It was a wonderfully sunny day in London of June 26, 2012. As we got off the plane, I saw a pristine manicured landscape. I saw friendly stuwards as they usher us into the terminal. I loved this treatment. It what was I loved most about London. As we entered the terminal, I looked around for Tom. He was no where to be found. I of course started to get scared. Suddenly a person tapped me on the shoulder. I turned around to see Tom beaming down at me.
"You're here early." He said.
"Yeah I know but, I wanted a minute with Aunt Mel." I said
"What? No hug?" He asked
"Yeah Of course Uncle Tom." I said and I hug him. He led us to the Lexis and opened the door for me. As we got in I noticed that he had a new picture of Scarlet hanging from the mirror. I smiled a bit. I couldn't wait to see Melanie and Scarlet. I missed my family. Soon we arrived at the hotel where the girls were holding a press conference for 'Viva Forever! The Spice girls Musical' and we park around back. We went into the room and it was a shadow shrouded room with a well lit couch at the end of it. I could hear some familiar voices. I knew it was the Spice Girls.
I started towards the couch and Tom stopped me with his hand. I looked at him and he winked at me, I knew he wanted me to scare them. I nodded and snuck over to them. As I snuck up behind the couch, I saw Geri reading a book. She sat it down and reached for some water, taking my chance I turned the page. When she looked at it she jumped. I moved to Victoria; she was wearing a pair of high boots. I couldn't help myself, so I tied the laces together. When she stood up she fell to her knees. I silently snickered as she struggled to her feet. I moved to Mel B; she was sitting there laughing at my work. Taking her spice name Scary into account, I decided to pull out the stops. I placed my phone near her ear and played and echo looped whisper. She jumped up and ran to Emma then she jumped into Emma's arms, pulling a Scooby-doo. I moved to Emma; she was startled by my work. She was shaking and I felt sorry for her. But a prank was a prank. I slowly rested my hand on her shoulder. After a moment she went slack. I guess I was good. Finally I made it to Melanie C; I knew only one prank to fit my aunt. I slowly weaved my hands under her hair. I pulled just as she takes notice. After a moment she sat forward mumbling something about Scarlet.
"Who's playing with my hair?" Melanie asked weakly. She gets up and walked away from the couch. She moved to the opposite end of the room. She breathed raggedly as her fear subsided. I felt bad now. That's when I jumped out. I ran to her and gave her a hug. She looked at me in surprise for a moment. After the initial surprise, she hugged me back. Then she laughed weakly.
"That was a good one Angel." She said weakly.
"I can't take all the credit Uncle Tom gave me the idea." I said.
"That sounds like him." She chuckled weakly. She began to cough harshly. As her cough worsened her knees gave away. I caught her and cushioned her fall. As she breathed, her lungs rattled. I knew the pneumonia had taken a lot out of her.
"Mel are you sure you're alright?" Emma asked concerned.
"I'm fine." Melanie gasped weakly.
"You don't look fine." Victoria said. Melanie stood up taking a second to shake things off. She went back over to the couch and sat back down. She drank a small coffee and took a deep breath. Then she smiled and laughed weakly,
"Sorry Angel." She said weakly.
"It's alright Aunt Mel." I said hugging her tightly.
"I bet you're happy to see your Aunt eh Janie?" Emma joked.
"Yeah to bad she's got that darn Pneumonia," I replied smiling.
"Mel, are you sure you'll be able to the press conference if you're sick?" Mel B asked.
"Yeah I'll be fine." Melanie said weakly.
"I don't know, maybe we should cancel." Geri said hesitantly.
"And let down hundreds of fans. Have you gone loony?" Emma asked.
"Emma's right. The show must go on." Victoria replied.
"I would expect that from me Victoria." Melanie said laughing weakly.
"Aunt Mel, I'll make you a deal. You can do this but if you start feeling bad, you come back here." I said
"Deal Angel." Melanie said weakly. We walked out into a sea of applauding fans and reporters. We stepped onto a small stage surrounded by posters for 'Viva Forever: The Spice Girls Musical'. The lights showed so that the girls appeared to glisten. Melanie looked pale; I could tell she wouldn't last long.
"Ladies and gentlemen. I present the creative minds behind 'Viva Forever: the musical' Jennifer Saunders, Judy Craymer, and The Spice girls." Margarita said and amid thunderous applause as they walked on the stage.
"Thank you everyone." Emma said as she bowed and waved to the crowd.
"Where did you get the idea for this?" Margarita asked.
"Well every song tells a story and the story we wanted to tell for it is farther then the song." Emma replied.
"What about your staff Judy Craymer and Jennifer Sanders. Why did you choose them?" Margarita asked.
"Well Jennifer played in 'Spice World'. So we had to call her in. As for Judy, she's behind Mamma Mia! So we had to call her in." Victoria said calmly.
"We noticed that Mel C is on oxygen. What's the story behind that?" Margarita continued.
"She's under the weather. That's all we can say." Mel B answered.
"I have pneumonia, a quite sever case, But I'll be ok." Melanie replied weakly.
"Well Melanie, I think I speak for all of us when I say get well soon." Geri said pulling her friend into a soft hug.
"Yeah it wouldn't be the Spice Girls without you." Mel B said.
"We love you Mel." Emma said hugging her friend lightly.
"Ladies and gentlemen. Can you believe the love between band mates?" Margarita asked.
"Love is the source of our girl power. Victoria said smiling.
"Right, But surely you must be concerned about your aunt's health, right Janie?" Margarita asked.
"Yeah, but Aunt Mel is strong, I'm sure she'll be fine." I answered.
"What faith from a member of one's family. Janie is her niece folks." Margarita said. I looked over to Melanie to find her looking at me, but this lasted only a moment. In a split second her expression changed. Her face went cold and her body went limp. Within seconds she fell to the floor.
"Oh my gosh!" Emma shrieked running over to Melanie.
"Someone help." Mel B said. I rushed over to Melanie and started compressions. Tom ran over to her and started mouth to mouth. WE began two person CPR. After a few moments she was breathing again. This brought applause from the crowd.
"Angel, Tom. Thank you." Melanie said weakly when she woke up.
"It was nothing dear. If I couldn't wake my sleeping beauty I wouldn't be much of a lover would I?" Tom said smiling.
"I just did what I was trained to do." I said relieved.
"You guys are far too modest. You lot saved my life." Melanie said weakly.
