|Taehyung|

  Taehyung's fingers drummed against the wooden table and his ink black eyes drank in the room as if any little detail could save his life. Taehyung hummed, the sound rumbling in his throat and replacing the silence in the air as he patiently waited for someone to enter the room.

The great 'reunion' Merle was talking about, meant that they would be kidnapped and taken to some town with walls built up around it. Andrea was taken to see a doctor as soon as possible, while Michonne and Taehyung were placed into separate rooms for 'waiting'.

After around 15 minutes, Taehyung grew bored and began to form a plan to get the fuck out of there. He didn't trust these people, because none of them bothered to take his weapons, nor did they use any ropes or handcuffs to prevent him from attacking someone, and they didn't even lock the door or put guards outside of it.

In Taehyung's mind, it meant that either the group consisted of idiots or they were more dangerous than they seemed. And he didn't want to stay long enough to find out which one it was.

The room Tae was in was small- plank walls and cement ground with pebbles and gravel dusting over it. The room had no windows, meaning the only exit was the door on the opposite side of Taehyung, and the only light in the room was the lightbulb hanging above his head. The scent of dust and dirt tickled his nose every time he inhaled, causing him to roll his eyes.

The door to the room creaked open, only for Merle to march inside with a shit eating grin on his face,"My, my, my, what a pleasant surprise." He exclaimed, slamming the door shut behind himself.

"I'm sure it would be, if you weren't the one who put me in here." Taehyung mussed, his lips tilting up into a devilish grin as he leaned into the chair and continued to drum his fingers against the table.

"You." Merle raised a brow, dragging a chair into the room and placing it on the other side of the table. He plopped down on it and smirked at Taehyung,"I like you."

Taehyung raised a brow, not saying anything as he eyed Merle's nonchalant expression. His fingers itched to grab the guy by his hair and use him as leverage to get out of this place. But instead, Taehyung smiled and raised an eyebrow, watching Merle with sharp eyes.

"Andrea," Merle popped his tongue, a chuckle leaving his lips as he gazed off into the distance,"We used to be in the same group, until an asshole handcuffed me to a roof in Atlanta and left me there."

"Am I supposed to sympathise with your sob story?" Taehyung mocked, pushing his back off of the chair to place both of his hands on top of the table,"Tell me and maybe I'll shed a few tears."

Merle scoffed out a laugh before raising his right arm up to show it off the cut off wrist,"Its a story on how I got this."

"I'm sorry, what was that?" Taehyung faked a yawn, a smug smirk making its way onto his face,"I think I nearly fell asleep for a second." He placed his elbow on the table and leaned his head against his knuckles.

Merle's smile crumbled for a second and he glared before licking his lips and slamming his metal arm down on the table. Taehyung didn't even flinch, instead, watched Merle as he slowly stood up and walked around the table towards Taehyung.

"Hey! I got a better idea!" Taehyung perked up, his ink black eyes connecting with Merle's blue ones. Taehyung ran his tongue over his teeth before stretching his lips out into a wide smile,"Instead of talking about your life story, lets talk about something more....relevant."

"Like how you, the mute samurai and blondie spent the whole winter huddling up together?" Merle snickered, trying to get a reaction out of Taehyung, only for him to raise an unimpressed brow.

"It's the winter, you want us to freeze to death?" Taehyung rolled his eyes, leaning his back against the chair and crossing his arms over his chest.

"Where'd ya' come from?" Merle questioned to change the topic. He leaned against the wooden table and admired his metal arm, Merle spotted a few specks of blood on the knife's blade, making him wipe it off on his pants.

Taehyung grazed his teeth over his chapped lip before smirking,"You seem awfully interested in me. How about you take me out on a date first."

Merle's face scrunched up in disgust, his eyes falling onto a cocky Taehyung,"I'm not a fag, dolly."

Taehyung's grin faltered as soon as he heard the 'f' word. He clenched his jaw, allowing his expression to go blank,"Don't use that term." Taehyung warned in a low, steady tone, the words coming out intertwined with a hint of growl.

Merle raised a brow, a snicker leaving his lips,"What? You a fag or somethin'? I thought Chinese people don't tolerate that kind of shit." He mocked, eyeing Taehyung from head to toe.

Taehyung's jet-black hair fell into his face, casting shadows over his already darkened features. His ink black eyes didn't move away from Merle's as the silence eloped the room. Tae's lip curled up into a snarl before the corners of his lips twitched up and he smiled,"Careful." He warned, the word coming out in a form of a low mutter. Yet despite the volume, Merle could clearly hear the anger, authority and threat all stuffed inside it,"Wouldn't want you to get hurt."

