Another chapter!
"Michelle, may I ask you why you brought civilians to the rehearsal?" The director stared disapprovingly at Sari, Selena, Katrina, Kairi, and Naomi. Michelle brought her friends with her to see the final rehearsal before the actual performance. Selena wore a different outfit from her maids one she wore back at the cafe, it was now an outfit similar to Katrina's: a strapless dress.
Michelle stood with her arms folded at the director. "These are my new friends I met at a party during out three day break. They are here to watch us perform our last rehearsal. They won't be any trouble to the cast or crew members." Michelle lied to the director, since she thought it was best he did not know the truth about them all.
"Michelle, you know we don't allow anyone to see our rehearsals besides the cast and crew!" He barked. "Why not? We're her buddies!" Naomi hissed at him.
He gave Naomi a glare. "None of your business!"
Selena folded her arms. "You kidding? It IS our business! We just want to see what you guys are gonna do before the performance, is that really asking a lot? "
The Director gave Selena a hard face. "You better keep your nose outta my business, brat!"
Selena grunted in annoyance. "You're such a stubborn old-"
Katrina gracefully walked up to the director. She gave a polite gesture. "How come you won't give us a chance to see your wonderful performance?" She smiled warmly.
The director kept shouting "Cause we have a rehearsal that needs to get going, and-" he stopped in surprise. "What did you say?
Katrina giggled. "Your wonderful performance, silly!"
"M-My wonderful performance?" He stuttered.
She folded her hands in front of her chest. "Of course! I heard so much about you and your lovely cast and crew from Michelle. She said you were a wonderful director, who know how to get wonderful actors and actresses, as well as a wonderful crew to make a really awesome play! Why, you should have a lot of fans with your work!"
The director smiled a bit. "Y-You really think so?"
The other girls looked at Katrina in amazement and surprise of her sweet talk. She continued. "Of course! I can show you we mean it if you'll let us stay and watch the rehearsal. Will you please be so kind to let us?" Her eyes sparkled as she created 'puppy' eyes.
The director laughed nervously at Katrina's politeness. "Ehe, well I, uh, why not?" He looked at Michelle. "I change my mind. Your friends can stay here. Especially this young lady right here."
Katrina cheered. "Thank you, sir! You're the greatest!"
The director laughed again. He then cleared his throat. "Ok, everyone who is in the play, get back stage and change into your costumes!" The cast started to walk back stage. Kairi looked at Katrina. "How did you convince him to let us stay?"
Katrina smiled. "I used the feminine charm to persuade him. You guys should try it sometime. It can really make a difference!"
Sari giggled. "You sure know you're way around men, even if they're older than you!"
Katrina smiled. "A little kindness can persuade the toughest people."
Naomi laughed as she looked at Michelle. "So, you gonna get ready? If we're gonna keep the director in a good mood, you'd better start moving in the dressing room!"
Michelle nodded. "Yeah, good point." She grunted as she winced at the thought of the director's temper. She started to walk, then she pointed to the front row seats. "You can sit right over there, guys." Michelle disappeared behind the stage, where the rest of the cast and crew were preparing for the rehearsal.
Naomi, Sari, Selena, Katrina, and Kairi sat down in the front row of the audience seats. They were all excited to see their friend actually doing a play. They wondered how good of an actress Michelle was.
"I'm really looking forward to this play. I never knew one of us would have the guts to actually be on stage and become a completely different character!" Kairi said.
"I KNOW! I wonder if it's a comedy, cause I would love it!" Sari exclaimed.
"I hope they're some battling! That would be very epic!" Naomi proudly said. "But a comedy would be great also!"
"I want some romance in this! I love romance!" Katrina giggled.
"Come on, you guys." Selena laughed. "Whatever genre this play is, I'm sure it'll be great!"
Everyone nodded in agreement. Suddenly the lights in the audience area dimmed. The girls immediately quieted down as a huge light shone on the stage.
"Oh boy, here it comes!" Naomi whispered. Everyone stared at the stage as the curtain finally opened.
