Title: Memories
Characters: Super Junior
Rating: R
Chaptercount: 15/26
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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When he regained consciousness, there was so much more in his head than there used to be it was almost confusing. But everything just made sense. It wasn’t as if he had just learned new things, but more like he had always known everything and he just had a rather blank period behind him. It was almost scary to think of Donghae and remember so much more than just fleeing from the Daywalker. It was even scarier to think of the Daywalker and see a cute guy making him dinner almost every day.
The scariest part, however, probably was remembering how he died. There was a vague recollection of going on another drill run in the army and losing his footing on a small mountain path. He had fallen, all the way down from the side of the mountain, crashing through bushes and against trees, until at some point, something had stopped him. He remembered feeling so afraid he wanted to cry, and then a soft, soothing feeling that had reassured his worried mind. After that; everything went blank and he had woken up completely healed, but as a vampire.
He groaned, lifting a hand to push away whatever was itching at his face. It was only when his fingers made contact with it, that he realised it was someone’s hand. Opening his eyes, he looked right at Donghae’s face. He immediately jerked back, but that only lead him to bump against whoever was behind him. In a matter of seconds, he was up from the bed and standing on the other end of the room. On the bed lay Ryeowook and Donghae, both seeming to be peacefully sleeping. The other bed was taken by Kyuhyun, who looked more like he was forced to sleep. The first thing he noticed was Jongwoon’s obvious absence on the beds. A quick look around the room, gave him the answer to that however.
“They’re just asleep, don’t worry.” Jongwoon spoke right then, standing at the window and looking over the city at night. Wait… At night? In a matter of seconds, Youngwoon was at the window as well, staring out at the night sky in shock. How long had he been out for it to be night already? “When you didn’t wake up, they started to worry. You know Ryeowook and it didn’t take long for Hae to start panicking too. You two have grown a lot closer over the past months it seems.” There was something that sounded quite like regret in the other’s voice. “Kyuhyun didn’t really panic, but he hasn’t slept in ages, so I put them all down on the beds.” For a moment it was silent, before Jongwoon turned to him, expression serious. “It’s good to see you’re still fine, though. Do you remember now?”
He nodded, because there was nothing else he could do. Jongwoon – Yesung? Which name should he use now? – seemed troubled by more things than just what they were in. He wanted to be of help, but on the other hand felt slightly awkward with the whole situation. Dealing with Jongwoon had never been his forte, and apparently it still wasn’t. “I remember everything, yes.” he therefore said. “How did we all come to this? How did the others become vampires?” There were so many questions haunting him, but as he thought more about them, he often found he already knew the answers. This question, however, remained unanswered by himself, and apparently Jongwoon had no answer either, as he remained silent for a long time.
“I don’t know.” he then admitted, turning back to the window. “You all died one after another. It was only when I found Kyuhyun that I realised maybe you didn’t die, but changed. Turns out I’m more right than I really wanted to be.”
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Immediately after his words, Heechul twirled around and Zhou Mi felt his back slamming against the wall he had just partly destroyed. Furious eyes stared into his from a distance and all that was holding him against the wall was Heechul’s personal order. He sighed, closed his eyes and concentrated for a moment. It didn’t take long for the boundaries to fall away and he immediately took a step forward again. Heechul was trembling with anger now, but Zhou Mi had used his own measures against him; locking the other in place instead.
“You were ordered to kill me, yes, but you didn’t. Which wasn’t supposed to happen anyway. The facility needed me despite my beliefs, so they had you silence me and they put me in one of their rooms like I was another one of their patients.” He smiled ruefully. “Well, that didn’t go quite the way they wanted it to, don’t you think?” Zhou Mi looked from one to the other, trying to figure out if he was supposed to be careful or anything like that or if they weren’t going to kill him. Judging from how long Heechul had been keeping him alive so far even when being on their side, he hoped he would be allowed to live even longer, but who knew?
“Kid lost his tongue?” Speaking of the devil, Heechul seemed to have found his way around the orders again. “Pretty impressive what you did just now. You’re going to be quite the add to our little happy group, seasoning.” The name made him freeze in the middle of his attempt to escape the alley, his eyes shooting to his twin-sire and looking him over carefully. Repeating the word in his head seemed to wake something in him, something old and forgotten, but still valuable. For a moment there, he wanted to smile and make a snarky comment, but then the moment passed and he pulled up his defences again. “Don’t worry, we’re not going to harm you. In fact; we need you on our side.” That sparked up his interest.
“What for? Are you planning on taking over the facility? Are you revolting against the ones who helped you?” he replied, tone slightly biting. Hangeng merely smiled at that, whereas the woman took hold of Heechul’s wrist and pulled him a little further away as if to prevent possible anger outbursts. The fourth person, still a stranger to Zhou Mi even though his face was more visible now, stayed out of it the whole time. For a moment there, he realised he could just escape, but then he remembered how Heechul still was his sire and could command him back any moment. Unless he was faster.
“We have no such intentions.” Hangeng said right at the moment he was silently ordering Heechul to leave him alone. The words were so unexpected that his mouth dropped open. “Don’t give me such a surprised look, Mimi, we’re not as bad as you probably think we are right now. We don’t want to revolt against the one who helped us, but there’s things going on in the facility that you don’t know about.” For a moment Hangeng paused and Zhou Mi wanted to ask what exactly those things were or why they had all escaped if they weren’t doing anything wrong, but then Hangeng said something so unexpected his whole mind went blank.
“Misun is no longer the leader at the facility.”
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He didn’t know how long he had spent in the dark surroundings, his back pressed against the other, but he was sure he’d been unconscious for the most part of it. When he stirred, trying to get the tickling hair out of his face, the other let out a sigh, as if relieved. He felt the breath ghosting over the skin of his neck and had to lock his muscles in place in order to not scoot away from the other. He reminded himself that the sun could still be up and he couldn’t risk being exposed to it. For a moment they were completely still again, but then the other moved, lifting a small corner of whatever was covering them to peek out from underneath it.
It was obvious several hours had passed already. The sun was shining, but a few clouds currently blocked it from them. They both worked on instinct, getting up on their feet and running in the direction of the closest cover in sight; a seemingly deserted house further down the road. They were lucky to reach it right before the cloud passed and sunlight streamed over the ground again. Both were covered by the front porch’s roof. One look inside assured them that there really wasn’t anyone living inside anymore, which was their cue to get inside and find the least sunny room in the house. Once they were both there, being careful to remain in the sunless parts, Sungmin looked up at his saviour for the first time, only to widen his eyes in recognition once his eyes found the man’s face.
“You…” he uttered, blinking several times to get over his surprise. The other seemed unaffected by his reaction, sending a small smile his way and shrugging lightly. “Me.” he answered simply, making Sungmin blush because of his own silly reaction to seeing the other. “Are you alright?” the kind-of stranger then continued. “For a while there I thought you had died on me. You seemed to have run for a long time.” He nodded in response, before realising how stupid that must look and letting out an affirmative noise. “What had you running like that?”
“I was…” he started, before frowning. “How much time has passed? I need to go back. I need to help Henry somehow!” He whirled around, looking for a way out of the house, before realising there was no way he could do anything as long as the sun was still up.
“Henry? That name sounds familiar.” For a moment the other thought about it, before his eyes lit up with recognition. “Henry Lau? The Chinese kid? He’s one of us too? Is there anyone who isn’t?” Sungmin swallowed, shrugging. He had no idea who the ‘us’ were the other was talking about and he didn’t really want to know. All he knew was that he needed to find help and get Henry the hell out of that woman’s claws. He sighed and started pacing forth and back. “Okay so what’s up with Henry? Is he in some kind of trouble?”
“Yes. He is.” Sungmin immediately agreed, he wanted to start an explanation, but as he looked up at the other, fell silent again. “I never thought you’d be a vampire.” he then said, feeling rather awkward with the way things seemed to turn out. “How did you manage? I mean… The sun and all… You were up and about a lot during the day, right?” The other smiled slightly and nodded.
“It’s amazing what a few well chosen clothes could do.” he replied then. “No need to be so formal, by the way. We’re old friends after all.” There was a kind of dark amusement in those words, as if the other knew so much more than Sungmin did. “So tell me what’s up with the Chinese kid. Knowing he’s in trouble makes me feel inclined to help him, so I guess we should do that then, right?”
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Siwon entered the room right behind Hyukjae. Whereas his friend passed straight by the Daywalker to get to Sang Mi, he immediately stepped up to the man. A select few touches later there was nothing left of the other but a small heap of dust on the floor. He had done it out of an instinct, knowing that was how to take down a Daywalker, but the moment he realised what he had done, guilt and loathe made him sink down on his knees and start praying for forgiveness. It didn’t take long for him to remember all the sins he committed over the past years and if it wasn’t for part of him justifying those actions, he might have been begging out loud.
Not five metres away from him, Sang Mi was clutching Hyukjae’s T-shirt so desperately that she was starting to tear it a little, not used to her new powers yet. The owner of the shirt apparently didn’t mind at all, as he was holding her back just as tightly, one hand repeatedly running over her back to calm her down while whispering words of comfort. She felt tears stream over her cheeks, trying to hold them back, but being unable to. She was a vampire now. But she was sure she wasn’t, as there was no bloodlust. But then she got burnt by the sun, didn’t she?
“Sang Mi…” Hyukjae’s voice slowly broke through the haze in her mind. “Sang Mi, you have a heartbeat.” It took a while for her to comprehend those words and when she did, she couldn’t believe them. “You have a heartbeat and you’re starting to smell like yourself again. I don’t know what happened back there but you’re not a vampire.” He kept on assuring her. She held back the next sob, trying to gain control over herself again.
“But Hyukjae… The sun… And I…” she stammered, pressing her face against his shoulder even more, wanting to escape the feelings haunting her. But the next moment something pulled her back and she was slammed against the wall with a loud crack. The next moment she saw Hyukjae flying backwards as well, crashing against the wall opposite of her, and then an incredibly loud and heavy thunderbolt made the whole building tremble. The next moment rain started to fall down so heavily that it felt as if they would be pierced by raindrops soon. It didn’t take long for her to figure out what was going on, but she was unable to do anything as she remained pressed against the wall.
Suddenly everything went silent. Too silent. She knew that if no one came to stop him, worse things than just some rain and lightning would ensue. There was nothing she could do, nothing she could say to stop what was coming. For a moment she feared for her life, feared for everyone’s life in a five mile radius around them, but then an unexpected voice sounded up. “Siwon-ah, calm down. You’re not going to make anything better by destroying the whole facility. I know what you’re feeling right now, but you shouldn’t. It wasn’t your fault.”
A warm hand was put on Siwon’s shoulder and then a woman crouched down in front of him, cupping his face in her hands and wiping his tears away. She smiled at him then. “Remember me?” she asked softly. “Because you should. Like how you remember Hyukjae. You don’t want to kill Hyukjae, do you? He’s your friend.” The warm smile and the understanding in her eyes seemed to break something in Siwon, because the next moment he sank forward against the woman, crying out his deep-rooted sorrow.
Tuesday, 30 August 2011
[FIC] Memories
Title: Memories
Characters: Super Junior
Rating: R
Chaptercount: 14/26
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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Donghae immediately rushed over to the collapsed vampire, afraid of what went on. He had told the other to remember, after all, but not to die. Or was that the same? His fingers checked for a pulse, only to remember the other was a vampire so there would be none. With worried eyes, Kyuhyun and Jongwoon also watched their fallen companion, so Youngwoon made use of the opportunity to sneak out of the room, leaving the others behind. He was near the elevator already when his feet turned him around and made him walk back, even though he tried to fight it.
He was stunned to find the scene inside of the hotel room had completely changed. Donghae and Ryeowook were sitting on Donghae’s bed, both looking at the floor, whereas Jongwoon stood at the window, looking outside as he stayed out of the sun. Kyuhyun had his back pressed to the wall, enraged eyes glaring at Jongwoon’s back, his mouth moving without sound. Suddenly Ryeowook looked up, and blood red eyes pierced into Youngwoon’s.
“Sit down. On the other bed.” the order came, and Youngwoon found himself moving accordingly, sitting down on the edge of the bed he had previously occupied. Ryeowook didn’t follow him with his eyes, nor did Donghae, who merely stared at the ground. Jongwoon merely turned to look at him, eyes unreadable. For a moment there was a tense silence in the room, but then someone sighed and Jongwoon turned away again.
“Kyuhyun, you’re free to go.” he then said, and the next moment, the lanky vampire had crossed the room and taken his the elder’s hand to hold it out into the sun. Both their hands sizzled when he pulled them back, which seemed to be exactly his point.
“We burn, Jongwoon.” he hissed then. He was trying to be silent, but they all understood him clearly anyway. “I want to know why they don’t. At all. Something’s not right, okay. They were our friends but maybe they changed. You don’t know. You can’t know. Maybe I was a lucky guess when you got me to remember. Others might not be okay with it all, might not accept the past as reality and might try to kill you. Why are you rushing into this without a single clue?” He let go of the other’s hand then, frown still creasing his forehead. “And next time you pin me against a wall, you’re dead.”
Youngwoon was surprised to hear the sincerity in the vampire’s words, an actual promise of death. He would’ve thought the two were totally on the same team, but now they were proving him that apparently they were far from on the same line. He didn’t get much time to think it through, because a silent order from Ryeowook made him lie down on the bed and close his eyes.
