((I'm still workin' on those accents. I THINK I'm getting better ;))
Disclaimer: I do NOT own the Gorillaz, the Search for a Star contest or Kong Studios. They are the property of their creators and I gain no royalties from this so please don't sue me. I'm just a silly fan-girl who writes fan-fiction, I'm not even a legal adult. Again, I do not own the Gorillaz, Search for a Star or Kong Studios…Thank God.
Put another Chapter down on the old chalk board .. I'm really proud of myself. I've never gotten so much work on a fic done and actually posted! Yay me! Thanks you guys for the reviews, they really keep me going 3 Yay for you guys too! I was looking at the stats of Stardom, and it has 195 hits ! Glee! Almost 200 hundred people have read it. ... . …I've only gotten ten reviews though, but aw what the heck .. I'll take what I can get! Anywho, here's what you came for XP. And oh! If anyone would care to let me know: who the frak is Paula? Is She like…2-D's actual girlfriend… . … . …or just a crazy fan like all of us? Please! The Channy needs to know these things .
The smoke from Meg's cigarette drifted on the night air as it hung lazily out of her mouth. She tapped her foot impatiently and made a small grunt as she looked up and down the crowded streets. Sarah was late. Sarah was very late, and Meg to say the least was irked. She looked up to the black sky and scowled. It was going to rain soon. Meg snarled slightly and began gnawing on the end of her cigarette,
The skies were unkind to Sarah as she quickly hurried to the club where they were supposed to meet. Rain threatened to pour down upon her at a moment's notice. She dodged between people who didn't know her plight and almost tripped a few times. She had to get to that nightclub. Already, she was preparing for a severe berating from Meg. It wasn't her fault though! She'd have been there by now if the bus hadn't broken down.
She sighed and dodged between a couple. As a result of her dodge she ended up turning to face their backs. The couple linked hands again as if nothing had happened and continued on their blissful way. Sarah's eyes gave off no emotion, but it was there. A sort of wanting was hidden behind their black shells; a needing. She blew it off as nothing though and continued down the sidewalk. She was a weird one she'd admit to herself and to anyone who asked. It was always quite evident. She was tomboyish and a little distant at times. Since her accident she had never been quite right and her love for music was almost inhuman. With all of these odd qualities, how could she admit that she fancied the romantic? It was something so basic, and that registered as a normal teenage emotion it seemed absurd for her to even think it, much less, admit it to other people. Before she knew it, the neon lights of the night club greeted her.
She sighed happily and started towards the door. She fumbled around in her pockets for the pass Murdoc had ungracefully chucked at her head while they were at Kong studios. Suddenly she felt something blunt connect with the back of her head and she tripped, falling forwards a little. Something wrapped around her throat and pulled her back and before Sarah even realized what was happening, out of the corner of her black eyes she saw Meg's pink bang.
"Why in the name of the most gruesome Satanic rituals are you late?" Meg asked Sarah in one of those voices which are reserved for pedophiles and rapists. She visibly shuddered and pulled herself away from Meg's arm around her throat.
"The bus broke down," she said simply. Meg growled and spit her cigarette out of her mouth. She noticed with humor and slight agitation that Sarah had given up her casual and concealing clothing from that morning to more adult and tempting attire. Her blue and white jeans had been replaced with a pair of white ones with blue studs that ran down the side of her long legs. Her blue and gray 54 shirt was now a sleeveless dark blue turtle neck with a white long sleeved fishnet shirt under it. Sarah hummed the song bursting from inside the night club while she tried to find her pass. It took her a moment to realize what it was, but she soon noticed that it was a remix of 19/200. She chuckled quietly to herself. Soon she found the pass, pulled it out with a little cry of joy and walked up to one of the bouncers. Meg followed close behind. Both of them flashed their passes to the bouncer and went in.
Once inside, it was easy enough to spot their group. Sarah ran over to them laughing. Kirishi and Noodle hugged her while Murdoc rolled his eyes and took another swig of some unknown alcohol. Sandi was no where to be found. When Sarah asked where she was, Kirishi pointed her out on the dance floor. Sarah smiled softly and caught 2-D's black eyes with her own. She went over and plopped down next to him in the booth grinning. Meg slid a glass over to her and Sarah caught it before it slid off of the table to meet its moist and pointy end with the floor. Holding it up to her nose she took a quick sniff of it. Ah, Vodka. Sarah shrugged and took a sip of the clear liquid. She had never been a heavy drinker, but she'd do it on occasion. Kirishi stood by as Noodle begged 2-D if they could go dance together. 2-D laughed, patted Noodle on the head once, reluctantly agreed and the two were off to join Sandi on the dance floor. Meg uprooted herself from the chair next to Murdoc to wander off to a dark corner. Murdoc gave 2-D a look and a growl of a laugh then went off to join Meg. Soon, the two vocalists sat there at the booth drinking silently.
"So," 2-D said breaking the silence, "you like zombie flicks?"
Sarah in mid drink laughed and spit the vodka in her mouth back into the cup. She moved her hand and her head fell forward with a thud, her shoulders quaking with laughter. 2-D placed his hand on the fellow vocalists shoulder.
