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ANYTIME GORGEOUS GIRL!THANK YOU SEOGI
So good"Where's EVYN?" Saki asked, looking at the stage around Forrest.
"What?" Forrest asked her, wondering how she could be thinking about them at a time like this.
Saki gestured towards the stage. "Where are they? What if the ghosts hurt them?"
"They have security-"
"Security doesn't fight ghosts!" Saki yelled, then started off towards the stage.
"Saki, wait!" Forrest called after her, but he was too late. She bolted right towards the ghosts, who watched her come with outstretched arms. Briella made it to the stage first. She grabbed a can of something from her pocket as she leapt onto the stage and tossed the metal flakes inside at the watery ghost who had began making her way towards Saki. When the metal flakes hit the ghost, it screamed and backed away from her as parts of her began to steam.
Briella turned her attention to the other ghost, who screeched and began a rushed float towards her. Saki jumped onto the stage after her and looked around for the missing girl group. She noticed a flash of movement towards the back of the stage and realized they were hiding behind some props.
Below them, the audience had managed to bust the doors open and were rushing out of them. They didn't realize what was happening on the stage. They didn't see Forrest rush onto the stage and shove Saki out of the way as the watery ghost recovered from the metal and shot a ball of water at her. The two fell to the ground and it sailed over them, melting into the water already covering the floor.
"What are you doing?" Forrest hissed as Saki, then dragged her up as the two girls turned their attention to her. Realizing she'd lost Abigail's attention, Briella threw a fistful of more metal shards at her, but nothing could distract the ghosts from their target.
"Run!" Forrest yelled at her, but she shook her head.
"I'm sick of running."
Then she did the stupidest yet bravest thing he'd ever seen her do: she grabbed the metal canister that Jewel required all of them to carry. Saki always kept hers in the pocket of her hoodie so it would be easy to access because she was the number one target of ghosts.
"SAKI, NO!" Briella screamed as Saki launched the canister at the ghosts. They both screamed as the canister hit the ground between them. It landed in the water and sat there. They turned to her, believing it didn't work.
Then it exploded.
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Nessa had never seen such a beautiful sight in her entire life. When the canister exploded, the sparks reminded her of fireworks. Although the aftermath was messy with fire spreading across the stage quickly, Nessa couldn't help thinking that it was still beautiful in its own special way.
The last thing she expected to happen at her debut concert was a blackout, flood, fire and some kind of kidnapping. She wasn't entirely sure what the deal was with the kids and two girls, but she knew it would be an unforgettable experience.
One look at her group showed she was the only one who was enjoying this. Lyra was sobbing in a corner, Sunny was coughing on smoke, Noelle was comforting Lyra, Mona was trying to find a manager and Anna was rushing to the four kids who were still on the stage. Nessa got up and quickly followed her.
Upon closer inspection, Nessa saw that they weren't kids. They were young, but they looked older than teenagers. There were two girls and two boys. The Asian girl who had launched the canister at the woman was standing still, staring at her handiwork. The black haired boy was helping the other girl free the blonde boy from the chair the red girl had tied him to. Anna marched right up to the small Asian girl and began yelling at her.
"What the heck was that? Our stage is on fire now!" she gestured to the fire that was slowly beginning to fizzle out due to the foot of water on the stage. "Well, it was on fire! Who are you, some kind of sasaeng?"
"Hey, she just freed us from the sasaeng, Anna," Nessa put a comforting hand on the younger girl's shoulder. "Or whatever that girl was."
"She set the girl on fire!" Anna yelled, then managed to sputter, "I just saw a girl die!"
"She was already dead. They were ghosts," the girl said, making both Anna and Nessa turn to her.
"Sorry, what?" Anna asked. Nessa thought the small girl was odd, but she found herself drawn to her quirks.
"They were ghosts?"
The girl nodded as her three friends stepped in front of her, having succeeded from freeing the blonde boy from the chair. Slowly, the other members from EVYN joined whatever interaction was happening. Except Mona, who was still trying to find a manager.
"Hey, wait, I recognize you guys!" Noelle gasped, pointing to the blonde girl, then the Asian girl. "You guys are Briella and Saki, from that pre-debut group! What was your name again? FMC?"
"Yeah, that's us!" the Asian girl, Saki, said happily.
"I heard that some members of your group were coming here tonight," Noelle mused.
Three security officers ran in through the broken door, pausing when they saw the flooded and charred room.
"Where was security when we were being attacked?" Anna huffed.
Nessa turned to her group, then to the other group. The group of pre-debut idols. She believed Saki about the ghosts. She had seen the women up close. They were floating, partly see-through and had no faces. She'd always believed in the supernatural, though, so it would be harder to convince the other members of her group that this was what was going on.
