[FIC] Memories

Title: Memories
Characters: Super Junior
Rating: R
Chaptercount: 20/26
Summary: Fifteen people try to find the memories they forgot - or maybe they're just looking for each other.
A/N: A fic written on a hunch. One day I thought; "Super Junior. And vampires. This calls for a fic!" and well.. Here we are? Memories is one of the stories that I'm proud of, despite its sometimes messy storyline. It's also a story that won't be fully understood until you've read it completely. Things will be very confusing as you read, but will also get explained in future chapters. Be warned.

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“We don’t really have time to explain, Sang Mi.” Hyukjae spoke up softly, reaching out a hand to her that she easily took, moving closer to him almost instinctively. Her expression remained questioning however.

“And why is it that you, a random vampire, know more about vengers than I, someone who has worked at the facility for years and whose friend apparently is one of those vengers?” she stated with a pout, making Hyukjae chuckle and nudge her cheek with his nose. That set them off in a series of smiles and weird faces that made everyone present – aside from Misun – frown at them.

“Hello, we’re in the middle of a crisis situation here.” Kibum said with a snort. “I can’t believe none of us even noticed Shindong suddenly sneaking off. He’s such a background character. I’m surprised the evil woman even noticed he was here. Anyway. How are we going to take on that witch? I assume you’re not up for letting her have those few in there and running off? No? Too bad. So let’s make up a fighting plan instead of being lovey-dovey with each other.”

“Leave them be, Kibum.” Misun spoke up again, putting a hand on his shoulder. “They’re blood bound, they can’t help it.” Immediately the two froze in their movements, turning to look at Misun with similar frowns.

“We are what?” Sang Mi frowned in surprise. “Last time I checked we were not family? At least I don’t remember having a famous signer from fifteen years ago somewhere in my family tree.” Her words were honest and Hyukjae nodded in agreement as if he had any clue what she was talking about.

“Blood bound, Sang Mi.” Misun repeated calmly. “The only blood Hyukjae has drank since he came to the facility was yours. You’re connected now. I figured it out earlier when Henry attacked and his eyes went green again. Back in the facility they glowed green when he thought I might be a threat to you, just now they did again when Henry formed a threat to you. His gift self-activates when he’s afraid you’ll get hurt. I’m pretty sure he has no idea how else to work them, Hyukjae?” Her eyes travelled to the vampire in question, who shrugged.

“I drink people’s blood and hear their thoughts. I had no clue my eyes glow green when I do, but it has happened during those two instances indeed. Back in the facility when I mentally threw Siwon into a wall I was actually pushing his voice out of my mind.” he explained calmly, as if he wasn’t the most interesting vampire Misun had ever heard about.

“That’s what I thought.” Misun stated calmly. “Who is your sire, Hyukjae?” The question obviously carried a lot of importance, because Hyukjae visibly stiffened and took his arms from around Sang Mi, slowly straightening up. “I’m not threatening you.” Misun spoke up again, trying to calm him down in case he felt cornered. “I’m just curious. I can see you’re not unbound, but you haven’t ran off yet, so I’m guessing you’ve gotten a new sire after you were created, I’m just curious as to who that might be.”

His eyes travelled over the people present; Hangeng, Zhou Mi, Kibum, Siwon and Sang Mi, until they finally stopped at Misun again. “I don’t remember.” he then said. “But it’s not that woman they’re talking about because I can’t feel her close.” His eyes seemed to pierce Misun’s when he finished talking, but then he turned away, wrapping an arm around Sang Mi again as if she was going to help calm his raging heart down.

Misun chuckled at that. “Sang Mi, Hyukjae, we’re going to need you on that battlefield.” she then said. Her expression was calm, her voice amused but determined.

“You’re planning something, Misun.” Hangeng interrupted at that point. “If we’re going to make any of this happen, we’re going to have to work together on it.” He was obviously not at all surprised by how the conversation had been going so far. It seemed they were all used to losing track of subjects. Or maybe the events during the past days were surprising enough to not be surprised anymore about anything at all.

Misun chuckled again at that, inclining her head. “Okay, so here’s what we’re going to do...”

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“You know that if you hurt her any more than that scratch, you’re going to die for sure, right?” Heechul stated calmly, keeping a tight hold on his composure. It was obvious that he was really going to explode if she would ever dare to hurt another hair on Li Yin’s head. It was even more obvious that he was close to releasing his anger anyway, regardless of how Li Yin was treated.

“It’s not like there’s anything you can do for her, Chullie.” the woman replied, sounding insane more than anything else. Donghae slowly edged over to Heechul’s side, but kept a certain distance in order to not end up in the middle of his enraged line of fire. “But don’t worry, I won’t hurt your pretty little girlfriend. I have some other people to torture while you can watch.” the woman then continued. “Jongwoon, dear, take down that brat.”

