"HE DID IT!" SEUNGYUN shouted as he and Wonho ran back to where the others were, and that was at the Holy Home. But as soon as they arrived, they couldn't believe what they just saw.

     The windows and the door were broken, and blood and bodies were everywhere. Seunghyun quickly ran inside, Wonho right behind him.

    "What happened?" Seunghyun asked when he saw the Arcs, Demons, and the guardians, all standing near the entrance.

    "They attacked," Junhyung answered with a sad expression.

    "But, are these all dead?" Seunghyun asked further as he looked at the bodies scattered on the floor. Park Dongmin kneeled down and checked one of the body's pulse, "They're alive. Sungjae didn't kill them. He just knocked them out."

    "But it looks like there were ghouls here too." Suho pointed out when he saw the black blood on the floor too.

    "And Sungjae?" Seunghyun then asked.

    The Arcs didn't answer, but their sad expression made Seunghyun know what it was. He quickly ran upstairs and saw the bloodstains on the wall, and then he arrived at a room where Sunggyu and Hyunseung were.

    "Where are they?" Seunghyun quickly asked. Sunggyu was staring at the bed that had bloodstains while Hyunseung was holding onto his shoulder. Junhyung, who followed Seunghyun upstairs with Wonho, quickly arrived at the scene.

    "They're not here," Junhyung answered instead.

    "Were they taken?" Seunghyun asked, but half of him didn't even want to hear the answer.

    "We don't know yet," Junhyung answered.

     Sunggyu, who has been quiet since earlier, finally turned around, shocking the three since there were trails of blood on his cheeks.

     "They're gone. I told you I wasn't risking another brother. But now Jackson and Minhyuk are gone," Sunggyu stated. Hyunseung turned around, he's been crying too, especially since Minhyuk's his best friend.

     "We can still find them," Junhyung stated. He knew about Sunggyu's condition; he didn't want him to suddenly lose it.

     "Find them? Where exactly can we FIND them?" Sunggyu asked, his anger slowly showing. But when he saw Wonho standing behind Junhyung, he just exploded. Sunggyu quickly ran to where he was and lifted his collar up, "This is all your fault! If it weren't for you those lords wouldn't have found this place! Minhyuk should have been-" Wonho quickly cuts Sunggyu off, "We were found because we were trying to protect the Prince of Pride. It's not our fault they attacked this place."

    "Everything's your fault! Ever since you arrived everything's been a disaster!" Sunggyu shouted back, but a lot more powerful this time. His eyes were slowly turning red, and when Seunghyun saw it, he quickly pushed him away from Wonho. Sunggyu did the exact same thing to Junhyung when Jiyong died. Seunghyun wasn't going to let it happen again, especially to the demon that they had to protect.

    "You aren't the only one who lost a brother today Kim Sunggyu. Sungjae is gone too, and he could be dead because he promised he'd protect Minhyuk." Seunhyung stated, but Sunggyu only pushed him away.

    "How could you even feel the things that I'm feeling right now anyway Seunghyun?" Sunggyu suddenly asked.

    Junhyung tried to calm Sunggyu down again but Sunggyu pushed him away too. Then Sunggyu looked at the two Angels and told them, "One of my brothers is missing, the other one was sent to hell and chances of him getting out of it is slim, and the other one is actually fucking dead. I'm the leader. I'm the one who should be protecting all of them, but one by one they're taking my brothers away from me because I couldn't even do the only thing that I was supposed to do for them."

    "All of that wasn't your fault." Junhyung quickly said, still trying to calm Sunggyu down.

     "Yes, it was!" Sunggyu suddenly shouted. He took a step closer to where the two were and continued, "If ever Jackson or even Minhyuk dies tonight...I'm heading back to America. You guys can fucking save the human race for all I care. They haven't done anything for us anyway, so I'm not going to continue on endangering my life for such pathetic people."

    "Sunggyu," Hyunseung finally said, holding Sunggyu's shoulder gently.

     "You should rest for now. Let's go." Hyunseung stated, and surprisingly, Sunggyu nodded his head and followed him to a room where he could rest.  Ever since Jiyong's death, Hyunseung's been the person who's calming his head. You could say Hyunseung's the only person Sunggyu listens to now.

