[FIC] Memories

Title: Memories
Characters: Super Junior
Rating: R
Chaptercount: 19/26
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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They had no clue what was going on. The black cloaked guy was still holding Li Yin and it was obvious she would not stay alive much longer if he noticed his sire was in danger. But the woman, who had seemed so dangerous mere moments ago, now looked completely harmless, almost openly crying in front of Jongwoon. There were eight of them, ready to attack, ready to get their friends out of this woman’s grip, but none of them were able to move, having no clue of what to think of her sudden change in behaviour.

Jongwoon seemed to be unsure of the woman’s identity himself. He was studying her intently, trying to figure out if he was supposed to know her yet had forgotten, but there was nothing familiar about her. Not even when he changed the red eyes for brown ones in his mind. She was completely unknown to him. He looked over her shoulder for a moment, trying to find answers on his friends’ faces, but they all looked just as baffled as he felt. His gaze went to the last figure in the room, the stranger. Amber coloured eyes locked with blood red ones, and something seemed to click in his mind.

The next moment he reached out, took hold of the woman’s arm and pulled her towards him in a hug. He wrapped his arms protectively around her body, stroking her back comfortingly as she trembled against him. It didn’t take long for her to relax again in his grip, however, and once she did, he slowly let go. She looked up at him then, with those blood red eyes that sent shivers through his spine, but there was something in her expression, something soft and caring, that filled him with trust. He was sure she wouldn’t harm him. Like he was sure he wouldn’t harm her.

And that’s when it hit him. But when he opened his mouth to shout the warning to his friends, there was no sound, and soon his mouth closed again, as if he had decided not to speak after all. He kept looking at the woman as she slowly started smiling, and then reached out a hand to cup his face. He felt himself lean into that touch, starting to smile back and mumbling something of which he didn’t quite know what it was himself. It sounded like a language he had never learned to speak or understand.

When he looked up again with a smile, he saw his friends eyeing him with questioning expressions, but had no way to explain it to them as his mouth wasn’t cooperating with his mind. In fact, no part of his body was cooperating with his mind. He could only watch as the woman walked up to the cloaked figure and soon he was following after her. He almost automatically took hold of her hand as his eyes found Li Yin’s, exchanging silent messages like that. When he finally realised what she wanted from him, he calmly lifted his head and looked at the cloaked figure.

That’s when something hit him, rippling through his body from all the way down from his toes up to his skull. He had to clench his teeth not to gasp for air at the sensation, but the movement was noticed by the woman anyway, who smiled at him. “Jongwoon, my dearest.” she said softly, so softly that he was sure none of the others would be able to hear it. The words were meant just for him. “You were never supposed to be a part of this, but you’re all I have. I’m very sorry, my dear, my love. Once this is over we’ll be back together, I promise you. Nothing will keep us apart anymore.”

He felt relief wash over him, the feeling so heavy that it brought tears to his eyes. Tears of happiness. Tears of finally having found what he had unconsciously always been looking for. “Sweetie.” he spoke then, the word soft, slipping over his lips as he reached out a hand and cupped her face with it. He looked at her with loving eyes for a moment, before turning away from her. The murmured ‘I’m sorry’ reached no one but Li Yin, and then he suddenly shot forward, throwing himself at one of his best friends from back in the day, arms wrapping themselves in a headlock around Sungmin’s neck.

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Hyukjae slowed down when Misun did, Siwon on his right doing the same. Just as he wanted to ask exactly where they had arrived, a man walked up to them from the distance, and the next moment Siwon shot forward, crying out a surprisingly excited ‘Hangeng gege!’ They could witness how Siwon enveloped Hangeng in a hug that was so genuine and caring it was as if two old friends had met after a long time. Little did Hyukjae know that that was actually the case, because it was still a mystery to him how Siwon had made such a 180 degrees change.

“Nice to see you again, Siwon.” the vampire called Hangeng calmly stated, patting the other on the back. “Nice to see we’ve both gotten our memories back too.” He smiled at that, letting go of Siwon and turning to Misun. Those two exchanged a hug too, and to Hyukjae’s surprise, held on to each other for quite a long time. In the end, when Hangeng let go, he sent her a small smile and then turned around. “You can come out, guys, they’re the ones I was waiting for.” he called out softly, making two other vampires show themselves, slowly walking up to the group.

“Shindong.” Misun immediately said upon seeing the left one, and when her eyes fell on the right one, she smiled even wider. “Kibum.” The happiness and care that radiated from her were unmistakeable for Hyukjae, but the next moment they died down again, when Hangeng commented that neither of the two had any actual recollection of their memories.

