Chapter Ten: The Three P's Of Rock. Porn, Pools and Parties.
Kane coughed, his eyes opening up. There was smoke in the room, he sat up straight, looking around. His mind was still slowed from his sleep. He rubbed his eyes, coughing again. Rushing out of the room to see what was going on.
"FAAAALCOOO." Wolf's voice emitted from the main room, the stomping of foot steps was heading for the kitchen. "IM GOING TO RIP OUT YOUR INNARDS, BOY."
"Someone call the cops!" Falco hurried out of the kitchen, a plate of burnt food in his hands, he rushed down the halls. "Wolf's a mad-man!" the wolf hurried after him, his teeth bared.
Fox walked out of the shared room. Yawning as he walked into the kitchen. He opened the windows, letting the smoke go out of the rooms. Walking back, he turned off the oven and reached for a glass, thirsty from sleep. "Mornin', Kane."
"And what a morning it is, y'know." Kane got his own glass.
"Thanks officers, will do." Peppy turned off the phone, rubbing his eyes. "I'm having second doubts about this. Falco's being a moron and Wolf's about to kill him. Plus, Slippy stole our boxers. Again."
"Sure, blame the toad." Slippy rolled his eyes, walking into the kitchen.
"Whatever." they looked at the clock. "One? Already?" Fox sighed, popping an aspirin into his mouth. Swallowing it then chasing it down with a glass of water. "I don't wanna go to that party. Or whatever it is." he leaned against the counter.
"I'unno." Peppy sighed. "Wait, what party?"
"Pepper's fault and idea." Fox started to explain the whole ordeal. Kane sat at the table, flipping his phone open and going to his messages.
"What'cha doin', Kane?"
"Inbox. Message. Go away." He focused on the phone, ignoring the amphibian completely.
"Fine, I didn't care anyway." Slippy huffed, walking towards the main room.
Falco walked into the kitchen, laying the plate down on the counter. He walked towards the table, Wolf was somewhere in the living room, probably. Falco scratched his side, only in his boxers. He knew what Slippy did, but he also knew the frog wasn't brave enough to remove his own while he wore them.
"Wassup?"
"Got a message from the girls. Lylat, who can even read 'txt' talk? It's impossible, I swear." Kane's eyes went across the letters, rubbing at the side of his face. "They wanna visit."
"When? What time? Where?" Fox and Falco both spoke in. Fox walked towards Kane, trying to read the message. Peppy just chuckled, heading for the main room.
"Tonight. . . Frick. At Six." Kane ran a hand through his hair, looking at them.
"Isn't the party at like, four or five?"
"I don't even remember. I do know that this won't work out, what so ever. Lets just not go to the party. I mean, it's just for a couple of rich snobs, right?" Fox looked at the others.
"Rich snobs that probably pay for everything." Falco said, his voice sounded a bit dry. "Ugh. Lets go to the party, finish it quickly then meet up with them. Alright?"
"Deal." The three did a three-way hand shake that ended up looking like a triangle.
"First thing's first! Youtube!" Falco hurried into the main room, eager to get on his laptop.
"Really?"
"Totally. New ways to play our guitars and the secrets of the universe can be released using this powerful search engine." Falco rolled the mouse over, typing into the box.
"That was a mouthful." Kane said quietly.
"You would know."
"Touche."
"Alright, lets see what we can find upon here!" Falco leaned forward to the screen. Fox and Kane stood beside him, looking at it. "Porn. Porn. Tease. AMV. More porn. Dude, this is horrible. It's completely out of sync!"
"As if you could do better," Kane scoffed, his eyes still looking at the screen.
"I could totally do better then this chick. She makes me wanna gag." Falco clicked onto another video.
"A responsible adult would stop you guys," Wolf mused, rubbing his chin. "but I'm not one, so whatever." Wolf got over, looking over Fox's shoulder at the screen.
"Who even posts this? I mean, everyone could see it. It'd ruin your life completely." the other three nodded, not really paying attention to him.
"Weren't you guys suppose to be looking for instrument techniques?"
"Shut up, Slippy. We're busy." Falco shot his friend a glare.
"Meh. I've seen better," Slippy put his arms behind his head.
"You're not interested because you like men. Get bashed." Falco began to type into the search engine.
"I hope you're not looking up what I think you are." Peppy warned, glancing over at them.
"How long have you been sitting there, old man?" Falco met Peppy's eyes, as if a small but fierce war went on.
"The whole time, boys. The whole time."
". . . Questionable. Many questions come to mind." Fox rubbed his chin.
"General Pepper, called by the way. He said that tomorrow you'll all be due in the studio. You too, Wolf. It's time you showed them what you can do." Peppy crossed his arms, looking at the lupine.
"Bow-chika-bow-wow." Slippy ooh'd and awe'd at the wolf.
