WAIT!
Before you kill me, listen to what I have to say. Okay, so first- I had the worst case of writer's block to ever grace this planet it was so not funny. Second, I had end of the year testing (not finals or exams, end of the year testing for no apparent reason). Then I had a funeral for my half-siblings' grandmother that I've never met in my life and some trips to my grandparents' house for no reason then on weekends my sister dropped my niece off and instead of my parents watching her, I had to. Then in school, I just started a project, have a test coming up, and lost almost all of my stuff for studying, so I had to make an entire new science notebook.
But now look! A new chapter out! I feel so accomplished!
British Admiral Howe's got troops on the water…
A series of "who cares" and "we'll crush 'em" erupted from the Revoulutionary Set. It took Washington a few minutes to calm them down, and then the music started up again.
Thirty-two thousand troops in New York Harbor!
Thirty two thousand troops in New York Harbor!
When they surround our troops, when they surround our troops, when they surround our troops!
As a kid in the Caribbean, I wished for a war,
Eliza slapped Alexander, not taking her eyes off the screen.
Alex- Oww…
Everyone else- SHHHH!
I knew that I was poor I knew it was the only way to
Rise up!
If they tell my story I am either gonna die on the battlefield in glory or
Rise up!
I will fight for this land, but there's only one man who can give us the command, so we can
Rise up!
Understand, it's the only way to
Rise Up!
Rise Up!
Here he comes…
Everyone leaned forward in anticipation.
Peggy- Who is it?
Hercules- I think we all know…
HERE COMES THE GENERAL!
A chorus of cheers sprung up, drowning out the music so that they could barley here the next few lines.
Ladies and gentlemen…
HERE COMES THE GENERAL!
The moment you've been waiting for…
HERE COME THE GENERAL!
The pride of Mount Vernon…
HERE COMES THE GENERAL!
George Washington!
We are outgunned!
What?
At that statement, the cheers turned into angry shouts.
Hercules- Why do you have to ruin our hopes?
Washington- I don't want my men to think there's no chance they won't win. They have to face the truth.
Outmanned!
What?
Outnumbered, outplanned!
Buck, buck, buck, buck!
We gotta make an all out stand! A yo, I'm gonna need a right hand man!
Check it?
Can I be real a second?
The soldiers of the little group exchanged confused glances. Wasn't the general always real with them?
For just a millisecond?
Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second?
Washington- sigh I'm afraid I can never do that. Wishful thinking, it is.
Yo, I'm the model of a modern major general the venerated Virginian veteran who's men are all lining up to put me up on a pedestal writin letters to relatives embellishing my elegance and eloquence
Alexander- And you all called me braggy!
But the elephant is in the room. The truth is in ya face when you here the British cannons go
BOOM!
Everyone flinched at the fake cannon blast. It was so unexpected!*
Any hope of success is fleeting. How can I keep leading when the people I'm leading keep retreating? We put a stop to the bleeding as the British take Brooklyn, knight takes rook- but look,
We are outgunned!
What?!
Outmanned!
What?!
Outnumbered, outplanned.
Buck buck buck buck.
We gotta make an all out stand! A yo, I'm gonna need a right hand man!
Incoming!
They're battering down the Battery, check the damages!
Rah!
We gotta stop 'em and rob 'em of their advantages!
Rah!
Let's take a stand with the stamina God has granted us, Hamilton won't abandon ship- yo, let's steal their cannons!
Eliza once more slapped Alexander fro purposely putting himself in harm's way. Stupid Hamilton.
Sha-boom!
Goes the cannon watch the blood and the shit spray!
And boom!
Goes the cannon, we're abandoning Kip's Bay!
And boom!
There's another ship!
Boom!
We just lost southern tip!
Boom!
We gotta run to Harlem quick, we can't afford another slip!
Washington- No, we couldn't. We might not have gotten to this point in the war if we kept messing up and making rash decisions.
George Washington sent the young soldiers in the room a harsh glare.
