NEFARIOUS - TAEGYU ??

twenty nine

"Bingo!"

"Taehyun!" Ha Joon calls out as Nabil pulls Taehyun away from Beomgyu, but the brown hair boy elbows him away.

"Your Highness, we have to go!" Nabil says.

Taehyun shook his head. "I'm not leaving Beomgyu." Taehyun turns to look at his dad at a distance, mouthing the words 'I'm sorry.' before he grabs Beomgyu's wrist and runs, dodging Namjoon's bullets.

Yeong-won's men invaded the ballroom and start fighting the Eoduun with everything they have, guns, firearms, knives. Beomgyu and Taehyun finds Ryujin and dashes to her.

"Ryujin!" Taehyun calls out.

"Where's mom?" Beomgyu asks.

"Nabil escorted her along with the King. Taehyun, take this." Ryujin hands him a knife. "I know you can't handle guns."

"Did you call them over?" Beomgyu asks.

"Yeonjun had been tailing us since the FBI attacked our mansion, some of them are outside, including Yeonjun."

"CHOI BEOMGYU! COME HERE YOU COWARD!"

Beomgyu hears Namjoon's voice calling for him, his voice filled with rage. Beomgyu can feel his temper taking over him as his knuckles turn white from clenching his fists too hard, and grits his teeth, restraining to remain silent, his hunched form exuded an animosity acidity - burning, slicing and potent. His face turns red, suppressing the rage. Ryujin hands Beomgyu his LM6 rifle and he takes it, wrapping his fingers around the heavy weapon.

This time, Taehyun lets Beomgyu lose his temper, but he knew what was restraining him from just snapping Namjoon's neck. It was Taehyun, himself, he didn't want to show this side to his boyfriend.

Taehyun is his weakness, but little did Beomgyu know, that he is Taehyun's strength.

"Go-" Taehyun encourages him. 'Go berserk."

With the assurance, Beomgyu walks to the centre where Namjoon waits for him, while Ryujin and Taehyun stay back fighting Eoduun's men along with the police, FBIs, palace guards and Yeong-won.

Taehyun was quite skilled with knives, he trained with Beomgyu a few weeks back at the lair since Taehyun can't stand guns.

Beomgyu meets Namjoon at the centre, eye to eye.

"I'd kill you right now, but where's the fun of it?" Namjoon says sarcastically.

"What do you propose?" Beomgyu asks.

"Last man standing."

Beomgyu's lips twitch up into a confident grin. "Deal."

Beomgyu starts running the moment Namjoon shoots first, the shot thundered across the room. Beomgyu, without having to aim properly, pulls the trigger and the lead bullet grazes Namjoon's left cheek, breaking through the skin a bit. Blood dripped warmly down his cheek and Namjoon staggers back.

'How weak.' Beomgyu thought.

Beomgyu's fist clench hard against the plastic foregrip as he brings the rifle to bear. He takes a shallow breath, holding it as his fingers tense around the trigger, about to squeeze it when suddenly he feels arduos pain as a bullet pierces through the bottom right of his abdomen from behind. Beomgyu collapses onto his knees and Namjoon smirks, instantly getting up.

"Thanks man." Namjoon tells his man.

Namjoon takes his gun and Beomgyu, eyes widen, rolls to the side, dodging the bullet. Beomgyu tries to take his rifle only for it to be kicked away by the enemy. One of Eoduun was running and Beomgyu attacks him, by wrapping his arm around his neck, and twists his head brutally until he drops lifeless on the floor. Just when he snatches the gun from the man's back pocket, recklessly and slow, Namjoon launches another bullet which hits the upper left of his shoulder. Beomgyu staggers but in turn, executes a lousy bullet which hits Namjoon's abdomen, but the tall man was still standing.

Beomgyu gasps for air, as he bears the two bullet shots he receives. He sees Taehyun at the corner fighting off some with just a mere knife but has everything under control. Beomgyu plasters a faint smile, because he knew Taehyun had the skills with it.

Beomgyu immediately gets up although the pain became a lot more unbearable and just when Namjoon was looking away, Beomgyu gets a perfect aim of his chest from behind and he cocks the pistol only for history to repeat itself again;

Bullets gone.

Unloaded gun.

Namjoon turns around and laughs at Beomgyu's panicked face as he lifts his revolver to Beomgyu.

"Game over."

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Taehyun plunges his knife into his enemy's stomach, twisting his insides as blood spurts out, splattering all over Taehyun. He takes the bloody knife out as the body drops dead. Taehyun slumps at the corner to take a breather, in just a span of what felt like 10 minutes, the ballroom had pools of bloody dead bodies, blood splattered over the walls and people still fighting. Eoduun has many men, more than the Yeong-won's but thank goodness the police and FBI are here.

Taehyun then looks over at the centre, where Namjoon has Beomgyu cornered. Namjoon points a gun to Beomgyu and Beomgyu, looking panicked as ever, tosses the gun to the side. Déjà vu hits Taehyun back as history repeats itself to the time Beomgyu was held at gun point.

It's happening again.

Taehyun's eyes enlarge in shock. He tries to contrast a plan on how he can attack with his knife but he knew too well, it'll only end him, a gun was more superior than a knife. He then spots a gun laying on the floor, Taehyun imagines him grabbing the gun, but he starts trembling again, his hands sweaty from the fear and trauma acting on him once again. The possible images of seeing Beomgyu lay dead in a pool of blood frightens him. Taehyun doesn't want to witness it. Taehyun shook his head, trying to remove all the thoughts and fears from his head as he gathers courage.

"You can do this." Taehyun mumbles to himself.

As soon as Taehyun hears the cock of the pistol, Taehyun without hesitating, grabs the gun from the floor and at the 4-metre distance he's at, he pulls the trigger of the gun, executing a bullet which finds its mark precisely at Namjoon's chest.

Beomgyu's eyes widen in shock, as Namjoon staggers before he collapses onto the floor and Beomgyu turns around to see Taehyun on the floor, with a gun in his hand, the clear smell of gun powder coming from him. All a sudden, everyone becomes silent, including Eoduun as their leader, in which Beomgyu walks over to check his pulse, was pronounced dead.

"HE'S DEAD!!" Beomgyu announces.

Taehyun gets up from his position and runs towards the latter, Beomgyu doing the same but he slumps to the ground before he could and Taehyun catches him in his arms in time. Beomgyu wraps his arms around the younger's waist.

"It's over." Beomgyu says, chuckling.

Taehyun then notices the latter's breathing becoming slower.

"Beomgyu?" Taehyun calls out. He then spots the pool of blood coming from Beomgyu and Taehyun lifts his hand to see it smeared with blood. The corner of his eyes starts welling up as Beomgyu doesn't respond. Taehyun shakes the latter's body.

"BEOMGYU?!" Taehyun calls out but Beomgyu passes out. Tears started to run down his cheeks to the tip of his chin.

Ryujin dashes over and Taehyun asks her to call the ambulance.

"Beommie, don't die on me."