"Hot damn, Michelle! That was one of the best rehearsals of a play I ever been too!" Naomi praised Michelle. The girls left the theatre after Michelle finished her final dress rehearsal. They were walking to the Autobot base to get ready for the performance in a few hours. Apparently, the girls were quite pleased with Michelle's performance.
"That was a really funny play. The part where you were reached in the bag and got pinched by the mousetraps left me in stitches!" Sari laughed at the thought of that scene.
"I never knew you had a talent for acting! And you were a great singer!" Katrina exclaimed.
"Truly the performance tonight will be a big hit." Selena agreed.
"Michelle, you were great at the rehearsal. Keep it up for the real show." Kairi smiled.
Michelle blushed at her friend's comments. She was not used to getting so much praise for her work. "Aw shucks, guys. I'm not all that great." Her cheeks turned slightly red.
"Nonsense! You're not giving yourself another credit. You put the 'fan' in ifan/itastic!" Sari assured Michelle that she did a really good job on the play. Michelle smiled at her.
"Thanks Sari. I'll be sure to keep it up for the real deal."
"And what real deal are we talking about here?" A male voice spoke up behind them. The girls, especially Sari and Selena, froze in their places. They looked behind them to see a man in a fancy business suit standing behind them, arms crossed, a smug grin printed on his face.
Sari and Selena gasped. "Porter C. Powell!" They both shouted at the same time. The others froze in their spots to look at this smug, snobby man.
"Well, if it isn't my two favorite girls. Glad to know you still remember me." Powell smugly said.
Sari growled. "Like I could forget what you did to my dad's company! You took everything from me! Even my existence…."
Selena looked at Sari. "What! You mean Issac is your father!" She could not believe that she made friends with her biggest role model's daughter.
Sari looked at Selena. "Yes. He took over my dad's company after he went missing!"
"WHAT!" Everyone else shouted.
Powell laughed. "And it was all too easy." He looked at Selena. "And I'm sure you didn't forget how I took the cafe and sent your friends jobless. That was a really enjoyable thing to see. So good for my business, but bad luck to you."
Selena growled. Michelle shouted, "You're the reason why Sari and Selena were homeless!"
Powell nodded. "Clever observation."
"Why would you do something like that!" Katrina shouted.
"I needed the company to become richer, young lady." He simply smirked.
"Kicking two people on the streets is against the LAW! You have no right to do that to these girls!" Kairi shouted in anger.
Powell laughed again as he came closer. "But I do. This little red head freak of yours has no birth certificate, or any other proof for her existence. So she basically has no human rights."
Everyone except Sari grew shocked expressions. They could not believe what they just heard. Sari can't prove she's even human? Michelle turned to Sari. "Is this true?" Sari stood there for a minute, and then sadly nodded. She felt a tear come out of her dark red eyes.
Powell looked at Sari and scoffed harshly at her. "It serves you right to try to take over a company that was not official for you and wasting money on searching for a father that is obviously dead."
Selena spoke up. "So you kick her out just because she has no proof of her existing! Last time I checked, she's still standing her, flesh and all! Unless she starts to become see through like a ghost, she has enough proof to exist in this world!"
"You're one to talk. After all, after I kicked you out, I already made your cafe a really great lab. And I just became richer than your pathetic, unofficial attempts at making money." Powell replied.
"You unimaginable BASTARD!" Naomi hissed with icy venom at Powell. "Why don't you go step in a cement mixer! We don't want to deal with some douchbag with an Elvis-fail hairdo, girly pink sunglasses, or lips that looks like it was swelled up by a hundred bee stings!"
Powell stared at Naomi. "I would watch the way you talk to me, young lady." Naomi growled even more.
Michelle walked up to him. "Or else what, next you'll tell us that I and my friends here don't exist? Crawl into your damn hole that you came out of, Powell. I have to get ready for my job, and we don't need any drama from the atmosphere around you." Her face was very serious.
Powell just growled a bit, then turned to leave. He looked back at the girls. "You're going to eat your words, young lady. Trust me. You'll regret ever spilling those insults at me. This goes for all of you. Remember that." Powell began to walk away, leaving the girls speechless.