"Are you threatening me?" Merle huffed out in disbelief before his lips pressed into a straight line and he marched up to Taehyung. Taehyung straightened out in the chair as Merle placed his hands on the arm rests and leaned down to get in Taehyung's face,"Threaten me again, watch wh-"

Taehyung cut Merle off by leering his head back and slamming it against his head. Merle stumbled back, a hiss leaving his lips as he grabbed onto his forehead. Taehyung's face scrunched up in pain, his skull painfully throbbing from the headbutt. He shook his head, blinking away the blurriness in his eyes, before raising his leg and slammed it agaisnt Merle's stomach. Merle slammed against the wooden table behind him with a low groan, nearly falling over.

Merle growled and shook his head, pulling his hand away to glare at Taehyung. The latter smirked smugly before standing up from the chair and stretching his arms above his head to ease the tension in his muscles. Merle grinned, his shoulders relaxing before he jumped forward, his knifed hand directed towards Taehyung's stomach.

Taehyung ducked out of the way, causing Merle to fly past him. Tae grabbed him by his arm and pushed him into the wooden chair, making it topple and fall over with Merle still in it.

Taehyung quickly turned around and ran towards the door, ripping it open and running into the empty hallway. Taehyung was in the end of the narrow hallway- the ground was a mixture of dirt and gravel, while the walls were planked. Lit torches were placed along the walls, allowing light to illuminate the hallway. The scent of the wooden planks moulding, due to water getting to them, caused Taehyung to rub his nose to try and get the smell out of his nostrils.

Taehyung marched down the hallway, glancing at the wooden doors to his left and right, before making a sharp turn to the right and walking down a different hallway. The sight of a metal door at the end of the hall, made Taehyung speed up. The door had a little window, allowing him to see the outside world.

Heavy, fast approaching footsteps, made Taehyung quickly glance behind him. He saw Merle run down the hallway after him, causing him to jump into a sprint and run towards the metal door.

Taehyung grabbed the door handle and ripped the door open, slipping through it and leaving the building. Tae slammed the door shut behind himself, looking around to find a pipe or something. He noticed a wooden plank laying next to the door and quickly grabbed it.

Taehyung looked through the small window, in the door, to see Merle a metre away- his face scrunched up in anger. Taehyung quickly jabbed the wooden plank into the small space between the door and the doorframe before pressing his weight against the plank to break the rest off.

A grunt left Tae's lips as the wood suddenly snapped in half. He looked up and took a step back as Merle slammed against the door and wiggled the door handle. He smirked, watching the handle rattle and Merle slam his fists against the door, yet the door didn't budge.

"Put your hands up." The sound of a gun cocking, caused Taehyung's smile to crumble into a look of annoyance.
Merle stopped banging against the door and looked through the glass at Taehyung and the person behind him.

"If you're gonna shoot me, shoot me while I'm facing you." Taehyung spoke calmly, slowly holding up his hands. He stared into the glaring eyes of Merle, through the window in the door, before slowly turning around to face the new person.

Taehyung finally noticed that he was in the middle of a town square. Bowls of fire and torches were placed around the streets, causing the light from the fire to scare away the darkness of the night. The streets were empty and Taehyung could see light shining from the buildings around him, implying that there were people living inside them.

Taehyung inhaled a lungful of fresh air before his eyes traveled back to the person aiming a gun at him,"Where am I?"

The dark skinned girl glanced at Merle, who was trying to push the door open. Taehyung took a step towards her, only for her to jump back and point the gun at him again,"Step back, asshole!"

"Why do people keep calling me an asshole?" Taehyung grumbled under his breath, genuinely offended by the term, considering, that in his mind, he was a nice guy. Taehyung scoffed with an eye roll before looking back at the girl and forcing a smile on his face,"Look, I think we kinda started off on the wrong foot."

"I'm Taehyung." Taehyung introduced himself, carefully placing his right hand on his chest, only to slip it across his chest towards his chest harness and grab the handle of his throwing knife. As he pulled his hand away to hold it back up, he pulled the knife out of the holster and hid it behind his palm, holding the tip of the handle with his fingers,"And you are?"

The girl bit her lip, glaring at him and eyeing him suspiciously. She spared another glance at Merle, who gave up and just slumped against the metal door,"Imani." The dark skinned girl introduced herself, nervously shifting on her feet.

