In The Dark

In The Dark is a Spice Girls/Backstreet Boys fic written by Kohala8, found on Wattpad. During their joint American joint, the two groups end up in a bus crash. This causes three of the members to go missing. After a rescue party located two of the missing, another one finds the third and ends up a the turn of events for all involved. This link is provided.


 * Adult Fear: Granted Melanie is adult, but her parents being fearful of never seeing her again... that's gotta be hurtful.
 * Beware of the Nice Ones: Emma loses it after seeing Melanie's recovery being put in danger.
 * Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Emma rejects any pity.
 * Break the Badass: Melanie was known to be a tough girl, hence Sporty. After her trauma, she has a long road to return to her old self.
 * Break the Cutie: Emma has a breakdown of her own.
 * Cold-Blooded Torture: Melanie is subjected to this.
 * Cute Mute: Melanie becomes this after her trauma.
 * Trauma-Induced Amnesia
 * Heroic BSOD
 * Despair Event Horizon: Downplayed Melanie almost goes that moment.
 * Hope Is Scary
 * Torture Cellar: Melanie locked in a small closet.
 * Loss of Identity
 * Darker and Edgier: With head trauma, getting lost in the woods, almost being killed by a cultist, suffering post-trauma... ya think.
 * How Many Fingers?: Brian checks on Melanie with this.
 * Flipping the Bird: A.J. does this as a prank. Melanie wasn't amused and calls him a twat.
 * Holy Shit Quotient: Twice was dropped after James noticed what Simon and Vern were preparing to do to Melanie.
 * Geri drops one after hearing Emma's breakdown.
 * Hurt/Comfort Fic
 * I Should Have Been Better: Brian blames himself for not staying with an injured Melanie despite being told elsewhere.
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: A minor character, James, meets with Melanie when she's alone. After looking at her injuries, James remembers what he had said and quickly realizes he made a mistake. After Emma was able to calm a terrified Melanie, James looks at his co-workers, admitting his stupidly.
 * No One Should Survive That: Melanie suffers a head injury that is normally fatal, add being the victim of cold-blooded torture... sweet lord.
 * Not Quite Dead
 * No Sense of Direction: After suffering a head injury, Melanie becomes confused and lands in a serious situation.
 * Obligatory Swearing: There is a lot of swearing, even Emma drops a few.
 * Out of Character Is Serious Business: Melanie goes from a tough chick to a Broken Ace, while Emma drops her kid-type personality. The folks around them knows the situation has clearly serious at that point.
 * One of the Kids: Melanie is introduce to children in an attempt to help her recover.
 * Tear Jerker: Seeing what Melanie is going through, it's hard to hold back.
 * Time Out: Joan and Dennis try this after Melanie runs off.
 * Crazy Enough to Work: They're told to try some role-playing like this.
 * "The Reason You Suck" Speech: Emma delivers this one after seeing most of the others rushing Melanie though her recovery, includes herself in the process. Many of tried to use sedates on Melanie, which Emma is against. Of course, this was thanks in place of Emma finding a better that didn't involved drugging Melanie, which makes since Otis did that to the latter.
 * Stunned Silence: Victoria has this one.
 * Mass "Oh Crap": Victoria, Geri, and even Melanie all had this reaction to Emma's breakdown. Melanie felt guilty for doing this.
 * The Cuckoolander Was Right: Many had dismissed Emma's fears of Melanie abandoning and growing issues. After Melanie suffers a medical breakdown during the court case against her torturers, Emma is starting to be taken serious.
 * Rage Breaking Point: Emma pretty much goes to this one.
 * Stoic Woobie: In some degrees, Melanie fits this trope.
 * Not So Stoic: After seeing what she might have done to Emma, even Melanie breaks down and asks about what did she do to hurt her.
 * Woman Child: Melanie regresses to a child-like state.