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 gets themselves 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 with 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 gotten hurtful.
 * Beware of the Nice Ones: Emma loses after getting 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
 * Darker and Edgier: With head trauma, 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.
 * Hurt/Comfort Fic
 * No One Should Survive That: Melanie suffers a head injury that is normally fatal, add the victim of cold-blooded torture... sweet lord.
 * No Sense of Direction: After suffering a head injury, Melanie becomes confused and lands into a serious situation.
 * Obligatory Swearing: There are a lot of swearing, even Emma drops a few.
 * One of the Kids: Melanie is introduce to children in order to help her recover.
 * Tear Jerker: Seeing what Melanie going through, it's hard to hold back.
 * Time Out: Joan and Dennis tries 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.
 * Stunned Silence: Victoria has this one.
 * Woman Child: Melanie regresses to a child-like stage.