A smile was present on Stuart's face as he lays on his bed, watching Murdoc play El Diablo.
It's been a few days since Murdoc struck the deal and tomorrow was the music competition. They've been spending all their time practicing, Murdoc on the bass and Stuart with his singing.
"It really does sound great." said Stuart.
"Ya, but it's missing something." grumbled Murdoc.
He put his bass down to run a hand through his hair. The bass and singing were great, but something was missing.
The bassist leans back to bump into his friend's keyboard and it hits him.
"Hey Stu, let's try again but with the keyboard too." said Murdoc.
The bluenette gets off his bed and to his instrument to click it on. Murdoc plays the tune again with Stuart following on his keyboard.
"That sounds a lot better, when I have a band, gonna need a guitarist and drums." said Murdoc.
"Sounds good, Muds." laughed Stuart.
After a few more minutes the two call for a break and head downstairs. Rachel is in the kitchen preparing dinner and sees the two.
"You both sound great, I wish David and I could make the contest." said Rachel.
"It's fine Mom, don't worry about it." said Stuart, grabbing two sodas from the fridge.
"Ya, you're just gonna miss out on us wiping the floor with the competition...hey, where are the chips?" asked Murdoc, looking through the cabinets.
This gets him a swat on the head.
"Ow, damn Rachel." grumbled Murdoc, rubbing his sore spot.
"Dinner will be ready in fifteen minutes so you can wait to eat, I don't want you boys to ruin your appetites." said Rachel.
"Yes Mom." said Stuart.
The bassist just grumbles to take his drink and leave the room.
"Damn she's strict." said Murdoc.
"Ya, but I'm sure we can wait a few minutes." said Stuart.
Murdoc rolls his eyes to take a large gulp of the soda to belch loudly. Stuart laughs hard for a loud bang to be heard.
"MURDOC FAUST NICCALS, THAT IS HIGHLY INAPPROPRIATE!" yelled Rachel.
"Sorry Rachel, I couldn't hold it back." said Murdoc nervously.
"My butt you couldn't!" she yelled.
The two share a look to quickly run back upstairs. They were going to continue the wait upstairs and away from the angry woman.
Eventually, Rachel called them for dinner and they came back down to see David.
"She's not in the best mood, what happened?" muttered David.
"I burped loud and she chewed me out." said Murdoc.
Rachel comes back to put a casserole on the table.
"Of course I did, that wasn't very gentlemanly of you." said Rachel.
"I wasn't raised right, remember?" asked Murdoc, taking a seat.
"I know, but under this roof, such behavior won't be tolerated." she said.
She passes her husband to give him a look.
"Learn to talk quieter if you don't want me to hear things." said Rachel.
She moves on back to the kitchen for David to groan.
"I'm sleeping on the couch tonight." sighed David.
Stuart laughs softly with Murdoc grinning big.
"More like in the doghouse, mate." he chuckled quietly.
"Murdoc." called Rachel.
"I didn't say anything!" yelled Murdoc.
Stuart laughs harder to nearly fall over as his mom walks back in.
"I was just asking what you wanted to drink." said Rachel.
"Oh." he muttered.
She crosses her arms to look at the Satanist, raising an eyebrow.
"Something you wish to say?" she asked.
"Uh no, cause I didn't say anything." said Murdoc, looking away.
She sighs and grabs everyone's drinks and they start eating.
"Think you two are ready for the contest tomorrow?" asked David.
"We've been practicing for days, so yes we are." said Stuart happily.
"That's wonderful, what song are you playing?" asked Rachel.
"It's called Tomorrow Comes Today, Stu and I did write a few songs." said Murdoc.
The bluenette smiles big to finish his meal. The table was cleared and Murdoc heads to the living room with Stuart.
They turn it on and switch from the News to the Horror channel.
"Boys, remember not to stay up too late, the contest does start at ten." said Rachel.
"We know, we're just going to watch the ending of this, it's that Freddy VS Jason movie." said Murdoc.
"My money is on Jason." said Stuart.
"Please, Freddy will kick his ass." said Murdoc.
"No way, Freddy can only really kill people when they're asleep, Jason never sleeps."
"Jason is a fucking pussy!"
"No, Freddy is!"
"Watch your mouths!" yelled Rachel
"Sorry Mom..." muttered Stuart
"Sorry Rachel." grumbled Murdoc.
Rachel rolls her eyes and heads upstairs to bed. Knowing those two, they were going to sleep in.
