EXO-men [EXO OT12]

Time Controller

Luhan's scream shocked Junmyeon and Pearl who were eating while looking at each other with smile. Junmyeon asked, "What's wrong, Lu?" Pearl asked Luhan, "Are you okay?" Luhan who was sweating cold, said nervously, "I... I... I'm sorry... I have to go now." Luhan quickly left the restaurant and went home.

When Luhan arrived at his apartment, he talked to himself nervously and anxiously, "Why?... I'm sure that Pearl loves Junmyeon... But why does she have a great desire to kill Junmyeon?... It doesn't make any sense... What should I do to make Pearl stay away from Junmyeon?... She's so dangerous!"

4 hours later.

When Luhan wanted to go to sleep, Junmyeon suddenly came to his apartment. Just when Luhan wanted to tell Junmyeon about Pearl, Junmyeon had said excitedly, "Lu, I just checked my black box, now it has 3 pictures of symbol on its cover!" Junmyeon showed the black box to Luhan. 

Luhan said, "Aside from the symbol pictures that appear on the cover, is there anything else that has changed with the black box?" Junmyeon said, "The stick and the cards are still the same. Nothing has changed." Junmyeon opened the black box and took out the lightstick, white card and black card for Luhan to see.

Luhan who could see the gold writings on the white card, took the white card and read it, "When the skies and the grounds were one legends, through there twelve forces nurtured the tree of life. An eye of red forces created the evil which covered the heart of tree of life and the heart slowly grew dry. The legends hereby divide the tree in half and hide each side hence time is overturned. The twelve forces divide into two and travel apart. The legends shall now see the same sky but shall stand on different grounds. The day the grounds beget a single fault before one sky, the legends will greet each other. The day the red forces purify and twelve forces reunite into one perfect root... A New World Shall Open Up."

Luhan asked, "What does it mean? New world? Is that good or bad?" Junmyeon asked back, "Should I ask my appa?" Luhan nodded. Junmyeon took the white card to see, he saw nothing, then he put the white card and the black card into the black box.

Luhan wanted to help Junmyeon tidy up so he took the lightstick with the intention of putting it into the black box. When Luhan held the lightstick, suddenly one of the hexagon lines of the lightstick turned bright white because it was filled with Luhan's power. Luhan was surprised, he immediately put the lightstick in the black box. Junmyeon said excitedly, "Something has changed with the stick!"

Meanwhile in Beijing...

Yixing was watching TV alone in the dark in the living room when Tao came in while eating lamien (noodles). Yixing was surprised to see Tao was fine because Tao had been really sick for a week. Yixing snapped his fingers to turn on the living room lights.

Tao sat on the couch next to Yixing. Yixing put his hand on Tao's forehead to measure Tao's body temperature. Tao said, "I've fully recovered." Yixing returned to watch TV and Tao continued eating his lamien.

After finishing eating his lamien, Tao got up from the couch and said, "I will go back to sleep now. Goodnight Yixing gege (older brother)." Tao snapped his fingers to turn off the lights for Yixing. The clock instantly stopped ticking and Yixing suddenly froze. Tao left the living room without realizing it.

8 hours later.

Tao woke up from sleep and he was shocked to find out that it was night time because he thought he would wake up in the morning. Tao looked at the digital clock on his desk, it showed 11 PM. Tao remembered he went to bed at 11 PM last night, he grumbled, "Geez! I have slept for 24 hours! Why didn't anyone wake me up?" Tao looked at Yixing's bed, it was empty.

Tao look for Yixing in the living room. Tao was shocked to see Yixing not moving at all like a statue on the couch, the TV was on but the picture was paused. Tao shook Yixing's body in panic while calling Yixing's name repeatedly. Seeing that Yixing was still frozen, Tao ran leaving the living room and went to his parents' room.

Tao came into his parents' room and said in panic, "Pa (dad), ma (mom), wake up! There is something wrong with Yixing gege!" Seeing his parents didn't wake up, Tao approached his parents to wake them up. Tao was shocked to see his parents freeze, just like Yixing. Tao said in panic, "Omg! What has happened??"

Tao tried to call his friends or anyone he knew, but no one picked up his call. Tao dropped his body on the floor and started to cry while holding his cellphone. After a few minutes, Tao tried to call police for help, but no one picked up his call. When Tao looked at the date and time on his cellphone screen, it showed Tuesday Dec 27, 2011 11:00 PM. That moment, Tao had just realized that time had stopped.

Tao started to think, "Is time stopped?... Who stopped time?... Me?... Did I stop time?... But how?... Nah, it's impossible! I don't have any power like that... But if I have, if I could really stop time, what I want to do?... Hmm..."

When Tao got an idea, he snapped his fingers while saying with mischievous smile, "Ah! I know! I will take Yixing gege's money to buy a new jacket." Tao took Yixing's piggy bank, then he tried to extract the money using a ruler. Tao was so focused that he didn't realize that Yixing had stood behind him.