Chapter 15- Man Made Paradise
Galileo, Scaramouche and Pop all got off the bike and whilst Pop parked it, Gaz and Scara took a look at their surroundings, which wasn't much to look at. "There's nothing here. Nothing at all" Galileo said, sounding very disappointed then Pop looked around as well
"Bummer" all that was there was a load of rubble and dust, except for the old rusted gate behind them the place was practically empty.
"No instruments, not even any rock" Gaz was right
"Just rubble"
"This place must have been destroyed centuries ago. It's no Place of Champions anymore if it ever was. I've failed, Scaramouche. I don't know where the Holy Axe is hidden and I will never play the lost riffs. My dreams never come true". Scaramouche who was sick of Gazza always acting like this said
"Don't blame yourself Gazza, it isn't your fault"
"Thanks Scaramouche" but secretly Scara had meant for him to take this the wrong way "No, I mean it's not your fault you're a spineless, gutless, whinging little cry baby!" "Excuse me?"
"I know why you can't find the guitar, mate. You remember what Pop said? "Queen wove deep and terrible spells to protect the instruments from those not worthy of playing them""
"You mean me?" "very clever Gaz, I really did get stuck with a genius here didn't I?" Scaramouche thought sarcastically whilst hearing a quick "ouch!" from Pop.
"What do you think the Mighty Queen died for? So that you can act like a pathetic little coward! You wanted to be a rock star? Huh! They wouldn't even have you in a boy band!"
"Ooh!" Scaramouche could tell Galileo was starting to get ticked off, which was exactly what she wanted.
"Hey Babe! I'm getting kind of tired of the self righteous thing ok? We tried, we failed. The instruments are not here. Get over it"
"Then we'll have to make music without them!"
"You mean a cappella?" then Pop intervened
"No!"
"If necessary"
"It's never necessary". This time Scaramouche spoke mainly to Pop
"That's what it was all about in the beginning wasn't it? Kids doing it for themselves! Playing in the streets! In the garages!"
"Yes! Yes! It was!"
"So come on Gazza, where's the bloke I used to love? Where's the bloke with the lead in his pencil? Where is Shagileo Gigolo?"
"Right here, Babe!"
"Well prove it then- are we gonna rock- or what?"
"Wes! Yes we are! I don't need some old second-hand instruments to make music. I can do it myself! The music of a human being, not a machine"
"Right on!"
"Hello Wembley!".
"But… Not without you Scaramouche. You remember what Britney Spears said before he died? Making music is about love… you do it for your Baby… and I can only do it for you. I love you, Scaramouche, with all my heart. Please forgive me. Please come back to me because if you don't, I don't know if I can do this thing, and the kids will be forever in chains"
"God! Talk about emotional blackmail" Scaramouche grabbed Galileo and pulled him into a huge snog, she faintly heard Pop say
"Ooh, I've gone all tingly" Scaramouche pulled away to reveal a smiling Gaz and said "So- let's Rock!". Galileo then tried… really tried… to summon up the inspiration needed but it wasn't working, he then stepped back and said
"I… don't know how to start…" Scaramouche then tried egging him on
"Come on Buddy! You're a boy…" Pop then tried too
"Make a big noise!"
"Playing in the street!"
"Gonna be a big man someday…" Gazza then stopped them
"Hey! Hey that's it!…"
"What is?". Then Galileo started putting together what Scaramouche and Pop had just said
"B… B… Buddy… Buddy you're a boy… make a big noise… playing in the street gonna be a big man some day…" then Pop spoke up
"What a curiously exhilarating collection of words" but Gaz ignored him and carried on "You got mud on your face. You big disgrace. Kickin' your can all over the place" when Galileo finished, Scaramouche could hear a faint beat but it kept getting louder each time "listen Scaramouche, it's the beat! The beat is returning"
"The beating of our hearts!"
"Hearts of solid rock!". Galileo then pitched in for real, singing instead of talking and not stuttering once
Buddy you're a boy, make a big noise
Playing in the street, gonna be a big man some day
You got mud on yo' face
You big disgrace
Kickin' your can all over the place
Singin'
We will, we will rock you
We will, we will rock you
We will, we will…
Then a hug noise ripped through the air and a big piece of the wall surrounding the gates of Wembley collapsed and there was something under it
"What's happening?" Scaramouche asked and Pop answered with his usual, well Pop-like answers
"Thunderbolt and lightening, very, very frightening!" but Galileo was more concerned with what was beneath the rubble
"Scaramouche! Look! An instrument! A musical instrument!"
