Chapter 10: Studio Fever!

After Future Carly had explained the whole story to Simon, everyone soon found out why and how they got here. After these three people named Luke Menard, Kady Malloy, and Robbie Carrico mysteriously vanished, the four of them were sent to protect the worlds in their place. They've been to all sorts of incredible places, including places they've only heard about in books or movies. They came here and somehow ended up on the Titanic 2. Then, like the first Titanic, the ship crashed into an iceberg and everyone except the four of them died. But there was no need to worry. They were only lame kiddie show characters, much to everyone's relief. After telling their story, Simon allowed the four unusual newcomers to work in his studio.

After their little incident with the tameless, everyone was a bit more cautious than usual. They watched the shadows to make sure there was nothing in them, they used a flashlight to light their way through the studio at night, and they always made sure that they were close by to someone who could either see or hear them just in case they got into trouble. A few times, they swore they could've seen something moving within the shadows, but when they checked again, nothing was there. Jason, however, often thought they were everywhere he looked, but everyone knew that it was just his imagination.

"He's becoming the guy that cried tameless," Danny chuckled to himself as he wiped the judges' table.

And right on cue, Jason burst out from basement, came up and started screaming "Tameless!"

Amanda rolled her eyes and walked over to Jason. "Where are they now?" she asked flatly.

Jason pointed a shaky hand towards the hallway that leads to the broken Coca-Cola machine. "There!"

Amanda sighed and went in. She looked around for a while, and then came back out. "There's nothing there, Jason. It's safe."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes, I'm sure! I checked that freaking hallway ten times today!"

"Oh, okay. Thanks."

Amanda walked over to where the other three were sitting and sighed. "You know, I almost wish that some tameless would show up just so we could have something to do."

Brooke somewhat-sleepily nodded. "At least then we were doing something."

Chikezie scoffed. "You guys should be grateful that there aren't any tameless or nobodies showing up. It's proof that the world is safe. In fact, I think this deserves a toast." Then he opened his chest cavity, took out a champagne glass, poured a bit of champagne in it, took out a toothpick and a green olive, put it through the olive, dropped it in the champagne, and held up the glass. "Here's to the world!" Then he gulped it down and tossed the glass onto the floor, causing it to shatter. Danny, who was in charge of sweeping duties, swept up the shattered remains of the glass as he glared angrily at the back of Chikezie's head and mumbled something through his teeth that I really don't want to repeat.

David raised an eyebrow. "Say, what's that stuff that Chikezie keeps on drinking?"

"It's beer," Brooke told him, "But I don't think you'd want it."

"Why not?"

"It's a pretty strong drink, David. I don't think you'd like it. And besides, you're not old enough," Amanda explained.

"I'm nineteen!" David protested. "I'm old enough!...at heart."

Jason scoffed. "Oh please. If some fancy-schmancy half-dude-half-robot can drink it, then why can't someone like me drink it?"

"You don't understand, Jason." Amanda explained. "Chikezie's type of robot needs alcohol to keep him functioning properly. If someone like us drinks too much of it, we go crazy and do all sorts of stupid stuff."

"Well don't we already do stupid things?"

"Well, yes, but that's not the-," but it was too late. Jason was already talking to Chikezie about it. Amanda slapped the palm of her hand against her forehead. "Why is it always me?" she groaned.

Five minutes later, Jason was moping because Chikezie wouldn't let him have any of his beer.

"Well, maybe it's for the best, Jason, if what Brooke and Amanda said was true," David reasoned.

"Trust me, we weren't kidding," Amanda responded.

"Well, now what are we gonna do?" Jason asked. "I'm really, really bored!"

Amanda shrugged. "I don't know, but I'm getting bored too."

"Me too," Brooke stated letting her head fall to the table.

"Same here," David added. As a matter of fact, everyone was getting bored. They've done all their jobs and not a sign of any tameless anywhere. And as if that wasn't enough, the lights were hotter than ever and the rays were beating down on them and the heat was starting to go to their heads.

This is just asking for trouble...

Many hours later, everyone was heart-stricken and they were all lying on the stage with exhaustion. "Ugh. This... Heat... Is... Making... Me... Really... Weak," David moaned. "Amanda... I... Need... Some... Water..."

Amanda, who was lying beside him, took out her keyblade and cast Blizzard on him. But because it was so hot in the room, the ice automatically turned into water and David just sat there and laid in it.

"Ugh. Thanks."

"Don't mention it."

But dehydration wasn't the only problem these guys had. Their vision was starting to become a bit blurry and it seemed like everything was shifting to one side or the other as if their surroundings were melting. And not a sound was made until Jason finally shouted, "IT'S TOO QUIET!" Then he stood up and shouted, "JASON GOT STUDIO FEVER!!"