The security made their way to the girls, their managers running behind them. Nessa pulled out a crumpled paper from her pocket, scribbled her number on it, then passed it to Saki. The girl looked up at her, then down at the paper.
"You guys should probably get out of here. The press won't like it if they figure out it was you who set the fire," Nessa whispered to Saki. "But when you get to safety, call me. I want to know about the ghosts."
Saki looked at Nessa before she was dragged away by Briella. The four ran out the backstage exit as security ran onstage.
"Were they the ones harrasing you?" one of the managers asked the girls. Nessa stepped up and answered for her group.
"No. They stopped the sasaengs, but they'd prefer to remain anonymous. They're heroes, though," she said, then glared at the group, daring any of them to question her.
None of them contradicted her.
(EVYN belongs to @ʀᴏᴀᴍᴀɴᴛɪᴄ )
Thank you!So good
my beautiful girl Cherry<3Chapter 11: Nessa"Do you think she'll actually come?" Saki asked, stirring her drink anxiously with her straw. "I didn't make the instructions too complicated, did I?"
"The instructions were fine, Love. I'm sure she'll figure them out quickly," Briella said, a bit distracted. The two were in a small cafe on the small island that was named The Island. Saki had named it herself. She had also created everyone on The Island, including the cafe that she sat in with Briella as they waited for Nessa to meet them.
After the EVYN concert, Briella, Saki, Forrest and Owen had hurried home to avoid getting in trouble. They weren't sure how the cops of the real world would react to ghosts crashing a concert, but they figured the repercussions wouldn't be good.
The next day, Saki had texted the number Nessa had given her. After chatting for a while, Nessa said she wanted to know about the women who had ruined her concert. Saki had agreed to tell her, then had sent her specific instructions to a meeting place that wouldn't attract any paparazzi. The problem was, the only way to the meeting place was through a magic crystal that Saki had mailed to her the night before. Saki had no idea if Nessa had gotten the crystal or understood the instructions that she had included with them.
"She'll come, don't worry. This was her idea, after all," Briella said in an attempt to console Saki, who was spinning her drink faster and faster. She put a hand over her girlfriend's to stop the panicked movement. "If she doesn't come, then we can always reschedule it to be somewhere in Korea."
Saki nodded, releasing her cup. Briella picked up a powdered donut and took a bite of it, looking back at the entrance. The cafe was empty except for the two, as it had been for years. The Island had stopped getting visitors when they had left it the first time. They hadn't expected to be able to get back to it, but Saki had managed to find a way. Now it was their retreat whenever times in the real world got tough.
The door opened and Nessa stepped inside, looking around at the flowery pink cafe. When she spotted Saki and Briella, she grinned and hurried to their table.
"When you guys said that you knew of a secret place to have this conversation, I didn't think that this is what you meant!" she plopped down next to Saki, eyes wide with excitement. "You guys have your own secret island?"
"Yep, we do," Briella said through a mouthful of donut.
"Where do you even get your own island?" Nessa wondered. Saki and Briella exchanged the glance.
"That's a bit of a long story," Saki laughed nervously.
Nessa grabbed her own donut and sat back. "I have a while. This is my day off, so they won't be expecting me back until late."
"Alright then, if you insist," Saki said, then began telling Nessa the story behind the island and the ghosts.
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A thick file landed on Dohee's desk, delivered by Yeojin. "What's this?" Dohee asked.
"The information you requested," Yeojin said hesistantly. She had broken several rules to get the information, but she was more scared of Dohee than Jiwoo.
Dohee regarded the file with interest before looking up at Yeojin. "Why are you still here? Go back before someone notices you're gone!"
Yeojin bowed before scurrying out of the room. Dohee watched her go, then flipped open the pale yellow folder to the papers inside. It was about 30 pages thick, and Dohee sorted through them delicately, like they were the most fragile things on Earth. The papers themselves weren't the important part, but the information on them was.
After reading through everything, Dohee grinned and picked up her cell phone, dialing her good friend Park Jimin from (F)K-Pop News.
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"And that's about everything!" Saki looked over to Briella for confirmation that she had told the story right. Briella gave Saki a vague nod of her head, which was high praise for her. Nessa regarded them with a look of admiration and she was bouncing in her seat.
"So you guys battle ghosts on the daily, then!" she gasped.
"Well, we haven't done it in a while, but yes," Saki laughed nervously.
"That's so cool! I have so many questions!"
Briella looked down at her watch and winced. "Ah, I love that, but I don't think we have time for questions. Saki and I have practice in thirty minutes."
