A Hundred Years (Michaeng)

Chapter 15

Chapter 15

When Your Best Isn't Good Enough

Mina awoke in the sewers beneath where her apartment had previously stood. Due to a design flaw, when the timbers that formed the supports caught on fire the building collapsed inwards, dropping Mina's room five stories straight down. The fall would have been deadly to anyone who wasn't a vampire, as it was Mina had some mild pain in her back. What happened? Her first thoughts went to Chaeyoung. I've got to find her. She found an exit to the sewers and surveyed the damage to the building. Where it had once stood now sat a pile of rubble and ash. She heard a familiar bark nearby and looked to find Boo laying beneath a nearby tree, Sana wrapped around a branch above him.

She approached, "At least you two got out." She noticed that Boo's fur was singed and some bite marks on Sana. "Did Boo drag you out of the fire?" Sana flicked her tail affectionately at the wolf and told the tale with her eyes.

Sana sat in the living room surrounded by fire. The center of the apartment had already collapsed and she didn't know whether her mistress lived or died, but had a good feeling that it was the former. She contemplated jumping in after her when she heard a barking noise from behind a wooden barrier and a white blur crashed through it.

'I'm here to save you.' The wolf barked with a calm demeanor to spite the tense situation around them.

Sana flicked her tongue in annoyance, 'If you have an idea on how to get out, I'm listening.'

Boo rammed a section of the wall and knocked it down, a building stood within jumping distance on the other side. He grabbed her in his jaws and threw her across, she wrapped around a pole and pulled her tail up after her. Boo made a running jump and barely cleared the building before it collapsed into itself. He landed on his side and slid a bit before stopping near Sana.

He raised his chin, 'Pretty cool, huh?'

Sana rolled her eyes, 'Calm down, hotshot. We still have to get off this building.' He nodded towards an open door nearby. 'You got lucky.'

Mina smiled, "That's good, Chaeyoung would be happy to know that you're getting along. Did you happen to see where she went?" Boo barked, "Pantomime? I thought so, you two go to Chaeyoung's apartment and wait for us. I'm going to go save her."

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Momo and Chaeyoung stood behind their makeshift barrier of overturned tables, guns at the ready. They had heard the howls coming from down the street, too many to count. The door flew open and a wolf charged through only to meet a silver bullet to the head. Two more were behind him and a round of buckshot knocked one back, the other was felled by another silver bullet.

Several more entered the doorway, Tzuyu lit the rag and counted to five before flinging the makeshift Molotov cocktail at the group, setting them on fire and panicking them. Momo unloaded the rest of her shotgun and threw it to the ground as they kept getting back up. Chaeyoung fired a round and took out another one. "Go out the backdoor, I'll cover you both."

"But what about you?" More wolves entered and Tzuyu threw another Molotov, "We're not leaving you here."

"I'll be right behind you, now go. I couldn't live with myself if you died on my account." Tzuyu met them behind the barricade, "Go, I said!" Momo and Tzuyu made a break for the door, a couple of the wolves turned on them but Chaeyoung emptied her pistol at them and put them down. They made it through the door when they heard what they had most feared, a pistol fell to the ground. "I surrender, you win."

Momo was going to go back in when a strong hand held her in place. She turned and looked into dark brown eyes, "What's going on? Where's Chaeyoung?"

Momo pointed inside, "She surrendered to them, probably so they wouldn't chase us."

Mina strode through the door and a dozen wolves turned to face her, including Park Jinyoung in human form. She saw them drag an unconscious Chaeyoung out the door and tried to chase them but the wolves intercepted her. "Give her back to me, dogs."

Park Jinyoung laughed aloud, "Come and get her." He then transformed and squared off against the vampiress.

Mina charged them, sending one flying with a haymaker. They surrounded her, too many for her to fight at once, and after a struggle finally managed to being her down. She felt one bite her on the arm, she managed to throw it off before they pinned her down. She ceased struggling.

She heard the sound of howling and several of the wolves were cut down by a silver sword held by a vampire. He helped her to her feet and tossed her a silver naginata, "Thought you could use this."

Between them they drove the wolves back, Park Jinyoung retreated with the survivors out of the bar and down the street. Mina went to follow but the other vampire held her back, "We've got to follow them, they have Chaeyoung."

"I have spies watching them, we'll know where they take her." He offered his hand, "I don't believe we've met, I'm Jimin. When Taehyung called for reinforcements I answered."

"Where are Taehyung and Jihyo? Why aren't they here?"

"They were attacked, just like you. Fires were started simultaneously in your apartment, Taehyung's hotel room and the house that Jihyo was staying in. They should be on their way here, then we'll go and get your woman back."

Mina gave an impatient look, "What are we supposed to do now? Wait for them to show and give him time to have his way with her?"

Jimin righted a chair and sat down, "It won't happen that quickly, we have some time. He will have gathered his full strength there, so we will need ours. The four of us should be able to handle as many wolves as he can throw at us. So, yes, all we can do is wait."

Momo and Tzuyu entered the back door, Momo approached Mina, "So they took her then? I'm sorry, I tried to protect her."

Mina smiled at her, "At least you tried, I couldn't even do that much. Now I have to sit here while he's doing whatever he wants to her. I can't stand it."

Tzuyu wrapped her in a hug, "It'll be okay, we'll save her."

The front door slammed open and an enraged Jihyo stomped in wielding a massive silver war hammer. "Where are those dog bastards? I'll kill them all."

Mina rolled her eyes, "I see you survived."

"Thanks to Jisoo, she managed to drag me into the basement before the house burned down. Now she has to have the house rebuilt and I'm looking for some payback."

Jihyo smashed a table to bits, "Calm down, Jihyo, you'll get your chance." The smooth southern accent followed Taehyung through the door, twin silver-plated six shooters at his side. He wasted no time, "What's the situation?"

Mina answered, "The wolves attacked in force and took Chaeyoung, probably to the Black Prince."

A smile creased Taehyung's face, "So she was the bride, you play things close to the chest Myoui. Do we know where they've taken her?"

A phone rang and Jimin answered, spoke some in Korean and hung up. "Yes, it's an office building downtown."

"Then let's get ready, because it's gonna be war." He approached Mina who looked calm, "Are you alright, darlin'?"

Mina's shoulders slumped, "I'll feel better when we get her back."

Taehyung put an arm around her, "Then let's go get her back."

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The office building sat at the end of a small roadway that was bordered by warehouses. The four vampires walked down the road side-by-side, weapons at the ready. From all around them shapes started to coalesce from the darkness, dozens of wolves stepped out of the warehouses and snarled at the intruders.

They stopped several hundred feet from the office building and stood back-to-back. The front door opened and Park Jinyoung exited flanked by more wolves, "There are more than a hundred of us here. Give it up, or you'll wish you had died in the fire."

Taehyung aimed his pistols in Jinyoung's direction, "A hundred, those are terrible odds." Taehyung smirked, "I hope you have reinforcements."