Tick, Tock. Tick, Tock.

a/n : i actually listened to crystal snow on repeat while doing this. And im sorry if this chapter confusing bcs i keep switching from their stage name to their real name 😄

Third Person's POV

"Kihyun, I asked you once again do you want to go?" Shownu asked carefully to Kihyun after they already gather enough Vambieres to proceed with their plan.

"Yes, hyung. They- I mean, he took Changkyun away from us. Most importantly, he killed Hyungwon and Minhyuk." Kihyun said sadly, his gaze turned to where the photo of them happily together before the mess started.

'A mess where it could make the best of friends betrayed one another, person with the most angelic attitude turned into a soulless devil and changed people into a monster.'

"I'm glad that you know already what our purpose of doing this." Shownu said before walked away with Wonho.

"Hyung, you sure you want to do this?" Jooheon asked Kihyun softly.

"I'm not sure either. Part of me thinks that I should do this but another part no because I know there is a way to solve this shit." He sighed.

"I don't want to do this too hyung. But what can we do? We cannot find any cure."

'I have the cure Jooheon. I know the flower can save us but I just don't know when is the right time to use it.'

"Its ok Jooheon. I'm sure this will come to an end. Come, lets go." Kihyun said before he grabbed the younger's hand into his and lead him away.

'We were living yet dying at the same time.' (a/n: 4 o'clock 😏)

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After the 'earthquake' occurs, SVT and BTS are already separated. It looks like mother nature didn't allowed them to escape from the villa. But seeing how determined the guys are to actually run away from there, luckily the 'earthquake' didn't actually last long.

"Be careful, Namjoon." Jin said, fixing the younger's arm that was placed around his shoulder for support while the other was supported by Jungkook. Fortunately, they didn't separated along with Taehyung. Namjoon still needed an assistance as he's still weak.

"Can we really get out from here hyung?" Taehyung said more to whispering, his hoarse voice echoing through the hallway of the underground floor.

"Why did you ask?"

"Well we have been trying to escape from here countless times already so is this time going to work out?"

"If you have trust in yourself and the others, we will Tae. Besides we have Seventeen helping us, I'm sure we can escape from here."

"But we are already separated. What are we going to do now?" The maknae, Jungkook asked.

"We are going to search for them. Lets find Hoseok and Jimin first, ok?" Jin said, feeling responsible since he's the eldest and the leader is still weak so he feel responsible to what happened to the others.

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"No, hyung! Don't turn around! NO HYUNG! NOOOOO!!!!" Dokyeom shouted, his already loud voice ringing through the underground floor.

"What is it?! Don't you dare try to scare me!" Woozi, already feeling scared try not to panicked.

"Its a SPIDER! Oh my god!" Dokyeom yell as he stare at the insect which was the reason he screamed.

"I swear, Seokmin. I'm going to kill you! Yahh!!" Woozi said after he look behind him and immediately feeling enraged with the mess created by Dokyeom. He head lock the much taller boy and the tall one could only yelp in pain.

"No, hyung! Argghh! No! It hurts hyung! I'm really scared by it. Its so big."

"Seokmin?" A voice could be hear calling for the younger, taller boy from the end of the route.

"Jeonghan hyung. Oh my god!" Dokyeom immediately release himself from Woozi and run, hugging Jeonghan.

"I'm glad you save me from that little monster." He whisper but it was loud enough for Woozi to hear it.

"What did you say?!"

"Woozi. Stop it. I'm really glad you guys are ok. Did you hurt anywhere?" Being the eldest from all of them now after S.Coups is gone, he took the responsibility asking the others well being.

"We're ok Han hyung. Thank you. But where are the others?"

"I don't know yet. I was separated from you guys and I was alone. Then, I hear you screaming and I followed the sound. Now, I guess we should go find the others."

Both boys just nodded and followed the oldest.

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"Hansol? Where are you?" Wonwoo start to panicked after he feels he is no longer grabbing the wrist of the younger one.

"I'm here hyung." A faint sound was hear not far from him. Maybe he lose the grip when the floor start to separated.

"Oh gosh. Are you alright? You are not hurt, do you?"

"I'm fine hyung. What about you?" Vernon was slightly taken aback by how the older treat him as he usually don't really asked how the others was doing but Vernon know this hyung is silently protect the younger.

"I'm ok. Lets go, we'll find the others." Wonwoo said before he help Vernon gets up.

As they were walking, Wonwoo slightly heard a walking sound behind them but he thought he heard wrong so he just shrugged it off, not wanting to scared the younger.

"Argghh!" Vernon suddenly bow down and his hand flying to his back.

"Vernon, what's wron- oh my god!" Panic start to come again to Wonwoo as he saw Vernon was stabbed at the back with a knife.

The person who just stabbed Vernon has ran away before Wonwoo could speak. But he knows that figure. He surely did not mistaken. He knows very well with that silhoutte. But why?

