D heard the crowd gasp and watched as E scrambled away from her. She didn't understand what she had done to frighten her.
"E what's wrong?" She asked moving toward her cautiously but she kept backing away. D stopped, trying not to frighten her anymore.
"Stay away from me! You should be dead! I killed you!" She yelled a, which only confused D even more. She reached out her hand, but stopped when she realized that it wasn't her hand. Now that she thought about it, her voice wasn't hers either. She looked down at herself and saw that her whole appearance had changed. D looked up at E's terrified expression and back at herself and she realized why E was so scared. She was herself, but she looked just like Jiseok now. But how? RM ran down, grabbing E to try and calm her down. D suddenly felt arms wrap around her and before she knew it everything went dark then she was in her room. She turned to see Hoseok with her pacing. "This is bad. This is really bad. People are gonna want answers now." He rambled. She looked back down and saw that she was herself again. Suddenly RM burst through the door. She got a glance of a worried MoMo in the hall, but RM shut the door on her.
"What the hell happened back there? How did you do it? How do you even know what he looked like? Damnit! Now E wont even move. She's curled up in the corner of her office." He yelled. JB suddenly came from the shadows. RM looked at him hopefully, but he shook his head in disappointment. D started to panic.
"I don't know. I just saw it when she had me. Then the next minute...I don't know what happened." She yelled back. He pinched the bridge of his nose, clearly stressed at the whole situation. D was frightened to say the least. How could she turn into another person without even knowing.
"Well. It looks like she discovered a power. Shapeshifting. The question is how you knew what he looked like." JB stated from his seat in the corner. He seemed to be the only one not panicking at the moment. Everyone looked to D for an answer, but she knew just as much as they did.
"It's an adaptation." They heard E say, all of them turning toward her. They were surprised that she was here and okay after what had happened. "Kind of like how Namjoon is immune to fire and electricity. Or how Jaebum and Hoseok can see in the dark, or how BamBam never gets cold." She said walking toward D who sat on her bed, hugging her knees. "We all have out adaptations that make our powers work." She finished. RM went up to her concerned, but she just smiled at him, acknowledging that she was better now. "I need to talk to you in my office." She said, turning back to RM. He nodded and followed her out. "I need you to train her from now on." E said as soon as they entered, walking to sit in her chair, but she was stopped by him.
"Stop acting so professional in front of me for christ sake. Are you ok? Just a minute ago, you were curled up in a corner and wouldn't say a word." He said, concerned but also angry at her habit of brushing things off.
"I'm fine now. I just...I haven't seen his face in a long time. I didn't know how to process it. But I'm fine now, really. What matters is how we are going to explain this." She said going to sit down. He sat across from her with a huff.
"I guess we just tell them the truth." He said. She shook her head at his answer, not pleased with the solution.
"You really think they will trust me after that." She said a little harshly. He sighed at her response.
"Yes. You blame yourself too much for what happened." He said but she brushed him off.
"Even if I wanted too, we have other things to worry about. I need a team put together to go after Sunmi. She needs to pay for what she did to Yoongi and for teaming up with those monsters. She also might have some information as well." She said, turning her computer screen toward him."This is the where we believe she is hiding now. I'm trying to put together a team that I think will be best equipped." She informed him.
"Well I would suggest MoMo because she is very skilled and needs the field experience. BamBam and Bobby because their powers are useful but non-lethal, which is good if you want her alive. And Yoongi will want to come no matter what we say so he is a given." He said. She shook her head in agreement.
'That sounds good, but we will need someone to oversee the mission. Most of them have little to no experience in the field, and the ones who do, are not leaders." She said. He nodded.
"I'll go."He said but she disagreed, which made him open his mouth to protest. She, however cut him off before he could."
"I need you to stay here with D and teach her to use this new power. It might come in handy down the road. I'll get Hoseok to go." She said getting up. RM got up to meet her. He was mad that she wasn't letting him go on this mission.
"I thought he had a job with JB. Why cant I just go? Is this about the fight the other day because-" She stopped him by putting her hand on his shoulder, a warm smile on her face. One he hadn't seen in a long time.
"I'm not mad at you. I'm leaving you here because you are the only one I trust. I'm going with JB because I need to get out of here. Take a break from leading and clear my head. You are the only person I trust to stay and lead in my place so stop being so hard headed." She explained. He couldn't help the smile that graced his lips at her words. He finally agreed to stay back and she exited the room after grabbing her stuff. Namjoon sighed to himself as he sat alone in the room. He still didn't like the idea of being sidelined, but he did agree that E needed some time off. He decided to go get a bite to eat then find D for training. He went to the lunch room and found D with MoMo and the others. It looked like they were saying their goodbyes.
"We'll be back before you know it." MoMo reassured D before hugging her. BamBam walked up to her next and gave her a quick hug.
"Yeah don't worry about us. We got this." BamBam said confidently. Then Yoongi approached her.
"As much as I wanna stay here with you, revenge sounds more tempting at the moment." D nodded knowingly.
"TrUst me if I could, I would help you." She laughed with him. Last was Hoseok. He came up to her, giving her a side hug.
"I'll take care of them. Nothing will happen on my watch." He reassured her before the group if them left for their mission. RM saw E out of the corner of her eye. He was confused since he thought she had already left, but when he saw her with Bobby, he wasn't surprised. He knew she wouldn't leave without seeing him first. He watched her hug him before they parted. Namjoon made his way over to D, who now sat alone at her table, picking at her food.
"They will be fine. Hoseok will make sure of it." He said. She glanced up at him before going back to picking at her food. He didn't really know how else to reassure her and racked his brain for something to say, but she spoke up.
"That's not really what I'm worried about. It's just...never mind. Its stupid." She said but Namjoon wasn't going to let it go.
"What is it? I'm sure its not stupid." He reasoned, trying to get her to talk. She sighed before speaking again.
"I just don't really know anyone else here yet, and I just feel kind of alone. It's scary in a place like this, and E isn't here to look after things." She said with a sigh. He actually knew exactly how she felt. When he first joined a long time ago, he wasn't the same person. He was a bright young boy who loved learning and reading. He wasn't a fighter and he sure wasn't built for a gang. He knew how important friendship could be in a place like this.
"It's not stupid. I know how you feel. Long ago, I was like you, but you don't have to worry because I'm going to be looking after you." He said with a smile. She looked a little stunned since she hadn't seen him smile much, but couldn't help but return one of her own.
"Now, lets train." He said getting up.
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In Another Life
FanficWhat would you do if you came back from the dead? A strange question for a strange event. However it's not so strange to the members of the Crimson Panthers, one of the most powerful mafias in the city, maybe the world, but what makes them so powerf...