Requested by AfiaRiaz
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The members were currently in LA shooting their ON Kinetic Manifesto Film. They had already shot a video for the same song, but that video was more of a story line. This video was focused more on choreography and visuals. The members had practiced with the back up dancers for about a week before going out to their shooting location.

Day one had a rough start. The weather was extremely hot, which the members hadn't anticipated. They felt like they were boiling alive in their performance clothes. To add to the days issues, Yoongi was dealing with a lot of shoulder pain, and in the middle of the shooting Taehyung got smacked in the eye with his coat zipper. As much as it sucked for Taehyung, the members had a good laugh watching the replay of it. Day two of the shooting had gone a bit better, thankfully it wasn't as hot. However, on this day they were having some lighting issues because the suns shadow didn't match the previous day, so they had to work around that. The day ended with no injuries, and even Yoongi's shoulder was feeling better.

The third day would come to be the worst day of all for all of them. At this point everyone was exhausted and didn't have much energy left. They were only fueled by small snacks and a lot of energy drinks. Jungkook had noticed someone new in the group of background dancers, someone he hadn't seen the previous two days or at their week long practice.

"Did I miss out on meeting him? Has he been here the whole time? I don't remember him, I thought we introduced ourselves to everyone?" Jungkook asked Namjoon and Hobi. The two rappers said they didn't recognize the man either. It was odd for a background dancer to come in later in a shooting, especially on the last day. The three walked over to introduce themselves to him but the man brushed them off a bit, he didn't seem to care or want to talk. The three members tried to not take it personally, they knew everyone was stressed out and overheated and cranky.

They continued filming and Taehyung also noticed this new dancer, and also noticed he wasn't exactly very good. During a break he went and pointed it out to the rest of the members, they watched some playback videos and noticed the man wasn't really keeping up with choreography.

"Not to be mean but why did this guy even come if it's our last day of shooting and he doesn't know the right choreography?" Jin asked his members. They all shrugged. They asked around about the man and apparently, nobody else quite knew who he was either. Yet he was in the correct performance clothes so it wasn't making sense to them. Hobi and Jimin asked the cameramen to try and not get him in the shot too much if he wasn't doing the moves correctly in the background. The members spent the next few hours redoing multiple takes. They were perfectionists and would only stop when they were 100% satisfied with their work. Taehyung seemed to be wanting the most redo's even after the members kept telling him his takes couldn't have gotten any more perfect.

At the end of their final day, the team, staff, and dancers celebrated with a lot of cheers. Taehyung noticed the one new dancer who remained distant and didn't talk to anyone, but thought nothing of it. He knew some people just liked to get the job done and be left alone. While wrapping up, the members said they'd like to stay behind on their own and enjoy the scenery of their filming location a bit. The location had been super private so nobody knew the members were filming there, they knew it'd be safe. The staff agreed to it and packed everything, leaving a car behind for the members when they were ready to go. Before they knew it they were the only ones still left at the sight and they began to look around.

The members heard a car pull up and got nervous, hoping their location wasn't leaked and it was people showing up to harass them. They sighed in relief when they saw the back up dancer get out of the car. They figured maybe the man must have left something behind on accident and was coming to retrieve it. They saw the man walking towards them and they headed his way, ready to greet him. Maybe he was in a better mood now?

As they were getting closer to him, they noticed the man put his hand up the back of his shirt.

"Hyung what is he doing?" Jungkook asked to nobody specific.

"Scratching his back?" Yoongi answered.

"Hello!" Hobi yelled and waved to the man. The man suddenly pulled a gun out from his shirt and pointed it at them. The members froze in fear. The man stepped closer and kept pointing the gun between all of them.

"What..what are you.." Jimin started, but the man cut him off, "Shut the hell up!" he spat. Taehyung looked over and saw all of his members in tears. Jungkook looked like he was about to drop unconscious. Taehyung turned back to the man with the gun. The man didn't have much to say, he was just silently pointing it between them. The man held the gun up higher and started pulling the trigger back, "So, who wants to go first?" he didn't waste any time, he pulled the trigger. It had been pointed at Hobi, but Taehyung was on top of the guy before anyone could register the gun had even been shot. The members heard Taehyung let out a loud scream and then drop to the ground. Immediately, security guards they didn't know had stayed behind came running and going after the dancer who was trying to escape.

"Taehyung!!" Jungkook cried. All the members dropped to their knees. Taehyung was curled up in a ball on the ground groaning in pain, clutching his stomach. His shirt and the ground were pooling with blood.

Taehyung tried speaking but it was extremely painful, "Ahhh! Ow..." He cried.

The members were in a frantic panic. They were all trying to put pressure on Taehyung's stomach to keep him from bleeding to death. One of their security guards was at their side and already calling 911. He tried asking Taehyung questions to keep him alert, but it was too painful for the second maknae to talk. All he could do was sob, which was also just as painful. He didn't know the difference between the feeling of getting shot and stabbed, but the bullet was stabbing away at his insides. He was getting dizzy and disorientated. He couldn't breathe. Jimin had set Taehyung's head in his lap so it wasn't on the hard ground, he ran his fingers through the youngers hair, "Taehyungie you'll..you'll be okay! Hyungs and Kookie will take care of you and then you'll be in the hospital as good as new!" Jimin cried.

Yoongi turned toward the direction the dancer had run off to, "Fuckin bastard!! I'll kill you!! You hear me?!" He couldn't see the man but he knew he was out there somewhere being chased by security.

