Yet another day in Hell
Challenge by: Angelic Madness
Featuring: Jalene, Trega, Slebony, Bramber, Katsy, Cledism, Jellie, Datchism, Danni/Pride, Texism, Zandra/Ryan, Ravaism etc.
Disclaimer: Nothing is what I own, Tribeworld owns some of it, and the genius' that created Grease own the rest of this madness.
Tribal Grease, 5th in the 'Twas the night series
Side note: all movie quotes have an additional '' added to them
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(Year 5)
So now it was another year, Salene and Jay had been keeping busy. Doing freelance shows with their regular cast but still missing the ones they had created five years of magic with. She liked her gang, sure to this day many still did not want to be there but without them there was no show.
Ebony was a huge star in their shows- sure she always hated it and everyone- and Salene didn't care much for either but without her there was no spark. She always brought her roles to life. Lex- was just her god. Half of them couldn't stand him and his involvement was only through threats but there was no show without him either. He was their star though recently she had been putting a lot on Jay.
She almost hated to ask him to do this next one but she knew that he was the only one to do this.
"Jay?" she asked approaching her husband in their home.
"Yea?" he asked turning his head towards her.
"You know my idea for Grease?" she asked slowly.
"The one we're getting to get murdered for? Absolutely, what about it?" he inquired.
"I- I was thinking- maybe you could be Danny… you know so the other's don't kill me," she said quickly.
Jay paled, "Salene- I don't have the right hair colour- and I really don't think I could ever get my hair to match John Travolta's," Jay said slowly.
"We can use a wig," she replied.
Jay sighed and banged his head on the table, "Why do I have a feeling you were not only dead serious about this play and even more that you're serious about this?"
"Because I am?" Salene added.
"Fine, but I don't want to be in the room when you tell them your plan. I don't want to die too," he reported.
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(The next day)
Salene stood in front of the group nervous as ever- most of them noticed that Jay was missing, Ved had been particularly vocal and worrisome about it until Salene assured him his absence was planned. Ved normally wouldn't have cared if someone was missing but he knew that Jay not only was never late but wouldn't dare make Salene go through this by herself… or so he thought.
"So what torture from hell is it this year?" Ebony spoke up wanting to cut right to the chase.
"Ebony what makes you think… on second thought, I should just probably say it…. Jay and I- Jay and I- decided this year our group musical will be- Grease," she said nervously backing up from the group knowing full well how they'd take it.
There was silence for all of five seconds when a roaring response came back.
"WHAT?" the first group shouted.
"WHAT IN THE HELL?" Lex and half the Techno's shouted.
"ARE YOU KIDDING?" Bray and the few others chimed in.
They all then looked each other and then to Salene let out a final giant one.
"SALENE ARE YOU CRAZY?"
"Yes, I mean no," she said quickly backing up.
"GREASE? AS IN SINGING AND DANCING AND DORKY HAIR?" Lex said angrily jumping up.
"I'm not doing it," Mega said hopping up.
"Either am I," Ram joined in.
"Same here," Ved said climbing up too.
Within seconds Ebony, Patch, Jack, KC, Java, and Slade all got up too.
"WAIT PLEASE," Salene begged.
They kept walking towards the door, "Just hear me out- please," she begged them.
Finally, Jack and Patch stopped.
"JOSH," Trudy commanded.
He then also stopped rolled his eyes and turned around with his arms crossed.
Slade sighed and tugged a fighting Ebony back- who then grabbed Java, and Java in return stopped Ram.
KC and Ved however were half way out the door when Cloe and Patsy hopped up and hunted them down as Tai-san dragged a shouting Lex back to his seat.
"Look I know it's something any of you want to do but think about it- we always have the largest turn outs. You guys get paid for this. We're all friends here- yes, all of us even you Ebony. We've been together for five years and we've somehow managed not to kill each other. This is just one more in the show- please you guys for me," she begged.
