Pirate King

Chapter 6

Your eyes fluttered open, and you found yourself staring into the darkness. Your eyes fluttered until you began to focus, partly because of the dark indigo flames that were holding your wrists together. You tried to sit up, but your restraints weren't allowing you. You groaned softly; you shifted your gaze where you remembered Jongho and Mingi were. No one was there. You furrowed your brows, why wasn't no one watching you? Seonghwa explicitly said that everyone would have to take a shift to watch over you. Not that they have to since you didn't have any powers or were a threat. You're just a normal girl who was at the wrong place and the wrong time when this pirate crew arrived. You jumped at the sound of footsteps coming down the hall, and you closed your eyes rapidly so that you can pretend that you were asleep. In came in four boys whispering amongst themselves.

"What do you mean it wasn't Jongho who brought him back?" you heard Wooyoung say a bit too loudly. San hushed him.

"Yunho said that he barely shot out his magic to protect himself when red lighting shot out of her," Hongjoong said somberly.

"The magic is in her, but I wonder why it hasn't present itself to her," Seonghwa replied. "It doesn't seem like it wants to come out unless it's for protecting her." The four of them stood in the middle of the room facing each other, their blue eyes a sharp contrast to the darkness of the room. You wondered briefly if their luminous eyes allowed them to see in the dark.

"Can magic do that? I thought it must be summoned?" San asked.

"When magic is gifted to you, it's easier to summon it. But when you're born with it--" Hongjoong snuck a glance at you. He noticed how peaceful you were sleeping in the bed. He exhaled loudly. "Her family has had to know that she was born with magic. It's too much of a coincidence that it decided to present itself now--and only attack us. I really don't know why it suppressed itself and only lashes out when she's in danger."

"Which leads us to our next point-- we must contact Master Eden and tell him about everything," Seonghwa muttered.

"Hongjoong, she has RED magic. What if--what if she's with them?" Wooyoung almost doubled over in fear. His eyes were wide and pleading for Hongjoong to contradict him to reassure him. Hongjoong gave him a blank stare.

"We have to assume that she isn't involved with the HALA's. Although, it is curious that her magic is red," Hongjoong trailed off.

"The HALA's are literally known to have red magic," Wooyoung squeaked. San wrapped an arm around his shoulders and pulled him into a hug. He patted Wooyoungs back to console him, and Seonghwa rolled his eyes.

"Wooyoung, please pull yourself together. We don't want Y/N to wake up," Seonghwa said in an urgent but soothing way.

"Seonghwa, are you not scared of them? They're ruthless. They convinced everyone that our sweet Jongho killed that boy. They're always wearing those black masks, but WE know how they look," San said.

"It's no use to tell the world they look like us, they will never believe us," Seonghwa remarked.

"The HALA's haven't been heard from since that boy's death. Everyone on this planet assumed that they went back to their dimension, but it's time for you to know the truth," Hongjoong paused for the briefest moments. The boys all moved closer expectantly, Hongjoong didn't keep them in suspense for long when he muttered, "They never left." All three boys gasped, and you jumped at their loudness, almost forgetting that you were supposed to be sleeping.

"Master Eden and I decided we needed to keep them close for safety. We can't have people looking identical to us roaming around murdering people," Hongjoong said.

"Where are they?" you heard a soft voice call from the door. In came the rest of the boys, who apparently wondered why Wooyoung and San were invited to the meeting and not them.

"Yunho, you need to be resting," Seonghwa scolded. Yunho smiled shyly, his blue hair falling over his eyes.

"I'm feeling a lot better now. Thank God Y/N brought me back with my soul intact," Yunho smirked as he looked around the room-- his eyes locking on you as he found you as you slept peacefully. "You guys are really doing this here? What if she hears?"

"If she's not awake now, then we can safely carry on, there's nothing to worry about," Yeosang said as he yawned.

"Where are they?" Jongho's sweet voice said a bit forcefully.

"Master Eden has them trapped in an hourglass. It's inescapable, and we will always have a watchful eye on them," Hongjoong replied. "We must contact him and tell him everything about her and the incident with Yunho. Are you ready?" They all shook their heads obediently as they stepped into a formation. Four of them had their backs towards the cardinal directions, and the other four filled up the in-betweens of the circle. They each held their right hand up, balled into a fist, and towards the middle. Hongjoong chanted the magic spell to open the portal.

"The door for truth is opening in front of there, like destroying it we on fire," Hongjoong said. Simultaneously, the eight boys opened their fist and turned their hands to the right; blue flames erupting from their hands that trembled like they were struggling to open a door. Each member held on against the power exploding from the spell, and together they stood suffering through the pain. A wall of fire erupted from the middle of the circle, and it shot up blue flames. The wall of fire stayed there, and you heard the crackling of the it burning. A dark-haired man stood there in the flames for a brief second, flickering with a smile before stepping out of it. The flames died down, and Ateez ran to him and gave him a massive group hug.

"My sons, I am here."