The Prophet - Kihyuk

Chapter 18

Kihyun POV 

"Well, that isn't intimidating at all", I whispered out loud upon observing the hundreds of guards dressed all in black. 

They seemed to be marching out of the castle and into the field behind. Why? I'm not exactly sure. A question for another day, but today I have to get in that entrance, go down the stairs, collect some of the blue flowers and get out. That's all Taehyung told me to do anyway. I shift into a panther, my black, slick fur made my movements almost invisible when I slipped around the side of the castle. 

Bingo. 

I stood in front of a small wooden door, the rust on its hinges gave away how long it had been used. I cautiously looked around before shifting back into human form. Pulling my black hood up as I pushed open the door, I winced when it creaked before stepping inside and ascertaining my surroundings. 

A long stone corridor opened up into a shallow cave as I kept moving forward, I smelt something unfamiliar, wet, but sweet almost as I came face to face with the door that supposedly held the flowers behind it. I felt saliva down my throat as I anxiously swallowed, along with the stream of sweat that fell ungracefully down the side of my face. 

Here goes nothing I thought as I pushed the door open, revealing exactly what Taehyung said there would be. Rows upon rows of planted blue flowers, a cross between a rose and bluebell, swiftly I checked the room before pulling down my hood and walking towards the nearest bed of flowers. As I began to collect a bunch I felt a strange presence in the room, my breathing quickened as I began to collect more, faster, the trickle of sweat returning again. 

"You know it's illegal to steal".

My blood turned to ice as I froze on the spot, bag of flowers in one hand, the unsheathed knife now in the other. One thought flew through my head as I saw messily dyed orange hair emerging from the darkness in front of me. 

Shit. 

Yep, that's all I got right now, but I'll get back to you later if my brain decides to start functioning ever again. 

Wait, my head? When did it start pounding so much that I can't think anymore? As a shaky hand reached towards it Wonho laughed, the most sinister sound I have ever heard a person laugh, it made me sick to the core. 

"It seems to be working then", "what's working", I croaked out with uncertainty. 

He took a step towards me, I tried to take a step backward, but my legs seemed stuck to the spot, paralyzed almost. What's wrong with me? I tried again, but to no avail, as Wonho stood only a meter away from me, I began to panic. I couldn't move my arms either I thought as the bag of flowers and knife slid helplessly from my grips. "I'm surprised you didn't smell it actually, you know, being a cat and all". I'm so stupid I'm so so so stupid, how did I not realize. The sweet smell in the cave, they poisoned me from the beginning, Jooheon knew I was coming, he knew all along. 

A sinking feeling settled deep in my stomach as I felt a black bag swiftly cover my head. I fought against it; I really did. I screamed Minhyuk's name over and over again, not really helping myself as I slowly lost consciousness. Although I knew he couldn't really hear me, a part of me kept shouting, don't stop, he will hear you. 

And then all I saw was black and all I heard was the sickening laugh of Evelyn as I fell unconscious.

Minhyuk POV 

Something's wrong. 

I woke startled from my bed, sweat trickling steadily down my forehead. Swiftly I pulled on a long black coat before venturing outside, I didn't know where I was going but my legs were certainly taking me somewhere, my train of thought was broken abruptly as I stumbled to the ground along with Jungkook. 

Wait, Jungkook? 

"What are you doing, where have you been, Taehyung has been worried sick, he's practically lost the plot". I whisper shouted. Jungkook looked guilty for a second before grabbing my arm and saying, "we need to get everyone together now, there is something I need to tell you all." "Hold on a second", I pulled him to a stop, I needed some sort of confirmation first. "Did you see Kihyun?" He gave me a questioning look before answering, "no". 

Next thing I know I was sat down in a circle inside one of the towers, alongside Taehyung, Elena, Baekhyun, Jungkook, and Hyungwon. "Who are you and what do you want?" Hyungwon questioned. The look Jungkook gave him was enough to make anyone squirm, including me. "I was the distraction so Taehyung and Baekhyun could retrieve Luciarnous from the dungeons." 

The look Hyungwon gave him was somewhere between not giving a shit and thanking him. 

Taehyung swiftly interjected the staring contest, "we all sincerely thank you Jungkook, although I'm very glad you made it.....how did you actually make it". Jungkook smiled. "We have an ally inside the castle", everyone stopped moving, breathing. "Who?" I questioned. Jungkook looked me dead in the eyes, but before he could answer we were interrupted by a visitor who had managed to silently penetrate the tower. Before I could even catch who it was, Taehyung was behind him, a knife to his throat. 

"The ally is Sunggyu" Jungkook swallowed as the man pulled his hood down to reveal a sweaty but put together Sunggyu, a slight smirk painted his face as he calmly spoke. However, I was not ready for the words that left his mouth next....so not ready. 

"You are going to want to remove that knife if you ever want to see Kihyun alive again."