Jongwoon started moving, rolling Kyuhyun and him over so he had the upper hand. He tugged the both of them on their feet, raising a hand for the attack. “Stop right there, Jongwoon.” another female voice suddenly interrupted and Donghae’s head snapped to the side to look at the owner. A familiar looking woman gently jumped down through the hole Shindong had created in the roof, landing on the floor with a soft thud. To everyone’s surprise, Jongwoon actually stopped moving, his head turning ever so slowly in the woman’s direction, eyes unfocused.

“Jongwoon, what are you doing?” the evil woman shrieked. “I told you to take that brat down! Why are you staring at her? Listen to me!” But the woman who came down merely smiled, her eyes dancing with something Donghae could not define.

“With what power are you trying to command him?” she asked, voice mildly amused. “You’re not his sire, nor the one he loves, as you so desperately seem to claim.” She grinned then, revealing two threatening fangs. “Jongwoon, love, you know you are able to; break the bond with your sire. You don’t want to be sent to kill me after Kyuhyun’s down.” Her smile became even more amused. “In fact; you and I both know you don’t want to take Kyuhyun down either. Let go of him and come over here.” She lifted a hand, reaching it out to him with the palm upwards.

For a moment Jongwoon seemed to hesitate, his hands still holding Kyuhyun tightly, but then his grip slacked, and as he turned and walked towards the unfamiliar woman, the stranger who still held on to Li Yin let out a snarl and took a step back. Suddenly the air went thick with pure energy, time coming to a halt for a mere second, before it exploded with such intensity that all who did not see it coming were thrown back a step or two. The only ones still standing when it was over were the unknown woman, Jongwoon and Heechul. Even the witch had been hit by it.

Donghae quickly crawled back up on his feet, looking around quickly to see Youngwoon and Shindong thrown against the furthest wall, still holding each other’s throats, ready to attack, Heechul still glaring at the stranger holding Li Yin and Jongwoon mere steps away from the still familiar looking woman. He quickly made his way over to Kyuhyun, helping him back up on his feet and linking their arms together again.

“Something seriously crazy is going on here. I suggest we stay out of it and go find Hangeng gege and get our friends the hell out of these mad women’s claws.” Kyuhyun, however, shook his head shortly in disagreement.

“No.” he protested. “That one over there is Misun. I’m not exactly sure what she just did, but she’s on our side.” Donghae raised an eyebrow, to which Kyuhyun smiled, calmly nodding in the direction of their hyung. When Donghae turned to look at Jongwoon, he could see him in a passionate kiss with the woman, obviously not at all caring that one of the most vicious female vampires alive looked ready to kill. “Misun is his wife.”

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Soft touches at the edge of his mind made him shiver. There was a slight feeling of recognition, but it faded away not long after, as the female voice in his head became more prominent. He didn’t know what made him stick around Jimin, but he felt a great need to protect her, nurture her, love her. He had to make sure she was alright, because she cared about him enough to keep him around, while she had sent everyone else away. He believed in that, he had to because it was all he had lived for up till that moment and all that would keep him going.

“It’s dangerous to stay here.” he mumbled, tightening his grip on the girl in his arms and nudging her forward, as if to show their enemies how he controlled them all, how he held the reason they were not moving any closer. “You have to get out of here.” His voice was pleading. He knew that if she stayed, she would lose the fight. With the way that Jongwoon kid had broken his siredom just like that, he was sure there was no way to win this thing anymore.

“No way in hell I’m getting out of here.” she bit back at him. “We’ll show them what I’m made of. That girl you hold there; she’s of no use to us. Kill her.” He bowed his head slightly, ready to abide to her orders, but then suddenly whirled around, his hand catching the second intruder who he hadn’t noticed before due to the energy blast. It was another girl, slender, not very tall, obviously human. Immediately his eyes flashed to a vivid red, thirst clenching at his throat. His orders were not to kill, but surely his sire wouldn’t mind him having a snack in between, right?

His fangs lengthened, he could taste the blood already, the memory of that irony taste so vivid it made him go for her throat. All his senses were focused on that neck, the blood pulsating through the vulnerable veins, nothing in his way. Until movement made him look up, right in time to see his sire’s only other pet left jumping in front of him and catching the blow that was meant for him. He watched the guy – whatever his name was – get brushed aside like a mere nuisance and then he came eye to eye with two fiery bolts of glowing green.

“I suggest you let go of her.” a lethal voice hissed at him, those eyes never leaving his face. The next moment he felt someone taking the immobilised girl away from him, but he kept his tight grip on his new prey’s arm, not planning on giving up good food just like that.
“Why are you standing there like that? Take him down!” Jimin suddenly called to him and he felt his body letting go of his prey after all, turning and grabbing at the green eyed fellow in front of him. He was too slow, however, the green eyes leaving his sight the moment Jimin took hold of the girl he had just let go of. Three other vampires quickly took the place of the first one to prevent him from attacking mister green eyes. He recognised the one called Chullie, the one Jimin’s second pet had been fighting with earlier and the one they had caught at the very beginning – Henry he believed the kid’s name was.