Then David got up. "DAVID GOT STUDIO FEVER TOO!"

Then some music started to play, and everyone started to dance and wear funny-looking clothing and, well, if you've ever watched the part from Muppets Treasure Island where everyone gets cabin fever, you know what's going on.

Danny: I got studio fever, it's eating up my brain!
Michael: I've got studio fever, it's driving me insane!
Amanda, F. Carly, Brooke: We got studio fever, we're flipping our bandanas
We've been stuck inside so long we've simply gone bananas!

David, Jason: We've got studio fever, we've lost what sense we had.
We got studio fever, and we're all going mad!
Chikezie looked at everyone and laughed. "You meat bags are all the same. Add a little heat and take away some water and your sanity falls apart!" Then he got an idea. "Say, I bet Ryan would love to see this when I get back to New York." Then he pulled out a video camera and started recording the madness. But just watching them act rediculous made Chikezie feel a little left out. "Aw, what the hell. I think I'll join 'em!" Then he set the camera down and started singing along with : Swing your partner 'round and 'round,
Tie him at the heel.
Do-si-do, step on his toe,
Listen to him squeal!
(After saying that, he accidentally steps on Danny's foot and Danny started shouting nonsencical words in tune to the song.)
Hang on, meatbags. Hold on now.
It's time to stare of blink!
Swing your partner o'er the side,
Drop him in the drink!

Carly: We've got studio fever.
F. Carly: No if's, and's, or but's.
Carly: We're disoriented,
F. Carly: And demented,
Both: And a little nuts!

Ramiele: Studio fever, my sanity hangs by thread,
Since we're going nowhere I've gone out of my small head!
David, Carly, Danny: We were bored so bored and excitment's what we wait...
Jason: But we an't gonna get none no we ain't!

Mr. Cook: I've got studio fever, I think I've lost my grip!
Michael: I can't believe the author has made me think I've flipped!
Archy: Woof!

Kristy Lee: I was floating 'neath a tropic moon,
And dreaming of a blue lagoon.
Now I'm crazy as a loon.
Whoo-hoo-hoo!

All: Studio fever has ravaged all inside!
This once proud building has become a glowing psycho ward!
We were standing, standing! Doing who know what!
And though we are all here, we're not all there!

Studio fever!

Yeah!

Then after everyone stopped singing, a wind started blowing against the building causing loud thud noises and everyone suddenly snapped out of their trance.

"Huh? What happened?," Jason asked.

"I don't know Jason. But now the wind's back, so maybe it'll cool down a bit!" David responded.

"Really? Yay!"

David and Jason weren't the only ones to forget what had happened. Everyone else looked at each other in confusion, not quite sure as to what they were doing. But Chikezie didn't forget what had happened. He laughed as he went back over to the camera he had set up and picked it up. He shut it off and put it back into his chest cabinet before anyone noticed what he was doing. He chuckled evilly. "Oh the things I could do with this little tape. Which of them to do first?" Then he remembered that he also had a laptop that he stole from some geeky computer nerd right before he was called to save the worlds. He snuck down to the basement and brought out the camera and the laptop. As he turned on the computer and started to get on the internet, he grinned. "Wait 'til I get this thing on YouTube..."

Back in San Francisco, Mr. Cook's step-sister Syesha Mercado was busy looking up things on her own computer. She was a little upset because her friends in San Francisco that she liked to talk to (mostly Jason) weren't answering her calls nor returning them. Maybe they're all just too busy to answer or return your calls, she told herself. Then she rolled her eyes. Yeah, like they've been so busy that they wouldn't return your calls for almost a month. She couldn't understand why they weren't talking to her. She was good friends with all of them and she hadn't done anything that would upset them. She just couldn't get it.

Syesha eventually started looking at YouTube videos for songs like "Don't Trust Me" and "When I Grow Up". Then she wanted to know if anyone had submitted anything about the Muppet song "Cabin Fever". She got a few results, and one of them shocked her. It was titled "Studio Fever! [A Cabin Fever Parody feat. David Archuleta]".

"Oh my God!," she gasped. She clicked on the video and lo and behold, there they were. David Archuleta, Carly Smithson, Danny Noriega, Jason Castro, Michael Johns, Mr. David Cook, Kristy Lee Cook, Archy, Ramiele Malubay, and a few others that she didn't know. They were all singing and dancing and wearing funny clothes. "Oh my God! So that's why they haven't been answering my calls!" Then she also noticed that part of the summary for it said "Filmed in the American Idol top 12 studio." Her eyes widened. "No! No, no, no, no, no! This can't be happening!," she shouted. Then she looked at the screen as the video played on. "Don't worry, guys! I'll find a way to save you. I know I will."