"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.
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