Last Breath - Part 50
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The snow was falling again by nightfall.
Onew didn't care.
His only thoughts were for Minho, who's feelings were eating away at him as he drove, a dead cab driver who once owned the vehicle by his side. The car slipped several times as he sped on the icy streets. It wouldn't be far though. Yet that was only if Minho was still at the library.
He reached his destination, the streets seeming especially empty, surely no thanks to the snow that covered the area. The car slipped and slid and crashed into a decorative brick wall that lined one side of the parking lot. He threw the door of the car open so violently that it popped right off, and ran for the library's entrance.
He wasn't dressed for the cold, he hadn't cared to bother, and he was a vampire so he wasn't concerned. He wore just a black t-shirt with black jeans and a belt, in fact, he hadn't even bothered with weapons but for how he was feeling, whatever had hurt Minho was someone he could rip apart with his bare hands.
"Onew!" Jonghyun called him, and he stopped, turning to the shorter vampire with a scowl as he came closer.
Jonghyun only had time to make a quick sound before Onew grabbed onto his neck, pulling him close and looking as horrifying as he ever had, his fangs had and his eyes narrow around his wrinkled nose. "Where is Minho?" he asked, voice shaking.
"He's in there, but Siwon--"
Onew threw Jonghyun down to the snowy asphalt and turned towards the entrance. He didn't have to go in, though. Siwon walked out, carrying Minho in his arms.
"What did you do to him?" Onew asked, starting towards the two.
"I'd stand still if you don't want him hurt." Siwon said sternly.
"Let him go!" Onew screamed.
Siwon let Minho fall to the ground, and the human hit it with a thump in the snow. Onew started forward to attack the vampire, but Jonghyun grabbed hold of him. Onew watched as Siwon pulled his knife from his belt, but he wasn't about to let Jonghyun of all people keep him from attacking. He threw the shorter vampire off, but Jonghyun then held a familiar switchblade out in front of him. "Take it." Jonghyun said firmly, scowling. "It's silver."
Onew didn't bother with a thanks. He snatched it out of Jonghyun's hand and flipped the blade out, then ran again towards Siwon.
***
The vampiric librarian was allowed to hurt Taemin all she wanted, so long as she didn't kill him. So she was sitting in the tied boys lap, biding her time by playing with scissors - snipping any bit of his exposed skin to create tiny cuts that bled deep. His coat was gone, and he wore just a black band t-shirt, so his already scarred arms were bleeding fresh with new painful cuts. He wasn't feeling too confident he would survive the torture, and he mused about what kind of punishment she'd receive for killing a hunter.
He liked to think of an eye for an eye situation, where she herself might be covered in tiny little scissor caused cuts. The thought made him smile, and the smile threw the vampire.
She lifted the scissors, pressing them against Taemin's cheek, "Is the hunter a masochist?" she asked. "No," Taemin said, his sore throat making his voice sound like a soft croak. "It's just that I got my hands untied.
The vampire narrowed her eyes, lifting up to lean over and see behind his back. Taemin's hands were certainly still tied together, but the distraction was good for letting him headbutt her hard in the chin. She fell back off of him, and the scissors flew across the floor, by Minseok's ankles. Taemin got up, stumbling over and sitting in front of them, grabbing onto him with his tied hands and attempting to angle them to properly cut his himself free. He snipped himself accidentally once, wincing at the pain. The vampire was up, scowling at him as she came closer. She was throwing herself over top of him when he cut the ropes, and as she fell and knocked his head into the wall, he reached around and stabbed through her back with the scissors.
He was gasping, scared, even as the vampire fell limp against him. He jerked the scissors back out of her with effort and threw her off. Then he was up, clutching the bloody scissors as he stepped over top of Minseok.
***
Neither Siwon or Onew were stepping back from the fight. They faced each other angrily, grabbing and pulling, swinging punches and attempting stabs, both of them too engaged in the fight to say a word to each other.
Jonghyun was watching for a space to jump in and give Onew the advantage.
Key was dead, he'd found out for himself. His relationship with Key had been difficult, but he only had what he had. If Siwon took the life of the person he loved, then he would not also have the satisfaction of taking the life of the person he hated.