     "So what happened to Jackson?" Junhyung asked as he quickly looked back at Wonho and Seunghyun, trying to change the atmosphere after Sunggyu's sudden outburst.

     "He made it to hell." Wonho answered. 

     "And?"

     "We don't know anything after. It's all up to Jackson now if he lives or dies." Seunghyun answered.

    Junhyung massaged his temple and stated, "Well he better live. Because if he doesn't, we'll lose two of our strongest demons. And we already lost one (Jiyong)."

     "Guys!" Taeil suddenly shouted as he ran inside the room.

     "What is it?" Junhyung asked as he looked at Taeil who looked quite excited.

     Taeil looked at the three and said, "I think Sungjae and Minhyuk are alive."

     "What?" the three asked in unison.

     "The bloodstains on the wall. I think that was Sungjae's blood," then Taeil walked around the place. He went to the bathroom and saw a bloody shirt on the floor, and the sink had blood too, "He washed himself. He was badly injured so I think Sungjae tried to disinfect it." Then Taeil continued searching inside the room for more clues.

      He kneeled down on the carpet just below the bed, closely looking at it. Wonho looked at him weirdly but didn't say anything. Taeil smirked when he saw a small burnt part of the carpet and on the bedsheets, "They escaped."

    "What do you mean?" Seunghyun quickly asked, starting to have hope over Taeil's discovery.

     Taeil finally stood up as he answered, "Sungjae did it. He actually protected Minhyuk. They teleported."

AT OPHANIM

 "Hope? You're Hope?" Minhyuk asked in disbelief. The bright looking person smiled and nodded his head. Then he continued, "Should we talk inside?"

    Without waiting for Minhyuk and Sungjae to answer, Hope went inside the huge door, the two immediately following right behind him. Inside the door was another forest, but not like the one outside the cave, this looked like paradise. The complete opposite of what was outside.

     "This is Ophanim. Well, as Sungjae clearly knows, this place has no time. Nothing is permanent, nothing is absolute. Which means your powers can also be...mixed." Hope explained, making Minhyuk and Sungjae quickly understand what happened earlier.

     "But Hope, what are you doing in Ophanim? Shouldn't you be inside Pandora's box?" Minhyuk asked, kinda excited about the whole thing because he studied about Pandora's box.

     "Well, when Mother Pandora opened the box and released all the evil, God took the box away from her. Since I was the only good thing left inside the box, God gave me to Phanuel (Sungjae's father) and he sent me here in Ophanim. A place where I could never use my powers." Hope explained.

     "What do you mean?" Sungjae asked.

     "Well you see, I have the power to turn back time, erase all the bad things that happened so people could redo a better version of it. Though I can only go back a few days ago, it's still a very outstanding power." Hope explained further, shocking both Minhyuk and Sungjae.

    "Then it means you can turn back time on earth! If you are not aware, earth is currently in chaos, and the people are in great danger." Sungjae explained.

    "Don't worry, I know what's happening on earth," Hope stated, then he stopped walking and looked back at Minhyuk and Sungjae, "You were sent here to get me. But I am useless if you cannot defeat the main source. If I do turn back time, the lords will only return to do it all over again." Hope explained.

     "Then...let's defeat the main source." Minhyuk stated, but he sounded like he wasn't sure about it either.

     "The main source is the lords. And the lords listen to a commander, and that commander is none other than Nightmare." Hope explained further.

    "Nightmare? One of the Seven Evil Emotions? But the King has him now." Minhyuk stated.

    Hope gave out a small smile and corrected the prince, "Someone told me that he's with one of your brothers in Hell."

     "What?!" both asked in unison.

    "Then that means they planned about it too. They know about Nightmare...we're actually doing it! We're actually a few steps closer in stopping this chaos!" Minhyuk said excitedly.

     "And all we have to do now is go back to earth...with you," Sungjae stated as he looked at Hope.

    "Only Phanuel can get me out of here." Hope stated.

    Sungjae smirked and said, "And I'm Phanuel's son."

     Hope smiled like he clearly knew about that.

    "Then let's not waste any time. Your brothers are worried, especially the Prince of Wrath. He's a broken one, but I think his hope in the world will return very soon." Hope stated.

    Minhyuk and Sungjae looked at each other and nodded their heads.

    "Then let's go save the world."

MEANWHILE...