“Don’t kill him!” the woman that had taken his own pet from him moments before suddenly called out. “Heechul, Youngwoon, mark my words, you’re going to regret it if you do. Don’t kill him.” He snorted at that. As if these three weak kids were ever going to be able to kill him. Surprisingly enough, they didn’t turn out to be the threat, because the next moment he felt himself flying through the air, hit by something invisible. He only barely avoided the wall and landed on his feet. Almost immediately the three were on him again, pinning him down to the ground.

And then there was a scream, piercing through his heart, head and body. He recognised the energy because he had lived with the woman for the past fourteen years, and so directly feeling the pain or fear she obviously felt made him curl up into a ball, wanting to do anything to make it stop. But when it did stop, he felt empty, more empty than ever, and when he closed his eyes to try and reach Jimin’s mind, all he could see in it were glowing green eyes.

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Hyukjae stared at the woman in front of him. He had picked up on her thoughts and they were not nice. In fact, he was pretty sure the only one with worse thoughts than her was the man she so lovingly referred to as her precious pet all the time. He felt a growl rise up from his throat as he looked up at her, saw the realisation that he was alone hit her. And then she panicked. The amount of power suddenly radiating around her was incredible, her expression settling back to a confident one now that she had control over such an invisible force. She was powerful enough to take all of them now, or at least she thought so. He knew better.

“Hyukjae.” she named him, but he wasn’t impressed. “Very interesting set of eyes you got there.” He grinned, his fangs clearly in view as he did so. Suddenly a different set of thoughts struck him and he repelled the owner once he saw his friends’ faces in the angry mind. The image of him in the woman’s mind changed slightly, his eyes flashing to a glowing red for that instant in which he felt anger and hate. “Very interesting indeed.” she murmured. But behind the words he could hear, see, all her thoughts. Her fear had doubled. Part of her was set on getting him on her side, another part of her was silently screaming for help, but the one she was trying to reach was unable to get to her.

“I’m not going to let you hurt her.” he growled, leaning in closer. It silenced the constant scream in her mind and filled her thoughts with images of his glowing green eyes. He saw his face change into someone else’s in her mind. “If you have business, it is with me.” Her grin became amused, even though her mind was still filled with conflicting emotions. But suddenly her eyes flickered to someone on his left. “And me.” Siwon’s recognisable voice then spoke up from next to him.

“Quite the pair you are.” the woman stated in reply to that. “Quite the pair..” She chuckled, releasing her grip on her power slightly. They could feel the effect almost instantly, being thrown back a few steps and tingling all over. Her fingers curled around Sang Mi’s vulnerable shoulders a little tighter. “I’ll have a blast fighting you all, finally making you pay for what you’ve all done to me.” Her words made no sense to Hyukjae, but he could see the truth in her mind.

An ocean of people, of blue, music, chanting, people streaming towards the exit. Then dozens of people huddled together at a seemingly deserted doorway, waiting for something – someone. It was followed by grave disappointment, people going home without ever seeing those they waited for. What followed was an alley, coldness, glowing purple eyes that bore into hers right before pain started seeping through her body and everything went black.

“It wasn’t our fault.” he stated, watching the surprise spread from her mind to her expression. “W didn’t know he would be there. We didn’t know he would try to kill you in that alley. You have no reason to blame us, we were simply doing our job; singing, dancing.” He had no idea what the hell he was talking about, but he knew it made sense because he saw doubt starting to form. “We didn’t pick the exit we left from, so you have no reason to blame us.” He could see her considering his words, weighing them off one by one as if judging them, but in the end her hate won from the doubt. Several years of dying away in the vampire life much more powerful than the small seed of doubt he had planted.

He knew it was coming before she did, immediately reaching out to take hold of Siwon’s arm, his other hand reaching out to capture Sang Mi. The next moment they were all sent flying through the room as a wave of power hit them. He felt Sang Mi’s frail body crash into his, wrapping his arm securely around her as he made sure they all landed on their feet. He passed the girl to Siwon in a blink, immediately moving towards the woman again so she couldn’t run away.

“You’re smart. I have to give that to you, Hyukjae.” she said as calmly as possible. But he felt the spar of fear before she repressed it again. “Haven’t changed a bit since I last saw you. Even that stupid gummy smile of yours is still present. Time for a change, don’t you think?” She lashed out once again. This time the wave of power was more concentrated, meant only for him, but he repelled it with everything he had and she was the one to fly backwards then.

“Hyukjae, Jimin, stop that.” an unfamiliar male voice then ordered and the next moment Hyukjae felt himself freeze in his movements, his body unwillingly responding to his sire’s order.