The others looked at each other and sighed and slowly walked back to their seats.
"Thank you," she replied somewhat teary eyed.
"Oh just get it over with now so we can all suffer and die," Lex mumbled.
"Well the good news is I convinced Jay to be Danny. So no one here will suffer as a lead except for one of you ladies," Salene informed them.
The guys all let out the breath they did not know they had been holding- well except for Bray and Darryl neither of which cared so much either way.
"So which one of us?" Ebony demanded crossing her arms- she had been Janet no way in hell was she being Saint Sandy.
"Trudy," Salene replied, though she had wanted Ebony in the role she knew that Ebony would have ended her life right there and then.
"Me? Salene, are you sure?" Trudy said suddenly.
"Yes, I'm sure, why what's wrong?" Salene asked her seeing her panic striken face.
"Well- I've never really acted before as a main part… and you know I get a little nervous sometimes…"
"Oh Trudy, you'll be great," Salene promised.
"Okay," she conceded.
"Ebony and Lex, I need you both to be stars. Rizzo and Kenickie in exact," Salene informed them.
"I can deal with that," Ebony said after a second.
"So can I," Lex said with a shrug.
"Patch I need you as Doody, Darryl as Sonny, Ryan as Putzie, Jack as Eugene, Bray, you're Tom the American football boy, and Ram I want you as the gang guy- Leo," Salene informed them.
The boys looked from one and another and sighed respectively. Darryl however had a smirk on his face, he leaves for a year and comes back as a lead- this was shaping out to be the best day of his life. He needed to leave for a year more often!
"Yes- thank you Salene," he said happily.
Salene laughed, "Your welcome. Okay next ladies. Dee we need you as Frenchy, Ellie as Jan, Zandra as Marty, Gel as Patty Simcox, and Java as ChaCha," Salene said next.
"Oh so I get to dance with Jay? Java said amused.
Salene nodded slowly watching the sly grin from her face- Salene paled some- did she want her husband with her? Probably not but she knew that Java was meant for that role. She also noticed Dee looked pleased and so did Gel.
"I get a lead, this rules," Gel said.
Ellie didn't look so happy- Zandra seemed indifferent but somewhat pleased by this news.
Okay, well let's get to the parts that are going to get me killed then," she said with a deep breath.
"Wait, that wasn't it?" Slade asked suddenly.
"No… I'm getting my usual crew to work backstage for you guys because you see- I'm going to need everyone for this one. I decided to use all the roles…" Salene said slowly.
"All of the roles?" Mega demanded pale.
She nodded, "Yea- all of them including the singers- everyone is going to have to act," she announced.
"Oh man," Ved muttered, "This sucks- okay so what do you have us cast for?" he demanded.
"Well Amber as Principal McGee, Patsy as Blanche- her assistant, Tai-san as Mrs. Lynch- the auto shop teacher, Alice as Vi- the owner of the diner, and Slade I want you to be Coach Calhoun," Salene said after a second.
The girls seemed in agreeable but Slade looked disturbed, "A coach- are you kidding me?"
"No, but I think you would be good at a loud mouth guide for aggressive sporting," she conceded.
Slade looked at Ebony and realised she was suffering too- better not to make anymore waves, "Okay then".
"That leaves the last two- and please don't kill me but Mega- Ved… well Mega I need you as Vince our party host, and Ved to sing beauty school drop out," Salene said taking a deep breath.
"WHAT?" they both shouted.
"I don't do singing and dancing," Ved exclaimed first.
"And I'm not one for being some sleazy older guy hitting on some kid," Mega said annoyed.
How was it they got stuck which such horrible roles.
"Look I know it's asking a bit much but Ved you didn't anywhere else and Mega is it was that or as one of the T-Birds- and I knew you'd kill me for that," she said after a second.
