★★★★★ ━━ ❪ @CH_THREE ❫

continuation...

after a lot of running, jumping off rooftops, MOTAK falling, and them getting beat up by the overpowered thing, the evil spirit finally entered the territory.

" he's coming this way "

CHEOLJUNG informs the other counters.

" hyung, wait for us. don't take him on by yourself "

MOTAK tells the older man.

a few seconds later, grunts can be heard in their earpieces.

" i can fight against him in our territory. i'll hold out until you get here "

CHEOLJUNG says, before going silent and fighting noises replaced his voice instead.

as she was running, the bad feeling in JUNWON's gut returned again.

" something bad is gonna happen, i need to get there fast. "

at that, her speed increased even more.

" ahjussi, i'm close. please keep that bastard in there! "

JUNWON tells him, even though she knew he wasn't going to respond.

she finally reached the counter and evil spirit as they were fighting.

the evil spirit was about to punch CHEOLJUNG but JUNWON kicked him before he could.

" JUNWON... "

" annyeong CHEOLJUNG-ahjussi, hope your trip was fun! "

then JUNWON joined the fight, doing her best to support CHEOLJUNG and giving the other counters more time to get to them.

CHEOLJUNG got up from the floor with JUNWON's assistance and walked towards the man on the ground.

" JUNWON and i will put an end to this, truly reliable partners huh? "

CHEOLJUNG says, giving JUNWON a smile, which the younger girl returned with a wink.

while the evil spirit was crawling, he saw a metal rod and picked it up.

JUNWON notices this and stands in front of CHEOLJUNG, protecting him from getting hit but the pain her leg was going through was unbearable.

" JUNWON! you bastard! "

CHEOLJUNG punches him, but the evil spirit hit him with the rod as well.

they hit each other back and forth with their fist, kicks, and the metal rod.

the older counter manages to put the evil spirit in a chokehold with the metal rod, but soon gets knocked over by it.

JUNWON notices the colorful lights fading, panic surges throughout her whole body.

" the territory...it's disappearing! "

she says to the other counters, hearing their gasps through her earpiece.

" shit. CHEOLJUNG-hyung, JUNWON-ah, hold out for a little bit more! we're almost there! "

MOTAK tells them, frantic and out-of-breath.

JUNWON goes behind CHEOLJUNG, the older man hitting the evil spirit with the metal rod.

even though it worked before, it seems like it didn't even scratch him.

" what is this? it suddenly got boring. "

the evil spirit turns his head towards the two counters, JUNWON and CHEOLJUNG's eyes widen.

" it's gone! the territory is gone! "

HANA yells, making all of them panic even more.

JUNWON lands a kick on his face, but the evil spirit catches her foot and throws her at the wall.

when she touches the back of her head, she felt blood.

" fuck...my head... "

she then saw the evil spirit holding the metal rod, trying to hit CHEOLJUNG with it, but it eventually hits him.

" ahjussi! "

JUNWON runs towards the older counter, but receives another hit from the evil spirit.

" aish, this bitch is so annoying...should i kill you first then? "

the evil spirit smiles like a psychopath, JUNWON shakes as he steps closer towards her.

as the man was going to stab her, JUNWON closed her eyes, preparing herself for the immense pain she was gonna go through.

" JUNWON! NO! "

CHEOLJUNG shouts and goes in front of her, his voice echoing throughout the whole tunnel.

the metal rod stabs him, the evil spirit pulls it out making blood come out from his mouth.

JUNWON's eyes widen and tear up at the sight.

" CHEOLJUNG-AHJUSSI! "

her shout reached her teammates's ears, indicating something was wrong, really wrong.

" CHEOLJUNG! JUNWON! just a bit more! hang in there just a bit longer! please don't die! "

MS. CHU frantically tells them, her breathing was unstable from the running.

" WHAT DID YOU DO?! "

JUNWON furiously yelled at the evil spirit, tears running down her face.

" what? did you want me to kill you first? "

the man responds to her, maniacally smiling at her rage.

JUNWON angrily runs towards him, but he uses his psychokinesis to send her to the wall again.

she could only watch as the evil spirit consumes CHEOLJUNG's soul and laugh at the counter's dead body.

" that was the most delicious thing i've ever had "

" the two voices... "

JUNWON sees a white light escaping from CHEOLJUNG's body, tears flowing from her eyes even more.

" WIGEN-ajumma...no... "

the evil spirit also stares at it as it disappears, flying out of the underpass.

he looks at JUNWON angrily, closely looking at her like he wants to remember her face for eternity.

" i might not have succeeded today, but i'll be back to devour your soul like what i did to him "

he says before running away from her and CHEOLJUNG's body.

JUNWON crawls towards CHEOLJUNG's body, her whole body shook as she touched his cold, pale skin.

" ahjussi...w-why did you do that? p-please wake up...please...i can't lose you too... "

JUNWON hugs him, not caring about the blood on him.

" CHEOLJUNG! JUNWON! "

" CHEOLJUNG-hyung! "

" JUNWON-ah! "

MS. CHU, MOTAK, and HANA run to them.

" CHEOLJUNG! "

" HYUNG! WAKE UP! HYUNG! "

" NO NO NO! "

" ahjussi... "

and that was the day LEE JUNWON's nightmares begun.

the blood, sweat, and tears her and her fellow counters shed haunted her mind.

the moment CHEOLJUNG went in front of her and getting stabbed replayed in her mind over and over again.

when all JUNWON could do was watch as her partner's soul was being consumed by the devil himself, it haunted her.

LEE JUNWON thought the reason he died was because of her.

he died because of her.

she was useless without her partner.

CHEOLJUNG died because of me...

from JAE.

was feeling generous so here :D also rip cheoljung 😔

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