"Run, goddamn it, run!"
Jessi screams as the four of them sprint through the woods with grunts and groans.

"How did they get here so fast?!"
Namjoon yells, continuously glancing behind him to check for the familiar soldiers of the North that had stumbled upon their camp early in the morning.

The sun was barely rising, and the air had an icy crisp, stinging their faces as they sprinted.

"You fucking fell asleep on night watch, that's why!"
She snaps before yelping when a bullet barely whizzes past her, hitting the tree.

"How many of them are behind us?"
Jungkook pants as Hyunjin replies.
"It's most probably the same troop that raided us last night, so there'll be around 20 of them if they haven't split up."

"Shit."
He cusses, before pointing to a small cave in the corner of the forest where a thick canopy of trees surrounded it.

"There, we need to hide!"
He whisper yells as everyone rushes to the spot.

The hole was only slightly larger than that of a rabbit hole, but opened out into a partially bigger cave inside.

"Get in, hurry up!"
Jungkook rushes them as Namjoon slips inside with difficulty, and the sound of a grenade blows up somewhere else.

"They don't know where we are, they're taking random shots. Get in Jessi, what are you doing?!"
Jungkook grits his teeth as Jessi struggles.

"It's too small for my fucking ass to go through!"
She yells, beginning to panic.

Gritting his teeth, Jungkook presses down onto her shoulders as Namjoon pulls on her legs from inside.

With a final push and pull, she slips inside.

"I won't go in until you do."
Hyunjin states, pushing Jungkook towards the hole.
"Hyunjin-"
"Get in!"
Namjoon yells.

Before he can protest, Namjoon's hands reach out, wrapping around his ankles as Hyunjin pushes him in.

Once Jungkook is inside, he immediately holds his hand out for Hyunjin, until a voice yells from the distance.

"I have eyes on one target!"

Hyunjin panics, turning around.

"They'll kill all of us with a single grenade into that cave if they find the rest of you."

Jungkook's eyes widen as Hyunjin sprints across the forest to the other side, waving his arms frantically as he runs.

"What the fuck is he doing?!"
Jungkook barely screams, his veins straining against his neck as he tries to climb out of the hole.

"Jungkook, don't!"
Namjoon pulls him back down.
"They'll find us, Jungkook stop!"

"He's going to get himself killed if we leave him like that!"
He whisper yells, his face contorting in worry, anger and fear as he tries to shove himself out of their grip.

"We'll all end up dead if you go out, for Christs sake!"

Jessi grits, firmly holding him down.

They freeze when a single gunshot echoes through the air. Jungkook's heart races inside him as his eyes widen.

"W-what was-"

"Shh, I can hear them talking."

Namjoon says, putting his finger on his lips and tilting his head to listen carefully.

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Hyunjin yelps as he tries to crawl away from the men that approached him, the blood flowing from his leg leaving a trail of red behind him.

The masked soldier grabs his hair, jerking his head upwards to stare at him.

"Where's the rest of your troop?"

He growls as Hyunjin grabs his wrist, twisting it and landing a harsh blow to the soldier's cheek.

The other soldiers immediately approach him in alarm, before pouncing on Hyunjin, landing bone-breaking kicks to his ribs and abdomen.

He cries out in pain, trying to crawl away from them before the same soldier he punched grabs hold of his hair again.

"You bold little bastard, answer me! I know there is a general among your group."

He yells as blood flows down Hyunjin's lips and mouth before he laughs hysterically through the searing pain, showing off his now blood coated teeth before two words leave his lips.

"Fuck you."

The soldier sighs, closing his eyes in frustration before standing up and pulling out his pistol.

Hyunjin bares his teeth in fury as the cold metal meets his forehead and he parts his lips to yell.

"Long live the Republic of-"

His words are cut short as his vision blackens and his body falls limp to the ground.

Wiping his gun, the soldier looks at the others.

"Find the rest."

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"Long live the Republic of-"

The trio are startled when a loud gunshot halts his words, and Jungkook's heart stops.

"No... no, it can't be."

He whispers, his mind beginning to spin as he pushes the two people off him.

Jessi grabs onto his arm as a tear rolls down her face, and Namjoon lets out a wavering breath, his mind unable to comprehend what was happening.

"Jungkook, stop-"

"I'm going to kill them. Every single fucking one of them. You can either join me right now, or hide like cowards in this fucking hole."

