Cries of women and men, a few children born to those who chose to stay with their mates while serving duty to the Tower. These towers were important, they housed many guards, specially trained men and women who protected Song, our nation from the ones who would seek to destroy it.
We were late... but not so late that everything had been burned.
We rode up and immediately jumped from our horses and engaged in the battle in front of us. I noticed a familiar red glow and ran towards it. Yoongi was here already, he was in the middle of it. His sword blocking another man's as he struck down at Yoongi. My second eldest brother was shorter than most of us, but he was also quick and resourceful. He hooked his leg behind the guards and dropped him down, it was a familiar move, I learned that move from him.
I pulled my sword from it's sheath and changed in. Namjoon and Hoseok already had their swords drawn and were slashing away at the rebels.
While my brothers were fast, and strong- Joon and Hoseok were the strongest here, but I was the more skilled fighter due to my relentless training. Even still I trained and did my best to learn more to improve my combat skills. So when this ugly mother fucker decided it was a good idea to swing his sword at me from behind, I managed to side step and spin. I slashed at him and cut him down, watching him fall to his knees as he bled out. I turned back around and stabbed my sword into the chest of the man who was regaining himself in front of me.
The rebels were thinning but that was mostly thanks to the soldiers who were housed here. My concern was making sure these assholes didn't leave here alive. A few of the rebels shifted, slowly I cut down some of them as I made my way to Joon.
"Yoongi's shifting! There's a Berserker coming, shift and help him!" Joon called to me as Soldiers and rebels fought between us. I nodded to him, hoping he knew that I heard what he said and was following his lead. A Berserker meant trouble.. a lot of trouble.
I managed to get into a cleared enough space to shift, the deep green hue surrounding my body. I felt myself relax, and closed my eyes as I centered myself in my mind. I pushed back myself and let my Dragon free, he was thankful as he bowed his head to me and took front while I worked with him from the center of my mind. Up we went like a firework, spinning a bit and surveying the sky.
Wind Dragon to the east, let's take out the fire dragon in front of us first. Brother has the other fire Dragon handled.
"Right. Center up and hit the fire dragon on his left side, you can see he's favoring it. He must have been sliced in human form and didn't let his body heal before shifting." I spoke to my dragon as I looked through his eyes and saw the red and orange Dragon flying at us from a distance. We rolled out of the way in the air and flipped back around to swipe our talons at him. Unfortunately we missed, but we rushed after him, zipping through the air. He was quick but not quick enough, we managed to hook his tail and pull back with every bit of strength we had. He wasn't able to balance himself and turn fast enough. He did manage to claw our face, his talons drug and dragged against our scales. Blood trickled a lit bit down our cheek but it wasn't deep enough or bleeding enough to be concerned about.
He tried to bite at my throat as we hooked each other with our talons. Ours hooked into his sides while he had us hooked on the shoulders. We did our best to shake him free but he was hooked on us pretty good, if I wasn't so pissed off I'd be impressed.
I saw yellow from my left, and suddenly the dragon hooked on us was falling back to the ground, FAST. We immediately looked left to see Hoseok in his Yellow shimmering Dragon form giving us a smile. We smiled back and followed him off to attack the Wind Dragon a few meters from us. Hoseok was strong, he'd gotten a lot stronger now that he had Sapphire, his mate. We darted around Hoseok who was biting and clawing at the wind Dragon, another dragon in the distance was seen.
"Shit. Berserker." I let my Dragon know. We turned to Hoseok who had a mouth full of scales and flesh. The Wind dragon hanging limp in his claws. Hoseok let him fall when he took notice to the Berserker.
"Let's go! Yoongi's going after him and he can't take him down alone!" Hoseok roared at us. We nodded and followed behind him, he was a little faster than me but it was to be expected. My little butterfly and I were not united yet, but after this... I wanted nothing more than to go home to her and kiss her beautiful face.
I roared out as we got closer to Yoongi and the Berserker. Yoongi Hyung's fire balls were doing nothing to the Berserker, if anything it was making him grow more enraged. If that happened... he could blow and take us all out with him. Then again... I guess that was the fuckers plan.
"We can't let him near the Tower!" Hoseok roared out. We nodded at each other, Hoseok took high, I took low. I swooped under the Berserker and when he rolled to avoid my swipe and Yoongi's bite he was met with Hoseok's powerful blast of lightning.
While any Dragon would have been hurt greatly... this was a Berserker, Notoriously tough and a real pain in the ass. We didn't have time to take him apart like we should have. We needed to lower this guy's stamina and power, and fast.
"Hit him again!" Yoongi roared at Hoseok, we couldn't use the same maneuver in case the asshole had brains so this time I flew behind him and tugged his tail, sinking my talons into his tail which was met with some resistance. Berserkers had tougher scales, tougher skin.
