With all of the members of All the Kings Men gathered together, Everett was ready to begin his fantastic voyage to the top of the music charts, as "Before the Music" returns.

It seems as if every television within the Fairy City area is still tuned into FMtv's first broadcasting of it's special on Humpty and his group. The ratings are skyrocketing; the faceless execs who run the programming are celebrating with the finest of champagne and women. The various members of All the Kings Men, King, Night, Queen, and Jester, sit in their posh hotel sweet, watching the show; wondering if this will be their last few days at the top if Everett does decide to quit the group. Everett sits in his car, completely ignorant to the fact that his life is being rewritten on national television. He has a date with a woman he has fallen in love with and he plans on being at the restaurant on time this time.

It had taken the group a total of thirteen months to complete their first album, 'Off the Wall'. The album debated at number one and stayed there for a record seventy weeks. Critics praised the album for it's unique and innovative sound, as well as gaining major airplay across the world, thanks to various radio friendly cuts. (TT- The album also received tremendous controversy over a certain song by Jester in which he describes performing various sexual acts with a dolphin. The story was revealed to be true and the album was futilely banned by animal rights advocates.) Before the band could settle on anything, they began work immediately on their follow up self-entitled album, 'AtKM'. (TT- The initials used for the album have been claimed to mean 'Another Tempting Kum Mouth'. Named so for the bands various songs on oral sex on the album.) The release of their second album, a mere six months after their first, almost guaranteed that it would be a huge success. Not reaching the number one slot for almost a year and a half, the album is still the number one album in the country. (TT- All the Kings Men are the first band to knock themselves out of the number one slot after so much time at the time. They also hold the record for the most cumulative time spent at the number one slot.)

On the brink of their first tour, Humpty and All the Kings Men were, at a glance, at the top of the world, but it was all cut tragically short as the band seemingly fell due to the pressures of fame… when 'Before the Music' returns.

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The two of the three pigs are sitting in their apartment building, like the rest of the Fairy City residents; they are glued to their televisions witnessing the "truth" behind their favorite artists. The third is busy gathering together various detective type tools he supposes he is eventually going to need during the next several days. Never really using any of them except for practicing alone in his office, Ben really has no idea what he's doing. Which is the sole reason he had to grab a second bag to fit everything in.

Ben walks out of his office and begins yelling at his two brothers, "Would the two of you turn that off and help me already? The sooner we start this case the sooner we become legit. We can do this, if the two of you just helped out."

Ben walks out of his office wearing his official detective trench coat, what detective doesn't wear a cardboard colored trench coat? His official 1920's era detective hat with it's black band and slight crease in the front solely for nodding at skirts walking by, still sat on his desk, but he would be sure to grab it before he left. His pockets were stuffed with more of the same various instruments he had already filled two official detective black bags with. Magnifying glass, notebooks, pens, pencils, tape recorder, and fingerprint dust powder, all crammed carelessly into his two side pockets, as well as the one inside his trench. Making him look like a child during Halloween playing dress up and had lost their bag so was forced to stuff their pockets.

Jay and Bob took one look at their brother Ben and immediately began laughing. "Where the shit you going Batman? You didn't forget your junior detective case book either, right?"

Ben rolled his eyes knowing that he had bought the official detective casebook and that it was the first thing he shoved into bag number one. He walked in front of the TV and looked down on his brothers, determined to get them serious about their latest case, "Listen… both of you… are going to get off your ass and start taking this seriously cause I will not be dragging the both of you around the rest of my life. We have to make this work. It's both of your fault that we got kicked off the force. It's your fault that I've lost every job I've ever had. I've always done for you… both of you… and now it's your turn to do for me. Got it. Now get up and get ready. We're leaving in a couple minutes."

Ben walks away filled with a certain confidence about himself. He knows that his brothers aren't bad people, just slackers. He knows that it's only a matter of time before they turn it around and start getting serious about something. Before he reaches the office again though, Jay stood up and starts yelling at his back.

"Well, look at this emotional motherfucker right here. This fucking Dark Knight detective wannabe wants to fuck that fine piece of ass that can't keep track of her own damn things and we're the ones who gotta bust our asses." Ben turns around and looks at his brother, Jay points his finger at Ben as Bob just shakes his head while standing behind his younger brother. Jay yells as if he is the voice of God himself, "You are the one who is the one that wants Polly Hotpants. You wanna play the boy wonder, fine, but don't expect us to run through hoops so you can get some trim. You really want this case solved, ok, we'll all go see the Goose Lady tomorrow and find her goddamn ring afterwards. Right now, me and Bob here are going to watch the rest of this shit and get fuck-ed up."

