LOST

Chapter 24

TRIGGER WARNINGS: Violence/mention ofkidnapping/foul language 
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   For a moment, while the world around them continued to flow, they stood silently watching over Alex's lifeless body. The sounds of guns blaring and dust flying around them seemed small and insignificant to them. What mattered most was right in front of them. A fallen soldier. A fallen friend. A fallen brother. With everything that had happened, no one had expected this to happen. Wonho looked over to Ji-Yeon, who stood holding Luna trying to calm her down. He knew there were only a few people who they could blame for this. Vincent, for giving the order; Ahri, for the whole idea; and Wonho, who had made the drink that took his life. His heart felt heavy with the weight of his decisions he had made.

Looking up, he noticed Ji-Yeon had let go of Luna. Her arms fell slowly to her side, freeing Luna from her embrace. Ji-Yeon's eyes were fixated on something or someone ahead of her. The moment she began to step back, he noticed she had started turning pale. Like she had seen something she wished she hadn't. Turning his attention to what she was looking at, Wonho felt his body's temperature rise.

Vincent was taking a few steps back, trying to make an escape without anyone noticing. Too bad, for him, they all had. As Wonho studied his face, his anger grew. There was a hint of fear and a hint of surprise in Vincent's eyes. But what surprised Wonho the most, was the faint smile that appeared on Vincent's face. It may have been hard to notice at first, but once he saw the corner of Vincent's lip curl, Wonho knew he was proud of his accomplishments.

Something inside him snapped at that moment. Wonho felt his body go numb and his world began to fade to black...His blood boiled with a fire so intense that with one touch you could get burned. He wanted to hold on just a little longer. But the more he wanted to wait, the quicker his mind emptied into the void. In the darkness of his mind, images of Ji-Yeon, Luna, and Alex flashed before him making his anger grow. In that second, Wonho knew it was too late. His body moved on its own and refused to listen to his cries to stop.

In an instant, he felt a cool breeze rush pass him, and in an instant, it stopped. He hoped that maybe it was just nature running its course. However, deep in the back of his mind, he knew that wasn't the case. Through his clouded vision, Wonho could vaguely make out Vincent's face. But what he could see was the fear that had intensified in his eyes.

Wonho watched as the color drained from Vincent's face. In that small moment of clarity, Wonho knew Vincent was beginning to second guess his decisions to follow through with Ahri's plan. This brought a smile to Wonho's face. Finally, that arrogant and self-absorbed asshole was realizing he had made a grave mistake. One he would most likely take to his grave.

He hadn't realized he had hit Vincent until he saw him lying on the ground rubbing his cheek. The mere sight of what Vincent was doing brought back images of the night Wonho had first fought him. The night he had taken a sip and unleashed hell on Vincent. Much like now, Wonho had wanted nothing more than to kill him. It had felt so good hitting Vincent in the face repeatedly. Nothing could have compared to it. He would have gone further had it not have been for Ji-Yeon snapping him out of his trance. That was probably for the better. If she hadn't done that, then Vincent wouldn't be here getting his ass kicked again. However, he had to ask himself, what if she stopped him again? Would he let her?

Glancing back at her he saw the same fear on her face as that night. But something seemed to prevent her from stepping forward and stopping him. Maybe, just maybe, she felt the same as he did. Maybe she wanted revenge for what Vincent had done to her. But her fear might have been just that. Fear. Of him. His heart broke as he thought of her afraid of him. At that moment, he had thought about letting Vincent crawl back to Ahri and letting karma work her magic. He almost let it happen too. That was until he looked back at Vincent. His pretty face had only a few scratches and scars on it. It would be a shame to have him leave now without learning a valuable life lesson.