I am sending out a new story surrounding Jem and the Holograms I hope that it comes with a good reaction. What if someone from Jem and the Holograms past did not die when they were told the person had? How would they react, and where would this end up? You will just have to read it to find out.
The Return Home
The early morning hours at Starlight Mansion was abuzz with the usual chatter and excitement. The excited chatter from the Starlight Girls for the start of the new school year, everyone was excited, except for Jerrica. For the last five years, since Jem and the Holograms won the Battle of the Bands against the Misfits, Jerrica had been the Cheif Executive officer of Starlight Music, her family's Music company which was doing much better in the music business since the release of Jacqui Benton's music in a tribute to her memory. Today was the anniversary of her mother's death in a plane crash almost ten years before. She looked at the picture of her mother, her, and her sister Kimber as tears began to fill her eyes. She began remembering how cold she had been to her mother the day she had been leaving for the start of a tour which was also the day that she died.
"I wish that there was some way for me to tell mom how sorry I am for the way that I acted that day." Jerrica thought.
Pushing the thought out of her mind for the time being, Jerrica went downstairs to meet the rest of the Holograms. "Hey Jerrica," her sister called after the girls had left for school, "that concert promoter from Las Vegas, Hays, he's back and he wants to talk to you about a return preformance with Jem and the Holograms at his casino."
"I wanted to appologize for everything that happened the last time that you were at my casino." Mr. Hays said, "I would like to invite you to preform again; and this time your opening act will not be a rival group. If I hadn't enlisted the Misfits, there would not have been any touble. Would you concider coming back for a return preformance?"
"That is outrageous." Kimber said, "Come on, what do you say sis? Are we going to do this?" Without a word of response, Jerrica signed the new contract enlisting Jem and the Holograms in the preformance. "Oh Mr. Hays who are we preforming with when we get there?"
"Oh you don't know her, but her name is Elizabeth Mason, a bright and shining star when it comes to her music." Mr. Hays said, "She is quite an inspiration when she sings much like your Jem. I think that you will enjoy singing with her. See ya'll in Vegas."
At the same time in Las Vegas at the Gold Dust Casino, Elizabeth Mason was practicing her music singing a song brought to light by imagination and sheer inspiration.
Starlight Jacqui Benton
Starlight is the message
that I send from beyond
Starlight is for always,
even when I'm gone
Starlight to shimmer on and on!
Starlight, won't desert you!
Starlight, always there!
Starlight ,is the present,
I send from high above
Starlight is eternal like my love
Starlight is the message
that I send!
Starlight!
"That was absolutely beautiful, Liz." Hays said, "But where did you get that song you just sang?"
"I-I'm not sure Hays," Elizabeth said, "I just wish that I could remember more of my past, maybe then I would remember where I heard that song and the lyrics of it."
"I have resigned Jem and the Holograms from Starlight Music." Hays said, "They will be preforming with you tomorrow night."
"Jem and the Holograms? Starlight Music? Where do they hail from?" She asked, "Why does the name Starlight Music sound so familiar?"
"Starlight Music is in Los Angeles and was once owned by Emmett Benton and now owned by his eldest daughter Jerrica." Hays replied, "Jerrica's band Jem and the Holograms were in a fight to keep Starlight Music from Eric Raymond, a man who tried to steal the company from the Bentons about five years ago. Anyway, why don't ya take a break, go and rest those pipes for tomorrow night's preformance."
Taking his advice, Elizabeth went to rest and relax for the preformance. To look at her, she could be confused as Jacqui Benton or, at least, her twin. She laid back on her bed and within seconds, she was asleep being haunted by faces and images she could not place. Images of Emmett Benton and his daughters Kimber and Jerrica, a building bearing the name Starlight Music, being on the road, singing and playing the guitar. She was suddenly snapped awake by a knock on the door. The door opened and revealed Elizabeth's manager Joyce Gabor. Joyce was a older version of Pizzazz.
"Are you alright, Liz, I heard you screaming." Joyce asked.
"I'm sorry Joyce, I-I was having a nightmare." Elizabeth said, "Not so much a nightmare as much as all these images and faces that I can not match with any names. I know that there's something I should be remembering, but I can't get it to come out. I could really use your help."
"Well after the preformance here, we are off to Los Angeles." Joyce announced, "I need to try and make ammends with my family and maybe you will be able to get a record deal from one the local music companies."
"I just wish that I could remember where I fit in." Elizabeth said, "Who are the people who keep haunting me and reaching out for me? Why can't I find what is missing in my life?"
Something Is Missing In My Life
Oooh...
Oh no!
I feel a loss, and it's got me kinda shook
I keep on searching but it's nowhere I look
Somethin' is missin'!
Something is missing in my life (something is missing)
Won't somebody tell me where it's gone (something is missing)
Something is missing in my life
Somebody tell me where I've gone wrong
With my life
I move around, keep goin' day and night
I look for answers but they're nowhere in sight
Somethin' is missin'
On a bus or walking down the street
I feel lonely lost and incomplete
Whoa, whoa!
Somethin' is missin' in my life (Somethin' is missin')
Won't somebody tell me where it's gone (something is missing)
Somethin' is missing in my life
Somebody tell me where I've gone wrong
With my life
(Somethin' is missin' in my life) In my life
(Somethin' is missin' in my life) Somethin' is missin'
(Somethin' is missin' in my life)
Somethin' is missin'
The images and nameless faces kept running through Elizabeth's mind and were showing no sign of stopping anytime soon. Hays entered her dressing room; and by the look on his face, the man had some very good news to share with her.
"Hey Liz, the band that you will be playing with has just arrived and are setting up for their practice." Hays said, "I would like to introduce you to them if you are up for it. I think that you would really like them."
"Sure, I could use a change of pace for the moment." Elizabeth replied.
They had just gotten to the backstage curtain while Jem and the Holograms were set up and were getting ready to practice for the big concert the next night. Elizabeth stood out of their sight watching them as they began their song.
It All Depends On The Mood I'm In
(Ooh, Ooh, mood I'm in!)
(Ooh, Ooh, mood I'm in!)
I can be whoever I want to,
Anyone at all
I can strut, when I want to strut,
Or hide behind a parasol!
It all depends on the mood I'm wearin'
It all depends on the mood I'm in (mood I'm in)
I can be beautiful, or truly outrageous,
It all depends on the mood I'm in!
(Ooh, Ooh, mood I'm in)
(Ooh, Ooh, mood I'm in)
Off I go in search of adventure (Ooh, Ooh, mood I'm in),
Anytime I chose (Ooh, Ooh, mood I'm in),
I wear heels, if that's how it feels (Ooh, Ooh, mood I'm in),
Or else I wear my blue suede shoes!
It all depends on the mood I'm wearin',
It all depends on the mood I'm in (mood I'm in)
I can be beautiful, or truly outrageous
It all depends on the mood I'm in
(Ooh, Ooh, Mood I'm in)
It all depends
(On the mood I'm in!)
Elizabeth could not believe what she was seeing. Thw women on the keyboards, and guitars were the same women who constantly haunted her dreams, but in her dreams, they were young girls. Could they know just who she was? She had to match their faces in her dreams to some names and fast. "That was outrageous as always, Ladies." Hays said, "Jem and the Holograms, I would like you to meet your additional preformer. This is Elizabeth Mason."
Jem and the Holograms, with the exception of Raya, all had shocked looks on their faces. Elizabeth Mason was a dead ringer for Jerrica and Kimber's mom Jacqui. But she could not be Jacqui, Jacqui Benton was killed in a palne crash ten years before.