Requested by THSK2607

TW: Blood
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The cold, wet pavement soaked Jungkook's clothes as his body lay there. It was nighttime and the streets were flooded, as it had been pouring all day. He didn't know what happened. He was driving home from the studio after staying late to work on some solo stuff when the car lost control and spun, hitting a pole and rolling multiple times before ejecting him out of the vehicle.

He remembered rolling and flying out. He heard screaming and sirens.

He felt how badly his head hurt while the rest of his body had gone numb.

And then he blacked out.

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Jungkook was right back inside the studio having dance practice with his hyungs. He looked at himself in the mirror and he was following along with the steps. He wondered what the hell happened. Didn't I just crash? How am I here? Did I imagine it? Was I dreaming?

"Hey, pay attention maknae!" Hobi yelled. "We only have a little while to practice before we have to make it to the airport!"

"Airport?" Jungkook asked as he raised an eyebrow.

"Yes, maknae. The airport. To make it in time for our concert. The one we've been working on for months!" Namjoon patted his shoulder. "Don't tell me you forgot we were leaving today?"

"No, hyung! I didn't forget!" Jungkook smiled.

Next thing he knew he was standing in Taehyung's closet helping him pick out outfits.

"I need this and this and this and this one." Taehyung was pulling everything off of his clothing racks and shoving them into his suitcase. When Jungkook realized his hyung wasn't going to downsize on the luggage per his advice, he decided to browse online instead to pass the time. That's when he saw anti's online sending death threats to all of his hyungs. He read things like 'kill them all at the concert except Jungkook,' or more targeted threats such as how they planned to hurt Jimin and Yoongi. Some of them were super detailed. Jungkook shot to his feet. "Taehyungie! You're all in danger!" he cried. "Look! Threats! Hyung we can't go! Or we need more security!" The maknae was in tears because he was so incredibly worried about everyone.

Taehyung brushed it off. "We get threats all the time. We will be fine, Jungkook-ah!"

The next thing Jungkook knew, he was covered in blood and running through the corridors of the concert venue with Taehyung limp and bleeding out in his arms. The other members were running with him. Taehyung had been shot in the middle of performing and dropped right on stage. Jungkook lay Taehyung on the ground and was begging and pleading for him to wake up.

"No, no, no! I tried to tell you!" Jungkook screamed as he sobbed into Taehyung's chest. He turned to his hyungs who were all silently sitting around Taehyung. He couldn't ignore the fact that none of them seemed the least bit concerned.

"He will be fine," Yoongi said.

"He was shot, hyung!" Jungkook looked up and saw another person with a gun running up behind Yoongi.

"No!" Jungkook screamed. He got up and jumped over his hyung to block him. "Hyungies run!" He turned to see that all of his hyungs were gone. Even Taehyung. Where the hell did they go so quickly?

The man with the gun held it up and pointed it at Jungkook asking where they went. "Leave them alone! Fuck you!" Jungkook yelled. He tried grabbing the gun away from the man, willing to risk his own life to disarm this anti so they wouldn't get another chance at hurting his hyungs.

And he got shot right in the stomach.

He woke up in his bed at home. He was drenched in sweat and hyperventilating. He immediately shot out of bed and ran into the living room.

"Taehyung?! Is Taehyungie okay?! Where is he?!" He looked around the dorm in a full panic.

"Hey, relax," Jimin clutched the maknae's shoulder, "He's in the shower. What's wrong?"

"Is he okay?!" Jungkook cried.

Yoongi interjected. "Why wouldn't he be okay?"

"He...the concert...the anti's...he got shot..." Jungkook's breathing calmed down as he looked at his hyungs and saw their calm demeanor. Now he was confused. And so were they.

"Concert? Kook we haven't had a concert in months," Jin said reassuringly.

"And we can assure you Taehyung hasn't been shot. Are you sure you didn't have another nightmare?" Hobi mentioned. The youngest had nightmares quite often.

