I wrote this story A LOOOOOONG TIME AGO. Like what? 3 years? And I never continued this either so this will be on hiatus.
Note: To those of you who aren't into Kpop (Korean pop music), SHINee is a famous Korean boy band consists of five members (yes, they're real): Onew, Minho, Key, Jonghyun, and Taemin. I chose them because their band name has something to do with the show. LOL
"Hyung" literally means "older brother" and "Maknae" means "youngest".
~Ghost Whisperer~
It was pretty much a stormy Friday evening in Grandview, New York. Melinda Gordon was quietly doing the laundry, her husband Jim Clark was still working in the hospital, and her 11-year old son Aiden was using the laptop watching YouTube videos in the living room. Melinda passed by carrying the laundry basket, when she heard the loud yet catchy music coming from the laptop.
"What are you watching Aiden?"She asked.
"SHINee" her son replied without looking at her.
"Shinies?"Melinda said, with a puzzling look. Her son has a special connection with children spirits who crossed over to the light are called "shinies", and she would often hear him talking to them in the bedroom almost every night, even back then. Now he can communicate with them through the internet? Is that what he's doing?
"No Mom, I meant the Korean boy band," said Aiden.
"Oh really?" She peered over to see what it is, and sure enough, there were 5 Asian boys, singing and dancing to the music. Their outfit styles are very dark and attractive, but what's really getting her attention was how pretty they look, especially the one with the long red hair, black top and red jeans. "Her whisper is the Lucifer..."
"Um… didn't they look a bit…y'know… girly to you?"Melinda asked.
"It's just their style Mom. That's how they're like in Korean entertainment," Aiden explained. "I first saw them last month when I was at my friend's house. His older sister was using the computer when we looked over to see what she's doing. Once I saw the title 'SHINee', it totally caught my attention. The first music video I saw of them was 'Ring Ding Dong'. It was a really catchy song. This is their latest one, 'Lucifer'. And you know what? I'm really starting to like them now."
Aiden was smiling as if he was actually happy all his life.
"Is it not just because their name is 'SHINee' as in the 'shinies'?"His mom teased.
"Uh…kinda, at first," Aiden admitted.
Melinda chuckled. "Well, have fun with that."
*A month a half later*
Melinda's friend Eli was at her house one day. He was drinking coffee as he was sitting on the sofa, looking very thoughtful, until he finally spoke.
"One of my old friends was inviting me to go to L.A. for the Paranormal Activities Convention. It's supposed to be a place where fans of the paranormal gather to discuss recent events and their own theories about the supernatural world. I was also told that it's going to be like a second Halloween, because some people are gonna dress up in these Halloween costumes and go through haunted mazes, because it's actually supposed to be a fun place anyway."
Aiden, who was sitting the same room with Eli, looked up at him with wide eyes when he mentioned "L.A".
"You're going to L.A.?"He asked, almost excitedly.
"Yeah, why?"Eli replied.
"Well…"the boy said hesitantly. He glanced down at his feet, looking all sheepish. "There's this event that's gonna come up. And I really want to go…"
"What event?"
"Um…a concert…"
"Yeah? What about it?"
"It's the SM Town Live Concert. There's gonna be these Korean pop singers and bands, and one of my favorite is gonna be there," Aiden explained.
"And let me guess," Melinda said, as she came from the kitchen, "You want to come with Uncle Eli to L.A., just because you want to go see this concert? It's SHINee, isn't it?"
"Um…yeah…"
Melinda looked at Eli, waiting for an answer. "Well, what do you think Eli?"
Eli shrugged. "I don't know. Do you even know where the concert's gonna take place, Aiden?"
"Yeah! I already research some stuff about it already, even the ticket prices."
"Fine. Show me about it later, then we'll see," Melinda nodded approvingly.
*Later that night*
"Oh really?" Jim said, as he hung up his coat. He was just back from his short shift at the hospital.
Aiden has already left to hang out with his friend 15 minutes before Jim got home. He probably knew his mom would talk to him about the concert, but he wouldn't want to stick around when his dad might say "No".
"Yeah, he seems to want to go there badly," Melinda replied, "I mean, do you have any idea how much both the plane tickets and the concert tickets cost? We might get broke soon or something."
"Well…is Eli okay with this?"Her husband wants to know.
"Not really. He wasn't sure yet. But I don't want make his friend pay extra for the flight."
"When is this concert?"
