Wow, three chapters in less than a week, this must be some kind of record. Thank you to everyone who reviewed the last two chapters. Please review this one! I want your thoughts. This will be the last chapter this week because I'm going away for a week. I hope that these three chapters have sustained you :)
I hope that I see a lot of reviews when I get back! ENJOY!
Disclaimer: I do not own Winx Club or the song 'Glamorous'. That song is by 'Fergie'
'Beep…beep…beep' a soft murmur coming from a machine; the only evidence of Riven standing a chance through this.
Sky sat next to Riven's bed on a chair with his head in his hands. If only he got to him before instead of letting him storm off. If he and the other guys hadn't ambushed him at the base, then Riven would've been in a rage and needed to cool off by flying.
Sky's eyes were red rimmed from sitting by his side all night. It's hard to believe that Riven was rushed to hospital the previous day and only just recently finished surgery. Riven laid on the bed in a comatose state being hooked up to machines. The beeping of the heart monitor was the only thing making a sound in the room.
Sky loved hearing the sound. It was his only hope that his friend had some life back. Riven's condition was bad. He had a collapsed lung, head trauma, several broken bones, and internal bleeding that led to having the spleen removed. Doctors feared that Riven would die in surgery, luckily he didn't. Now, only time will tell when or if Riven will wake up.
The day that Musa had been avoiding as much as possible had arrived, the live performance of her new song. Ever since her meeting with Tony and his 'edited' version of her song, she had been worried about what other changes Tony had made between then and now. Musa woke up already with a headache creeping on from the stress of Tony's recent 'changes'. At first, Musa thought that Tony was just being supportive and protecting her career, but now, giving her a fake boyfriend who is a bigger pain then Riven used to be and then some, and making changes to her music, had started to put his real intentions to question. That didn't mean that Musa hated her new life. She loved the fame, the stardom, and the fact that she was living her dream, she just didn't like how Tony had been taking her direction, and Ellie and the investors were allowing him. Now she was forced to perform in front of a live audience with very little preparation, she would have to bring her A-game.
Musa walked out of her bedroom in her dressing gown heading toward the kitchen. Her apartment had been so quiet since the girls moved out and she would admit that at night, when she was alone, the silence and emptiness did freak her out a little bit. Musa walked into the kitchen and screamed when she saw Ellie standing at the stove cooking bacon and eggs with a fresh cup of coffee waiting for her.
"Good morning, Musa" Ellie greeted with a smile.
When Musa had recovered her normal breathing again, she smiled."Morning."
"Sorry that I scared you" Ellie apologised serving Musa's breakfast.
"Ellie, how did you get in?" "Spare key. Tony sent me to make sure that you are on time because this performance is extremely important" Ellie explained.
Musa stopped and raised an eyebrow at this new information. Musa thought that this was just a performance for more publicity while rising as the hottest new superstar. How was this important? It was just a publicity stunt, wasn't it?
"Important?" Musa said confused sitting down on the table. "Why is it important?"
"Tony didn't tell me" Ellie replied placing Musa's food in front of her.
"Why doesn't Tony tell me things anymore?"
"I'm sorry, Musa" Ellie apologised sadly sitting next to her with a cup of coffee in her hand.
Musa shook her head in disbelief but there was nothing she could do about it now. Tony wasn't there and it was the performance day. She couldn't change the arrangement again, there just wasn't enough time.
Sky wasn't alone anymore in Riven's hospital room, a few hours later. Timmy and Nabu had come back from Red Fountain after explaining the situation to Saladine and brought Sky back something to eat but Sky wasn't in the mood for food. Timmy sat on the seat that Sky was previously sitting in as he read a book as Nabu and Sky stood looking out of the window.
"I know that look, Sky" Nabu whispered so that Timmy wouldn't hear.
"What do you mean?" Sky asked not looking at him.
"You think that this is your fault" Nabu answered.
"How could it not be?" Sky asked rhetorically.
