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"Hey Y/N, wanna come over today?" Suho asked one Thursday after work.

"No thanks, Suho," you reply. "I'm on my period today, I just want to go home and binge watch Abyss again and eat chocolate and popcorn."

"At least let me walk you home, Y/N. It's dark."

"Suho, I'm a strong cat. I'll be fine!"

Suho looks reluctant, but lets you go anyway. With one last wave, you're off.

It was around 9:30 PM. You weren't worried, you've walked home alone later than that before. It wasn't a good idea, but what was the worst that could happen?

You pulled out your earphones and plugged them into your phone. You were about to play your favorite BTS playlist when a notification came through your phone.

TXT? My other babies? Hell yes! you thought.

You immediately tapped on your TXT playlist and began jamming to it.

You closed your eyes and began swaying to the music while you walked, using your enhanced senses to keep walking straight.

"Friends don't understand me, understand me anymore~! Friends don't understand me anymore more~."

You spun around in a circle, still bopping to your babies, when you collided with a wall.

"Ouch-- SHIT!" you clutched your nose in pain.

Sorry Jimin!

"Stupid wall--" you look up towards the wall that had harmed you. A man, maybe in his late twenties or early thirties, stares down at you with hungry eyes. You gulp and step backwards.

Nope. Not a wall.

You continue walking backwards until you hit another wall. You turned around, ready to cuss out this wall too, when you saw a different man staring at you with the same predatory eyes. This man was much bigger than the other one.

Nope. Definitely not a wall.

"Hey, pretty lady. What're you doing outside all alone?"

"None of your beeswax!" you reply childishly.

There were only two of them, and they weren't hybrids. You could easily take them, so you weren't scared.

"Such a beautiful young girl shouldn't be alone at a time like this. Here, come with us to our house for the night. You'll be safe with us," the first man creepily smiles.

"Naw, fam," you reply. "I ain't 'bout that life." You turned to the right, only to see two more large men blocking the way. To your left lay two other men standing in a dark alley.

Oh shit.

"Then at least let us walk you home." The man's menacing smile strained. You shook your head, words not able to form in your mouth.

There were too many of them. You'd lose easily in a fight.

You couldn't get away. They blocked off every side.

Now you were scared.

The two men on your right started moving closer to you, causing you to step closer and closer to the dark alley. The guys on your left slowly made their way farther down the alley, and the guy in front of you and the one behind you closed in the distance between you and them, completely trapping you.

Fuck.

By now, you were all the way into the alley. The few civilians that passed by the alley paid no attention to the six men surrounding you or got scared and ran away.

The only other option that you could think of was to show your hybrid form, hoping and praying that it would scare the giant men away. You really didn't want to do that.

"S-Stay back!" you yelled, internally cursing yourself for stuttering.

"What're you going to do about it?" one of the men snickered. Another wave of fear coursed through you. You were positive that Jimin could feel your panic, but he probably just assumed that you were watching a horror movie or something. That isn't his fault, it's something he knows you would do.

You have to do it. Your life is worth the risk.

You closed your eyes and let the familiar feeling of your rounded ears and long tail grow. Your canines elongated and sharpened, and your nails grew into claws. The pupils in your eyes narrowed and your transformation was complete.

"Get away from me!" you hissed. The men, baffled, stepped away before they realized that there were more of them; that they were bigger and stronger. They stepped closer than they ever had before and smirked.

"Hmm, I've never done a hybrid before," one of the men smiled wickedly. You ears flattened against your head and your tail found its way between your legs. Still trying to keep up your brave act, you bare your fangs at the man and hiss and growl.

"We can't have you trying to shift into your animal form and getting away, now can we?" Courses of "no's" went through all of the men.

"Do something about it then."

You blink in confusion. What did he mean?

SHKKK!

A sharp pain goes straight through your stomach. Your eyes widen and you look down to see a large knife driven straight through your abdomen. You let out a blood-curdling scream and collapse to your knees.

"Grab her!"

Two of the men harshly grab your arms and drag you all the way to the back of the alley. They slam you onto the wall and you crumple to the ground. Tears pour out of your eyes as you sob.

