Theme 093
VIXX 300 Theme ChallengeTitle: Give Up Pairing: HyuKen Related Chapters: 45, 53, 57, 65, 71, 82, 106, 112, 136, 156, 162, 178, 184, 237, Word Count: 790
“You need to stop,” N frowned as he watched Ken trying to fix his armour, “just….let it go.”
“You know why I can’t do that,” Ken replied, “I need to find Hyuk.”
“Can you not call him that?” N asked, looking around like he expected someone to be there to overhear, “you know why you shouldn’t say that.”
“If Epsilon wants him,” Ken scoffed, “then he can go out and find him.”
“His name is Ravi,” N shrugged, “at least, that’s what he wants to be called.”
“Whatever,” Ken shrugged, still not looking up from his work
It didn’t really surprise him that N had stumbled across the red and blue bases placed at Blood Gulch by Project Freelancer. What did surprise him was that N had decided to stay and help the two teams out. Maybe he’d felt responsible for them, maybe Theta had suggested it – N always did have a problem saying ‘no’ to his AI. The reason didn’t matter, the action did.
The act of staying proved useful because a few weeks later outposts like Blood Gulch were ordered terminated along with several other bases. With N there to aid the Reds and Blues, they were able to fight off the cleanup crews that had been sent out to get rid of all traces of Project Freelancer.
Actually, that confused Ken a little bit. When he’d seen Wonsik, the former director had looked….defeated. As far as Ken could tell, he’d given up on the whole project and washed his hands of everything a year or so after Ken, N, and Leo had left with Hyuk. If Wonsik wasn’t in control, who was? Who had ordered Hyuk captured? Who had ordered the red and blue bases destroyed?
Ken only knew of one person highly ranked enough to have taken power from Wonsik.
“N,” Ken sighed, finally turning away from his armour, “you can’t just quit. You can’t possibly think that you can hide out here with the Reds and Blues and just……be alright. Hongbin will send someone else eventually, you know he will. And then what? You can’t fight everyone who comes off.”
“So our answer is to help you find Hyuk?” N frowned, “the only person who will get what they want out of that is you.”
“If we all go to command,” Ken explained, “we can hack into their files. Ravi or Theta can copy everything they find and we can send it all to the government. That’s what you originally wanted right? To expose them for what they had done?”
“Well yes,” N nodded, “but you can’t expect the others to just come along with us. This isn’t their fight. And I think you can understand why I don’t want to take Theta in there with me.”
“I’ll be fine,” Theta spoke up, appearing between the pair in a small burst of holographic fireworks, “I can fight.”
“Are you sure?” N asked, “You can stay here if you want. I’m sure Taemin or Jackson can look after you while I’m gone.”
“No,” Theta smiled, “I want to help. You always think about bringing Hongbin and Wonsik to justice and I want to help you do that. We’re partners, right?”
“Right,” N smiled slightly at the AI.
“Go ask the teams what they want to do,” Ken suggested, “I’m going to finish this up. Do you want to head out once I’m done, or wait until tomorrow?”
“As soon as possible,” N decided before leaving with Theta in toe.
“You should give up,” Ken jumped a little when he heard Epsilon – Ravi – speak up.
“What do you know about it, Epsilon?” Ken asked, earning a glare from the AI.
At first, Ken had been rather surprised to find Eps- Ravi well and good at Blood Gulch. Of all the places he could have possibly been, this was it. And apparently he not only recalled everything now, but he was much more stable. Ken was trying very hard not to be too bitter over that bit of news. The most surprising thing was that Ravi was in a robotic body much like how Hyuk had been. This body looked a lot like a younger version of Wonsik and that…..well that through him off at first.
“What do you think is going to happen?” Ravi asked, “Do you think you’ll find Hyuk and he’ll realize he’s loved you since the beginning? That you’ll run off together and be happy?”
“That would be great,” Ken smiled slightly, “but I think that’s up to Hyuk. We’ve gotten our chances to move on, Ravi. I think Hyuk deserves that chance, too.”
Ravi remained silent, watching Ken for a moment before walking away. Ken sighed before returning once more to his armour.
A/N: hopefully, Ken will find Hyuk soon. Fingers crossed for them.
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