BACK IN HELL

     "Bring us back to earth," Jackson commanded, and with no hesitation, Nameless quickly brought them back to earth.

    Jackson looked around; they were back to the rooftop where they first saw Nameless. Then he examined if time started again. The silence made him realize that it hasn't started yet, but he knew that they were running out of time.

     If time starts, and the people see what was actually happening, everyone will start panicking.

     "So this is earth." Nightmare stated as he looked around.

     Jackson almost forgot that Nightmare practically lived in hell so he looked at him and stated, "Yup, this is the fucked up world we live in. If Hell had a cousin, this would be it."  

     While the two were busy checking out the place, Nameless's eyes started glowing. Nightmare quickly turned to him and shouted, "No!" But before he could even stop him, Nameless was gone.

     "What happened?" Jackson quickly asked.

     "He signaled the lords." Nightmare stated as he ran on the edge to see what was happening downstairs, Jackson following behind him. And like what he expected, the lords arrived and started possessing the people again.

     "Shit, we need to go, they'll be after you." Nightmare stated as he looked at Jackson who was still in his demonic form.

     "Then kill them, kill all of them," Jackson stated.

     Nightmare shakes his head and says, "I told you I can't, not without hope."

     As the two were slowly losing hope, they suddenly heard a loud bang. The two were startled as they heard the door of the rooftop being slammed open.

     "These guys don't give up do they," Jackson stated as he saw the lords who were chasing after them before. He was about to summon his weapon, but Nightmare quickly held his hand to stop him, "No, let them see my face."

     Jackson was confused about Nightmare's sudden command, but he nodded his head anyway and waited for the lords to approach them.

     Nightmare quickly turns his eyes into the same purple eyes Wonho and Hyungwon had before, then, without even saying anything, the lords stopped.

     "L-Lord Commander?" one of them asked, fear present in his voice.

     "No way. They still recognize him as the lord commander?" Jackson thought to himself as he watched the scene unfold.

     "We thought you were dead. You were a betrayer...like him!" another lord said while pointing at Jackson.

     "Wait...he's a betrayer too? What does that mean?" Jackson asked himself further.

     "Nothing is certain my children." Nightmare stated, walking closer to where the mob of lords was. They were slowly backing away but Nightmare continued to walk closer. Then Nightmare held one of them on the shoulder and said, "Anzu...my dear child. You have been following Nameless and have forgotten the Lords' purpose like the others."

     The lord, who was apparently named Anzu, started twitching. Just hearing his original name made him feel weak. Jackson was even impressed since Nightmare knew exactly who it was even though he was in a human's body.

     "I will not kill you, only if you and the others leave." Nightmare commanded, power in his voice.

     "C-Can't-" Anzu struggled to say.

     "K-King...N-Nameless...they are who we follow now." He stated.

     Then one lord at the back continued, "Punished...lords will be punished..."

     Nightmare removed his hand from Anzu, making him fall on the floor. He was catching his breath, like Nightmares' hold stopped him from breathing. Jackson looked at Nightmare and saw him clench his fist from anger.

     "Don't tell me...he cares about these lords," Jackson told himself but doesn't dare say it to Nightmare.

     "We need to look for your brothers," Nightmare said as he looked back at Jackson.

     "Okay," Jackson simply stated, "Follow me," he continued.

     Nightmare looked at the group of lords first, then he closed his eyes and whispered something. Seconds later, all of them fainted. When Nightmare opened his eyes back, the pain was visible in it, and Jackson knew exactly why.

     "Let's go," Nightmare commanded as he was about to leave, but Jackson quickly held Nightmare's shoulder and said, "You don't want to kill them don't you?"

    Nightmare pushed Jackson's hand away and said, "We don't have a choice."

    "That's what my brothers and I thought before too," Jackson stated, making Nightmare look at him with curiosity. When Nightmare's attention was now on him, Jackson continued, "Kill the Arcs, those were the commands. We didn't have any other choice...so we made our own. I think you can too."

    Nightmare doesn't say anything but nodded his head anyway. Jackson knew Nightmare would seriously think about it.

     "Then let's go. Pain and Panic will be thrilled to see you."

*****

"You want us to jump? There?" Sungjae asked as he looked down at a very deep looking well in the middle of the forest.

