Hunters -Ateez AU

The Beginning

Cold, brittle air filled the Choi household that night. Sobbing, screaming, forced to watch as their parents were killed from the inside, out. Their parents eyes flickering black, switching between menacing laughter and painful cries as they tried to fight the demons inside them. Eun-Ji fought against the demons tight grasp that had thrown her into the wall, causing the pictures around them to fall to the ground and shatter. San could only watch in horror and anger. Silent tears fell from his eyes as he fought against the same grasp.

Their parents finally fell to the ground, cold and lifeless. Black smoke exploding from their blue lips. San and Eun-Ji dropped to the ground with a heavy slam, knocking the wind from their lungs. Eun-Ji scrambled to her feet and ran to where their now dead parents laid.

"San!" Eun-Ji screamed with heartbreak. "San why won't they wake up!?" She sobbed harder than before, refusing to admit what they both already knew. Her chest heaved. San slowly approached his younger sister, 11 at the time.

He took his sister by the arm, lifting her to her feet and immediately pulling her into his chest where they both cried. San was 14. Three years older, and had already sworn to himself that he would avenge their parents and protect Eun-Ji. And he didn't care how long it took. "Eun.." San mumbled, bringing her face to look at his. He wiped the tears from her now stained cheeks. "We have to leave. Run." His voice became more stern as he now took the role of leader. Eun-Ji didn't understand how San was staying so calm. In reality, regardless of how he looked on the outside, San was screaming on the inside, anger and heartbreak filled his soul. But he knew to keep Eun-Ji safe, he couldn't let it show. "Pack your bags, quickly. I'm right behind you."

...

It had been 10 years since the attack. Eun-Ji and San took it upon themselves to learn everything they could while living from hotel room to hotel room on their parents credit cards. They grew up emotionless towards anyone except each other. They refused to get close to anyone. They grew up hunting. learning more and more. Learning it wasn't just demons, but ghosts, shape shifters, vampires. All the horror movies they watched as kids, the monsters they thought were just stories. They were all real.
"Eun-Ji, you need to eat," San demanded as he shoved another bite of kimchi in his mouth. Eun-Ji moved the plate away from her and grumbled. San gave his sister the same look that made her blood turn. "Eun-"

"San." She interrupted sternly. San stepped down and sighed. Eun-Ji ate at most, one meal a day and had since the day after the attack. She had dropped in weight to a point it was concerning for San. The only weight she had was the muscle she had built over the years. She ate just enough to sustain it. "I'm going for a run," she stated, and before San could protest, she pushed herself away from the flimsy motel table and took herself to the large mirror between the beds. She threw her long black hair into a loose ponytail and slipped on her sneakers.

"Do you have your gun?" San asked, knowing he couldn't stop her from leaving. Eun-Ji lifted her shorts just enough to show her brother the holster holding a small black pistol. San nodded. "Be safe, don't go too far-"

"And call if anything happens, I know," Eun-Ji popped in her headphones and left, leaving San alone in the motel.

Eun-Ji ran to the beat of 'Dangerous' by E'last. A group that had kept her sane since she discovered them. Her black pony flipped with each bounce. Her runs helped to clear her mind, helped her to focus on nothing but the beat of the music and the feel of the wind hitting her face. It was soothing for her, to say the least. She rounded a corner just in time to slam into another body, knocking them both to the ground.

"Shit! I'm so sorry, I wasn't paying attention to where I was walking," This male voice seemed deeper than it should considering the face it was coming from. Eun-Ji shook it off as the male reached out a hand to her. Without thinking, she pushed his hand to the side and stood up. She hadn't met his eyes yet. That was something she always had a hard time with. Especially now. "Are you alright?"