Mega's eyes flashed, what did he look like? Did she miss the fact that well- he wasn't an actor? Trudy however then looked at him, "Come on- it won't kill you"
"Yes, it will," he said looking right at Salene, "I don't find this in the least amusing but I'll do it- just keep far away from me- and the same goes for Jay," he warned.
Salene nodded, "Okay so um practice starts next week- see you then," she said running off before anyone could hunt her down.
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(About a month later)
"'Uh-huh, Do-be-do'; this somehow counts as song lyrics?" Lex inquired rolling his eyes.
"According to the script," Ellie conceded.
The group then turned over to Gel who was looking over hers way too happily.
"'Isn't it the most, to say the least?'" Gel said way too amused tone almost identical to the movie.
Ebony rolled her eyes and looked at the rest of them but instead of saying her line she countered with, "Oh everyone look Gel is the perfect airhead- she was born for this," she said in a false cheery tone.
Ellie, Lex, Patch, Jay, Dee, and Trudy couldn't help but laugh and snicker slightly at her remark. They had to agree Gel fit the bill all right.
"If I have to listen to her rehearse for the next three months, we're never making this out alive," Ellie said after a second.
The others nodded their heads in agreement- "How about we take this outside?" Ebony suggested standing up.
"Best idea all day," Lex added.
"Now back to that song JayJay," Ebony said.
"Right- 'we made out under the docks'-"
(The steps)
Amber and Patsy laughed at Gel, "You'd think we should have just done this sooner for her," Amber muttered causing Patsy to let out a fit of giggles.
"We should really focus on this- I mean I have finals for uni coming up- I don't want to be over burdened," Patsy said.
Amber looked at her in shock, "You're 18 already aren't you? God sometimes I forget how longs it's been," she exclaimed shaking her head, "You're right, you don't want to have to worry about this and do finals- so… 'Blanche, do you have the new schedules'?"
"'I just-Yes, I just had my hands on them'," Patsy said making a comeback from her slight mess up.
"'Oh good they'll be nice and smudged'," Amber said slightly dull.
(The corner)
Tai-san, Alice, Bray, Ram, Java, Jack, and Slade didn't have anything to go over for the day so they were off talking in a group of their own."You're lucky all you have to do is complain about their be 86 days of school till break," Slade said to Tai-san.
"Oh you only have a few lines," she stated, "Compared to the rest of them we're all getting off easy."
"I really am- I'm already a geek," Jack said.
"No, Bray is- you don't even have any lines or any dance numbers," Ram said looking at him.
"We only have one and even less lines," Java said rolling her eyes, "It could be a lot worse".
"At least you don't to have to say that Darryl has a good butt," Alice said with a sigh.
"That's true," they all said at once.
"We're going to die," Ram announced.
The others shook their heads in agreement."Oh yea, we're all doomed," Jack agreed.
(Backstage)
Ved and Mega who still rather hostile were giving Salene major death glares as they started to peel through the scripts.
"'Beauty school dropout', 'Missed your midterms and flunked shampoo'," Ved said with digusting reading the song, "It's like a horror movie," he said.
Mega snorted, "At least your own singing it, I have to sit there and be an annoying announcer and then sing," Mega retorted.
"I didn't even know you could sing," Ved said to him.
"That's the thing- I can't," Mega replied.
Ved shaped an 'O' out of this mouth- Mega was right, he was more screwed at least Jay and him had okay voices."That's not good is it?" he said after a second.
"What do you think?" Mega demanded shooting him a look.
Ved was about to run for the hills when Salene came walking up to Mega, "You know you could at least practice," she suggested.
"Or I couldn't," he retorted.
"Please"
"Look, you got me to do this thing- your pushing it asking me to practice right here and right now," he warned.
"You don't have to sing, I just want to hear the speaking the lines- your announcing voice to be more exact," Salene begged.
Mega shot her a look rolled his eyes and stood up grabbing the script, "Fine".He took one deep breath before continuing and prayed he made through this all alive, "'Boys and girls, we are going on the air, very shortly. But first let's have some warm-up numbers with Johnny Casino, and The Gamblers'," he said after a second in a dull tone.