Jay looks at Bob and the two high-five each other before Ben could answer. Ben walks closer to the two of them and stands directly in Jay's face. Ben being the oldest is considerably larger than his two brothers. He looks down on Jay and quietly says, "Get your stuff and get ready. We are all leaving now."

"Listen to this winy bitch…"

Before Jay could finish what he was saying, Ben punches him in the face and Jay quickly crumbles onto the floor. He begins moaning and squirming, his thin frame not used to such punishment. Bob stands in his spot stunned at what just happened, his eyes wide and his jaw open like a fresh caught bass that's gasping for air. Ben looks up at him, smile and winks, and then walks back towards the office.

Over his shoulder, Ben says, "Be ready by the time I get out and make sure he calms down a little bit, Bob." Ben then closes the door and while he is alone in his room he begins jumping around with excitement. That has been something he has been dying to do for years and he thinks that the prospect of becoming a legitimate detective is driving him to finally achieve.

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Shortly after the release of their second album the band started it's first tour, as 'Before the Music returns. At first meant to be a world tour, the band was forced to cancel the rest of the tour after only three shows. (TT- The tour was never going to go worldwide. Everyone knew that the band wouldn't be able to make it to the end of the tour, which is where all the out of country dates were set.) During the band's third show, Jester was found unconscious back stage and was rushed to the hospital almost dead. The cause had been determined to be an overdose of an illegal black market sprinkle called Hush, which stops you from hearing your own thoughts producing a Zen like experience. (TT- Hush is becoming an increasingly larger problem for police because an overdose can leave the victim comatose. It is being used by many attempting suicide and as a means to keep criminals from talking about crimes committed by the Red Heart Gang.)

After a week under hospital care, Jester was released and almost immediately afterwards arrested for possession of child pornography. A dying minor with a terminal case of cancer claimed that she had sexual relations with Jester and several farm animals during a week she spent with him as part of a request from the Create a Wish foundation. The minor claimed that Jester forced her to sample several different types of addictive sprinkle while in his care and he professed that it would cure her cancer. (TT- This is all true.) She is now in a coma after overdosing on a sprinkle mixture of her own creation after making these allegations. (TT- The groups lawyers claimed that the Create a Wish foundation is to blame because they should have known that Jester was an unstable role model and they should have used better judgment. 'Why not give a big-tit blonde to O.J., a little boy to Michael Jackson, or just send this one over to R. Kelly?' was how the lawyer stated it.)

No one knows what is ahead in the near future for Humpty and All the Kings Men. They have the potential to rise higher than any artist that have come before them and their music continues to be heard by an enormous audience. There are plans for a third album containing the same type of thought provoking music as well as a movie that is in the making of Humpty's rise to fame. Despite their plans, the fans will still be waiting for their next dosage of Humpty and All the Kings Men addictive type of medicine. This has been a 'Before the Music' special. (Fade to black.)

Author's Notes-

Hey people, finally got this chapter finished. The next update might take awhile longer. I'll try my hardest, but no promises. Haven't decided what's coming next, but I got a couple of ideas, might be another side story. If anyone is looking for a couple good books pick up anything by Christopher Moore. He's hilarious. Go see Kill Bill, it's great if you like Tarantino. Oh, if anyone can explain to me why Hollywood went and raped one of the classic horror movies by remaking the Texas Chainsaw Massacre, please tell me. I haven't wished for a white girl to trip and fall and be brutally murder nearly as much as I had while watching that movie. Jessica Biel sucks… and not in that good way, either. I won't talk about the Matrix or Ani-Matrix, they're both chilling with Miss Biel sucking on Satan's penis, trying to get every drop of pain inducing confusion out of it. If you can't tell I've been busy. W.Alexander- no worries on the rating changing. I just wanted to see if I could squeeze some more reviews out of people. You were right about the preview chapter, I just wanted to get people curious and I'll be picking that part back up in a couple of chapters. Thanks to everybody for reviewing. It makes me want to keep writing this so let me know how the story is coming along to you all. Thanks in advance and sorry about the rants at the end there.