Taehyung smiled softly, relaxing his shoulders and looking away from her to look at the fire dancing on the torches,"Did you know, that name Imani means Fierce?"

"Does it?" Imani perked up, looking at Taehyung with raised brows as her interest was piqued. She used to be interested in astrology and the meaning of things. But after the apocalypse happened, her priorities and interests changed.

Taehyung chuckled, nodding,"It does." The two enjoyed the silence, wrapping around them as they maintained eye contact. Taehyung took a careful step towards her and stared into her brown eyes, licking his bottom lip.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Imani mumbled, imitating Taehyung and biting her own lip. Her nose scrunched up as she admired Taehyung, slowly lowering her gun.

"I'm sorry, I just..." Taehyung slowly lowered his hands to his sides, the darkness around them helping him twirl the throwing knife around, so that it would be in perfect position. Tae looked at the ground, chewing on his lip before looking up at the girl with a breathless smile,"It's been a while since I've actually seen someone beautiful."

Imani sucked in a deep breath, her eyes widening and her eyebrows scrunching together. She quickly shook her head and rolled her eyes at his words,"That was ba-"

Taehyung raised his hand and in one fluid motion, the throwing knife left his palm and sliced through the air. Before Imani could finish her sentence, the knife lodged into her skull. The expression on her face crumbled like her body as it hit the ground lifelessly.

"Don't insult my flirting skills." Taehyung grumbled, marching up to Imani's lifeless body. He bent down next to her, grabbing the handle of his knife and swiftly pulling it out of her head.

Blood trickled down the wound in her forehead and slid down the side of her face. Her blank eyes stared up at the night sky, the light coming from the fire illuminating her sharp features.

Taehyung grabbed the gun out of her limp hand before cleaning the blood off of the knife and onto her grey shirt. He shoved the knife back into its holster before leaning closer to her ear,"By the way, the word 'Imani' doesn't mean fierce."

Taehyung stood up and turned around to walk away. He checked how much amo the gun had as he walked through the empty streets of the town.

The sound of talking made him look up, only to see Andrea and Michonne standing in front of a gate, that probably led to the outside world. The fence around the town towered over Taehyung's form, but there were watch-posts that allowed you to look over the walls and possibly climb over them.

Next to Andrea and Michone stood a tall guy with a small scruff, brown hair and a wide smile. There were two other guys, who kept watch as they shuffled on their feet and eyed Andrea and Michonne suspiciously. The girl from before, Kate, stood next to the tall guy, her arms crossed over her chest and her expression the one of boredom.

Taehyung slowly approached the group, the gun in his hand gripped tightly. His footsteps, caused the group of people to turn his way. The unfamiliar men looked alarmed for a second before the tall guy shook his head at them, while Kate raised a brow and checked him out.

"Taehyung!" Andrea perked up, smiling widely and approaching him quickly. Taehyung immediately noticed the change in her- Andrea's skin had a healthier glow and the bags under her eyes were almost nonexistent. Yes, she was still paler than the average person, but she didn't need anyone to help her walk anymore.

Michonne's tense body quickly relaxed as she released a breath of relief and walked towards him. Andrea wrapped her arms around Taehyung, making him awkwardly pat her back while eyeing the unfamiliar men.

"So this is Taehyung?" The tall guy raised his brows, approaching Taehyung with a friendly smile and precaution.

"The one and only." Taehyung grinned, holding his gun up and aiming it at the guy's head. Andrea gasped and jumped away from him in alarm, while Michonne stepped closer to him with an unbothered and slightly grateful look in her eyes.

"There's no need for that,"The tall guy raised his hands up in surrender before stopping Kate from drawing her own gun or any of the other guys from shooting Taehyung.

Taehyung raised an unimpressed brow, biting the inside of his cheek and eyeing their weapons which were strapped to their hips or pointed at him,"I think I'll be the judge of that."

"You don't trust us, I understand, but there are innocent people here, who don't need to witness this. Put the gun down, I'll answer any question you have and you can leave if you want to." The tall guy spoke calmly, a friendly smile plastered on his face as he took a step towards Taehyung. His hands were raised up in surrender, yet his gun was still strapped to his hip.

Taehyung wasn't fooled by the fake kindness, he had experienced enough fake smiles and manipulation to know what's real and what's not. He could see something sinister lurking under the friendly smile, waiting for a reason to unleash it.

But instead of pulling the trigger, like he would've done so many years ago, Taehyung decided to be smarter, he lowered the gun and smiled apologetically,"Yeah, you're right, my apologies." Taehyung dropped the gun to the side, watching carefully as the guns, pointed at him, were lowered.

