MAGES | BTS [DISCONTINUED]

C҉h҉. 1҉4҉ - F҉e҉a҉r҉

They all got up from their seats, looking over to the direction of the screams. Suddenly there was chaos. People were running and screaming, pushing each other out of the way.

"Everybody calm down! Chill the f out!" Jin raised his voice a bit using his ability. But not loud enough to hurt anyone's ears, just for the message to send.

In the midst of all the chaos, someone roughly pushed Jin. He stumbled, almost hitting the floor until someone's strong arms had caught him. He looked up to see Namjoon glaring at the crowd, his chin pushed out showing his anger and annoyance. He audibly gulped.

"What the hell's going on?" Hoseok asked.

Jimin stood up on the table, looking pass the crowd. He squinted his eyes, seeing one man standing in the middle of the crowd. He was the only one who wasn't running around. He didn't have a look of fear, or confusion on his face. He stood there amused.

"Him," Jimin pointed. "That guy's suspicious."

Jimin hopped down from the table, leading the guys to where he saw the suspicious looking man. He grew frustrated when he saw the man had left when he got to the spot.

"That man, I'm sure he did something," Jimin said. By now, the whole restaurant was empty, everyone leaving to save their lives. Taehyung gasped when he saw the dead bodies of 5 people laying lifeless on the floor.

He looked away and tried to catch his unstable breath, "He-he killed that family!"

"Him?" Jin pointed at a guy standing outside next to a stop sign.

"Yeah, him!" Jimin started running towards him.

"Wait!" Jungkook ran after him, followed by the other guys. Who knew Jimin could run so fast?

"You!" Jimin yelled. "You're that guy, aren't you!"

Jimin stood at a distance from the man. Not too close, not too far. His glare was sharp, very different from his soft eyes that shaped like crescents.

The man smirked. "Oh? Am I famous?"

"Wait, who is that?" whispered Jungkook.

"Mania," Jimin said loudly for both Jungkook and Mania to hear. "The one on the news, murdering everyone on the streets."

"Well this time it was a restaurant," Mania shrugged. "I wanted to try something new. Now, I suggest you leave right now before I show you something really scary."

"We're not going anywhere," Taehyung shook his head. "And we're not afraid."

Mania smirked. "I think otherwise. I know all your fears!"

"Yours is the dark," he pointed at Jin. "Shorty over here has a fear of the smell of cigarettes," he pointed at Yoongi. "Failure," he looked over at Namjoon.

"Death," he said to Taehyung.

"Fear of falling," he turned to Jungkook.

"Small spaces," Hoseok glared at him.

"And yours is the sound of thunder or lighting," he smirked at Jimin. "You kids are no match for me."

"We're not kids," Jin's voice was like venom. "We're mages."

"Licensed mages?" Mania asked. "Or mages in training?"

"That is none of your business," Namjoon stepped forward. "Cause it's seven against 1."

"I always like a challenge," Mania smirked before dispersing into a shadow.

Before Jin knew it, the shadow travelled towards Jin from the ground. The shadow jumped out of the ground, like some kind of 3D shit. It crashed onto Jin like a wave, trapping him in the shadow. In the darkness.

"Guys!" Jin screamed, squeezing his eyes closed as his ability made his voice echo.

Hoseok's eyes turned green when he sent the burning light into the shadow, burning Mania. Mania shifted back to his human form. He glared at Hoseok before his attention shifted to Yoongi. There was a certain aura radiating off the male. A strong one. That only intrigued Mania.

He stepped closer to the male, looking him dead in the eye. His eyes were filled with curiosity, and a bit of coo coo's. He had some loose screws in that brain of his.

"You... I like you," he said with a smirk.

Yoongi only glared at him, using his ability of gravitation to slam him onto the dirt. That was until the smell of cigarettes filled his sense. He gagged, and quickly stopped, covering his nose with his hands.

Flames appeared on Taehyung's hands as he sent it at Mania, as if it were like a flame thrower.

Mania rolled his eyes, clapping his hands together and creating a loud sound of thunder. So loud it made the boys flinch, though Jimin was worse. His body started shaking uncontrollably from the loud sound. Jungkook quickly ran over to him.

"Hey, it's okay," he comforted Jimin. "It's fine, it's just a loud noises it won't hurt you."

And just like that, Mania sent a lightning bolt at the two. Jungkook quickly grabbed Jimin, and jumped out of the way. The thing about Mania's ability, is that it is only limited to one person. Since his ability changes for that specific person.

That meant he couldn't try to use someone's fear on someone else, but since Jungkook was close to Jimin. It was like killing two birds with one stone.

When Mania changed his target to Taehyung, he ran up close enough to the male. He was so fast. Faster than the blink of an eye. Before Taehyung knew it, he felt Mania's hands over his eyes. Taehyung quickly used his ability to encase his body in fire, making Mania back off. When he turned to the rest, he saw their bodies on the floor. Cold and lifeless.

He gasped. "Guys? No, no, no," he grabbed his head, shutting his eyes tightly. He knew this was Mania's doing, he just didn't know how to break out of it.

"Taehyung!" Jin called his name.

"It's no use," Hoseok shook his head. "He can't hear us. That Mania guy did something to him."

"Get me out of here!" Taehyung yelled. His body on fire, though it didn't bother as he shot random flames in all directions in attempt to escape the hell he was in. The fire never bothered him anyway, and it certainly didn't bother Mania when he threw a punch at poor helpless Taehyung.

Namjoon quickly made clones of himself, and went to help Taehyung. 4 of them fought Mania together, while one went to help Taehyung.

Yoongi assisted by lifting up the park bench and dropping it down on Mania, only for him to grab it mid air and throw it at Namjoon's clones. Only that Namjoon was the real Namjoon.

"Namjoon!" Jin ran over to him. He used his ability to yell a screeching noise at Mania, making him wince at Jin's powerful voice.

"Shut up!" He jumped at Jin, putting his hands on Jin's eyes. When he opened him, he gasped at the nothingness. Like he was in a dark tunnel with no light whatsoever.

Jungkook quickly used his ability, sending Mania back with his powerful water jet that was aimed at Mania's stomach. After hitting the ground, Hoseok burned his thigh with his ability. Jimin went over to a Taehyung, calming him down from the horrible sight he saw of his dead friends.

"It's not real," he said. "He's just playing with us."

"Oh I'll play back," Taehyung's voice rasped.

The scene he saw of his dead friends he had seen as a threat from Mania. It was a threat saying that he could easily kill his friends, and Taehyung wasn't gonna let him get away with it.

No one will get away with threatening his friends. Especially the people who seemed to understand him the most.

Author note:
I really love how Taehyung cares so much about his friends uwu.