Disclaimer: I do not own Gorillaz, Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn do.

Chapter 1: An Opportunity

"I remember pretty clearly. I had decided to go with my brother to London, one of my favorite places on Earth (since Gorillaz was born there, and it has DOUBLE DECKER BUSES, people!). This was after we were fired from our original band, 'HiT N RuN'. Like it was MY fault the stage burned. Anyway, me and my brother had split up and agreed to meet back at ... I can't remember where, but anyway, I was walking by ... a store, can't remember which one, but then something catches my eye. Metal gates with the word 'KONG' on them. I knew right away that the building behind the gates was none other than Kong Studios! I was thrilled! But then I got hit on the head and blacked out. I remember waking up in a room and a guy with mismatched eyes (Murdoc) says, 'Yeh! Here's our roadie!'" --Rick "Scar" Nakye

Enter the Roadie

Rick Nakye, or "Scar", as he's called by his bandmates, has a very unusual history, and rather tragic in places.

His parents were murdered in front of his eyes, and the murderer cut him under his right eye. All when he was 8!

Scar: So I go running out of the house, blood and tears (yes, I was crying, don't rub it in) streaming down my face, and I can't see anything (the rain sure didn't help); then someone asks me what the problem is, and I shout, 'My parents are dead and the killer nearly cut my eye! That's what's wrong!' The guy pats my shoulder (at least, that's what it felt like) and says, 'Don't worry. I'll get you to a hospital; they can take care of you.' Then I black out. I wake up looking at bright lights. I could see again! The scar is stitched up and the doctor tells me I should thank 'this kid'. When he says 'this kid', he points at a real odd-looking kid; the kid has long, dark purple hair, seems African-American, is missing his front teeth, and has a long, almost pointed tongue (which is pretty cool), but the most alarming part of him is his eyes! They're milky white! No pupils, no irises!"

Despite this, Rick was quite grateful to this boy. He found the boy's name was Gence Nakye. Gence, who was 12 at the time, adopted Rick as a younger sibling.

Scar: For those of you who are wondering, my last name used to be Shaw. Rick Shaw. I was kinda glad to change my name."

Unfortunately, the scar beneath his eye wasn't his last scar. He got another one on his neck from a drunken, meth-wrecked psychopath! This scar nearly killed him. His final scar, which earned him his nickname, was made by bullets, which, coincidentally, were shot by the same people who massacred Russel's friends!

Russel: Really?

Scar: Yeah, man, I was shot by those same gang-bangers! I was walking along, minding my own, then RATTATTATTATTATTAT! I hear this and feel this burning pain in my back! Geez, that was my 3rd trip to the hospital! 3 TIMES! Ugh!

In spite of these incidents, Scar turned out to be an excellent roadie. His knowledge in pyrotechnics and other special effects seems to have come from television shows and specials. You see, Gence was already in a band, and when he noticed Scar's talents as a roadie, he was astonished. His bandmates, however, didn't seem to think they were so impressive.

Band Life

The first 2 tours went well, even though it didn't satisfy the band, but the third tour went a little out of hand. The stage was set ablaze, due to someone knocking over one of the fire spouts. Gence and Scar were kicked out of the band KNOK.

The brothers were kicked out of three bands so far, KNOK, GogO, and HiT N RuN. While they were working for HiT N RuN, they purchased Rise of the Ogre and learned about Gorillaz. Gence learned he had one or two of each member's features: 2D's teeth and nose, Murdoc's tongue, Russel's face and eyes, and Noodle's hair. He saw a picture of his face on the back (Jamie Hewlett, Gorillaz' photographer, had taken his photo one time, but it was only now that Gence realized who the man was), and, learning that fans called this face "The Gorilla", decided to nickname himself "Gence the Gorilla". Also, being a Christian, he noticed that Murdoc needed a "spiritual makeover". Scar found the man who killed his parents: Jimmy Manson!

Murdoc: Well, you can thank me for bumping him off.

Scar: Yeah, I'm glad you guys did that. It's a big reason why I didn't object to joining! Thanks again!

Then came the day when he was kidnapped.

Murdoc: Yeh, I read in the paper that a roadie was fired. After a little coaxing from the others, I decided to get him for our band.

Noodle: Hai, we needed an effective roadie to help the other people working on our next live tour.

What the band didn't know was that by "welcoming" in Scar, they would start a bizzare chain reaction.

--End of chapter--

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