Moon Taeil is standing on a small circular platform that is attached to a long metal pole. He grips tightly to the metal bar, each of his wrists is locked with two metallic cuffs that are attached by a rusty chain. He is staring in horror at the bubbling, blazing fire that licks the air about ten feet below him. "HAECHANIE!!"

Haechan (sometimes called Donghyuckie, off his full name: Lee Donghyuck), who's just dashed into the dome-shaped room, skids to a halt at the edge of the hungry fire pit. His eyes are wide open with horror.

"TAEILIE!! HANG ON, I'M COMING! I'LL SAVE YOU!"

Taeil screams, his legs giving out under him from the intense peril. The flames shoot out a spark as though the pit below him is the gate to Hell and alive. The heat is immense and suffocating and Taeil violently coughs.

Haechan scans the room, looking for controls or an operator. His eyes flash an emerald color and he can feel his sharp vampire fangs digging into his lip.

Suddenly a deep, raspy voice booms out: "Welcome to my playground, Lee Donghyuck. We thought you weren't going to show up."

Taeil's head is up and his eyes are looking in the direction toward where Haechan is standing. They are glassy and full of agony.

A surge of fury rushes through Haechan.

"Poor Moon Taeil, he had to be in the wrong place at the wrong time...such a waste of talent. Not that you guys at SM utilize him fully anyway."

"WHO ARE YOU?!" Haechan snarls. "Let him go!"

Taeil coughs and slides down the pole, weakening as he gets within six feet of the flames now.

There's an echo of laughter and the flickering of torch lighting from holsters lining the cave-like wall of the room. Then a flurry of black as a man dressed in all black with a villainous cape lands before him.

Haechan takes a step backward in shock.

The man shoves away a hood on his head. "Don't recognize me, Little Haechanie?"

Haechan gasps, his hands shooting up to his mouth. "Lucas! I should have known! What do you want with Taeilie?"

Lucas cracks his neck and his knuckles, tossing a careless glance in the direction of Taeil. "I'm taking one singer off your hands. It's hard to distribute lines in a large group and with Doyoung, I mean, now you just have to worry about giving him lines and distributing the rest amongst the remainder."

Haechan lowers his hands. "That's not a good excuse, Lucas! Taeilie...Taeilie doesn't deserve this!"

Lucas grins. "Oh my, I don't think there's much of a choice..."

The bar descends to within a foot of the fire.

Taeil finds a sudden burst of energy and screams in a distressed agony. "HAECHANIE!!"

Haechan glares at Lucas and readies himself. "I'll save him and then you'll see."

Lucas shrugs and steps back. "I'll just kidnap him again. And again. It's easy, you see."

Haechan leaps off the edge and dives for the bar, landing right on the circle. His eyes flash green once more.

Taeil goes into a violent coughing fit.

Haechan bites the through the metal chain, releasing Taeil from the bar. Then he grabs Taeil and lifts him up into his arms.

Just then, the circle snaps off the bar and is devoured by the hungry flames. But Haechan, using his vampire telekinesis is able to propel them both to the far side of the pit to safety.

Lucas watches them with a sinister glee.

Haechan grips onto Taeil. "If you so much as lay a finger on him, I'll hunt you down and kill you. This is the last time you shall harm my Taeilie!" He then stalks off, hauling along the weak and coughing Taeil.

Lucas tilts his head to one side. Then he vanishes from sight.

He reappears, cutting off Haechan's path. "I don't think you understand that his death is beneficial to NCT's success, dear Haechan."

"WHAT DO YOU KNOW OF MY GROUP'S SUCCESS, PIECE OF SCUM!" Haechan roars. "Step aside or I'll bite you!"

"Yes, yes, vampire attack method...did you all by chance turn into night children?"

"No, just me. And I bite. Hard. MOVE."

Lucas laughs. "I bite hard too, though." He flashes sharp fangs of his own.

Haechan hisses.

"Now, let me tell you the even worse news, Lee Donghyuck," Lucas spits out. "I bit your precious Taeilie."

Haechan's eyes fly open wide. He shakes his head. "No..."

"That's why," Lucas lifts his arm up in a flourish and snaps his fingers. Taeil vanishes from Haechan's hold and reappears in Lucas' grip. "He belongs to me now." He puts Taeil into a headlock.

Haechan snarls with anger and rushes at Lucas, intent on biting him.

"You can bite me, but it'll do nothing. You can bite him, but it'll also do nothing. He belongs to me."

Haechan sinks his teeth into Lucas' arm, but the man disappears into thin air with Taeil. Haechan whirl about. "NO! TAEILIE!!"

Lucas' wicked laughter echoes around the torch-lit room.

Haechan staggers in place and then crashes to the ground, letting his defeat sink in. How could he be so close, yet so far to saving Taeil?