"If I didn't pressure him to express his feelings, he wouldn't have felt the need to relax and wouldn't have gotten in that ship. If I had just ran after her after he stormed off, he wouldn't be here right now."
"Well, if that is true then Timmy and I would also feel responsible too. You weren't the only one who pressured him to open up like he did. You weren't the only one who didn't run after him. There is nothing that you, or any of us, could've done to prevent this. He chose to fly that ship and he chose to ignore speed limits. It was like he wanted to run into that ship."
"You think that he tried to hurt himself?"
"Maybe subconsciously" Nabu suggested.
"He needed to feel something like he said. Maybe this was what he meant."
"I don't believe that" Sky hissed walking away from Nabu.
"RIVEN!" loud shrieks of several voices echoed down the hospital hallway.
The three boys tensed up hearing the voices. The voices sounded so panicked and fearful. Following the shrieks were several running footsteps and clicking of high heels.
"Uh oh" Timmy whispered.
All of a sudden the room's door slammed open revealing the scared faces of Stella, Bloom, Flora, Tecna and Layla. Bloom and Flora were red faced that looked from crying while Stella, Layla and Tecna looked scared.
"Is he okay?" Flora asked feeling tears well up in her eyes.
"What happened?" Tecna asked.
"What's going on" Stella asked.
"Where did you find him?" Layla asked.
"Girls" Sky interrupted the voices talking at once.
Brandon and Helia walked up behind the girls and slowly closed the door behind them. Timmy placed the book on the floor and enveloped Tecna in a comforting hug as did Helia with Flora.
"We found Riven on Magix Air Force Base" Timmy began explaining. "He was there with a friend trying to hide from his feelings that Musa brought up in him."
"So how did we go from air base to hospital?" Stella shrieked.
Brandon moved passed the girls and placed a comforting hand on Stella's shoulder. For the first time in a while, Stella didn't tense up or shove him away, she was actually grateful for the comforting gesture.
"Riven expressed his feelings and stormed off" Sky answered. "He wanted to take his mind off of his supressed emotions and ended up flying a ship."
"Then what?" Flora asked.
The guys went silent contemplating the best way to gently reveal the information.
"Riven ignored protocol of the air base which was to never go pass a speed limit of 6 light years/hour, but he went to 8. He flew into another ship that was flying and he smashed into its wing, sending him to crash onto the ground" Nabu explained.
The girls gasped. Flora had fresh tears running down her cheeks and she cried onto Helia's chest. Layla and Tecna went silent as Stella leant against Brandon for support and Bloom was too stunned to move.
"It looks like Riven may have subconsciously intended to hit the other ship to feel something other than pain and loss" Nabu continued.
Bloom couldn't take all of this information at once about her friend. She quietly stood up and walked out of the room unnoticed by anyone in the room. When she was in the hallway she pulled out her phone and dialled.
Musa sat down on a chair as two make-up artists applied make-up on her face. Ellie was walking around the room messing on her phone making sure that everything was ready to take Musa to the venue. It was almost time for Musa to head off before Tony walked into the apartment.
"Musa" Tony greeted closing the door behind him. "You look stunning."
Musa smiled at his compliment as a make-up artist applied lip liner. As told, Musa was wearing the silver dress that she wore for her music video the previous day.
"I hope that you are ready for tonight's event" Tony continued seeing Ellie checking the limo was waiting outside as planned.
Ellie nodded at Tony's statement and Tony turned on the television to the news. Ellie walked into Musa's bedroom to collect her purse when she noticed a bright light shining through the purse. Before Ellie could reach it, it turned off. She looked inside the purse and found Musa's phone. She took it out and saw that Musa had four missed calls, two voice mails and six missed text messages all from Bloom in the last ten minutes. Before Ellie could tell Musa about them, Tony called her from the other room.
"I'm coming" Ellie called and grabbed the purse and met Tony back in the other room.
"What are you doing?" Ellie asked seeing Tony watching the television.
"He's seeing whether the performance tonight has made the entertainment section of the news yet, like planned" Musa replied slightly annoyed by Tony's reason as eye shadow was now being applied to her face.
