Chapter 4: Setbacks

Back at the theater, Buster was just cleaning up his office a little, when he looked at a picture on the wall. It was the grand opening of the Moon Theater, his dad and Missy were there to share the best day of his life.

Suddenly he was snapped out of his daydream when Ms. Crawly came in. "Yes, Ms. Crawly?" asked Buster. "It's Judith from the bank." she said. "Oh my gosh, tell her I'll call her back." said Buster.

"But sir, she's..." Ms. Crawly tried to say. But Judith appeared in the doorway, and when he saw the stern look on her face, Buster got nervous. "Mr. Moon you are months behind in your debt." she said.

"I know, but I have this covered." said Buster. "You mean this silly singing competition of yours. Mr. Moon all your shows have been disaster, either pay your debts or we'll reprocess this property." Judith threatened, then she walked away.

"Okay, have a nice evening." said Buster nervously.

At Eddie's place, he was just swimming some laps in his parents' pool, and when he rose out of the water, he was scared when he saw Buster sitting on the edge of the pool. "You wearing a speedo?" Buster asked.

"Buster what're you doing here?" asked Eddie. "Eddie, are you okay?" called his mom. "Don't worry, Mom. Everything's fine." said Eddie. The two went inside and started playing video, and talking.

It turns out Eddie was living in his parents' pool house, and he was going to visit his grandmother, Nana Noodleman. "Nana Noodleman, she's still alive?" asked Buster. "Is she ever." said Eddie, referring to a picture of him, his parents, and Nana Noodleman.

The next day, the contestants arrived for rehearsal. Mike was currently performing, and Buster was instructing Meena how to adjust the lights and props. Ms. Crawly gave Buster a cup of coffee, and was currently looking for her glass eye.

As Buster took a drink of his coffee, he found Ms. Crawly's eye in his mouth. He quickly spit it out, as the eye flew all over the place it caused a lever to drop the lights, and loosen a sandbag. The lights nearly crushed Mike and caught on fire, and the sandbag hit Pete, (one of the acts) in the jaw.

Ms. Crawly called an ambulance, and a vehicle came and took Pete to the hospital. Clearly he was out of the show. As Buster watched it leave, the frogs who were in the show had quit because they broke up their act.

"Oh great." said Buster. "Buster." said a voice. Buster turned around, and saw Missy and Cassia walking towards him. "Missy, Cassia what are you doing here?" he asked. "I have to look into something at the hotel, and Cassia's dialysis appointment isn't until later, so I was wondering if I could drop her here?" Missy asked.

"Well..." said Buster. "Is everything okay?" asked Missy. "Yeah, everything's fine. Sure she can stay, excuse me for a moment." said Buster, as he hurried back into the theater. "Okay, Cassia. I'll be back in a couple hours, do want your uncle says, and if you feel sick tell your uncle and then call me and I'll come and get you." said Missy to her daughter.

"Okay, Mommy." said Cassia. Missy gave her a quick kiss, and grabbed a taxi to her work, and Cassia went inside. "Okay, we're down two acts, Meena how'd you like to audition for the show?" asked Buster.

"Audition, uh yeah." said Meena. "Great." said Buster. "I mean no." "Huh?" "Well, I would but...I get so nervous on stage...so...no." Meena stuttered. "I'll take that as a maybe." said Buster.

When Cassia finally got inside, she saw her uncle follow some red panda girls, so she decided to explore backstage and see some of the acts. With Buster he tried to tell the girls to be in the show in Japanese, but he ended up saying something offensive and they stormed out.

In Gunter and Rosita's quarters, Rosita had layed out some papers with the dance steps on them to follow. Her son Casper ended up messing them up, while Gunter laughed. "Not feeling so feverish now are you?" Rosita asked her son.

The three suddenly heard a laugh, and they looked at saw Cassia. "That's a funny act." she said. "And who are you?" asked Gunter. "Cassia?" asked Buster, coming in. "Mr. Moon, you never told us you had a daughter." said Rosita.

"Oh, she's not my daughter, this is my niece, Cassia." Buster explained. "Hi." said Cassia. "Hi, Cassia." said Rosita. "Cassia, you can't just burst in on people rehearsing." said Buster. "No problem Buster." assured Gunter.

"Come on, Cass." said Buster, and Cassia followed her. Buster had went into Ash's quarters to discuss her act. Buster had put on the song "Call me Maybe", hoping Ash could sing it, but Ash wasn't feeling it.

