Part 1
The park was full of the concert fans, as they stood infront of the stage which had been constructed especially for this concert. It was after midnight but the fans were still on their feet as they shouted once more. The concert was initially scheduled to be held in one of the concert halls but looking at the demand for tickets and the overall craze of the star the venue had been shifted to this park where it was to be held in open air. Even though the monsoon season was in full swing the concert had been sold out weeks ago.
The organizers had sold out the tickets to the maximum, the security officials were sweating as they tried to control the huge mass of humanity from rushing to the stage during the performances. The concert was not for any international star but of a Indian rock star, heart throb of a millions. The crowd was waiting for the final act of the evening as they waited the kept chanting his name: ARMAAN! ARMAAN! ARMAAN!
Behind the stage the dancers ran for costume changes while extras cleared the stage of confetti, the band was busy stringing their instruments and checking the mike system. A lone figure standing in the wings looked out towards the sea of faces standing in the stands calling out his name. He looked at the people gathered there just for a sight of him to hear him sing and dance. When they kept chanting his name, when a girl held a banner reading: ILU ARMAAN! MARRY ME!, his lips turned up in amusement. His eyes burned with a sense of achievement as he felt the crowds hysteria for him rise. A light illuminated his face making it visible which was uptill now hidden in the shadows.
Dark brown hair spiked with sweat fell across his forehead, eyes the shade of summer sky glinting with a desire for more and amusement. The amusement was directed towards himself that he was shallow enough to feel happy when crowds of people called out his name and screamed their love for him. He stood there with a smile tugging at his full mouth, some called him a greek god another source of amusement of him. He had a well muscled physique which was shown to advantage in his customary black jeans which was paired off with a black sleeveless jacket showing off his muscled arms with tattoos.
He stood there in shadows enjoying his success when an aide rushed to his side: you are on in 2!(and left quickly when armaan nodded his head in acknowledgement)
Armaan stood there for a second then walked on to the stage in front of thousands of screaming fans. As the music started armaan and one of his backup singers started:
Lets Go
If you feeling me
Make Some Noise
Ladies And Gentlemen Raise Your Voice.
Na na Na na Na na
Na na Na na Na na (x2)
Lets Go
Tu Hai Meri Soniye. (when armaan directed his gaze one of the girls in the front row, the girls started to scream wildly, waving their arms)
I'll Be With You Night And Day.
Jab Tujhe Dekhe Nazarein(the girl in question fainted as armaan blew her a kiss while he sang)
Kismat Konnection Ho Jaye
Everybody On The Floor
Make Some Noise
Aa Karle Shor
Deewane Pan Ka Hai Zor
Come on Everybody Now Sing It One Time'Sha
Aai Pappi aai paapi Aai
Aai Pappi aai Pappi Aai
Aai Pappi aai Pappi Aai
Let me Take You Higher(armaan was dancing away with the rest of the dancers in a synchronized dance routine while the crowd screamed and clapped and danced and sang right along with him)
Aai Pappi aai paapi Aai
Aai Pappi aai Pappi Aai
Aai Pappi aai Pappi Aai
Higher And Higher
Peechhe Duniya Main Aage(some of the fans managed to escape the security officials succeeding in getting on the stage and clinging to armaan. The security rushed onstage dragging the crazed fans away)
Mere Soye Aarman Jaage
Peechhe Duniya Main Aage
Mere Soye Aarman Jaage
Ab Toh Bas Aisa Lage
Mere Kadmo Mein Jahan'(armaan enjoying the moment and the rush of being loved hopelessly threw back his head and flung is arms out)
Everybody Join The Song
Keep the Party Going On.
Yaaron Hum Se Barkar Kaun
Come on Everybody Now Hit It Like That'Sha
Aai Pappi aai paapi Aai
Aai Pappi aai Pappi Aai
Aai Pappi aai Pappi Aai
Let me Take You Higher
Aai Pappi aai paapi Aai
Aai Pappi aai Pappi Aai
Aai Pappi aai Pappi Aai
As armaan was singing and jumping around on the stage as he turned his back on the sea of faces looking up at him, he felt a prickle of unease, the skin at the back of his neck crawled. He turned back to look at the thousands of faces that were looking at him with hero worship and adulation in their eyes. He rubbed a hand at the back of his neck dispelling it as his imagination and went ahead and did a head stand making the fans scream and shout in admiration.
Higher And Higher
lets go
Tu Hai Meri Soniya.
I'll Be With You Night And Day.
Jab Tujhe Dekhe Nazarein
Kismat Konnection Ho Jaye
Even though armaan had sensed something he had been preoccupied enough to not realize that a red laser beam kept tracking his every movement. When he had rubbed a hand on his neck, the beam had been centered on his neck. Even now that he was bringing the act to its finale, the beam seemed to roam his body to stop at his heart then to center on his forehead.
Everybody On The Floor
Make Some Noise
Aa Karle Shor
Deewane Pan Ka Hai Zor
If someone had followed the beam they could've traced it higher outside the park to a adjacent building top floor. There in the shadows of the night crouched on the terrace was a lone figure all in black with a high powered riffle with a laser illuminator and scope. The man was crouched in a position with his riffle propped on a stand which had its position clearly directed towards the concert happening across in the park. The man looked through the scope the cross hairs completely in line with armaan's head.
The man had his finger on the trigger but he waited as his mouth curved in a smile to let armaan finish his final act. The idea was to make this final performance a most memorable one, one that people would remember for ever.
Come on Everybody Now Sing It One Time'Sha
Aai Pappi aai paapi Aai
Aai Pappi aai Pappi Aai
Aai Pappi aai Pappi Aai
Let me Take You Higher(Armaan continued to sing and dance along with the other dancers and singers on stage)
Aai Pappi aai paapi Aai
Aai Pappi aai Pappi Aai(they were building up for the finale point as armaan urged the crowds to sing and clap along with them)
Aai Pappi aai Pappi Aai
Higher And Higher(the dancers lifted armaan high up in the air standing on top of him with his arms outstretched. Across the distance the man smiled as he pulled the trigger and thought the end was indeed going to be picture perfect.)
Armaan stood above the dancers looking out and down at the thousands of screaming fans when he felt his foot wobble and he lost his balance making him pitch backwards. Before he could shout for help he was falling and then he felt something flew past his cheek almost grazing it, leaving behind a burn. As he fell on the ground he heard the sound of the lights shattering behind him.
Security swarmed on the stage as the dancers and aides started to panic and rush of the stage, the lights were dimmed armaan was bundled up by his security and rushed through the back door to the waiting car. The fans were totally oblivious to what had happened, for them it had looked like an act and they clapped and screamed for armaan. The security quickly tried to dispel the crowd and make them leave the park grounds.
Armaan was being rushed away to his house when it finally dawned on him: someone just took a shot at me!
On the other end the man on the roof quickly dismembered his riffle and stuffed it back into his bag from which he had originally it taken it out. He frowned as he thought of missing his target as he never missed them. The contact had asked him to kill Armaan Malik the rock star and he would've been dead tonight if he hadn't been lucky, The man quickly took the stairs down the building, going down 15 flights of stairs as he made his way out the back door and briskly walked out the door.
He made his way to a back alley where he had parked his car, quickly pulling out of there and going back to his quarters as he knew soon the whole area would be closed down. As he drove away he thought how armaan had been lucky to get away this time but his luck could not save him the next time, as there was going to be a next time and soon.
Udne Ki Aasha
Anupamaa
Cricket
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