//TW: blood, violence
*No one's pov*
Both the boys and the mysterious creatures were fighting with all their might. Each demon was dealing with one creature at a time, protecting both themselves and their friends. Jisung and Minho were back-to-back fighting a creature. They wielded two long swords shining with a black flame, which they moved nimbly against the blinding swords of their enemies. Felix and Changbin instead were fighting in pairs against the creatures, using their swords, larger and shorter, as a defense. Hyunjin and Seungmin appeared to be circling, holding two long daggers and using them mercilessly against their enemies. Jeongin and Chan were instead having a heated confrontation with two creatures, brandishing short but swift swords. The boys were working hard, but every time one of their blows landed on the creatures' scaly skin, the wound healed immediately.
Feeling immense anger, Hyunjin hurls a dart of water at very high pressure at the creature's arm, immediately causing a deep cut that doesn't heal. With a satisfied grin he yells at the others:
HJ: "USE YOUR POWERS! THE WOUNDS DON'T HEAL!"
As one body the eight demons begin to use their powers, sending darts from all four Elements flying across the room. Felix had just sent an arrow of fire to the creature he was fighting when he sees Jeongin and Chan looking like they are about to be overwhelmed by enemies. Without a moment's hesitation, he calls Changbin and, with a knowing look, they combine their powers and buy time for their friends in need, allowing them to get up and keep fighting.
It has been a long time since the boys have been fighting relentlessly, and the first signs of fatigue are beginning to show. Everyone's bodies are sprinkled with bruises, scrapes and cuts and the foreheads of the eight demons are full of sweat.
The creatures begin to surround them, forcing them all to approach back-to-back.
CB: "WE HAVE TO COMBINE OUR POWERS, OTHERWISE WE WILL NOT DO IT!"
JS: "I KNOW, BUT THEY ARE SURROUNDING US! WHAT DO WE DO?!"
CH: "LET'S CREATE A CHAIN TO MAKE THEM BACKWARD, AT LEAST WE WILL HAVE MORE SPACE TO MOVE"
ALL: "OK!"
Slowly the boys begin to link their powers, creating a Chain. After a few moments, they push it in unison towards the creatures, causing them to fly backwards and allowing the demons to regain their formation.
The fight continues even more bloody and violent than before, because both sides have no intention of giving up. Jisung and Minho get lost and find themselves in the middle of the battlefield. It's a constant exchange of glances to make sure everyone is okay. The two Elementals find themselves back-to-back again, using their swords and their powers to try to win against the creatures they understand to be the Aeolians. Suddenly Minho speaks:
MH: "Ji, we have to use our Elemental power, otherwise we will never get out of this situation"
JS: "I know Min, but we've never used that! What if we make the situation worse?"
MH: "You have to trust ourselves. Look at our friends"
Jisung looks around, seeing the imprisoned demons watching everything with a frightened look, but still with a spark of hope in their tired eyes. His friends are struggling to keep up with the Aeolians, which seem to strengthen rather than weaken over time. Scrolling his gaze on the scene he meets the eyes of Mingi, who without saying a word nods, loading that gesture with a thousand non said things. Jisung nods back and turns to his boyfriend with a resolute look in his eyes.
JS: "Ok, let's do this"
Minho smiles and nods, then closes his eyes and so does Jisung. The two begin to channel all the energy they have, creating a bubble around them. An Aeolus tries to attack them by hitting the bubble, but as soon as his skin comes into contact with the surface of pure energy it burns, consuming his whole hand. The being gives an inhuman scream: no one had ever managed to hurt him like this. When he throws himself on the two boys, he is immediately burned by the bubble and all that remains of him is a pile of ash which is immediately swept away. The demons in the room let out a cry of victory and, thanks to this action, the boys are urged to fight even more fiercely. Jisung and Minho smile and continue with their spell. Their bubble grows more and more and the enemies retreat more and more, frightened of what is about to happen. By now the bubble has taken up almost half of the room, and the boys were all holding their breath to see what would happen, but suddenly the bubble retreats into the bodies of the two Elementals. An unnatural silence falls in the large room. The demons look at each other in confusion.
SM: "What the f-"
As suddenly as the bubble had retreated it succeeds and unleashes an explosion of energy that burns the Aeolians on the spot and sends the demons upside down. Slowly everyone gets up and, after looking around to make sure that all the enemies were dead, they burst into exclamations of joy and crying they hug each other, happy that this nightmare is over.
Jisung was watching proudly his friends help the imprisoned demons out of the cage. He sees Minho talking to a friend of his clan, his ex-clan, when he turns to look at him. The two lovers smile at each other but suddenly Minho's smile turns into a frightened grimace. Jisung doesn't understand why, and he doesn't even have time to open his mouth that an Aeolus sticks his sword straight into his stomach. Minho lets out a desperate scream and runs to help his boyfriend, anger and sadness clouding his mind, preventing him from thinking clearly. The creature draws his weapon, but it doesn't have time to take a step that the boy has already reached it and with a bolt of pure energy disintegrates it. Then he turns and runs towards Jisung who, lying on the ground surrounded by a pool of blood, is slowly becoming paler. Minho, with copious tears running down his face, kneels, takes his beloved in his arms and tries to stop the blood as best he can.
MH: "You promised...you promised me you wouldn't die..."
Jisung, smiling weakly, raise his arm and caresses his boyfriend on his cheek.
JS: "I love you Minho"
And that said, his arm falls and his eyes close, retaining as last sight the face of the only demon in the entire universe that he has ever loved.
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OMFG I CRIED SO HARD WRITING THIS WTFHUFPSDHFSHD
NO BUT SERIOUSLY I WAS ABOUT TO ERASE EVERYTHING AND WRITE A DIFFERENT END HJHIJDFJISDP
Well now we have to wait till the next chapter :]
I'm going to cry
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