This is the second chapter of my story. they had been writin before creating an account thus the short moment between upload. for the next story it might take some time. review and let me know if i need to change somthing.
also these two chapters might be a but short but its more the sum up from the book rise of the ogre. starting with the next chapter to be more my thing and thus might be longer. hope you enjoy.
Demon Days
It seemed the gorillaz were reunited once more. They started working on the songs and soon, they found out the gears would be oiled and everything fell into place. The only thing that didn't seem to work out, was their own doubts. On with the story.
The second album was released and none of them could image the grand success it got. They also started realizing more about one another and things changed.
Murdoc didn't beat 2D up as much anymore as he used to. The others started to accept him more and his annoying habits, although they still got into a fir now and then.
Russel on the other hand became more distant. He lost a part of himself and didn't know how to deal with certain things because of that. His relations with the others didn't change much, although the one thing that did change was that he formed a closer bond with 2D, since now they were very close friends, also almost family.
2D had "grown up" the time he was away. He wasn't so unsure anymore, at least not as much but he did remain quite clumsy. He still was too afraid to Murdoc to stand up to him though. But he became more confident in the things he tried. The thing that didn't change was the toll from the accident. He was still slow at comprehending things and was at times a bit childish. Something that seemed that would never change.
Who changed the most in the absent time was noodle, both inside and outside. She was still as lively as before, although she did calm down quite a bit. She still was happy-go-lucky. She also at this time fluently spoke English, although she still used Japanese suffixes, like 2D-san. What also changed greatly was her appearance. She had grown her hair and had a frou-frou that covered her eyes and her shapes changed greatly. She had grown quite a bit, so much that she was only a head and a half at most smaller then 2D at this point. Her style of clothes also changed greatly. From her special and bit eccentric Japanese clothing to more English style clothing.
It was time to start making music videos, as the video rock-it was more a video to announce the return of, according to Murdoc, the world greatest band. They got together and decided to shoot a video for feel good Inc. the prop, namely the floating island, was readied and they headed for the secret location. It qas here that things started to take shape for the future of gorillaz.
During the song 2D had to walk over to the window and look at noodle as she past him on her floating island. However, as fate wanted it, she passed him just as he sang;
Love forever
Love is free
Let's turn forever you and me
At this point something snapped in 2D, shifted and changed but it was something he couldn't really comprehend at the time, and seeing as he was busy with the music video, he decided to put it off of him for now. Little did he know that he would realized what it was to late. He managed to finished the song in one go, even though as he tried to put his feeling he didn't understand and failed a bit in it. When the song was completely finished and they arrived back at Kong 2D went straight to his room and locked himself in it to think for the remainder of the day.
For Noodle something also started to change. It was so sudden and powerful that she didn't know how to handle it. The moment she past the window where 2D stood, she looked at him and she was mesmerized. Nothing more than a second past but in that once second she thought she could see inside his soul. Sure, they had spent a lot of time together, and they were like brother and sister with Russel as the father figure, but never had she seen so deep into his soul as in that one second. That one second would never again escape her memory, as she could not help but to see how much his soul suffered, how much pain there was inside him, and yet there was also hope, a lot of dreams and even some melancholy, a combination that fascinated her.
After the videos were finished, they started touring and only then really found out how loved they were as a band, although the touring was only to radio stations. The trip on itself however, not really went as they thought it would. In a lot of situations, it turned out that there was a certain someone who wanted them death. There are a lot of moments that they escaped death. One time, it just went too far and Murdoc, who got sick of it, started investigating and soon after the murder attempts stopped. They decided to start working on the last video of the album.
El Mañaña was supposed to be a closure to the album demon days and a happy end for all the members of gorillaz. Things just never go the way they are supposed to go. It actually took a turn for the worst. The changing inside Noodle began to take a toll on her, as she was still quite young and was raised with the band, she needed a time out for herself so that she could figure out what exactly happened to her. In fact, she didn't really wanted to be bothered by anyone for some time. The one who first took on to her absent behavior was, strangely, Murdoc. However this is exactly what he needed to exert his revenge. He made an arrangement with Noodle that would make them both happy, and the arrangement would play out during the video.
Once again the floating island would be used for the video. She was on the floating island happily enjoying the freedom however, things took a turn for the worst. Two helicopters started shooting at noodle and she ran to the lighthouse and hid. The sound started fading away so she tried to take a look outside, just to find everything ablaze. Soon though, the helicopters returned and took her under fire again. She ran up the stairs but because one of the windmill his wigs broke, the island started turning down and because of this she fell down the stairs. This time the island completely broke down and started crashing. Once the island hit the ground one of the choppers dropped a bomb on it. All of the other members of the band stared, unable to understand what happened. All except Murdoc of course.
Russel saw the Island coming down. As it crashed russel's breath was taken away, unable to comprehend what happened and soon after he started crying.
Murdoc smirked knowing precisely what happened. Noodle didn't die in the island crashing down; she only jumped out ar the right time with a parachute, at the moment when it wouldn't be seen by the viewers. The only one who did die in the movie was jimmy, the one who tried to kill them on their tour
The one who suffered the most from the "death" of noodle was 2D you only know how important something is, when you lose it. The moment it hit 2D that he would never see his noodle again (nor realizing at the moment he thought of HIS noodle), he fell to his knees releasing a shout that some though could be heard across the globe, he broke down in a mental shock.
After the "accident" the group split up once more. Murdoc first started working on the book: rise of the ogre. It would contain everything that happened to the band in the past. After that he roamed around the world, because Kong studio broke down so he was looking for a place to stay when he came across an island where all the junk and rubble gathered. He instantly started working on the place. Made an entire mansion and recording studio nearly as big as Kong was on the island. Also for some reason it was as equally haunted as Kong studio.
Russel for a long time just roamed until he settled down somewhere in solitude. According to sources it would be somewhere in California although no one knew for certain.
Noodle first tried to place the changed she started to feel, however she still not understood what is was. However this feeling made her unable to interact with a lot of people. She really needed to be alone so decided to hire a room on a cruise after a very much time of roaming. She stayed on the cruise which gave her time to think.
2D, Who already blinked out a lot, went into a complete mental breakdown. He got admitted to a mental hospital for a couple months. None of the doctors knew what to do with him but they decided after some time he was no treat to anyone, including himself. He got fired from the hospital and soon learned that everyone gave up on the search of Noodle. However through the years 2D and noodle spent together they had developed a bond that ran deeper then anything that could be comprehended. He felt…no he know she was alive and kept on searching. He rented a room somewhere near the crash site and started his search from there.
But the gears of faith didn't leave it at that. They have slowed down quite a bit but were still turning and soon things would take place that would change the entire future for each individual. Little did the band know the moment they got separated, they have been watched by a very strange…being.