"Hu...hurts.." Taehyung cried, panting. Jin offered him the water bottle he had, but when Taehyung went to drink some it made his stomach hurt that much worse. Taehyung reached out and grabbed Namjoon's shirt, bunching it into a ball in his first, "I'm sorry," he cried. He didn't quite know who he was apologizing to. All of them? He was sorry for ruining their day and getting hurt. But he wasn't about to let any of his other members get shot. Not ever.

"Shhh...Taehyungie just take deep breaths, you don't need to talk," Jungkook cooed while rubbing Taehyung's arm. Taehyung was having trouble keeping his eyes open and it was scaring everyone.

"Stay awake please TaeTae, you have to stay awake help will be here soon," cried Hobi. Jimin felt Taehyung's head go limp in his lap, "Taehyung? Taehyung?!" Jimin screamed. All the members tried gently shaking him and screaming his name to wake him back up, but it was no use. Taehyung was unconscious and not waking up. Jungkook let out an ear piercing scream, "No! Please! I don't want hyung to die!"

The ambulance finally showed up, and at the same time the members saw that the dancer who had shot Taehyung was captured . Paramedics hooked Taehyung up to an IV and put an oxygen mask on him. He quickly vanished behind the doors of the ambulance and was taken away. Jimin stretched his arm out in the direction his dongsaeng was going, "Taehyung!" he cried, "Taehyung!" Yoongi wrapped his arm around Jimin's shoulders, "Come on, let's follow them to the hospital," he said frantically. He didn't want to waste any time. They all wanted to be back with Taehyung as soon as possible.

When they got to the hospital the first thing they were told upon arrival was that Taehyung had to go into emergency surgery because his lung collapsed during the ambulance ride. Jin broke out into an uncontrollable sob. The weight of guilt was sitting heavily on his shoulders. He felt like as the oldest, he was always supposed to be the one to bare the pain of suffering for all of his dongsaengs, and today he had failed.

"It shouldn't have even been him! Why didn't the man just shoot me instead?!" Hobi suddenly screamed, "I was the one he was pointing it at! Why did Tae have to go try and be Mr. Hero?!" Hobi began crying just as much as Jin was and the two held eachother. Jungkook went into a corner with Namjoon and they curled up together. Yoongi curled up in a chair. Jimin was distant. He didn't care about the others right now. All he cared about was his soulmate, and his soulmate was hurt, and it was killing him.

Jungkook's loud sobs grew louder from the corner, "I wa...want Tae..Taehyungie..." he repeated over and over while Namjoon did his best to comfort the maknae. The members stayed like this for hours until the doctor finally returned. The members all jumped to their feet.

"How is he?"

"Is he okay?"

"How was his surgery?"

"Will he be okay?"

"When can we see him?"

"He'll be okay, right?"

The doctor put his hand up to calm them down and smiled, "Relax. The surgery went well. He is recovering. He got lucky, considering how closely the bullet was when it hit him, it's surprising it didn't do more damage. The bullet hit both the edge of his stomach and his lung. We were able to remove the bullet and stitch him up. He should be as good as new in a few weeks, but he'll need to refrain from physical activity and eat a certain diet while his organs heal." The members frantically nodded that they understood, and asked if they could see him now.

When they entered Taehyung's room, he was asleep. The members knew he was probably in a ton of pain and exhausted, so they stayed quiet as to not wake him up. They looked around and sulked seeing all the weird machines and wires. He was attached to a heart monitor that was beeping steadily. That was music to their ears. Jimin stood next to his best friend and held his hand, gently rubbing the back of it, crying. "I'm sorry, Tae..." Jimin whispered. Just like Jin, Jimin felt guilty too. He felt like a failure of a brother. They were all dealing with a guilty conscious. All of them wished to trade spots with Taehyung. They hung out quietly waiting for Taehyung to wake up, and got concerned as the day progressed and he still hadn't. Namjoon asked a nurse why he wasn't waking up, they were scared for him, she informed them it was normal and he might even be asleep for a few days because of the painkillers he was hooked up to. The members sunk back into their seats and sulked. They wanted their Taehyung. To hear him talk, to hear him laugh, to see him smile.

After about two more days, Taehyung finally slowly began to open his eyes.

"TAEHYUNG!" Namjoon was the first to notice, waking the rest of the members up. They all ran to his side.

"Finally!! We thought you'd never wake up!" Hobi cheered. Taehyung stared at them. His head was foggy and he was exhausted. His stomach and his chest hurt, regardless of the painkillers. He was happy though, he was happy nobody else was shot. He was happy he was alive.

"Hi," Taehyung finally whispered, giving a small smile. Yoongi stood beside him and ran his fingers through Taehyung's hair.

"How are you?" Jungkook and Jimin started fighting over who got to hold Taehyung's hand, they ended up both holding it. Taehyung wanted to laugh but couldn't.

"I've been better."

The members laughed. He was the same old Taehyung.

"Can I please hug you?" Jin asked. He didn't know if his dongsaeng was in too much pain or not. Taehyung nodded and Jin went over and gently hugged him. The members then began fighting over who got to hug him next.

"Why did you do that?" Hobi asked with tears spilling down his face.

"I had to."

"No you didn't," the rapper protested.

"I don't want to see anyone hurt," Taehyung was getting tired again. All of his words were quiet whispers.

"We didn't want to see you hurt either though," Yoongi told him. The members once again started playfully arguing over who was going to take the bullet next time, if there ever was a next time. In the midst of their bickering they didn't realize Taehyung had fallen asleep.

"That's just like him, to nap in the middle of a very important conversation!" Jimin teased. The members stayed by his side even while he slept.

They knew Taehyung loved them, but seeing him actually take a bullet for them made their hearts burst. They were all extremely grateful that he was going to be okay.

Because they didn't know how to go on if he wasn't.

-Fin.