his shield

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the scent of blood hits my nose as soon as i arrive at the institute. i don't have to ask anyone to know that something has happened.

"who are you people? why the hell am i here?!" a new voice yells. i look to see a tall, dark haired man standing in the middle of the room.

other shields just watch him as he panics. they see me and immediately bow their heads.

that's when i realise, i've seen this man before. this is hongbin. taekwoon's person.

shit.

i just walk straight past them all and rush to taekwoon's room. the door is already wide open when i arrive.

i look to see him on the floor, surrounded by his own blood. his back is still arched up, as though he were still being attacked.

"no" my voice wavers. i run over to him and fall onto my knees by his side.

"taekwoon! taekwoon!" i call his name over and over again but he doesn't respond.

there are thick streams of blood pouring out from his eyes, his nose and his mouth.

his shirt has been ripped to shreds, to match the destroyed skin beneath.

he is cold. too cold. even for a shield.

i check his pulse and my heart shatters.
he's dead.

"who did this to you?" i sob and cradle him against me, completely aware that his blood is now covering myself.

"it had to be done wonshik" jeonghan speaks from the doorway. i can't bring myself to look at him as i snarl.

"what have you done?"

"i told you wonshik, there is no room for love in this business. i warned you but you ignored me. it was either you or him. taekwoon decided to sacrifice himself."

"how dare you" i growl and slowly place taekwoon on the floor once more as i stand to face jeonghan.

"how dare you kill taekwoon! this harshly as well. isn't this a little over the top?"

"nothing which i do is over the top. i only do what is enough" he goes to walk away but i pull a dagger from my waistband and i throw it at his head.

it plants itself in his neck. he swears as it lands. he pulls it out and his wound heals just as quick as it was made.

he turns slowly and mutters something against the blade before throwing it straight back at me.

it stabs my arm and i scream out in pain. he cursed if. "the poison will wear off after a few hours" is all he says before leaving the room.

my emotions take over again and i fall to my knees. i cling onto taekwoon's lifeless body as i cry over and over again.

•

i wake up screaming. it's just a dream. it's a dream of my past. a memory.

i close my eyes and take a few deep breaths before getting out of bed.

i get dressed and head to the training hall where taeyong is already practicing.

he bows his head to greet me as he throws daggers at a target over and over again.

"how long have you been practicing for?" i question him and he just shrugs.

"7 hours? a little longer maybe."

he must really want to become a shield quickly. hongbin trained for nearly 100 years before he got assigned to his first person.

depending on how often you train, and how good you are, depends on when you get your first person.

it took me 4 years.

the shortest amount of time was 9 months. who trained that fast? jeonghan of course.

that is why he still remains the head of this place. he is stronger then us all, as much as we hate to admit.

"you can continue to train by yourself today. i'm not in the right mindset today" i say softly.

he pauses the dagger throwing and looks me up and down. "bad dream?" he asks and i chuckle under my breath.

"bad memory" i correct him before walking out of the training hall once more.

hongbin sees me as i exit and rushes over to me.
"i need your help. jaehyun keeps trying to kill himself and i'm struggling to stop him. what do i do?"

"lets go see him shall we?" i sigh and we head to one of the corridors.

hongbin draws the symbol and we arrive at jaehyun's apartment.

we walk inside and i am surprised when i see the mortal slowly unscrewing a bottle of pills.

hongbin clasps his hands together and time freezes. he hurried over to jaehyun and takes the pills away from him.

he opens the window and throws them out.
"this is the third time he has tried to overdose. yesterday he tried to slit his wrists."

"you can't keep freezing fine as the payments will become too much" i say firmly and he looks completely lost.

an idea comes to mind and i know jeonghan will not like it one bit.

"there is something we can do" i say softly. "i would take the full blame. i already have him wanting to kill me anyways."

"what are you saying?" hongbin asks and i just grin as i look him in the eye.

"i think we need to bring taeyong for a visit."

A/N - what do you think of what happened to taekwoon? how will hongbin react to wonshik's idea?

thanks for reading!!