Luna didn't realize she had fallen asleep again until a knock at the door pulled her out of her short nap. Jungkook is still sleeping so she decides to get up and get the door hoping it's one of the guys and not someone who doesn't know about her being there. Thankfully it's Hoseok once again checking in on the two of them.
"Hey," Hoseok says entering the room. "Where's Jungkook?"
"Sleeping," Luna says pointing to the fur ball resting in the bed.
"Oh. I see. Did he at least apologize to you first before hiding?"
"Yeah," she chuckles. "So you're familiar with this practice?"
"Of course," he chuckles. "He does it more than you may think. He just doesn't like people to see him cry."
"I'm starting to realize that. There's nothing wrong with crying though, why hasn't he learned that in all of these years?"
"He'll figure it out eventually," Hoseok shrugs. "He has a soft heart but a hard head."
"A hard head indeed," she laughs.
"One of the side effects of being shield I guess. He puts up a strong wall, but you could probably break it down."
"What makes you think that?"
"I don't know," Hoseok shrugs. Then he gets closer to her and begins whispering. "I think he may have a soft spot for you."
"What?"
"If you need anything let me know," he says quickly turning and leaving the room.
Luna looks back at Jungkook still sleeping in a ball on the bed. She walks over to him and lays back down next to him.
"So you're a baby trying to be a hard ass?" She whispers. "That's cute."
She runs her fingers through his fur as he continues sleeping soundly.
"Thanks again for saving me. I know you think you don't deserve thanks, but you do. My family was taken away from me as soon as I was born, then my family was taken away again. It's all because of vampires. I want to hate every one of you. I want to tell you how much you people have ruined my entire life. But you saved me and proved that maybe all vampires aren't bad. I wish you would make it easier to talk to you. I could tell you all of this to your face, but it's hard to do that when you're always being a cheeky little shit."
Jungkook remains unmoved. His eyes are closed still but he had actually woken up when Hoseok came to the door. He heard everything, and as much as he would like to transform back and talk to her the way he knows he should, he can't bring himself to do it. Hiding is a habit he simply can't get out of right now.
A few days pass giving Luna time to grieve, Jungkook time to stop hiding, and the rest of the guys time to plan their next move. Luna knows she could be killed or at least kidnapped if she goes back home, but there's a lot of questions that remain unanswered.
If she spent her entire life hearing stories about her mom's best friend, Luna, who she shares her name with, and seeing wedding photos with her dad's cousin, then there has to be more answers in the house. Her parents made sure she knew who her birth parents were, even if she had no idea they were her birth parents. It was all sitting under her nose and she's convinced there's more to be found.
Convincing Jungkook or anyone else to take her back is nearly impossible. That is until Luna learned the secret they had been keeping from her.
When they finally explored the unofficial portal that SV uses to get to the human world they discovered it leads right to Luna's workplace. They chose not to mention this around her because they didn't want to give her any ideas about going home when they go back to explore the area. Too bad she overhead them talking at one point and she's now planning a way to convince them to take her along.
"Hell no! Are you crazy?!" Jungkook argues. "No fucking way are you going back after what happened!"
"Please! I just need to go through the house, I need answers," Luna pleads to him and the rest of the brotherhood in the sparring room.
"Not only is it a reckless and stupid idea, but if no one has been in that house since....LuLu, you can't."
"I can handle it! I have to, Jungkookie please," she begs. "Plus, there's more of you going so there will be more protection."
"You...." Jungkook struggles to push back. It's the Jungkookie. Why is it always when she calls him that?
"I'll take you," Jimin offers.
Everyone else looks at him surprised. It's not going to be a simple escort task, he'll likely need to fight if Luna is tracked again, and while he can certainly hold his own in battle, he's no master marksman with the Vampire Slayer at his disposal.
"No you won't," Jungkook says defensively.
"If you won't take me then why not?" Luna asks. "I'll go with Jimin and the rest of you can do whatever you need to do."
"First of all," Jungkook fires back. "No. And second, NO!"
"You're not my dad!"
