Okay, I lied about getting straight into it. If you don't know what the hell is going on in this chapter, waatch one of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal performances to get the basic idea.
Smooth Meta Knight Part 4
All of a sudden, the starting bass riff to Smooth Criminal erupted and people started cheering lightly, still unaware of whom the man was. The shadow on the sheet was standing nodding his head in time to the song. On the second bar, the smaller shadows pulled out machine guns of their own and the shooting noise begun again. This time, the explosions erupted from the sides of the sheet, releasing it and letting a pulley lift the sheet into the air. Everybody gasped at the white suited man behind it.
It was Meta Knight! Nobody in the crowd could believe it and started to cheer madly. With an array of backing dancers strutting their stuff in the background, Meta Knight walked up to the front of the stage where the crowd had rushed up to the front, screaming in joy. Meta Knight loved this attention, but he had to stay focused to win back the hearts of his people.
He started thrusting his chest to the beat, flipping his hands every beat.
"As she came into the window, was a sound of, a crescendo..."
He started to sidle to the right side of the stage, shuffling smoothly with his feet whilst his body was still looking at the crowd.
"He came into her apartment; there were bloodstains, on the carpet..."
He started to shuffle back, adjusting his hat so his eyes were hidden.
"So she ran under the table, you could see she, was unable..."
He was still shuffling, but slowed down to a stop in front of four backing dancers.
"So she ran into the bedroom, she was struck down, it was her doom..."
The bridge kicked in and as Meta Knight sung the words "Annie, are you okay?" repeatedly, he started to dance in synchronization with his dancers. The crowd were still yelling, Tiff almost fainted in shock and Sword and Blade were going mental.
On the first line, the five turned to the side and stepped on the spot whilst occasionally bringing their hand up to stroke their fedoras. As the second line came, the five quickly turned to the crowd and stretched their hands out before twisting their legs in and putting their hand to their midsections, nodding to the beat. The third line showed the five doing a smooth back and forth movement with their bodies and arms. Then, by the fourth line, they had all smoothly turned their backs to the crowd and clicked in time to the song.
As Meta Knight was about to go into the chorus, he did one spin before singing out the chorus, waking to one side of the stage. He then pointed to one side, his other hand holding his fedora before bringing the stretched hand down. He did a little on-the-spot dance for the rest of the chorus, just to give the left side of the crowd a little attention.
As the chorus ended and the bridge kicked back in, Meta Knight stylishly walked towards the right side, where the backing dancers (men and women) were doing a little group dance. Another dancer appeared from the wings and pretended to provoke them until Meta Knight turned up at the end of the bridge and grabbed the man's arm.
"You've been hit by..."
He throws his arm down and the man falls to the floor. He pretends to struggle getting up.
"You've been struck by..."
Meta Knight throws his hand out towards the man on the floor as if he were showcasing the man. The man falls flat to the floor.
"A Smooth Criminal!" he shouts.
Then, as the fallen man is dragged away, the group start dancing again. They took a step to the right, then, flailed their arms and crossed them quickly. Still crossed, they spun their arms in a circle before separating them and turning to their sides, grabbing their thigh and head. They pull their head down and Meta Knight stand still and grabbed his gut, throwing his other arm out, yelling. The crowd went insane once again, jumping and chanting the lyrics with him. He had never felt so great, and his favourite part was coming up!
The four dancers got in a line and turned sideways. Meta Knight quickly slid into the gap in the middle and the five stood straight. Then, they started doing little hops towards the right while the second verse kicked in.
"So she came in through the out way, it was Sunday, what a black day...Mouth to mouth resuscitations, sounding heartbeats, intimidations..."
The bridge kicked in again and as Meta Knight sung, he walked out of the line of still hopping dancers. He walked to the front y the end of the first line and pulled a little pose before walking around and through the middle of the dancers. Then, as the second line came in, the backing dancers sung the original vocals while Meta Knight sung them at a different time. Also, as he did this, he started to wave his hips and rubbed a hand down his body in a suggestive manner. All the women in the crowd went completely berserk as they watched Meta Knight seduce them with his moves.
As the last line of the bridge came, Meta Knight ran back to the four dancers, who were still in line doing their thing and slotted in the middle. Then, as the chorus came in, the five put their left foot out and shook their left hand. Then, they swapped hands and legs and did the same. Still on the first line, they then did a pattern with their hands and threw them out, jumping in the air. As they landed on the second line, they crossed their arms and waved their heads in a circular motion before stepping on the spot for the rest of the second line. They repeated this for the third and fourth line as well, to the joy of the fans.