A low growl escaped him before he could help it, the feeling of being unable to fight against whatever was making him do the things he did too much for him to deal with. He tried to fight against the invisible restraints keeping him on the bed, but it was as if his muscles were locked in place. He growled again, but with his eyes closed there was nothing he could do to figure out what the others were doing. A hand on his shoulder made him get highly cautious, but he recognised Donghae’s smell from spending the past month with him.
“Hyung, remember everything, but less painfully than I did.” Ryeowook’s voice then spoke. Surprisingly it was said much softer and friendlier than the vampire had sounded when they had first talked. Something very lethal about the other having disappeared. He also didn’t get any time to think about that, however, because without a warning his conscience blacked out and his body relaxed on the bed.
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They hadn’t travelled that long yet, when suddenly a hand was risen and they came to a stop. Eyes scanned their surroundings and they carefully slipped into an alley, right before a few people passed by. They remained unseen in the dark, a mere part of the shadows. Suddenly another shape slipped into the same alley and if it hadn’t been for the invisible ties keeping him silent and still, Zhou Mi would have either attacked or killed the newcomer. But Heechul did none of that, allowed none of that. Instead, he seemed to visibly relax as he stepped forward a little.
“Hey you.” he said so softly that it almost scared Zhou Mi. Heechul was never this nice unless he was raging underneath. He had discovered that first hand in the past few weeks of travelling together with the elder. But then the weirdest words ever left Heechul’s mouth, reducing Zhou Mi into two metres of pure shock: “I missed you, love.” There came a soft chuckle from the other shape and suddenly the hood of a dark cloak was pulled back, revealing a female face.
“I missed you too, hon.” the woman said, slipping her arms around Heechul’s middle and cuddling up against his chest. Even though that was weird to look at already, it was even weirder to see Heechul cradling her too, running long fingers over her back and pressing a kiss on her hair. Zhou Mi closed his eyes then, despite the order to not even blink, wanting very much to give them their privacy. He suddenly realised he could move everything else as well, so he opened his eyes again and turned away from the reuniting couple.
“Give the poor kid a break.” another voice suddenly spoke in a language Zhou Mi hadn’t thought he’d ever hear again in this country. “He doesn’t even know where to look now.” There were muffled sounds and then it seemed like two people ran into each other. When he turned around again, he was able to witness Heechul pretty much clinging onto another person, who was patting his back awkwardly. “Yeah, I missed you too, dude. Can you let go now?” the guy said with slight amusement in his voice. “We have company, you know.” To that, Heechul let go, taking a small step back, his hand almost automatically finding that of the woman.
There was a fourth shape standing behind the group of three people, Zhou Mi suddenly realised. Immediately a growl left him, although he didn’t plan for that to happen. And that’s when everyone seemed to really remember he was still in the room as well. Heechul turned around so fast he almost lost his balance while the other three turned to look at him. For a moment they stood there awkwardly, but then Heechul suddenly smiled, looking at the woman again.
“You’re my only weak point, love. I lost my concentration again.” he said, amusement obvious in his voice. To that, the woman smiled back at him, her fangs immediately obvious.
“Not me, hon, him.” she replied, pointing to the guy Heechul had clung to just before. Zhou Mi watched their exchange in annoyance, before growling. A sudden anger rose up in him and the next moment his hand hit the wall, a loud crack telling him he had probably damaged some of the bricks on the go. Not that he cared much in that particular moment.
“Tell me what the hell is going on, Heechul. You’ve been dragging me around for the past few days to find someone; I’m pretty sure we’ve found them now. What are you planning on doing with me?” he pretty much demanded to know. Right then, the unknown guy stepped forward, pulling back the hood of his cloak too. Zhou Mi gasped in recognition, his eyes going wide as he took a step back, deeper into the dark alley “Hangeng!” he breathed out in disbelief. “You’re supposed to be dead. I killed you.”
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Sungmin froze in place, the voice so familiar to him even though he was sure he had never heard it before. What worried him more were the exact words, though, they seemed to resound somewhere deep inside of him. He didn’t get much time to think, however, because Henry took a step back, motioning him to walk back too.
“Oh please don’t already leave, my dear Henry, you’ve just gotten here.” the woman said with a smile in her voice and Henry stopped indeed. “I see you brought Sungmin too, huh?” She laughed softly. “Tell him to stay with us, he looks like he wants to run.” Sungmin frowned, why on earth would she think Henry was going to…
“Stay here, Sungmin, don’t move.” his friend calmly spoke, and as his muscles locked into place, Sungmin suddenly realised what was going on. This woman was… Well he had no idea about her name, but she was Henry’s sire, his previous sire. She was what he had been running from, yet unconsciously Henry had lead him straight to her. Or was it consciously? Did Henry know from the start? No, he couldn’t have, could he? Every possible scenario flew through his head, but in the end, he still had no idea which was the real one.
“So, my pets. Two of you have rejoined me now. That leaves me with two others still to come. It will be wonderful when all my pets have gathered. I’m sure your friends will come and get you later, but for now it’s just us.” She laughed then, seemingly amused at something they couldn’t see or understand. “It’s so nice to see you two again. I have to admit I was growing a little tired of my other pet’s face. After all, I have been in his company for years now. How long has it been anyway? Sungmin, darling, how long has it been since we last met?” Her eyes found him then, two bolls of liquid red fire seemingly wanting to pierce through him.
He felt a shiver run up his spine, and quickly directed his gaze to Henry’s back. Said vampire was still standing in the same spot, seemingly not moving or caring. But suddenly, Sungmin’s feet started to move, making him turn around and run. His body followed easily as he ran through the forest at an insane speed. The shocked ‘What are you doing? Tell him to stop!’ from the woman was lost behind him and the next moment he felt the invisible holds fall away. Henry had given up his siredom over him.
He didn’t stop running, however, didn’t stop until he was well out of the forest and on his way towards whatever city they had just come from. He was running out of a deep instinct to stay alive, because his senses were telling him that it was close to morning. The sun would rise soon and he had nothing to cover himself with if it did. Staying where he was would mean certain death.
He left miles and miles of distance behind him, seemingly not even feeling how much he was overexerting his body, but in the end his exhaustion got the best of him. He tripped over something, taking it down with him as he fell. He rolled over once, twice, and then came to a stop against something solid. The rock cracked when his body slammed into it, but it hurt like hell for him too, and he needed a few moments to recover.
When he finally crawled back onto his feet, the dark sky was already starting to become a shade of blue and immediately panic surged through him again. He broke into a run again almost immediately, going through miles and miles of fields, until he suddenly found himself on a street. He immediately stopped running, looking around, trying to find a place to hide. The sun was going to appear above the horizon any moment now and he was in desperate need of any kind of cover.
The next thing he knew, something crashed against him, pushing him over and making him roll down to the side of the road. Moments later everything went dark around him and someone – something? – pressed close to him. “Stay low.” a voice then mumbled behind him, the cold breath brushing his neck. “This is supposed to be for one person only, so don’t move. The sun will be up in a minute.” A shiver ran down his spine, but no matter who the vampire behind him was, he was sure he didn’t mind being in such a close proximity with him or her as he would mind stepping out into the sunlight.
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“Hyukjae..” Siwon said slowly, reaching out a hand to him, but he evaded the touch, darting to a corner of the room and sinking down onto the ground. He clasped his hands over his ears and closed his eyes, resting his head on his knees. He would be fine with shutting out the world forever, but it didn’t take long for arms to wrap around him and pull him against a solid body. He sighed, wanted to push the other away yet for some reason didn’t.
In the distance he could hear heartbeats coming closer. Probably some nurses checking on other patients. Perhaps a few of them coming to check if Siwon was still alive. He huffed. Heartbeats. Perhaps that was a good name to use for the stupid nurses from now on. That way he didn’t need to know names, didn’t need to get involved with anyone. He wouldn’t make friends again in this place, because even the most trusted ones would betray you in the end. Heartbeats was a good name. All those filthy humans with their noisy heartb-
His head shot up, Siwon barely keeping them from colliding by quickly pulling away. They looked at each other for a moment, Siwon’s expression questioning, his own shocked. “She’s not a vampire.” he then suddenly said, blinking in surprise about the truth of his own words. “She can’t be. I heard her heartbeat. She’s not a vampire.” Siwon frowned, seemingly thinking back to the earlier events. Suddenly his eyes went wide in realisation.
“You’re right. But then how did she get burned by the sunlight?” the black haired vampire countered and that was where Hyukjae was at a loss too. He got up from the floor anyway, easily making his way over to the door.
“I need to find her.” he muttered, but Siwon didn’t even protest. On the contrary; he was already next to him, holding the door open.
“I’ll go with you. In case anyone asks questions, I can tell them it’s alright then.” he said calmly, a friendly smile evident on his face. Hyukjae didn’t even bother protesting and instead walked straight out into the hallway. He looked around for a moment, trying to pick up even a trace of Sang Mi’s scent, but it was nowhere to be found. He realised slightly belatedly that she had a different scent now, but couldn’t remember it anymore, so the knowledge was useless anyway. For a moment, he stared at the empty hallway, but then a different memory hit him.
“I think I might know where she went to.” he announced, setting off at the unusual vampire speed. I didn’t take long for him to find his way back to the small, empty room he had taken her to before. As they got closer, he did indeed hear a heartbeat, but it was a fast one, as if the owner was afraid or excited. He was pretty sure it was the first, which was why he sped up immediately, running to the door and throwing it open carelessly. “Sang Mi!” he called out, making the vampire in the middle of the room turn around.
Hyukjae didn’t even pay him any attention as he rushed past, moving to Sang Mi’s curled up form in a corner of the room. He immediately wrapped his arms around her trembling form, pulling her close and resting his head against her. He murmured some comforting words, which seemed to calm her down a little, because she was conscious enough to turn a little and wrap her arms around him, burying herself against his chest. He couldn’t really say he cared much, as all he was concerned about was her wellbeing.
Characters: Super Junior
Rating: R
Chaptercount: 14/26
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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Donghae immediately rushed over to the collapsed vampire, afraid of what went on. He had told the other to remember, after all, but not to die. Or was that the same? His fingers checked for a pulse, only to remember the other was a vampire so there would be none. With worried eyes, Kyuhyun and Jongwoon also watched their fallen companion, so Youngwoon made use of the opportunity to sneak out of the room, leaving the others behind. He was near the elevator already when his feet turned him around and made him walk back, even though he tried to fight it.
He was stunned to find the scene inside of the hotel room had completely changed. Donghae and Ryeowook were sitting on Donghae’s bed, both looking at the floor, whereas Jongwoon stood at the window, looking outside as he stayed out of the sun. Kyuhyun had his back pressed to the wall, enraged eyes glaring at Jongwoon’s back, his mouth moving without sound. Suddenly Ryeowook looked up, and blood red eyes pierced into Youngwoon’s.
“Sit down. On the other bed.” the order came, and Youngwoon found himself moving accordingly, sitting down on the edge of the bed he had previously occupied. Ryeowook didn’t follow him with his eyes, nor did Donghae, who merely stared at the ground. Jongwoon merely turned to look at him, eyes unreadable. For a moment there was a tense silence in the room, but then someone sighed and Jongwoon turned away again.
“Kyuhyun, you’re free to go.” he then said, and the next moment, the lanky vampire had crossed the room and taken his the elder’s hand to hold it out into the sun. Both their hands sizzled when he pulled them back, which seemed to be exactly his point.
“We burn, Jongwoon.” he hissed then. He was trying to be silent, but they all understood him clearly anyway. “I want to know why they don’t. At all. Something’s not right, okay. They were our friends but maybe they changed. You don’t know. You can’t know. Maybe I was a lucky guess when you got me to remember. Others might not be okay with it all, might not accept the past as reality and might try to kill you. Why are you rushing into this without a single clue?” He let go of the other’s hand then, frown still creasing his forehead. “And next time you pin me against a wall, you’re dead.”
Youngwoon was surprised to hear the sincerity in the vampire’s words, an actual promise of death. He would’ve thought the two were totally on the same team, but now they were proving him that apparently they were far from on the same line. He didn’t get much time to think it through, because a silent order from Ryeowook made him lie down on the bed and close his eyes.
A low growl escaped him before he could help it, the feeling of being unable to fight against whatever was making him do the things he did too much for him to deal with. He tried to fight against the invisible restraints keeping him on the bed, but it was as if his muscles were locked in place. He growled again, but with his eyes closed there was nothing he could do to figure out what the others were doing. A hand on his shoulder made him get highly cautious, but he recognised Donghae’s smell from spending the past month with him.
“Hyung, remember everything, but less painfully than I did.” Ryeowook’s voice then spoke. Surprisingly it was said much softer and friendlier than the vampire had sounded when they had first talked. Something very lethal about the other having disappeared. He also didn’t get any time to think about that, however, because without a warning his conscience blacked out and his body relaxed on the bed.
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They hadn’t travelled that long yet, when suddenly a hand was risen and they came to a stop. Eyes scanned their surroundings and they carefully slipped into an alley, right before a few people passed by. They remained unseen in the dark, a mere part of the shadows. Suddenly another shape slipped into the same alley and if it hadn’t been for the invisible ties keeping him silent and still, Zhou Mi would have either attacked or killed the newcomer. But Heechul did none of that, allowed none of that. Instead, he seemed to visibly relax as he stepped forward a little.
