Bad End (Zen x MC) One shot
I always wanted a reeeaaaally bad end for Zen’s route.
***may contain spoilers****
I played Zen’s route quite a while ago so not everything is accurate.
I change POV often. Sometimes without warning.
It was driving Zen crazy, he couldn’t get that nightmare out of his head. When he thinks about that strange bleached hair kid strangling his MC, his love, his everything, he couldn’t even begin to describe how scared he was. He’d never been scared of anything (other than those dreaded fur balls called cats), if he needed to do something or faced a new challenge, he was always up for game. But now…he couldn’t even begin to describe the emotions flowing through him.
That’s why he revved up his bike to go as fast as it could, regardless of the rain. His destination- 707’s house. If he wouldn’t tell him MC’s address through the messenger, he’d make him say it face to face. The rain pelting his perfectly tied gray hair and soaking him through he had left his house so quickly he didn’t even bring his helmet. He knew how dangerous it was but he was more worried about MC than anything.
In a couple more minutes he had reached the gate to Seven’s house. He rang the bell but all that answered was this stupid machine asking him about Arabic or something.
“Damn it Seven! This isn’t time for games!” he yelled “Open the damn door!”
The stupid door replied saying it would self destruct if he kept hitting it but a few seconds later it opened. He ran straight to the main door and then to Seven’s room. When he barged in he saw Yoosung and Seven both looking as if they were expecting him. He cut straight to the chase.
“Where is it?” Though it was a question, he stated it like a demand.
Seven looked to the side and rubbed his headphone cord thinking of how to address the quite distressed Zen.
“Zen it’s taken care of, you don’t have to worry, I’m keeping an eye on her”
That was not what he wanted to hear.
“Not worry? You want me to not freaking worry?” he laughed ridiculously “There’s a crazy hacker out for whatever’s in that apartment, there’s a BOMB in that freakin place! She’s by herself, no weapons, no bodyguards and you don’t want me to worry?” He looked at Seven, then a surge of anger drove through him. He grabbed the front of Seven’s hoodie and pulled “Tell me where she’s at”
707 kept his silence. Yoosung who had been silent this entire time, touched Seven’s shoulder and whispered “Maybe you should tell him Seven. It’s not like V’s gonna answer his phone anytime soon” Yoosung’s distrust for V had led him to be on Zen’s side “If something does happen it would be better if someone was there with her”
Seven sighed, “Fine just…let me call V one more time” He called and as expected V didn’t answer. It took a minute. One minute and a life was changed. Just one.
When they heard the window shatter they all looked to the monitor. There he was, the bleached hair kid with the tattoo, just like his dream. It was coming true. No, no, no, no, no. This wasn’t happening.
“Let’s go” Seven said urgently. They all agreed and ran to his garage. At the speed Seven was driving they would be wherever MC was in a couple minutes. Wait for me, Zen thought, please be okay.
MC was currently answering an email from longcat, whom she refused to believe was actually a cat. But with all the strange things happening in the past 2 weeks, she probably shouldn’t put it past her. As she was contemplating writing “miumiumiu” with a comma or not, she heard the window shatter. She was alert and scared. She tried not to male any noise to alert the intruder that she was there but the apartment wasn’t very big so he would wander into this room eventually. It didn’t take him long at all.
“Who are you?” she stared at his weird appearance, an eye tattoo on his upper arm, strange bleached hair, and a crazy look in his eye. This wasn’t a normal intruder.
“Well what fun would that be telling you all my plans?”
“How did you get past the security system?”
At this he burst out laughing
“Oh dear I put that thing out a while ago, you idiots just haven’t noticed”
She backed up a little, she had seen a box cutter a bit behind her but she was too scared to make any sudden movements. Hopefully Seven was seeing this and was on his way. She started stalling.
“You won’t get any information from me”
“Are you sure about that? But either way I don’t really need you, if anything you’ll just make a cute little assistant for me”
She shivered, but then saw his hand go into his back pocket, pull out a USB, as well as the glint of the gun he had. That was all she needed to snatch the box cutter and make a run for it. As she passed him he put out his arm, caught her by the chest, and slammed her down on the floor. Her whole body ached and she had tears at the corners of her eyes. She barely had time to think about that as he put his face real close to hers and said “Now be a good girl and stay down”
She was scared but she knew she had to protect herself, so she brought the bow cutter up to slice his face but he saw it coming and she ended up slicing his arm instead. His smile faded, his anger showing through as clear as day. In a flash he had his hand around her throat.
“Is this how you treat your master? Tsk tsk tsk, you seem to have forgotten that I brought you here…so I can take you back” He brought her up hand still at her throat, he plugged in the USB and looked back at her. “I’ll have to reeducate you at Magenta”
Her vision was blurring now, she tried scratching at him and successfully met the wound she had given him earlier. He hissed and dropped her, she sucked in as much air as she could, coughing some along the way but stayed on the ground.
