"Welcome back!" -Hess grins to the cheering audience- "We've heard from four of the six contestants, there's only two left!" -crowd cheer excitedly-
"First up is Sub-Commander T'Pol, I tried to catch up with her earlier today." -Hess indicates the big screen behind her-
-camera cuts to backstage corridor-
"Now we've been hearing interesting things about the sub-Commander all day. Many have tipped her off to be an unlikely strong contender to win. So what's she been up to?" -Hess walks down the corridor, stopping at one of the doors, and knocks on it-
"Enter."
-Hess walks in and we see T'Pol sitting cross-legged on the floor-
"Sorry, am I interrupting?"
"I was meditating, but it is no inconvenience Lieutenant." -T'Pol says calmly-
"Good. Are you not practising Sub-Commander?" -Hess asks-
"I find clearing the mind allows for a more precise performance."
"Precise? Sounds enthralling." -Hess says, T'Pol raises an eyebrow-
"That is what Commander Tucker said."
"Really?" -Hess asks innocently- "Well I don't want to prevent you from meditating further, thank you for your time." -she says-
"You are welcome." -T'Pol says, closing her eyes and resuming her meditation. Hess leads the camera man back out into the hall.-
"We didn't exactly gain a massive insight into her performance, but we know it's going to be 'precise'." -she smiles- "Back to me in the studio."
-camera cuts to studio-
"Well, we're about to find out just how precise it is . . . please welcome to the stage . . . T'POL!" -crowd cheers as T'Pol walks on stage and nods graciously to the audience-
"Ma'am, are you well prepared for your performance?" -Hess asks-
"I am."
"Great!" -she smiles- "Here she is, singing for your votes, T'Pol!"
-music swells-
"I've never written a love song
That didn't end in tears
Maybe you'll rewrite my love song
If you can replace my fears
I need your patience and guidance
And all your lovin' and more
When thunder rolls through my life
Will you be able to weather the storm?
There's so much I would give ya, baby
If I'd only let myself
There's this well of emotions
I feel I must protect
But what's the point of this armour
If it keeps the love away, too?
I'd rather bleed with cuts of love
Than live without any scars
Baby, can I trust this?
Or do all things end?
I need to hear that you'd die for me
Again and again and again
So tell me when you look in my eyes
Can you share all the pain and happy times
'Cause I will love you for the rest of my life
This is my very first love song
That didn't end in tears
I think you re-wrote my love song
For the rest of my years
I will love you for the rest of my Life"
-music fades, crowd cheers-
"T'Pol, everyone!" -Hess says enthusiastically as she leads T'Pol to the judges table- "Brilliant Ma'am!" -she says-
"Thank you Lieutenant."
"Okay judges, what did you think? Admiral Forrest?"
"I was a little surprised by the choice of song." -he says, T'Pol raises her eyebrow- "Nonetheless, she was excellent." -Forrest smiles and crowd cheers-
"Thank you, sir. Commander Shran, your thoughts?"
"The song itself was rather slow but had a powerful meaning behind it," -he pauses and looks calculatingly at T'Pol, antenna twitching- "She performed admirably." -he concedes, T'Pol nods in acknowledgement, crowd cheers-
"Thank you Commander Shran! And finally, Ambassador Soval?" -Hess asks-
"A more than acceptable performance in terms of skill. However the choice of song was highly . . . odd for a Vulcan to sing, based upon its subject matter." -he says scathingly-
"Ma'am, anything you'd like to say in response?" -Hess asks-
"I appreciate all your comments," -she says with a nod- "The song was suggested by one of my colleagues who said it would make best use of my vocal capabilities." -she tells them-
"And that it did!" -Hess smiles- "Well done again, everyone, a round of applause for Sub-Commander T'Pol!" -crowd cheers as T'Pol exits the stage-
"There's only one act left, and I'm sure you all know who it is. It should be an interesting one." -she grins- "So stay tuned! If you'd like to send us a message here in the studio hit the lilac button now! We'll be right back after the break!"
Hi all! Sorry for being ages in updating, but I'm on stress overload with college coursework, revision, blah blah blah.
Anyway! Thank you so much to firebirdgirl, trisuns5, Lieuten Keen (lol your review made me laugh, yes he did all those things, would be sooo good if we could see him doing them, ah well) andwolfling (I had something along those -acoustic/indie as you said- lines for him, but then saw the video of Robert Palmer doing Addicted to Love with all those girls and thought, Malcolm would sooo love that) for reviewing, you're the best!
The song was 'Love Song' by Pink, from her album 'Try This' - do try it its a brill album!
Hope you enjoyed the chapter! Now do as Hess says and hit the little lilac button! Please! x