"Yoongi! Now!" Hoseok roared as the two blasted him from each side. Hoseok's lightning blast made the Berserker dizzy. I could tell from how he wobbled a bit and shook his head for a moment. I acted quickly and bit on his tail. I got my teeth into him a good ways before he began to fly around rampantly . He kept swinging his tail trying to shake me off but I had a decent hold, unfortunately I was losing that decent hold as he slammed me against some treetops nearby.
I saw red and yellow out of the corner of my eyes. Yoongi's mouth was open and charging toward me, his large dragon teeth sank into Berserkers flesh toward the base of his tail more. Two yellow blasts of Lightning came and Yoongi and I held on for our lives as we were whipped around, the Berserker growing more and more furious. He was out of control, whipping his tail around along with his head. I assumed Hoseok got him pretty good in the face.
We didn't have time, the Berserker was flashing and we knew what that mean. Yoongi and let go, the Berserker chased us, Yoongi and I flew as fast as we could away from the tower, trying to stay somewhat close though so we could get back. Yoongi almost hit a tree but managed to dodge it without much damage. I unfortunately got some shallow cuts along my arms and sides as I passed by branches.
It stung, but I knew they'd heal in a matter of time. I hated flying through trees... it sucked.
The sound came quick, the blast came even faster. Yoongi and I were forced forward, causing us to lose balance and crash into the trees ahead of us. Branches cut more into my hard skin, my wings were damaged slightly but not too badly. I couldn't see Yoongi, I hit the ground hard and it knocked the wind out of me. I laid there in Dragon form trying to breath and also trying to lift my head so I can see where Yoongi went. I shifted back, I had no choice. I was worn out and barely able to stand as my human body felt heavy.
"Jungkook!" I heard the familiar sound, Hoseok came running through the trees. He also had shifted back and he was panicked. "Jungkook!" He yelled and I tried to sit up, I tried to lift my arms and wave to him. Tried to let him know I was here.
"Hos... H-Hoseok!" I tried to call out, using what breath I had. He heard me though, in a few moments he was running at me. A mixed look of concern and happiness on his face. He helped me up, my body was sore and the slash marks from the trees were evident.
"Kook, can you walk?" He asked, huffing as he held me up, leaning me against his frame. I nodded and tried to steady myself. "Did you see Yoongi? I looked and didn't see him on the way here." Hoseok said, worried yet standing as strong as usual.
"He tumbled farther I think... ah... ouch." I clenched my arm over my side and hobbled forward in the direction I assumed Yoongi went. "He was up this way I think." I said to him, Hoseok kept one hand on my back to make sure I was okay. We walked as fast as I could manage through the woods, Hoseok looked right while I looked left.
After a ways we saw a lump on a pile of dead leaves between two large trees that were knocked clear down. The lump was pale and not moving.
"Shit..." I muttered.
"Yoongi!" Hoseok ran to him and I hobbled as fast as I could over to them. He was still breathing, but it was fairly shallow. "We have to get him back to Joon, Jimin can help him." Hoseok said as he went to lift Yoongi up. He lifted him up onto his back, giving our unconscious older brother a piggy back ride as we tried to figure out where we were and how far from the North Tower we had wandered.
I don't know how, but thanks to Hoseok's natural intuition we managed to get back to the North Tower.... What was left of it. Despite our efforts to keep it in one piece, the tower had fallen. With it, a bit of hope that we could put an end to this.
"Shit.." Hoseok breathed as we stood at the gate. Slowly the doors opened and Namjoon came running out to us.
"Hobi! Kook!" He came running over and looked us over. "You're okay? Yoongi?" He noticed the older on Hoseok's back and he checked him over. "We have to get back to Jimin... to the Palace. Hoseok, you stay here with me. Jungkook can you take the carriage and get him back there? The rebels are coming back.. we got word of two more groups enclosing from the west side." Namjoon urged. Hoseok nodded and handed Yoongi over to Yoongi's guards who had accompanied him there.
"Majesties, I'll be escorting the two of you back to the Palace at once." A tall bulky man confirmed. Namjoon nodded.
"This is Captain Li-Han. One of Yoongi's other 'Special' Guards. He'll look after the two of you. Board up now, Kook. Sooner you get home the better. We've sent word already to have Jimin on hand, he doesn't know we're sending the two of you though so explain what happened to him." He gave me a quick hug, careful not to cause me more pain then apparently I was already showing I was in. "Come on Hoseok, we have to get the Dragon Daggers ready for launch. We managed to get two up and working." Namjoon tugged Hoseok along and the two of them waved to me as I turned to get into the carriage. Yoongi was laid down and I sat next to him so he wouldn't be tossed everywhere during our ride back.