"I'll-"
Jungkook is stopped before he can say any more by a strong gust of wind. Namjoon raises his hand and hits Jungkook with another slap of wind. Namjoon is always afraid of hurting his brothers too much if he hits them with his hands, so he uses his ability to let the elements do the work for him. He doesn't want to hurt them when he does it, he just wants them to shut up.
"Jungkook," Namjoon says standing from the couch. "Maybe we could compromise to make everyone happy. We're all going, so it won't be too bad to have her under our protection. But," he says turning to Luna. "We will have very strict rules that you'll have to agree to."
"Deal," Luna says nodding. "What are the rules?"
"They're simple. Don't wander off without us. Don't blow our cover. We reserve the right to bring you back here at any time for any reason, please cooperate when we do, we just want to keep you alive. And lastly, if there's anything you need to take with you then do it. You won't be going back for a long time."
"How long is a long time?" She asks nervously.
"Whenever we feel you're not at risk of death anymore."
"Oh." She ponders a moment thinking of the rules laid out for her.
She was fine with everything else, but the idea of not being able to go home for who knows how long is hard to fathom. How could she just disappear with no one knowing? What if she's reported missing? It's already been a few days, what if she's already been reported missing? But right now what other option does she have? She's dying to look for more answers.
"Ok," she nods. "That's fine."
"Are you sure?" He asks giving her one last chance to back out.
"Yes, I'm sure."
Jungkook looks less than pleased about her going with them. He wanted to protest further, but the second Jimin agreed to the idea and offered to stay by Luna's side the entire time, Jungkook had to jump in and make sure it was clear that he's the one that was tasked with keeping an eye on Luna.
They all devise their plan and assign everyone their roles and responsibilities. They'll take Luna to her parents house first where Jin, Jungkook, and Yoongi will accompany her inside while the rest of the guys stand watch around the outside of the house. When Luna is done there Jungkook will take her back to the kingdom while the rest of the guys continue on their mission.
Once everyone is prepared they make their way to the portal and transport to the human world. When they arrive they waste no time getting started. It's evening so the night sky provides the perfect conditions for them to move around comfortably. They start by following Luna and Jungkook to her parents house.
Luna is overcome with emotion as she walks up to the front door with a backpack in tow which she plans to fill with whatever she can. She knows there's a very good chance that no one has been by since that tragic night, which means she'll have to face that scene again. Jungkook notices her hesitation and offers to go in first and let her know the condition the place is in.
When he steps inside it's just as they feared, nothing had changed. The bodies of her parents lay in the same spot as they were when he carried Luna out of there. It's a hard sight to take in and he's not sure she can handle it. He steps back outside and looks at her with a worried face.
"I don't think this is a good idea," he says softly. "I know you said you could handle it, but I don't know if you truly can."
"Watch me," she says knowing he's probably right, but she's not turning back now.
She tries walking past him but he stops her with a soft hand on her waist. He looks in her eyes knowing full well how much going in there will hurt her.
"I'm trying to tell you-"
"And I'm telling you," she says not letting him finish. "If this is the only time you'll bring me here then I can handle it. I have to."
Reluctantly he steps aside letting her step into the house. She slowly enters and is instantly hit with the smell of death and decay. The moment she looks across the room to see her mom still pinned to the wall, she's hit with the strong wave of emotion. She chokes back a sob and continues on with Jungkook, Jin, and Yoongi right behind her.
She doesn't even know where to begin, but she can't stay in the living room. She makes her way down the hall and enters her parents' room. She starts her search in the closet where she knows they kept a lot of things from medical records to the deed to the house.
While sifting through clothes and shoes she finds a box labeled "Luna" on the shelf. She opens it hoping it has some answers about her birth parents and her life in general. There's a number of pictures in the box, some she's seen but many she hasn't. As she's looking she realizes these aren't things related to her, but to her birth mom. Even a death certificate listing her cause of death as "unknown", if only anyone had really known.
