Chapter 4 alright. Thanks to the people who reviewed. I took your advice by deleting lyrics. If you don't like the song choices they match a lot better if you've heard the lyrics. Also does anyone know what ooc means!?
Disclaimer. I don't own the characters, songs, or the rock band franchise.
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So like I said the Ares cabin was going to play. They chose the song Livin' on a prayer which was another song by Bon Jovi. Clarisse was singing and her brothers played everything else. Like I said earlier I really don't know them. Clarisse and her band started on stage.
After the song I had a major headache. Listening to Clarisse sing is like nails on a chalkboard only about 10 times worse. They did a little better than us with an 88 overall score. This put them in the lead for the time being. Though there were still 6 more bands to play.
The next band was going to be Power Plant.
"So what are you guys playing?"I asked.
"Well, we picked Kung Fu Fighting by Carl Douglas. It's our favorite song. We even have a cool surprise planned." Katie replied and the rest of the band nodded. I can't argue with that logic.
Katie took her guitar and the rest of the band too their spots. A boy from their cabin, I think his name is Chad, started singing.
As soon as they started all the grass went insane. It started growing until it formed a person shape. It did this twice. Then the two figures started fighting each other in accordance to the beat of the music. When the band stopped and the song was over the figures shrunk back into grass. I guess that this was the surprise they talked about.
"Well I was surprised." I said. Everyone else nodded in unison still awestruck.
Not only was the plant work awesome they also got a 91. This put them in the lead by three whole points. No telling what would win at this point.
"Now it's our turn." Rachel said as the rest of Solar Flare jumped onto the stage. I was worried because they could easily win. Not only could they see the future they also can control music. Beating them would be tough not to mention everyone else.
Rachel grabbed the mic, Will played the drums, and that left the guitars to Austin and Kayla. Kayla scrolled through the options until she found the song We got the Beat by The Go-Go's. They started playing and literally lit up the stage. Their instruments were glowing as they perfectly hit all the notes. That was intimidating enough until I noticed their eyes were closed. They weren't kidding about that.
At the end their score was a total of 93. They would have gotten a perfect score but Rachel started saying a prophecy toward the end of the song. There was something about 4 demigods and an anaconda. It was hard to hear over the music. This prophecy cut her score from a possible 100 to a 72. That was bad luck for them but good luck for everyone else.
"You're up Nico." Rachel said. Nico and his band of ghosts casually walked up the stage. Silena and Michael were the first ones up there picking the guitars. Beckendorf took the drums from Will and Nico was playing with his microphone. It never occurred to me that Nico might not be dyslectic; but yet again he can read those mythomagic cards. He looked through the list and chose Carry on Wayward Son by Kansas.
I thought that this would be a normal song where they would just play. I would be wrong. Beckendorf started playing and activated a cool laser light show. He installed these lights last year but hasn't been used because we never had the time with all the fighting. There were bright multicolor flashes all over the stage. This seemed a little ironic since Nico was known for his black clothing. It was an incredible display and on top of that they finished with a 95 percent complete. Now they were winning. The only other teams that could still beat them were Wise Brain (aka. Us), The Forever Fighters, and Brain Over Brawn
With our band up next I was nervous. The only score we got was an 87. That would put us in second to last. So I wasn't optimistic. We decided to let Percy choose the song.
"Hmm I choose … Are You Gonna Be My Girl by Jet." He said as he threw on his guitar. Compared to the other bands we were boring. We didn't have any fancy features or effects that happened while we were playing. Yet again they had a week to prepare and we didn't. We got a 92 this time. A lot better than our first try but not good enough to win.
After the song Percy said "So Annabeth are you gonna be my girl."
"Where the Hades did that come from?!"I asked. It was extremely random even for him.
His face blushed and replied. "The timing seemed right. Now are you going go out with me or not?"
"Umm sure I will."I said really confused. He smiled and we walked back to the bleachers. We got some thumbs up from our friends and sat back down.
"Ok, so I guess it's our turn."Thalia said. I noticed some smirks on the faces of Cupid's Cadets. What were they up to? Regardless The Forever Fighters picked up their instruments and jumped on stage. Thalia looked through the list and found So What by Pink. It looked like a good fit.
They were playing really well until Thalia started slipping. I saw out of the corner of my eye that Kayla was shining a mirror in her face. Thalia paused the game and jumped off stage.
"What's your problem?!"She yelled.
"What do you mean?"Kayla asked sarcastically. Before I know it both bands were yelling at each other. The hunters never liked the Aphrodite kids and vice versa so this was bound to get ugly. I was extremely worried because the hunters had weapons and the Aphrodite cabin didn't.
"Take this!" Thalia yelled as she notched her bow. She wouldn't shoot unarmored kids would she? She fired. Apparently she would.
"Wow that was really cold."I said.
"What are you talking about?" She replied. "It was only a paint arrow for you know like paintball. I wouldn't actually hurt anyone." I looked at Kayla who now had a big black spot in the middle of her pink shirt.
"You're lucky I didn't bring my knife."Kayla muttered and did her mirror trick again. Thalia was extremely mad at this point and she reached for another arrow.
"Ok guys chill."Clarisse said. Clarisse breaking up a fight, now I've seen everything! A few more glares later both sides took her advice and The Forever fighters decided to finish their song. They got a 95 which meant that we had a tie between Zhukov and them. They must have been really excited because they shot off a series arrows. These arrows exploded into fireworks. Is there anything they can't do with their arrows?
"This is the first tie of the night cool." Rachel said. "That means that we might need to go into a tie breaker."
"Emphasis on might." Malcolm said. "Remember we still have to play."
"What are you playing anyway?" Nico asked.
"Anyway You Want It by Journey." Danny answered. He did a back flip (these kids never cease to surprise me) and landed on stage. They grabbed their instruments with Malcolm singing, Alex twirling his drumsticks, and Danny and Casey playing guitar.
They sure were having fun. There was singing, dancing, and many more back flips from Danny. Eventually everyone cut loose and this concert turned into a dance party. A few minutes later the song was over. They played really well but they only got a 94. The dancing messed them up a few times.
"It looks like we're going to have a tie breaker."Grover said.
"Cool. Let's flip a coin to see who goes first."Nico said taking out a coin. "I'll flip you call."
"Ok. I call heads."Thalia said. Nico flipped it and it landed heads up.
"Yes, we get to go last!"Thalia exclaimed.
"Ok, Zhukov what song are you going to play now?"Percy asked.
"Umm let me see."Nico said as he looked through the list. This party was going into overtime.
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So chapter 4 is finished. Sorry it took so long to write. I hope you like the 2 bands I chose for overtime. Tell me your favs or comments in the reviews.