“We know of ways to regain the memories, however, but Henry was kidnapped and Sungmin was dead set on rescuing him, so now the other ones are out there doing exactly that.” Hangeng explained further. “With the two you brought we have all fifteen gathered now. It’s a miracle, but we’re all here.” Suddenly Misun stilled, eyes going to Hangeng’s face, frown creasing her forehead.

“You’re ALL here?” she asked, stressing the word as if it was of great importance. When Hangeng nodded, she seemed to be unsure of what to do for a moment, but Sang Mi saved her from that by waking up right then. As she stirred, Hyukjae gently let her slide off his back, turning around in the blink of an eye to wrap his arms around her so she wouldn’t fall. The human blinked, rubbing her eyes and looking up at him. Almost immediately a smile formed on her face, showcasing her innocence to the world. But then she finally noticed the others, cringing away into his arms when she realised there were people she didn’t know.

“Sang Mi..” Hangeng spoke softly upon seeing she had noticed them. He sent her a gentle smile. “You might not remember me,..” he started, but her surprised squeal cut him off. It only took a moment for her to regain her composure. “Hangeng oppa.” she whispered, staring at him with wide eyes. “You used to look after me when I first arrived at the facility eight years ago. But you suddenly disappeared when I was appointed as a nurse.” She stared in awe. “You haven’t changed at all.”

“Well you have. You’ve grown into a fine young woman.” he replied, smile set on his face as he took a step closer. Hyukjae took it as his cue to let go of her and the two old friends did indeed fall into a hug once he did.

“Do you know anything about Yin unnie?” Sang Mi then asked. “Is she still working for the facility? Have you heard from her after they made the two of us part?” Hangeng nodded to that and smiled. “In fact…” he started, but before he could finish that, he was once again interrupted when a tall, red-haired vampire stumbled into their midst, barely keeping himself from crashing into Siwon.

“Li Yin is immobilised and the witch has Jongwoon hyung in her power now.” he blurted out in almost too fast Korean. “He took down Sungmin and Ryeowook before we could react. Heechul sent me back to tell you that he thinks she’s our first sire, the one who changed us all. Anyone who doesn’t remember getting a new sire since then might be under her control.”

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Donghae was eyeing the situation cautiously. His left arm was hooked into Kyuhyun’s, both consciously aware of each other. He was grateful that Jongwoon had at least been truthful enough about giving up siredom over Kyuhyun as they went to the scene, because otherwise they’d have lost another one to the woman. But nothing was certain anymore now. They had no idea who of the others might possibly be under her control without them knowing. Sungmin and Ryeowook were out, of course, as Jongwoon had taken them down already. The woman wouldn’t let him take out people that she could use to fight them off. But out of the rest of them; no one was certain anymore.

Then again, Ryeowook had only recently given up his siredom over Youngwoon and there was no way the woman had taken it since then. Heechul’s sire was Zhou Mi, just like it was so the other way around. But if one of those two got taken… Well, those were worries for later. Right now they had to deal with a rabid Jongwoon, a stranger who could kill Li Yin in an instant and a woman who was obviously mentally disturbed. And had a bad case of mood swings.

“So, Heechul, still have the nerve to call me a bitch now?” she spoke up right then. “Two of your friends are down and there’s nothing you can do about it.” Her smile was almost vicious as she wrapped her arms around Jongwoon’s neck, barely keeping herself from kissing him right there, or so it seemed. It may have been something strange to think, but Donghae was pretty sure Jongwoon was actually liking it. Had he always been on her side? Had he always just pretended?

Suddenly he felt something incredibly off and he looked at Youngwoon just in time to see the roof crash down on him, a surprisingly familiar image on top of it. “Shindong’s one of hers!” he immediately yelled as the two strongest of their team went at each other once Youngwoon broke free from underneath the bricks of roof. Heechul merely nodded, keeping his eyes focused on the woman. “And Henry’s still not in sight.” Kyuhyun suddenly added to his words. “He’s one of hers too.”

“Soon you’ll all be mine again. Like you’re supposed to be. Three down, nine to go.” the woman grinned a wicked grin at them, but the only reaction she got was one of Heechul’s trademark smirks.

“I’m sorry.. Have you never learned how to count or are you just stupid?” he countered coolly. Right then, he suddenly twirled around on his feet, lashing out to the wall next to him and punching a hole in it. “Last time I checked there’s only eight of us here.”

