Last Breath - Part 29
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Onew was all defense. Taeyang attacked him, but he couldn't help being distracted by the vampire verses hunter fight that commenced right by Taemin. "Taemin, run outside!" he yelled, more than once, but the idiot kid wasn't hearing him. He was standing there in useless horror.
Taeyang's fist slammed into his face hard and fast, and then repeatedly, so Onew's attention had to make the appropriate shift. Get rid of Taeyang, drag Taemin out of there by his idiot head. Priorities.
Just as blood leaked from the corner of his mouth and smeared onto Taeyang's fist, Onew struck back, pushing up against the vampire and punching his face.
As the two vampires fought down on the floor, Jay was at a much more obvious disadvantage against Jiyong. The slim vampire dodged as Jay came at him with a small knife from his pocket, laughing off his every move and then welcoming more.
When Jay tried one final, angry, move, his wrist was caught just short of him stabbing through the vampire's chest, and Jiyong held it in a horribly tight grip.
"Hunters, you know, I kind of like." Jiyong said, glancing down at Jay's weapon wielding hand. "They just got something other humans don't."
He twisted Jay's wrist and snatched the knife from his fingers, stabbing the blade into the human's shoulder. As Jay yelled out, Jiyong pulled him closer, jerking the coat he wore somewhat to the side and ripping the t-shirt he wore beneath it. "Taste better, too." Jiyong mumbled, and leaned down to suck up blood from around the wound.
Taemin stumbled backwards until he fell back onto the floor, screaming and crying. When he looked around, he could see no way out. There were just walls closing in on him, and figures being encased in smoke...
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Minho touched the large doors, and quickly jerked his hand away. It was hot. But it was also the main entrance anyway, and he thought he might be better off looking for another one. He swallowed hard, nervous as hell with the unfamiliar feeling of a gun in his hand, something that he almost thought would just somehow shoot him if he touched it in the wrong way..
He walked around with it held out far to his side, not at all mimicking the cool way people on TV use firearms .
But he was brave still, and after all, he was fucked as long as Onew was so he didn't have much to lose.
He successfully located a slim door in the back of the building, and found it even cracked open already. A thin layer of smoke was drifting out from the top, and Minho cautiously pulled it further open before putting his head down and leaning in to the building.
This was a small, dark room. He was half tempted to find a light switch, but didn't, and walked as quietly and quickly as he could through it, until he reached the door that he could just barely see.
He heard Taemin crying, and something was being knocked around, and - in searching his feelings - he quickly realized that was probably Onew.
He took a moment to gather his courage, and then shoved the door open. He gripped his gun with both hands then as he surveyed the scene. A vampire drinking from that hunter he could remember, and Taemin sobbing at the sight. Taeyang and Onew were all too close, fighting each other.
"T-Taemin, over here." Minho said, announcing his presence.
"The walls.." Taemin responded.
"Get out, Minho!" Onew yelled.
And the vampire who was sucking on Jay's neck previously released the hunter, swiftly elbowing him in the head to make sure he was unconscious before he let him fall.
"Minho?" Jiyong questioned, turning towards the human.
Minho pointed the gun at him nervously, "Just.. stay right there." he said, failing to sound as strong as he meant to.
"Hm." Jiyong said, shrugging. "If you want me to."
Seunghyun stepped up behind Minho, grabbing the back of his neck first and the arm that held his gun second. It was more like a flinch than intentional, but Minho pulled the trigger then. The bullet merely grazed Jiyong's side, and horrified Minho enough to drop the gun like it was lava. It skidded on the floor, and Taemin gave it a look, but rather than seeming to get the idea that it could help him - he scurried backwards away from it.
Jiyong just frowned, as if deeply inconvenienced by the shot.
Onew, with Taeyang's blood all over his mouth, finally came out the victor in their fight after - in a rage - he slammed the man's head with a horrible crack against the floor. He stood now, and scowled at Seunghyun. "Don't touch him."
"Try to make me." Seunghyun said simply.
Onew glared harshly, but didn't attack. He looked at Taemin instead, "Run, now, or this was for nothing."
Taemin looked at him, and for the first time seemed to come back to his senses, even if just a little. "Noodle." he said in a small voice.
"Go!!" Onew yelled, and then ran at Jiyong.
The door that Minho opened became some shining light to Taemin in an instant. He half crawled, half ran to it. Seunghyun pushed at Minho, starting to go after him, but Minho bravely throwing himself against the large vampire was enough to thwart him.
Taemin only half made it outside. He collapsed in the doorway, coughing as he tried to breathe in the night air.
A 'huff' that sounded like sheer annoyance was familiar to him, and Taemin tilted his head to squint at a pair of shoes. He wondered why the world seemed so sideways...
"That idiot couldn't save you, huh?"
Taemin shuddered and shut his eyes, watching the dancing images of his mind again when he realized the person speaking was Key.
He didn't fight when the vampire grabbed onto his arm and jerked him to stand. He braced himself for the end, but instead, he was dragged. When he opened his eyes, Key was shoving him into the driver's seat of an extremely nice car. "Really pathetic. Really fucking pathetic." he muttered.
"Why?" Taemin asked dizzily, leaning against the back of the seat.
"Revenge against the man who killed me," Key shoved the door closed, "And the honor of the man that was killed by Onew."
Key tossed a set of keys through the window. "Besides, I want to kill you all by myself later on. So try not to kill yourself getting out of here."
"I can't drive." Taemin breathed, "I can't see straight, I'm just going to die like this, everything is--"
"Uh-huh, good luck with that." Key said, turning and stepping back toward the building.
Taemin watched him for a long moment before he tried starting the car.
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