She wanted to roll her eyes at his reply but could feel the brush sweep over her eye lids. Musa was starting to lose patience and was wondering whether Tony acted like this with all of his singers. He was becoming more demanding and aggressive, especially about this performance and song lately. Before Musa continued her train of thought, a breaking news story sounded through the apartment.
"Breaking news" a reported on the television said. "Superstar Musa Harmony's ex-boyfriend and Red Fountain student, Riven Knight was in a serious ship crash at the Magix Air Base early afternoon yesterday."
"What!" Musa yelled jumping out of the chair startling the make-up artists.
"A spokesman from the air base has made a statement" the reported continued.
The scene on the television changed to a press conference with an Air Force captain.
'This tragic incident has nothing to do with the Air Force even though the use of Air Force aircrafts were involved' the captain explained.
'Since the Captain's statement late last night, Mr Knight has been rushed to hospital in the heart of Magix where he was in surgery all night and did not get released until early this morning. Doctors were fearful that Mr Knight would not live through surgery but luckily he proved them wrong. Riven Knight now lies in a comatose state and it is unknown when or if he will wake up but one thing is for sure is that all close friends of Riven Knight having been sitting by his side all night long waiting for progress. The one thing on everyone's mind now is if Musa will make an appearance for her once great love.'
Musa felt her heart break in two, and felt like the world was going out from under her. Right now at this point, nothing else mattered but Riven and her heartbroken friends being at his side. No, this was wrong, Musa thought seeing the news, it couldn't be Riven, not her Riven.
'Woah, where did that come from?' Musa thought suddenly.
He hadn't been hers in a long time so why was she thinking it now? She ended the relationship, and was happy with her decision. Wasn't she? Musa looked back at the name that appeared on the screen again and it hit her like a tonne of bricks. Tony instantly changed the channel to another news station that was now featuring the entertainment section snapping Musa out of her thoughts.
'And for tonight, a special performance by Musa Harmony will surprise and delight fans at the Magix Got Talent grand final where she will debut her new song ready to be released tomorrow.'
"Ha!" Tony yelled with glee. "I knew that they would reveal it! Tickets will be sold out by now!"
"Tony!" Musa yelled interrupting his triumph. "Did you not just hear that story?"
"I did and you are doing better than any of my other singers!"
"NO!" Musa yelled angrily."Riven was in a crash! He is in a coma! He could've died"
"Why do you care?" Tony rebutted. "You were the one who dumped him for fame. You dumped ALL of your friends for fame. What is different now?"
Why did she care? She thought that Riven was holding her back, same with the girls, but maybe they were right. Maybe she loved the 'honeymoon period' of her fame and was now experiencing life after it, and Riven's incident did put things that really mattered into perspective. If her mother was here right now and saw what she was becoming, she wouldn't be proud. Her friend, the love of her life, she now realised, was in hospital and she was here being pampered ready to sing.
"What is different is that I know my priorities now" Musa answered angrily. "You're going have to cancel tonight's performance because I'm going to go see Riven."
"Oh no you're not!" Tony yelled.
"Yes I am, and there's nothing you can do to stop me. You cannot control me!" Musa immediately started heading off to the front door with Ellie right behind her.
"Code red" Tony spoke into his phone.
Musa swung the front door open and instantly gasped in horror. Standing outside the door waiting for her were two tall, muscular, ultimate wrestler looking men in black. Musa actually started to feel frightened and she turned to her side and saw that Ellie looked the same. She slowly turned back to face Tony who's demenor suddenly changed from friendly to menacing and dark.
"I can't let you go, Musa" Tony hissed slowly walking towards her. "I legally own you! I control you! Now, you are going to that performance whether you like it or not!"
'Okay' Musa thought terrified about her situation now. 'This definitely put things into perspective.'
Screams and shouts were echoing outside the hotel as Musa and Ellie were being thrown into the limo by the two muscular men. Tony casually followed in suit and sitting across from them as the body guards sat either side of Musa and Ellie preventing them from running away.
