[FIC] Memories

Title: Memories
Characters: Super Junior
Rating: R
Chaptercount: 22/26
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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“It’s time to let go of him now, Jimin dear.” Homin said as he slowly pulled the woman away from her still unconscious ‘pet.’ She let out a protesting sound, frowning yet complying to the hands that pulled her away from Jungsoo. They were in Heechul’s apartment, hiding out there for those who could not stand the sunlight yet. Outside, the sky was slowly getting lighter, humans waking up from their sleep with no idea of what had happened that night in a forest not too far away.

Zhou Mi and Kibum had arrived at the apartment an hour later than the others, the first with a more coloured complex again, the latter with a dazed composure that most of them knew from when they just remembered everything. Sungmin had then allowed Henry to become his sire again in order to make him remember. Hangeng had easily sired Shindong in order to give him his actual memories back as well and to take siredom away from Jimin at the same time. The only two to not remember yet were Jungsoo an Hyukjae – one of them kept asleep by Jongwoon, the other being fussed over by Sang Mi.

“You’ve had enough time to say goodbye now, Jimin dear.” Homin then repeated. “This is his life and his decision.” And just like that, those who could sense it saw the tie binding Jungsoo to the woman disappear. Not half a second later Jongwoon sank down on his knees again, clutching at his chest in obvious pain. Misun was next to him in moments, one arm around his shoulders, one hand on his, worriedly asking if he was alright. He seemed to use her voice to focus on and compose himself, because he soon managed a small nod.

Meanwhile Homin had let Jimin lie down next to Jungsoo and ordered her to sleep as well. He then turned around to look at the group of people crowding the not too big living room. “Well..” he then spoke, grin intact on his face. “That was the most fun I’ve had in years!” He looked around the room, but all the grim expressions told him they thought differently. “Oh, cheer up guys. No one died, so you should be happy all ended well.” To that, a growl came and Heechul looked up from where he was crouched next to his still unmoving girlfriend.

“No one died YET.” he then corrected, both his voice and expression set on ‘not amused.’

“Oh don’t worry about her. The venom will lose its power when the sun rises. She’ll be fine. Probably the most unharmed one out of you all.” Homin replied calmly, amusement still obvious.

“Well yoodledeeday.” Heechul mocked, but his shoulders visibly relaxed and he gave his girlfriend’s hand a soft squeeze. “So anyway, mister vampire encyclopaedia…” he then spoke up again. “Who are you exactly and why am I letting you in my house when you’re the sire of the one who had a plot to kill us all? Why should I trust you?”

“Because now that you’re vampires, I have no more reason to harm you. It’s not like your blood tastes any good.” There was a soft chuckle coming from the vampire before he turned serious again, his eyes still glowing that unnerving soft blue. “My name is Homin, or at least it is in this era and region. I’m the oldest vampire you’ll find in the world.”

“That explains your length then.” Heechul huffed. “Or the absence of it. Misun, how do you know this guy? Where did you even find him?” Upon hearing her name, Misun seemed to focus more on the conversation, but she didn’t reply, her eyes still on Jongwoon who didn’t look fine yet. To that, Heechul suddenly jumped up on his feet, looking ready to attack anyone who got in his way. “Is anyone going to tell me what the hell is going on and how we all got here or do I have to kill for that to happen?” he then growled.

“Calm down, Heechul. I’ll explain soon, but you’re not the only one here who worries about someone he loves.” Misun spoke seemingly out of nowhere. She helped Jongwoon up from the ground and guided him to an empty couch, where he sank down with closed eyes. It was only then that she turned to the others, sitting down on the couch’s armrest as she did so. Homin could see how she immediately held everyone’s attention at that moment.

“So…” she started. “Homin’s the one who ordered Jimin to change you all into vampires.”

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“Say what!? What the hell?” Heechul immediately burst out, getting into a defensive stand. Hangeng was at his side merely seconds later. It didn’t take long for everyone who could to get up and stand next to them, anger visible on their faces as well. Homin remained surprisingly calm under the accusing stares, smiling at them as if Misun had just told them he had given them presents.

