Thousands of golden EXO symbols fade in and out in time with the music. Seeing the boys on stage... It feels like a dream. Your mind is in a state of intense euphoria as you try your best to sing along in your sketchy attempt at Korean. Amazed by their dancing, you try to take it all in but your eyes are constantly drawn to Chanyeol. They're all wearing the same thing, ripped black jeans and oversized hoodies with The War symbol on it. Even with all the lights around the room, it feels like the brightest one is the boy now stepping to the front for his part. A golden aura seems to surround Chanyeol as he sings his part, it feels like every time he sings, he does so with his heart and soul. Then, to your slight disappointment, the song ends. The boys, already glistening slightly with sweat, start waving to the audience. Sehun steps forward.
"Hello!" He calls, smiling joyfully. You're pretty sure every single person in the room screamed in response, including you. "We were really looking forward to coming here! It's our first time performing in England!" Then, Chanyeol steps forward, drawing even louder screams.
"We've been practicing very hard for this, our English has gotten much better!" You think back to old videos of them trying to speak English, they have been working very hard to speak so fluently.
"But no one wants to hear us ramble on!" Kai cheers, riling up the audience. "You came here for The War!" More screams ensued.
"Hey, do you know what time it is?" D.O asks the crowd. Yells of the time fill the room.
"Last time I checked, it was... The Eve..." Baekhyun grins mischievously. All the exo lights turn a dim orange as the group gets in position for their next song.
"Hey, did you see what happened over there?" The girl next to you shouts loudly in your ear. Your attention is drawn to a commotion on the far right side of the room. A few security guards are grabbing people...
"Maybe a fight or something? I think security is handling it." Shout back to her just as the music starts blaring, dragging your eyes back to the stage. Even though the entire hall is screaming for them, something sounds off. Brushing it off as part of the atmosphere, you wave your light stick high in the air, cheering at the heavenly voices echoing through the stadium. But it felt like the atmosphere had changed. You notice the other group of girls to your right talking to each other with concerned looks. Letting your curiosity take over, you poke the arm of one of the girls. She swivels around to you. "Are you guys okay?" You ask.
"Yeah but... There's something going on over there. If it was a fight, shouldn't it have died down pretty quickly with the security guards and whatnot?" She says worriedly. You quickly glance back to the boys who continue to sing but are curiously peering over to where the commotion is. All of a sudden, people start screaming in a way not of excitement, but fear. You make out phrases such as "He bit her?" "What's wrong with his skin?". The music dies down as the boys stop singing. Whatever happened must be serious to stop the show. Thousands of fans peer over the heads of others to see what's happening. Fans from where the fight was... They're moving towards you. The look of horror on their faces makes your blood run cold, they're trying to get away from whatever was over there. You climb onto your chair to see what's going on. It seems like more people are pouring into the room, but they're not walking right. Terrified screams pierce the air like darts, turning confusion of other fans into fear. Hundreds of people, scrambling over each other to get away from something.
"Everyone calm down!" Kai shouts to the audience but had almost no impact.
"What the hell is happening?" You cry out. The girl you were just talking to you turns to you with wide eyes.
"There's been some sort of attack. Those people all coming in... I think they're terrorists or something!" Your heart jumps into a state of panic as you start to hyperventilate.
"What do we do?" Another girl gasps, backing towards you. Another girl stumbles past you with absolute terror in her eyes.
"Hey, what's happening?" You ask, gently taking hold of the girl's arm. She yanks it away from you.
"Some guy c-came in through the doors. His skin was all rotten and gross... H-he bit another guy! He just went up behind someone and bit into his neck, blood went everywhere and then m-more started coming in! All with r-rotting flesh and the same crazed look in their eyes as the first one. I don't know if it's some kind of sick terrorist attack but we have to get out of here!" And with that, she carries on running towards the other side of the room, clambering over other confused fans. Meanwhile, the members of EXO are pacing the stage, panicking as security guards rush towards them and usher them off the stage to some kind of stage door. A hoard of screaming fans is charging towards you, jumping over chairs, tripping over each other. Your body finally reacts and turns you around, but not quickly enough. You feel a foot in the back of your leg which sends you falling to the ground. Pain shoots through your limbs as dozens of men and women desperately clamber over you. You instinctively roll to the side, under the chairs. You need to get up and go, but it's nearly impossible to get out from under the chairs without being crushed. The thundering of footsteps forces you to stay where you are.
You suddenly remember that your idols escaped the crowd by going somewhere under the stage. If you crawled under the seats, you could make it over there. All the fans are heading towards the left exit, none of them thinking of the stage. Taking some deep breaths to regulate your breathing, you grab your backpack from under your seat and start to crawl as fast as you can under the chairs. As you progress towards the stage, you notice that the feet around you have stopped running. They stumbled, trip and drag across the floor. Confused, you peek through the crack in the chairs to see a petrifying sight. A man, no... it can't be a man. Its skin is a mixture of dark green and blue, parts peeling from its face to expose muscle and bone. What the hell? Every instinct in your body tells you to get up and run but you realise that it's not just one. The many feet around you belong to other... Things like the one you saw. As quietly as you can, you crawl closer to the stage, occasionally stopping to let the hideous, raw legs of those things walk past. The room is a mixture of moans and screams. Then you see it, a small door on the side of the stage. To get there, you would have to go out in the open.
"Okay... You've got this... You're going to be okay..." You whisper to yourself in reassurance. Slowly, you pull yourself out from under the seat. Staying on your hands and knees, you quickly crawl towards the stage. Taking a moment to glance at the exit, you see the hoard of those creatures eagerly heading towards the screaming crowd of fans all desperately trying to shove through the exits. Your body wants to cry but now isn't the time. The feeling of metal hitting your heads draws your attention to what's in front of you. The door! You reach for the handle and pull down, but it's locked. Of course, they would lock it behind them. "Hey! Is anyone in there?" You shout as quietly as possible, knocking on the door. No reply. "Please, I don't know what those things are... I can't get to the exits. Please just open the door!" You hear some shuffling inside and muffled voices speaking in Korean. It seems like they're arguing. But that becomes the least of your concerns as you notice one of those things stumbling towards you. All of a sudden, tears break free from your eyes and roll down your cheeks. "Oh god... One's coming! Please... I don't want to die out here." You sob, slumping against the door, pressing your back against it and holding your hands out in defence. The creature draws nearer and lets out a gargled groan. "Get away from me!" You kick the thing in the leg, snapping it backwards and forcing the creature to fall to the floor. Horror fills your body as the thing doesn't even flinch in pain, it just continues to drag itself towards you with its arms. A dark bloody mixture dribbles from its mouth and seeps back under the skin peeling off from its chin. A clicking sound comes from behind you and you feel yourself falling backwards.
Pain spikes through your back as you tumbled down what seems like metal steps. The door is quickly slammed shut and the groan from outside becomes quieter. Breathing quickly, you open your eyes to bright lights and the silhouettes of people standing over you. As your eyes adjust, you recognize them as the members of EXO.
"Hey." One of them says softly in a Korean accent. Your eyes flicker to the face of the one kneeling down beside you. The worried face of Chanyeol stares back at you. "Are you okay?"
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A Light In The Dark » Chanyeol x Reader Zombie Apocalypse
Fanfiction"I want to protect everyone, and I can't do that by leaving you behind." When you heard that EXO was coming to Europe, you were excited. But when you heard they were coming to London, you were ecstatic. You bought tickets as soon as they came out an...
