Total panic broke out on the stage. Jennifer Lopez began running back and forth, as various stagehands tried to corral her in. The audience began talking loudly among themselves, trying to decide if the whole thing was part of the show or not.
Up in the balcony, Jon and Karyn were as confused as everyone else. They stared downward, trying to make out what was being said below. Then, Jon heard something that sounded completely out of place. He could have sworn he heard someone laughing. He looked around to see where the sound was coming from. He quickly realized that it was coming from the rafters above the stage, and strained to see who was up there.
Only when his eyes had adjusted to the darkness did he see the little man. He was only about three feet tall, and was dressed in a strange green outfit. But the strangest thing of all wasn't his clothes. It was the fact that he wasn't standing among the rafters, but rather floating just beneath them.
Jon quickly grabbed Karyn's arm and pointed out the man to her. "What the...?" she said. "Who the hell is that? And how is he doing that?"
"I don't know," Jon told her, "but I think we've found out what happened to Jennifer Lopez."
Karyn nodded agreement. "So, what do we do about it?"
Before Jon could answer, the little man seemed to notice something below him, and with a big grin, pointed down into the auditorium. Jon and Karyn both turned to see what he was pointing at. They saw an woman in an expensive evening gown climbing up from the audience onto the stage. They both recognized her immediately. It was...