Still glancing as the two seemed to start tearing each other apart, Jonghyun couldn't help but notice the slowing beat of Minho's heart. He stepped over to the human, glancing down, and freezing when he saw the blood that seeped out into the snow.
"Onew.." Jonghyun breathed, eyes wide with concern.
Onew sure as hell hadn't heard him. He was in a rage and fighting for his life, so the last of his concerns was whatever the fuck Jonghyun was doing.
That's when Taemin appeared, throwing himself out of the library, nearly tripping and falling to the ground. "Onew!!!" he shrieked, "Minho is dying!!"
It was enough to make Onew freeze, and the only advantage that Siwon needed. He stabbed his knife through Onew's chest, eyes wide as he awaited to see if he'd hit his mark. Onew was stunned for a moment, the pain, and the concern. Then, he thrusted Taemin's blade through Siwon's chest.
Siwon stumbled backwards, tearing his knife away from Onew as he did. He looked to be in utter disbelief, clutching at the blade that had pierced him when he fell.
Onew put a shaking hand over his own bleeding chest, turning to where Minho laid in the snow.
Taemin's voice was almost incoherent. "He stabbed him," Taemin squeaked, "So he'd bleed slowly. So you couldn't save him this time.. God, Onew, don't let him die.. you have to give him your blood so he'll heal. Please heal him.." Taemin fell to his knees, drained of all of his energy.
Onew was barely listening. He knew already what he needed to know.
"Minho.." Onew said, and he knew already that his bonded wasn't completely unconscious, "talk.. talk to me." he said when he reached him, and dropped down to his knees next to him.
"Onew." Minho said, voice breaking. He was shivering cold, and weak from blood loss. "M-Minseok died. B-because of me, Onew. Minseok died because of us."
Onew moved shaky hands onto Minho's shirt that was soaked through with blood, lifting it up so he could see the wound. It was deep slit, covered with red.
Jonghyun took a step back, watching the two filled with pity. Pity he thought Onew didn't deserve, but pity that he couldn't help.
Onew bit his lip and squeezed his eyes shut. After he fought off tears, he said the words slowly. "Minho, I c-can't.." his eyes opened, and he spoke carefully, "P-please open your eyes."
Minho did slowly, looking to Onew's face, as blurry as it was. "I can't die, Onew, I-I'm all my parents have left. I can't."
Onew nodded and closed his eyes, "You won't die. I can heal you. Hold on, Minho, I'll save you, okay?"
"Onew, don't." Jonghyun said.
But Onew bit hard into his hand and held it over Minho's mouth.
"He's too far gone, Onew, don't!!" Jonghyun yelled, taking a step closer.
"Drink this, Minho. It'll be okay."
Minho didn't. Instead, his eyes fell closed and his mouth fell open, and his last breath became a tiny cloud over his mouth.
Onew dropped his bleeding wrist onto Minho's lips, trembling and non stop talking in a frantic tone. "I promise you, Minho, you're going to be okay, I promise you you're going to live, I promise you'll go to school and be normal, I swear.. I swear.."
Jonghyun scowled, "Do you know what you're doing, Onew?! Do you know what he'll be!?"
"He'll be alive," Onew said, his voice squeaking and the tears fell out, "He'll be alive, he'll be alive, he'll be alive..."
"No," Jonghyun said, his angry hands in fists. "He'll be a vampire, you fuck. You turned him into a fucking vampire.."
Taemin covered his mouth as he watched from afar, shuddering.
Onew dropped down, placing his face against Minho's chest and sobbing into it, "Please beat.. please start beating again.." he whimpered.
None of the three left for a long time. They stood there, in shock or confusion, even Jonghyun just stood there not knowing what to feel or do. Onew's sobs faded off eventually, and it was silent. Snow was forming a layer on them by the time Onew, finally, moved.
He sat up, and looked at Jonghyun, and took a breath. "Take care of him. I just don't know who else to ask, so take care of him."
Jonghyun's only response was a quick nod.
Onew looked back at Minho's lifeless face and gave one last sob, "Minho," he said, "I'm sorry."
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Notes: I hope this wasn't too much for one part... ah, as for my own feelings, I'll keep them to myself right now. The epilogue comes next.