Soul Breaker {Kaisoo § Chanbaek}

Chapter 16

Kyungsoo opens his eyes and he is standing in the rain.

There is no manor, no brothers, no Jongin.

There is just the sword, the stone and his gun.

Something pains him, an echo in his chest as he looks down, opening his shirt.

He can almost taste it when he looks at it. There is a wound there, right over his heart.

What has he done?

Rain falls so heavily it drenches his bones but he doesn't care, cannot see it. He closes his shirt and draws a deep breath in.

It seems he is dead.

He doesn't really know what he expected but he certainly didn't expect it to feel like this. It's just... dull.

Durandal sings, demands his attention and he grabs the handle. He sees through the sword now as it is resting in his room, watching over him as he sleeps.

He sees Jongin as he bolts out, sees the fear and confusion in his eyes. It is all directed at the man lying on the bed. At him.

The next person to step in is Baekhyun, eyes empty, moving with purpose but devoid of any emotion. He isn't himself, he is a puppet being manipulated by further strings.

He strikes Kyungsoo in the heart and retires, all mechanically. Kyungsoo knows, he doesn't realize what he has just done.

He isn't moving anymore, the man on the bed. He isn't breathing. Besides him is the painful howl of Cerberus as he watches, sadness in his eyes as the life pours out of Kyungsoo in dark waves of blood.

The color of his eyes.

He releases the handle and his body comes back alive, taking in his surroundings. He is standing in an empty field, drops clouding his vision like clouds the sky.

He is supposed to be dead but he feels alive. So alive.

He starts to walk. He doesn't have a destination, but he knows where he is going.

He is going to kill the Devil.

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Jongin stands at Heaven's door, sword in hand, twisted smile on his face.

Finally.

His brothers are beside him, all dressed in black, all armed with their weapons of choice.

Darkness twists around them, beautifully pleased.

The sword of the archangel roars in Jongin's hands, tears his skin in such a delicious manner. He lets the feeling possess him, lets the pain set all of it loose.

Anger. Anger he has been keeping at bay for too long.

Anger at his father and his brothers, anger at Heaven, anger at light.

Anger at himself.

He is a traitor, a harbor of sin. He has betrayed everything and everyone he has ever known. He has given in to temptation, given in to darkness, manipulated, lied, killed mercilessly.

He has given Baekhyun a reason to hate himself. He has given the only person who could ever trust him completely, who could ever understand him, the only think he has ever given.

Death.

Pain.

Anger.

He has killed Do Kyungsoo.