Chapter 11- Who Waits Forever Anyway?
Scaramouche looked up and could see the familiar face of Commander Khashoggi, she and Galileo were both separated from the other Bohemians, who had all been trapped together in a laser cage, by two policemen. Funnily enough Khashoggi stayed as far away from the Bohemians as possible but still spoke as if he was holding them captive himself, "Finally I am checking into the Heartbreak Hotel, Incarcerate the rebels". The lasers began closing in on the others making them gather together tighter, occasionally Scaramouche would hear the buzz of it touching one of the Bohemians but all she and Gaz could do was stand watch. "And so Mr. McCartney I say hello and you say goodbye" Khashoggi said cockily but Britney wasn't going to give up that easily
"No! you'll never take the Dreamer while I'm alive"
"You'll never escape the laser cage" but the Commander was proven wrong as Brit, by pure strength and endurance of pain broke out of the cage but no-one else could get out. "Galileo! Scaramouche! The future of rock lies with you!" all the police ran to seize Brit which gave Scaramouche and Galileo the chance to escape. They ran through one of the tunnels and had gathered quite a distance but they were not far enough to not hear the gunshots or the scream that followed but they didn't stop, they just kept on running, trying to put as much distance between them and the workers of Globalsoft as possible. They ran for a while until all the old streets they passed looked familiar and then they eventually reached the spot where they had first met Meat and Britney, the van still there, they both stopped exhausted from running and tried to catch there breath. It wasn't long before Galileo spoke up
"How did Khashoggi find the Heartbreak Hotel?"
"He must have had some way of tracking us",
"The hospital! When they operated on our heads" Gaz then ran over to Scaramouche and gently explored her head with his fingers.
"I think… I think I've found something" Scara then ran over to the van and found the back window had been smashed, she then pulled a piece of the broken glass out and walked back over to Galileo and handed it to him
"Cut it out"
"What!"
"Gazza, if there are bugs in our heads then the cops will run us down in hours. Cut it out!" Gaz then gingerly took the glass and cut into Scara's head, careful not to hurt her that much. Scaramouche tried to hide how much it hurt but slightly ended up failing as she let out a painful gasp then she looked at what Galileo had in his hand, it was some sort of micro chip that kept on beeping "so it's my fault that Brit died, it's my fault all the others have been captured, I should have checked to see if anything was there when I took off the bandage" Gaz must have been thinking the same thing as he had the same, beating himself up look that Scara had on her face "he had us from the start. He's heard everything" Scaramouche spoke, this time into the micro transceivers "hello pervert! Short sentence… the second word is "off"!" Gaz turned to her with an amused look on his face but then got confused
"What's the first word?"
"Oh you are a muppet come here" she then cut the bug out of his head, he too gasped in pain.
"Ok, now quick crush them"
"What? A couple of state if the art micro transceivers? No way, I'll just activate the maximum negativity spectrum" and then the look of pain of Gazza's face changed to confusion again
"What?"
"Turn them off". Scaramouche walked over to the front of the van to put the micro transceivers on the front seat while Galileo sat on the mattress in the back
"We're all that's left now, Scaramouche, do you realise that? The Bohemians are finished. The Heartbreak Hotel destroyed. Only we escaped" Scara then joined him, sitting next to him on the mattress
"Britney Spears died to save us. To save you"
"And he must not have died in vain. It's up to us now. We're part of the Underworld, Scaramouche. You and me, cast adrift. There's no going back, not now, not ever".
"We never belonged anyway. Did you notice, you lost your stutter?"
"I feel different"
"We're both different… for the first time in my life I don't hate myself"
"And I don't want to die… I've finally found something to live for" at this Scaramouche rolled her eyes "the Dream?" "why did I even bother asking of course it is" but as if he knew what she was thinking it was Galileo's turn to get rid of a theory, and boy did he "No… you" "oh um… not exactly what I was expecting but still, wow"
"But we will be caught in the end. You know that don't you?" Gaz said lowering his head, probably a bit embarrassed seeing as Scaramouche hadn't actually said anything back.
"Yeah. I know, and probably killed" Scara lowered her head as well
"I… I love you Scaramouche" now that got her attention
"I love you too Gaz" Galileo then looked at Scaramouche "do you think maybe just once you could use my whole name?"
"I love you too, Gazza Fizza" he smiled at this name but then turned serious again
"Well then if I have your love, dying doesn't matter very much at all, does it?" they both sat there awkwardly and Scaramouche could now relate to what Galileo had been saying, about hearing words and sounds in his head-
Scaramouche:
There's no time for us
There's no place for us
What is this thing that builds our dreams
Yet slips away from us
Who wants to live forever?
Both:
Who wants to live forever?
Who
Galileo:
There's no chance for us
It's all decided for us
This world has only one sweet moment set aside for us
Who wants to live forever?
Both:
Who wants to live forever?
Who
Who dares to love forever?
Galileo:
Oh, when love must die!
They both stood up and walked to opposite ends of the van, embarrassed but then Galileo walked back over to Scaramouche.
Scaramouche:
But touch my tears with your lips
Galileo:
Touch my world with your fingertips
Both:
And we can have forever
And we can love forever
Galileo:
Forever is ours today
Both:
Who wants to live forever?
Who wants to live forever?
Scaramouche:
Forever is ours
Galileo:
Who waits forever, anyway?
After that Galileo took hold of Scaramouche's hand and led her back to the van, they sat down like before but his time closer and then Galileo leaned in and kissed Scara, they then both leaned back into the van and… well I don't think I need to explain the rest.