“Don’t get worked up, guys.” he said then, his eyes flashing blue for a moment. Immediately the mood in the room calmed down again, the only thing left breaking the silence being the ragged breaths coming from Jongwoon.

“He doesn’t mean any of you any harm.” Misun spoke up at that moment. “At least not anymore. And it was never anything personal.” She smiled lightly, but obviously no one was buying that excuse, even if she was the one giving it.

“How can it not be personal if he changed all of them?” Sang Mi was smart enough to ask at that moment. Homin’s eyes moved to her and the next moment a wave of energy rippled through the room, making the vampire stagger back a few steps. He merely smiled at that, however, his eyes moving from Sang Mi to Hyukjae, expression amused.

“Oh I see you already found your inspiration.” he then spoke. “Well I’m sorry to say this, but she’ll...” Before he could finish that sentence, Hyukjae interrupted with a loud ‘NO!’ that caused the others to turn to him in surprise. His eyes were glowing green again, but this time the colour gradually changed into a dangerous khaki, the darkness of the colour making his irises look like endless pools in the middle of the white.

“It’s true.” Homin continued as if the glare was nothing to worry about. “Ask Shindong, he knows as well. It’s not like I made this up.” Hyukjae didn’t even turn to look at Shindong when the latter nodded, but he seemed to deflate in an instant. At that, Jongwoon, who had eyed it all from the couch with mixed feelings finally spoke up as well.

“So you can order people around, read minds, see the future, control people’s feelings,... Why would I not be surprised if you could also do a load of telepathic crap, then you can do all of what we can.” he stated rather coldly.

“You forgot paralyzing vampires with my venom.” Homin replied to that, grin too amused for the current situation. “And who knows what else I might have passed on without realising it?” To everyone’s surprise it was Kyuhyun speaking up at that.

“So you made her change us to pass on your special abilities which I’m sure every vampire ancient like you has meanwhile gathered?” the young man bit at the older one, eyes cold, expression neutral. “Why not do it yourself? Why get a lapdog?” Jongwoon looked up at his friend for a short moment, before immediately getting up. It seemed like he had heard something in the younger’s voice that no one else had - or they at least didn’t know what it meant.

“Don’t let this get to you, Kyu-yah.” he said softly, although everyone in the room could hear him anyway. “You don’t want to make a mistake now.”

“What do you know about it?” Kyuhyun shouted all of a sudden, which caused Jimin to wake up, sitting up in the blink of an eye and looking at them in confusion. “You...” Kyuhyun immediately hissed upon seeing her. “For hurting my friends and for enslaving my hyung, I will never forgive you. I wish you’d just die.”

“No!” It was finally Homin’s time to lose his cool, but before the word had even left his mouth, Jimin’s eyes glazed over and the next moment she dissolved into ashes. Kyuhyun seemed unaffected by this, his eyes going to Homin as if to single out his next victim, but the elder immediately defended himself with a short “be silent!” that effectively had Kyuhyun shutting his mouth.

The other members, who had been staring at the ashes in shock, now turned their eyes to Kyuhyun and that seemed to throw the second-to-youngest off more than anything. The fire left him as he inched closer to Jongwoon, the one who had been about to stop him if Homin hadn’t been first. It was almost endearing to see the elder put his arms around the younger protectively, but there was no time for such pleasantries. Not really.

“He loved her. What gave you the right to take that away from him?” Jongwoon asked calmly, not a bit of blame in his voice. Homin was about to protest that he didn’t love that woman at all when Kyuhyun answered. “Haerin loved him too. What gave her the right to take him away from her?”

“So you’re just taking revenge? That makes you just as bad as her.” Jongwoon mumbled, still holding the other close, maybe even closer as if he knew what was going to come next.

“I’m already worse than her.” Kyuhyun breathed, but before his emotions could get the best of him, Jongwoon reached out with his power, tied the knots together and gently lulled the other to sleep.

