Note: disclaimer as usual
("...") girl singing
["..."] guy singing
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SATURDAY EVENING EXTRA 2
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"Welcome one and all to The Music Pit, today we all have a treat for you. As you know, earlier this week we held a contest for the band Whispered Legend and as you all also know there was a winner chosen. Well there was one young lady that did an exceptional job and received second place as well as the hearts of many many men in the audience, well we have her today along with a young man that will be performing for us now. I am very proud to present Julia Asagaki and John Kusanagi, along with them will be the band members from Whispered Legends; Pete on guitar, Mike on bass, Will on drums and David on piano" the announcer left as a slow piano melody started to fill the dark stage and into the audience. The spotlight shines on David playing on the piano. A few seconds later another spotlight shines on Julia, wearing a white tank top and dark blue colored jeans, as she begins to sing
("how can you see into my eyes like open doors
leading you down into my core
where I've become so numb")
Three more spotlights shine on as Pete begins to play the guitar, Mike on the bass, and Will begins to hit the drums. All of them in punk clothing in there own fashion. The beat of the song comes into a faster rhythm as people in the audience begin to sway to the beat.
("without a soul
my spirit sleeping somewhere cold
until you find it there and lead it back home")
The final light shines on John. A little taller then Julia wearing a black shirt, regular jeans and his hair spiked up with blue color tone, as the music stops for a second then begins again as he begins to sing the chorus with Julia.
["wake me up"]
("wake me up inside")
["I cant wake up"]
("wake me up inside")
["save me"]
("call my name and save me from the dark")
["wake me up"]
("bid my blood to run")
["I cant wake up"]
("before I come undone")
["save me"]
("save me from the nothing I've become")
The light then only shines on Julia as she goes into the second verse of the song.
("now that I know what I'm without
you can't just leave me
breathe into me and make me real
bring me to life")
The stage explodes in light as the chorus comes up.
["wake me up"]
("wake me up inside")
["I cant wake up"]
("wake me up inside")
["save me"]
("call my name and save me from the dark")
["wake me up"]
("bid my blood to run")
["I cant wake up"]
("before I come undone")
["save me"]
("save me from the nothing I've become")
Julia sings softly.
("oooo oooo too late")
John sings softly and hoarsely.
["I've been given a lie
there's nothing inside"]
She sings the line again softly.
("oooo oooo too late")
Both face each other showing their side profile to the audience. John walks up close to Julia as she sings her verse with raw and unexpressed emotion.
("frozen inside without your touch without your love
darling only you are the life among the dead")
John puts the palm of his left hand to her cheek as he sings to her.
["all this time I can't believe I couldn't see
kept in the dark but you were there in front of me"]
Julia steps back from his reach and moves her head side to side making her hair sway to the left and right.
("I've been sleeping a thousand years it seems
got to open my eyes to everything")
John steps up again and glides his hand down her face.
["without a thought without a voice without a soul
don't let me die here
there must be something more"]
Julia then sings so loudly that it gets the audience to yell, scream and clap as they feel the energy the two are giving off on stage.
("bringgg meeee to liffffe")
As the begin the chorus, Julia moves up close to him and puts the mic in-between them as they begin to sing. The audience is hitting new decibels as they go completely nuts over the performance, the energy in the room cant be explained as everyone in the building sings, the guys singing Johns part and the girls singing Julia's.
["wake me up"]
("wake me up inside")
["I can't wake up"]
("wake me up inside")
["save me"]
("call my name...")
The guitar and bass stops for a less then a second as the drums beat out then start up again as she sings the last part of that line and begins faster then ever.
("...and save me from the dark")
["wake me up"]
("bid my blood to run")
["I can't wake up"]
("before I come undone")
["save me"]
("save me from the nothing I've become")
The crowd goes nuts as Julia sings softly
("oooo oooo too late")
John sings loudly.
["I've been living the lie
there's nothing inside"]
Julia then sings the last line of the sound stretching the last word to its fullest.