'Hoshi...'

"Hansol!" Tears already forms in his eyes as he watch the younger struggles to breath.

"Hansol, please open your eyes. Don't sleep now. Hyung gonna get help for you. Please!" He said, Vernon already lying on the ground. Wonwoo places the latter's head on his lap, hesitated when he saw the knife. Vernon already lost a lot of blood. He knows that and Wonwoo also knows that but he did not want to give up instead he yell,

"Someone! Help!"

"Hansol please, please open your eyes for me." Wonwoo eyesight has become blurry now because of his tears. He wiped it away immediately.

"Hyung, please just take care of yourself and the others for me." Vernon said, more like whispering since the wound was deep and he lost a lot of blood and his breathing are unsteady.

"I will, Vernon and I'll take care of you too."

Vernon knows he won't be long and he just smile to the older. Before any help arrived, Vernon has closed his eyes and his chest no longer moving signalling his breathing has stop.

"Hansol! No!!! Wake up!" Wonwoo start shaking the younger.

"Wonwoo hyung?" A voice said.

"Here! Help me! Hansol!"

"What happen- Hansol?" Seungkwan, the voice earlier asked but the supposed to be smile because he finally found his members turn into a disbelief.

"Hyung…? What happened to Hansol…?" He walk nearer them.

Wonwoo knows how close Seungkwan and Vernon are and he found it hard to actually tell that Vernon is no longer alive.

"Hyung! Answer me!" He said, startling Wonwoo while his hand shaking Vernon, trying to wake him up.

"Someone stabbed him from behind and the wound was deep... He lost a lot of blood... He's gone, Seungkwan."

Seungkwan's POV

"... He's gone, Seungkwan." Was what the only thing I heard. I refuse to believe it and I just start shake him harder in an attempt for him to wake up.

And just live in the movies, my mind played a flashback of us together.

When he's still shorter than me and now he already towers over me...

When we actually dress up as each other during Halloween...

When you actually didn't mind I'm backhugging you, touching your thigh and just all pure skinship...

When we play around together...

When we are together...

"Hansol!" Reality strucks back to me and I realized that my best friend now has gone...

Third Person's POV

Jin finally found his remaining members, Jimin and Hoseok. While walking, they suddenly heard sniffling.

"Wonwoo? What happened?" He asked as they found the SVT members. Wonwoo told the story of what happened. Seungkwan cry silently while holding his best friend's hand.

"Do you know who did this?" Hoseok asked.

Wonwoo nodded.

"Who is it, hyung?" Seungkwan asked.

"Its... Hoshi..."

"What, no way…" Seungkwan said in disbelief.

"I don't want to believe it too but I saw a glimpse of his face. His eyes... its not his. He looks different. His eyes looks so distant, cold."

"He's not your Hoshi anymore. He is now is HS-0615. Prof. Oh controlled him." Hoseok said.

"How do you know?"

"He's the one who killed Suga too and your other members. I just figured out the hints that Suga gave. The first letter of every sentences shows his name. Here, look." Hoseok give the letter to the others.

H elp each other,
O n each other's back together,
S o when he strike again,
H e should not be the Grim Reaper,
I n your hands are the decision of your life.

"Oh my god. I'm so glad we finally found you guys!" A voice behind them suddenly said.

"Hyung! Hansol... He's gone."

Jeonghan, Woozi, Dokyeom and Mingyu who they meet on the way to find the others, stare in disbelief.

"Hoshi... Hoshi killed him. Hoshi is the one who killed the others too."

"But, that's no way. Hoshi wouldn't killed his own members."

"He's actually not the Hoshi you know anymore. He was controlled by Prof. Oh. Maybe Prof. Oh is the one who instructed him to kill." Jin said.

"Lets go now. We find the way out here and then we bury Vernon, ok?" Hoseok said.

Wonwoo lift Vernon and put him on his back, piggyback him. He feels that he is the one to be fault that the younger is dead. He promised to take care of Vernon after he dreamt about him but guess he failed.

'I thought it's Joshua hyung that we need to be careful of, but it's Hoshi hyung...'

*****

After like years walking, they finally found light at the very end and its a signal of they finally going to get out.

When they finally out, more mess actually come. They saw Vambieres, lots of them at the island.

"Long time no see, Seventeen." Shownu smirks.

"What's all this, Shownu?" Jeonghan asked.

"Hyung, its Joshua hyung and Hye In noona." Mingyu said.

"Oh you know this girl too? Hahaha, she's already become our army. And yes, Joshua, your old friend. Aren't you shocked?" Wonho said.

"What's all this?"

"Oh, we came for a war."

After that statement, SVT and BTS was actually trapped between Monsta X with the Vambieres and Prof. Oh with his assistant and specimens.

"You can't run anymore, boys." Prof. Oh smirk.

'This gonna be bad.'

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