“Hey you.” he said so softly that it almost scared Zhou Mi. Heechul was never this nice unless he was raging underneath. He had discovered that first hand in the past few weeks of travelling together with the elder. But then the weirdest words ever left Heechul’s mouth, reducing Zhou Mi into two metres of pure shock: “I missed you, love.” There came a soft chuckle from the other shape and suddenly the hood of a dark cloak was pulled back, revealing a female face.
“I missed you too, hon.” the woman said, slipping her arms around Heechul’s middle and cuddling up against his chest. Even though that was weird to look at already, it was even weirder to see Heechul cradling her too, running long fingers over her back and pressing a kiss on her hair. Zhou Mi closed his eyes then, despite the order to not even blink, wanting very much to give them their privacy. He suddenly realised he could move everything else as well, so he opened his eyes again and turned away from the reuniting couple.
“Give the poor kid a break.” another voice suddenly spoke in a language Zhou Mi hadn’t thought he’d ever hear again in this country. “He doesn’t even know where to look now.” There were muffled sounds and then it seemed like two people ran into each other. When he turned around again, he was able to witness Heechul pretty much clinging onto another person, who was patting his back awkwardly. “Yeah, I missed you too, dude. Can you let go now?” the guy said with slight amusement in his voice. “We have company, you know.” To that, Heechul let go, taking a small step back, his hand almost automatically finding that of the woman.
There was a fourth shape standing behind the group of three people, Zhou Mi suddenly realised. Immediately a growl left him, although he didn’t plan for that to happen. And that’s when everyone seemed to really remember he was still in the room as well. Heechul turned around so fast he almost lost his balance while the other three turned to look at him. For a moment they stood there awkwardly, but then Heechul suddenly smiled, looking at the woman again.
“You’re my only weak point, love. I lost my concentration again.” he said, amusement obvious in his voice. To that, the woman smiled back at him, her fangs immediately obvious.
“Not me, hon, him.” she replied, pointing to the guy Heechul had clung to just before. Zhou Mi watched their exchange in annoyance, before growling. A sudden anger rose up in him and the next moment his hand hit the wall, a loud crack telling him he had probably damaged some of the bricks on the go. Not that he cared much in that particular moment.
“Tell me what the hell is going on, Heechul. You’ve been dragging me around for the past few days to find someone; I’m pretty sure we’ve found them now. What are you planning on doing with me?” he pretty much demanded to know. Right then, the unknown guy stepped forward, pulling back the hood of his cloak too. Zhou Mi gasped in recognition, his eyes going wide as he took a step back, deeper into the dark alley “Hangeng!” he breathed out in disbelief. “You’re supposed to be dead. I killed you.”
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Sungmin froze in place, the voice so familiar to him even though he was sure he had never heard it before. What worried him more were the exact words, though, they seemed to resound somewhere deep inside of him. He didn’t get much time to think, however, because Henry took a step back, motioning him to walk back too.
“Oh please don’t already leave, my dear Henry, you’ve just gotten here.” the woman said with a smile in her voice and Henry stopped indeed. “I see you brought Sungmin too, huh?” She laughed softly. “Tell him to stay with us, he looks like he wants to run.” Sungmin frowned, why on earth would she think Henry was going to…
“Stay here, Sungmin, don’t move.” his friend calmly spoke, and as his muscles locked into place, Sungmin suddenly realised what was going on. This woman was… Well he had no idea about her name, but she was Henry’s sire, his previous sire. She was what he had been running from, yet unconsciously Henry had lead him straight to her. Or was it consciously? Did Henry know from the start? No, he couldn’t have, could he? Every possible scenario flew through his head, but in the end, he still had no idea which was the real one.
“So, my pets. Two of you have rejoined me now. That leaves me with two others still to come. It will be wonderful when all my pets have gathered. I’m sure your friends will come and get you later, but for now it’s just us.” She laughed then, seemingly amused at something they couldn’t see or understand. “It’s so nice to see you two again. I have to admit I was growing a little tired of my other pet’s face. After all, I have been in his company for years now. How long has it been anyway? Sungmin, darling, how long has it been since we last met?” Her eyes found him then, two bolls of liquid red fire seemingly wanting to pierce through him.
He felt a shiver run up his spine, and quickly directed his gaze to Henry’s back. Said vampire was still standing in the same spot, seemingly not moving or caring. But suddenly, Sungmin’s feet started to move, making him turn around and run. His body followed easily as he ran through the forest at an insane speed. The shocked ‘What are you doing? Tell him to stop!’ from the woman was lost behind him and the next moment he felt the invisible holds fall away. Henry had given up his siredom over him.
He didn’t stop running, however, didn’t stop until he was well out of the forest and on his way towards whatever city they had just come from. He was running out of a deep instinct to stay alive, because his senses were telling him that it was close to morning. The sun would rise soon and he had nothing to cover himself with if it did. Staying where he was would mean certain death.
He left miles and miles of distance behind him, seemingly not even feeling how much he was overexerting his body, but in the end his exhaustion got the best of him. He tripped over something, taking it down with him as he fell. He rolled over once, twice, and then came to a stop against something solid. The rock cracked when his body slammed into it, but it hurt like hell for him too, and he needed a few moments to recover.
When he finally crawled back onto his feet, the dark sky was already starting to become a shade of blue and immediately panic surged through him again. He broke into a run again almost immediately, going through miles and miles of fields, until he suddenly found himself on a street. He immediately stopped running, looking around, trying to find a place to hide. The sun was going to appear above the horizon any moment now and he was in desperate need of any kind of cover.
The next thing he knew, something crashed against him, pushing him over and making him roll down to the side of the road. Moments later everything went dark around him and someone – something? – pressed close to him. “Stay low.” a voice then mumbled behind him, the cold breath brushing his neck. “This is supposed to be for one person only, so don’t move. The sun will be up in a minute.” A shiver ran down his spine, but no matter who the vampire behind him was, he was sure he didn’t mind being in such a close proximity with him or her as he would mind stepping out into the sunlight.
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“Hyukjae..” Siwon said slowly, reaching out a hand to him, but he evaded the touch, darting to a corner of the room and sinking down onto the ground. He clasped his hands over his ears and closed his eyes, resting his head on his knees. He would be fine with shutting out the world forever, but it didn’t take long for arms to wrap around him and pull him against a solid body. He sighed, wanted to push the other away yet for some reason didn’t.
In the distance he could hear heartbeats coming closer. Probably some nurses checking on other patients. Perhaps a few of them coming to check if Siwon was still alive. He huffed. Heartbeats. Perhaps that was a good name to use for the stupid nurses from now on. That way he didn’t need to know names, didn’t need to get involved with anyone. He wouldn’t make friends again in this place, because even the most trusted ones would betray you in the end. Heartbeats was a good name. All those filthy humans with their noisy heartb-
His head shot up, Siwon barely keeping them from colliding by quickly pulling away. They looked at each other for a moment, Siwon’s expression questioning, his own shocked. “She’s not a vampire.” he then suddenly said, blinking in surprise about the truth of his own words. “She can’t be. I heard her heartbeat. She’s not a vampire.” Siwon frowned, seemingly thinking back to the earlier events. Suddenly his eyes went wide in realisation.
“You’re right. But then how did she get burned by the sunlight?” the black haired vampire countered and that was where Hyukjae was at a loss too. He got up from the floor anyway, easily making his way over to the door.
“I need to find her.” he muttered, but Siwon didn’t even protest. On the contrary; he was already next to him, holding the door open.
“I’ll go with you. In case anyone asks questions, I can tell them it’s alright then.” he said calmly, a friendly smile evident on his face. Hyukjae didn’t even bother protesting and instead walked straight out into the hallway. He looked around for a moment, trying to pick up even a trace of Sang Mi’s scent, but it was nowhere to be found. He realised slightly belatedly that she had a different scent now, but couldn’t remember it anymore, so the knowledge was useless anyway. For a moment, he stared at the empty hallway, but then a different memory hit him.
“I think I might know where she went to.” he announced, setting off at the unusual vampire speed. I didn’t take long for him to find his way back to the small, empty room he had taken her to before. As they got closer, he did indeed hear a heartbeat, but it was a fast one, as if the owner was afraid or excited. He was pretty sure it was the first, which was why he sped up immediately, running to the door and throwing it open carelessly. “Sang Mi!” he called out, making the vampire in the middle of the room turn around.
Hyukjae didn’t even pay him any attention as he rushed past, moving to Sang Mi’s curled up form in a corner of the room. He immediately wrapped his arms around her trembling form, pulling her close and resting his head against her. He murmured some comforting words, which seemed to calm her down a little, because she was conscious enough to turn a little and wrap her arms around him, burying herself against his chest. He couldn’t really say he cared much, as all he was concerned about was her wellbeing.
[FIC] Memories
Title: Memories
Characters: Super Junior
Rating: R
Chaptercount: 13/26
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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Youngwoon kept looking at Donghae intently, ready to pull him away if something seemed to go wrong. But the other vampire was totally relaxed, aside from the disgusted growls that escaped him every now and then. It was no secret that vampires tasted bad to each other, though, so the sounds didn’t faze him that much. When Donghae straightened up moments later, his lips tinted slightly red from the blood, he seemed overwhelmed by something. Youngwoon was fast to take hold of his wrist, but the younger seemed to be fine. It did take a minute before he finally turned to look at Youngwoon, though, but when he did, his eyes seemed to really see for the first time.
“Hyung…”Donghae then said, the word not much more than a breath. “It’s true. He’s talking the truth. I don’t know how, but all these memories…” Suddenly he started laughing, a sound so clear and careless that it didn’t seem to fit in the current atmosphere. Even the small vampire holding Kyuhyun down looked up in surprise at that. Kyuhyun took his chance then, toppling the other over with a well-aimed kick and shooting from underneath him, immediately hiding behind Jongwoon who looked like the only sane one of the three.
“Ryeowook stop.” Donghae said, a grin still evident on his face. The small vampire stopped in the middle of going after Kyuhyun, head turning to look at Donghae, hatred in his eyes. Youngwoon rolled his eyes, softly pulling his friend’s arm.
“What’s going on? What are you laughing about?” he asked, frowning. To that, Donghae merely laughed again, before composing himself.
“Hyung. Imagine! You used to sing!” he said, obviously amused. “And dance! Like this!” And in the middle of that hotel room where it was everyone against everyone, Youngwoon watched his friend do a silly dance that involved knees and elbows. He stared, unable to believe that was really happening, until Donghae stopped and looked up at him, grinning. “Can you believe it?”
In a matter of seconds, Youngwoon had both Kyuhyun and Jongwoon in a headlock, a snarl escaping from his lips. “What did you do to my friend?” he asked the eldest who seemed to know everything about everything. But Donghae was there in an instant, putting a calming hand on his shoulder, trying to get him to let go.
“Hyung, it’s okay. They didn’t do anything to me. I wish you would remember too. Isn’t there a way to make him remember?” he spoke then, turning to look at Jongwoon with the last sentence. The vampire shrugged, apparently not caring at all that he was held in a deadly grip by the other, stronger and angry vampire.
“Not that I know of. The only thing I know is having them drink my blood so they get my memories.” he said softly, to which Kyuhyun added: “And after a while you’ll find that you’re slowly recovering your own memories as you go. I’ve gotten almost all my own memories back by now. Don’t you remember how you were changed, Hae? That was the first thing I remembered.” The words made Donghae still, seemingly searching his mind, and suddenly a shiver ran through him.
“Oh damn, now I do.” he cursed. “That’s not something nice to remember, ugh.” He shook his head and then patted Youngwoon’s back. “Let go of them, hyung. They’re not going to harm us.” He showed such a trustful smile with those words that Youngwoon couldn’t do anything but nod and actually let go of the other two. They both straightened up again, rubbing their assaulted necks.
“There should be another way to remember.” Donghae meanwhile continued. “Somehow we lost these memories, but not forever. Maybe someo-” He suddenly stopped talking, his eyes having found the last person in the room, who was still glaring at him with eyes filled with hatred. “Ryeowook.” He said, his smile light even though his voice was commanding. “Remember what you forgot until now.”
For a moment, nothing seemed to happen, but then the small vampire suddenly sank to the ground like a bag of potatoes, unconscious.
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“Interesting.” Donghee muttered, smile present on his face. “And how exactly do you think I can help you?” Even though he had pretty much made his decision already, he still wanted to know how she planned on convincing him.
“I’m not sure.” the reply came, the woman’s voice indeed sounding a little less sure than before. “All I know is that there will be people trying to prevent us from finding out the truth, no matter how secretive we are about this. We will need all the help we can get, really. There’s a lot of strings I can pull, but there’s even more I can’t. And your knowledge of what currently goes on in the real world could be useful.” She seemed to want to say more, but he picked up Hangeng’s voice in the background, talking in a language he didn’t understand.
“Shindong-ah.” the man’s voice sounded through the speaker after some rustling and the passing of the phone. “You don’t remember me, but I do remember you. We used to be friends, even. And with the way things are going right now, I can’t just leave you to live alone. I don’t know who will come after us, but if they find you, they’ll either capture you or kill you. I’d really like you to come with us, that way I can at least look over you a little bit.”
