Jungkook was floating, it was somewhere so bright blinded his eyes before he had adjusted. He wasn't awake, he wasn't asleep. He was just there.

He didn't regret any part of what he had done all throughout his life, everything he did had somehow fallen into the right place. Everything happened for a reason whether he wanted it to or not. At the end it was all part of the big picture, him going to the military, him joining Kims', Him working for Taeri- none of it he would ever redo even if he had a chance. And now even he was willing to go as far as he'll have to, to chase her

And when he finally looked around after collecting his thoughts, it was a beautiful place. The golden sunlight illuminating him, he floats above as he rose from the water. He pulled himself up from the water into dry land, it was a small pond where he had surfaced.

As strange as it was, not a drop of water soaked his clothes.

A huge willow tree, white in it's old days looked as though only the sight of it was soothing him. Far away he could see fields of colorful flowers, this place felt unreal but it surely was real.

This must be the purgatory

"Bowww" the bark of pupper garnered his attention

"Hey there, buddy!" He says crouching down to pet the chocolate brown doberman

"Bbowwwwow" the small dog leads him as though it wants him to follow

The shield is a living being

Jungkook remembered, this puppy must be his shield. Jungkook followed the puppy, it lead him through the valleys of flowers and mesmerizingly beautiful scene

Would Noona have love the scenery?

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The shield leads him now into what seems like another realm after purgatory, the path transitioned into a more cold and rigid one

The path of colorful flowers were beginning to wilt as they went on, the sky turned midnight. An irrevocable cold started enveloping him, one he realized was already deep within him and the time and space were pulling it into vision

The smell of rotten food- that's not good, that's decomposing bodies he saw by his side

Bones cracked udnerneyhis feet, the awful oiliness in the air made his skin damp. This may be the bi-product of the decomposition so what made the air thick was particles of bodies

Only the view he got into was enough to make one doubt if anything was promising enough to make anyone feel worthy, the place was desolate from any spec of warmth or joy. Out of many feelings Jungkook was feeling right now, the prominent ones were loneliness, loss, desperation. They were all the stronger, highlighted manifestation of his own mind

But none of it was defeat, deep down something fought within all the other emotions to prove he would still rescue her

The dismal wait, the grim atmosphere, the sense of despair were all there yet nothing strong enough to make him regret the choice of coming to save her

As the dog stopped, Jungkook saw it stopped in front of a cave. The cave which look huge

The dog pulled a not from thick air and had it in his jaw for Jungkook

"If love is what you truly feel,
Make the beast you love kneel"

It said as he read out loud, judging by the size of the cave, it could be a huge beast inside.

Jungkook didn't think twice entering the cave

Inside he saw a sleeping huge figure, the lack of light was unable to show him any details but he waved his hand to the figure until he reached out. Touching the rough skin underneath his fingertips

Something glew in the dark, eyes, a pair of eyes. They had fire within and litted the cave dimly

It was a huge tragic, baring it's teeth in front of him. As if more to scare him away then devour him

When it didn't work or when it didn't feel it's appetite, it left Jungkook behind and flew out. Nocking him the ground in the process when it's careless tail slapped his whole body.

Being thrown to the wall of the cave didn't hut nearly as bad as when he lost his Noona so he composed himself again and started chasing the flaying beast.

Make the beast you love kneel,

So it was her, he smiled to himself. He smiled knowing it's her and she's alive . And then the smile quickly took over a frown

The femme fatale figure everyone died for, the beautiful dazzling boxy smiled she adored, her thick long lashes, she had none of them now. He still love her but to see her like that, his eyes became moist

"Noona" he called,

"Noonaaa" he called again and the figure didn't as much as look down

His pace was the quickest one could come up with and yet it was enough, he tried to be faster, even so it didn't work more that before

Suddenly he fell down, the impact of the fall made a wound in his forehead that started to bleed immediately

He saw to his feet, he tripped over the torn apart torso of a person who's head didn't seem nearly like a human the way it was skinned. The bare torso was halfway skinned from left to the point it bared all ribs and fully intact to the right. With all it's organs spilling out like a bowl of soup that spilled

The sheer sight made his stomach churn mlre than it ever has, he blinks rapidly as he backs away to take that image out of his head. The smell of rotten flesh didn't leave his nose

*Growl*

And a not-so distant growl envaded his ears, even if afraid, he looks back and the most frightening scene of his life welcomes him

"Aaaaah" a gut wrenching sound leave this being

let's see, my heart became soft and I posted despite y'all's lack of votes