SURVIVE

CHAPTER NINETEEN: CHAOS OF ROUTINES, PART TWO

 “What should we do to him?” Jiu said, walking away from the storage room as the leader sighed, not knowing what to do.

“If we do not intervene, sir, Mina and Minnie will be the ones who would deal with him, and I’m sure that the man, Rin will have a very hard time.” Jaechan said, as the leader nodded at that.

“I will not permit the dirtying of my two best women in my ranks by letting them do that, sir. It would be a mark that we cannot remove, letting them torture a man until his death.” Jiu said, Wallace nodding at that.

“What shall we do?” Wallace said, a few moments of silence settling between them before a man stepped in, having a suggestion.

“We must let the undead deal with him, sir. Throw him back to the city where he was found, and shoot both his legs so he would not be able to fight the hordes.” Song Jin said, Wallace raising his brow at the suggestion.

“That doesn’t seem like a suitable punishment for a grave crime like murder, Song Jin-ssi.” Jiu said, as Song Jin nodded at that.

“You just said that you don’t want Minnie and Mina to commit a grave crime of killing him, for it will dirty your reputations. We also do not want him to be kept here as prisoner; the people learning that would cause chaos upon everyone, and it would cause distrust upon your leadership, sir.” Song Jin said, as Wallace nodded at that.

“We shall do that tomorrow, since it would be too dangerous for us to go out now. Let Minnie and Mina guard him for the night, since they are the ones, I trust to do this job.” Wallace said, as Jiu nodded, letting the leader go with Jaechan and Song Jin while she came back to see Rin tied up against the wall, the same position as Rune sat in.

Minnie and Mina stood before him, Mina casually leaning down onto the wall while Minnie glared at him, her baseball bat slung across her shoulder.

“We will keep him overnight, then throw him out of the compound and into the city, where his legs will be shot, and he will be fed to the hordes of the undead.” Jiu said, giving out the verdict, and Mina could notice that the man was distraught, possibly panicking at the verdict of how he would die.

“Keep him in here and guard him for the night, and you may use some of the Patrols to aid you in guarding him here for the night. Do as you wish, but tomorrow he must still be alive and well. I do not care if you break his legs, but keep him alive, alright?” Jiu said, Minnie nodding at that as she brought her baseball bat into the ground, the thud making Rin grit his teeth, his eyes staring at the baseball bat.

Minnie immediately brought her bat onto his legs, breaking them immediately as he groaned and fought against his binds, the gag against his mouth muffling his screams of pain.

Minnie sat down on the wall, throwing his baseball bat away from him as Mina stood in front of him, her long hair tied up as she gave her katana that was in the sheathe to Minnie, who held on it for her.

“Why did you do that, huh?” Mina asked, removing the gag on his mouth as the man groaned in pain, his throat spent from the shouting he did earlier.

“I did that on my own accord… but someone helped me do all that.” Rin said, as he spit some blood off his mouth, staring at Mina who only looked at him, waiting for an answer.

“You really want to know, even if it would hurt you all, huh?” Rin said, Mina nodding at that as Rin chuckled, proceeding to hit Mina with his head, but Minnie had pulled Mina back in time and kicked his face with her boot, sending the man reeling back to the wall, losing a tooth or two.

Rin was about to lunge when Mina put her blade between his eyes, quicker than Rin and Minnie could see as only one push would render him lifeless, a blade against his skull. Mina slid the blade against his forehead, cutting the skin and making him groan with pain, blood flowing through the wound as Mina knelt down, letting the puddle of blood wet her knees as she faced him.

“Tell us, or I will cut your arms right here, right now.” Mina said with a scary tone, Rin spitting off the blood on the ground in front of him, not wanting to answer as he remained steadfast.

Mina chuckled, as she got out of the room and went back with a saw, her grip tight and unyielding as Rin had his eyes on the blade, Minnie seeing that the man’s façade was slowly disappearing, fear gripping his veins.

“It’s a good choice that I decided to spend time undercover in the Japanese mafia, huh? Learned these things about torture and all this. Now… tell me this instead, Rin.” Mina said, putting the sharp edge of the saw on top of his shoulder, Rin thrashing and fighting against his binds, Minnie taking caution as she had her gun on her hand, ready to fire.