"I...I...must have had a nightmare. It was so real hyungs!" Jungkook explained the entire nightmare and the hyungs agreed that it did seem quite scary. Taehyung walked out of the bathroom and Jungkook ran to him, pulling him into his arms and hugging him tightly.

"Let me guess...another bad dream?" Taehyung asked as he patted Jungkook's back during the hug.

Jungkook giggled. "I guess so."

Everyone was caught off guard when they heard Namjoon crying while standing there.

"What's wrong, hyung?" Jungkook asked.

Namjoon's eyes were red and bloodshot. "I don't like it when you sleep like this."

Jungkook didn't understand. Is Joonie worried about me having nightmares? "It's okay hyungie. Nothing but a bad dream. Please don't cry." Jungkook went to hug Namjoon but before he was within arms reach, they were suddenly all in an airport.

Running.

Running from anti's with knives. The entire crowd was full of people with murder in their eyes as they all wielded the weapons. They were chanting the bands fan chant, except they put the word "Kill" in front of every name. Except Jungkook's.

The members were running for their lives. Jungkook looked around and didn't understand how the hell they got here and he also didn't understand why the hell they didn't have a single security guard with them. Jungkook ran up to one of the people and punched them in the face.

He turned back. "Hyungs, run! Go!"

"Not without you!" Jimin and Yoongi both screamed in unison.

"It's not me they want, it's you!" Jungkook cried. "Please, run! Go! Get out of here!" His heart was pounding. Sweat was dripping down his body. He didn't know how he was going to hold off an entire crowd of people with knives who were trying to kill all of his hyungs.

He heard a scream and turned to see both Jin and Hobi on the floor being attacked while the others tried to help.

"No! Hyungies!" Jungkook sprinted to them in a desperate attempt to get there before one of his hyungs actually got stabbed. He ran up and threw himself on top of the culprits, pinning them both to the ground. He didn't know how he was doing it alone but figured it was the adrenaline and fear shooting through him that gave him such undeniable strength.

"Stay the hell away from my hyungs!" Jungkook screamed. The crowd was getting closer and he could see that they had no intention of listening to him. They all kept chanting about killing the members. Jungkook started screaming at his hyungs again to run. Jimin grabbed his arm and started dragging him along with them now that Jin and Hobi were back on their feet. "We can't leave you behind, maknae!" Jimin screamed.

"You have to! I'll hold them off while you guys get far away from here! Please hyungs, go!" Jungkook cried. His head hurt. His entire body ached. He didn't know how the hell he was supposed to hold off an entire crowd of people, but he was willing to die trying if it meant his hyungs got to safety.

Within the blink of an eye, Namjoon's arm had been sliced open with the knife. He gripped it and screamed out in pain.

"No!" Jungkook ran at and tackled the man who had done it and felt the knife cut into his side. "Ahhh!" He whimpered as he clutched the open wound. He moved his hand to see it covered in dark crimson red. He looked up at his hyungs and saw them tending to Namjoon while simultaneously trying to help him up.

"No, go! Get Joonie help. You have to go!" He felt like a broken record, wondering why the hell they couldn't just listen and go without him. This was life or death here and it seemed like they were all choosing death. He wanted them out. He began sobbing on the floor as the crowd encircled both him and the members.

I failed them.

That was his last thought before the crowd took over and he couldn't see them anymore. Everything went black again.

Now he was standing back in the studio surrounded by a dance team. Hobi was teaching the dancers choreography.

What the hell is going on?!

He pulled at his hair. He was frustrated. He didn't understand what was going on in his own head anymore. He felt stuck in a dream state that just replayed different worst case scenarios over and over. Am I even awake?! Is this real life?! He was losing sense of what was real and what wasn't. He'd seen his hyungs suffer and get hurt twice in a row now. Please let the nightmares be over.