It was bumpier than usual, of course it was... it was meant to be. After all we had to get home quickly. I worried about Namjoon and Hoseok, Namjoon looked more pissed than usual and I didn't know if that was a good thing or a bad thing.
Yoongi started to groan in pain as we got closer to the palace. I guess he was waking up.. but it sounded horrible.
As soon as we stopped right under the arches I jumped out of the carriage, the first ones I saw, the two guards who always kept watch over the front doors.
"YAH!" I yelled. "Get Jimin! Get him now! Someone help me!" I screamed out, the two men scrambled inside. Li-Han hopped down from the drivers post of the carriage and helped me pull Yoongi out.
"Majesty, I have him. You need to take it easy." He scolded me slightly as I winced in pain. My sides were hurting again. I hobbled to the side as two other guards came rushing over to us.
"Jungkook?" I heard Tourmaline and looked to the front doors only to see Jimin jumping down the entire set of steps and running to us.
"Yoongi?!" He was concerned. "Let's get him to his room! Have the kitchen bring me boiled water, and fresh cloths!" He commanded as Li-Han brought Yoongi in. I followed and Jimin wrapped one arm around my waist as he helped me hobble my way inside. Talk about embarrassing...
"Ah, I'm okay Jimin.."
"No, you're not. You're bleeding on me." He scoffed and helped me up the steps. Tourmaline stood there with one hand on her stomach. She wasn't showing yet but I could tell she was worried about me and Yoongi as well. It kind of felt nice to have Sisters who cared and could be here for us. Least that's how I was viewing it.
"What can I do to help?" She asked softly, holding onto Jimin's arm as we walked briskly to Yoongi's room.
"Make sure the Kitchen staff bring me that boiled water and clean cloth. Alright love?" He asked her and she nodded with a smile before breaking away from us and going towards the kitchens.
"What the hell happened Kook?" Jimin asked as we neared Yoongi's door.
"I'll tell you once Yoongi's more stable. Okay?" I offered and he nodded, completely understanding that his focus needed to be on Yoongi.
Once we were inside Jimin helped me up to the bedroom area of the room. Yoongi's darker color scheme made it difficult to see at first since he had large heavy black curtains covering his windows. He didn't like the morning light to wake him up once he was able to fall asleep.
"Alright, you sit here. Once I'm done helping him I'm going to take a look at you." Jimin said as his bag was handed to him by one of Yoongi's personal staff. I nodded, not wanting to argue with him that I'd be okay. It was no use anyway, Jimin could be scary when he was determined.
Moments passed, Yoongi was laying shirtless, only his boxers on as Jimin checked him over.
"We need to get these cuts cleaned, and -" He paused as he heard to the doors open. I heard them too, the scent that followed made me close my eyes. Tourmaline came through the curtain with a woman behind her with a rolling cart. The two guards in the room lifted it up the steps and she pushed it to the end of Yoongi's bed. It seemed she hadn't noticed me.
"Em- ah, Kitchen staff here.... I went and got kitchen staff." Tourmaline seemed to be nervous and tripped on her words. I looked at her curiously as I stared at the Green haired woman's form from behind. I think I was healed just by looking at her.... Okay maybe not but she certainly took my mind off the pain.
"Great. And the cloths. Ah..." Jimin took the white cloths that Tourmaline had pointed to on the rolling cart. "You may all leave us. uh.. Not you." He said to my little butterfly. "I might need the extra set of hands." He said. I watched as everyone left but Tourmaline and my little butterfly.
"Is he going to be okay?" She asked softly, man... her voice was as sweet as her scent. I smiled at her words but kept silent. Silence filled the room as Jimin got to work, cleaning Yoongi's wounds and using his abilities to boost his normal healing ability. He was focused as he worked.
"I've done about all I could do for now. We just have to wait." Jimin stated as he sat on the edge of the bed. "What happened out there Kook?" He turned to me, finally my green little butterfly noticed I was in the room.
"It's a long story." I leaned back in the chair, my head resting against the wall as I looked up, holding my sides. I felt Jimin in front of me. He was already getting to work looking me over.
"A few broken ribs... no internal bleeding... lashes... what the hell happened?" He asked again. I knew he needed to know but my focus level wasn't very high... or it was but I was focused on the wrong thing. I had to make it short and simple, had to get to the point. I needed to focus for just a minute or two...
"North Tower fell... more rebels are on their way, and Joon and Hoseok are there trying to hold it down." I blurted out, trying to make sense and get the key points out. Her scent was doing things to me though. I was looking up at the ceiling, her senses flooded into me. All I could do was close my eyes and breathe...
Breathe her in...
Just breathe...