeyoon asked for the umpteenth time since she started treating Jungkook's wounds which he got because of her. The girl can't help but feel guilty when they got home and saw the boy curled up on the living room's settee with a pained expression, how inconsiderate of her to forget that when she's hurt then so is Jungkook and vice versa. "I'm so sorry," she apologized again, putting ointment on the last burn on his arm before screwing the cap back and putting away everything in the medicine kit.

"Aren't you hurt, too?" he gently took her bandaged hand in his equally injured one while giving her a concerned look.

"Yes, but I'm fine-"

"Then I'm fine, too," he smiled, adorable buck-teeth and all, making her smile, too. Jungkook really has a way of easing her worries every time.

"Jin told me something's on the news," Yoongi announced grimly as soon as he came in the living room. He immediately grabbed the remote and switched the TV on the news channel.

"-was found last night and was identified as a high school student named Lee Sora. Her body was discovered in a dark alley beside a convenient store by a random passerby," the female newscaster delivered in a professional manner and it was obvious that she was trying to keep her emotions in check. Even in the mid-summer, the room's temperature felt like it dropped a few degrees lower.

"Oh no..." Haeyoon's hand flew to her mouth when she heard the name of the victim. It was one of her schoolmates that she had talked to once or twice and the girl's death upset her more than the past murders. For once, since the killings had started almost a week ago, she felt cold raw fear crawl up her spine, the horrifying truth catching up on her. It's the first time someone she knew or connected to her, even in the slightest way, was caught up in the entire serial-murder terror going on and it shocked her to the core.

"Like the other recent victims, the female's body was left dried like life had been sucked out of her thoroughly. The authority was still trying to find the method of killing seeing as there are no wounds, punctures, scratches, bruises, marks or burns that may have indicate cause of death. Citizens, most especially high school students, were advised to avoid going out alone at night and-," Yoongi didn't even bother finishing what the newscaster was saying because it was just the same reminder since the bone-chilling strange murders started. He turned off the TV and threw the remote on the coffee table, plunging the whole room in total silence.

No one uttered a word after that but they all came to the same ghastly conclusion that there was someone or something out there killing high school students and they weren't sure if it was even human.

"PHONE?"

"Check."

"Battery?"

"Check."

"Pepper spray?"

"Check."

"How about-,"

"Yoongi, chill," Haeyoon let out a small chuckle at how cute her brother looked fussing over like that. "I've got it all with me."

Yoongi sighed before patting her sister on the head, hating the idea of letting her out of his sight at times like this. They were currently standing in front of the lockers and doing an over-check before splitting for class. "Don't go home without me, understood? And if anything unusual happen or if anything looks suspicious, call me right away."

"Aye, aye, captain," she mocked-saluted, making her brother crack an amused smile but she can still see traces of worries on his handsome face. "Stop worrying for a minute, Yoongi. Nothing can possibly happen here in school during broad daylight."