A/N: The song is Deepest Blue by Deepest Blue. I in no way claim it as my own.
In fact, if you like their music, I encourage you to buy it.
The Many Mini-Misadventures of Stan and Spooky
Plot One - The Next Big Thing
by Syrenia
Chapter Eleven - Deepest Blue
Once everyone was gathered back on stage, Derrick stood at the microphone, leaving his guitar backstage and having Ari take the stool away.
Cuing the curtain, he looked to Spooky a moment, then to the crowd as they roared.
"This next song is dedicated to a girl I've always loved," he announced to the crowed, everyone on stage just as surprised as when Stan had done the same.
"One, two, three," he counted, the music starting.
As it came his time to sing, he moved to the microphone, holding it as his foot tapped to the beat.
"The sun will always shine on you. You turn my ocean deepest blue," Derrick sang, the crowd dancing. "I'll never hide my thoughts from you. You're my deepest blue."
The demon smiled, thinking of Spooky, "If Mother Nature ever chose a name, I'm sure that you would choose the same. I'll never hide my thoughts from you. You're my deepest blue."
The music was serene, but had a lovely beat, his eyes surveying the audience.
"Am I dreamin' now, walkin' on the moon? And I don't know how to reach you, baby. Every time I try to move closer," he sang. "Am I dreamin' now, walkin' on the moon? And I don't know how to reach you, baby. Every time I try to move closer."
Holding the stand, he mimicked the rock stars he saw on earth, leaning forward and then pulling his body back.
"We've only got this time to prove that together we can make it through," sang the demon as cheers resounded. "I'll never hide my dreams from you. You're my deepest blue."
Watching, Stan huffed, unimpressed.
"If temptation ever came my way, I know the words I'd always say," Derrick continued. "I'll never hide my love from you. You're my deepest blue."
Looking over to Spooky, he smiled again, the demoness still fast asleep.
"Am I dreamin' now, walkin' on the moon? And I don't know how to reach you, baby. Every time I try to move closer."
Concentrating, he decided that the Demon King couldn't outdo him just like that.
"Am I dreamin' now, walkin' on the moon?" he sang as his energy began to flow. "And I don't know how to reach you, baby. Every time I try to move closer."
Soon she was engulfed with a calm, but warm tide from the demon's energy, slowly waking.
It felt so much like what she'd experienced earlier.
"Am I dreamin' now, walkin' on the moon? And I don't know how to reach you, baby," she heard Derrick sing. "Every time I try to move closer."
Blinking her eyes into focus, she turned her head to see him on stage.
"Am I dreamin' now, walkin' on the moon? And I don't know how to reach you, baby. Every time I try to move closer."
As the waves covered her senses, her back arched.
What was going on?
"Am I dreamin' now, walkin' on the moon? And I don't know how to reach you, baby. Every time I try to move closer," he sang to the crowd. "Am I dreamin' now, walkin' on the moon? And I don't know how to reach you, baby. Every time I try to move closer."
Glancing over, Derrick saw her body enraptured with his feelings, smiling with a rare flicker of evil.
"Am I dreamin' now?" he finished, taking a bow as the curtain fell.
Suddenly Stan was right behind him, Derrick turning around, "You did something to her, you son of a--"
Before he could finish, he'd punched the demon in the jaw.
"Woah, Big Brother!" Big Bull cried. "It's a brawl!"
Derrick was on his feet in seconds, attacking the Evil King.
"What the hell is with you two?!" Ari shouted, trying to break them up with Epros.
"I just did the same damn thing you did!" Derrick shouted at the Demon Lord, pulling away from Ari and lunging at Stan.
Ripping out of Epros' grasp, the Evil King dodged, fist striking the other demon's stomach.
Meanwhile, Spooky had fallen back into a slumber.
"You damn-- Don't you ever do that to Spook again!" growled Stan, fist slamming into Derrick's jaw again.
Fire had engulfed his hand, the flames eliciting a painful cry that woke the demoness.
"Ohmigosh, ohmigosh!" Linda squealed. "They're fighting over Spooky!"
Hearing this, Spooky focused her eyes, crashing noises coming from the stage.
"What in the--?" she wondered aloud, looking over.
She could see both Ari and Epros struggling to break up a fight between the two demons.
Her energy fully replenished, she slowly made herself stand.
Why were they fighting, and what had happened to her?
"Stupid... Damn, noisy," she muttered almost incoherently.
Her head felt like she'd been hit with an anvil.
"Those damn demons are so freaking loud," she grumbled, making her way to the stage and standing there unnoticed.
"Christ, they're so busy pummeling each other that they don't even see me."
Rubbing her head, she sighed heavily, Ari turning around.
Going over to her, he felt her head.
"You're burning up," he said worriedly. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah... Yeah, I'm fine," was her reply, but she felt dizzy.
Almost falling, she sighed as Ari grabbed her waist and held her steady.
"I... have to stop those two," she muttered.
"Let them fight," he sighed as he rested her head to his shoulder. "If they had any sense, they'd have noticed you by now."
"Sense?" she laughed lightly. "Those two are too wrapped up in themselves for that."
"Shh," Ari whispered, stroking her hair.
He could hear her heartbeat thumping wildly.
"Hey! Sis is up!" announced Big Bull, finally taking notice.
At this, the demons immediately stopped to see her in Ari's arms.
"What the hell are you doing, kid!?" they both shouted, Spooky's eyes opening.
"Would you two kindly shut the hell up?" she asked, annoyed with them both. "I swear. A girl can't even take a nap without this pair of idiots making a racket."
Slowly, her arms rose, holding onto Ari's back, his breath stopping.
He couldn't remember the last time she'd been so close to him.
Watching, the two demons growled.
Neither enjoyed the sight of her hanging all over the boy...
