Chapter 13
The Devil Besides MeGosh Kai's new promo actually make me feel weak on my knees *fans self* and there's some new ideas popping up on what I should draw/write next so stay tone and check out my twitter!
In case readers are not familiar, EXO has powers based on their Mama MV. (Sehun-wind, Kai-teleportation, Tao-time, D.O.-earth, Chanyeol-fire, Chen-lightning, Baekhyun-light, Lay-healing, Suho-water, Kris-flight, Luhan-telekinesis, Xiumin-frost) Why they have powers you will have to read to find out.
So the reason why this chapter is short is because I decided to make 2 chapters to differentiate Taemin's and Minho's pov. I will hopefully be able to post Minho's pov chapter soon.
It was dark.
That's what Taemin sees when he closes his eyes. That's what Taemin sees when he opens them. He wasn't sure what happened but when he tries to move he finds himself tied up in a small, tight space.
He's been kidnapped.
He tries to move around, get himself free. He hits his head on top of a ceiling – not a ceiling, a trunk. He's inside a trunk of a car.
Desperation kicks in causing him to be short of breath, hyperventilating, going so far to use his head to hit the top of the trunk. Begging to be let go, just anyone to hear and get him out of here.
“Stop that racket!”
The trunk opens up causing Taemin to shield his eyes from the sudden blinding light. He felt himself hulled up by the front of his shirt and cold air greeting his face.
“Do we even need him?” he hears someone next to him ask with a nonchalance tone. “He doesn't look any special.”
“Oh he'll come,” the one holding him snarls. “He'll come for him.”
Taemin finally opens his eyes and sees 3 men – must be the kidnappers. He doesn't recognize any of them. His neck is stiff from the way the guy is holding him. “What do you want?” he tries to say.
The man holding him gives a cold smile, jostling him that made his head flopped back and forth. “We want your friend,” he replies. “After we're through with him, you're next.”
Friend?
He doesn't understand what they were saying. What friend? When he's about to ask, the other kidnapper butts in. “Um.. Xiumin, I don't think you should hold him like that.”
“Getting cold feet, D.O.?” Xiumin, the guy whose holding him sneers. “You already ate the car owner but me playing with this kid is making you uncomfortable?!”
Ate?!
“That's not what I – ” D.O. looks to the other man desperately. “Luhan help me out here!”
Luhan sighs, leaning against the car. “Way to get your priorities straight. At least Kai doesn't have to deal with this.”
Kai?!
“You know Kai?!” Taemin finds himself saying out loud causing all three kidnappers to turn their heads at him. “Who are you?!”
Xiumin, the guy whose holding him, sighs out loud and shakes his head. He looks at Taemin with such a scary look that had him freeze in his grip.
“When I'm through with your friend I'm going to take my sweet time with you,” Xiumin lightly slides a finger across Taemin's cheek that had him shiver at the action. “And maybe I'll let Kai watch and he can do nothing about.”
And that's all was said as Xiumin shoves Taemin back into the trunk and the darkness consumes him once again. He squeezed his eyes shut, hoping that this is all a dream. Hoping this is all a prank by that demon to get him to make a contract. But it doesn't feel like it.
His thoughts stray towards Kai and how could he be associated with these men. Most of all he's afraid of they'll do to him and his “friend”.
Where is Minho?!
The demon always has an uncanny way to know where he is at all times. It was Minho who saved him before when he was about to get killed. But the demon is no where in sight, he wouldn't have let these people take him. Another guilty part of Taemin reminds him that he didn't want Minho bothering him in the first place.
He's going to die.
Taemin tries to curl up in the confined space, let's out a sob against the bottom of the trunk. He doesn't know how long he's in there when he felt sudden warmth flood through him, winding itself tightly around him that it suddenly felt hot. It caused him to yelp and hit his head on the trunk. He could feel a sharp pound against the top of the trunk, causing him to flinch. But the heat loosened as it becomes a steady warmth like a hug.
Minho.
Taemin had to blink. He doesn't know how but he could feel the demon is here.
Loud commotion could be heard outside. It rattles and shakes the car. Taemin wishes his arms weren't bound, he could have gotten out of the trunk and see what's going on.
Suddenly the trunk opens and Taemin was once again hulled out by the front of his shirt. His legs unsteady, touching the ground and buckling down. Just how long has he been in there? Where is Minho?
And then something sharp was pressed against his throat.
His sense of touch is the first to process information before his sight. He's being held against someone with something sharp against his throat, stinging with pain. When his eyes finally adjusts he could see him.