Donghee snorted, before asking a question that had totally nothing to do with anything. “Why are you all calling me Shindong, though?” There was a silence on the other side, as if they were momentarily stunned by the sudden change of subject, but then Hangeng answered again.
“Because that’s what I’m used to calling you. If you don’t like it I can try to call you Donghee too.” he explained. Shindong rolled his eyes, but didn’t let that annoyed feeling be audible in his voice as he replied.
“I know that’s what they used to call me. I mean why did they name me that instead of Donghee?” His voice was still rather cold, but he figured they wouldn’t be too surprised by that.
“Oh.. Well, because there’s also Donghae and your names were too alike, so they started calling you Shindong.” Hangeng replied, sounding taken aback. “At least that’s what Heechul told me when I first met you. Why are you asking this?”
“Just making sure that you know your facts. So what time do you need me to be where?” he easily countered, smiling slightly. “The sun has risen so I can only be out by tonight, though.” Again there was silence on the other side.
“If you allow us to,” Liyin then spoke up again, her Korean sounding almost flawless. “We could come to your place and see if we can find something to cover you with. As long as the sun doesn’t touch your skin, you should be fine.”
Shindong considered the offer for a moment, going over the possible downsides of letting them come to his place. In the end, he didn’t really come up with any that made sense, so he passed his address on to them. The woman told him they’d be there in five, so he quickly got out of his bed again and put on some clothes. Five minutes later they indeed knocked on his door and he went to open up for them.
It was strange, having two strangers invade his apartment like that, since he had never had anyone over for as long as he could remember. Being a vampire didn’t exactly make you very trusting towards others. Especially the whole ‘let you inside my house’ thing didn’t really sound like a good idea to him. But since he was leaving with these two anyway, he figured it wasn’t that big of a risk to let them in.
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“So… Where are we going?” the elder of the two asked, rolling his shoulders to release some of the pain he felt there. His black hair was being blown around by the breeze, but his red eyes kept spying their surroundings.
“I’m not sure. Just…somewhere?” the other replied, shrugging. “I really think there’s something around here that could lead me to why I have become like this.”
“Can’t you be more specific? I’ve been following you around for weeks now. I’d like to know just where the hell you’re taking me.” Sungmin exploded, clenching his fists next to his body. It was obvious that he was trying his best not to pounce onto the other and tear him to pieces. Not that he could’ve, as Henry’s order to not harm him was still ringing in the back of his mind from the last time he tried to attack him. Henry merely smiled at him.
“I’ve told you before, Sungmin, you’re free to go your own way if you want.” he said calmly. “No need to stalk me anymore. You showed me the city and now I’m fine finding my own way through the country. No one ever ordered you to stay with me yet you keep following. Should I order you to stay away?”
At those words, Sungmin’s tense muscles seemed to relax a little and he sighed. “I just can’t help it, Henry. Something’s putting me on edge. I feel like I should stay with you so that I can protect you. It doesn’t help that you’re as weak as a vampire can get. I don’t even know how you managed to fuck yourself up this much.”
Henry snorted at that, but his smile was genuine. After travelling around with Sungmin for a few weeks, the other had finally convinced him that he should at least feed once every month to regain some of his strength. So they had gone on a hunt together, finding some beggars and junkies in the big city. It had only taken one sip of blood for Henry to almost throw the human aside, moving away from the poor soul and almost choking on his own coughs.
After two more tries in the following week, they had both come to the conclusion that Henry was a vampire that simply … wasn’t able to feed off human blood. Sungmin had been constantly commenting on how ridiculous that was and what kind of a silly vampire the other made. The theory they had ended up with after thorough thinking was that Henry had done it to himself by not drinking any blood for well over ten years. His body had gotten used to living without it now and any intake of it would probably kill him. Surprisingly, feeding from a vampire did work, but that was so disgusting that Henry had decided he’d rather stay weak.
“You know I’m thankful for your care, hyung.” Henry teasingly commented, making Sungmin huff and roll his eyes, but they were both smiling. After travelling around together for so long and taking each other’s small sides into account, it was hard not to become friends after all. They walked a little more, finding their way through the night without problems, until something suddenly changed in their surroundings. They didn’t get long to figure out what, as a voice sounded up moments later.
“Henry, my pet. How nice of you to visit me.”
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In a blink, Sang Mi had emptied the contents of the syringe in Siwon’s leg, making him cry out in pain. Hyukjae stared at it in shock, but before he could really come between the two, Siwon suddenly flew up from the bed pushing him aside and going straight for Sang Mi. With a low growl, the tall vampire closed his fingers around her neck. The woman had no way to protest when Siwon slammed her against the wall. He had his fangs bared, eyes threateningly close to hers and she was obviously scared. Even though part of him wanted to help her, Hyukjae found that another part of him sided with Siwon more.
“Siwon, let go of her.” he said calmly, and with another growl, the tall vampire actually listened, backing off and pulling the syringe out of his leg. He crushed it in his hand and threw it aside, but what the contents of it had done to him was still unsure.
Hyukjae immediately took a spot in between the two people, his eyes on Sang Mi, his back to Siwon, not once thinking about how the tall vampire could kill him in a blink. “I’m giving you a chance to get out of here before I let the sun in, Sang Mi.” he growled, eyes fixed on her face. “I’m sad it ends like this but I can’t keep a friendly relationship anymore now that you made the wrong decision an became the bad side.”
“Hyukkie? What are you talking about? You know me! I would never…” she protested, a surprised look in her eyes, but he interrupted her without care.
“Turn into a bad vampire? Yeah, I thought that too. Guess I was wrong.” he grumped. “Time’s up, chance is gone.” With a quick move, he tore the curtains aside, watching how the sun immediately fell on Sang Mi’s dangerous features. With a cry, she jumped aside, moving into the shadows. The skin of her hands and face was smouldering, her eyes going wide when she saw it herself.
“I… How did I?” Her eyes went from her hands to Hyukjae to then stop at Siwon, the questions evident on her face. Siwon merely shrugged.
“The daywalker changed you. We couldn’t afford him to be your sire, so we were going to eliminate him, but you had to run off with the syringe and stick it in my leg. So now your sire is a hateful daywalker with a deep hatred for the facility.” he calmly stated. “Have fun with that.” His smile was as cold as the look in his eyes, his fingers running over his arms. It was obvious he was not going to forgive her for attacking him.
Sang Mi’s eyes went to Hyukjae. “Hyukkie..?” she started slightly hopeless, but he snarled at her which effectively shut her up. She stared at him with wide eyes, not used to the hostility that practically radiated off of him.
“Get out.” he told her. “Get out of here and leave. I don’t care what you do, just go.” His expression was colder than she had ever seen, making her listen to him all the more. It didn’t take her five seconds to reach the door, open it and escape the room.
Characters: Super Junior
Rating: R
Chaptercount: 13/26
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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Youngwoon kept looking at Donghae intently, ready to pull him away if something seemed to go wrong. But the other vampire was totally relaxed, aside from the disgusted growls that escaped him every now and then. It was no secret that vampires tasted bad to each other, though, so the sounds didn’t faze him that much. When Donghae straightened up moments later, his lips tinted slightly red from the blood, he seemed overwhelmed by something. Youngwoon was fast to take hold of his wrist, but the younger seemed to be fine. It did take a minute before he finally turned to look at Youngwoon, though, but when he did, his eyes seemed to really see for the first time.
“Hyung…”Donghae then said, the word not much more than a breath. “It’s true. He’s talking the truth. I don’t know how, but all these memories…” Suddenly he started laughing, a sound so clear and careless that it didn’t seem to fit in the current atmosphere. Even the small vampire holding Kyuhyun down looked up in surprise at that. Kyuhyun took his chance then, toppling the other over with a well-aimed kick and shooting from underneath him, immediately hiding behind Jongwoon who looked like the only sane one of the three.
“Ryeowook stop.” Donghae said, a grin still evident on his face. The small vampire stopped in the middle of going after Kyuhyun, head turning to look at Donghae, hatred in his eyes. Youngwoon rolled his eyes, softly pulling his friend’s arm.
“What’s going on? What are you laughing about?” he asked, frowning. To that, Donghae merely laughed again, before composing himself.
“Hyung. Imagine! You used to sing!” he said, obviously amused. “And dance! Like this!” And in the middle of that hotel room where it was everyone against everyone, Youngwoon watched his friend do a silly dance that involved knees and elbows. He stared, unable to believe that was really happening, until Donghae stopped and looked up at him, grinning. “Can you believe it?”
In a matter of seconds, Youngwoon had both Kyuhyun and Jongwoon in a headlock, a snarl escaping from his lips. “What did you do to my friend?” he asked the eldest who seemed to know everything about everything. But Donghae was there in an instant, putting a calming hand on his shoulder, trying to get him to let go.
“Hyung, it’s okay. They didn’t do anything to me. I wish you would remember too. Isn’t there a way to make him remember?” he spoke then, turning to look at Jongwoon with the last sentence. The vampire shrugged, apparently not caring at all that he was held in a deadly grip by the other, stronger and angry vampire.
“Not that I know of. The only thing I know is having them drink my blood so they get my memories.” he said softly, to which Kyuhyun added: “And after a while you’ll find that you’re slowly recovering your own memories as you go. I’ve gotten almost all my own memories back by now. Don’t you remember how you were changed, Hae? That was the first thing I remembered.” The words made Donghae still, seemingly searching his mind, and suddenly a shiver ran through him.
“Oh damn, now I do.” he cursed. “That’s not something nice to remember, ugh.” He shook his head and then patted Youngwoon’s back. “Let go of them, hyung. They’re not going to harm us.” He showed such a trustful smile with those words that Youngwoon couldn’t do anything but nod and actually let go of the other two. They both straightened up again, rubbing their assaulted necks.
“There should be another way to remember.” Donghae meanwhile continued. “Somehow we lost these memories, but not forever. Maybe someo-” He suddenly stopped talking, his eyes having found the last person in the room, who was still glaring at him with eyes filled with hatred. “Ryeowook.” He said, his smile light even though his voice was commanding. “Remember what you forgot until now.”
For a moment, nothing seemed to happen, but then the small vampire suddenly sank to the ground like a bag of potatoes, unconscious.
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“Interesting.” Donghee muttered, smile present on his face. “And how exactly do you think I can help you?” Even though he had pretty much made his decision already, he still wanted to know how she planned on convincing him.
“I’m not sure.” the reply came, the woman’s voice indeed sounding a little less sure than before. “All I know is that there will be people trying to prevent us from finding out the truth, no matter how secretive we are about this. We will need all the help we can get, really. There’s a lot of strings I can pull, but there’s even more I can’t. And your knowledge of what currently goes on in the real world could be useful.” She seemed to want to say more, but he picked up Hangeng’s voice in the background, talking in a language he didn’t understand.
“Shindong-ah.” the man’s voice sounded through the speaker after some rustling and the passing of the phone. “You don’t remember me, but I do remember you. We used to be friends, even. And with the way things are going right now, I can’t just leave you to live alone. I don’t know who will come after us, but if they find you, they’ll either capture you or kill you. I’d really like you to come with us, that way I can at least look over you a little bit.”
Donghee snorted, before asking a question that had totally nothing to do with anything. “Why are you all calling me Shindong, though?” There was a silence on the other side, as if they were momentarily stunned by the sudden change of subject, but then Hangeng answered again.
“Because that’s what I’m used to calling you. If you don’t like it I can try to call you Donghee too.” he explained. Shindong rolled his eyes, but didn’t let that annoyed feeling be audible in his voice as he replied.
“I know that’s what they used to call me. I mean why did they name me that instead of Donghee?” His voice was still rather cold, but he figured they wouldn’t be too surprised by that.
“Oh.. Well, because there’s also Donghae and your names were too alike, so they started calling you Shindong.” Hangeng replied, sounding taken aback. “At least that’s what Heechul told me when I first met you. Why are you asking this?”
“Just making sure that you know your facts. So what time do you need me to be where?” he easily countered, smiling slightly. “The sun has risen so I can only be out by tonight, though.” Again there was silence on the other side.
“If you allow us to,” Liyin then spoke up again, her Korean sounding almost flawless. “We could come to your place and see if we can find something to cover you with. As long as the sun doesn’t touch your skin, you should be fine.”
Shindong considered the offer for a moment, going over the possible downsides of letting them come to his place. In the end, he didn’t really come up with any that made sense, so he passed his address on to them. The woman told him they’d be there in five, so he quickly got out of his bed again and put on some clothes. Five minutes later they indeed knocked on his door and he went to open up for them.
It was strange, having two strangers invade his apartment like that, since he had never had anyone over for as long as he could remember. Being a vampire didn’t exactly make you very trusting towards others. Especially the whole ‘let you inside my house’ thing didn’t really sound like a good idea to him. But since he was leaving with these two anyway, he figured it wasn’t that big of a risk to let them in.
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“So… Where are we going?” the elder of the two asked, rolling his shoulders to release some of the pain he felt there. His black hair was being blown around by the breeze, but his red eyes kept spying their surroundings.
“I’m not sure. Just…somewhere?” the other replied, shrugging. “I really think there’s something around here that could lead me to why I have become like this.”