There's a baby book where her birth parents were preparing for Luna's arrival. The book was meant to be filled with pregnancy updates, then baby milestones going as far as her first birthday. As Luna flips through the book she notices a gap in entries. The section for her birth mother's third trimester is only half filled out, there's no other entry until 7 months after Luna was born. She can tell the difference in handwriting and the first comment on the page at 7 months is one that doesn't necessarily mention a baby milestone, but perhaps for them a big milestone nonetheless.
7 mos - We finally found a permanent home to live. Luna will be able to grow up in a safe place.
From there all of the entries seem normal. For now she closes the book and puts it in her backpack. She carries on looking through the box putting photo after photo in her backpack. Then she finds another book in the box, this time a diary. She opens it to see it's her birth mom's diary starting as far back as 2 years before Luna was born. She wants to take time to look through it more but she knows she's limited so she stuffs it in her backpack to look through later.
After searching her parents room she moves on to her room. The room she grew up in that holds many childhood memories. When she moved out on her own she took a lot of things with her, but they kept the room neat and ready in case she needed to stay the night there. She never thought of why they made it seem like she would need to stay there someday as if for refuge, but now it seems to make sense.
There isn't much to find in her room since she already knows everything in there. Nothing hidden in her closet or under her bed. Just memories that she replays in her mind as she sits on her bed in a trance.
"What's this?" Jungkook asks picking up a trophy on her shelf. "You played sports?"
"Why do you sound surprised?" Luna asks playfully offended. "I was one of the best softball players on my team."
"Really?" He asks inspecting the trophy closer. "Is that why this is for 3rd place?"
"Are you trying to be funny?"
"I'm just asking," he giggles.
"Get your paws off of my trophy," she says snatching it from him and putting it back on the shelf.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to upset the best third place softball player," he laughs.
"Can you switch with someone outside? Where's Jimin?"
"No," he says quickly. "You're stuck with me."
"Time is ticking!" Yoongi yells from the living room. "Stop bickering and come on if you're done."
"Did you need to look at anything else?" Jin asks walking into the room.
"Well," Luna sighs. "I guess I won't really have time to look over everything, but for now I think I have what I need."
She doesn't, actually, but right now she can't bring herself to search through the living room. Not with her parents bodies still there.
Suddenly Luna can feel a wave of goosebumps. The feeling she gets when someone is going through the portal in her. A feeling that scares her tremendously knowing that this could bring her that much closer to death. That also means this could turn into a battle with all seven of the guys surrounding the entire property.
"Kookie," she says without thinking.
"What?" He asks almost completely paralyzed at her calling him Kookie. Yes that's what she introduced him as to her parents while he was in bunny form, but she's never addressed him as that.
"I can feel..." she trails off and suddenly a vampire appears in her room.
"Guys!" Jin yells getting in fighting position.
Yoongi comes running from the living room with the rest of the guys quickly following after. The vampire looks around confused, he clearly had no idea he would wind up there.
"Who are you?" Jungkook asks pointing his gun at the intruder.
"Where am I?" The guy asks starting to notice the 8 people surrounding him.
"Tell me who you are before I put a bullet in your head," Jungkook threatens.
"Wow." The guy looks around then notices Luna. "So you're the one?"
"She's nothing to you if you don't tell me who you are!" Jungkook demands again.
"Who I am isn't important. It's her that I need." He tries taking a step towards Luna but she's pushed back by Jungkook.
"You're surrounded. I'll give you one more chance to tell me who you are and what you're doing here."
"Look, I just got a little lost, that's all. My way home was cut off so I've been searching for days for another way and I finally found it."
"Where did you come from?"
"I think you already know where I came from," he smirks. "Now if you don't mind, I need to take her with me."
"Are you stupid?" Jungkook scoffs. "You're not going anywhere."
"You look scared, sweetie," the guy says taking a step towards Luna.
Luna is frozen in fear. Even with 7 other guys at the ready, all she can see is the evil emitting from this vampire's soul and she's terrified. Not only is she afraid, but she's angry. The sight of this evil creature burns her within knowing that the very organization he works with is responsible for the death of her parents who lay lifeless in the living room.
