Reminder that everything written in this story is made up in my mind and not a true reflection of religion/mythology!! It's heavily inspired from those, but I had to make up some of it to make it interesting! ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Everything will be explained along the way by the characters ❤️

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Fuck!

Hoseok jumps when he sees Taehyung get smacked against the wall in front of him, only moments before the said angel stands back up and rushes towards the demon.

He's fighting as if his body isn't even there and the blood isn't filling most of the floor at this point. Taehyung seems so blinded by anger that there isn't any rational thoughts left.

He's done for good.

Hoseok is so freaked out his body can't move for a second, all he sees is blood, steam from Styx and Jungkook's crying face.

Shit, Styx? What was it again... Oh right! The place where the dead will never escape from. He got told that no matter what he can't go near it. Styx isn't controlled by anyone, it's like a living being by itself. If you get in there, you're in the claws of an animal that won't hesitate to devour you as prey... even the angels need to stay far away. So don't go near it.

As Hoseok finally gets it together and rushes his way towards Jungkook, he shortly looks down into the gigantic hole in the ground. He probably shouldn't have.

What looks like corpses are slowly driftig around, their clothes dirty and ripped and their faces no longer held together by skin.

[A/N: kind of like this, but in a cave instead]

Hoseok knows that if he ended up down there, he would be a swimming corpse in about three hours.

It's a slow process, they want you to suffer after all.

Hoseok shakes his head and almost falls as he finally makes it to Jungkook's side. He rushes behind the younger, who's looking up at him with frightened eyes as he starts opening the rope around Jungkook's hands.

"Fucking shit, you're still alive," Hoseok hisses and struggles with the rope. It's tight, but it only takes him a little while before he finally gets it loosened and Jungkook's hands are free.

"Inm fugking imnortal yoo idiout!" The boy gasps out as his hands are now free to struggle with the cloth in his mouth, Hoseok ignores him and starts freeing his legs.

The suffocation Jungkook has been feeling all along finally subsides as he gets the cloth off and gasps for air. He can feel the relief in his lungs and how it immediately makes the pounding headache subside. It's like he hasn't breathed freely for years.

"W-What the fuck are you doing here Hoseok!?" he manages the scream out.

"Saving your sorry ass! Since that wannabe hero over there wouldn't wait for our plan, I had to get involved," Hoseok yells back and stands up after freeing Jungkook completely.

He grabs the boy under the arm and doesn't even let him utter another word before he start dragging him towards the exit. Time is not a privilege right now, it's a gift.

Jungkook almost falls due to the numbness in his legs from sitting all this time, but luckily Hoseok's hand on his arm is enough support to keep him steady.

Hoseok is chanting inside his head 'get out, get out. GET OUT!' However, this thought is soon pushed aside as fear takes up his very being when a shadow goes over him and a monster stands before them.

If he didn't pee his pants on the way here, he definitely did a little just now.

Diabolos is fucking huge, alright? From afar, it didn't look that bad, but damn Hoseok was wrong. He has to crack his neck upwards in order to even look at the monster's face or whatever they should call that thing attached to his neck. He's probably like 4 meters? 5 meters?

"Running, huh?" Diabolos says and smirks, "die then!"

Hoseok is just about to scream when Diabolos swings his arm and the back of his arm hits both Hoseok and Jungkook, sending them flying in the opposite direction. This cuts off the elder's scream completely as the hit is so brutal against his chest that it knocks out all of the air.

Diabolos probably doesn't give a shit if he hurts Jungkook, knowing very well the boy won't die from it. Still, when they hit the wall with a thud and slide down the wall, completely numbed from the impact, Hoseok is still in a better condition that Jungkook.

Why is a valid question, but Jungkook hasn't eaten or slept for days! Just as with pain, Jungkook can still feel it and suffer from it, even if it doesn't have the ability to kill him. Therefore, he slumps against the ground and grunts, not even having the energy to let out a scream.

"Fuck," Hoseok yelps beside him after a few minutes. It seems like Hoseok fell unconscious from that hit, considering the speed was probably close to the speed of a minor car crash. But that doesn't stop the man from getting up in a seated position as soon as he has shaken his body and head back to life. Even though he wants to lie down and die right here, considering the pain shooting through his body, he can't. This isn't about him, it's about the end of the fucking world.