“Can’t you be more specific? I’ve been following you around for weeks now. I’d like to know just where the hell you’re taking me.” Sungmin exploded, clenching his fists next to his body. It was obvious that he was trying his best not to pounce onto the other and tear him to pieces. Not that he could’ve, as Henry’s order to not harm him was still ringing in the back of his mind from the last time he tried to attack him. Henry merely smiled at him.
“I’ve told you before, Sungmin, you’re free to go your own way if you want.” he said calmly. “No need to stalk me anymore. You showed me the city and now I’m fine finding my own way through the country. No one ever ordered you to stay with me yet you keep following. Should I order you to stay away?”
At those words, Sungmin’s tense muscles seemed to relax a little and he sighed. “I just can’t help it, Henry. Something’s putting me on edge. I feel like I should stay with you so that I can protect you. It doesn’t help that you’re as weak as a vampire can get. I don’t even know how you managed to fuck yourself up this much.”
Henry snorted at that, but his smile was genuine. After travelling around with Sungmin for a few weeks, the other had finally convinced him that he should at least feed once every month to regain some of his strength. So they had gone on a hunt together, finding some beggars and junkies in the big city. It had only taken one sip of blood for Henry to almost throw the human aside, moving away from the poor soul and almost choking on his own coughs.
After two more tries in the following week, they had both come to the conclusion that Henry was a vampire that simply … wasn’t able to feed off human blood. Sungmin had been constantly commenting on how ridiculous that was and what kind of a silly vampire the other made. The theory they had ended up with after thorough thinking was that Henry had done it to himself by not drinking any blood for well over ten years. His body had gotten used to living without it now and any intake of it would probably kill him. Surprisingly, feeding from a vampire did work, but that was so disgusting that Henry had decided he’d rather stay weak.
“You know I’m thankful for your care, hyung.” Henry teasingly commented, making Sungmin huff and roll his eyes, but they were both smiling. After travelling around together for so long and taking each other’s small sides into account, it was hard not to become friends after all. They walked a little more, finding their way through the night without problems, until something suddenly changed in their surroundings. They didn’t get long to figure out what, as a voice sounded up moments later.
“Henry, my pet. How nice of you to visit me.”
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In a blink, Sang Mi had emptied the contents of the syringe in Siwon’s leg, making him cry out in pain. Hyukjae stared at it in shock, but before he could really come between the two, Siwon suddenly flew up from the bed pushing him aside and going straight for Sang Mi. With a low growl, the tall vampire closed his fingers around her neck. The woman had no way to protest when Siwon slammed her against the wall. He had his fangs bared, eyes threateningly close to hers and she was obviously scared. Even though part of him wanted to help her, Hyukjae found that another part of him sided with Siwon more.
“Siwon, let go of her.” he said calmly, and with another growl, the tall vampire actually listened, backing off and pulling the syringe out of his leg. He crushed it in his hand and threw it aside, but what the contents of it had done to him was still unsure.
Hyukjae immediately took a spot in between the two people, his eyes on Sang Mi, his back to Siwon, not once thinking about how the tall vampire could kill him in a blink. “I’m giving you a chance to get out of here before I let the sun in, Sang Mi.” he growled, eyes fixed on her face. “I’m sad it ends like this but I can’t keep a friendly relationship anymore now that you made the wrong decision an became the bad side.”
“Hyukkie? What are you talking about? You know me! I would never…” she protested, a surprised look in her eyes, but he interrupted her without care.
“Turn into a bad vampire? Yeah, I thought that too. Guess I was wrong.” he grumped. “Time’s up, chance is gone.” With a quick move, he tore the curtains aside, watching how the sun immediately fell on Sang Mi’s dangerous features. With a cry, she jumped aside, moving into the shadows. The skin of her hands and face was smouldering, her eyes going wide when she saw it herself.
“I… How did I?” Her eyes went from her hands to Hyukjae to then stop at Siwon, the questions evident on her face. Siwon merely shrugged.
“The daywalker changed you. We couldn’t afford him to be your sire, so we were going to eliminate him, but you had to run off with the syringe and stick it in my leg. So now your sire is a hateful daywalker with a deep hatred for the facility.” he calmly stated. “Have fun with that.” His smile was as cold as the look in his eyes, his fingers running over his arms. It was obvious he was not going to forgive her for attacking him.
Sang Mi’s eyes went to Hyukjae. “Hyukkie..?” she started slightly hopeless, but he snarled at her which effectively shut her up. She stared at him with wide eyes, not used to the hostility that practically radiated off of him.
“Get out.” he told her. “Get out of here and leave. I don’t care what you do, just go.” His expression was colder than she had ever seen, making her listen to him all the more. It didn’t take her five seconds to reach the door, open it and escape the room.
[FIC] Memories
Title: Memories
Characters: Super Junior
Rating: R
Chaptercount: 12/26
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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“I’m sorry what?” Donghae finally managed to say, watching the Kyuhyun person pat Ryeowook’s hair and pull at his clothes teasingly, obviously finding joy in the annoyed looks said person was giving him. There was nothing but Donghae’s orders keeping the small vampire from leaping up and killing Kyuhyun right there and then, but lucky for the younger, those orders were more than binding enough.
“Long story short we used to know each other when we were still human. People stole your memory as you were turned into a vampire and now we’re all spread over the country. I’m looking around for everyone while trying to make sense of why the hell we’re all in this together.” Jongwoon calmly informed them. Donghae and Youngwoon probably looked like idiots staring at the newcomers as if they had just been told Santa clause is real. They smiled politely, looked at each other for a moment and then set for the door. Kyuhyun reached it before they could blink, however, dangerous smile on his face.
“Leaving already? But we were having so much fun. I wasn’t done hugging yet.” he said, slowly clenching a fist, obviously signing that he wouldn’t let them go. “Besides, look at poor Ryeowook there.. If you leave, he’ll be doomed to sit there until eternity. We are sad to have to do it this way, but we can’t allow you to go. There’s too much depending on you.” He didn’t look very sad in Donghae’s opinion, but if that was what he wanted to call it..
“You want us to believe you just like that?” Youngwoon sneered, but Jongwoon stayed calm when he responded.
“I could show you, but you’d have to bite me.” he stated, coming up behind them. “I don’t want to force you, but I have no other proof. Unless you feel like sitting behind a computer reading old articles about the idol group we all were once part of.” Once again Youngwoon and Donghae exchanged glances, the latter trying to imagine his friend as a singer and trying hard not to laugh at that image. The situation was just that tad bit too serious for laughter. He sighed then, turning around to face Jongwoon.
“Fine. I’ll bite you. Ryeowook, you protect me, if they try to do anything bad to me, push them down.” His eyes flashed to the small vampire for a moment, making sure the order had gotten through. The next moment Kyuhyun was pinned against the floor, Ryeowook staring at him with a victorious grin on his face. “Well.. That’s good too.” Donghae mumbled. “Keep him there, don’t let him get away, but don’t hurt him. Hyung, please keep an eye on this one as I try to get some of this madness.”
He didn’t have to say that twice. Youngwoon was already eyeing Jongwoon with sufficient distrust and suspicion as it was, but he immediately put a strong hand on the other’s shoulder, making sure he’d stay in place. To Donghae’s surprise, all Jongwoon did was give Youngwoon an understanding smile and then he reached out his arm to Donghae as if the tense atmosphere around them was not affecting him at all. Donghae hesitated only a moment longer before taking hold of the other’s arm, bringing it to his mouth.
Lengthening his fangs was a habit whenever he wanted to feed, but now it felt like he had to put an effort into getting them out completely. When he finally pierced Jongwoon’s skin with them, he almost recoiled from the bad taste, but then the images started coming and he stilled, eyes sliding closed.
☆.:**´¨`**:.☆
Something tugged inside of him and Kibum suddenly felt weak, walking over to his couch to take a seat. Realisation was slowly starting to seep in. Heechul had obviously taken siredom over him from his previous sire, who had been calling out to him, but then the elder had given him his freedom, completely disregarding his rights as a sire. In short; Heechul had helped him. But why would the snarky vampire do that? Was it under the orders of the redhead?
He stared at his hands, watching them tremble slightly. He realised there was something he was forgetting, something important, but it was not coming back to him. No matter how much he tried to tell himself to remember, to have it all come back to him, it didn’t. The past seemed to be one big black void in his mind. At the same time he felt a little faint all of a sudden, a feeling he had never felt before. Something strange played at the back of his head, something telling him stuff was up. And when stuff was up, that usually meant something bad.
He sighed, closing his eyes for a bit. There were voices whispering at the back of his head. He needed desperately to shut them up, but sadly his head did not fancy listening to him.
“Wait until I get you again, you won’t be as lucky.” – “Pray for the lord to forgive your sins.” – “What are you doing, you fool, run!” – “Get the hell out of here!” – “It’s too late, Kibum-ssi..”
It was strange to hear such familiar voices, yet find no one around as he looked up. It was even stranger to try and identify the voice, yet find no memory of the face that should normally go along with it. In the end, he went for the easy way out from his questions; going out to a club and drinking himself so wasted he couldn’t even remember his own name. At least that was the plan, but once again he proved himself that vampires can’t get drunk.
So he went to sleep with an alcohol level that outshone anything he’d ever tried before, only to wake up two hours later with a lust for blood that exceeded any limits. He emptied almost every package of blood in the backpack, before he finally sated the killer thirst. For a moment he stared at the plastic around him, his breathing ragging through his body, but then he took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
“I need to get out of here.” he whispered to himself. “I’ve got my holidays anyway so I should just leave.” He was up on his feet in no time, picking up the packages and throwing them away. Not two minutes later, he threw the backpack over his shoulder again and disappeared out of his flat, this time not being held back by a pair of crazy vampires.
☆.:**´¨`**:.☆
“You must be kidding me.” Zhou Mi sighed as he brushed the few drops of blood from his wrist, frowning at Heechul who was giving him a triumphant grin, bloody teeth included.
“Nope, completely serious. Now stop ordering me around.” he replied, winking at the redhead and popping out his phone. A phone number and a few dial tones later, someone on the other side picked up and he spoke again. “Hey love. We’re all set. Time to get that ball rolling.” His grin was almost wicked, and Zhou Mi felt something close to fear for the first time since he had met the eccentric vampire.
☆.:**´¨`**:.☆
He had been rolling around in his bed for a few hours already when he finally couldn’t take it anymore and called the number he meanwhile knew by heart. It didn’t even take two dials for the other side to pick up.
“Donghee-ssi, how nice of you to call.” the male voice spoke up, making him frown slightly because he knew he had lost the battle of wills.
“I’m listening.” he said, slightly ruder than he should have been. “What do you want?” There came a smile, he could pretty much hear it; one of those annoying smiles that meant hell. He rolled his eyes at the wall and was particularly glad when the woman took over the phone.
“Shindong-ssi..” she started, and he noticed the name that wasn’t really his but that he had become familiar with over the years. “All those annoying girls were right. You are part of that band they think you’re a part of. Way before you became a vampire, way before you were turned, you were part of it. You had a band, you loved to rap and dance, you had a girlfriend even and a way with words and jokes that made the whole nation laugh. We know this because Hangeng was part of that band too. He remembers you.” She seemed to have said everything, but he waited a moment longer just to make sure.
“I know.” he said then, sighing and turning so he could stare at his ceiling. There was silence on the other side, making it easy to imagine her with a surprised look on her face and perhaps on that cocky Hangeng’s face too. That’d make his day for sure.
“What do you mean you know?” she finally asked and he smiled a little wider, just because he could.
“I looked up some of those articles again, I recognised him from the pictures. Now one look-a-like, that could’ve been a coincidence, but two? And then there’s that Kim Kibum kid running around still. I did some guessing.” he clarified, sighing lightly. “Besides, all those girls seemed pretty convinced they were telling the truth, just like you two. So what do you want from me?”
There was another silence, the two obviously talking something through on the other side, but then Li Yin spoke up again. “We don’t really want anything FROM you.” she said, her voice seeming a lot friendlier than when they started the conversation. “You see, Shindong-ssi, I’m sure you read the articles about all of the band members dying mysterious deaths? We have reason to believe all of them are still alive somewhere, living as vampires. We’re trying to bring everyone together and thereby also find the person who did this to you.” She sighed before continuing. “We wanted to ask you to join us on our search for the others.”
☆.:**´¨`**:.☆
“What’s going on?” Hyukjae asked, sighing as he tried to keep the tall vampire from falling. No one answered him, all eyes on Siwon. The nurses weren’t brave enough to come closer and the vampires seemed to think he had some kind of control over them, having made the leader pass out. The only one who still dared coming close enough was Sang Mi, but she was keeping a distance from Siwon, just to be sure. So he stayed close to the vampire, and thereby was the first to notice when the other woke up again.
“Where am I?” Siwon asked softly, and Hyukjae sighed, lifting the other back up on his feet.
“You’re at the Institution. Your name is Siwon..” he started, but when the other’s eyes fell on him, a wide grin appeared on Siwon’s face and the tall vampire wrapped him in a tight hug. If that was unexpected already, the relieved ‘Hyuk!’ was even more. For a moment Siwon stared at him, before he started talking more.