*~* GORILLAZ *~*
"I can't believe we over slept!" spat Murdoc.
Stuart was in the passenger seat, holding on as Murdoc speed past a few cars.
"Well, we did stay up later to watch The Omen." said Stuart.
"Well, it was better than Freddy VS Jason." said Murdoc.
"You're only saying that because Jason beat Freddy like I said he would." said Stuart.
"He didn't beat Freddy, he lives, you saw the ending." said Murdoc.
"Ya, and I saw Jason wake away with his severed hand, told you Freddy was a pussy." said Stuart.
Murdoc punches his friend's arm who yelps.
"Ow, sore loser." said Stuart.
"Sorry mate, but you're the only one with a sore spot." said Murdoc.
The two laugh and they finally reach the Mall. Murdoc gets out to strap his bass to his back with Stuart carrying his keyboard.
In the center of the mall was a large stage with seats everywhere. The two move to the back where they see a guy with a headset and black T-shirt.
"You two in the contest?" asked the guy.
"Yep, Murdoc Niccals and Stuart Tusspot." said Murdoc.
The guy looks over the clipboard to allow them in. Once in the back, the two see other people, tuning their instruments or going over their lyrics.
"Okay, looks like we got eleven acts." said Murdoc.
"Twelve, I don't see Ryan but he's in as well." said Stuart.
Murdoc snorts to walk over to a table offering snacks and water bottles. He hands one to the singer and grabs a corn chip to munch on.
Just as Stuart takes a sip, the guy from before approaches them.
"You guys are act eight, alright?" he asked.
The two nod and he walks on to talk to the other contestants. Murdoc takes a sip from his own bottle to see a paper.
"Okay, so we're on eighth, and Ryan is on before us, he's seventh." said Murdoc.
"It's no big deal, Mudsy, he probably ether stole a song or had someone write one for him." said Stuart.
Murdoc agrees and they hear a speaker.
"Welcome everyone and thank you for coming, we have twelve people playing for you today so let's get started already with our first act." said the MC.
"Looks like it's starting." said Murdoc.
They get back to their stuff to start preparing. The acts go quickly, with acts three and four disqualified for using songs that already exist and act five booed off stage.
Act six was finishing up and Stuart was panicking.
"Murdoc, I can't find the song sheet." said Stuart.
"What, it was in your back pack." said Murdoc.
Stuart empties it but all that fell out was gum, a notebook with doodles, deck of cards, crumbs from somewhere, a switchblade that looked like a flip comb, his wallet and cell.
"I put it in last night, I even checked in the car." said Stuart.
"What the fuck." snapped Murdoc.
They hear a loud applause and see the sixth act is over.
"Thank you to that sweet little girl for her song Pretty Kitty Blues." said the MC.
The audience cheered and awed at the little girl.
"Now, for our next act is Ryan Rivers ad his friends." said the MC.
At that, the rich boy walks on stage with Dan and Zeke. Zeke was holding a guitar with Dan holding a violin.
Ryan nods to them and they start up the tune. A familiar one.
"You have to be shitting me, Murdoc, that's-" started Stuart.
"Our song." growled Murdoc.
"Everybody's here with me, We got no camera here to see." sang Ryan.
Murdoc pulled a face, that guy was decent singer, but nothing like Stuart. And the violin didn't fit in with the song ether.
"They stole our song sheet AND are butchering it." spat Murdoc.
"But, what can we do, we're on next and Ryan took our sheet, if we play it then we'll be disqualified, and even if we tell them they stole it, they still played it before us." said Stuart.
Murdoc cursed as Stuart was right, they were on next and couldn't play Tomorrow comes Today. That stupid fucking cheating bastard!
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'll pay, when tomorrow, tomorrow comes today." sand Ryan.
As the tune picked up a bit, the rich teen glances over at Murdoc with a smirk. A smirk that read 'I got you this time, I got my revenge'.
Murdoc was furious and glared back with a look that screamed 'I'm going to murder you and no one can stop me'. That got Ryan to look away with a flash of fear but he continued on.
Even with that small victory there was still a problem, they now had nothing to play.
'Come on, think Murdoc, think.' he thought.
He walks back to Stuart to sit with him, groaning in anger. What were they going to do?!
A/N: Well, Ryan has come back and now he's stolen Murdoc's song. How are Stuart and Murdoc going to get passed this now? Stay tuned and plz review.