Depraved

They're Only Human

They drove in silence. The store front was completely dark and abandoned when they reached it.

"I told you. He won't wait for me. There's probably some terrible note inside, trapped in the sawed-off hand of a child or something." The human whispered, peering through the window.

"Stay here. I'm going to check inside." Chan murmured. He was quick, barely making noise as he perused the perimeter. There was no sign of anyone or anything else.

The back door was open, and the stage was still set up, though the domes were all gone. Chan could smell blood before he saw it.

Center of the stage, clutched in a young woman's amputated hand was a note.

It read:

You have failed to return what is mine, so I have declared him stolen. When I find you, it will be dealt with the old way. For now, he is yours. But know that I will find you. I will have him back. Do more than drink from him, and you risk more than just the wrath of EXO.

-C

"Shit." He was back in the car within seconds, handing the note around while the younger blond peeled out.

"What was it? I smell blood... ugh... it's still blood." Seungmin grouched, one pale wrist covering his nose.

"In a child's hand?" Minho asked, an eyebrow raised expectantly.

"Close. A young woman's."

"Detatched?!" Hyunjin squeaked, looking sick.

"Yes. Don't think about it Jinnie, I can't have you throwing up anything now."

They reached home, locking the human back up and meeting in the basement.

"What do we do?" Hyunjin whispered, one pale hand still wrapped around his stomach.

"I think we should release him." Felix said, biting a nail.

"I think we should drink him." Seungmin rasped.

"What?" Hyunjin- looking sicker than before.

"Really. The only way out of this is to ensure we never get caught with him. We have to drink him dry and bury the shell."

Chan gave the youngest a flat glare. "Okay. No. We are not 'drinking him dry and burying the shell'. Where did you even hear of something like that?"

The darker-haired vampire seemed a little annoyed, turning up his nose and looking away. "It was an idea I had. I thought it up myself."

"Okay well, we don't want to kill any donors. Or any humans at all."

"So? Alternate idea?"

Felix raised his hand, waiting until they all looked over to speak. "It said for now, he's ours. We could drink from him."

Silence like a cemetery.

"'Lixie I don't think-"

"No he's right. It did say that. And we've been through enough trouble for him anyway." Hyunjin whispered.

Seungmin only nodded in agreement, not feeling the need to actually speak.

"Ours?"

They'd migrated back upstairs after lightly discussing how to go about it. The human was watching them through the bars, just as uncomfortable as before.