“But.. This is impossible. You are dead and I..” He fell silent, his expression stilled and he shivered. “Am I dead?” There was a rather scared look in his eyes, so Hyukjae quickly shook his head.
“Well… Technically you are, I guess, but you’re still in the world of the living.” he explained then, leading the vampire to his bed so he could have him sit down. He turned to look at the others then. “Could you leave my room, please, you’re crowding it.” he said, and for some surprising reason they listened. He watched them all go. Once the last one closed the door behind him, he turned to look at Siwon again, who was still staring at him with wide eyes.
“Am I a ghost?” he then asked, making Hyukjae smile lightly.
“Open your mouth and think of blood, your fangs will come then. You’re a vampire.” he simply stated, finally letting go of the other and taking a step back. In a matter of seconds, Sang Mi was next to him, clutching at his arm, but he pulled free, shying away from her. “I don’t know what you’re holding there, but put it down first.” he ordered, watching her expression go confused and then shocked. He realised only moments later that it was because he had taken on a defensive stance and was shielding Siwon from her reach.
“Hyukjae, I’m not going to hurt you. You know me.” she said, but when he didn’t move, she reached out her free arm. “Here. Drink. You’ll know what I’m thinking. Please.” But he moved away even more at that, until he felt Siwon’s feet against the back of his legs. Sang Mi’s expression turned disappointed and then even sad, but he didn’t move still. It was only when she put down the syringe on his night table that he relaxed a little. Right then, Siwon’s fingers took hold of his shirt.
“Hyukjae, she looks dangerous.” he said softly, to which said person nodded. “That thing she put down is liquid UV. Enough to kill a vampire.” Hyukjae frowned hearing that, turning to send Siwon a questioning look. “I just remembered.” came the explanation, Siwon obviously confused as well. “I don’t know what that is, but I do at the same time. She was supposed to inject that in the vampire who attacked her, but she didn’t. You should be careful. I think she might want to give it to you, but you’re not ready yet.”
“What do you mean he’s not ready yet? I’ve been taking him out on walks in the sun for the past weeks.” Sang Mi protested, making Hyukjae look at her shortly again. Siwon frowned at that, seemingly trying to remember.
“The vampire who attacked you as a daywalker. The amount of UV inside that syringe is enough to kill any daywelp without proper training. Hyuk wouldn’t even be able to take even a tenth of that amount.” he then explained again, which made Sang Mi tense up. The next moment, before even Hyukjae could stop her, she had taken the syringe again and shot forward, planting the thing in Siwon’s leg.
“Let’s see how much you can take then, huh?” she hissed.
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Vampire categories
These names are all given by the facility and originate from there, so vampires who have never been in contact with the facility don't know the names or what they mean. (:
- Nightwelp: A bit of a bad name, used for all the normal vampires who can't walk in the sun without proper protection. (Jongwoon, Kyuhyun, Kibum, Henry, Sungmin, Shindong)
- Daywelp: A vampire who's being treated to become a Daywalker, but hasn't passed the final tests yet. (Donghae, Youngwoon, Hyukjae)
- Daywalker: A vampire who has no problems with the sun and has completed all the tests. These vampires normally all work for the Facility, but some of them cut their ties with it once they realised what goes on there. (Siwon, Ryeowook, Heechul, Zhou Mi, Hangeng)
Current Sires
Jongwoon - unknown
Kyuhyun - Jongwoon
Heechul - Zhou Mi
Zhou Mi - no one
Ryeowook - Donghae
Donghae - no one
Youngwoon - Ryeowook
Siwon - unknown
Hyukjae - no one
Henry - unknown
Sungmin - Henry
Shindong - unknown
Hangeng - no one
Kibum - no one
Characters: Super Junior
Rating: R
Chaptercount: 12/26
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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“I’m sorry what?” Donghae finally managed to say, watching the Kyuhyun person pat Ryeowook’s hair and pull at his clothes teasingly, obviously finding joy in the annoyed looks said person was giving him. There was nothing but Donghae’s orders keeping the small vampire from leaping up and killing Kyuhyun right there and then, but lucky for the younger, those orders were more than binding enough.
“Long story short we used to know each other when we were still human. People stole your memory as you were turned into a vampire and now we’re all spread over the country. I’m looking around for everyone while trying to make sense of why the hell we’re all in this together.” Jongwoon calmly informed them. Donghae and Youngwoon probably looked like idiots staring at the newcomers as if they had just been told Santa clause is real. They smiled politely, looked at each other for a moment and then set for the door. Kyuhyun reached it before they could blink, however, dangerous smile on his face.
“Leaving already? But we were having so much fun. I wasn’t done hugging yet.” he said, slowly clenching a fist, obviously signing that he wouldn’t let them go. “Besides, look at poor Ryeowook there.. If you leave, he’ll be doomed to sit there until eternity. We are sad to have to do it this way, but we can’t allow you to go. There’s too much depending on you.” He didn’t look very sad in Donghae’s opinion, but if that was what he wanted to call it..
“You want us to believe you just like that?” Youngwoon sneered, but Jongwoon stayed calm when he responded.
“I could show you, but you’d have to bite me.” he stated, coming up behind them. “I don’t want to force you, but I have no other proof. Unless you feel like sitting behind a computer reading old articles about the idol group we all were once part of.” Once again Youngwoon and Donghae exchanged glances, the latter trying to imagine his friend as a singer and trying hard not to laugh at that image. The situation was just that tad bit too serious for laughter. He sighed then, turning around to face Jongwoon.
“Fine. I’ll bite you. Ryeowook, you protect me, if they try to do anything bad to me, push them down.” His eyes flashed to the small vampire for a moment, making sure the order had gotten through. The next moment Kyuhyun was pinned against the floor, Ryeowook staring at him with a victorious grin on his face. “Well.. That’s good too.” Donghae mumbled. “Keep him there, don’t let him get away, but don’t hurt him. Hyung, please keep an eye on this one as I try to get some of this madness.”
He didn’t have to say that twice. Youngwoon was already eyeing Jongwoon with sufficient distrust and suspicion as it was, but he immediately put a strong hand on the other’s shoulder, making sure he’d stay in place. To Donghae’s surprise, all Jongwoon did was give Youngwoon an understanding smile and then he reached out his arm to Donghae as if the tense atmosphere around them was not affecting him at all. Donghae hesitated only a moment longer before taking hold of the other’s arm, bringing it to his mouth.
Lengthening his fangs was a habit whenever he wanted to feed, but now it felt like he had to put an effort into getting them out completely. When he finally pierced Jongwoon’s skin with them, he almost recoiled from the bad taste, but then the images started coming and he stilled, eyes sliding closed.
☆.:**´¨`**:.☆
Something tugged inside of him and Kibum suddenly felt weak, walking over to his couch to take a seat. Realisation was slowly starting to seep in. Heechul had obviously taken siredom over him from his previous sire, who had been calling out to him, but then the elder had given him his freedom, completely disregarding his rights as a sire. In short; Heechul had helped him. But why would the snarky vampire do that? Was it under the orders of the redhead?
He stared at his hands, watching them tremble slightly. He realised there was something he was forgetting, something important, but it was not coming back to him. No matter how much he tried to tell himself to remember, to have it all come back to him, it didn’t. The past seemed to be one big black void in his mind. At the same time he felt a little faint all of a sudden, a feeling he had never felt before. Something strange played at the back of his head, something telling him stuff was up. And when stuff was up, that usually meant something bad.
He sighed, closing his eyes for a bit. There were voices whispering at the back of his head. He needed desperately to shut them up, but sadly his head did not fancy listening to him.
“Wait until I get you again, you won’t be as lucky.” – “Pray for the lord to forgive your sins.” – “What are you doing, you fool, run!” – “Get the hell out of here!” – “It’s too late, Kibum-ssi..”
It was strange to hear such familiar voices, yet find no one around as he looked up. It was even stranger to try and identify the voice, yet find no memory of the face that should normally go along with it. In the end, he went for the easy way out from his questions; going out to a club and drinking himself so wasted he couldn’t even remember his own name. At least that was the plan, but once again he proved himself that vampires can’t get drunk.
So he went to sleep with an alcohol level that outshone anything he’d ever tried before, only to wake up two hours later with a lust for blood that exceeded any limits. He emptied almost every package of blood in the backpack, before he finally sated the killer thirst. For a moment he stared at the plastic around him, his breathing ragging through his body, but then he took a deep breath and closed his eyes.
“I need to get out of here.” he whispered to himself. “I’ve got my holidays anyway so I should just leave.” He was up on his feet in no time, picking up the packages and throwing them away. Not two minutes later, he threw the backpack over his shoulder again and disappeared out of his flat, this time not being held back by a pair of crazy vampires.
☆.:**´¨`**:.☆
“You must be kidding me.” Zhou Mi sighed as he brushed the few drops of blood from his wrist, frowning at Heechul who was giving him a triumphant grin, bloody teeth included.
“Nope, completely serious. Now stop ordering me around.” he replied, winking at the redhead and popping out his phone. A phone number and a few dial tones later, someone on the other side picked up and he spoke again. “Hey love. We’re all set. Time to get that ball rolling.” His grin was almost wicked, and Zhou Mi felt something close to fear for the first time since he had met the eccentric vampire.
☆.:**´¨`**:.☆
He had been rolling around in his bed for a few hours already when he finally couldn’t take it anymore and called the number he meanwhile knew by heart. It didn’t even take two dials for the other side to pick up.
“Donghee-ssi, how nice of you to call.” the male voice spoke up, making him frown slightly because he knew he had lost the battle of wills.
“I’m listening.” he said, slightly ruder than he should have been. “What do you want?” There came a smile, he could pretty much hear it; one of those annoying smiles that meant hell. He rolled his eyes at the wall and was particularly glad when the woman took over the phone.
“Shindong-ssi..” she started, and he noticed the name that wasn’t really his but that he had become familiar with over the years. “All those annoying girls were right. You are part of that band they think you’re a part of. Way before you became a vampire, way before you were turned, you were part of it. You had a band, you loved to rap and dance, you had a girlfriend even and a way with words and jokes that made the whole nation laugh. We know this because Hangeng was part of that band too. He remembers you.” She seemed to have said everything, but he waited a moment longer just to make sure.
“I know.” he said then, sighing and turning so he could stare at his ceiling. There was silence on the other side, making it easy to imagine her with a surprised look on her face and perhaps on that cocky Hangeng’s face too. That’d make his day for sure.
“What do you mean you know?” she finally asked and he smiled a little wider, just because he could.
“I looked up some of those articles again, I recognised him from the pictures. Now one look-a-like, that could’ve been a coincidence, but two? And then there’s that Kim Kibum kid running around still. I did some guessing.” he clarified, sighing lightly. “Besides, all those girls seemed pretty convinced they were telling the truth, just like you two. So what do you want from me?”
There was another silence, the two obviously talking something through on the other side, but then Li Yin spoke up again. “We don’t really want anything FROM you.” she said, her voice seeming a lot friendlier than when they started the conversation. “You see, Shindong-ssi, I’m sure you read the articles about all of the band members dying mysterious deaths? We have reason to believe all of them are still alive somewhere, living as vampires. We’re trying to bring everyone together and thereby also find the person who did this to you.” She sighed before continuing. “We wanted to ask you to join us on our search for the others.”
☆.:**´¨`**:.☆
“What’s going on?” Hyukjae asked, sighing as he tried to keep the tall vampire from falling. No one answered him, all eyes on Siwon. The nurses weren’t brave enough to come closer and the vampires seemed to think he had some kind of control over them, having made the leader pass out. The only one who still dared coming close enough was Sang Mi, but she was keeping a distance from Siwon, just to be sure. So he stayed close to the vampire, and thereby was the first to notice when the other woke up again.
“Where am I?” Siwon asked softly, and Hyukjae sighed, lifting the other back up on his feet.
“You’re at the Institution. Your name is Siwon..” he started, but when the other’s eyes fell on him, a wide grin appeared on Siwon’s face and the tall vampire wrapped him in a tight hug. If that was unexpected already, the relieved ‘Hyuk!’ was even more. For a moment Siwon stared at him, before he started talking more.
“But.. This is impossible. You are dead and I..” He fell silent, his expression stilled and he shivered. “Am I dead?” There was a rather scared look in his eyes, so Hyukjae quickly shook his head.
“Well… Technically you are, I guess, but you’re still in the world of the living.” he explained then, leading the vampire to his bed so he could have him sit down. He turned to look at the others then. “Could you leave my room, please, you’re crowding it.” he said, and for some surprising reason they listened. He watched them all go. Once the last one closed the door behind him, he turned to look at Siwon again, who was still staring at him with wide eyes.
“Am I a ghost?” he then asked, making Hyukjae smile lightly.
“Open your mouth and think of blood, your fangs will come then. You’re a vampire.” he simply stated, finally letting go of the other and taking a step back. In a matter of seconds, Sang Mi was next to him, clutching at his arm, but he pulled free, shying away from her. “I don’t know what you’re holding there, but put it down first.” he ordered, watching her expression go confused and then shocked. He realised only moments later that it was because he had taken on a defensive stance and was shielding Siwon from her reach.