Was this the day that you would die?

The first man grabs a fistful of your shirt and rips it off. You scream again before your head jerks to the side from being slapped. More tears stream out of your eyes as the man rips your jeans off, too, leaving you only in your underwear. He attaches himself to your neck and harshly sucks on it, creating a purple hickey.

"Time for some fun~"

Jimin was in the middle of dancing his part in "On", when he felt it. An unbearable pain shot straight through his stomach, causing him to let out an inhuman scream. The fox fell to his knees, clutching his stomach. Tears, --some his, but mostly not-- filled in his eyes.

"Jimin!"

"What happened?!"

"What's going on?!"

All the boys stopped dancing and rushed to their best friend. Jimin let out a violent cough, blood spilling out of his mouth.

"Jimin, what's going on?!" Namjoon frantically asked. Jimin painfully shook his head; he was clueless as well.

"I-I don't know-- Y/N." Jimin's eyes widened.

"Y/N!!"

It all made snese now. Jimin felt the fear she had, he just didn't take it seriously.

The other members blinked in confusion. What did Y/N have to do with his pain-- oh.

"S-She must be in trouble!" he howled. "I felt her fear, but I dismissed it as nothing!" Jimin coughed once more, coughing up more blood.

"Wh-What do we do?" whispers Taehyung. Jimin doesn't answer. Instead, he jumps to his feet, ignoring the pain. He sprints for his phone and shoves it into Taehyung's open hands.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa there, Jimin! You need to sit back down," Seokjin says worriedly.

"Call Suho. Have him track me," Jimin commands, ignoring Seokjin's protests, and sprints out of the door, determined to save his soulmate. The desperate fox sprinted straight out of the Bighit building without a mask or any sort of disguise. He completely ignored any and all fans he passed, not even sparing them a glance. The only thing on his mind was Y/N, Y/N, Y/N.

However, what he didn't know, was that every fan that he ignored started to follow him. They were all curious as to why Jimin was out all alone without a disguise, and why he was running.

Tears continued pouring out of Jimin's eyes, both his and Y/N's. He was utterly terrified-- would he make it on time? Jimin could feel pain in all parts of his body. . . was she being raped? That thought alone caused him to push himself harder and run faster. Jimin was running completely on adrenaline, otherwise he would've already passed out.

At last, after around five minutes had passed, Y/N's heartbeat entered into Jimin's chest. He was so close! Jimin tried going in different directions until he found the path that had the strongest pound.

A dark alley.

Right on cue, a horrifying scream erupted into the air. A sob escaped Jimin's mouth. He was so scared. Why hadn't he thought of calling the authorities?

Too late now.

Just as he was about to step into the alley, he finally noticed people calling his name. He turned around, only to be faced with hundreds of fans. He stumbled back in surprise.

"Jimin!"

"I love you, Jimin!"

"Take a picture with me!"

Some of the fans run towards him.

"Stay back!" he screams. "Call the police!"

Those who had walked towards him returned to their spot, surprised at Jimin's sudden outburst. He had never screamed at his fans like that; they were caught off guard. However, not one person pulled out their cell phones to call the police. Why weren't they listening to him? Jimin huffed in frustration and put his hands over his head as more tears flooded out of his eyes.

He'll just have to do it himself.

Jimin turned back around and sprinted into the alleyway. Jimin didn't know this, but the rest of BTS and Suho had showed up right when he had turned around, keeping the fans from going after him.

Hallelujah.

Finally, Jimin reached the end of the alleyway. What he saw utterly broke his heart. Surrounded by six big burly men, Y/N lay on the ground, stripped down to her underwear with red, purple, and blue marks all over her neck, chest, and thighs. A knife was driven straight through her abdomen.

Jimin's eyes widened and his mouth gaped, the tears streaming endlessly.

he roared.

The six men's heads all snapped over to where Jimin stood.

"Why should we? She's open, there's no claim on her," one of the men laughed.

Jimin's eyes started to glow.

