It was a few days until Christmas. Krystal was getting desperate. She just wasn’t able to find any way to defeat Kim bum. He knew about her and he knew she’s powerful. But he was also very powerful and every time they met he seemed to be more and more dangerous. But he also seemed to be more and more nervous and neurotic. He would make great friends with Wooyoung if only he wasn’t so evil and obsessed with might. Oh, well, that was a random thought. Krystal assumed, he can’t handle those powers. And she also realized, he’s inability to handle it is the one and only reason why he’s still so passive and why he still didn’t try to take a full control over hell.

Too bad she still had no idea how to get rid of him. Or at least how to get Hyoyeon and Nicole from those damn weird cages or whatever it was. Her last attempt with a sugilite ended up being a total failure. She almost lost three fingers on her left hand. Luckily, it healed. She was afraid it might not, but it did, though she couldn’t really bent them properly anymore, especially her pinky. But that’s fine, she can live with that.

At the moment, she was sitting on a bench somewhere she herself didn’t know where exactly. The winter hit Europe with its full might and beauty already. It was totally freezing and snowing like non-stop. Krystal had to conjure up some clothes. It annoyed her, she wasn’t used to cold.

She knew, she has to come up with some plan quickly. Honestly, she already found miraculous, that Taeyeon is still safely trapped between the live and the death. That shorty is much stronger than she seems to be. And thank god for that. Krystal was calling home regularly, so she knew about the situation over there. She knew Taemin’s taking surprisingly good care of the hell, Taeyeon is still good and Jessica and Yuri are having some silly problems with their baby.

She sighed. If only she had Kim Bum’s powers. She could just blow him up with absolutely no problem. Then she abruptly stood up and gasped. Of course… That’s it…

“I’m hungry!” Nicole whined.

“Tell me about it,” Hyoyeon said back. She was sitting on the ground, her back leaning against the invisible wall. It was quite an interesting sight, because the cage was outside and the spell didn’t allow cold or snow to get through it. So the snow just settled on the invisible ceiling, while there was nothing on the ground under it, which made it look quite funny.

“Where the heck is that girl?” Nicole complained. “She hasn’t tried anything for like a week already!”

“Be patient, Cole, she almost lost her hand last time, it’s understandable she takes her time. Don’t worry, she won’t sacrifice us. I… hope.”

“I still wonder, Hyoyeonnie… why doesn’t he just kill us?”

Hyoyeon shrugged. “How am I supposed to know? Just look at him, he’s totally insane… His mind is completely messed up.”

Nicole pouted as she looked at him. Then she nodded. “True.”

Kim Bum couldn’t handle all this pain he felt in his head and entire body. After a while, blowing up random abandoned buildings wasn’t enough for him anymore. He was getting more and more strong. So he burned down a small city, let an airplane explode and played with weather. Creating tornados was his favorite thing to do.

Right now, he was just sitting on some box and watching a fire he just made. He had a huge headache. He couldn’t really focus and it was distracting him. And that’s probably the reason while he didn’t notice a person watching him from a far…

“It’s almost Christmas,” Tiffany sighed.

Yuri smiled at her sympathetically. She knew Tiffany’s sad that Taeyeon’s still… Let’s just say missing in action. Especially now, when it really was almost Christmas. “I’m sorry, Tiffany,” Yuri said.

“Why would you be sorry?”

“You know… Taeyeon… while me and Sica…” Yuri started carefully.

“That’s fine,” Tiffany whispered and faintly smiled. “You have reasons to be happy.”

“Yeah, I know,” Yuri said and couldn’t help but smile while thinking about her wife and son sleeping in the bedroom. Taking care of the baby turned out to be a very tiring thing to do. Luckily, the parents weren’t the only ones tired, so when the house wasn’t a mess, everybody was so tired, they just kept sleeping. “But I feel bad for feeling happy, while you’re… having a hard time. I just can’t feel one hundred percent happy in this situation. I wish Taeyeon would wake up soon.”

“Thanks for caring,” Tiffany said. Even though she was smiling, there was still a hint of sadness obvious in her purple eyes. She has been like that for a several weeks already. Smiling on the outside, but suffering inside. Yuri admired her for that.

“Be strong, Fany-yah. I can’t even imagine your pain, but stay strong, okay?”

“Don’t worry. I will. Or should I breakdown and cry my eyes out? I don’t think so.”

“I would,” Yuri mumbled quietly. Tiffany heard though.

“You wouldn’t. You don’t know what it feels like, so don’t assume,” Tiffany said, while holding Taeyeon’s hand tightly. “I still have a hope, you just don’t give up when the love of your life is on the verge of dying.”

Yuri just smiled sadly and put her hand on Tiffany’s shoulder, before patting it. “Good night, Tiffany,” she said. Tiffany gave her a bitter smile and after Yuri left the room, she looked into Taeyeon’s pale face. She fought the tears, but failed. She shivered and whimpered a bit. Soon, she was crying like a baby. Tears were running down her cheeks like a waterfall and eventually wetting Taeyeon’s hand. Tiffany looked away and stared at the wall. Then she closed her eyes, trying to calm herself down. Still holding Taeyeon’s, she suddenly felt her girlfriend’s fingers moving…

*Gasp!*

Krystal realized something. Kim Bum isn’t protected from receiving powers. He can’t figure out how to do it, that’s why he’s suffering. So she’s gonna take and advantage of it. She didn’t really bother to hide this time. She knew he smells her anyways, so she just walked right into Kim Bum’s arms.