"What did he mean that we'll regret what we said to him?" Katrina looked very worried.
"He was probably just trying to scare us. We shouldn't let it bug us." Kairi pointed out.
"All I can say is good riddance to that jack wagon." Naomi said, folding her arms.
Sari still was a bit sad. "Guys, I should've told you about my non existence, but-"
"We'll talk about it later. Right now, we need to get to the base and get ready. The play will begin in a few hours!" Selena pointed out.
"Right. Well, let's go then!" Michelle and the rest started to walk back to the base, talking and laughing as usual to each other on the way there.
"You girls almost ready? I bet the boys are probably in their vehicle modes outside now!" Naomi impatiently asked her friends. The girls were in Sari's room getting ready for the performance. Michelle stood near her best buddy. The tomboys were pretty much dressed in their usual outfits, but Kairi, Sari, Katrina, and Selena decided to dress differently for the occasion.
"Almost, Naomi." Selena answered.
"You said that thirty minutes ago!" Naomi complained.
"Well, it takes time for us girls to get ready for certain events. We just wanna look good for the play." Katrina responded.
Naomi blew a raspberry. "Girly crap..." she muttered.
Michelle chuckled. She and Naomi were not the type to worry about their looks. In fact, dressing up was not on their favorite hobbies list.
Katrina was helping Sari get ready, since she was already dolled up, a simple blue strapless dress as she usually wears, only, a pink ribbon was tied around her waist tied in a bow, and she wore flats with straps that wrapped halfway around her bottom leg. She still wore her heart necklace, and a pink flower was placed in her hair. Sari was wearing a cream dress with sleeves, but with a white bow on the side. Ste still wore her boots, but instead of wearing pigtails, she wore her hair down, which was about Kairi's length.
Kairi looked at Sari. "You know, you should wear your hair down more. It looks really pretty that way." Sari giggled at Kairi's compliment. "Thanks."
Kairi wore a simple red dress shirt with black pants and red flats. She looked at Selena, who just finished placing a yellow and white clip in her hair that she usually wears. Her outfit was pretty fancy; a white dress shirt, jean capris, and yellow flats. She wore a gem around her neck that is always on her strapless dress that she usually wears.
"Hey, how come that gem is off your usual dress you seem to wear?" Michelle asked. Selena looked at her. "Well, it's removable. I can either wear it on my dress, or take it off and wear it as a necklace."
"Why do that?" Sari asked.
"Well, my parents gave me this gem a few years ago. Ever since they died, it became my only thing left of them. So I made it so I could wear it on my dress or as a necklace." She sadly smiled.
"Oh...sorry I asked." Michelle apologized. "My parents are gone too."
"My Dad is dead as well." Naomi sighed.
"So is my mother." Both Kairi and Katrina replied.
"Wow, and I have no mom, and a missing, possibly dead father." Sari pointed out too.
Michelle perked. "That's weird...all six of us have lost our family members. And we were all brought together in one place."
"That's interesting. Huh." Kairi placed both hands on her hips.
"Well, maybe fate just brought us together 'cause we all had rough times, similar tough times even." Selena pointed out.
"Can we talk about this another time? This is supposed to be a fun night! Let's think fun thoughts!" Sari immediately said.
"Good idea. We should not let this death talk ruin the night." Katrina agreed.
"Then are you girls ready? Cause the boys are probably bored outta their minds waiting for us!" Naomi exclaimed.
The rest of the girls nodded. "I think we're set now. Let's head out." Kairi answered.
"FINALLY!" Naomi shouted. She ran out of the door.
Michelle laughed. "Wait for me!" She ran after her friend.
"Hey, wait for us too!" Sari and the rest of the girls started to run after the two tomboys. They ran until they were outside with Jazz, Prowl, Bumblebee, and Bulkhead, who are already in their vehicle modes.
"What took you girls so long?" Bumblebee asked.