"See Musa" Tony smirked, his friendly demeanour returning. "That wasn't so bad. Now, if these men have anything to say about it, you are going to go up on that stage and sing your heart out."
Musa and Ellie were kept hostage in a given dressing room as the two body guards stood guard outside the door. Musa was pacing up and down the room looking for a way to get out and see if Riven was okay. She couldn't believe that Riven was stuck in hospital, for the first time ever, and she is stuck here. Looking back on everything now, she kind of deserved it. It seemed like it was karma for the way she behaved with her friends. Using Stella and Flora's incidents for songs, calling Flora names in the sound booth, brainwashed Tecna into thinking that Timmy was cheating on her with Mary-Jane and just being so selfish. Even though she loved that it made her get to the top, and she wouldn't give it up now, but she did realise that Tony was not the right choice for this moment of her career. She knew that her behaviour was terrible and deserved penance, but not Riven. He did nothing wrong.
"Musa, are you okay?" Ellie asked concerned.
"No, no I'm not" Musa answered still pacing. "Riven is fighting for his life and I'm stuck here."
"Sorry to ask but, why do you care? Just like Tony, you dumped him so why do you care?"
"He is still my friend. This whole incident has made me realise that I've been a terrible friend."
"So, are you giving it all up?" "Hell no! It took me too long and I've worked too hard to give it up now!" Musa suddenly yelled, her demeanour changing too. "I still want this! I just don't think that being with Tony's company is a good idea anymore. I want to see if Riven is okay before I perform."
Ellie quietly sighed to herself. Just like everyone else in Musa's life, she too had noticed Musa changing into someone she's not. She didn't want to say in case she lost her job, but she had hoped that sooner or later Musa would realise her mistake and return to her friends and her normal life. When this Riven incident appeared, Ellie hoped that this was the slap in the face Musa needed to realise it all and give up everything and return and apologise to her friends. Obviously, the slap wasn't big enough. It only made Musa realise that her friends were still important, but not important enough than her career. This didn't show her that her life is meaningless without friends.
"Ladies and Gentlemen" the show's host said on stage in front of the audience."As a special performance tonight, we have the number one artist, Musa Harmony!"
The crowd erupted in cheers, squeals, and whistles and the stage went dark. Musa stood on the little staircase on the stage and readjusted her headset. She looked to her side and saw that her exits were blocked by the body guards. She had to do this, there was no backing out. She just hoped that her friends didn't see this because if they did, then there was no hope of them allowing her to see if Riven was okay.
'You know you want my life'
Riven's hospital room was silent as dusk fell over Magix. Bloom had returned to the room angry, slamming her phone shut. No one asked about her mood because she kept dismissing after the first person asked. Stella hated the silence so she stood up from her spot on the floor and turned on the television to a quiet setting looking for a show to watch while they all waited.
"What's on?" Layla asked seeing Stella by the television.
"Nothing…nothing" Stella replied flipping through channels. "Ooh, Magix Got Talent grand finale!"
Everyone sat in their spots watching the television. They all liked the remaining three acts with a few of them each going for one of them to win. They were all enjoying the show when the host mentioned Musa's name.
'You know you want my life' Musa said in the darkness.
The stage instantly lit up with bright white light revealing Musa on top of the staircase as dancers posed behind her in black outfits.
'G…L…A…M…O…R…O…U…S…..yeah" Musa sung slowly walking down the staircase with the dancers following her as they danced down the stairs. 'G…L…A…M…O…R…O…U…S'
"Are you serious?" Bloom yelled furious.
"Shoosh, Bloom" Flora hushed.
"No, Flora" Bloom replied angrily.
"I spent all afternoon calling Musa to tell her about Riven, hoping that the old Musa was somewhere inside her and she would come down here to see him, but she is THERE performing for herself!"
Everyone was quiet in the room.
"She clearly does not care about anyone but herself and this just proves it!" Bloom continued. "It's official; we've lost her for good. She is no longer our friend."