HUNTR/X: Elseworld Chapter 22 Teaser

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving! Here’s a teaser for Chapter 22 of my KPDH Fanfic HUNTR/X: Elseworld, coming out Monday!

     Chris sits by Rumi, Mira and Zoey, their hospital beds pulled close together by request of the girls themselves, as he looks on at the now sleeping trio and their brutal injuries, their pain kept at bay by morphine. Zoey has strips of medical gauze along her arms and face, particularly around where her old cut under her eye reopened. Mira wears a brace for her broken ribs, her breathing careful and deliberate. Rumi has gauze on her face as well, burn relief cream applied to ease the pain of her burns. Chris himself has been seen to as well, bandages placed on his arms and neck and having been given a concoction of pain relief medication. Sitting next to Chris is Min-ho, having rendezvoused at HUNTR/X Tower after Chris told him to get to safety. The two sit side by side in silence, Min-ho wearing an expression of shock and disbelief.

“So,” says Min-ho, “demons, huh?”

“Yeah,” says Chris, “I know it sounds crazy, but it’s true.” Chris couldn’t keep his secret concealed from Min-ho, not after what Min-ho had witnessed. The demons aren’t the only secret Chris has told Min-ho.

“And you’re from another…dimension?” says Min-ho. “Yea, that sounds even more unbelievable than the demons.”

“I know,” says Chris, “this whole thing seemed unbelievable to me too at first, but it’s all true. I don’t know how to get back, if it’s even possible to get back, and at this point…,” Chris looks longingly over at the girls, their breathing faint but steady, appearing peacefully content in their slumber, “…I don’t know if I even want to go back.”

“Man, I haven’t seen something this weird since that time I went ghost hunting in my teens.”

“Oh yeah? How’d that go?”

“I ran out of the abandoned building screaming after a squirrel fell on my head.”

Chris chuckles and says, “Hey, if you ever wanna go ghost hunting again, I’ll be down for it. I mean, granted, it’s not as interesting as literal demons, but it could still be fun.”

Min-ho returns a jovial laugh as he holds out his fist towards Chris and says, “I’ll hold you to it.” Chris is initially taken off guard, but smiles and returns the fist bump to Min-ho. A light jostle from Rumi’s bed catches the boys’ attention, Rumi waking up and opening her eyes. She groans as she says, “Hey Chris, is that Min-ho with you?”

“Hey Rumi,” replies Min-ho, giving a slight hand wave, “I just wanted to come to see you and the girls were ok. Uncle Bobby should be here soon, I’m sure he’s worried sick. I can’t believe you guys actually fight demons for a living.”

Rumi’s eyes bug out as she haphazardly says, “What? No, no, demons aren’t real, I don’t know what you’re talking about—”

“I told him everything, Rumi.” interjects Chris.

“Ugh, Chris, why?!”

“He saw a giant, purple, fire breathing T-Rex, what was I supposed to tell him?”

“So did other people but they still don’t know.”

“He’s my friend too, Rumi, I’m not gonna lie to him.”

Rumi groans loudly again as she says, “Ok, fine,” she turns her attention to Min-ho, “but you better not say anything, Min-ho.”

Min-ho does a crossing motion along his chest as he says, “Cross my heart, hope to die.”

“Whoever keeps talking so loud is gonna die.” Mira stirs from her sleep as she sits up slightly, wincing in pain. “Hey Chris, hey Min-ho.”

“Mhhmm, guys,” Zoey says grumpily as she wakes up as well, “I was just having a really nice dream about eating mochi ice cream, why are we talking so loud?”

Catch up with the story so far here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/70771626/chapters/183976701