They were all shocked to see Ms. McBruce's older brother with a bunch of knives, and they explained that he was going to kill her. "He wasn't trying to kill me," she corrected. "He was going to show me his knife dance routine."
"Does that sound dangerous?" Issac asked.
"Unless you have toy knives," Uncle Wayne replied with a smile.
Kirby looked at a knife and stubbed his hand to make sure it was a toy. He didn't get hurt, knowing that it was fake. Lorraine adjusted her glasses and said, "You sounded more shocked than Grandpa Wendell when he moved to Australia."
"And all because you had to help me get a job," Wayne recalled.
"You gave Uncle Clark the job opening?" asked Leah in horror. "Why didn't you tell us?"
"When we were kids," Lorraine explained, "Grandma Clarice and Grandpa Wendell usually paid attention to me for being hardworking and studious."
"That's sounds kind of like me," Tania recalled.
"I know," Lorraine replied. "Usually Clark forsakes his chores for the love of dancing and he usually eats alone at dinnertime. Dancing was the only club he'd ever join. When my parents tried to give him a job, he'd just refused. I knew I couldn't let my brother be disowned by the McBruce name, so I had to take matters into my own hand and send a job offering from , the job-hunting site. That was when he found a job in his dream vacation place: Australia. We both agreed not to tell our parents about this, because Grandpa vowed to let me stay out of it."
"Wow," Tania beamed. "All this so you could save Uncle Wayne from being disowned."
"Besides," Ms. McBruce replied, "if it weren't for me, he wouldn't have met Milly and had Clark and Eva."
"That is true Aunt Lorraine," Clark replied as he looked at his father. "Dad, I have a confession to make as well. I'm gay."
"You-you are?" asked Wayne.
"I wanted to tell you," replied Clark, "but after Eva was born, I didn't want to give her ideas."
"Oh, Clark," replied Wayne as he hugged him. "You didn't have to hide anything from me, nor your mother."
"Looks like Clark has the heart to come out of the closet," Issac replied. "But I wonder how the others are doing?"
XxoxX
Meanwhile, Rylie and Martin were in employee lounge checking on Jordan. He told the duo that they were okay and was offering them some Australian crackers. Tara and Xenia explained that all six of them were very good friends and that they would never stage a disaster.
Estrella and Helen were in the makeup department. They saw a door left open, which turned out to be Montana's room. Inside, they saw numerous flowers. "Look at all of these daisies and daffodils," Estrella said, "just like in the poem Clark showed us."
"Yeah," Helen replied. "Doesn't that sound a little coincidental that the poem and the flowers in the dressing room are connected?"
Swinger looked around to see a bunch of bananas on his table. He got so hungry that he ate every last one of them up. "We better get out of here before Sloane catches us," Helen suggested.
"Si," Estrella replied. "We don't Swinger to overstuff himself."
Paige, Kaylin, and Zhane were looking for clues while Paige and Kaylin stared lovingly at Zhane. Kaylin tried to impress him with her ballet, but Paige interupted with her disco routine.
"Quit all that fighting," Sloane snapped. "This is just like Montana arguing with the other technicians when he started working here."
"Wait," Kaylin asked. "Montana was a technician?"
"Not everyone starts out as a show host," explained Zhane. "I started out in a few small roles on the sci-fi show 'Light Insect'."
"That's right, Zhane," said Sloane. "And you better get your butt over to Room C4 for the interview on the finale."
"Yes, ma'am," Zhane replied nervously as he took off.
"You know, Kay," Paige said, "I just remembered that violence always makes things worse. So let's not fight over that hot celebrity."
"And besides," Kaylin replied, "being a celebrity is a very busy job. You might not have time to relax."
XxoxX
They met up with the others at their hotel room, thinking about what they were going through. After examining each and every one of the clues they went through, Leah, Tania, and Clark started to figure out who was responsible for Jordan's injury. Tania thought up a plan, but they decided to do it tomorrow night.
At the finale the next day, everyone was dazzled up to see who would win the competition. An Australian mother and young daughter were holding up signs that said, "Clark makes me spark." It was Clark's mother, Milly, and his 6 year old sister, Eva. He was thrilled to see his family for the finale.
After the theme of the show came on, Montana came on stage. "Good evening, Australia!" he shouted. "This is your host Montana Marley speaking. I regret to inform all of your that Jordan and Dena are disqualified from the contest after a little trouble with the spotlight, which was supposed to be for Clark."