“Were you part of the people who killed Myoui Haruka? Were you sent here to find me and kill me?” Mina said, Rin widening his eyes as he stared at Mina, whose hand was the only thing stopping from wounding his arm by the huge saw.

“You… You’re the Black Swan? The dark horse of the Japanese mafia…?” Rin said, Mina nodding at him, as Rin sighed, feeling defeated.

“The rebels of the mafia made me kill her, but I didn’t come here to kill you. They said that killing Haruka, the one of the two remaining true family of the Senshi Clan would earn me a way out of all the mess, and I did that… I went here. I didn’t know you were here.” Rin said, and Minnie could sense the fear in his voice.

“What makes you think the I would believe that, hmm?” Mina said, Rin widening his eyes as the girl’s eyes darkened, intent on killing the man in front of her, bringing the saw down against his arm—

The girl suddenly dropped down, unconscious, Minnie having hit her nape that caused her to fall unconscious immediately, carrying her towards the outside, where a Patrol carried her out of the storage room, the saw clattering down onto the floor.

“You would die on the hands of the undead, that is decided.” Minnie said, as Rin nodded, sitting down peacefully, still bound by the ropes as they waited for the night to pass.

“Why did you kill Rune?” Minnie asked after a long silence, as Rin looked at her.

“He was planning to pursue Miyeon, I knew that. You and I are the same, I just figured him out before you and killed him before he even laid his hands on her.” Rin said, Minnie widening her eyes.

“What?” Minnie asked, as Rin smiled at her, and Minnie could see the craziness in his eyes.

“Oh, come on. If you knew that the man had the plans in pursuing her and even cornering her, you would do the same, for her.” Rin said, Minnie shaking her head.

“You and I are not alike.” Minnie said, as she brought out some more rope and tied his hands together, shutting the door and having some of the patrols watch him without fail.

“We’ll see, Minnie.” Rin said, chuckling as the night fell.

The day came, with Minnie, Mina and two men in the Patrols, carrying Rin as his legs were rendered useless. Minnie stared into the horizon, Rin’s words still not disappearing from her mind as she stole glances of him, who only stared at the direction of the city, nearing his death.

Minnie sat between Mina and the man, as Mina was still vengeful, having waken up away from the man who killed her sister. Minnie knew that Mina would have killed him last night if not for her intervention.

“Can’t we just dump him in this water and just let him drown by tying a weight on him?” Mina said impatiently, Minnie shaking her head as Mina punched him one more time, no one stopping her as they soon neared the port, the entrance to the city filled with hordes, still not noticing them.

“Let’s do this quickly and just watch him, alright? We have to make sure that he will die today, as ordered by sir Wallace.”  Minnie said, as the men nodded and carried him into the center of the port, his hands still tied as he thrashed and fought against his binds and the gag on his mouth, the men removing his gag and going back to the boat in a rush, the boat going out into the distant shore.

“Help! Please…” Rin shouted, attracting the horde that soon walked towards him, the man panicking as he dragged himself towards the end of the port, to the water, but his legs could only do so much.

“You want to know who helped me?!” Rin said, as he forced his broken legs to kick some of the undead who went close, the others already clawing into his skin.

“Song Jin helped me! Please… don’t let me die here!” Rin said, Minnie widening her eyes.

They replied with silence, as the hordes slowly rushed towards him, the man in tears as he dragged himself towards the shore, but the undead wouldn’t let him.

“Good luck on your… your make-believe paradise…” Rin said, his last words barely even hearable as the hordes slowly devoured him, silencing the port.

The boat soon rode back, as Minnie saw Rin slumped down the port, lifeless, soon convulsing and his muscles moving as he snarled, Mina drawing an arrow and firing onto his body, tipping his body with flames and also the hordes beside him.

The boat soon reached the shore, with Minnie rushing towards the compound, eager to ask Song Jin about the things Rin accused him with—

Minnie widened her eyes as she saw Jaechan atop Song Jin, punching him endlessly with Shuhua crying against Yuqi’s arms, the two looking at Minnie with grim faces.

“You bastard! Why did you do all this?!” Jaechan shouted, Song Jin only grinning as he got punched over and over, the two men in the Patrols that were with them in the boat ride stopping him as Song Jin sat up, wiping the blood off of his lips and smiling at Minnie, who raised a brow.

“What happened here?” Minnie asked, as Shuhua kept crying, Yuqi consoling her as she looked at Minnie with a grim expression.

