//------------------------------// // Chapter 15 // Story: Bangtan Colts: A History No a Saga // by Creativa-Artly01 //------------------------------// At the Jopok lair, Jin gasps for air as he chokes on smoke filling the room from the boss pony’s pipe. Once the smoke clears away, he sees his father’s body motionless in the chair next to him. “You’re next, you stupid, stupid foal,” chuckles the boss with his thunderous booming voice.  “What, what did you do to my father?” Cries Jin in unending unbearable agony.  “Killed him, of course,” responds the boss with a chuckle. Jin looks at the motionless body next to him and he soon spots a knife in the body surrounded by pools of blood. “Don’t you get it, foal? You too are about to die.”  “Not if my friends find me first!” Jin snaps back gnashing his teeth.  “They won’t find you here,” responds the boss. “No pony knows where he is. To them, you’re already dead anyways.”  “No! You liar!” Snaps Jin. “They’re out there looking for me!”  With a final chuckle, the boss gives the signal to kill Jin before leaving the room. On the command, the goons begin to torture the pale stallion as he continues to cry out for his brothers. “Suga, RM, V, Jimin, JHope, JK, where are you? Help me!” Cries Jin. “Find me… please. I beg of you!” He continues to bawl. “Please find me before it’s too late.” He bows his head in defeat. “Please…”  Meanwhile on their end, RM, Suga, and JHope head out once more in search of Jin. They finally end up searching into the depths of the city and as they’re walking through the quiet, desolate streets, they hear faint cries coming from an abandoned building. Using their magic, RM and JHope open the door and soon find two seemingly lifeless bodies in front of them. Hearing the rustling of hooves against the papers strewn across the floor, Jin pops his head up.  “Mak…mak…maknaes,” says Jin weakly, “is that…is that you?”  Hearing the familiar voice, the three run to their friend. “Yes, hyung, it’s us,” they cry as they embrace him before freeing him from the chair. “Who is the dead pony next to you?”  “My…my dad,” cries Jin. “The Jopok killed him. They were about to kill me too before something spooked them. Now, let’s just get out of here, please…” he says weakly.  “Mmhmm,” agree the rest with a nod as they pull him to his feet and the four run out the building and back into the city proper. Once back and out of view of other ponies, RM and JHope use their magic to teleport them back to the Big Hit studios where they’re all soon embraced in a hug by their emotional maknaes.  “I’m so glad you’re alive,” cries JK as he hugs Jin’s legs.  “Yeah, you had us so scared,” cry Jimin and V as they hug their hyung as well.  “Yeah,” agrees Suga, “it got so bad that RM almost quit if we didn’t find you soon. He kept blaming himself, but you know we wouldn’t let him, I wouldn’t let him.”  “Yeah,” responds Jin, “I’m just glad to be home. Now can some pony get a lock pick and get this damned device off my horn?!”  RM nods and goes and grabs a lock pick with his magic before coming back and inserting it into the device, releasing it from Jin’s horn. “Now that feels so much better,” says Jin as he lets out a sigh of relief. “So so much better, now if you don’t mind, I need some time alone, to grieve the loss of my father. I’m sure you understand.” The others nod and leave the room leaving Jin alone but not before putting a protection spell on the room and its door with their magic on RM, V, and Jhope’s part. They have no plans of losing Jin again, not after what just happened.