He growls, towering over Jessi as she yelps, backing away from him.

Jungkook tries to control the swirling emotions inside him as he loads his gun, climbing out of the hole in blind rage.

"You fucking pieces of shit!"

He yells, shooting a soldier right in the head as the others attention falls to him. They pull out their guns and approach him.

Jungkook wastes no time in aiming, and starts firing all over them, bullets ravaging their bodies as they fall like dominoes while he screams in rage.

He grunts when a soldier kicks him in the stomach, and he jabs the end of the gun on his head, knocking out the man instantly before putting a bullet in his head.

He's met with five soldiers that have their guns aimed at him, but their attention is immediately diverted behind him when blood suddenly splatters from their heads and they fall to the ground.

Jungkook sends a nod of approval to Namjoon and Jessi behind him as they smile back at him.

Jungkook smirks, staring at the remaining two soldiers that stood before him, their hands trembling as they held tightly onto their guns.

"Surrender, or die."

He says, as one of them lets out a cry, charging at him. He ducks as the soldier swings his arm out, and instead lunges forward, hurling the soldier over.

Hovering above him, Jungkook's arms wrap around his throat, squeezing tightly. The man gags, clawing at his arms before suddenly pulling out a knife and launching it into Jungkook's thigh.

He lets out a scream as the sharp knife pierces through his flesh, lodging itself in his thigh before he pulls out his gun and shoots him in the head instantly.

Blood splatters onto Jungkook's hands and face as he crawls off the body. Jessi rushes to him, crouching down beside him.

"Oh god, we need to pull it out right now."

She wraps her fingers around the handle, gripping it tightly.

"Are you ready?"

Jungkook nods between heavy pants, throwing his head back as his face contorts in sheer pain.

"1, 2, 3!"

She swiftly pulls the knife out of him as he seethes through his teeth, squeezing his eyes shut and the veins bulge on his neck.

She wraps a cloth around his thigh immediately, tying it tight.

"Guys, what about him?"

Namjoon chimes, pointing his gun at the trembling soldier cornered as Jungkook slowly pushes himself up with a muffled groan.

Limping towards the young soldier who points his gun with trembling hands at Jungkook, he says,

"Surrender, kid."

The masked soldier stares at him with fearful eyes.

"You look no more than 18 years old, do you really want to die like this? Surrender!"

Jessi yells as he continues to point his shaking gun at all of them.

Jungkook limps towards him, and the boy steps back in alarm.

"Stay back!"

He yells, and Jungkook snaps back at him.

"Drop the fucking gun!"

The boy lets out a wavering breath as his eyes travel the trio before him before he brings his gun to his head.

Their eyes widen as they launch themselves towards him.

"Long live the Great Leader Yong Su-Il!"

They're halted when he pulls the trigger blood splattering across the three of them as his body falls to the ground.

"No!"

Jessi yells in frustration, gripping her hair and kicking the soil.

"He looked so young."

She says, her voice cracking as Jungkook lowers his head, tearing his eyes away from the body below him.

"Who cares about those pieces of shit?"

He says, before he turns to his left, a familiar person laying silently near the bottom of a tree. Namjoon sees it too, and they take slow steps towards the area.

Jungkook limps, tears already rolling down his face as he gets closer to the body. Dropping to his knees, his eyes travel the limp corpse of Hyunjin, his breathing becoming increasingly heavier.

"Goddamn it!"

He yells, gripping onto Hyunjin's shirt, resting his head on his torso. Sobs rack his body as Jessi and Namjoon crouch beside him, soft cries leaving their lips.

Like a tsunami that destroyed him from the inside, it overflows through his eyes, tears relentlessly cascading down his blood stained cheeks.

As dawn rose upon them, and the sun shone its rays upon the mourning trio, they felt an emptiness inside them that couldn't ever be filled.

Their mourning came as a sad song, soft and low, a lullaby that spoke of the time of healing to come, of a road that must be travelled one step at a time.

Namjoon places a hand on his shoulder as Jungkook refuses to leave the man before him, gripping onto his shirt tightly.

They felt pain of an unexplainable level, and it hurt even more that they could do nothing about it, except know that fate will offer them a brighter horizon to gaze upon, and a hope that one day they will be free from this.

Slowly tearing himself away from the lifeless man, Jessi sniffles, reaching her arm out and gently placing them over Hyunjin's eyes, closing them shut forever.