Sofiel smiled and looked at her fans with starry blue eyes. This was her persona. Colorful, fun, and energetic. She was the idol for many young women because she filled their gray world with colors and excitement.
Her song was the best of the best. It's lyrics, tone, intonation, and background music struck the heart of every teenage girl in Duria.
Especially the lyrics, any women who heard her song for the first time would surely come to love her.
"Everyone! Are you all excited?"
"YEAHHH!!!"
Hine and Sara screamed at the top of their lung. This was the moment they were waiting for.
Sofiel excitedly punched the air, and a bubble burst in her fist before it turned into a flower-shaped microphone.
She then cutely punched the air a couple more times and a bunch of flower-shaped speakers floated in the air.
The fans screamed in excitement once again.
Sofiel giggled. "Now, I will begin to sing, okay?"
"OKAY!!!" the fans screamed. It was not only okay for her to sing, the fans begged her to sing. It was the only reason why they came to this concert.
Sofiel sang. Her voice so soothing and so beautiful at first. The lyrics calmed their heart, making her fans stood still in silent, closing their eyes as their minds were in a tranquil.
Her voice was like magic. Everyone was affected including the producers and staff backstage. Usually it would be a problem but they had enough experience to not repeat any mistake.
Sofiel looked at her fans with a smile on her faced, and then she kept on singing: "The wheels on the bus, go round and round. Round and round. Round and round."
"The wheels on the bus go round and round, all around the town…"
Her song was truly the best. It spoke to their soul, heart, and mind. It was surely better than the so called rappers with robotic voice which was weirdly the hype in this age. Sofiel offered something better, something unique, and something they needed.
Sofiel opened her eyes. Stars twinkled within them, and suddenly, her fans cheered.
Smiling, she pulled her microphone near her mouth and continued to sing.
But suddenly, a light jet; A thin, versatile, agile, high speed plane with v-shaped tail. It made a loud engine sound in the sky and then drop a smoke bomb that exploded above the audience.
The fans screamed in panic because they could not see anything. They ran around on their hoverboard, hitting people all around them. A lot of people fell, but thankfully, the hoverboard prevented them from being crushed.
Hine and Sara looked at each other. They were scared and wanted to leave, but they couldn't even see the exit.
"Let's go there."
"Are you sure?"
"All we can do is try."
The both of them picked a random direction and hovered as calmly and quickly as possible while being careful not to be hit by someone else.
Suddenly, they heard a scream.
"Let go of me!"
"We will explain it to you later. We meant no harm."
Hine widened her eyes. "They're taking Sofiel away! Someone is trying to kidnap her!!!"
Hine rushed towards the source of the voice. After a few seconds, she realized she was on the stage, but no one was here. Her vision perimeter was only around 1 meter.
But suddenly, the smoke vanished and she could see everything again.
The fans were running around below the stage, but Sofiel was nowhere to be seen.
Hine looked around in panic before her eyes dropped some tears. "She's gone! They're taking her away!"
The fans heard her and saw that Sofiel was gone. The production team ran on stage and looked for her as well.
The fans could piece the puzzle together after looking at this scene. All of them figured out that Sofiel was kidnapped!
Everyone began to cry soon after.
…
Sofiel slowly opened her eyes and she realized that she was in a dimly lit room. She jerked in shock when she saw two strangers in front of her.
"Who are you two? Why did you bring me here?"
"I heard that you have a piece of information that we might need."
"I am a singer. What kind of information would I possibly have?"
Suddenly, a footsteps came in from the side. Naley approached her. "8 months, you were secretly brought to the police's headquarter in the capital city. You stayed inside for 5 days, and suddenly, you went on a hiatus for 2 weeks. At that time, you weren't very famous. Your songs were mediocre, and you barely could sell any album. But right after your hiatus, your voice becomes magical and you gathered millions of fans overnight. Later, all of your latest song sounds much better than the last."
"What does that have to do with this?"
"The secret weapon that they developed. It wasn't a bomb, a gun, a cannon. It's… human augmentation."
Naley grabbed a device and scanned her body. The scanner detected something in her throat, heart, and mind. "What did they do to you?"
Aldred scanned the woman with his godly eyes as well. There was strange device on some of her body parts. Inside the device was some sort of crystal that collected and processed the mana around her.
"She's using magic," Aldred said. "Her voice. The reason her fans liked her song so much is because she used magic."
"That is not true," Sofiel said. "I can hear the voice of souls. Using that gifts I can attune to everyone's desire. That is why people like my songs."
"So, you're saying that if I don't return this to you, you will retain your fans?" Aldred's showed a small device on his hand.
Sofiel widened her eyes in shock as she put her hand on her throat. "How did you…"
Naley approached her. "You better tell me his location, or you won't see your fans again."
"Who are you talking about?"
"You know exactly who I am talking about."
"I… I don't know."
"Stop lying unless you want scars on that pretty eyes of yours." Naley glared at her.
Sofiel gulped in fear.
"That's right. I hate this pretty of yours. It takes great strength for me to hold back from ripping it off like a piece of paper. Here I am hiding under the sewer and you can go out there being praised and loved? As a pop star, I know you understand the danger of a jealous woman."
Sofiel's face darkened. She understood very clearly how dangerous can a woman be when they were jealous. A lot of her rivals had tried to attack her in the past. They tried to ruin her voice, her voice, her image, using all kinds of ways.
It happened not to long ago, so the bitter memories were still fresh to her. Luckily, she had a protective team now, and they all protected her from these kind of people.
But still, they never thought she would be kidnapped like this.
"Tell me now!"
"No need to shout at her, Naley. I can take care of this."
Aldred stared into her twinkling eyes. His eyes turned red. "Look into my eyes."