"You alright there mate?" he asked. He didn't understand what set her off like that. He asked a question was all. Sarah lifted her head up and smiled at 2-D still laughing.
"I'm fine, I'm fine! Your question was just out of the blue—No offence. But, yeah, I like zombie flicks," she said. 2-D smiled.
Sarah had to admit, 2-D had a great smile. His two missing front teeth gave his smile charm and character. It was an infectious smile too—Before Sarah knew it, she was grinning.
Abruptly ending the blissful little moment was Sandi slamming her hand down on the table before she sat. The two black eyed oddities stopped to look at her. Through the neon dark and thick waves of music, it was easy to tell that Sandi had had a little bit too much to drink. She looked at them and gave both of them a silly smile.
"Where's Russ at?" She said surprisingly normal, given her present intoxication level. Sarah blinked and realized the she hadn't seen the big guy since she'd left Kong Studios that morning. Where was he? She looked around and couldn't find him anywhere.
"He's still chumming it up with the barkeep. You know how he gets," 2-D said absent-mindedly. He had forgotten the Sandi had only known them for two days but she nodded none-the-less. Sarah smiled. This meant that they were all comfortable with one another. Sandi sat with 2-D and Sarah for a while mostly in silence, sipping her drink ever so carefully. All three though stumbled through small talk finding out little things about one another. Sandi watched 2-D and Sarah with interested eyes. A thought crossed her mind. The two of them getting so close could be dangerous. 'But for who?' she thought. Who would ever know? Who would care? The music started calling to Sandi again and she stood up then returned to the dance floor. Sarah watched her friend go and sighed. Sandi seemed to be having such a good time.
"So, why music?" 2-D asked. Sarah looked at him and asked thousands of questions with her eyes.
"Why music?" he repeated. Sarah stared at him a moment longer. Her eyes then seemed to drift away from him, from the crowds of people, the techno music, even from herself. In her mind all was quiet. Things deep inside of her bubbled to the surface like a witches brew. Memories bubbled to the surface.
"And why Gorillaz?" 2-D inquired, "There's millions of other bands out there. Why music? Why us?"
Sarah looked at him, but still she did not see him. She was chewing over the words and drawing out all the truth within them.
"To express." she began, "To express our feelings. Everyone has the need to express themselves. We do too."
Sarah looked 2-D in the eyes and he was drawn into her world.
"We all needed to express something in us you see. Kirishi speaks three languages, but there are countless others. There are billions of people she can't reach. Kirishi's young, but she wants to reach people. I admire her for that. Meg's a hard ass Satanist who's always pissed. At first glance that's all you see and that's all she'll ever be to you. People don't see, they don't know that there's a soul behind that. Meg wants to open people's minds. Sandi is probably the only one of our little rag-tag group that can reach a broad audience. She's wholesome; normal. Something people don't see about her though is that she's a medium. Like Meg, she too wants to open people's minds. And I… I'm just a misfit. You understand me. After my accident…knowing that my eyes might as well have been hollowed out…loosing the ability to express made me have to. Loosing it only made me want it more. More than breathing I had to express myself. We all come together on that. And why you? Why Gorillaz? You're the only people in the world that are like us. Show me another band in the world where you have a…a Satanist, a medium, a bi-lingual person and a person with the eyes of a dead man. Show me them and I'll bug them for a while," Sarah finished then took a long swig of her vodka.
2-D looked at her in awe. He had never thought about it that way. She was right though, their bands were the same. They were very close to being the same souls in different bodies.
"Well, hey. I wanted to tell your band somefink all together but I think you can take care of it and they'll appreciate it more coming from you," 2-D began. Sarah leaned in close.
"I talked wif a mate of mine, and you have a gig and an opening act set up. You're our opening act. The OA's a week from tomorrow and the gig's in three weeks," He said a smile on his face. Sarah's black eyes were wide. A gig? An OA? Them? Really? She couldn't believe it. On pure instinct, she threw her arms around 2-D's neck and hugged him. Out of the corner of her eye, she thought she saw a flash of light.
Suddenly, Kirishi and Noodle sat down on either side of them.
"What's up you guys?" Sarah asked setting down her cup.
"Things are getting strange in here, I think we need to go," Kirishi said. Noodle nodded an agreement and stood up and went back out to the dance floor. She returned a moment later with Sandi in tow. Noodle looked around and then went to fetch Russel, whom she returned with only moments later. Meg and Murdoc saw the group gathering and walked over, Murdoc's arm around Meg's waist.
"What's all the ruckus about?" He asked. Kirishi looked to him.
"Things are just getting wierd, people are starting to notice who we are, and I think we should leave before things get crazy. Noodle and I think we saw some paparazzi too" She explained. The bands both nodded and stood up, exiting in pairs. When 2-D and Sarah walked out, they thought they saw another flash of light, but they wrote it off as a strobe light.