Naomi gestured to Sari, Selena, Katrina, and Kairi. "Some gals we know decided to spend the whole half hour getting sissy stuff on."
Selena smirked. "At least we look good and don't have shaggy hair." She slightly teased Michelle and Naomi's shagginess in their short hair styles.
Michelle and Naomi just laughed. "Shaggy hair is the new style!" Michelle pointed out. Both tomboys gave each other a fist punch. This caused the whole group to chuckle.
"Hey, where are Optimus, Ratchet, and Sentinel?" Katrina asked. "Aren't they coming too?"
Jazz sighed. "Well, Optimus and Ratchet decided to go on patrol, and Sentinel, well...
"Decided Michelle's performance was not something he would like to see?" Selena immediately assumed.
"Something like that." Jazz replied.
"Eh, his loss is our gain." Naomi stated. Sentinel seemed to get on Naomi's nerves a lot lately. In fact, same goes for the rest of the group.
"Well, we'd better go. I have to be at the theatre in 10 minutes!" Michelle said, waving her hands in slight panic.
Bumblebee drove near Michelle as he opened his doors. "You can climb in with me!" Michelle nodded as she hopped into the driver's seat. Sari sat in the passenger seat with Michelle and Bumblebee.
Prowl drove up to Kairi. "Mind riding on me again? I won't go as fast as I did yesterday." He assured her.
Kairi stood there for a minute, but nodded, slightly blushing. "Sure." She sat on Prowl's driver seat as she clenched onto Prowl's handlebars, making sure she did not fall. Prowl could not help but chuckle to himself.
Bulkhead drove to Katrina. He opened his door to the driver's seat. "I can drive you to the building!" He said with pleasure. Katrina giggled as she hopped in. Selena walked up to Bulkhead. "Mind of I join you?" she asked.
Bulkhead opened his door to the passenger seat. "Sure! Hop in!" Selena hopped in with Katrina. She smiled at Katrina, who just giggled.
Naomi stared at Jazz as he came close to her. He revved his engine a bit. "Would you like to ride in me, little lady?" Naomi slightly blushed when he called her little lady. You would think it would tick her off, but the way jazz' tone of voice said the line refused to turn her anger button on. Naomi just nodded. "Uh, yeah, sure Jazz. I'll ride in ya."
Jazz opened his door for Naomi to get in. Naomi hopped in the driver side of the seat, staring at Jazz's wheel that was in front of her. Whoa...this dude is so awesome! He has that cool tone voice that really makes ya wanna party with the guy! Naomi thought to herself as the boys drove the girls out of the base's driveway and to the theatre.
"Hello, campers!" Michelle's man-like voice on stage as her character boomed out to the audience. She was talking to a group of people who played the various campers in the play. Behind her were the counselors in the story. "Welcome to Kamp Kaos! All the outdoor fun of a summer camp combined with a working radio station!"
Naomi and the other girls sat in the same seats they were in for the rehearsal. Even after seeing the play once, they still enjoyed watching and laughing at the jokes in the play.
"Michelle's a good actor!" Selena whispered as the play continued.
"She's stealing the show!" Naomi whispered as she watched the play.
"SHH!" Sari shushed the two. "I'm trying to listen!" She whispered.
One of the campers in the play spoke out to Michelle, or her character Wally. "Why did you decide to open a summer camp with a radio station?" She asked Michelle. The counselors muttered some worried sounds, one person even saying, "uh oh!"
Michelle responded. "To answer that, you'll have to sit down so I can tell you my whole life story." The counselors groaned. "So I will." A musical tune started to play.
"I love this song!" Naomi whispered loudly.
"Shh!" Kairi shushed.
Michelle walked in the middle of the campers and counselors, and began to sing a song for her character.
When I was young to be a soilder was my fondest dream
My father said, "My boy, the the army builds your self esteem
So off I went without the slightest bit of complaining
I packed my bags and headed straight to basic training
You packed your bags and headed straight to basic training The rest of the cast repeated.
Naomi was slightly swaying to the music playing. She seemed to enjoy the song. Katrina looked at her and giggled. Michelle continued to sing her song.
