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.
All Rights reserved by Jesse McCartney and Bugzy Malone.
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