"You can call me the governor." The tall guy grinned wider, placing his hands on his hips and exhaling deeply,"It's nice to meet you, Taehyung."

Taehyung sucked in his cheek before nodding and looking at Michonne, the two sharing silent looks,"Yeah, you too." He mumbled, looking back at the governor.

"You all must be tired,"The governor stated, glancing in between the three, his eyes lingering on Andrea, who watched him with sparkling eyes full of admiration,"Kate here will show you to your room." The governor gestured towards the blonde girl, who's face scrunched up in annoyance.

The governor gave her a pointed stare, making her huff and turn towards the three. Taehyung stared her down with no emotion as she walked towards them and nodded for them to follow her,"Hi, I'm Kate, I'll be your tour guide."

Kate's hair was released, making her hair puff up and fall over her head in messy curls. She wore a red shirt, that showed off her cleavage, and black skinny jeans.

Taehyung averted his eyes and followed after her silently as she led them through the town. After a few seconds of silence, Taehyung pursued his lips and spoke up,"Is it too late to inform you that I killed one of your people?"

Teenagers of all ages could be seen lounging outside of a high school. Some laughing and talking along their group of friends, while some could be seen scribbling down the answers to their unfinished homework.

A car pulled up in front of the High School, the person at the wheel turning off the car and sitting back in the seat with a sigh. A low murmur of some pop song filled the car, breaking the awkward silence.

The caramel coloured woman stared at the curious teenagers, who were trying to glance into the car, before looking at the person in the passenger seat,"You'll have to get out eventually, Jungkook."

Jungkook tore his eyes away from the school to look at his host Mom. He chewed on his bottom lip, clutching his backpack tighter as he eyed his classmates from inside of the car.

"I'm scared." Jungkook mumbled, twisting his tongue uncomfortably, making his words come out laced with an accent.

Morgan hummed, her nose scrunching up as she stared at a girl, who's cleavage was on the display for the world to see,"Yeah, high school....it sucks. Actually, school in general sucks. Oh, and I'm not really good at these motivational speeches." Morgan cringed at herself before looking at Jungkook's unimpressed expression.

"Tell me that if I don't go out there, you'll drag me out by my hair." Jungkook instructed, his chubby cheeks tinting with a pink hue as his small, plump lips tilted up in a bunny smile.

"Go out there or I'l- What the holy hell is she wearing?" Morgan's face scrunched up in disgust as her eyes caught the sight of a girl marching into the school with bright yellow joggers and a dark blue hoodie that nearly reached her knees.

Jungkook snorted as he watched the girl's unfazed expression before looking back at Morgan,"You're bad."

"Well at least my style is better than hers." Morgan rolled her eyes, watching as Jungkook gathered up all of his courage.

Jungkook sucked in a deep breath of air, making his chubby cheeks puff up. He clenched his eyes shut, murmuring something under his breath before pulling the car's door open and jumping out.

"Be caref-" Jungkook heard Morgan shout as he slammed the door shut behind himself.

Jungkook could feel eyes piercing through him from all directions, and the low murmurs behind him didn't help his confidence at all. Jungkook grasped the straps of his backpack before quickly jogging up the stairs to the building.

He pushed through the door and entered the school, the sight of lockers and empty halls filled his eyes. Jungkook chewed on his lip as he walked through the hall, the occasional student eyeing him and shaking their head before looking away.

Jungkook's heart thumped in his chest, his puppy eyes falling to the ground as he shuffled forward. He tried to sink deeper into his hoodie, to hide himself from the judgemental stares he was receiving. This sure as hell wasn't what he was expecting for American High School to look like, he hoped that the people would be nicer and more welcoming too.

The sound of arguing, caused Jungkook to look up from his sneakers and pause in his steps. The sight of the yellow jogger girl being pushed against a locker by a girl in a leather jacket, made his eyes widen.

The leather jacket girl clutched the hoodie of the yellow jogger girl as she sneered into her face. Jungkook's brows shot up even more, when he saw students ignoring the scene and walking around them, trying to keep their distance.

Jungkook chewed on his bottom lip, shuffling on his feet and wondering what he should do. He shut his eyes, tilting his head back before groaning and forcing his legs to move towards the two girls.

When Jungkook got closer, he heard small snippets of the conversation. It was something about the yellow jogger girl seeing something she wasn't supposed to see, so the girl in the leather jacket threatened her if she ever told anyone. But in Jungkook's mind, no matter what the girl saw, she didn't deserve to be pushed around like that.