The next bridge was only one line, so Meta Knight quickly ran up to the front of the stage. Then came his lines again.
"You've been hit by..."
He quickly turned sideways.
"You've been struck by..."
He blew a kiss similar to the one in the introductory dance and looked to the crowd.
"A Smooth Criminal!"
Then, with Meta Knight far in front, he and the four dancers did the same small dance routine they did after the last chorus. But after they had done that, the five walked off to the side of the stage and they were covered in darkness as the spotlight focused on another dancer, holding dynamite. A siren started to ring as the song continued and the dancer ran around with the dynamite before throwing it. As the guitar solo came, the sound of an explosion was heard and light flooded the arena, where everyone gasped in amazement at what was happening on the right side of the stage.
Meta Knight and his dancers were leaning over the edge of the stage and above the crowd. They were leaning so much, everyone knew it was physically impossible and suddenly identified it as the anti-gravity lean. As the crowd's reaction was intense, Meta Knight felt a bubbling feeling inside of him, knowing the performance was going ecstatically well. This was his favourite part as well!
But his legs couldn't hold him forever. The five then leant back to a normal standing position and slowly shuffled backwards before they started to slowly spin around like illusions; it looked like their feet weren't moving but they were moving in circles.
The chorus kicked in again, and Meta Knight started to sing "I don't know!" in a high falsetto voice as he walked to the left side of the stage, doing a little dance for the first part of the chorus. Then, as the second part came, he felt the energy bubble inside him and he grabbed his hat and took it off, running to the other side of the stage again, singing an improvisation over the real words. As the long chorus was drawing to an end, Meta Knight swiftly (but stylishly) put his fedora back on. Then, the chorus ended and the song continued playing.
Meta Knight walked right to the middle and did a long section of illusion dancing, which got the crowd going. First, he slowly moved his head from side to side, slowly moving his waist as he did so. Then, he moved a little more, moving his arms around as well. Then his legs started to move as he did the circling dance again, wowing the crowd with these steps of his. But he knew sadly that the song was drawing to an end, so he decided to finish in style. He stopped illusion dancing as the song was about to hit the ending. He suddenly tipped his hat.
"You've been hit by..."
He did two quick steps from side to side.
"You've been struck by..."
He grabbed his hat.
"A Smooth Criminal!"
He then threw his hat into the wild crowd as a set of fire works exploded to each side of him. The hall exploded into a thunderous applause as Meta Knight stood triumphantly on the stage. In the crowd, he could see Tiff clapping along with Sword and Blade, with a beaming smile on her face. He gave a little nod to her, and then turned around to see everyone on the stage was starting to leave. He gave one last wave to his crowd and walked off, proud to call the night his.
It was late in the night and Meta Knight hung his colourful suit on the wall. He knew he had done it. He had won the respect of his fellow people back and the jokes would end. As he contemplated his work, a knock came on the door and Tiff walked in, smiling.
"Hello..." she said. Meta Knight stood up. At that moment, Tiff broke and ran towards Meta Knight to give him the biggest hug she had ever given him. Meta Knight felt happy, as iof she were his daughter or something.
"You were awesome Meta Knight!!!" she said. "And I thought you were still away!" Meta Knight gave a small chuckle.
"I had to make some sort of impact when I came back, huh? You were right Tiff, I shouldn't have been ashamed of my dancing. I took that advice and I decided to make it known that I wasn't ashamed" he said. Tiff looked up to him.
"You did the right thing" she said. "Have you considered performing as a career? You could make millions!"
"Ah, I could...but..." he said. Then, he sat down on his bed and then lied on it.
"I'd rather keep such a thing to myself" he said. "For me to enjoy personally. Fighting's my job, dancing can be a pastime" he said. Tiff looked down, a little disappointed.
"So...you're not going to perform again?" she asked. Meta Knight sat up and looked at Tiff, who didn't look very happy. After all she'd done for him, was he going to just let her down again?
"...Well...there's always next year's ball..." he said. Tiff then looked up and a smile came on her face.
"...Really?" she asked.
"Ah sure, what the heck" Meta Knight said. "Just for you"
And with that, Meta Knight had finally set things right. Perhaps there's a moral in this story somewhere, to never be ashamed of a talent. Especially one that only you yourself may possess. Like Meta Knight did, why not showcase it to the world, show them you're not afraid and show them that you're proud of who you are and what you can achieve. Aw heck, now I'm just rambling again. Well, adios, and if you're a fan of my writing after this, go check out my other stories. Guaranteed to make you smile...or cry...or laugh...or punch the screen...whatever the emotion. Heh...I'm off to go get a popsicle...mmm...strawberry flavour....
