‹𝟹﹒𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐥﹒⌒⌒

✦・thirty three╭╯

The two boys waited for Jin's answer. He didn't respond immediately. He licked his lips and looked around, not knowing what to say. They were huddled together near the foot of the grand staircase. Jungkook leaned on the hand of the staircase, trying to look calm. Their friends were out on the lawn, fighting trolls while they found the Phenomenal.

Suddenly, there was a commotion from the opposite end of the hall. People were shrieking and running around. Taehyung craned his neck to see what caused an uproar. He stood on a step when he couldn't see anything. He looked over people's heads as they rushed to the door. He saw it. It was a troll, and it was headed straight for them.

"Run," he said, grabbing Jin's arm and pulling him up the stairs. Jungkook looked over his shoulder and saw the troll and followed them. Taehyung, along with Jungkook and Jin, ran for his life.

He couldn't hear the troll behind him, but it was following them. It ran quietly compared to its big size.

The three boys ran into the hall. They pushed past the people who were coming out of the hall upstairs. The people were curious about the commotion happening downstairs in the hall. They saw the troll and screamed. They ran towards the door right past the troll, who ignored them and moved up the stairs.

The mass of people coming out pushed Taehyung, Jungkook, and Jin out of the hall. They staggered backwards. The troll was walking up the stairs, closing the distance between them.

They ran towards the closed bedrooms. The corridor wasn't lit. They were completely swallowed by darkness as soon as they entered it.

The hair on Taehyung's arm stood up, causing goosebumps. Now they could neither see the monster nor hear it. He tried to quieten his footsteps. After a while they stopped, trying to catch their breath.

"What is that?" Jin asked, horrified.

"A troll." whispered Jungkook, wiping the sweat off his face.

"Why is it attacking?"

"It's probably after you." Taehyung said.

"Great." Jin said sarcastically. "What should I do?"

"Not die, preferably. Where is the troll?" Jungkook said.

Taehyung tried to look down the hallway they previously ran. He saw a flash of white. He tensed up. It had to be the monster's teeth.

"Guys." he whispered, pointing at the flash of white he recently saw. Jungkook and Jin squinted their eyes, trying to see what Taehyung was trying to show them.

The boys ran down the hallway again. Taehyung didn't look back. He just followed Jungkook. The hallway was straight, with no turns. It was easy for the troll to follow the same path without losing them.

Suddenly, he felt a hand grab his wrist. The touch was icy, and Taehyung immediately felt disgusted.

The troll pulled Taehyung towards itself. He heard the troll crash through the window and plummet to the ground. He could feel the wind whistling in his ears. Soon he would hit the ground.

He didn't want to die so early. There was a lot he wanted to do. He tried to fight the troll's grip. Taehyung had made up his mind, if he was going to die, he would at least kill the troll first.

He couldn't see anything in the rush of air around him, but he could feel the troll's presence around him. Trusting his instincts, he turned from his waist and punched the troll in its stomach, where the hide was less. The troll let go of his hand in pain. He then kicked the troll. The distance between them increased as the troll was kicked away from Taehyung.