At basic training I discovered army life was rough
My sergeant did not seem to think I had the right stuff
I told him that my army life was somewhat less than nifty.
He yelled at me and made me drop and give him fifty.
He yelled at me and made me drop and give him fifty. The chorus sang.
"Go Michelle!" Sari cheered. Michelle took a breath and continued singing.
One day the sergeant was training us to fire hand held missiles
I accidently backed into a large patch of thistles!
I yelled in pain, I pulled the trigger, off the missile went
It accidently landed on my sergeant's tent!
It accidently landed on my sergeant's tent! The rest of the characters sang. Michelle continued.
To T.P. duty I was very quickly reassigned
The potatoes were all peeled the counters were all shined
And so I tried to make a stew when no one was looking
The whole platoon got sick from eating my home cooking
The whole platoon got sick from eating my home cooking the chorus sang. Michelle continued to sing her song.
I was the most pathetic solider in the whole darn nation
Until they sent me off to run the army radio station
I made announcements with a voice so full of emotion
They very quickly gave me a great big promotion
They very quickly gave me a great big promotion The chorus sang.
Naomi got even more excited. "My favorite part of the song is coming!" She whispered in delight. Michelle took another breath and continued. The music got a lot slower in tempo.
And so my summer camp reminds me of the time I spent.
Time you spent The cast sang.
Happy with my radio, my microphone and tent
microphone and tent
It was a time of happiness and great glory
glory...
aand now you heard me tell you all my whole life story!
Annd Now we heard you tell us all your whole life story! The music ended, along with the song. The crowd cheered for the excellent performance the actors did in the song.
"Way to go, Michelle!" Naomi shouted.
"You're a great singer!" Sari exclaimed. Selena, Katrina, and Kairi silently laughed as they too clapped for their friend. Michelle ended the clapping by continuing her role, which she did with a great show.
After the show, the whole cast did their bows with the audience standing up and clapping to their performance. The cast bowed as they disappeared in the closing curtains. The audience began to leave, Naomi and the rest of the girls exiting first. They waited in the lobby for Michelle to get back into her normal clothes and to join up with them. In a few minutes, Michelle came out of a door that lead to the backstage area, in her original outfit, with her friends gathering near her with warm smiles.
"You did even better than the rehearsal, Michelle! That was a really good show!" Katrina smiled.
"You gave those other actors a run for their money! I love the song you sang! You are really good at singing low keys!" Selena complimented.
"It was truly one of the best plays I've seen in a long time." Kairi simply said.
"Can we see it again?" Sari asked, and then she laughed. "Just kidding, but I still love the play! Your lines left me in hysterics!"
Naomi placed a hand on Michelle's shoulder. "Girl, you deserve a medal, no, a huge golden star, cause you were one in today's performance."
Michelle laughed. "I'm glad you guys love the play. I worked hard on my play too. We should go home. I'm pooped. "She yawned, tired from how busy today was.
The other girls nodded in agreement. "The boys are waiting for us. We should head out." Kairi said. The girls nodded as they headed out the door, where the four Autobots waiting with open doors.
"Thanks for the ride home! See you guys tomorrow!" Michelle shouted to the Autobots, who were leaving. The girls were standing outside Michelle's apartment doors as they waved their friends goodbye. Sari decided to spend one more night with her new friends.
"Bye!" Bulkhead and Bumblebee shouted.
"See you little ladies later!" Jazz shouted as he was driving with Bumblebee, Bulkhead, and Prowl. The girls kept waving to the boys until they were out of sight. The girls walked into the apartment area up to Michelle's room. After they entered, the girls collapsed on their own side of the three beds placed in Michelle's room.
"Man, today was tiring, but was soo awesome!" Naomi breathed a sigh of excitement. Michelle sat on the same bed as her.
"Sure was. I'm gonna miss doing that play, but I can't wait for the next play I'll be doing!" Michelle said.
Katrina and Selena sat on another bed together. Selena looked at Michelle. "When are you gonna rehearse for another play?" she asked.