"Quiet, Slips." Fox said sternly. They turned back to the screen. "Alright, so what is this guy doing?"
"He's dancing to Lady GaGa, I think. I'unno." Falco shrugged.
"I thought this was Taylor Swift? What the hell?" Kane sighed, rubbing the left side of his face. It was becoming a habit, as if he had started smoking but with the side of his face.
"Whatever. Lets just get down to business. So, are we going to go be hookers or are we doing a gig? If it's the first, then no. If it's the latter, then lets go." Falco and Fox swapped glances.
"Lets check it out, first. Then we can just follow suit. We'll finish it up quickly, though. Leave them stunned, smash their brains then go meet up with our friends. We've already went through this, I thought we agreed in the kitchen?" Falco suggested, yet asked at the same time.
"I think we can pull more of a 'Prepare-To-Be-Blown-Away' kind of thing." Fox offered his own idea, quickly pulling out at the immature giggles. "Really? I can't say blow without you guys giggling?"
Wolf chuckled,"Ahem. Yeah. Lets go blow them," he started laughing, causing the others to join in.
Fox sighed. "At this rate I'll end up smoking to relieve stress. I'm going to go take a shower, then go get dressed. We can practice a song until the 'show'." Fox headed for one of the few showers they were given. They had three. Falco headed for one and Kane headed for the other. Wolf sat down, looking around.
"I'm going to head downstairs. Heard there was a jacuzzi, or spa thing. I'unno." Peppy and Slippy followed him out, shutting and locking the door behind them.
Falco poked his head out from a door. "Did someone just leave?"
"I-I dunno." Kane poked his head through his door. Shampoo was all over his head, bubbles fell to the floor. "Fox?"
Fox walked out of his bathroom, a towel strapped around his waist with water dripping down him. "What? What's going on?" he looked at them, an irritated look on his face.
"Where are the others?" the three exchanged glances.
"Probably kidnapped, or something." an idea formed into their heads, all imagining several scenarios.
"They could just be at the pool," Fox looked at them as if they were idiots. "I'm sure there was one down on the main floor."
Falco and Kane both looked at each other. Kane rane into the bathroom, scrubbing himself down with soap while washing the shampoo out of his fur and hair.
Falco did the same with his feathers, trying to get cleaned. The two ran out, put on their boxers and left the hotel room. "Done. Cya, Foxie Brown." the two talked in unison, not bothering to shut the door. They ran to the elevator, Falco and Kane stabbing the dial.
Kane pulled the bandanna around his mouth and tied the collar around his throat as they got aboard it.
Fox walked over to the door, shutting it, not bothering to lock it. He headed towards his room, pulling on a pair of jeans, not bothering with anything else. He walked over to the couch, flipping on the T.V. That's when he heard the breathing.
"Uhh, hello? Anyone there?" Fox looked around the room, his ears were standing straight up, twitching when he heard it.
"Hi, Mr. McCloud! I'm your biggest fan!" His head snapped in the direction of the girl.
'Oh, you're kidding me. I think I will start smoking soon. Real soon.' The girl rushed over, giving him a hug while squealing. His eye twitched. 'Maybe Falco and Kane are doing better?' Insert random transition.
Falco and Kane looked over the fern in their way, blocking their view from the spa. "Ugh. Eighteen and older? That doesn't even make sense! Maybe I wanna relieve some stress and stuff." Falco buried his face in his palms.
"Lets just head back to the room," Kane sighed. The two got up, then they saw it. "How did Slippy get in?" they blinked. Turning on their heels and leaving quickly.
Fox tried to keep the girl quietly, she just wouldn't shut up. "Please, stop talking, just one second." She squealed, burying her face into his furry chest.
"I love you! You're fantastic!" she hugged him tightly, a large smile upon the female cheetah's face.
"Uh, thanks? I think you're cool too?" he stuttered as she looked up at him.
"You think so?" She buried her face again, hugging him. "Could, I get an autograph, possibly?" he nodded, getting up and leaving her in his seat. He came back with a signed piece of paper.
"H-here." he handed it to her. She shot him a smile, waving goodbye and leaving. Before coming back with several friends.
"We've been to all your shows," the five girls smiled at him. He backed away, trying to Escape The Fate. See what I did there? My attempt at being funny, ahem. His eyes widened as they barraged him with questions.
"Foxie, we're hooooome." Falco announced, the two walking into the room. "What the-" Falco was forced down to the ground. The girls hugged and kissed him. Fox looked like he was bruised and beaten, coughing as he looked from the floor. Kane shrugged.
"I'll get them to leave, I got this." Kane flexed at them. He began untying his bandanna. They turned their attention to him, wondering what was hidden underneath. Het let it drop, hitting the floor beside his foot. They screamed, pointing at the disfigured side of his face, running out. Several of them snapped pictures before going.