Clark shut his mouth. "Ugh. Ignore that," he replied. "I just love the way he smiles and that footage of him being shirtless while reharsing for the songs."
"Don't you have something to tell us, Monty?" asked Leah from a distance.
Onstage, the Klue Queens were all dazzled up in their signature dance clothes. "Hey!" shouted Montana. "You're not allowed onstage!"
"That's okay," Tania replied. "Sloane let us in, because she hates it when show hosts like you try to sabotage your crush's reputation."
"What are you talking about?" asked Montana.
"Don't play dumb," replied Rylie. "They way you talked about Clark sounds like you want to be more than just friends."
"That's because I'm gay," Montana replied as the audience became shocked in horror. "I always wanted to tell Clark how I felt, but the rules of LADUWS: Australia say, 'No worker/competitor dating'. He also had a hugh crush on the Contemporary Creep, Keiynan. So I decided to stage a little accident and confess my love for Clark while he recovers in the hospital."
"That host is really messed up," Tania said.
"That is no way to confess your feelings, Monty," Clark replied as he came onstage with Tara, Xenia, and Keiynan. "You really have been drinking a lot of coffee."
"Well, there were our suspicions that Monty caused your disaster," Paige said. "First, he looked at you while tending to Jordan, next there was his poem of daisy and daffodils, which was pretty creepy, and then there was his room filled with dafodils and daisies, like they did in the poem. Also, while Paige and Kaylin were interviewing Sloane, she told us that he started out as a technician before he became 'Let's All Dance Until We're Sick''s host."
"Now all of you are going to throw me in jail and the show is off the air," growled Monty.
"Not exactly," Paris replied as she snapped her fingers.
Out of nowhere, Sloane came in and grabbed Montana by the ear. "Listen, my kids were on the show last year for their sibling step dancing. Now I'm going to teach you the basics of dancing safely."
As he was being dragged off the stage, everyone cheered. Paris knew that the show must go on, so she decided to take the wheel for the finale. "Okay, mates" she shouted. "Put your hands together for Clark and Tara and Keiynan and Xenia!"
Clark and Tara performed a contemporary dance, while Keiynan and Xenia performed a salsa routine. Kirby wanted to help out too, so Kaylin and Paige gave him some macadamia nuts and turned him into Rainbow Kirby.
Onstage, Kirby performed a wonderful spetacular of rainbows. This gave Tara and Xenia an idea. They both pushed Clark and Keiynan into the middle, and they held hands. This made the audience cheer. "Keiynan," said Clark, "I love you."
Keiynan blushed and said, "I love you too, Clark."
Clark and Keiynan kissed on live TV. Aunt Milly was suprised by this. She also covered Eva's eyes so the youngster wouldn't get ideas.
"Tara," whispered Paris, "you're not upset because Clark is gay?"
"No way," Tara replied. "I'm a bisexual. Plus, I'm dating Xenia's older sister."
Paris got onstage and she announced the winners, Tara and Clark, because he confessed his love for Keiynan and the judges loved their rainbow-colored clothes. Aunt Milly and Uncle Wayne were proud of their son, not only for winning the contest, but for coming out on live TV.
XxoxX
A few days later, the girls were back in school. Leah was calling Clark through her video chat, and Keiynan was there too. Plus their going to be the next host for the new season of "Let's All Dance Until We're Sick: Australia." "We're so proud of you boys," smiled Estrella. "You're going to make great hosts."
"Thank you," replied Clark. "Tara and Xenia are going to start an LGBT campaign, Rainbow Steps, where they support gay and lesbian dancers. Also, Jordan and Dena are going to start dating after Jordan recovers from his injury."
"That's a relief," replied Leah, "because you got to take time to recover."
"We got to go," Clark replied. "We got a talk show interview in 10 minutes."
After they phoned off, Billie came in feeling burned up. "Billie," asked Leah, "what happened to you?"
"If you must know, losers," Billie replied, "I stayed at a 5-star resort in Hawaii, and I got burnt thanks to some thoughtless servers that gave me a sunburn."
"Billie," Isla said, "you need to use some Aloe Vera."
"Vera is a girl's name!" shouted Billie. "Girls, carry me to my homeroom now!"
Miley and Zara carried Billie to her homeroom while the others shook their heads, knowing that she'd never learn to cooperate with anyone.
The End.