She saw Nicole and Hyoyeon helplessly sitting on the ground, their head down. “Cheer up, girls, I’m here to save you,” she said with a smirk as she walked around them.

The captured girls looked up, amazed. “Krystal’ B-b-but…” Hyoyeon stuttered.

“Don’t worry,” the youngest one smiled.

“You again?” Krystal looked around and spotted Kim Bum.

“Of course, who did you expect? Why? Are you not happy to see me?” Krystal provoked, grinning widely.

“You annoy me. Aren’t you happy you still have your hand? Well, okay, this time you won’t escape alive,” he answered, gritting his teeth so hard, it could almost be heard.

“Yeah? You think so?” Krystal said with a smirk.

Suddenly she jerked and took two steps backwards. She got a huge headache as he invaded her mind. She felt like her head’s about to explode. She hissed and stared to swear. Kim bum got much stronger since their last meeting. He managed to break her magic barriers for the first time and he didn’t even have to try. Their minds touched. Krystal fell down on her knees and closed her eyes in a concentration. She needs to put her mind together and attack him. It might kill her if he’s stronger than she expects him to be. But it was now or never…

When Yuri walked to the bedroom, she starred outside from the window. She sight at the sight of a beautiful winter, before she looked away. Then she froze as she realized there was somebody outside. She quickly took a look again. Her eyes widened as she looked at a short-haired girl on a driveway. They stared into each other’s eyes. The girl was obviously surprised as well. “Y-Y-Yoona?” Yuri mumbled. Yoona took two steps forward. Then she stopped and shook her head. She smiled, before she ran away, leaving Yuri dumbfounded…

Yoona felt this was really wrong. That was a mistake. She didn’t know why she had that weird feeling, but something was stopping her from running into Yuri’s arms. Something was telling her not to. She knew that would be a mistake. But why? Maybe it’s because the fact she’s dead. Oh, that’s right. She knew she’s dead. When she woke up in her school dorm, she couldn’t miss the huuuge announcement and a few newspaper articles on a main board. She was shocked seeing she’s dead and was actually murdered by her already arrested boyfriend. The weird thing was, she was obviously still in this world. Maybe something went wrong with her death? She didn’t know? But hell, she went berserk, when she found out somebody cut her hair short. She realized she’s probably some weird type of ghost, who’s still visible. Is everybody like that after their death? “Maybe angels aren’t,” she mumbled as she sipped her coffee. She got some money from her dorm and even though she didn’t really have the need to drink, she went to a café to calm down a bit and take her time to think. She froze. “What?” Where did that thought with angels come from? She frowned. That was… random. Why would she thought about something like that? She pouted and took another sip from her cup.

She thought about her past. She felt like she’s forgetting something. There were huge spaces in her memory. Like for example her sister’s wife. She knew something about her. She knew her name is Jessica, she’s lazy, but makes Yuri happy. But where did she come from? Yuri didn’t remember. And where did they baby come from? She remembered Jessica being pregnant, but she didn’t remember her getting an artificial insemination or whatever. Then there was her best friend. She knew she had a best friend, but… Yoona sighed. She couldn’t even recall her best friend’s name or face.

She finished her coffee, paid for it a left the restaurant. It was already an early evening, plus it was winter, so the sun set early. Though it wasn’t completely dark yet.

She mindlessly wandered aroud Han river, not wanting to think about anything. Her head could explode.

After a while she sat on the snowy ground and gazed across the river. She breathed out and closed her eyes. Then she suddenly felt a hand on her shoulder. She jerked and literally jumped up on her feet. When she abruptly turned around, she spotted the most beautiful girl in the world. White skin, dark hair, tall, pure-looking.

“Hi, Yoona unnie,” she smiled.

Yoona gulped as she had a few flashbacks. Few holes in her memory disappeared as she remembered. She winked several times, trying to put her thoughts together. She remembered a few things, but she couldn’t get rid of a feeling something important is still missing. She felt stupid, like she couldn’t put one and one together. She knew it’s something obvious, but her mind was messed up.

“Seohyun,” she just whispered as she remembered her best friend’s name.

She remembered clumsy Seohyun in her room, when she… appeared out of nowhere? What? That’s weird… It was their first meeting. She remembered how she was against her relationship with Taecyeon. And she remembered many heartwarming moments they shared. Hugs, holding hands, laughing, eating together. But she still felt like something’s missing.

Seohyun was smiling widely, before speaking up. “Kiss me.”

Yoona’s eyes widened and she couldn’t help but stare at Seohyun’s lisps. She gulped. The temptation was big. Why? It’s her best friend Seohyun… Why does she want to kiss her so badly? She slightly shook her head to get rid of the thought and slowly leaned in…

A/N: Woo woo woo, YoonHyun xD And... Taeyeon? Is she waking up? Or maybe it's something else? Teehee.... The next chapter will be the of everything :) I'll update soon ^^