Chapter 4

3 days later

We are stood outside the cave where the summit is happening, we are all calling out when we're in position," Alpha in postion".

"Beta in position"

"Gamma in position"

"Ready?" I say happy that we are ready for this.

"Ready" A steady chorus of voices ring out.

"Lets go" I shout when we hear a gunshot.

After the fight

"Hey bro" I say as I walk up and hug Dick.

"Hey" he says hugging me back.

"Hey Dick" Jason, Tim and Barbara say hugging him.

"Hey Dickie" Artemis says wrapping her arms round him and kissing him on the cheek.

Everyone else walks up and hugs him and welcomes him and Kaldur back to the team.

At the Cave

"PARTY!" Garf shouts running through the caves interior.

I plug my Ipod into the speakers and start blasting out Bugzy Malone M.E.N.

Bugzy Malone

You know

Mr Snowman on PRODUCTION

Watch this, I got a brand new 3 bedroom crib

Spotlights in the ceiling it's sick

Got a beanbag in the computer room, all I need now is Grand Theft Auto 6

Got an office and everything cocaine white

In the morning it can get too bright

But it doesn't affect me these days cos I've been staying up way too deep in the night

Thinking about before it all went bad

Before the day I met my real dad

Before I knew about MONEY AND girls and how they both made my mum get sad

Sat counting about 25 bags

I'm running out of elastic bands

It turns out, when you make money on the road there's nothing you can do with the cash

So I jump in the S-Line driving fast

Hope I don't bump in to my step-dad

Cos they say mental abuse is worse than physical abuse and I wanna get him back

But I don't wanna do another custodial sentence

In a four-by-four pad

And I gotta take this time to apologise to my best friend cos we almost crashed

Let me try and explain

It's intricate because I've never been plain

It's intimate because I never contacted a counsellor to get rid of this pain

I walk with it and now I'm going insane

Losing control of my own brain

WATCHING documentaries on serial killers and feeling that I can relate

Do you find that strange?

Yeah? Ok. Well let me get this straight

If I get a life sentence or I don't make it, it's cos I could not handle the pain

I don't wanna hear nobody complain

About that's good talent gone to waste

Cos if I didn't go through what I went through, you would have never downloaded my mixtape

So let me confide in you

Let me get it off my chest

Turns out no matter how many tracks I make I still can't handle the stress

But I don't WATCH all the indirects

True say man might see me as a threat

I don't mind going out as a legend as long as I'm known and Manchester's best

So picture the scene

I'm sitting on my corner sofa in peace

Until I got a call 'Have you seen yourself in the papers? You're wanted by the police'

And I was like what? And it was hot. But do you wanna know what was a lot?

The night before was the night I went on Twitter and had a direct message from Sloth

Just my luck

Let me do a Vincent van Gogh

Cos you know I paint pictures with words

And I've still not published one book

I was in Panacea trynna get to the bar

And my man didn't wanna let me past

Pushed me into a family of brothers

Before you knew it I'd already been cracked

But let me remind these fools

Into the devil I turn

They stepped back, I stepped forward, play with fire and you're gonna get burned

But I must apologise in advance cos I didn't want it to end so bad

See what happened from there was loose

I was in the Manchester Evening News

He said he got violently attacked

Outside in a taxi he was whacked, and coulda died

But that's how you know what the papers tried, it was self defence, that's a blatant lie

I'm stereotyped

And do you wanna know why, I'm a different guy

When I was about 8 my mum moved to an area that was heavily white

I was in school looking like Wesley Snipes

Ben Shermans and a second hand bike

Feeling like a donut cos I'd already been stabbed by the time I was Year 9

Mum didn't want me to see Moss Side

Told me that too many people died

Between like '91 and '99 that was gang war and violent crime

My uncle's face got torn up by the pellets of shotgun like Frankenstein

I was sat with him in an M3 that could 0-60 in 4.5

One hand holding the steering wheel

Moving quicker than the Batmobile

Driving around shooting real when I was about 9

Back when the hood was real

A villain, taken Securicor boxes

And I don't care if it's hot

They don't mean Russell Crowe when they mention the gladiator in the gang war book

The first guy that I ever looked up to was like Batman without the suit

Now it's my turn to try and put Manny on the map, I just hope I can do it like you

Hope I can get one million views

Hope that I never get caught with food

I hope that Charlie can breathe alright in the smoke cos I set fire to the booth

When I realised that grime was English hip hop forget about all the tunes

Forget the playlist I wanna go down in history like Tutankhamun

Bugzy Malone

Leave that PLAYING

I dedicate this one to Dane

My little cousin

He didn't make it

Rest in Peace my fam

See you soon my brudda.

After everyone goes to sleep the original team is sat in the living room playing truth or dare like we did all those years ago.

"Jack, truth or dare?" Dick asks me.

"Dare" I say nonchalantly.

"I dare you to... Sing... Jesse McCartney Beautiful Soul" Dick says with his signature smirk.

"Sure" I say smugly.

"I don't want another pretty face

I don't want just anyone to hold

I don't want my love to go to waste

I want you and your beautiful soul".

"I know that you are something special

To you I'd be always faithful

I want to be what you always needed

Then I hope you'll see the heart in me".

[Chorus:]

"I don't want another pretty face

I don't want just anyone to hold

I don't want my love to go to waste

I want you and your beautiful soul

You're the one I wanna chase

You're the one I wanna hold

I won't let another minute go to waste

I want you and your beautiful soul

Your beautiful soul, yeah".

"You might need time to think it over

But I'm just fine moving forward

I'll ease your mind

If you give me the CHANCE

I will never MAKE you cry c`mon let's try".

[Chorus:]

"I don't want another pretty face

I don't want just anyone to hold

I don't want my love to go to waste

I want you and your beautiful soul

You're the one I wanna chase

You're the one I wanna hold

I won't let another minute go to waste

I want you and your beautiful soul".

"Am I crazy for wanting you?

Maybe do you think you could want me too?

I don't wanna waste your time

Do you see things the way I do?

I just wanna know that you feel it too

There is nothing left to hide".

[Chorus:]

I don't want another pretty face

I don't want just anyone to hold

I don't want my love to go to waste

I want you and your beautiful soul

You're the one I wanna chase

You're the one I wanna hold

I won't let another minute go to waste

I want you and your soul".

"I don't want another pretty face

I don't want just anyone to hold

I don't want my love to go to waste

I want you and your beautiful soul. Ooooooo

Beautiful soul, yeah. Oooooo, yeah

Your beautiful soul

Yeah" And with that I finish.

1 hour later

"Night guys" Me, Artemis, Jason, Tim and Dick say as we walk to the Zeta tubes.

"Tonight was great" I whisper into Artemis' hair before kissing her.

"Night Babe" Artemis says kissing me" I love you".

"I love you to Babe, Night" I say kissing her and falling asleep.

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