The bands were walking down the sidewalk, laughing and having a good time in the jolly old streets of London. The treck to Sussex was long, and dangerous, but together they'd be fine. Sarah jumped on a lamp pole and spun around, the entire group laughing. Kirishi giggled and stuck her hands into her pockets. Suddenly, a wave of shock came over Kirishi's face.
"Oh no," she said quietly. Sarah had just completed another spin on the pole and saw Kirishi immediatly. She hopped off of the pole and walked over to the shorter girl.
"You alright?" Sarah asked. Kirishi shook her head.
"I've lost my picture of Yuji!" She exclaimed looking up to Sarah with terror in her eyes. Sarah sighed and started back for the nightclub, Kirishi quickly in tow.
"Where the Hell are you going?" Murdoc called.
"To find Yuji's picture," Sarah said not even turning around. Murdoc rolled his eyes.
"Just get him to send you another one," he said. Kirishi turned around, her eyes shooting daggers at Murdoc. 2-D looked from Murdoc to Kirishi, and he and Noodle walked towards Sarah.
"We'll help you!" Noodle said cheerfully, taking Kirishi's hands in her own. Sandi also walked over and patted Kirishi on the head.
"I'll go back to Kong and make sure you didn't leave it there," Meg said. Russel shot glanced at Meg cautiously. No doubt Murdoc was going there too...
"I'll go help," He said. Kirishi smiled at Russel, she knew she could trust him.
"Thanks you guys," she said smiling.
"S'what friends are for," 2-D said. Sarah smiled and 2-D looked at her, he was smiling too.
"I'll go check the desks and bar and see if anyone turned it in, Kirishi, Noodle, you guys go to where you were dancing, Sarah, 2-D, you go check where we were sitting. And break!" Sandi yelled over the music. The groups broke off in their different sections and went to look. Sarah and 2-D walked over to the table, a couple of guys were sitting there now. Sarah grimmaced and looked around without getting in their way.
"Yew lookin' fuh somefink?" one of them slurred. Sarah ignored them and kept looking.
"Ah wuz tawlking to yew!" He screamed.
"And I was ignoring you, now leave me alone so I can check to see if one of my friends dropped something here," Sarah said coldly. The guy grabbed her around the waist and pulled her into his lap.
"Well maybe if yew dew mee a li'le fayvor Ah kin tell yew if Ah've seen it," He slurred. his breath went right in Sarah's face. It was hot, and smelled strongly of alcohol.
"Oi! Get off her," 2-D yelled, walking over.
"Woi? Wot'uh yew gonna dew abou' it? An' wot's she tuh yew innyways?" The guy yelled. 2-D smiled and grabbed Sarah's wrist, pulling her up. He put an arm around her shoulders.
"She's my girl and I'll kick your ass if you ever touch her again," 2-D said smiling and pushing up the brim of his hat with his thumb so these rejects could see who he was. Their faces were a mix of shock and horror, and Sarah could've sworn she'd seen another flash go off.
"You sure you've seen nothing?" Sandi asked the bartender.
"No one's turned in a picture and I ain't seen one," he said cleaning out the inside of a glass. Sandi gave a little pout and walked over to the dance floor. All of a sudden she heard from inside the dance floor somewhere, "GOT IT!"
She smiled and ran through the dancers to find Noodle handing Kirishi the picture. Kirishi's face lit up and she looked like she was about to hug the picture.
"Thanks Noodle!" She yelled over the music. Noodle smiled and noticed Sandi.
"Let's go tell 2-D and Sarah so we can get out of here," Noodle said.
The moment 2-D heard Noodle shout he turned to Sarah.
"Well, I think our work here is done. Let's go Luvey," He said, turning and leading Sarah away from the table.
"Don't worry about all that. I couldn't think of anything else to get them to let you go," 2-D explained, taking his arm from around Sarah moments before the other girls showed up. Kirishi was smiling victoriously and showed 2-D that she had found the picture. Soon, the group left and were on their way to kong studio again.
Hours later, they were all sitting in the lobby, playing mah-jong and laughing it up. Sarah threw a glance towards the clock on the wall.
"I didn't notice how late it was," She said sadly. the walk back to her home seemed like it would take an eternity. 2-D stood up.
"You lot can stay here tonight," 2-D said walking over to the lift.
"It's coming up, it's coming up, it's coming up it's there..." 2-D's voice played over the speaker by the lift. He grinned sheepishly and walked in, holding the door open for the all-girl band. Only three of them came; Meg stayed by Murdoc's side.
Soon, it was only Sarah that needed a room. 2-D stopped in front of an unmarked door and opened it. The room inside was handsomly furnished with a warm-looking, inviting bed.
"Thanks mate," Sarah said walking in. She turned around and held the door in her hand.
"Goodnight," 2-D said smiling.
"Sweet dreams," Sarah replied, then shut the door. She leaned on it for a while, her excitement growing. They had dates. Just Are had dates. Show dates!-- and tomorrow she'd get to tell everyone. She ran over to the bed and leaped onto it, a smile plastered to her face. She didn't even bother undressing and just crawled into the bed, covering herself up and dreaming of the morning.