It was then that Donghae realised there were a lot of things he had missed in his hyung’s life. The insanity shining through in Heechul’s eyes could hardly be because of a few years of vampirism. Or could it? A snarl coming from Kyuhyun made him duck right in time to evade Shindong who had been sent flying through the room by Youngwoon, the latter following right behind for a next attack. Donghae didn’t doubt that she would sent either Jongwoon or the stranger at them soon. It was obvious that she wasn’t going to get into a fight herself unless when terribly angered.

Right then, Jongwoon started to move and Kyuhyun was already unlinking their arms to meet him in the middle. The two crashed into each other with a sound that rivalled that of Heechul punching the wall, the maknae surprisingly not coming out as the weaker one. Jongwoon was in fact the one to fall to the ground first, Kyuhyun right on top of him. But suddenly everything seemed to freeze when Heechul let out a vicious snarl and looking up, Donghae noticed why.

“One more move and your girlfriend dies, Chullie.” the woman spoke up again her nail already having drawn blood from a small scratch Li Yin’s neck.

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“Watch out!” Hangeng suddenly warned, right as a shape jumped into their midst. The first to respond surprisingly was Hyukjae, leaving his position next to Sang Mi to dive onto the attacker. His eyes were glowing green again, his face threateningly close to the attackers. It was then that Hangeng, Siwon and Misun all let out surprised noises. Hyukjae, however, slowly leaned back, the green of his eyes flickering and then seemingly dying out again.

“He’s doing this against his will.” he stated then. “Who is this?” He turned to Misun, his hands still tightly holding the attacker down, his knee pushing on the other’s chest.

“That’s Henry.” Kibum surprisingly was the one to speak up. “He’s in that woman’s grip. Find the right spot to bite him. We need to take siredom back.”

“It’s on my lower arm.” Henry suddenly spoke up. “She told me to attack, not to stay silent.” he then continued to explain when their surprised faces came into view. “I was the last one of us she turned. She made me remember everything when Sungmin hyung ran off. Okay just bite me, please, she’s going to make me kill you.” Hyukjae seemed too dazed to do anything about it, but Kibum was there in an instant, lifting up Henry’s sleeve and piercing his arm with his fangs right as Henry reached out to Hyukjae to attack him.

They all seemed to freeze, wondering if it would work out, but Kibum lifted his head moments later with a small smile. “You are a dry cookie, Henry-ssi.” he commented calmly and the younger vampire sent him a smile. “Kibum hyung.” He acknowledged, before starting off in a few lines of English that no one but the two of them understood. The next moment Kibum was up on his feet again, pulling Hyukjae back so Henry could get up too.

“Okay, Kibum, give Henry his free will back. What’s the status, Zhou Mi? You said she had Jongwoon knock out Sungmin and Ryeowook?” Hangeng then spoke up, taking the lead once again. Kibum did as told, whereas Zhou Mi nodded in response.

“Shindong’s one of hers too.” Henry then commented. “I could feel my tie to her and her tie to both him and that pet vampire of hers.”

“And Jongwoon.” Siwon suddenly stated, but Henry shook his head.

“No, Jongwoon’s sired by the pet, not by her. Neither of them hold siredom over the girl they’re having hostage, though, but that pet has the ability to make immobilise other vampires with his venom.” he explained. “I didn’t catch much of her, though. She’s got an immense power stocked up inside of her but I’m pretty sure that she has no idea how to use it. She might lose control over it when she’s angry, though.”

“So she’s got immense power, her pet can immobilise people, she has Shindong who can foresee the future and Jongwoon who can put people asleep and who knows what else.” Hangeng summed up then. “So basically we’re screwed.”

“Not so fast, Hangeng dear. You’re forgetting a few things here. First of all; that pet might have immobilised Li Yin, but she’s not a full vampire, she’s a venger. There’s more to her than meets the eye, we just need a way to make her realise that. Secondly; she might have three vampires with special gifts, but she doesn’t know about two of them. Lastly; we also have some tricks up our sleeves. I do think a mind reader counts for something and are you so kindly forgetting that we have Heechul on our side still? There’s nothing she can do about him even when she manages to

“But she’s got Li Yin.” Zhou Mi contradicted her. “And Heechul’s rather desperate right now, he’s sending me flashes of the scene. They’re powerless because she threatened to kill Yin. Kyuhyun’s fighting Jongwoon and Youngwoon’s up against Shindong, but they’re both going to have to back off or Li Yin will die.”

“Can someone tell me what the hell a venger is and who is trying to kill my friend.” Sang Mi suddenly meddled in, making everyone remember she was there too.