Subject X

Chapter 22

The older vampire stares as the three immortals walk farther and farther through the trees, a small smile on his lips upon seeing Taehyung alive and awake. To say he was worried would be an understatement, he has never seen such power in his entire life and it must've been so overwhelming for him to obtain.

But now a question lingers in Seokjin's mind; From where did Taehyung get that much power from?

"Jin! I need your assistance, now!"

The raven haired man looks up upon hearing his name, chuckling instantly as he sees Jungkook carry the young vampire upside down like a doll. The struggling boy can't even reach Jungkook's legs since the angel would extend him farther away.

Despite the fact that he's tall and a vampire, Jungkook has taken a liking into him and treats him like an actual child.

Seokjin finds that entirely humorous.

"JK, put Seungmin down," He chuckles, earning an annoyed pout from Jungkook but regardless drops him down. The vampire touches the ground with a squeak, rubbing his arm with a whine as he glares up at Jungkook.

"I'm not a child! I'm practically an adult-"

"And the most cutest adult ever," Jungkook cooes as he pinches his cheek, in which the vampire hisses away with desperate eyes to Seokjin. The older once again laughs and goes to help the young vampire to his feet, all the while shooing Jungkook away from babying Seungmin any longer.

The angel walks away with a soft smile but that slowly falls when his eyes lands to the circle, recalling his fear when Taehyung broke the trance out of those kids mind. It was a terrifying sight, especially since Jungkook couldn't do anything but watch. Even feel their pain as well.

It was just.... A lot to take in.

"I think he hates me."

Jungkook turns his head, seeing the familiar red haired demon beside him, who's staring at the circle with his own distant eyes. He's a tough little guy, that much Jungkook could tell by how much power he has to use in order to break Taehyung.

He does have his wings after all.

"Taehyung is tough to crack through," Jungkook says lowly, patting a comforting hand to his back, "We appreciate what you did for him."

The fallen angel looks up at Jungkook, a tender make shift smile of his own splattering his lips, "He is my kind, I have to look out for my own."

Suddenly a familiar smaller angel, Sunwoo, appears out of no where and wraps his arms around Hongjoong's waist from behind, a wide smile on his lips, "Lets have a race!"

He smiles widely, "Wings?"

"You bet!"

In awe Jungkook watches as both angels extends out their wings, stretching it far and wide before taking their mark and then dashing up to the sky. Jungkook gasps to the quick speed as the move over the sky, moving through the trees in majestic patterns and whirls, making Jungkook feel a stab of pain since he lost his wings.

And.... Who knows when he'll ever get them back.

"Jungkook, come here!" The angel whirls around to see Namjoon and Jimin with the other sorcerer as they sit by the fire. Jungkook slowly approaches them, taking in their sudden stern looks and sits beside Jimin.

"What's the matter?"

Namjoon soon waves a hand over the dirt on the ground, make shifting a map like thing but it doesn't look like the map of anywhere in the world.

"Daehwi was just informing me of something interesting," Namjoon states, nodding towards the young sorcerer beside him, who's nose is still buried inside the spell book, "The specie that took Taehyung is the same that manipulated them. That thing is working for the government to annihilate as many X's as possible. Since we are rebelling, he's using subject X's to hunt us down through mind manipulation."

Jungkook pokes the inside of his cheek with his tongue, eyes narrowed to the map in which he still doesn't understand what that movie black dot means.

"Okay, that's expected, so what is..... That?" Jungkook nods to the moving dot, to which both Jimin and Namjoon glance at each out in hesitation.

Then the the young sorcerer looks up, "It's one of the master's pawns that's been marked by him, like what he did to us."

"Please don't call him master," Jimin interjects and looks at Jungkook, "The pawn is near. We could take them and ask them questions as to where it is."

Jungkook follows the black dot, noticing how near it is to the campsite and remembering how three of his friends went out to get food, since Taehyung hasn't ate.

The most logical thing is that it could be Taehyung. He's the only one who's seen that thing first hand and came back alive, but much more different.

He's more..... Powerful.

Jungkook was just about to suggest of it being Taehyung, but after looking between Namjoon and Jimin, he couldn't let the words out. The fallen angel would be under intense interrogation and if that thing has him marked, who knows how far he's able to control himself.

Without knowing it, he could kill them.

So that's why Jungkook will keep this to himself, and figure it out alone.

"Let them roam," Jungkook says, standing to his feet, "We should train for the raid, we wouldn't want another accident."

And he walks away, knowing that during this raid, he will know for sure if Taehyung is that thing's pawn or not.

And if he is, Jungkook isn't sure how far is angelic abilities will hold off the need to kill him.

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A/N:
Ahhh small update!! I apologize!!! It's been a little hectic these days, but I promise I will continue to update once things start to get mellow down a little bit <3

Thank you so much for your love and patience for this book!!

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