("oooo oooo too laaaaaaaaaaaaaattteeeee")
The crowd roared as the song faded away to nothingness. Both John and Julia linked hands bowing to the audience only to get a louder response from them as the band members get up and wave. They all began walking back stage as the crowd started a chant for more. John wiped the sweat off this forehead and let out a sigh of relief.
"Man that was great"
"Yeah it was" Julia replied smiling.
"Hey you guys are great, that was an unbelievable performance," Mike said walking up to John and shaking his hand.
"Yea you guys are welcomed here anytime," David said as he gave a short wave and walked to the back where they were serving drinks.
"Good job as usual" Pete said patting both their shoulders and following David to the refreshments.
"Killer, man, killer" Will said giving them both handshakes and Julia a hug then followed his fellow band members.
"You guys need to make a band or come down here more often, it would be great having that kind of vibe on stage all the time" Mike said laughing as he walked away from the two.
Both of them stood with smiles on their faces then turned to their dressing rooms.
Julia walked into the room followed by John. He looked to the left and right before closing the door.
"That was so great, haven't done that in like a week"
"Hard to believe that you do this, and well too" John replied with a small grin.
"Hey, I could say the same to you too"
"To think, Rei Ayanami, is a singing star in the rock world and not only that but a beautiful girl at that."
"And to think", Rei said smiling," Kensuke Aida isn't the war obsessed nerd everyone thinks he is.
Smiling, Kensuke reached into his pockets and took out his familiar pair of glasses and put them on, "There's a lot you don't know about me, my dear", he said smirking, "and what contacts can do to change an image"
"I do now don't I?" she said as she went into the back and started to change out of her clothes. Kensuke took the metal chair in front of the small table in the room, flipped it around and sat on it, leaning his chest against the back of the chair.
"Does your hair wash out?" he heard Rei ask
"Oh course, some special shampoo that does the trick. Besides which how did you know who I was?"
"I don't know something looked familiar about you but you were no way in hell acting like the Kensuke I know" she heard him chuckle at that.
"Surprised you? Like you did me?"
"Of course, how did you know it was me?"
"Your contact was out of place" he heard her curse slightly as his face split into a smile.
"I hate those things but its the only thing I got as a disguise. Red eyes are noticeable"
"Yeah no shit"
"You still remember how we actually found out about each other a few hours ago?" Rei asked slightly embarrassed.
"How can I not, I walked into you while you were in the dressing room. I felt like man at that point," he said laughing.
"You sick pervert! God, men!" he heard her shuffling through things in the back.
"Hey good thing I told you it was me before you called the cops on me but I was a little too late for the thing you did before"
"I said I was sorry that I kneed you in the groin, I didn't know it was you"
"All is forgiven even though I know how Shinji felt and still kinda do" he heard her laugh again. Then both of them went into a comfortable silence before Kensuke broke it.
"Hey, Rei?"
"Yeah" was the reply from the back.
"Would you like to go out sometime?" there was a sound of something being dropped in the back.
"We cant, remember we have images to keep up" she heard him sneer at that mention of that.
"You think I like being a damn nerd the whole time, my voice did actually go through puberty as you can tell", that made Rei go into a full blown laugh," and you are actually human, no offense"
"None taken, but still you know it'll be hard for everyone to except the fact that we were leading them on"
"Fuck them then"
"Kensuke!"
"Well jeez, Rei, a simple "no I don't want to and because that would be uncomfortable because it would be weird" would work better then the psychological meaning of the way we have shells" he heard Rei sigh as she got back still wearing her same clothing.
"Something the matter? You didn't change," he asked looking up at her.
"You know the world knows us as Rei and Kensuke" he saw her smiling as she bent down and softly kissed his lips, "...but not as John and Julia"
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to be continued...
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This ends another part of the little extra series for Saturday night, expect one or two more until the Sunday chapter, reviews as always are welcomed. About the pairings, well if Rei could get a second identity why not the other person you least suspect?
Song: Evanescence, Bring me to life. Song from Daredevil soundtrack.