“Miyeon unnie’s gone.” Yuqi said, Minnie widening her eyes.

“What do you mean gone? Is she still alive?” Minnie asked, Yuqi nodding at that.

“Then what do you mean that she’s gone? She wouldn’t have gone without us, it’s unlikely of her. Plus, Soojin’s with her—”

Minnie was cut off by Song Jin’s chuckles, the man baring off his true nature as he grinned, Minnie kneeling down and grabbing his collar, the man only laughing at her.

“You’re so stupid, Minnie-ssi. My actions this past year is only contributing all to this, everything is as to the plan. You… all of you fell into my trap.” Song Jin said, spitting the blood off of his mouth, grinning at Minnie who widened her eyes.

“Of course, your Miyeon would be gone; Soojin took her, Jiu and Gahyeon also helping them get off the island and go to the city while you all were busy laying out punishment to the murderer, Rin. To think that a plan like that would successfully fool you all… I overestimated you all into thinking that you all were too smart to see through all of this.” Song Jin said, as Minnie widened her eyes, fear and anger striking her heart.

Minnie gritted her teeth and kicked his stomach with pure anger, letting him feel her anger as he only chuckled.

“If this was your plan… Then why are you still here?” Yuqi asked, as Mina hugged Shuhua who was still crying, Song Jin chuckling at them.

“I never planned for myself to survive; by staying here, I can do this—”

Song Jin pressed a button and the ground shook with a loud explosion, Minnie widening her eyes as the gates close to them suddenly exploded, throwing everyone off from the explosion.

Minnie gritted her teeth as she pulled herself up, forcing herself to focus as she soon saw the undead pouring through the huge gap in the walls from the explosion, the ringing in her ears only disappearing as she heard a laugh just a few meters away from her, with Song Jin sitting down onto the ground, clutching his tummy that got impaled by a stray debris.

“What made you do all this?” Minnie said, shaking off the disorienting dizziness that she earned from the explosion that was set off too close to her.

“I told you… I’m only a distraction to all this.” Song Jin said, as Minnie gritted her teeth—

With a swing of her bat, the man dropped down to the ground, lifeless and unmoving, Minnie letting herself stare at the man she trusted so much, before walking off towards a nearby body, who turned out to be Shuhua, as she noticed that the others were already gone.

“Shu… we have to go.” Minnie said, shaking her awake as she batted off some of the undead that dared to come close, Shuhua immediately nodding as they went towards the center of the compound, finding chaos everywhere as Minnie tried to find Soyeon, the two heading towards the headquarters, finding it deserted—

“Don’t move.” A voice said, as Minnie turned back, seeing Soyeon bringing her gun down, Yoona at her side, clinging onto her.

“We have to get out of here, Soyeon.” Minnie said, but the girl was hesitating, as she brought her hands down.

“I don’t understand… we can still rebuild this, if we get rid of those undead—”

“There is no more paradise, Soyeon. There isn’t any in the beginning; this is just all make-believe.” Minnie said with a stern tone, as Soyeon stared at her eyes, tears falling.

“We have to survive.” Minnie said, Soyeon letting herself go as she walked with Minnie, but there was someone obstructing them from going out.

“I will not let you get out of this place, Soyeon-ssi. I was ordered to keep you in here, and that I will do.” Wallace said, as he carried a shotgun, aiming on them.

“Your journey ends here, Jeon Soyeon.” Wallace said, firing—

Wallace dropped down, dead as Minnie widened her eyes, looking back to see Shuhua gripping a gun tight, unnoticeable for she was behind Minnie and Soyeon.

“Let’s go.” Shuhua said, carrying Yoona as the four of them went out of the gap, Minnie bashing her bat onto the undead, the four of them rushing towards a boat, being the only one left.

“Yuqi… where is she?” Soyeon said, as Minnie carried Yoona into the boat, Shuhua firing onto some of the undead that were rushing towards them.

“Yuqi is with Mina and Jaechan, she’s safe with them. We have to go to the city for now, Soyeon. I’m sure they’ll go there.” Minnie said, as Soyeon nodded, hoping it was alright as they pushed the boat away, fleeing from the island.

“Goodbye, my paradise…” Soyeon mumbled, staring at the island slowly disappearing into the horizon, the smoke coming from the island all that she could see.