Seoul Secrets | ATEEZ

Chapter 8

Aithne POV

I duck and hide behind something. It wasn't long before I start feeling a warm liquid run down the side of my neck. I put my fingers over the spot and look at them. Blood. He must of grazed me with that bullet. That little shit. He doesn't even know what he's got himself into. Adara looks at me and notices the blood. I see her rage with anger and hold her gun up to their leader. He smirks at her.. is this a game to him? He will soon find out that he's messing with the wrong gang and we will kill them... No hesitate. The thing that he doesn't realise, is that we are protective of each other and if you hurt one of us, you'll have the whole gang after you.

"What you going to do? Kill me?" He questions her. Well no shit.. of course she's going to kill you, you hurt me... Even though it didn't hurt.. but that's besides the point.

"That's exactly what I'm going to do" she replies, venom in her voice.

"I'd like to see you try" he remarks. Does he think she won't kill him or miss? Boy she has the best aim anyone could ask for.

The other girls raise their guns to one or two member of the intruding gang. Without warning Adara shoots at the leader, making him take cover.

"Hongjoong hyung! Are you okay?" One of his members ask. So his name is Hongjoong huh?

I recognize that voice... But where from? Childhood? No.. it isn't... None of them look familiar.

Focus, Aithne, Focus!  This isn't the time to think about childhood!

The girls do what Adara did and shoot at the members of the opposing gang, making them all take cover and trying not to get injured. Stupid boys, shouldn't of shot at me.  I bullet hitting a piece of metal beside me makes me snap out of my thoughts. I look around to see that deep voiced guy, aiming at me. Without hesitation I shoot at him. I'll fucking kill the lot of them if they don't leave our territory. I must of hit the guy, blood is on the ground where he was. Serves him right after shooting at me, that little shit.

Bullets are flying everywhere, people getting injured... No one is getting killed though, at least we don't have to deal with dead bodies... Well that's for now.. anything could happen. I notice that only the Northsiders are getting injured. I look over at my friends. I notice Dakota keeps.. missing? She must be hiding something. First she somehow knew about us needing more weapons, and now she's missing her targets... She never misses her targets. I bullet flies past my face, my life flashing before my eyes in that quick moment. These bitches better be careful if they want to make it out alive. This place is going to be a blood-splattered mess again, once we're finished with it. The guy looks around the corner again.. I see his shoulder, blood stained clothing on it. So i was right, I did hit him. He aims at me but I shoot him again before he can pull the trigger, hitting him once again in the shoulder. A look of agony takes over his features and he hides behind the small building again. That look on his face reminds me of something... Something I don't want to remember... I hide back around the corner, trying to forget the look on his face. I can't think about it.. not now.. Not ever.

- flashback -

Me and Adara got told to go ahead of the others and report back if we found anything. Not long after looking around this abandoned area, we found another gang. As soon as they saw us they pointed a gun at us. Without any thought we ran back to the others, being shot at and injured in the process.

We got back and told our gang leader... Well we didn't get a chance to say anything considering how much blood covered our clothing. They all followed us to were we found the opposing gang and not long after seeing them, our leader shot at them, killing some of the gangs members. That's when a bloody war started. We both had to fight too.

People were falling to the ground like dominoes.. one after the other. They just kept coming and so did we. The blood-splattered, shot-slashed ground, littered with bodies of once alive people. People that only knew the gang life and nothing more. Dead before they could have a chance at a normal life if they wanted one.

I find myself alone and without my sister next to me where she once was. I look around, scared that she's one of the fallen. I look around constantly, the dreading the worst. Dreading that I lost her. Scared to be alone without her, I search and search. I soon see her. Injured badly. I can't lose her! I think to myself. I grab her and we try escaping.

It was hard, me getting injured more. Agony clear on my sister's face whereas I tried hiding my agony, fear. I try finding help once we are out of the hell of that battle ground. What started off as a simple, slightly laid back day, turned dark and very quickly. I find no help whatsoever. No one tried helping... Well who would want to help two teens who are in a gang and dropped out of school for the gang life? No one, that's who. I start to break, showing my agony and fear. My sister, clear with the same fear of losing the other. That was until...

- end of flashback -

A bullet ricochets off of the wall Infront of me, snapping me out of my thoughts, bringing me back to reality. My sister must of noticed me being zoned out for the second time this week. She had a worried expression whilst looking at me. She's worried about me and I know it. Since Chungha got murdered you could say I wasn't myself. They have clearly noticed. I can't let them worry about me.

"Shit!" I hear Hana say, making me look over at her. "I've ran out of bullets" what did she just say!?? We never run out of bullets.

One by one we all run out of bullets, Hongjoongs gang taking this as a chance to escape. Fuck! I see Adara want to go after them but I stop her. I'm not letting her possibly get killed. I see Cordelia eyeing up Dakota as if she was silently accusing her of something.

"Let's get out of here" I say, making Cordelia snap out of her thoughts and look at me. She nods in agreement.

We all walk away, none of us are happy about everything that just happened. I notice Cordelia pull Dakota behind... Quite far behind us, and talk to her. I let it slide as she must have a reason for it.

She could be thinking what I'm thinking...