The adrenalin is high as he gets himself staggered back on his legs. He feels like he's immortal just like Jungkook, even though that's far from the case.

"A lively one I see."

Hoseok freezes as he feels the shadow from before once again lean over him, making him feel like an ant next to a lion. His body shakes as he stares at Jungkook, who is looking at him but doesn't have the power to get up. Some blood is gushing from his forehead and down over his eye, making him squeeze it together.

This sight really gets Hoseok to realize just how hard they hit that wall. It's 100% certain he won't survive another one of those attacks, which is pretty fucking critical when Diabolos is standing right next to you.

Hoseok can literally feel how the hairs on his neck and the shivers slowly rushes down his back, to his legs and all the way down to the very tips of his toes.

'Fright' doesn't really describe this feeling.

Jungkook hisses and tries to get up. Hoseok can't take another hit! He'll die!

Just with one punch, Diabolos almost killed them instantly. This is dangerous, too dangerous. They have to get out of here.

As Hoseok is about to give up all hope and just let his death come to him, an angel appears.

No, literally.

Taehyung comes jumping from the side and his foot gets a solid hit against the side of Diabolos' face, so the monster loses it's balance and falls to the ground. That must have been one hell of a kick to make a beast like that even move an inch!

Taehyung is totally beaten up. There's blood everywhere and his legs are shaking from making him jump around so much, now that his wings are no longer there.

The pain is clear on the male's face, but that doesn't stop him from attacking again and again and again.

"You guys need to run!" he yells before trying to give Diabolos another kick, but the demon gets a hold of Taehyung's leg and flings him to the other end of the cave.

"Taehyung!" Jungkook manages to yell out as Hoseok runs to his aid and makes him sit up.

Taehyung hits the wall further from them and he gasps. Fucking hell, this is too much.

"You know what, as much as I despice your race, you are quite fascinating," Diabolos turns in Taehyung's direction and gently massages his chin that got a good kick.

"Your will to fight for each other is amusing, but also very annoying. I would like you to give up, little guardian angel," he mocks and laughs when Taehyung tries to stand up, but fails and falls painfully back to the ground.

"A-Asshole," Taehyung mumbles before he coughs blood out of his mouth. He might be an angel, but he still got the body of a mortal when he's fighting a demon. Diabolos' hits can hurt him, which human hits can't. That's why he knows this is bad.

But he came prepared. He's aware he won't make it out of here again.

"Annoying little peasants," Diabolos grabs around Taehyung's neck and lifts him up, immediately cutting off his airways and making it hard for him to breathe.

He'll die.

"Taehyung!" Jungkook yells and tries to get away from Hoseok.

"No Jungkook! You can't save him!" Hoseok grabs the younger again, pulling him towards the exit. It's true, they are just humans... there's nothing they can do to defeat a monster like that and save Taehyung. It's too late. 

However, Jungkook is having none of it.

He knows he wanted Taehyung to save him, but there's no way in this hell he's leaving Taehyung here!

Due to his clearly exhausted state, getting away from Hoseok is not as easy as he would have liked. The tears stream down his cheeks as he sees Taehyung's eyes slowly roll to the back of his head, indicating he's losing consciousness.

He came for Jungkook. He sacrificed everything for him. He can't die now, not here! Even his wings... they are gone. There's nothing left. Nothing.

"Taehyung!"

Even though it's of no use, Jungkook keeps screaming. And he will keep doing that until the end of time if he has too.

His mind starts running with prayers as Hoseok fights for him to follow.

I'm sorry God, for being such a terrible person.

I'm sorry for hating the world, I'm sorry for hating standing up in the morning and I'm sorry for not appreciating the life you gave me.

I'm so sorry Hoseok, for ignoring you.

I'm sorry Jin, for talking shit about stuff I know nothing about.

I'm sorry Namjoon, for not caring about anything.

I'm sorry Yoongi, for pissing you off.

And... I'm sorry Taehyung, for not telling you how much I love you.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I'm so fucking sorry!