"It damaged my pride, my self esteem and my small fan base, but it's alright." He grinned at them. Falco and Fox got up, apologizing to him.
"You didn't need to do that, bud." they patted him on the shoulders. He shrugged, picking up his bandanna.
"It's nice to have it off every once in awhile, but yeah. I'm gonna go ahead and get ready, we need to start playing." they nodded. Kane headed for the shared room. "We can start without Slippy, just tap our feet to the beat, y'know?"
He came back, still in his boxers. "We'll have to separately wash our clothes. Might as well go ahead and start." They began the process of cleaning their clothing. The three started setting up their equipment, but stopped halfway.
"Anyone else feeling lazy?" Fox questioned the two of them. Falco nodded his head, while Kane did his usual shrug. He swear he was getting a work out from doing it every few minutes.
"So. . . How do we do cock ups?" the three exchanged glances before walking over to the computer.
"Alright, so we just need to get a hard on and try to push upwards?" Falco looked at the two, the possibilities flooded his mind.
"Yeah. Then we can deactivate lasers, and such." the three layed down on their front, making sure that the door was shut and locked first. Kane huffed, laying there for a second.
"This is incredibly painful," he gasped out, before grunting and shutting his eye.
"I-I think I'm getting somewhere," Fox managed to say before collapsing.
The door opened, the wolf, hare and frog walked inside the room. "You started without us?" Wolf glared at them. "Not cool."
Peppy looked down at his watch. "You guys need to go. It's four thirty." he gestured at the clock and then to his watch.
The group nodded, grabbing their cases and heading out the door, shutting it and locking it as they left.
The familiar limo was parked in the parking lot, of course. They hurried towards it, putting their stuff in their seats as they got in. "Good. I hope Slippy didn't give you the wrong information?"
Slippy looked out the window, ignoring the band. "No, he told us that we'd be dancers or something. Crazy frog, huh." Falco nudged Slippy, chuckling softly.
"Yes, crazy indeed." Pepper glanced out the window. The limo had already started moving. "I have also had your friends go to the party as well. No need to leave early just to meet them when you can meet them there?" he grinned.
"Yeeaaaah." Kane stared at the bloodhound. Wolf nudged him.
"You alright, kid?"
"Yeah. Just felt weird for a second." Kane propped his feet up, onto the opposite seat. "How'd you get their numbers, again?"
"That is classified information." the bloodhound coughed. "Are you all pumped for your first party?"
"Yeah. I always imagined partying with a bunch of drunk snobs," Fox was really forming a hatred to this dog.
"You'll change your mind soon enough, McCloud." the canine gave him a creepy smile.
". . . Yeah." The limo pulled in front of a mansion, already going into the circle, joining other cars. Wolf stepped out into the cool air.
"I remember coming to my first party. The memories hit me like a truck." Wolf put his hands on his hips, his guitar strapped onto his back.
"You're not that old, Wolf. Act your age," Falco reprimanded him, giving him a smile.
"Whatever, Freebird."
The group walked towards the mansion. Pepper walked ahead, already inside. Fox stopped the group. "Anyone else feel weird about this whole thing? Pepper just sets my instincts off every time."
They nodded. Wolf spoke up, making them form a circle. "Keep your eye out. Don't accept any drinks. They're usually spiked around here. I know you're all pretty young, but c'mon, you're not idiots. Watch each other's backs, don't snort anything, don't eat anything you don't know of. Got it? The last thing we need is a bunch of teens running around on drugs." he looked at them, expecting a Yes, Sir.
"You're not my mom, dude." Falco crossed his arms. "But yeah, I see where you're coming from. We got it. Lets use the buddy-system, this time." Falco went with Fox, the first ones to go in. Kane went with Slippy and Wolf, walking in after a couple of minutes.
They put their equipment by the stage, having thirty minutes to do whatever until their performance was due. Fox and Falco walked towards the smell of food, Wolf quickly chasing after them. Slippy went to use the bathroom, or something along those lines. Kane rubbed his hands together before walking off into the crowd, looking to find Miyu or at least someone he knew.
He saw the lynx walk down the hall, in a black dress, heading somewhere. Kane cheered inside his mind, rushing past the people just standing there. He was almost near her, his hand reached out, brushing against her arm. The two looked at each other for a minute, before Miyu gave him a hug.
"I missed you."
"We never got that second date," he put a hand on the side of her face, his thumb brushed over her cheek.
"Did Wolf get you the eye?" she inquired, looking at it as if it'd jump out at her.
"Yeah. I can see again. Though my face will never be the same," he smiled gently at her. They hugged again.
"I know, I saw you guys on Youtube. Pictures turned into a video, plus, there were recordings of your concerts."
"Mhm. Sounds nice. I'll have to go soon though, we're here to perform and stuff." Kane held her again before turning around and disappearing into the crowd.