     "Well, that's the only exit we have here. And besides, you said so yourself right? That your Phanuel's son? Then it means you can teleport us to earth through here." Hope stated as he pointed at the well.

     Minhyuk looked at Sungjae and smirked, "Well, then make sure we don't die okay?"

    Sungjae, who was slowly panicking, looked down again. He gulped and started having doubts about the plan, but then he remembered his brothers on Earth. They were fighting for their lives and the only hope they have was...well...Hope. And Hope was in Ophanim, and the only way they could get out was through Sungjae.

     Sungjae clenched his fist and took a deep breath, "Alright, let's do this."

     "Then ladies first," Minhyuk stated.

     Sungjae looked at Hope who nodded his head. Sungjae nodded his head back and made the sign of the cross, "Dear God, please guide me." And without any hesitation, Sungjae jumped down the well, Hope and Minhyuk following right after him.

     "Ahhhh!" Minhyuk and Sungjae shouted as they continued to fall.

    "I think this is the part where you start doing something Sungjae!" Minhyuk shouted while they continued to fall down the deep well.

    Sungjae quickly closed his eyes and said to himself, "Earth, bring us back to earth, bring us back to earth..." He repeatedly told himself.

     "Nothing's happening!" Hope shouted.

     When Sungjae could feel that they were inches from the end of the well, he shouted, "Father Phanuel! Bring us back to earth!"

      While the three were falling, a bright light suddenly appeared beneath them. Seconds later, Sungjae softly fell on the ground, Hope followed, the Minhyuk fell on top of Sungjae again.

     Minhyuk looked back at Sungjae, trying not to laugh, "I'm kinda getting used to this position."

     "Why the fuck does this keep on happening to us!?" Sungjae shouted as he quickly pushed Minhyuk away, making Minhyuk laugh.

     Hope slowly stood up and looked around the place, "Where are we? Are we on earth?" he asked them.

     Sungjae quickly stood and looked around as well, "We're back in HAU."

    "HAU?" Hope asked as he looked at Sungjae confusingly.

     "Holy Angels University. This is our school," Minhyuk answered. Then he looked back at Sungjae and added, "We need to go back to the Holy Home before time starts. And I'm pretty sure our brothers are worried after they saw the home's condition."

     Sungjae nodded his head in agreement and said, "You're right, we should go."

     "Hope, follow us," Sungjae continued as he looked at Hope.

     Minhyuk and Sungjae walked back to the Holy Home with Hope. Luckily for them, they were "dropped off" at HAU since HAU was only a few blocks away from the Holy Home. But while the three were walking back, Minhyuk stopped walking, making Sungjae and Hope stop walking as well.

     "Minhyuk?" Sungjae asked as he looked at Minhyuk confusingly.

     Minhyuk didn't answer, but he quickly transformed into his demonic self instead and summoned his weapon. When Sungjae saw what Minhyuk did, he quickly summoned his weapon as well, even though he wasn't sure about what was going on.

     "W-What's happening?" Sungjae asked confusingly.

     "They're here," Hope answered instead. And just in time, dozens of possessed humans arrived.

     "Shit, it's the lords. Minhyuk we need to run! We can't kill them!" Sungjae shouted as he summoned his weapon back.

     "Fuck," Minhyuk cursed to himself as he summoned his weapon back as well.

     "Run!" Sungjae commanded, and without wasting any time, the three started running while the possessed humans chased after them.

     "Looks like these assholes are still hanging around!" Minhyuk shouted back as they continued to run down the streets, dodging the cars that stopped midway since Kharon and the others stopped time.

     "Angel! It's an angel!" they heard someone say.

     "Why do they keep on chasing me?!" Sungjae shouted, running for his life as well.

     "Are we even close to where we're going?!" Hope shouted back.

     "Nope!" both answered in unison But as the three were running for their lives, they suddenly felt a powerful force, and in just a second, all the possessed that were chasing them stopped running and slowly started fainting one by one.

     "L-Look!" Sungjae pointed out when they stopped running to catch their breath.

     "What's going on?" Minhyuk asked confusingly.

     The last few bodies fell, revealing two figures standing at the far end.

     "Wait a second. Is that...Jackson?" Minhyuk asked with shock. But before Sungjae could even say anything, Hope ran towards the two men with tears pouring down his eyes.

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