Everything hurt, where was Seven? She thought. She wanted to see Zen one more time even if it was a stretch.
“I’ll really have to teach you a lesson when we get back” Then he kicked her ribs making her double over even more. She whimpering now but he ignored her and went back to the computer to type something but this time she was too tired and hurt to fight. He finished quickly and removed the USB, smiling creepily to himself.
Then there was a bang on the door.
“MC!" Zen’s voice, she could almost cry. She got a sudden surge of strength and stood to run to the door but the hacker grabbed her by the hair and pulled.
"Damn always getting in the way”
“MC we’re coming!” another voice, Yoosung’s.
“Seven hurry up” Seven was here too.
Soon there was a beep at the door and it opened all three of them bursting through. They stopped.
A gun was pointed at MC’s head.
She had tears running down her face. Zen looked at her appearance, she looked disheveled, red, and there was a mark forming around her throat. His worst fears were coming true and he felt powerless.
The hacker was laughing as if this was the funniest thing ever. “Look at the pathetic lot we have here!”
Zen scowled “Let. Her. Go.”
The hacker smiled once more, a mischievous glint in his eye mostly directed at Seven. “Suuure”
The hacker was smart; he wanted to hurt Seven, take the RFA’s information, and destroy the life of this pathetic gray-haired red-eyed narcissist in front of him. Plus, he knew 3 against 1 even with a gun was gonna be hard.
Unfortunately, it would come at the price of his cute little assistant. He looked down at MC in disappointment.
“You reeaally wanted to come with me to Magenta didn’t you?” He pressed the gun barrel even harder against MC’s head, then he whispered “Don’t worry I’ll be sending you to a much better place”
He looked up at the pathetic boys in front of him. “I’ll let her go, but youuuu” He said in a singy-songy voice “have to let me go.”
Zen clenched his teeth at this but made no move to get closer. He would never forgive himself if anything happened to MC because of him.
Unknown smiled then started walking backwards toward the window with MC. MC’s panicked eyes met Zen’s and she calmed instantly. Zen was here, Zen is here, everything will be okay.
They stopped right in front of the window, she notices for the first time all the glass and thinks about how she’d have to sweep it up later. The thought was so normal she almost laughed. Then the barrel of the gun left her head and she was slightly shoved toward Zen.
She didn’t even care about the hacker anymore, all she wanted to be was in Zen’s arms. Warm, safe, loved. Unknown had different plans.
It was silent for a second after the shot rang. Then she was falling then all hell broke loose.
Zen couldn’t believe his eyes. She was almost in his arms, her beautiful eyes staring at him as if he was the only person in the world. He ran to her, catching her before she reached the floor. He placed one arm on her back, holding her up, and another on her face. He could feel the wetness of blood on back, right where her heart was.
Yoosung ran to her as well, tears were already streaming down his face. He grabbed MC’s hand tightly.
“Call the ambulance Yoosung”
“W-what?” Yoosung was in shock but that pulled him out of it. “Right, a-ambulance”
Seven was just standing there. Another person in his life hurt. It was all his fault. His fault.
MC was having trouble breathing and her chest and back hurt really bad. “Ze…” she tried calling out to him. He replied immediately, “Don’t speak darling you’ll make it worse, alright? The ambulance will be here any minute. Just stay with me okay?”
“MC noona j-j-just hold on for a little, please, the-they’re coming” Yoosung tried assuring her with a shaky voice.
Mc’s eyes were drooping “no no no no no no, look at me MC, look at me, stay, okay? Stay”
Zen saw all the blood pouring out and he knew there were tears in his eyes, but he needed to remain optimistic for his darling.
MC was looking at Zen so intensely, she wanted to remember his face. She knew. Tears brimmed her eyes, but she remained looking. Her breathing was getting rougher.
She needed to tell him something before it was too late. With a shaky bloody hand, she reached up to touch his face.
She let out her last breath.
Her hand dropped, it had almost reached his face.
“Love? Darling….darling stay with me, Love get up, wake up, wake up!”
He shook her slightly, she was limp. Yoosung whimpered next to him. Seven fell on his knees.
Zen knew, but he didn’t want to believe it. He tried CPR but he wasn’t certified, so he didn’t know what he was doing. He just needed her to wake up. Tears were falling down his face, he was sobbing holding MC tightly. “No no please love wake up, please” He looked at her face and moved a hair to the side with bloody fingers.
“I love you… I love you…don’t leave”
Your blood stained everything, his hands, his clothes, his soul. He had lost a part of his soul; he would never be whole again. Never.
In the silence, he could hear the rain and in the distance, an ambulance.
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