“Hyukjae, I’m not going to hurt you. You know me.” she said, but when he didn’t move, she reached out her free arm. “Here. Drink. You’ll know what I’m thinking. Please.” But he moved away even more at that, until he felt Siwon’s feet against the back of his legs. Sang Mi’s expression turned disappointed and then even sad, but he didn’t move still. It was only when she put down the syringe on his night table that he relaxed a little. Right then, Siwon’s fingers took hold of his shirt.
“Hyukjae, she looks dangerous.” he said softly, to which said person nodded. “That thing she put down is liquid UV. Enough to kill a vampire.” Hyukjae frowned hearing that, turning to send Siwon a questioning look. “I just remembered.” came the explanation, Siwon obviously confused as well. “I don’t know what that is, but I do at the same time. She was supposed to inject that in the vampire who attacked her, but she didn’t. You should be careful. I think she might want to give it to you, but you’re not ready yet.”
“What do you mean he’s not ready yet? I’ve been taking him out on walks in the sun for the past weeks.” Sang Mi protested, making Hyukjae look at her shortly again. Siwon frowned at that, seemingly trying to remember.
“The vampire who attacked you as a daywalker. The amount of UV inside that syringe is enough to kill any daywelp without proper training. Hyuk wouldn’t even be able to take even a tenth of that amount.” he then explained again, which made Sang Mi tense up. The next moment, before even Hyukjae could stop her, she had taken the syringe again and shot forward, planting the thing in Siwon’s leg.
“Let’s see how much you can take then, huh?” she hissed.
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Vampire categories
These names are all given by the facility and originate from there, so vampires who have never been in contact with the facility don't know the names or what they mean. (:
- Nightwelp: A bit of a bad name, used for all the normal vampires who can't walk in the sun without proper protection. (Jongwoon, Kyuhyun, Kibum, Henry, Sungmin, Shindong)
- Daywelp: A vampire who's being treated to become a Daywalker, but hasn't passed the final tests yet. (Donghae, Youngwoon, Hyukjae)
- Daywalker: A vampire who has no problems with the sun and has completed all the tests. These vampires normally all work for the Facility, but some of them cut their ties with it once they realised what goes on there. (Siwon, Ryeowook, Heechul, Zhou Mi, Hangeng)
Current Sires
Jongwoon - unknown
Kyuhyun - Jongwoon
Heechul - Zhou Mi
Zhou Mi - no one
Ryeowook - Donghae
Donghae - no one
Youngwoon - Ryeowook
Siwon - unknown
Hyukjae - no one
Henry - unknown
Sungmin - Henry
Shindong - unknown
Hangeng - no one
Kibum - no one
[FIC] Memories
Title: Memories
Characters: Super Junior
Rating: R
Chaptercount: 11/26
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 were all still staring in shock, when the newcomer at the door moved in, grabbing Ryeowook by the collar and easily dragging him off of Donghae. That seemed to make Ryeowook snap out of his shock and he snarled at the other, but surprisingly the new one didn’t seem intimidated at all. Instead, he merely held the smaller vampire at arm’s length, his eyes focused on him intently as he spoke.
“Donghae, order him to not attack any of us.” were his next words and Youngwoon frowned, wondering how it was possible that this newcomer seemed to know everyone’s name whereas he still had trouble to remember just Dongb- Donghae’s. Said person meanwhile did as he was told, quickly ordering the struggling Ryeowook to stay still, not attack anyone and stay silent unless he was asked something. The small vampire seemed to go limp in the newcomers grip at that and was easily released, slipping onto the ground.
Another vampire then walked into the room, closing the door behind him. The next moment he had his arms around Donghae, almost toppling the other over with the force and enthusiasm of the…hug - Youngwoon realised with some surprise. The second newbie was hugging Donghae, and judging from his expression, Donghae didn’t have a single clue why either.
“Hyung!” the second newbie exclaimed, and the next moment Youngwoon found the arms being wrapped around him, actually throwing him on his back as he hadn’t expected the hug. The next moment his defences kicked in, however, and with a snarl he threw the lanky vampire off him, sending him flying through the room. The stranger stabilised himself mid-air, easily landing on his feet and using one hand to keep himself upright. The smirk on his face was both arrogant and strangely endearing. It was then that the first newcomer spoke up again.
“Kyuhyun, you’re scaring them. If you’re really going to be clingy – which would be a first, by the way – then go cling onto Ryeowook, he can’t protest against it.” were his calm words, before he turned back to look at Donghae and Youngwoon. “I’m sorry for the rude interruption.” he said, but Youngwoon was too distracted by his vivid red eyes to respond. “You probably don’t know me anymore, but I know you and I’m here to help.”
“How?” Donghae asked sceptically, being the first to speak. “Help us with what?” The newcomer sent him a short smile, as if knowing that question was going to be asked.
“Help you with your memory, for one. Perhaps also with whatever reason Ryeowook had for trying to kill you.” he then retorted. When his memory was mentioned, Youngwoon immediately got up, moving to Donghae’s side and putting a hand protectively on the other’s shoulder.
“How?” he repeated the earlier asked question. “And who the hell are you anyway?”
“My name is Jongwoon.” came the reply without hesitation. “That’s Kyuhyun. You met Ryeowook too. We all used to be friends, but you don’t remember that I guess, and apparently Ryeowook doesn’t either or he wouldn’t have attacked you.” Jongwoon sent them a short smile, to which Youngwoon merely frowned but Donghae smiled back widely.
“I have to say you became a lot more vicious than before, Wookie..” the other newcomer – Kyuhyun? – suddenly spoke up, nudging the tip of his foot against Ryeowook’s side. The small vampire could only glare at him from the corner of his eyes, unable to go against the orders and move. “If you’d reacted something more like this whenever you found dirty clothes being left around, we’d have been much less sleazy, I’m sure.” He grinned at what appeared to be a joke and even Jongwoon showed a tight smile, but Youngwoon didn’t get the humour at all.
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“So how have you been holding up here in this cosy little apartment of yours?” the vampire in front of Kibum’s door continued, casually taking a step forward and glancing around the room interestedly as if he had any reason to do so. Another guy was standing in the hallway outside, scowling. “I was in town, so I decided to visit. How are you hanging in there these days?” the vampire then asked, making Kibum focus his attention on him again.
“Been fine, hyung. Just the same old same.” he replied tensely, gripping the strap of his backpack a little tighter. There was an amused smirk on the elder’s face, something dangerous flickering in his eyes.
“Running away, are we?” he asked, making Kibum frown and shake his head. “Or should I say; trying to run towards something? Bad idea, Bummie.” He repressed the urge to scowl, the nickname the other had given him ever since the start certainly not one of his favourites. “Got something to drink?” Heechul grabbed hold of his wrist and dragged him back inside, whereas the other vampire closed the door behind them, locking it up as if that would stop any of them from getting out. “Treat me to a glass.” Heechul then continued. “This dork here is not letting me feed and I’m starving”
If anything it was shocking that Heechul was letting someone tell him what to do and what not to do, but when the red-haired vampire shot a glare in his direction and Heechul immediately turned to apologise, Kibum was totally staring. There came a smirk from the redhead and a glare from Heechul, after which the usually snarky vampire sighed and rolled his eyes.
“You’re so lame, Zhou Mi.” Heechul then sighed, making the one he had called by that name snort. Kibum was still just blankly staring at them when Heechul turned back to him. “Hey, I don’t have all day!” he complained. “Or do you want me to feed from you, because I’d be more than willing.” Another glare from the redhead, but this time Heechul didn’t apologise, instead he waved a hand at the other absentmindedly. “Yeah, yeah, I know.”
It was obvious the two of them had some kind of mindreading stuff going on, but even in the vampire world, Kibum had never heard of that before. He decided not to try and figure the whole thing out, but instead slung his backpack over one shoulder so he could reach the zipper and easily got out a blood pack, throwing it at Heechul. The smile returned to said person’s face immediately upon seeing the blood, his fangs ripping the plastic so he could drink. Zhou Mi just looked at it, seemingly unaffected.
Kibum was so absorbed by the surprising control this Zhou Mi vampire seemed to have over the uncontrollable Heechul, trying to find some sort of power source by staring at the stranger, that he didn’t notice what Heechul was doing until two hands took hold of his shoulders and a voice spoke right next to his ear: “We all have such obvious places.” There was a sigh, the other’s breath tickling against his skin, and then a chuckle. “Guess that makes it all the easier for me.” Moments later he felt the sting of fangs sinking into his skin and a sudden emptiness inside of him that quickly filled up again with happiness.
“Feels better right?” Heechul then continued, voice a little further away than it had been before. “That pull is only distracting. I suggest you go on with what you were doing before you decided to take off to wherever you wanted to get. You can have your freedom back, I don’t want to be anyone’s sire. Just remember this, I might need your help in the future. Was nice seeing you again, Bummie.” There was a hand ruffling his hair up and the next moment the door closed behind the redhead, both vampires having left his apartment.
He stared at the door for a long time, wondering what the hell had just happened, only to realise minutes later that the weird pull inside of him had disappeared and he felt no more need to get out of his house to chase after it. There was a moment of complete stillness in which time seemed to have come to a stop, but then he smiled and absentmindedly mumbled a name he didn’t even know himself.
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“So that leaves us with only three, huh?” a female voice spoke into the darkness, running fingers through soft hair. “I guess they’re starting to realise what is going on with them. Annoying little brats they are. Don’t you agree, my dear?” There was a soft noise coming from a shape curled up on the couch next to the woman, and an almost inaudible sigh following up the sound. For a moment, everything was silent, but then a chuckle rose from the woman’s lips. “Even as vampires giving people so much trouble and worry, tsk.”
The couch they were resting on was the only piece of furniture in the completely dark room, the sound of their own breathing the only thing breaking the silence, except for the occasional rustle of the woman’s fingers running through his hair.
“I’m getting a little bored of sitting here like this. Aren’t you, my dear?” the woman continued then and the curled up shape next to her slowly started to unfold, revealing legs and arms that stuck to the body. When the person was sitting up more normally, the woman turned to look at him, her fingers still soothingly running through the soft hair.
“Are we going to move?” the former shape then asked, his voice rough, as if unused for a while, his joints popping as he stretched out. The woman seemed to think over the question, biting her lower lip and sighing then.
“I guess it can’t be helped. But let’s sit here for a little longer first before we jump into action. I’m not used to seeing you sitting up straight anymore. I forgot how handsome you can be with the right lighting.” The woman chuckled at her own joke, and the man faintly smiled as well, the windowless room still as dark as ever. They slipped into silence again, the smile lingering on both their faces.
After a long time of silence and darkness, the woman stretched her limbs as well, easily slipping down until she could rest her head on the man’s lap. “I’ll make you a bet.” she then broke the silence again. It was obvious she was the one always leading the conversations, while the man was the one always answering. “I think the next one will be taken from us before you curl up again, how about that?” She reached out her hand to the man who faintly smiled again and then took her hand to accept the bet, obviously indulging her.
“This is why I like you so much.” the woman all but purred, letting go of the man’s hand to reach up and crawl his chin softly. The man leaned into the touch wordlessly, his eyes flashing to her face before he yawned, thereby revealing his obvious fangs. The woman laughed at that and pulled the man’s head down so she could press her lips to his in a hard and emotionless kiss, teeth clashing and fangs nipping at overly sensitive skin. When she let go, the man sat up again. For the first time a more genuine smile seemed to spread over his face, causing his cheek to dimple.
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Hyukjae opened his eyes slowly, immediately rolling out of his bed when he realised there was someone in his room, standing next to his bed. Someone whose smell he didn’t know. Someone who was holding a needle. He showed his teeth in a threatening snarl, a low sound coming from deep down his throat. The chuckle that answered it was as much amused as it was familiar. He remained in his crouched position, but now focused on the person standing opposite of him. It took him a while to realise who it was.
“Sang Mi?” he then asked, disbelief in his voice. The chuckle sounded up again and the nurse he knew so well made her way around the bed and over to him. She reached out a hand to help him up and he took it, immediately pulling her into a hug once he was on his feet. She let out another chuckle, but didn’t object, wrapping her arms around him as well. He breathed in her scent, which was so totally not her that he almost pulled away again. “What happened to you? What’s wrong with your scent?”
“It’s not mine.” she said, her voice slightly muffled since her face was pressed against his shoulder. “I had to go to get a new patient, but I was a little careless and got bitten. Siwon-ssi was only barely in time to rescue me. I lost a lot of blood so they had to put me on a blood infuse. I only just got out, so I should get back to smelling like me soon.” She was still clinging to him, he realised, and he suddenly remembered the needle she had been holding.
He didn’t get a chance to pull away, however, as the door to his room opened moments later and a stream of vampires and nurses alike started filling up his room. He stared at them in shock, while Sang Mi quickly moved to hide behind him. He noticed she still had the needle clutched tightly in her hand, seemingly not wanting to let go of it. At the other side of the bed, the group of people came to a halt, a tall vampire standing at the front.
“Sang Mi..” he said, his voice calm, but it was obvious he was angry. “What do you think you’ll achieve by doing this? Just give it back slowly.” Even though Hyukjae felt Sang Mi trembling behind him, she was still courageous enough to reply to that.
“I’m not letting you do that to him, Siwon. Never. Have you forgotten what this facility is for? We’re not in this world to kill every vampire we can find. We’re here to help them, to make them able to live without killing humans. THAT is our goal, not this twisted up image you have of a prison.” Siwon took a step around the bed, but Hyukjae was in front of him in an instant, pushing him back and then dashing back to his place with Sang Mi again.
