Mark

   "Taehyung?" My voice raised into a question without me thinking. Why is Taehyung standing in front of me? Why is he keeping me from helping Jinyoung? "Taehyung what are you doing? I need to help them fight." He stood there like a lost child, looking back at the fight, and then facing the front again before shaking his head. The sleeves of his sweater were too long but had been rolled up to reveal dark red hands, trembling at his sides. His eyes were shining from the light coming through the windows, reflect off unshed tears. I couldn't help but remember he was just a child, a child raised in by a monster, who betrayed him. But child or not I had to help Jinyoung.

I moved to walk around him, but two hands pushed me back a second time. Taehyung became light on his feet, in front of me before I could blink. I hadn't even stepped back when he grabbed onto my shirt, painting it red,"I can't let you." His voice was steady but his body was shaking,"Taehyung let me go." I moved against his hands, trying to gently break free. I had never really been one for hurting the weak. He stood his ground,"I can't." This time his voice did tremble, and his lips twitched,"Jb told me not to." His volume dropped to a whisper,"Jb said no." My hand wrapped around his wrist, he didn't notice,"But Jb lied to you he lied about a lot. Do you like liars?" Taehyung quickly shook his head,"Then why listen to him?"

Taehyung met my gaze, strongly but with tired and hurt eyes,"Because Jb is all that's left. If he is gone, then everything is gone." His eyes narrowed,"I don't want everything to be gone." Taken aback by his sudden change I wasn't prepared when his fist hit my stomach. A gagging sound escaped from my lips and I tried to go into a defensive position but was unsuccessful, my breath being knocked out of me,"Taehyung," I took a breath,"you don't- understand what you're doing." He grabbed onto me again, this time pushing me with all he had until I was against one of the castle walls,"I do!" He screamed his reply,"I'm helping Jb."

  "You're helping the man who killed your family!" My voice cracked at the end,"The man who killed my family." Taehyung didn't flinch,"He is my family." His knee rammed my thigh, making it weak to the point of almost falling over. Then a punch to my chest, and my face, and the hand that was protecting it,"Taehyung stop!" A vaguely familiar voice could be heard directly in front of me. My eyes were shut tight when the pounding pain stopped. And I opened them to BamBam practically strangling Taehyung who lay on the ground twisting and turning. BamBam's mouth was opening and closing rapidly as he spit out words to the boy crying beneath him,"Don't let him control you!" Was the only thing I could make out, and then he turned to me,"Go help Junior, I'll stay with him." Taehyung has quickly gone from fighting against BamBam to clenching onto his shirt, seeking comfort.

  I didn't wait for anything else as I got onto my feet, not taking my time. Jinyoung had Jb pinned on the ground, who wasn't taking the time to struggle against him, but was in fact talking to him. Jinyoung's expression went from pure anger to confusion and shock, back to anger,"Shut the hell up and get out of my head Jaebum!" Jb just cackled beneath him before lightly tapping Jinyoung's shoulder, and when Jinyoung moved away, Jb's other hand grabbed his hair, pulling ruffly. Jinyoung's mouth opened to let out a yelp, and the positions where quickly changed to where Jb was on top. By then I had made my way to the scene and was directly behind Jb, out of his sight.

  Jinyoung noticed me and quickly looked away, pretending I wasn't there. But it was too late, Jb had noticed. I didn't give him time to turn around, instead I lunged and wrapped my arms around his torso, flipping us onto our backs beside Jinyoung. I moved my legs towards my chest and pushed Jb until there was enough space between us that my legs could fit. I placed my feet on his chest and kicked him away from me before he could get up. He slid over the polished wooden floor board until his back hit the wall, and I took the opportunity to stand up. I was panting, my chest rising and falling drastically, and I quickly realized had been for a long time.

  A blob of black hair could be seen out of the corner of my eye, and I turned my head to come face to face with Jinyoung. So much had happened that it felt as if we had been apart for months. We had both changed so much in just hours and now we were standing together, facing someone who ruined everything for both of us. And all I wanted was to hug him and leave this place, to a random tree in the woods where everything would melt away and we would be looking at the sky and falling asleep against one another, like nothing was happening. But everything was happening, and you can't ignore that. We can stare at the sky another time, and I could watch him laugh at some stupid thing I said again. Or hug him, if he will let me. And we could walk, holding hands, to a house with BamBam and Jackson cuddling on the couch. All the things I miss, could happen again. But to get there, I have to cross this bridge first, and I'm willing to fight for the greener grass.

"Mark you have to be careful-" Jinyoung started his warning, but I shushed him as Jb began climbing back onto his feet,"I know, I'll be careful." I was going to be careful, Jinyoung had told me multiple times during training that it's always best to be aware of everything before you fight. From what I could tell I was aware of everything, and I was ready to defend my family,"Mark, you have unfinished business." Jb muttered, chuckling to himself as he took his time standing. Jinyoung gave us a confused look. Jb noticed,"He has to kill the King, to free you." He spoke softly, in the way a mother would break heartbreaking news to her child that she lied about there being candy,"But he won't-" Jb paused,"So I'm going to make him."

Jinyoung and I both moved into a defensive position as Jb walked towards us. He went for Jinyoung first, using his right fist as a distraction as his left went for the stomach. Jinyoung caught the right fist and sides stepped, bringing his left leg up to slam against Jb's ribs. Jb didn't flinch, but no one could deny the loud sound the action had caused. Instead Jb clenched his jaw and moved his hand to tighten itself around Jinyoung's leg, and his other hand on Jinyoung's arm. He bent down far enough to use his weight and bring Jinyoung to the ground. I took my opening to successfully punch his chest, the sound that escaped Jb's mouth let me now I hit his ribs.

  "Damnit Mark-" Jb held Jinyoung down with his body as his head spun to face me. A dark scowl was stuck on his face, and his eyes were narrowed when he screamed,"I knew I should have killed you when I killed your damn family!" It was like being hit in the stomach all over again. My breath was gone, and I was panting again. But instead of anger I just felt sad...very sad. My family. I hadn't thought about them, really thought about them, for a long time. And now, after so long, the first thought I have is their screams as bandits cut them open in front of me. And it was all Jb's fault-

  "Ah!" My thoughts were cut off by a scream of pain behind me, and BamBam stood there above Taehyung, blade in hand. A now dark red blade. Oh my god. I couldn't see anything past Bam's body and hoped the stab hadn't been fatal. Jb didn't seem too affected by it, actually not at all. That was until he took this as an opportunity to get off of Jinyoung and push my chest with full force, making me fall over. It gave him time to run as he charged at BamBam. I heard Jinyoung scream out the boy's name, and he turned to us just in time. His blade outstretched, when Jb and him collided.

   And the sound of a blade cutting through skin, was soon followed by silence. Dead, heavy, silence.

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Woooooo wasn't that a fun chapter? XD pretty action packed! Hope you guys enjoyed this one I worked real hard on it.

  Only 2 or 3 more chapters guys 😢 stay tuned though, I'll be mentioning my next story soon(which I've already started writing on the side) and I'm also really excited for that one

Btw, what do you think happened at the end of the chapter? 🤔