Jungkook approached them and stood next to them, catching the attention of the two girls. The jogger girl's eyes widened at seeing Jungkook before she began to shake her head, silently telling him to leave.

"Oh, great." The leather girl huffed with an eye roll. She pushed off of the other girl and faced Jungkook, crossing her arms over her chest,"A newbie. Don't worry, you'll learn to mind your own business and look away."

Jungkook scowled and stared at her with doe eyes,"That's...Uhm...rude." He murmured, glancing between the jogger girl and the leather jacket. The latter scoffed out a laugh, glancing at the other girl almost in disbelief.

"Stop, he doesn't know." The jogger girl quickly stood up straighter, almost stopping in front of Jungkook as if to protect him,"Give him some time to...get used to things. I promise I won't tell anyone, if you do."

The leather jacket girl furrowed her brows, looking down at the jogger girl with confusion. Jungkook chewed on his lip and glanced between the two in innocent confusion.

After a few seconds of silence, the leather jacket girl perked up in realisation and looked at Jungkook with a devilish smirk,"This fast? Really? That's kind of pathetic, Sage."

Sage, the girl with the yellow joggers, scoffed and rolled her eyes, crossing her arms over her chest,"Just lea-"

"I'm Katelyn, but you can call me Kate." The leather jacket girl introduced herself, stretching out a manicured hand. Jungkook eyed it suspiciously before taking it and cautiously shaking the outstretched hand,"What's your name, pretty boy?"

Jungkook's eyes widened and his chubby cheeks gained a bright red dust to them. He licked his lips, avoiding eye contact with Kate as he answered,"Jungkook."

Sage glared up at Kate, while the latter smirked and sent her a wink,"I'm sure we'll be good friends." Jungkook gulped nervously, sucking in a sharp breath as Kate's eyes fell back on him.

|Jungkook|

   Jungkook jerked awake, his vision filling with darkness and his ears with growls. Harsh breathing and banging caressed the narrow space, Jungkook was in, as he panicked before remembering where he was.

He squeezed his eyes shut, allowing his head to fall back as he listened to the walker banging against the hood of the car trunk. Jungkook pressed his hand against his face and rubbed the crust out of his eyes before reaching his hand out and pulling out his knife.

Jungkook sucked in a deep breath and pressed both of his hand against the trunk before pushing it open harshly. The walker stumbled back, its eyes staring at Jungkook as he quickly climbed out of the trunk and stretched out his aching limbs.

The walker pounced on Jungkook, making him grab it by his throat and hold it away from him. He pushed the walker against the abandoned car and drove the knife into its skull. Jungkook allowed the dead body to fall to the ground limply before he straightened out and stretched his limbs with a groan.

It has been 3 days since Jungkook left the group. He spent the time covering up his tracks, in case Rick sent Daryl after him to track him down and take him back. The thought of using the skills, Daryl taught him, against him, made Jungkook smirk and snort.

He created multiple fake tracks going from the prison to places, that had 'don't follow me' written all over it. He knew it won't take much time for Daryl to figure out which one was the real track, so he used as much time as he had to get away from the prison.

Jungkook walked around the car, pulling open the car's door to reach in and pull his black backpack out. Jungkook froze as he noticed that his backpack wasn't in the place he left it and, instead, was laying on the ground. He quickly grabbed it before straightening out.

Jungkook knew it could be a coincidence and maybe the backpack just fell off of the seat. But how could it, when the car wasn't moving and Jungkook was asleep in the trunk?

Jungkook looked around the abandoned road, his narrow eyes trying to catch a glimpse of movement. He looked in between the trees, yet no matter how much he looked, he couldn't see anything except for trees.

Jungkook huffed and grumbled under his breath, looking down at his backpack. He chewed on his bottom lip, running his hand through his tangled brown hair before slamming the backpack on the top of the car and ripping it open.

Jungkook dug his hand through the backpack, his hand running over a few cans of food and a bottle of water. Jungkook sighed and squeezed his eyes shut, noticing that a can of food was missing and the water in the bottle was nearly empty.

He exhaled sharply, clenching his jaw and shutting the backpack before swinging it over his shoulders. Jungkook eyed the forest again before turning around and marching into it.

Now it all made sense- the crunching leaves, the missing cans of food, the feeling of someone watching him. Jungkook thought he was paranoid and was going crazy, but now he knew. He wasn't crazy, he was being followed.