Pirate King

Chapter 10

The next few moments were a total blur. Hala Hongjoong grabbed Y/N's wrist and dragged her away from the crossfire. You started to struggle against him, and you tried your best to summon your magic. Nothing came out, and you huffed in frustration as you ran behind him, stepping on the shattered glass on the floor, still fighting to break free. You both disappeared in between the chaos. 

Balls of blue and red flames flew were thrown back and forth between Hala Ateez and Ateez. Both groups were skillfully deflecting the balls left and right. When Maddox pointed his white wand towards Hongjoong when Hongjoong wasn't paying attention, Seonghwa instantly lifted a hand to raise a wall of see-through blue fire in between the two groups. Hongjoong turned around just in time to see the red fury ball melt against the wall, inches away from his face. With wide eyes, he stared back at Seonghwa, who only gave him a quick nod in reassurance and continued to keep the wall at bay. Seonghwa only had two things in mind as he willed the wall of blue magic to stay intact with both hands-- to protect each of his members and to make sure no one else died. Seonghwa's hands were glowing a dark blue, and he was sweating little silver bullets of sweat. He hoped that the fight would be short as he didn't know how much longer he could keep the wall up. 

"You really think you can contain us? We are not to be messed with!" Maddox yelled. Maddox, the rest of Hala Ateez (minus Hala Hongjoong), lined themselves in front of the wall with their multicolored wands. All at once, an orange-red light escaped their wands, slowly causing the wall to disintegrate. Seonghwa was straining to keep it up, practically yelling in agony as his power was deteriorating thanks to his opposing members. Seonghwa was the member who specialized in defensive spells like this one, and the rest of Ateez felt helpless as they watched their eldest slowly go down to his knees to save his energy from entirely depleting. "I don't know if I should call you brave or foolish, Seonghwa. I know you would give your life to anyone here, and once that would have included me too," Maddox said. Maddox looked conflicted and sad to see Seonghwa in such a state, but it didn't stop him from motioning Hala Seongwha forward. Hala Seongwha looked menacing with his blonde hair contrasting the dark clothing he was wearing. Hala Seonghwa aimed directly at Seonghwa, and with an elegant wave of his silver wand, he attacked Seonghwa. It was the final hit the wall needed to break fully, and it disintegrated completely-- knocking out Seonghwa instantly.

"No!" Yeosang yelled as he ran towards his fallen brother. Hala Yeosang took that cue to step forwards and command his red wand to throw stars of fires toward him. Yeosang got trapped as they landed around his feet, and they slowly stretched upwards to catch him inside a fiery cage. Yeosang looked like a phoenix inside of that enflamed cage. Something so beautiful didn't deserve to be caged. Yeosang tried to break apart the cage with his powers, but each time he sent out his blue flames, they would return to hit him. He fell to his knees in defeat, hands covering his face to prevent him from seeing any more of his brothers fall.

Yunho managed to sneak past everyone after everyone was distracted with Yeosang magnificent encapture. Fearful that his brothers will go down one by one, he knew he had to do something. He walked confidently to the back door, and he hoped no one would see him slip past. And then he was faced with his Hala version. Hala Yunho had blonde hair, and his chained black mask still fastened to hide his face. Hala Yunho raised his blue wand against Yunho, and Yunho quickly raised his hands.

"Please, I don't want to fight. Just take me to Y/N, please. Take me instead, and don't hurt my members," Yunho said. Hala Yunho nodded, emotionless, and pushed Yunho towards the back door where he saw Hala Hongjoong take Y/N through.

Hongjoong didn't know what he was going to do. Seonghwa was passed out on the floor, Yeosang was trapped in a fiery cage, Wooyoung and San were both still fighting against their own Hala versions. Mingi was trying to wrestle the light blue wand out of Hala Mingi's hand, and he couldn't find either version of Yunho anywhere. He saw Hala Hongjoong take Y/N out of the chaos, but he needed to make sure his brothers were safe first before going after them. Jongho was hiding behind him with eyes wide in fear. Once upon a time, Jongho would be the first one out in battle, but ever since Hala Jongho framed him for a murder he didn't commit, he had turned into the biggest softie and very anti-war.