Kara Pov

Kara watched as a gun was placed to Prince Aeric's head and the Joker started singing. She wanted more than anything to go save him, but she was powerless to do so. To many people were around her and the Joker promised to detonate a bomb if anyone moved out of their seat. It reminded her of the thought experiment about the people on the train tracks with a train coming and you could either save five people and one dies, or save the one and have five people die. 

No matter what the answer, you would be killing someone, most would argue that killing the one to save the five was the morally right answer to this question and she was one of those people. You can't always save everyone, but sometimes it was possible. She was hoping this was one of those times as she watched on hopelessly. 

Then it happened. **BANG** When she heard the gunshot her heart skipped a beat and her feet had already started to move. She had moved the fastest she ever done before and was just about to stop the bullet before she noticed the flag that had shot out of the guns barrel. With the same speed she got up with, she sat back down. Nobody had noticed, but a young Indian teenager from the front row looked back at her for a second. She figured he must have very sharp senses and had felt the wind from her small but fast movement. 

Just when she thought Prince Aeric was safe, the Joker pulled out another gun and placed it to Prince Aeric's head. X-raying the gun told her this time it was the real deal. She hadn't thought about x-raying the gun before because she had just assumed it was real. Knowing this one was fully armed, she positioned her feet to be ready to charge their way at any moment. 

Just when the Joker had stopped singing and started laughing like a mad man as he looked up, She started to run as fast as she could again to try and subdue him before he harmed anyone else. As her foot dug into the floor and left an imprint in it behind, she started to run again, and as her first foot hit the ground in front of her on her first step, her eyes caught sight of a white figure coming from the back stage area. 

The white figure in question was going so fast that her eyes had only made out a blur which slowly became visible as her right leg moved forward to take another step. 'A white speedster?' she thought. She wondered if the new speedster was with the Joker or here to help until she saw the blur suddenly slow down as it got closer to the Joker, but only enough for her to see him, while everyone else hadn't even noticed he was there. 

She observed as King Moonlight's eyes turned to her before immediately focusing back on the Joker. Realizing who the blur was and there was no need to intervene, she sat back down in her seat. Nobody realized she moved this time as they all looked at the figure that appeared out of nowhere in front of them. "WHERE ARE THE BOMBS!". King Moonlight roared, even scaring some of the audience with his sudden appearance and voice. 

Knowing that one of the great eight superheroes was on the scene, her eyes moved to Prince Aeric as the backstreet boy members all tried to stop the bleeding from his leg. He might not have been human, but he was clearly just as weak as a human who was powerless in front of such Villains. Her eyes started to become wet as she thought about how unlucky Prince Aeric was. 

From what her cousin had told her, he had come here after his planet was destroyed just like theirs was. The big difference was that he came to this planet without the support of an adoptive family, others of his race, and he didn't gain powers from the sun. Still he never gave up as he sang his heart out each day to make money. Not only that he went around doing volunteer work and sang to people for free to make them feel better.

Why is someone that is so kind cursed to having such bad luck and such a mean and arrogant looking resting bitch face? The only time she had seen his scowl leave his face was when he was singing. You could tell he was his happiest when he sang. It was sad in it's own way, because it made people want to avoid him, because his face alone made a negative first impression. His face was still plenty attractive, it just wasn't welcoming. 

After the Joker was taken care of, Prince Aeric and the Backstreet boys decided to sing one more song for those that stayed and even promised a surprise to the audience. As the song was about to end, the audiences lighting dimmed above them as she watched a lot of the stadiums staff members enter each row of the concert and began distributing presents to people with bracelets. While it was probably to dark for others to see, she could see them well as one of them placed a gift in her lap. The others probably just felt something was given to them and held onto it, not knowing what it was.

The Christmas gift was a beautiful shiny golden box with a golden bow that kept it shut. A laminated tag hung from it by string that had the words 'Merry Christmas From: Prince Aeric' written on it. She wanted to open it right there, but decided to have some self control and wait till after using her VIP pass to meet the band. 

After waiting a while, it was finally her turn as she walked towards the Celebrity she had been infatuated with for some time now. Like the rest of the band, he was wearing a white t-shirt, baggy black sweat pants, white shoes, and a Santa hat. He was the only one out of the group that filled the outfit out with his muscular body though. He clearly hit the gym often. 

After asking for a picture and handing him her phone, she went and stood to his left even though he was still sitting down. She figured he was still hurt from the gunshot wound. Being so close to a man that glistened with sweat after dancing on stage for so long, she couldn't help but blush slightly as she looked towards the camera and smiled. 

After getting her picture, she still had a little time and so she talked with him a bit and also asked if his leg was feeling okay before finally having to leave due to her time being up. She wanted to talk longer, but she knew he had other people to see and so she left. 

Once she was home she pulled up the picture Prince Aeric had taken of them with her phone and decided in her heart that she would print it out and frame it when she had the opportunity to do so. She also wanted to show it off to others. Prince Aeric may not have had a very big following in normal circles yet, but he was a huge hit in the Hero community. She could now say she met him and brag to everyone she knows. 

As she was about to lay down, she remembered the two Christmas gifts she had gotten from the concert. Grabbing the backstreet boys gift she opened it to find a pair of limited edition backstreet boys headphones and a backstreet boys themed mp3 player. She loved the headphones, but doubted she would ever use the mp3 player simply because she was content with the player she currently had and didn't feel like transferring all the songs to the new one. 

Having saved the best for last, she made her way to the golden Christmas box and pulled the bow off before opening the lid. The box was filled with various souvenirs. Small nicknacks like a Prince Aeric themed keychain and fridge magnet which were okay and she was grateful, but she had expected more. It wasn't until she dug beneath the top layer of junk souvenirs that she found two items that made the gift seem special. 

The two items she pulled out were a small plushie that looked just like Prince Aeric and a beautiful silver and blue ring that had a music note engraved on it's front and on it's underside it had a smile now, cry later pair of mask's on it. The ring was heavier than most rings she had held in the past, but even if a normal human were to wear it, it would not be a problem. Just like the LED bracelet, the ring shrunk or expanded to fit the wearer. After putting the ring on her ring finger, she grabbed the new Prince Aeric plushie and went to bed as she snuggled the plushie tight.