NCT: Shadow & Light

Prologue

Five minutes.

The clock ticked.

Five more minutes and it was NCT's turn to perform their latest comeback. Taeyong paced to and fro in the waiting room. His hands were shaking, and he kept checking his watch again and again. He paused midway and turned at Doyoung, who was sitting on the chair in the corner, his eyes were white as he made his soul walk through the portal, keeping his physical form safe with his members back in the waiting room. Twenty-one of them in total and six of them weren't there, well seven if Doyoung consciousness was counted. Yangyang, Mark, Lucas, Chenle, Jeno, Jungwoo and Jaehyun.

The waiting room had grey walls, adding perfectly to the tense atmosphere. One small door at the front and on the opposite side stood a huge glass window whose blinds were drawn. Long leather couches on both side which were occupied by the members. Doyoung sat unconsciously near the window on the left of Taeyong, as he stood in the middle of the room near the door, facing them. He looked at everyone's faces. All of them were worried. Haechan kept checking Doyoung's vitals, making sure he was okay. The whole group was divided into shadow and light sorcerer. However, few had special powers, like Doyoung, a shadow sorcerer who could astral project. But he wasn't the only one. Haechan a light sorcerer, was able to communicate with spirits and souls without being at the same place. Hence if anything went wrong, he would be the first person to bring Doyoung's soul back. Luckily, it was never the case because Doyoung was a very skilled sorcerer.

Next to Haechan, sat the three of the light sorcerers, Taeil, Xiaojun who could see the future, and Jisung. Beside Jisung, Ten, one of the shadow sorcerers, shook his legs impatiently.

"They will be back soon", Kun, another shadow sorcerer tried to calm Ten down.

"They better. Otherwise, how will we be able to explain where six of our members went?" Renjun, another shadow sorcerer, said looking at Kun. He was sitting on the opposite side with the other shadow sorcerers, Jaemin, Yuta, Johnny, and Winwin the only one who could teleport. Hendery, the light sorcerer and healer was sitting in the middle.

"I think you should call Doyoung back", Renjun asked Haechan.

Haechan looked at the clock right away but before he could do his spells, one of the stage crew members barge opened the door, he jumped immediately in front of Doyoung and covered him from the stranger.
"Four more minutes and you guys are on!" she said while smiling.

Taeyong nodded at her with a gentle smile and thanked her, his professionalism was back even though he was screaming inside.

As soon as the girl walked out of the room closing the door behind her, the heavy wind started blowing inside the room and with a whooshing noise, a portal opened in the middle of the room. Doyoung's iris got back its color and taking a deep breath he fell on the ground. Before Haechan and Taeil could approach him, he stood up, dusting off his clothes, "I am fine", he said as he placed his hand on each side of his waist, "That was..."

"...awesome", Mark's voice came through the portal followed by laughter and silhouette. Finally, he walked out of it with Lucas' arm around his shoulder. The rest of them followed the two out of the portal with a huge smile on their faces. Once they were out, Jaehyun closed the portal. Only shadow sorcerers were able to open and close the portals that allowed them to walk through different galaxies and the group had two of them Jaehyun and Kun. Controlling the portals was deemed as one of the most honorable duty, earned from the masters. All of them wore a small crystal necklace, to their fans it was a sign of their unity, but to them, it held their power, their magic staffs. With the right spell, the small crystal would enlarge into a long wooden staff with a magical stone set on the top. Each of them looked different but only Kun and Jaehyun's had the symbol of the key.

"Did you guys get them?" Jisung asked as he jumped off his seat with a huge smile on his face.

"Piece of cake! I got three of them with my shadow whips", Lucas said as he showed them how he did it as he pretended to hold a whip and wrap it around his left arm.

"Guys, we do not have any time for this. Put your mic on!" Kun hurried.

"Clothes?" Jungwoo asked the member pointing his outfit.

"Clean, not a single hint of your fights in some other planet", Yuta said as he checked the returning members from head to toe.

"So, shall we begin?" Yangyang said standing in front of the door and flashing a huge smile.

And there it was the performance of the night, the audience was on their feet, jumping and cheering for the boys as they sang and danced.

Within four minutes stood 21 boys facing the crowd, panting yet smiling. Happy with their performance, happy with their fights against the space bandits. Talented and skilled in both dancing, singing, and magical power. They were NCT, the talented idol group, and the powerful magicians.