The Tiger King (Chaelisa)

76| Enemy Of My Enemy

trigger warning: violence sort of? near the end mostly

previously: chaennie escaped a bombing and entered the forest, encountered their respective exes now horrifically transformed but managed to escape alive. jackson showed up.

Jennie was the first to recover. "Hands on your head!" she barked, lurching to her feet. "Don't move."

Jackson obeyed, raising his arms up behind his head. He didn't let go of his phone. Jennie limped towards him, gun shaking with murderous rage.

"You," she snarled. "You are going to fucking die."

"Wait!" Rosé yelped, throwing herself at Jennie. "Jennie wait!"

"Why?! So he'll get away like the Jay did? Get off me!"

"Jen please he's—he's helped me before..."

"Oh yeah? So you're buddies now?"

"That's not—"

"He tortured Jisoo!" Jennie burst out, wrenching herself out of Rosé grip. She aimed at Jackson again, who never said a word. He stared unflinchingly into the gun's barrel as Jennie pushed it into his face.

"Where's your pals?" Jennie spat. "Where's your boss? Call them out, come on! I'm not scared of anyone! Are you going to finish us here, huh? Where's that sadistic psycho?"

"I'm here to help you," Jackson said. His surprising answer only had Jennie grow even angrier.

"Oh sure you are! After we nearly got blown to kingdom come and then Rosé got raped and I got strangled and now you show up to help, yes of course," she scoffed. "Does Jinyoung think we're that stupid?"

"Jinyoung has nothing to do with this," Jackson said tightly. "For your information, I'm in as much danger as you are. I'm risking my life being anywhere near you right now, helping you in any capacity."

"Prove it!" Jennie shouted, the vein in her temple jutting out. "You monsters butchered and raped Jisoo! What makes you think I'll believe you now?"

"I didn't torture Jisoo," he said quietly, so quietly that Jennie almost didn't hear amidst her raving, weren't it for Jisoo's name. She stopped stock still, her jaw falling open.

"Say that again," she gritted. She ignored Rosé's soft pleas, her eyes fixated on Jackson who stared back passively.

"I didn't torture her," he repeated firmly. "Jinyoung made me lie. It's all to mess with your head, Jennie."

"Liars! Liars all of you!" Jennie shouted.

"Jen, put the gun down. Just put it down, come on," Rosé pleaded. "Let's talk—"

"Talk?" Jennie spat. "You think he's grown a conscience or something? News flash, I don't give a fu—"

"Let's just listen to what he has to say," Rosé jumped in, pulling her back. She eyed Jackson. "He warned me that Jinyoung and Yang were after Lisa, before."

"He tortured Jisoo! He hurt her! God, he just stood there when I went to see Jinyoung and he said he...he..." Jennie gulped horribly, "he hurt her!"

"I lied," Jackson said again. "Jinyoung was trying to push you into making the deal to hand over Lisa." He swallowed. "I couldn't go against him. He'd have me murdered right after I was done with you. I can't afford for him to be suspicious of me, not right now."

"Is he keeping your balls hostage or something?" Jennie demanded. "Why are you so scared of him? Just get out of the country and run! There's nothing tying you here now, is there?"