It was a sunny day in Arizona and the boys were on there way to a concert. There tour was starting up again and it was starting in Flagstaff, Arizona. They stopped for sushi and continued on. Arriving at the venue, all five could hear the fans screaming for them. The crew waited ten minutes before they decided to step out. Fans of all ages ran up to them. Andy looked at the crowd; it was weird, there wasnt as many as there was last time they were in Flagstaff. He heard a distance screams, looked up and noticed the rest, if not most of the fans around another band. 'They must be opening for us, I guess.' the blue eyed 19 year old thought. The band signed some autographs, pics and videos with some of the fans before they decided to get some of their luggage and bring it in to the club. While Jake and CC started to apply their war paint, Jinxx wandered the halls. Before he could go any further, he heard 'Raining Blood' by Slayer being preformed. He looked through a curtain and realized it was the band that Andy had pointed out to him earlier. He looked close as the guitarists were headbanging to the beat of the drums, when one of the guitarist flipped their hair back, so they could see, Jinxx couldnt believe his eyes. Silently and quickly, he made his way back to the crew. He almost kicked the door in, causing Andy to jump, screwing up his war paint.
"JINXX!"
"Sorry man! But holy shit! Guys! You have to see who that band is opening up for us! Their doing a cover of Raining Blood by...and you just gotta...follow me!" He said all hyper. All the boys beside Ashley followed. Returning back to the curtain, Andy, Jake, Jinxx, and CC poked their heads and watched the band continue the song. They couldnt believe who one of the guitarists were!
"JERSI!" They all gasped in shock.
"Damn... for being almost six months into her pregnancy, she looks only like she has a tiny baby bump." commented CC. "And I didnt know she was in a band, let alone shred on a guitar."
"I didnt know either. Maybe she's a replacement guitarist." replied Jake.
"Guys... you do realize what we have to do, right?" Andy asked looking at his three friends above him. They nodded and vamoosed out of sight. It was around 7:30pm and the band before BlackVeilBrides was on stage preforming one of their original songs. Finishing up the last touches on their bodies and hair, all the guys smiled at Ashley. The gum chewing bass player looked at them and arched an eyebrow.
"You guys seriously need to be put on riddlin. Starting to freak me out." he said fixing the goggles on his head. The depressed musician grabbed his PurdyPorn bass and walked out the door with the rest of the band behind him. The brides stood behind the curtain listening to the front band.
"Hey Ash-man, look out to the other band and tell me if you know the one guitarist in the purple shirt." Ashley looked at Jinxx funny, but looked out the curtain anyways. He couldnt believe his eyes. It was his girlfriend, and setting the stage on fire with her moves and guitar playing. He watched her walk to the the stage and whip her hair around, walked to the right side, whipped her hair and the center with the male singer and whipped her hair again. Ashley started to feel something in his stomach, he didnt know what this feeling was. His stomach started to churn horrifically when he saw Jersi starting to backband between the singer's legs, shredding on her zebraprint guitar, pulling at the whammy bar, the guitar calls echoing throughout the club, finally collapsing on her back, playing the end of her solo. The black haired man pulled her up on her feet and they met face to face as she continued to play, lips almost touching. This made Ashley run back to the green room and stick his head in the toilet, vomitting violently. His band mates followed him and helped him get cleaned up and re-apply his war paint.
"How could she do that to me! Get THAT clost to that lead singer!"
"Calm Ash, maybe it was apart of the act; I bet she didnt even enjoy it." CC tried to reassure him as he pulled Ashley's hair back and helped him stand up straight.
"Yeah right, she just wants to torture me, that's what."
"Ash,"
"What Jake?"
"Maybe it would be best if you didn't play tonight. You're in no mood to preform."
"I'm going to play, rather you guys like it or not. I'm here to the bridesmaids and groomsmen; alright? Let's go...it's our time to shine." They all arrived back to the stage and the bands switched out as the crew put up the classic black sheet up to cover the Brides. Ashley and Jersi bumped into each other; Ashley looked back at her, but she didn't return the favor. He shrugged it off and stood in his spot, ready to give the fans what they paid for. The show ended and it was time for the after show signing. Only a half an hour in, Jake started to get this weird feeling. It was one of the oddest feeling's he ever had. He told Andy that he would be right back, that he was heading outside. Jake excused himself from the fans and walked outside of the venue doors. He looked around slowly, his ears picked up a sound. Standing completly still, he heard the sound again. He began to walk in the direction of the sound, it getting clearer and clearer. The sound he heard was the sound of a muffled scream. He turned around a corner and looked down the alley way. He made out the image of someone choking someone else.
"HEY! LET GO!" Jake boasted loudly, running down the alley. He tackled the offender to the ground and started to punch the crap outta the masked man. Standing up, he punted the guy right in the ribs and sent him whimpering away; his tail between his legs. Jake stood triumphantly and the turned his attention to the person who was attacked. He removed the garbage to reveal a bloody, beaten Jersi. "Jersigirl, you okay?" he asked using his nickname he gave her. Jake sat down next to Jersi, taking her into his arms, cleaning the blood from her forehead. They sat their against a cold brick wall, Jake was comforting her in her time of need and he didn't want to put her into shock by moving right away. He wasnt sure what to do. He grabbed his cell out of his pocket and quickly texted Ash; telling him to come to the alley way and fast. It wasnt long before Jake saw Ash rip around the corner, dust kicking up from behind him. He ran over to the two friends and grabbed Jersi out of Jake's arms, holding her tightly. "Careful with her Ash, she was choked out when I saved her."
"Fuck! I knew I should've stayed with her and apologized right away for what I did. I'm such an idiot!"
"Dude your not an idiot, you just make mistakes, fuck man we all do. It's life." Little did the friends know, the media was watching them the entire time, doing a live broadcasting of the incident. Ashley caught a glare of light from the corner of his eye, he turned his head half way and noticed the crew. His fingers reached for a trashlid, gripping it tightly, he stood up and bolted after the crew. They all began to run off.
"JAKE! GET JERSI UP AND INTO THE BVB TOUR BUS! NOW!" The tattooed man yelled as he chased the crew continuously. Jake nodded and helped Jersi up and onto the bus. He shouted for Jinxx, Andy and CC to get on. They all hopped on the bus and it wasnt long before Ashley got on as well. The bus had taken off to the next destination. This was one fucked up way to start the tour by all means.
