Edward and Envy arrived home late that night, with Ed stating he was tired, and would retire to bed early that night, before heading to bed.
Envy on the other hand was too busy thinking to worry about sleep. "I wonder…if we did get a new member, who'd we get," he thought. "And how would we get the right person," he said out loud. "Maybe…," a thought popped into his head, but he quickly dismissed it. "Nah, she'd never go for it," and laid down on the couch, and closed his eyes, trying to come up with a way to help his band. "Hiring Light was a good start," he told himself, "but there has to be more, I can do," he thought, drifting off into sleep.
"You ready," Ed's voice said in his head, causing Envy to awaken to being in a dressing room.
"Huh? What's going on," Envy asked turning to Ed.
"What do you mean," Ed asked. "We got a big show tonight," Ed said. "It's our big debut," he went on.
"Debut," Envy asked, confused. "What do you mean? We play here, all the time," Envy said, noticing the familiar dressing room.
Ed looked at Envy like he was crazy. "Uh, dude, remember? We have 3 new members, this time around? And we've got that new song you two wrote," Ed stated. "Look, I don't have time to play games, Bro. We gotta get on stage he said," walking out the door, as a white flash went off, blinding him, and before Envy knew what happened, he was on stage, but could hardly see anything as the lights were so bright, and a drum beat started. Odd considering no one played drums in the band, and suddenly a female voice rang out, again odd, cause there was no girl in the group.
"With a taste of your lips, I'm on a ride. You're toxic, come slipping under. With a taste of your poison paradise, I'm addicted to you cause you know that you're toxic," the female voice rang, out and under that, Envy could hear a guitar being played by someone, but when Envy tried to see who was making the music, he could only make out brief shadows.
Envy awoke on the couch several hours later in a daze. "Whoa…what was that about," he thought to himself, as Ed came into the room.
"What's up, En? You were talking in your sleep. Something about poison," Ed explained.
Envy thought for a minute. "I was thinking about what you said…and maybe we do need a few more members in our band," Envy said after a minute. "I had a weird dream about a song," Envy explained. "I heard a drummer…a singer…and a guitar," he went on.
Ed looked at Envy for a second. "Interesting. Sounds like a sign that an audition is in order," Ed said. "We can get started on the specifics tomorrow."
Envy simply nodded and went to his room.
At Axel's house…
Demyx had been staying with his friend Axel for awhile, as he'd recently been kicked out of his house.
"Hey, thanks again for letting me stay," he said walking into the living room where Roxas and Axel were.
"No problem," Axel said. "You found any work yet?"
Demyx nodded. "Kind of. I saw this flyer for a band audition. They need a guitarist, drummer, and a female lead singer," Demyx explained.
"You'll be sure to get the part then," Roxas said. "You're great on the strings," he went on.
Demyx rubbed the back of his head. "I don't know. I'm sure they'll be a lot of great guitarists there," he said.
"Look, how about we come the audition with you," Axel said, getting up and going to the kitchen. "For moral support," he explained, returning with a soda.
"Yeah. We haven't had a mission in awhile," Roxas said turning the TV. "It'd be fun."
Demyx thought for a second, smiled, and nodded. "Well, if you say so. It's not for a couple of hours," he said, heading back to his room to practice.
Meanwhile, across town…
"Dad, I'm gonna be fine," said a young girl riding her bike as her father chased her.
"But Jubei, I think I should be there when you-," he was cut off, as he ran into a stop sign.
Jiyu looked back and sighed. "Every time we move he insists on escorting me to the first place I go. I'm just going to an audition," she said to herself. "Still, I know it's just because he cares. I'll do good at my audition for him," she told herself, cheerfully riding her bike, unaware of the many boys who's eyes she'd caught.
Back at Envy and Ed's house…
"Yeah? Uh-hu. Well, I mean, if you're in town, it can't hurt," Envy was talking on the phone with someone.
"Sure? The abandoned warehouse by the port," he said. "OK. See you then. Can't wait," he smiled, hanging up the phone.
"Who was that," Ed asked.
"An old friend of mine from college," Envy said getting up. "She wants to try out for the band," he finished.
"Oh? Well, here's hoping she's good. We've got a good amount of people coming," Ed said.
"Also, I got a call from Light on my cell. He says he's working on our contract, and has assured me, things will be much better on the night of our performance," Ed explained. "He also says he'll be at the audition with Misa."
Envy nodded. "Speaking of which, we should get going. The contestants should be showing up pretty soon."
Edward nodded, and grabbed his coat as they walked out of their apartment, and towards the old warehouse.