Chapter 7: The Plan.
Tracy and Link arrived at her parents house about a half an hour later.
"Tracy! How did you get out of jail?" Asked her mom as they walked in the back door. "Are you alright?"
"Yes, mom I'm fine. Link got me out!"
"Oh, baby! I'm so glad your ok!" expressed her mom, in an over-exagurated voice.
Link saw that Tracy was embarrassed by her moms little out burst and began nervously looking around the house.
"Mom, Link has an idea for how I can still be in the contest!"
"Oh that's great dear, what do we need to do?"
Tracy and her mom looked at Link expently waiting for him to tell them his plan.
"Well, no one at the studio knows that I'm on your side. So, I can get everything ready for your number. I could suggest to Corney that he put up a huge hairspray bottle that you could hide in Tracy. Then when your number comes up you can just burst out and begin singing. All of your friends can hide back stage somewhere, I'll find a place and they can be in your number to! It would be perfect!"
"It sounds like a great plan Link, but don't you think they would be suspicious of all my friends back stage?"
"True." Said Link in a disappointed tone. He had been so sure that she would go for the idea.
"It's alright Link, we'll think of something."
Link smiled. He had just gotten an idea.
"What if we don't put anyone in the can? Velma would go insane trying to figure out if something was going on, and if she checked it would be empty! You guys can be waiting outside and I can come and let you in? I'm not in the contest. I forgot about it and didn't enter."
"You can sing with us Link! We can sing, "You Can't Stop the Beat!""
"That would be excellent!" Link voiced excitedly, giving Tracy a kiss.
The contest was tomorrow, so they had to make sure no one found out about Tracy being sprung from jail until then. Link would have to act like normal and find a way to convince Corney to get a hugh can of hairspray, that shouldn't be to difficult. Link left Tracy's house and went straight to the studio. There he found Velma yelling at the construction crew that was fixing the stage that had been destroyed. Link saw Corney backstage going over his lines.
"Corney!"
"Hey man! Did you see the look on Velma's face when they put her in the paddy wagon? Classic, I tell ya!"
"I didn't see that, actually." He said distractedly. "Hey, listen, I noticed they don't have anything having to do with hairspray on the stage."
"Yea, I know it man, Velma says it looks cleaner."
"So why don't you sneak a huge hairspray bottle in tonight after everyone leave? It would drive her insane!"
"Link, man that is a great idea, and I always though you were one of them!"
"Well, maybe I used to be, but the I saw the light."
The two laughed and went over how they would go about sneaking the large can into the building.
Later that night, Link met Corney at the back stage enterance, he was dressed all in black and had a black ski mask in his hands.
"What's that for?" asked Link as he came up behind Corney.
"I thought I might need it, just in case someone came by." He whispered.
"Corney, you have a key, you work here. I highly doubt that anyone would find is suspicious that you were here."
"Oh, right." He said in a more normal voice.
The two spent about three hour assembling the can on the stage.
"This is a great trick we are playing on Velma." sneered Corney as they were finishing up. He has no idea, thought Link.
After they finished Corney locked up the building and the two went home.
Tracy and Link arrived at her parents house about a half an hour later.
"Tracy! How did you get out of jail?" Asked her mom as they walked in the back door. "Are you alright?"
"Yes, mom I'm fine. Link got me out!"
"Oh, baby! I'm so glad your ok!" expressed her mom, in an over-exagurated voice.
Link saw that Tracy was embarrassed by her moms little out burst and began nervously looking around the house.
"Mom, Link has an idea for how I can still be in the contest!"
"Oh that's great dear, what do we need to do?"
Tracy and her mom looked at Link expently waiting for him to tell them his plan.
"Well, no one at the studio knows that I'm on your side. So, I can get everything ready for your number. I could suggest to Corney that he put up a huge hairspray bottle that you could hide in Tracy. Then when your number comes up you can just burst out and begin singing. All of your friends can hide back stage somewhere, I'll find a place and they can be in your number to! It would be perfect!"
"It sounds like a great plan Link, but don't you think they would be suspicious of all my friends back stage?"
"True." Said Link in a disappointed tone. He had been so sure that she would go for the idea.
"It's alright Link, we'll think of something."
Link smiled. He had just gotten an idea.
"What if we don't put anyone in the can? Velma would go insane trying to figure out if something was going on, and if she checked it would be empty! You guys can be waiting outside and I can come and let you in? I'm not in the contest. I forgot about it and didn't enter."
"You can sing with us Link! We can sing, "You Can't Stop the Beat!""
"That would be excellent!" Link voiced excitedly, giving Tracy a kiss.
The contest was tomorrow, so they had to make sure no one found out about Tracy being sprung from jail until then. Link would have to act like normal and find a way to convince Corney to get a hugh can of hairspray, that shouldn't be to difficult. Link left Tracy's house and went straight to the studio. There he found Velma yelling at the construction crew that was fixing the stage that had been destroyed. Link saw Corney backstage going over his lines.
"Corney!"
"Hey man! Did you see the look on Velma's face when they put her in the paddy wagon? Classic, I tell ya!"
"I didn't see that, actually." He said distractedly. "Hey, listen, I noticed they don't have anything having to do with hairspray on the stage."
"Yea, I know it man, Velma says it looks cleaner."
"So why don't you sneak a huge hairspray bottle in tonight after everyone leave? It would drive her insane!"
"Link, man that is a great idea, and I always though you were one of them!"
"Well, maybe I used to be, but the I saw the light."
The two laughed and went over how they would go about sneaking the large can into the building.
Later that night, Link met Corney at the back stage enterance, he was dressed all in black and had a black ski mask in his hands.
"What's that for?" asked Link as he came up behind Corney.
"I thought I might need it, just in case someone came by." He whispered.
"Corney, you have a key, you work here. I highly doubt that anyone would find is suspicious that you were here."
"Oh, right." He said in a more normal voice.
The two spent about three hour assembling the can on the stage.
"This is a great trick we are playing on Velma." sneered Corney as they were finishing up. He has no idea, thought Link.
After they finished Corney locked up the building and the two went home.