Minho.
Minho is standing in front of him with one of his kidnappers in his grip. His hand holding the black flames with intent to burn. A loud voice of the kidnapper yells near to his ear. “Stop what you are doing, right now!”
And Minho turns, his eyes intense that cause his kidnapper to flinch. Taemin couldn't help but flinch with him when that intensity is looking straight at him. It just felt like the very air turns heavy and hot, like an inferno.
"On your knees! Hands behind your head!"
The kidnapper holding him, Luhan, is threatening Minho with Taemin's safety. Taemin let's out a gasp when the sharp thing against his throat presses down, his throat surely bleeding. It just made the whole thing worse when Minho does as he's told and goes down on his knees.
And that's when Xiumin attacks.
If Minho's black flame was a surprise, Xiumin shooting ice at Minho made Taemin gasp. He could feel himself scream when Minho buckled down under the weight of Xiumin's attack, worse when D.O. joined in throwing earth at the demon. They got Minho outnumbered. They're burying him.
They're going to kill him.
Taemin tries to moves to get to Minho, forgetting about the sharp thing held against his neck. Luhan snarls, adjusting his hold on him.
“Your friend killed one of ours,” Luhan says against his ear. “I'll give Kai your regards once we're done here.”
Taemin hissed when the sharp icicle digs into his neck, not allowing him to lean forward. But he can't just stay there and do nothing. Minho came to save him. And now Minho – Minho...
A sharp sudden heat came where Minho is standing, backlashing the whole landscape. Taemin and Luhan weren't blown away like Xiumin and D.O. but they were startled nonetheless. Some of the black flames landed near Luhan, causing him to take a step back.
With a sharp twist, Taemin manages to unbalance Luhan, allowing him to put some space between them. In that same span he felt himself being shoved away as someone quickly joins them.
It's Minho. Minho is here.
But that hopeful feeling died quickly when he looks up.
Minho standing tall in front of him with his hand on Luhan's face. His face hard and his eyes promising pain. He's not even looking to see if Taemin is alright.
He's suddenly filled with dread.
“Your friend tried to take what belongs to me,” the dangerous tone in Minho's voice has Taemin shiver. “Allow me give you the same fate.”
He doesn't like this, knowing what will come. But he can't. He just can't. He wants to say something. He needs to scream.
“Minho!”
When Minho pauses to look down, Taemin couldn't help but stiffened. Minho's eyes were glowing with malice, mouth sharp hungry for death. His rage feels overwhelming, sharply reminding him who Minho is.
A demon.
“H-hyung...,” Taemin hiccups. He could feel himself shaking, wants to look away but he can't.
Do not scream. Do not scream.
“They won't hurt you.”
The hairs on the back of Taemin's neck stood on end when Minho bends down to reach out to him.
“It's ok.”
But Taemin had flinched back, moving away from the demon. Eyes wide with fear. There's no where to run. When Minho moves his hand, Taemin clenches his eyes shut.
He felt warmth engulf his being but it does nothing to quell his terror. Taemin opens his eyes, feeling the vines that kept him tied up burn away. He quickly patted the burnt residue away like the remnants would burn him too.
He watches Minho went over to Luhan, dragging him by the back of his shirt. When Minho turns for Taemin, he could barely scramble away before the demon picks him up with ease, too fast and strong. He couldn't get out of the demon's grasp, his grip unrelenting.
He doesn't know where the demon is going, doesn't want to know. He wants to get away. Get as far away from here as possible.
At the same time he never wants to leave Minho's warm arms.
Minho tilted his head looking down at him in his arms. His eyes were dimmed and his jaws were set. His eyes weren't dangerous like before but Taemin couldn't help but shrink at his gaze. Thankfully Minho looked away without a word walk to an unknown destination. He closes his eyes, trying to make sense what was happening. He wants his life back to normal.
He felt himself transferred over to another person's arms. He opens his eyes and looks to see whose holding him.
“O-Onew?” Taemin dares to ask, hoping this man is real.
Onew blinks, “Taemin?”
Taemin looks around, he's in front of Onew's house, the demon is no where in sight. He reaches out with shaky hands, two fingers touching Onew's cheek. Warm. Soft. Familiar. Real.
Onew looks perplexed and concern at Taemin's action. “Taemin?”
Taemin looks up with bleary eyes as flashes of what happened came crashing down and buries his face into Onew's shoulder. And to Onew's credit he never falter, holding Taemin in a warm embrace, silently promising the boy he's safe.
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