"In three days. I get a small break, so we can sleep in tonight." Michelle assured with a warm smile.
Katrina yawned. "Good thing. I'm tired."
Kairi, sitting on the last of the beds with Sari, let out a small yawn. "We're worn out to the brim from the excitement of the play. Can drain a lot of energy outta you."
Sari laid on the bed, got in the covers and curled a bit on her side. "Let's get some sleep." Kairi smiled a bit as she joined sari in the covers.
Selena nodded as Katrina laid on the bed. "We can do something more relaxing tomorrow. For now, let's get some well earned rest." Selena laid on the bed too. She and katrina snuggled into the blankets.
Naomi stretched as she too laid in the covers of her bed, followed by Michelle. "Night, gals. See ya in the morning." Naomi closed her eyes and quickly fell fast asleep.
Everyone else slightly giggled. "Good night." Katrina and Sari said at the same time as they too closed their eyes and drifted into a deep slumber. Selena and Kairi said nothing, but smiled, as they joined the rest in slumber.
Michelle was the only one not sleeping. She laid down, but was staring at the ceiling. All that happened today made her tired, but she could not fall asleep for some odd reason. She sighed.
"I really hope nothing bad happens tomorrow. I want us to have a fun time, rather than worrying about the Decepticons, or Mark and his gang, or Powell all the time." Michelle continued to stare at the ceiling, lost in thought.
Outside the apartment that the girls were staying in, Mark and his gang were closing in to the building. In Zack's hand, he had a few bottles of liquor, and in Cody's hands, he had a couple of lighters. Eric followed behind his friends, but was wondering what they were going to do to the so called freak Michelle that they always picked on, and her newfound friends.
Mark was grinning ear to ear. "Well boys, tonight's the night; the night where we have a little fun with our dear friends."
Zack laughed. "Mark, you always come up with the best plans! This has got to be one of your best!"
"I can't wait to see those pathetic girls scream in fear and pain at our little gift!" Cody snickered.
Eric looked at them confused. Apparently, he does not quite understand what they're doing. For once in his life with them, he had a bad feeling it was something very cruel; too cruel for even a bully's standard. "What are we gonna do?" he asked his buddies.
Mark looked at him. He smiled. "Simple; remember how those freaks humiliated us, especially the blue head? Well, we're gonna get our revenge on them big time! We simply take the liquor and spray it all over the apartment area, light it on fire, and watch them burn in their own home!" The other boys laughed.
Eric was shocked; he bullied Michelle a lot with his fists and insults cause of his crew's actions, but he never thought they would try to attempt murder. It was taking it too for, even for a bully!
"Guys, maybe we should just storm in and beat them up?" He tried to convince his buddies to not burn the apartment down. "I mean, isn't burning a apartment building too inhumane for us? What about the other people living in there!"
Cody slapped him in the face. Eric backed up a bit and held his cheek. "Shut up, Eric! This is a brilliant plan! And besides, what's the fun of beating them when we can BURN them alive? And who cares about other people? They can just join the freaks in the fire!"
Mark and his crew faced Michelle's apartment building. Zack started to open the liquor and spread it around the outside of the building; the door, the bottom windows, even the plants around them.
As Mark and Cody started the lighters, Eric tried to get them to stop one more time. "Guys, seriously, you don't wanna do this! This is just not right! Even if we pick on them!"
His friends didn't listen. "Time to pay for inflicting pain on our lives, freaks." Mark and Cody lit the liquor on fire as a huge fire quickly began to grow from the flammable liquid. Zack, Cody, Eric, and Mark backed away from the building, watching their work. Eric's face was mortified. His friends were smiling.
"Bye bye, Michelle. Hope you and your freakish friends enjoy rotting in Hell!" Mark shouted as his friends hid in an alleyway from view.
Chapter 11 has come to the web!
So we get mostly the play Michelle's in in this chater as she finally finishes it. And yes, i end the chater with a cliffhanger! XD and a very intense one too. i also put some foreshadowing for the future. see if you can spot them!
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