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“What gives you the right?” Sang Mi started angrily, her eyes focused on Jongwoon, but Hyukjae stopped her immediately, shutting her up with a single look. She still glared at Jongwoon who was already laying Kyuhyun down on the spot he had previously occupied on the couch. No one moved after that as they all seemed to wait for someone else to start talking, but no one did. The most baffling thing probably was that none of them seemed exceptionally fazed by the death of their once-upon-a-time sire.

“So...” Jongwoon then calmly said. “So far what we’re sure of is that Hyukjae can read minds, Shindong can see the future, Jungsoo can paralyze people with his venom and Kyuhyun can order people around.” he then summed up.

“That’s not a special power, I can do that too.” Heechul immediately protested.

“But can you make them die on command too?” Kangin spoke up then, making Heechul frown.

“I don’t know.” the latter mused at that, before turning to Hangeng on his left. “Geng-ah, drop dead.” The Chinese man immediately proceeded to sink down into a formless heap, making Heechul’s eyes widen in surprise and shock. He immediately moved over to the other man’s side, sinking down on his knees and starting to shake his friend’s shoulders. “Yah! Geng! That was a joke! Come back alive you!” he almost shrieked. It didn’t take long for Hangeng to open his eyes again with a big grin on his face.

“Yah, Kim Heechul, do you really think I’d die for you?” he said, sitting up only to be pushed back down again by the other.

“That was so not funny, Chinaman. I swear one day I’ll really kill you.” Heechul then huffed, getting up to join his girlfriend’s side once more. Li Yin still remained unmoving throughout it all.

“Obviously Heechul and I have nothing.” Hangeng then calmly spoke with the smile still on his face, standing up again and turning to the others. His teasing had obviously lightened the mood.

“I can hear people’s thoughts when they’re connected to me over quite long distances.” Zhou Mi then spoke up. “And apparently I can also send messages over long distances, but that needs some working on.” He grinned slightly.

“I can hear human’s thoughts when I drink their blood for as long as it’s in my veins.” Hyukjae then added to that, one hand on Sang Mi’s arm to keep her from intervening.

“I can make people sleep by taking all their emotions away from them.” Jongwoon spoke up after that, trying to set the example as well. “I can also choose to keep them awake but that takes more effort. Everything Kyuhyun and Jungsoo should feel right now will be felt by me instead. So please be gentle with them.”

“I can see the future, but only the current one. If people have a change of mind, the future will change too, so what I see doesn’t always come true.” Shindong then specified his own power. There was a short silence after that, people eyeing each other to see who’d go next, before Siwon spoke up.

“When I get really upset or angry, I can make heavy storms happen, and people will not be able to get close to me.” he said, his usual calm self still. “There might be more, but I never saw a need to try it out, so I wouldn’t know.” He smiled, looking up at the few members standing straight still. Somewhere along the conversation he had seated himself on the armrest of the couch Li Yin was lying on.

“I can survive without drinking blood.” Henry said all of a sudden. “Not really sure if that’s some power like yours, though.”

“Actually he just can’t drink blood at all. If he tries he pukes everything back out. At first I thought we could all survive without blood and be less strong as a result, but I tried and after a few days I already felt like murdering half a city. Seeing more people with weird abilities, I guess this really is his.” Sungmin added to that, frowning a little. “I myself have none as far as I know.”

“I can see energy lines when one of you uses your powers. I’m also immune to them.” Misun suddenly spoke up at that. “And to Homin’s powers as well. I had no chance so far to test out if it’s because I’m a venger or if it’s part of my power.” She calmly walked over to Jongwoon and intertwined her fingers with his.

“I can become invisible.” Kibum’s voice seemed to come out of nowhere, making everyone look around in surprise when they realised they indeed had no idea where he was. “Well not exactly invisible, people just seem to forget I’m around. I’m right here you know...” At those words, the others finally seemed to find him, leaning against the wall. “And I didn’t really want to say that.”

“I know.” Misun hummed knowingly. “That was Li Yin. She can influence people’s decisions.” Upon hearing his girlfriend’s name, Heechul immediately looked back at her, hoping to find her able to talk to him again.