"Next two weeks."
Jim had the uncomfortable look on his face, as if he was torn with a difficult decision. Should they let him go, even when they were tight on money? Aiden has been a good boy all year, with good grades, finished chores and everything….
"Are you thinking of ordering the tickets?"Jim inquired.
"Yeah. After all, it's like he's being waiting for this his whole life - at least that's what he says," Melinda added with a smile.
Jim smiled back. "We'll see."
~SHINee~
It was the busiest moment for everyone. The SM Town's artists are already preparing for their world tour, as the bustling sounds of preparations are made and excited chattering passed by in the air, like a contagious disease. As soon as everything is set to go, the celebrities retired themselves to the same hotel, waiting with anticipation for the big day.
It was also the same in SHINee's room. A mini celebration was hosted there, where they shared the food, laughs, and hopes of success together.
Then it was already 9:00 pm, where everyone was supposed to be in bed for the big day starting tomorrow.
"Goodnight you guys," said Onew.
"'Night hyung," the whole band replied.
The lights were out, and finally, silence hung in the room.
However...something dreadful happened that night.
Much later at 4:37 am, Taemin was getting up to go use the restroom. But when he was done, he suddenly heard a mysterious sound, and froze. Scraaaape…scraaape…scraaape…eeerrrrkkk…slam! It was the sound of something been dragged on the floor, and a door opening and shut. A cold chill ran up his spine. The noise was so loud and clear, yet everyone was still asleep, as if they didn't hear anything at all. Taemin tried to calm himself down; assuming that someone he knows must have got up and done something in the middle of the night. But then…a pressing urge told him to go out to the hallway and see. It was almost as if a voice demanded him inside his head, "Come out. Come out and see. Don't be scared."
And for some reason, he obeyed. Taemin slowly opened the door so that he doesn't wake anybody, but at the same time he was somewhat afraid. He left it opened and stood out in the dim lighted hallway with only his plain grey T-shirt and dark blue shorts. He looked around a little and when unsure of what to do next, his conscious whispered to him again. "Check the closet door down to your left. Come on. Do it."
Taemin hesitated, wondering why he would ever thought to himself of that. I have got to stop watching horror movies. Thanks a lot Jonghyun, he thought.
"Do it," his conscious insisted.
Taemin took a deep breath for a moment, and then willingly obeyed again. He walked two doors to the left, where there was a door that said "Closet".
The voice talked again once more, "Go ahead and open it. But I dare you not to scream when you see something shocking inside."
Say what? Taemin thought worriedly. But his hand was already on the doorknob. This is it. There was no turning back no matter how much he wanted to.
He gulped and a shiver ran down his spine again, only this time it was much colder than before.
Finally, he turned the knob and opened it….eeeerrrrrkkk….
But what he actually saw what was behind the door made it hard for him not to scream. An ear piercing, terrifying, bloodcurdling scream.
It made everybody in the hallway woke up with a start.
Minho was the first person who got out and turned to find Taemin paralyzed in terror, trembling from head to toe, with his hand covering his mouth. Minho grabbed his left shoulder and asked worriedly, "Taemin, what's wrong? Why are you screaming?"
But as he turned to where Taemin was staring at, his eyes went wide open and gasped in horror, "Oh my God…"
Because inside the closet was a bloody corpse of a very young boy, whose wrists were cuffed by a noose that was hanged from the ceiling, with his feet off the ground. Drips of blood came out of his mouth like a dark red river, and fell on his oversized white shirt. His eyes were completely lifeless, yet they were still filled with fear. Then there was a knife that was still embedded onto the boy's chest, making the scene more terrifying than ever. And the worst part of all was a sign written in red ink on his shirt, "REVENGE."
At that moment, somebody was watching them from a corner. But that somebody wasn't even alive. It was a ghost of a little white girl, who was about the same age as the dead boy in the closet. Her hair was white blond, had a lovely shade of blue-violet eyes but with dark bags under them, and had a huge horizontal scar on her throat. Her lips gave a little smirk as she watched the uproar of people gaping in fear at her latest work. The girl would love to watch more of what will happen, but then she has a lot of work to do. As she waltzed out of the hotel building, she hummed to herself, "Someone will find me, I don't know where. But one thing's for sure that I won't be there."
That older guy was way too easy to influence, she thought to herself and made a childish grin. He could be very useful indeed.
Her revenge will soon be completed in two weeks time.