"I don't think so." said Ash. "Why not, you're a girl and a teenager, this song is perfect for you." said Buster. "Wow, it's like you can read my teenage mind." said Ash sarcastically. "I know. All you got to do is add some moves." said Buster.

He sang the first verse, and did some dance moves, that made Cassia giggle. "Go for it." said Buster. "You mean like this?" asked Ash, she sang the second verse, and did some dance moves. "Exactly, you're a natural." said Buster.

"Gee thanks." said Ash dryly. "Oh, and Ash could you do something for me?" asked Buster. "What?" she asked. "Could you keep an eye on Cassia for me?" he asked. Ash looked at the young koala.

"Well I guess so." she said. "Great, thanks." said Buster. So as Ash practice she twirled, and her quills flew off, some landed on Cassia. "Oh, sorry, Cassia." said Ash worriedly. "That's okay, they don't hurt that much." assured Cassia, pulling a quill out of her arm.

"How can you not be affected by quills?" asked Ash. "Well they're like shots, and I get those all the time." Cassia explained. "Really?" asked Ash surprised. "Yeah." Cassia answered simply. After being with Ash for a while, Cassia left Ash and walked around.

Suddenly, she felt nauseated and tired. She leaned against a wall to support her. "Hey." said a voice. Cassia looked down to see Mike. "What's with you?" he asked. "Nothing, sir, I'm just feeling a little sick is all." Cassia explained.

"Oh, well hang in there, kid." said Mike, as he was about to walk off. "Wait, do you think you could get my uncle Buster for me, please?" asked Cassia. Mike was annoyed he wanted to get back to practicing, but she was just a kid.

"All right." he answered. Mike found Buster talking to Gunter and Rosita. "Hey, Moon your niece says she's feeling sick." said Mike. Gunter and Rosita noticed Buster's demeanor changed from calm to worry.

"We'll finish talking later." Buster said to the two, and left. When he reached Cassia, he picked her up, and carried her up to his office. He passed by Ms. Crawly and Johnny when he got upstairs.

"Oh, hi Cassia." said Ms. Crawly. "Hi, Ms. Crawly." said Cassia quietly. "She's going to be resting up here." explained Buster. "What's wrong with your kid, Mr. Moon?" asked Johnny. "That's his niece, and she's..." Ms. Crawly tried to explain, but Buster stopped her.

"She's just tired is all." he said, ushering Ms. Crawly away. "Ms. Crawly don't tell him about Cassia." he said to her. "Why?" "Because I don't want them thinking of my niece as a charity case, just keep it to yourself." said Buster.

Ms. Crawly agreed to keep Cassia's kidney failure to herself. A while later, Johnny was trying to practice but wasn't getting any better, suddenly his walki-talki went off. "Johnny you there?" asked his dad.

Johnny quietly answered it, and he had to go. "Now Johnny I'm beginning to question your commitment in the show." said Buster. "Don't worry Mr. Moon it won't happen again." said Johnny, and he left the theater.

When he left Missy came into the theater, Buster introduced her to the other acts, and she picked up Cassia and took her to the hospital for dialysis.

After rehearsals Ash returned to her apartment. "Hey, Lance I'm back." she said. But when she looked in the living room, she saw Lance singing with another girl porcupine. "What is going on in here?" she asked.

The two looked at her like they were deer caught in headlights. "Um hi, I'm Becky." said the female porcupine. "What?" asked Ash. And with that she threw Lance and Becky out. "What'd you expect, you're not around anymore." said Lance.

"I did this for us." said Ash, and she slammed the door at them.

Mike and Nancy were at the nightclub, and Mike was playing a game of cards with three thug bears. "Read 'em and weep, boys." said Mike showing his cards. The three bears put their cards down, and Mike was about to collect his money.

"Just one thing first." said one of the bears, "How'd you cheat?" "What, cheat, I did nothing of the sort. Come on Nancy we don't have to listen to these guys." said Mike. The two were about to leave, when one of the bears picked Mike up by his shirt.

"Hey, what are you doing?" he asked, and the bear pulled a card out from under his jacket, Mike had cheated. Angered the bears tried to grab him, but Mike ran off, out of the club, into his car, and drove away.

That's the last chapter of the year, plz review, and I don't own the movie sing, just Cassia and Missy Illumination owns the movie