Silence In the Ranks (Taekook,Vkook, BTS)
The Ghost Who Never Misses
The helicopter sliced through the night like a silent blade. Inside, Black Squad sat strapped in, adrenaline simmering just below their skin. Guns checked. Comms steady. Breaths held.
And in the middle of them sat General Kim Taehyung, silent, still, eyes fixed on the tactical map glowing on his wrist device. The subtle clink of his harness buckles was the only sound he made. No pep talk. No drama. Just cold focus.
10 clicks to insertion point.
General Kim Taehyung (Alpha)
Taehyung tapped his comms. “Black Squad. Drop formation Bravo-Delta. We go silent in 60. Eyes up. Keep your head or lose it.”
Soldier
“Yes, sir,” came the unison reply.
They dropped into darkness.
The desert below was a maze of broken buildings, sharp dunes, and glinting shrapnel from old firefights. The pinned recon unit had taken shelter in the skeletal ruins of an abandoned village, their escape route blocked by enemy insurgents—trained, armed, and using civilians as human shields.
The second Taehyung’s boots hit the ground, his mind activated like a machine.
He crouched low behind the rusted shell of a tank, eyes scanning the area. His squad moved in perfect sync, fanning out with silenced rifles. Dust blew past like the breath of death itself.
Through his scope, Taehyung saw the glint of metal—sniper on the tower. Without hesitation, he raised his rifle.
One SHOT.
No BREATH.
Dead center between the eyes.
General Kim Taehyung (Alpha)
“Sniper down,” he muttered into comms, moving forward without waiting.
A child’s cry cut the silence.
General Kim Taehyung (Alpha)
“Fuck,” muttered Sergeant Lee in his ear. “They’ve got civilians locked in that red building. Five hostiles guarding the front. One inside. Motion sensors around the perimeter.”
General Kim Taehyung (Alpha)
“EMP, now,” Taehyung ordered.
The air buzzed and then crackled. Motion sensors died.
He sprinted through the shadowed alleyways, feet silent on the broken ground, moving like something born from combat and darkness. He held up a hand—stop—and his men froze.
Taehyung was the first through the door.
The man inside never saw him coming. A flash of his combat knife, a twist of the wrist, and the body crumpled without a sound. He moved like poetry—precise, elegant, final.
The hostages screamed at first, then went silent as his voice cut through the noise like a scalpel.
General Kim Taehyung (Alpha)
“You’re safe now. Don’t move unless I say so.”
The enemy outside began to realize something was wrong.
Gunfire erupted.
From his earpiece, chaos poured in.
“Left flank! Two down!”
“Grenade out!”
But Taehyung was already there—dodging bullets, dragging one wounded soldier behind a broken wall, returning fire with terrifying accuracy.
A man lunged at him from behind.
Taehyung twisted, grabbing the barrel of the rifle, using the enemy’s own momentum to slam him face-first into the ground. With one motion, he swept the area clean.
He didn’t shout. He didn’t panic.
He commanded.
General Kim Taehyung (Alpha)
“Rendezvous point in two minutes,” he said as he picked up a bleeding Corporal Min from the rubble.
“You’re gonna live. That’s an order.”
Soldier
“Sir,” the corporal groaned, coughing blood, “how do you… always know what to do?”
Taehyung didn’t answer. His face was smeared with ash and blood, his hair damp with sweat, but his eyes remained steel.
The helicopter landed under heavy fire. But by the time it lifted off again, every single soldier and civilian was accounted for.
And Taehyung was the last to board.
Back at base, an hour later...
The medics rushed forward as the squad stumbled from the chopper. Most of them were injured—nothing life-threatening—but all alive. Cheers and claps rose in disbelief. Someone muttered, “HE DID IT AGAIN.”
Taehyung stepped off last, coated in dirt, bullet grazes along his arms, a cut over his brow. Blood soaked his tactical vest—not his own—but his expression remained unreadable.
He removed his gloves slowly, flexing blood-streaked fingers, and handed off his rifle.
Commander Park
Ommander Park approached with wide eyes. “You were outnumbered three to one.”
General Kim Taehyung (Alpha)
“Still didn’t lose anyone,” Taehyung replied. “Status of Recon Unit?”
Commander Park
“Safe. Currently in medical.”
General Kim Taehyung (Alpha)
“Good.”
He turned, about to head to debriefing, when Commander Park asked
Commander Park
You ever gonna lose, Taehyung?
General Kim Taehyung (Alpha)
Taehyung paused. Looked over his shoulder.
“I don’t believe in losing. Only in what you’re willing to sacrifice to win."
And then he vanished into the night, a living legend dressed in blood and silence, a ghost who never missed.
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