"I won't hurt you," the guy smirks. "I just want to talk to you, babe."
"Don't call me babe!" Luna shouts feeling her heart rate increase tremendously.
"Look, I don't have a lot of time. Tell your friends to stand down and I won't have to shank you like your mom in there."
"NO!" Luna shouts sending the vampire flying backwards into the wall.
Jungkook is used to this, but the rest of the guys are a little startled by the power that just came from her. Luna is overflowing with strong emotions and the mention of her mom only pissed her off more.
"That was cute," the guy says barely phased by being tossed backwards. He begins walking towards her again but Namjoon binds his arms and legs with lightning.
"You have two options," Namjoon says. "Come with us, or die. Your choice."
"How about you just let me go, I take this precious sunflower, and we won't have to see each other again," the guy says unbothered by the lightning holding him in place.
"I said NO!" Luna yells. "My entire life was taken away from me before I ever even had a chance. I lost my parents because of you mother fuckers. I lost my adopted parents because of you. And now I could fucking die because of you! Fuck you!" Her rage sends another wave of force towards the guy, but it does little with Namjoon's lightning holding him firmly in place. The rest of the guys are moving in closer ready to bombard him the moment he tries to do something.
"Still cute," he says. "But I'm done playing."
He manages to break free of Namjoon's lightning, making him stumble backwards a bit. The rest of the guys quickly move to take the evil vampire down, but before they can get to him Luna lets out a loud shrill cry sending everyone around her backwards.
Jungkook quickly realizes that each wave coming from her is getting much stronger. While he's a bit impressed, he also knows that things could turn bad very quickly because she still doesn't know how to control her power. If she keeps it up she could level the entire house without even realizing what she's doing.
"Get back!" Jungkook shouts at Luna.
"No!" She shouts back sending another wave towards the menacing vampire who continues to inch towards her. "He needs to pay!" She forces him back again. "Pay for what he's done!" He's hit with another powerful force that now has him against the wall. "Pay for what his organization has done to me and my entire family!"
"Lu-"
"FUCK OFF!" She hits the Saakhan vampire with the most powerful wave hitting him right in the chest and killing him instantly.
Just as his body hits the ground and begins to fade to ash, Luna feels her entire body go limp and her world go black. She suddenly finds herself suspended in nothingness.
"LUNA!" Jungkook shouts as they all crowd around her.
"Take her back now!" Jin yells.
Jungkook grabs Luna's limp body and rushes out of the house as fast as he can. He doesn't care who may see him, he runs as fast as he can back to the portal and quickly transports back to Korealis. He jumps roof to roof until he's back home where he lays her down on the bed.
"Please wake up," he says inspecting her head to toe. "Please!"
Her heart is beating and she's breathing, but she's not moving or responding at all. Jungkook has no idea what happened. He can only think that maybe she used more power than she could handle and exhausted herself. But why isn't she waking up?
Luna's world is dark and silent. She can't feel a thing but somehow she's still maintaining a level of consciousness. She can feel her thoughts, but it's as if that's all there is. Just her and her thoughts.
"Dammit!" Jungkook shouts shaking her more to no avail.
He grabs a bottle of blood from his stash near the couch and runs back to her side. It's the only thing he can think of that can give her strength, he just hopes the human side of her doesn't try to reject it.
"You're about to hate me," he says opening the bottle. "More than you already do I guess."
He gently lifts her head a bit and opens her mouth just enough to pour a small bit of blood in. He waits a short moment then pours more into her mouth.
"Please swallow it," he whispers.
The blood trickles down her throat. She's not swallowing, but it's at least going into her system. He hopes that's good enough for now. He pours a bit more in her mouth then decides to wait to see if she wakes up. She hasn't moved or made a single sound since she collapsed. Whatever state she's in he can tell she's not comfortable judging by the way her face has been stuck in an expression of discomfort.
"Please wake up," he repeats again while softly stroking her cheek. "If you can hear me, please wake up."