And for a few days, they were. All was well with him and his hyungs. Dance rehearsals were normal, as well as life at home. Things had calmed down for the maknae. No more hyungs in distress. He felt like maybe he was just stressed out about work which was why he kept having these nightmares.

Until, late one night, he heard a window in the dorm shatter. He shot out of bed to find two men in masks had broken in. He grabbed his phone to call the police but it was smacked out of his hand.

"Where are they?" One of the men asked.

Jungkook immediately knew the man was referring to his hyungs. No. No. No. Not again. Please not again.

"They're not here!" The maknae lied. He backed into the kitchen and grabbed a drawer handle, trying to slowly coax it open without the two men noticing. He was hoping to grab any kind of utensil or weapon that could protect him and his hyungs but he couldn't find anything.

The men immediately made a run for it down the hallway towards the older members rooms.

"No! Leave them alone!" Jungkook screamed. "Hyungs! Hyungs lock your doors! Hide!" He tried warning them before either of the men could get to them. He chased after them and tackled one to the ground, immediately punching him in the face over and over. The other man grabbed him and shoved him backwards.

"Get the hell out of here!" Jungkook screamed.

Yoongi opened his door. "What the hell is all the yelling?"

"Hyung! Hyung hide!" Jungkook warned. He had tears pouring down his cheeks. This was too much for him.

The men ran at Yoongi and tackled him.

"No!" Jungkook screamed as he ran after them and grabbed them, trying to yank them off his hyung.

Everything immediately turned to chaos. Jungkook was trying hard to fight these men off while the members had all ran out and were calling the police. Jungkook was screaming at them to get out of there but nobody would listen. Why won't they ever listen to me?!

He was covered in blood as the men beat on him trying to get to the older members.

Somehow, Jungkook was suddenly locked in the bathroom with all of his hyungs. He had his back against the door, trying to make sure the men couldn't open it. He was wailing at this point. He could hear the constant banging from the two on the other side of the door as they screamed threats to the others.

His shoulders heaved up and down while he covered his face. He couldn't stop the tears. He kept reliving the same nightmare over and over. An endless loop of tragedy. The members were huddled around him in the bathroom as he cried. They were crying too.

"I want it to stop, hyungs," Jungkook cried. "I don't understand. Why does this keep happening? I can't escape it. I feel trapped. I keep reliving the same nightmare of hyungies getting hurt. I don't know how to save you. I don't want you all to get hurt and there's nothing I can do no matter how many times I try."

Jimin put his hand on Jungkook's chest. "Can't you hear it, Jungkook?"

"Hear what?" Jungkook sniffled.

"We are hurting. Can't you hear our cries?"

Jungkook looked around at the others. None of them were crying. Yet as he silently listened, he could hear crying in the distance but he didn't know where it was coming from.

"We want this nightmare to be over too, Kookie," Jin cooed. He wiped the tear off Jungkook's face. "Please wake up."

Jungkook would love to do that, but he didn't understand what his hyung meant. He thought he was awake. He didn't know how life kept changing or why. However, he knew it was all vivid and real enough for him to not think he was still in some dream state. Just shitty luck, over and over again.

"I...I don't understand..." Jungkook sucked in a deep breath. "I am awake."

"No, Kookie. We need you to really wake up. Please." Taehyung's eyes finally released tears. "Don't you hear it?"

Jungkook could hear the distant crying getting louder. As he looked at his hyungs, they were all in tears now. They had gotten closer to him and were grabbing his arms.

They started screaming in terror, begging for him to wake up.

"Wake up, Jungkookie!"

"Maknae please wake up!"

"Kook-ah, it's time now!"

Jungkook's head started spinning. The screaming got too loud. It hurt his ears so he covered them with his hands and he started screaming back at them. "I am awake!" His screams didn't help. His hyungs kept screaming at him as he closed his eyes and cried, trying to drown out the loudness.

"Wake up, maknae!"

"Jungkook-ah!"

The cries were right in his ear now.