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Li Yin was lying on the couch for a while now, unable to move yet unable to completely shut off from everything as well. She was forced to listen as the others held conversations that were of no use. It wasn’t as if getting angry at Homin was going to change anything. She had been fortunate enough to have not lost her power when she was paralyzed, because the whole fight might have ended differently then. The reason why no one had died was mostly her influence.

First she had made Jimin keep Henry out of the fight, then she had pushed Jongwoon to merely knock out Sungmin and Ryeowook instead of killing them like he had planned to at first. But it hadn’t stopped at that. She made everyone take exactly those decisions that would lead to the least casualties and then there she was, listening to them arguing over that stupid ancient vampire.

It needed only a slight nudge for Kyuhyun to kill the stupid woman. Later on it would take a little more effort to make Jungsoo forget about her, but she would manage. And it was nice to know that whatever happened, at least Heechul would be by her side like he was now. She listened as the scene unfolded, finding every power she got to hear about quite intriguing.

But what was most intriguing was that Kibum obviously didn’t feel like sharing his, staying in the background and merely listening to his friends. So once again it took a little nudging for her to make him speak up, but surprisingly he realised that it wasn’t his own doing. And even more surprisingly she was found out by Misun. It was then that all Heechul’s attention shifted back to her. Everyone’s attention did, actually. She tried to break free from the iron grip that had been holding her for a long time now, but it didn’t work.

“Sunrise is not for a few minutes still.” Homin spoke up at that moment, making her groan inwardly. She then tried once again to break through the barriers, this time using all her strength. Suddenly the weight seemed to be lifted from her and she could feel her limbs responding again. The first thing she did was reach out and take Heechul’s hand, squeezing it softly. His eyes widened and she couldn’t help smiling when he looked at her.

“Hello gorgeous.” she then spoke softly, smiling into the kiss that followed. She could feel the conflict within him and was pleased to see that she needed no urging for him to pick the option where he pulled her into a tight hug.

“You okay?” he whispered then, making her nod slowly. “Oh God I was so worried.” he continued at that, frowning slightly. “Don’t ever do that to me again.”

“Say that to your old friend.” she replied softly, running a hand through his hair before looking up at the others. They had all been obviously watching them, but she didn’t mind showing them her soft side. If Heechul didn’t mind either, that meant there was no reason to feel awkward. Suddenly the silence was interrupted by a choked sob, however, making everyone look for the one crying at that moment, only to find Ryeowook hiding his face in his hands.

“I missed you guys.” he tried to explain himself with a tear-stricken voice. “In the years you all died one by one I really missed you. And now those feelings are all coming back to me. I finally found you again, but we’re standing here like strangers and it feels so WRONG. I don’t really know why I’m crying either, I’m sorry. I just feel so relieved and so disappointed at the same time. Kyuhyun sounds so angry at everything and Jungsoo hyung looks so lifeless. Everyone is so different. I don’t really feel like I found my friends again.”

He sounded so honest and sad that even Li Yin herself felt bad for him. The first to reach the younger, however, was Jongwoon, wrapping his dongsaeng in a tight hug. Henry was there only a split second later, throwing his arms around both his hyungs and squeezing them together.

“Wook-ah. Cute little Wook-ah.” Jongwoon then whispered, his own voice thick with emotions as well. If anyone would understand what it had been like to lose his best friends one by one, it would be those two and Kyuhyun, Li Yin realised, as they had lived the longest and had seen all the others disappear. Of course Ryeowook was the first to crack out of that group, always having been the more emotional one.

Yet the other members had also not forgotten what they had all been about once, and soon the three hugging friends got swarmed by people hugging them. Every awake once-member of Super Junior was eventually dragged into the group hug and Li Yin felt how even Heechul let go of her hand to join in. It was when they had all been standing there in a rare moment of unity that Hyukjae spoke up.

“This is all nice and heart-warming, guys, but why are you involving me in this?”