Saki's eyes widened. "What? Already?"
"It would appear so."
Nessa sighed, a bit disappointed. "Alright, but text me the next time a ghost attacks! I want their autograph!"
"What?" Saki and Briella asked at the same time.
"I don't think that's possible," Saki said.
"Why would you want that?" Briella asked.
"Because it's cool! Anyways, how do I get home?"
Saki gestured to the crystal necklace around Nessa's neck. "Use that. Just turn the dial the other way and it'll send you back where you came from."
"Oh, really? Okay, well, I guess I'll see you guys later!"
"Bye!" Saki waved to Nessa as she glittered away, then turned to Briella.
"Do you think it was smart to tell her all that?" Briella asked.
Saki shrugged. "She seems harmless enough. Anyways, she promised that if we told her the truth of what happened she would keep her company from suing us."
"Isn't Jiwoo friends with the CEO of her company?"
"We destroyed their group's concert. I think that's enough to make a friendship go sour."
"Fair enough."
Saki paused. "But hopefully they can get their relationship sorted out because I want more free tickets."
Briella snorted as Saki got out her own crystal and teleported them back.
When they arrived at RE:VENGE for practice twenty minutes later, an eerie silence greeted them. Other than the receptionist at her desk, no one else was there. They had expected to find at least one member of their group at the vending machines or chilling on the couch before practice began, but no one was there. Briella and Saki exchanged a confused look as they made their way to the back of the company to the practice rooms.
They heard the shouting before they found the source of the noise.
Everyone was in the dance studio, screaming so loud that Saki and Briella weren't able to pinpoint individual words over all the voices. In the front of the room, Jiwoo was talking in rapid Korean to Penni, who didn't look like she understood anything that was being said. Yeojin was typing furiously into her phone on the other side of the room while Mr. Kang, their social media manager, yelled at her. The other members of FMC were in the middle of the room, shouting over each other. Saki and Briella made their way over to them in hopes someone would explain what was going on, but no one seemed to notice their approach.
"I'm telling you, I buried everything!" Nilla was arguing with Lindzy.
"Well, you didn't bury it deep enough!" Lindzy yelled back.
"How did she follow you here?" Ayla, Kiri and Navy had cornered hanni in their own little interrogation.
"I don't know, maybe she came with us when we moved here?" Hanni was panicking, running a hand through her already messy hair. Saki made her way to her sister while Briella stayed in the doorway.
"Saki! Thank goodness you're here!" Hanni noticed Saki before the other three did. "Did you know Cherry followed us here?"
"What?" Saki stopped next to Hanni, unsure if she had heard correctly. "Cherry?"
Navy handed a paper to Saki. It was a printout of a news article from (F)K-Pop News, titled "St4rlight's Cherry Lies About Not Being Related to FMC's Hanni and Saki".
"Apparently she followed us here and got into her own label," Hanni explained.
"In the span of two months? How?" Saki asked.
"I'm not sure. But someone noticed how similar we look and asked if she was related to me, but she denied it."
"Then someone found out… But how did they notice she was related to me?" Saki was adopted, so it would be hard to pinpoint her being related to Hanni and Cherry if she didn't tell them she was their sister.
"I'm not sure. That's what we're trying to figure out."
"It's caused a huge scandal," Kiri said.
"Well, that added with the other news that came out," Ayla explained. "I'm sure that if this had come out by itself, no one would care."
"What was the other news?" Saki asked, although she feared she already knew the answer.
"They know about you crashing EVYN's concert. They know about the ghosts. They know what we did when we came to this world years ago," Navy said quietly.
"Oh," was all Saki could think to say. "How are we going to handle it?"
The girls all turned their attention to the front of the room, where Jiwoo, Penni, Yeojin and Mr. Kang had begun whispering amogst each other.
"We'll let the adults handle it for now," Lindzy said, joining their conversation. Briella and Nilla followed her as she joined the group. "In the meanwhile, we'll work to bury the information they didn't dig up even deeper."
"So they don't know everything yet?" Briella asked hopefully.
"Not yet," Lindzy said, which made them all give a sigh of relief. "But that could change."
"I'll work on burying it and deleting those articles. Hacking a popular news station might be a risk but it's nothing we haven't done before," Nilla said.
"In a week, this will all be forgotten," Lindzy promised.
Saki looked down at the articles in her hand and had a hard time believing that was true.
(EVYN belongs to @ʀᴏᴀᴍᴀɴᴛɪᴄ & Star4light belongs to @♡ ‧˚₊⊹Shygirl ⊹₊˚‧ ♡)