Guns and horses giddyup, I've decided to divvy up my forces they're skittish as the British cut the city up! This close to givin' up, facing mad scrutiny, I scream in the face of this mass mutiny:
Are these the men with which I am to defend America?
Lafayette- Yes.
We ride at midnight, Manhattan in the distance. i cannot be everywhere at once, people!
I'm in dire need of assistance.
Your Excellency sir!
Who are you?
Laurens- the general didn't know who you were! That's amazing.
Burr- Why are you laughing at my misery and embarrassment?
Aaron Burr, sir. Permission to state my case?
As you were.
Sir! I was a captain under general Montgomery until he caught a bullet in the neck in Quebec,
Laurens- Why are you trying to impress General Washington with that? You need something good to impress him.
and well, in summary- I think that I could be of some assistance.
Alexander- That's not going to work, Burr. Doing the smart things for the general is my job.
I admire how you keep firing on the British from a distance.
Hercules- Ohhh, Burr's sucking up to the general!
I have some questions- a couple of suggestions- on how to fight instead of fleeing west.
Yes?
Your Excellency?
Angelica- You just had to come in in the middle of their conversation?
Alex- Yes. Your point is?
You wanted to see me?
Jefforsuck- Why would anyone want to see you?
Everyone else- SHHH!
Hamilton, come in, have you met Burr?
Alex- Yep.
Yes, sir
We keep meeting.
As I was saying sir, I look forward to seeing your strategy play out.
Burr,
Sir?
Close the door on your way out.
Hercules, Lafayette, and Laurens- OHHHHHHH!
insert air horns and deal with it glasses here
Have I done something wrong, sir?
Jefferson- Most likely, yes.
Everyone else- SHHHH!
On the contrary. I've called you here because our odds are beyond scary. Your reputation precedes you, but I have to laugh,
Sir?
Hamilton, how come no one can get you on their staff?
Sir!
Don't get me wrong, you're a young man of great renown. I know you stoll British cannons when we were still downtown.
Alexander- How did you find out about that?
Madison- You don't really think you could do something without him figuring it out, do you?
Alexander- I guess you're right.
Nathanial Greene and Henry Nox wanted to hire you.
To be their secretary, I don't think so.
Then why are you upset.
I'm not.
Laurens- Lie of the year.
It's alright you want to fight, you've got a hunger. I was just like you when I was younger.
Head full of fantasies of dying like a martyr?
Yes.
Eliza slapped Alexander a third time. Why did he keep saying things so stupid?
Dying is easy young man, living is harder.
Why are you telling me this?
I'm being honest. I'm working with a third of what our congress has promised us.
We are a powder keg about to explode; I need someone like you to lighten the load, so?
I am not throwing away my shot.
I am not throwing away my shot.
I am not throwing away my shot.
Hey, yo, I'm just like my county, I'm young scrappy and hungry!
I am not throwing away my shot.
Son, we are outgunned, outmanned!
We need all the help we can get. I have some friends; Laurens, Mulligan, Marquis de Lafayette, okay what else?
Jefferson- Wow, three friends. What an accomplishment.
Everyone else- SHHH!
Madison- Three more people is not enough to win a war.
P. Schuyler- You never know. They do help.
Outnumbered, outplanned!
We need some spies on the inside, some King's men who might let some things slide!
I'll write to congress and tell 'em we need supplies, we rally the guys, master the element of surprise.
Sha-boom!
I'll rise above my station, organize your information, 'til we rise to the occasion of our brand new nation.
HERE SOMES THE GENERAL!
Rise up!
What?!
HERE COMES THE GENERAL!
Rise up!
What?!
HERE COMES THE GENERAL!
Rise up!
What?!
HERE COMES THE GENERAL!
Lafayette- And Alexander!
And his right-hand man!
BOOM!
Ack, finally, I'm done! I had to resist doing anything else until I was done. i promise, you wont have to wait that long again!