"So they exist after all!" Pop then looked at it as well
"The dream machine! The most powerful weapon of freedom known to man! An "electric guitar"! Seize It Shagileo Gigolo, for none but the just shall play the Hairy One's Mighty Axe. None but the kids!" Galileo picked up the guitar and mounted it over his shoulders properly and Scaramouche, very impressed, said
"Wow! You're my guitar hero!"
"Yes I am Baby! And now! Let's Rock!" he tried to play but was… well… complete crap.
"Oh no man! The rebirth of modern jazz!" Scaramouche tried to cheer Gaz up
"I thought you were really good Gaz… No, really!" she then took the guitar and ripped off a few killer chords, getting so caught up in playing that she didn't even notice falling on the floor, but she still carried on playing. She only stopped when she heard Galileo say "The Hairy One is back, and this time- she's a babe!"
"So I'll play, you sing"
"Yeah!" then Pop came up with an idea
"And I'll be a groupie. Anyone want to see my tits?"
"Shut up, Pop!"
"Received and understood, but first…" Pop pulled out a communicator and Gaz stepped up to him
"What are you doing, Pop?"
"What do you think? Hacking into the Globalsoft mainframe and e-mailing every Ga Ga Kid on the Planet. Soon they'll all be Bohemians". That sounded great and all to Scaramouche but there was one problem
"But Pop, the Killer Queen will get your e-mail too!"
"Oh no, Man, she just did!" just then a huge screen with Killer Queen's face on it descended from, well, nowhere "does she have those things all over the bloody planet?" "Who dares play live rock music on Planet Mall?" but before any of them could say anything a group of men walked to the sides of the gates, all with different instruments, and shouted
"We do, Killer Queen- all right!"
"What?"
"Shagileo Gigolo's Band!"
"Who?"
"Did you hear that, Scaramouche? I've got a band… now the kids can see the true Power of Rock. Boys- unleash the Mighty Riffs, and tie that Mother down!" Scaramouche then lead the band into some awesome chords which they played along to all the while Killer Queens screen disappeared with her screaming on it. Galileo, satisfied with what he had just done wanted to carry on "Pop, bring me my mike"
"I'm a groupie and a roadie! I'll have to have sex with myself! So, no change there then!" for the second time in the past hour Scaramouche had to shout
"Shut up Pop!" he actually did this time and ran off and got a microphone from where one of the band guys had told him, he then checked to see if it was working
"One two… one two" the mike magnified his voice so Galileo walked over to it, the guy on drums already playing a beat, the same one they had heard before, with all the others, including Scaramouche ready to play.
Buddy you're a boy, make a big noise
Playin' in the street, gonna be a big man some day
You got mud on yo' face
You big disgrace
Kickin' your can all over the place
Singin'
We will, we will rock you
We will, we will rock you
Buddy you're a young man, hard man
Shouting in the street, gonna take on the world some day
You got bloody on yo' face
You big disgrace
Wavin' your banner all over the place
We will, we will rock you- ev'rybody
We will, we will rock you
Scaramouche then noticed it wasn't just her and Pop Gaz was talking to, laid out in front of them were thousands, hundreds of thousands, of Bohemians, Ga Ga Kids and she even spotted the familiar grey suit of ex- commander Khashoggi, singing along.
Buddy you're an old man, poor man
Pleadin' with your eyes, gonna make you some
Peace some day
You got mud on yo' face
You big disgrace
Somebody better put you back into your place
We will, we will rock you- sing it!
We will, we will rock you
We will, we will rock you
We will, we will rock you
Scaramouche then lead everyone into a guitar solo, with the band following. She even saw most of the people, no, crowd copying her with an imaginary guitar, this brought a huge smile to her face.
When they were finished Pop took the guitar from Scaramouche and walked off, presumably to put it somewhere safe and the band followed, leaving only Galileo and Scaramouche in front of everyone. The crowd soon departed and Scaramouche could finally talk to Gaz "so Gazza Fizza, you've changed the world, defeated Globalsoft, where to next?" Gaz simply smiled, kissed her, and then walked off, leaving her to follow but she could have sworn she heard him sing one last phrase-
"Any way the wind blows"