“Stay out of this, Nightwelp.” Siwon bit at him. “You haven’t had blood for a long time so don’t think you’ll be of any use.” He snarled, stepping around the bed once more. Again Hyukjae shot up to him, but he knew Siwon was prepared for a push, so he took hold of the taller guy’s wrist instead and pulled him forward, punching him straight in the face. Siwon flew backwards, into the group of nurses standing there. They tried to catch him, but were mostly thrown back as well. Mere seconds later the Daywalker was up on his feet again, however, rushing forward.
Hyukjae waited for the collision, waited for this tall Daywalker to start a fight with him, a fight he knew he wouldn’t win but had to get into in order to keep Sang Mi safe. Yet nothing like that happened. Right when Siwon took hold of his collar, the tall vampire seemed to freeze in his movements, eyes slipping closed and then he toppled over into Hyukjae’s arms.
Hyukjae caught the other, surprised with the sudden move, and sent a worried look at Sang Mi, having no clue what was going on. She didn’t look any more knowing, however, and judging from the surprised sounds coming from the nurses and lower level vampires, they didn’t either.
Characters: Super Junior
Rating: R
Chaptercount: 11/26
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 were all still staring in shock, when the newcomer at the door moved in, grabbing Ryeowook by the collar and easily dragging him off of Donghae. That seemed to make Ryeowook snap out of his shock and he snarled at the other, but surprisingly the new one didn’t seem intimidated at all. Instead, he merely held the smaller vampire at arm’s length, his eyes focused on him intently as he spoke.
“Donghae, order him to not attack any of us.” were his next words and Youngwoon frowned, wondering how it was possible that this newcomer seemed to know everyone’s name whereas he still had trouble to remember just Dongb- Donghae’s. Said person meanwhile did as he was told, quickly ordering the struggling Ryeowook to stay still, not attack anyone and stay silent unless he was asked something. The small vampire seemed to go limp in the newcomers grip at that and was easily released, slipping onto the ground.
Another vampire then walked into the room, closing the door behind him. The next moment he had his arms around Donghae, almost toppling the other over with the force and enthusiasm of the…hug - Youngwoon realised with some surprise. The second newbie was hugging Donghae, and judging from his expression, Donghae didn’t have a single clue why either.
“Hyung!” the second newbie exclaimed, and the next moment Youngwoon found the arms being wrapped around him, actually throwing him on his back as he hadn’t expected the hug. The next moment his defences kicked in, however, and with a snarl he threw the lanky vampire off him, sending him flying through the room. The stranger stabilised himself mid-air, easily landing on his feet and using one hand to keep himself upright. The smirk on his face was both arrogant and strangely endearing. It was then that the first newcomer spoke up again.
“Kyuhyun, you’re scaring them. If you’re really going to be clingy – which would be a first, by the way – then go cling onto Ryeowook, he can’t protest against it.” were his calm words, before he turned back to look at Donghae and Youngwoon. “I’m sorry for the rude interruption.” he said, but Youngwoon was too distracted by his vivid red eyes to respond. “You probably don’t know me anymore, but I know you and I’m here to help.”
“How?” Donghae asked sceptically, being the first to speak. “Help us with what?” The newcomer sent him a short smile, as if knowing that question was going to be asked.
“Help you with your memory, for one. Perhaps also with whatever reason Ryeowook had for trying to kill you.” he then retorted. When his memory was mentioned, Youngwoon immediately got up, moving to Donghae’s side and putting a hand protectively on the other’s shoulder.
“How?” he repeated the earlier asked question. “And who the hell are you anyway?”
“My name is Jongwoon.” came the reply without hesitation. “That’s Kyuhyun. You met Ryeowook too. We all used to be friends, but you don’t remember that I guess, and apparently Ryeowook doesn’t either or he wouldn’t have attacked you.” Jongwoon sent them a short smile, to which Youngwoon merely frowned but Donghae smiled back widely.
“I have to say you became a lot more vicious than before, Wookie..” the other newcomer – Kyuhyun? – suddenly spoke up, nudging the tip of his foot against Ryeowook’s side. The small vampire could only glare at him from the corner of his eyes, unable to go against the orders and move. “If you’d reacted something more like this whenever you found dirty clothes being left around, we’d have been much less sleazy, I’m sure.” He grinned at what appeared to be a joke and even Jongwoon showed a tight smile, but Youngwoon didn’t get the humour at all.
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“So how have you been holding up here in this cosy little apartment of yours?” the vampire in front of Kibum’s door continued, casually taking a step forward and glancing around the room interestedly as if he had any reason to do so. Another guy was standing in the hallway outside, scowling. “I was in town, so I decided to visit. How are you hanging in there these days?” the vampire then asked, making Kibum focus his attention on him again.
“Been fine, hyung. Just the same old same.” he replied tensely, gripping the strap of his backpack a little tighter. There was an amused smirk on the elder’s face, something dangerous flickering in his eyes.
“Running away, are we?” he asked, making Kibum frown and shake his head. “Or should I say; trying to run towards something? Bad idea, Bummie.” He repressed the urge to scowl, the nickname the other had given him ever since the start certainly not one of his favourites. “Got something to drink?” Heechul grabbed hold of his wrist and dragged him back inside, whereas the other vampire closed the door behind them, locking it up as if that would stop any of them from getting out. “Treat me to a glass.” Heechul then continued. “This dork here is not letting me feed and I’m starving”
If anything it was shocking that Heechul was letting someone tell him what to do and what not to do, but when the red-haired vampire shot a glare in his direction and Heechul immediately turned to apologise, Kibum was totally staring. There came a smirk from the redhead and a glare from Heechul, after which the usually snarky vampire sighed and rolled his eyes.
“You’re so lame, Zhou Mi.” Heechul then sighed, making the one he had called by that name snort. Kibum was still just blankly staring at them when Heechul turned back to him. “Hey, I don’t have all day!” he complained. “Or do you want me to feed from you, because I’d be more than willing.” Another glare from the redhead, but this time Heechul didn’t apologise, instead he waved a hand at the other absentmindedly. “Yeah, yeah, I know.”
It was obvious the two of them had some kind of mindreading stuff going on, but even in the vampire world, Kibum had never heard of that before. He decided not to try and figure the whole thing out, but instead slung his backpack over one shoulder so he could reach the zipper and easily got out a blood pack, throwing it at Heechul. The smile returned to said person’s face immediately upon seeing the blood, his fangs ripping the plastic so he could drink. Zhou Mi just looked at it, seemingly unaffected.
Kibum was so absorbed by the surprising control this Zhou Mi vampire seemed to have over the uncontrollable Heechul, trying to find some sort of power source by staring at the stranger, that he didn’t notice what Heechul was doing until two hands took hold of his shoulders and a voice spoke right next to his ear: “We all have such obvious places.” There was a sigh, the other’s breath tickling against his skin, and then a chuckle. “Guess that makes it all the easier for me.” Moments later he felt the sting of fangs sinking into his skin and a sudden emptiness inside of him that quickly filled up again with happiness.
“Feels better right?” Heechul then continued, voice a little further away than it had been before. “That pull is only distracting. I suggest you go on with what you were doing before you decided to take off to wherever you wanted to get. You can have your freedom back, I don’t want to be anyone’s sire. Just remember this, I might need your help in the future. Was nice seeing you again, Bummie.” There was a hand ruffling his hair up and the next moment the door closed behind the redhead, both vampires having left his apartment.
He stared at the door for a long time, wondering what the hell had just happened, only to realise minutes later that the weird pull inside of him had disappeared and he felt no more need to get out of his house to chase after it. There was a moment of complete stillness in which time seemed to have come to a stop, but then he smiled and absentmindedly mumbled a name he didn’t even know himself.
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“So that leaves us with only three, huh?” a female voice spoke into the darkness, running fingers through soft hair. “I guess they’re starting to realise what is going on with them. Annoying little brats they are. Don’t you agree, my dear?” There was a soft noise coming from a shape curled up on the couch next to the woman, and an almost inaudible sigh following up the sound. For a moment, everything was silent, but then a chuckle rose from the woman’s lips. “Even as vampires giving people so much trouble and worry, tsk.”
The couch they were resting on was the only piece of furniture in the completely dark room, the sound of their own breathing the only thing breaking the silence, except for the occasional rustle of the woman’s fingers running through his hair.
“I’m getting a little bored of sitting here like this. Aren’t you, my dear?” the woman continued then and the curled up shape next to her slowly started to unfold, revealing legs and arms that stuck to the body. When the person was sitting up more normally, the woman turned to look at him, her fingers still soothingly running through the soft hair.
“Are we going to move?” the former shape then asked, his voice rough, as if unused for a while, his joints popping as he stretched out. The woman seemed to think over the question, biting her lower lip and sighing then.
“I guess it can’t be helped. But let’s sit here for a little longer first before we jump into action. I’m not used to seeing you sitting up straight anymore. I forgot how handsome you can be with the right lighting.” The woman chuckled at her own joke, and the man faintly smiled as well, the windowless room still as dark as ever. They slipped into silence again, the smile lingering on both their faces.
After a long time of silence and darkness, the woman stretched her limbs as well, easily slipping down until she could rest her head on the man’s lap. “I’ll make you a bet.” she then broke the silence again. It was obvious she was the one always leading the conversations, while the man was the one always answering. “I think the next one will be taken from us before you curl up again, how about that?” She reached out her hand to the man who faintly smiled again and then took her hand to accept the bet, obviously indulging her.
“This is why I like you so much.” the woman all but purred, letting go of the man’s hand to reach up and crawl his chin softly. The man leaned into the touch wordlessly, his eyes flashing to her face before he yawned, thereby revealing his obvious fangs. The woman laughed at that and pulled the man’s head down so she could press her lips to his in a hard and emotionless kiss, teeth clashing and fangs nipping at overly sensitive skin. When she let go, the man sat up again. For the first time a more genuine smile seemed to spread over his face, causing his cheek to dimple.
☆.:**´¨`**:.☆
Hyukjae opened his eyes slowly, immediately rolling out of his bed when he realised there was someone in his room, standing next to his bed. Someone whose smell he didn’t know. Someone who was holding a needle. He showed his teeth in a threatening snarl, a low sound coming from deep down his throat. The chuckle that answered it was as much amused as it was familiar. He remained in his crouched position, but now focused on the person standing opposite of him. It took him a while to realise who it was.
“Sang Mi?” he then asked, disbelief in his voice. The chuckle sounded up again and the nurse he knew so well made her way around the bed and over to him. She reached out a hand to help him up and he took it, immediately pulling her into a hug once he was on his feet. She let out another chuckle, but didn’t object, wrapping her arms around him as well. He breathed in her scent, which was so totally not her that he almost pulled away again. “What happened to you? What’s wrong with your scent?”
“It’s not mine.” she said, her voice slightly muffled since her face was pressed against his shoulder. “I had to go to get a new patient, but I was a little careless and got bitten. Siwon-ssi was only barely in time to rescue me. I lost a lot of blood so they had to put me on a blood infuse. I only just got out, so I should get back to smelling like me soon.” She was still clinging to him, he realised, and he suddenly remembered the needle she had been holding.
He didn’t get a chance to pull away, however, as the door to his room opened moments later and a stream of vampires and nurses alike started filling up his room. He stared at them in shock, while Sang Mi quickly moved to hide behind him. He noticed she still had the needle clutched tightly in her hand, seemingly not wanting to let go of it. At the other side of the bed, the group of people came to a halt, a tall vampire standing at the front.
“Sang Mi..” he said, his voice calm, but it was obvious he was angry. “What do you think you’ll achieve by doing this? Just give it back slowly.” Even though Hyukjae felt Sang Mi trembling behind him, she was still courageous enough to reply to that.
“I’m not letting you do that to him, Siwon. Never. Have you forgotten what this facility is for? We’re not in this world to kill every vampire we can find. We’re here to help them, to make them able to live without killing humans. THAT is our goal, not this twisted up image you have of a prison.” Siwon took a step around the bed, but Hyukjae was in front of him in an instant, pushing him back and then dashing back to his place with Sang Mi again.
“Stay out of this, Nightwelp.” Siwon bit at him. “You haven’t had blood for a long time so don’t think you’ll be of any use.” He snarled, stepping around the bed once more. Again Hyukjae shot up to him, but he knew Siwon was prepared for a push, so he took hold of the taller guy’s wrist instead and pulled him forward, punching him straight in the face. Siwon flew backwards, into the group of nurses standing there. They tried to catch him, but were mostly thrown back as well. Mere seconds later the Daywalker was up on his feet again, however, rushing forward.
Hyukjae waited for the collision, waited for this tall Daywalker to start a fight with him, a fight he knew he wouldn’t win but had to get into in order to keep Sang Mi safe. Yet nothing like that happened. Right when Siwon took hold of his collar, the tall vampire seemed to freeze in his movements, eyes slipping closed and then he toppled over into Hyukjae’s arms.
Hyukjae caught the other, surprised with the sudden move, and sent a worried look at Sang Mi, having no clue what was going on. She didn’t look any more knowing, however, and judging from the surprised sounds coming from the nurses and lower level vampires, they didn’t either.
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