"Oh come on Mega, it needs more feeling to it." Salene replied.
Mega crossed his arms, "I don't have feeling- you're asking for a miracle"
"Try- don't think about angry you are with me, or you- think as you are him," she stated.
He rolled his eyes and cracked his knuckles quickly- he was going to make out of this- he had to or else he was going to be eating dirt for a long time, it was one night and never again- besides one day Salene's karma would come back ten fold and she'd suffer."'Boys and girls, we are going on the air, very shortly. But first let's have some warm-up numbers with Johnny Casino, and The Gamblers'," he said again this time in a somewhat more announcer like tone.
"That's better- thank you," Salene exclaimed wrapping her arms around him and kissing his cheek.
Mega started to gag on the side, "Don't ever do that again," he repeated as she broke off and ran off.
Ved was laughing and Mega turned to his sharply- Ved suddenly stopped laughing, "Are you going to kill me?"
"Start running"
Ved didn't have to be told twice as he started running down the hall with Mega chasing after.
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(The day of)
"'Tell me more, tell more'," Ellie sung.
"That's it, you got it," Trudy assured her.
"'Maraschino, you know, like in cherry'," Zandra said as a minute run down.
"'I feel like a defective typewriter'," Ebony remarked as she toyed with her outfit trying to make her chest show as much as possible and then pulled up the skirt some.
"'How can I flunk phys. ed.?' Did I take phys. ed.?'" Darryl said amused.
"'Want to hear what I did?'" Ryan asked
"No," Lex replied instantly.
"'Wella, wella, wella, who?'" Patch sang real quick.
"Danny"
"Sandy"
"'I'm going to beauty school'"
"Five Minutes- are all of you ready?" Salene demanded walking over to the group. They all nodded their heads."Good, I'm going to check on the rest be on the sides," she said quickly. Salene then rushed over to where the other's were.
Alice was adjusting her outfit. Tai-san and Slade were talking. Amber and Patsy were going over lines. Gel was adjusting Jack's bow tie. Java and Ram were practicing her dance number a little too closely- Salene paled a bit.
"Guys can we save the NC-17 stuff for later?" she suggested.
Java suddenly turned her head and Ram stopped kissing her neck, "Er right- dressing room," Ram said quickly as they raced off.
"How about-" Gel started looking at the second dressing room.
"Uh how about no?" Jack suggested.
"Oh come on," Gel exclaimed.
"Forget it," he said walking off after she put down her hand.
"I'm going to die," Ved squeaked from the corner.
"You'll be fine," Cloe said.
"No, I won't"
"You will"
"Cloe! You have to announce us," Salene exclaimed.
"Oh right," she said quickly racing off, "You'll be great," she called back to Ved running off.
Mega just stood there and Salene walked over to him- he was standing in front of the mirror looking at his reflection in the very disturbing green tux.
"I look foolish"
"You look great"
"I look foolish- and I sound even worse"
"You were amazing yesterday at practice"
"Don't even go there"
"Admit it, you've got talent- you voice was amazing"
"I don't"
"You do"
"I don't"
"Mega-"
"Just stop while you're ahead- I'll see you after I'm done with this torture"
"Okay," Salene conceded knowing when to take off.Salene was about to check on the others when suddenly she heard Cloe.
"And now GREASE," Cloe called out.
Salene paled, "We didn't even have a meeting yet," Salene squeaked.It was too late for that though as the opening song came on and suddenly Sandy and Danny flew on stage. Salene let out a breath of relief- even without her they knew what to do and would do it- suddenly she felt so much better.
She then walked around to the side curtains and stood next to Lex who spoke, "Don't worry we know what to do- we came ready- you need to stop panicking," he informed her.
Salene just smiled as the curtains closed and the guys went flying past her. They were going to be all right after all.
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The end