"We can share," one of the men suggests. Absentmindedly, Jimin's hybrid form breaks through. His ears grow up, and his tail out. His eyes lighten and his teeth sharpen. However, this time, he's not a fennec fox hybrid, but a cheetah one. The situation was dire enough that Jimin's form changed into Y/N's! Jimin could feel the added strength coursing through his veins. He felt powerful.

he screams. Jimin jumped into the air, shed his shirt and pants inhumanly quickly, and transformed into a giant cheetah. The cheetah was the size of a horse, his fangs as long as a serpent's. Jimin landed with a BOOM! on his paws and stared straight down at all of the men. They all looked terrified; they'd never seen a hybrid as big as Jimin was right now. They'd be eaten alive if they didn't run away now!

Normally, cheetahs were unable to roar, but it seems that God was on Jimin's side today and gave him the ability to do just that.

Jimin threw his head back, took a gigantic breath, and let out a roar so loud that you'd be able to hear it all the way on the other side of Seoul. All of the men stepped back away from Y/N and clutched their ears.

"I'm out of here, man. I ain't 'bouta die to that thing!" exclaims one of the men. He takes off running past Jimin, the rest of the men following suit. Jimin watched them go, figuring he could just describe their appearances to the police later on instead of pointlessly attempting to go after them. Once they were all gone, he turned to his hybrid form and rushed to Y/N. He cradled her to his chest, checking out her injuries while tears continued its journey down his cheeks. Jimin quickly pulled the knife out of Y/N's stomach, covering both his and her own mouths to keep their yowls silent. His eyes met hers, and he voiced a vow to himself and ultimately made a tough decision.

"This will never happen again." Jimin grabbed Y/N's chin, turned it to the left (or her right), moved his mouth to her mark spot and, finally, bit down. Jimin was unable to cover her scream as he marked her; his hands were holding her in place. He knew that an alley wasn't the best place and that the time was terrible for him to be marking her, but he felt as if he didn't have a choice. He would never let another man touch her again.

Finally, Jimin pulled his fangs out of her neck. He soothed the raw spot with his tongue and licked away the blood. Y/N had stopped screaming; he knew she was getting weaker and weaker. Jimin knew that if he didn't get her to the hospital now, she would-- no, they both would die.

"Baby, please change into your human form," Jimin begged. With the last ounce of her strength, Y/N fulfilled Jimin's request and fell into unconsciousness.

After doing the same, Jimin slipped back on his sweat pants and dressed his soulmate in his shirt. Her own clothes were ripped and thrown nearby on the ground. Jimin could feel his anger coming back, but he pushed it away. He was right; they were going to rape her. Jimin had arrived just in time.

Jimin stood from the ground and picked up his soulmate. He carried her bridal style as he stumbled towards the exit, feeling extremely nauseous and light headed. All he wanted to do was pass out, but he knew that if they didn't leave the alley, they would die. That he would've failed.

Without even telling her how he really felt.

Yes, Jimin realized that he couldn't live without Y/N. That she was the best thing that ever happened to him.

That he loved her.

Love was such a strong word, but Jimin was certain that what he felt for his soulmate was love. Even though they hadn't known each other for long, the feeling had already come. He would perish without her presence. He couldn't have that.

At last, Jimin made it back to the entrance of the alleyway. He hadn't realized it, but Jimin had accidentally cut his stomach with the knife as he pulled it out of his girlfriend. Adrenaline had still been coursing through his blood stream, but now, as it wore out, he could feel it. He could feel the stab, too.

The first person who caught sight of Jimin was Hoseok. He had been trying to hold the fans back when he had peaked over his shoulder, seeing Jimin swaying while carrying Y/N.

"Oh my God!" he gasped. "Jimin!"

Unable to walk any longer, Jimin fell to his knees, still holding onto the love of his life.

"Call the ambulance!"

"What happened back there?!"

"Y/N! Jimin! Oh my gosh, I should have walked her home!"

Adrenaline completely gone, Jimin collapsed to the ground, unintentionally letting Y/N go, and succumbed to the darkness.

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