He felt rage inside his body boil to the surface. He couldn't contain his anger or adrenaline anymore.

"I am awake!"

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Jungkook's eyes opened and his entire body flinched. He was hyperventilating, trying to catch his breath. He didn't understand why he felt as though he'd just ran an entire marathon. The first thing he heard was loud beeping that felt like it was right next to his ear. As his vision got clearer, he was met with six crying hyungs. They looked exhausted. They all had black and purple circles under their eyes. Their eyes were also bloodshot. They looked like total wrecks.

What the hell?

"Oh! Oh! Our baby! Oh Jungkook! Oh Thank God! Thank God!" Taehyung was shouting. All of them were quickly surrounding his bedside. That's when he realized he was laying in a hospital bed. He was confused. He was also terrified that this was yet another nightmare, and someone was going to come in any minute to try and hurt one of his hyungs. He heard his heart monitor start blaring and beeping and setting some kind of alarm off as he felt the dread and anxiety of what might be about to come take over. He started crying.

Yoongi started screaming for help. He didn't know why Jungkook was suddenly hyperventilating so uncontrollably with tears pouring out of his eyes. He grabbed the oxygen mask that was sitting by the maknae's bed and put it to Jungkook's face as he rubbed the maknae's arm. "Hey, hey it's okay. Shh. We're here. It's alright. You're going to be alright. You're going to be okay now."

A nurse came in to check on things while the maknae wiped his tears. "W-what happened?"

"Oh, bunny," Hobi said softly. "You were in a really bad car accident."

Jungkook's eyes rolled to the back of his head for a second and then he came back from it. He suddenly became aware of how incredibly bad his head hurt. He also had quite a few bandages. I don't understand. A car accident? How? When?

He couldn't get the questions out. He was so exhausted and his voice was hoarse, but the hyungs could tell he seemed very confused.

"You hydro-planed before hitting a pole, and the car crashed and rolled, maknae." Jin was crying. "You were unconscious when the ambulance got to you. Oh you had hyungs so scared. We were so scared you would never wake back up."

"H-how long has it been?" Jungkook found his voice to ask.

Namjoon was gently rubbing Jungkook's arm. "It's been three weeks. The doctor said they didn't know if or when you'd wake up. We haven't left your side for a second. We've stayed here with you, waiting."

Jimin added to that. "Waiting and crying."

Jungkook thought about it for a moment. "W-were you yelling...at me...to wake up?"

"You heard that?!" Yoongi screamed. "You actually heard that?!"

Jungkook gave a light nod. I might have?

He wasn't up for much discussion anymore. He was still freaked out, and also hearing he was in a car accident had him quite startled. He wasn't sure what was real or not right now. His exhausted body fell back asleep, which he was in and out of for days.

As more time passed, Jungkook became more aware of the situation he'd been in and how incredibly terrified his hyungs were. He had a ton of questions about his coma. He discussed the things he'd seen. The constant nightmares he had. The crying he could hear. The doctor said the stress and crying from his hyungs in the room while he was unconscious had projected into his head. He could subconsciously feel their fear and pain and wanted to help. The doctor told him hearing his hyungs screaming for him helped pull him out of it. Jungkook cried when he heard that.

All these nightmares about me having to save their lives, and in the end it was them who had saved mine.

He was grateful for them. Grateful for saving him from his own trauma and his own alternate reality.

The time came for him to finally go home. He had spent weeks recovering in the hospital. He knew at this point this was real life again. Nobody was coming for his hyungs. They didn't need protection or saving right now.

The hyungs spoiled him when he was home. They made sure he was comfortable and took all of his medicine. He also requested that they all sleep with him in one room, at least for a little while.

Deep down, he was still a little afraid to fall asleep. But with his hyungs home and safe, it was easier than he thought.

And there were no more bad dreams. No more nightmares of his hyungs in distress. He could finally breathe and relax again. In the end, they had really all saved each other.

[The End]
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