The Age of Hudson Chapter 14 Tenacious Big Glee, a glee fanfic

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Chapter 14.- Tenacious Big Glee

"All the other kids with the pumped up kicks you better run better run, out run my gun" Ryder sang in his head as he entered school grounds. He walked around as if he was some kind of bad ass action movie character.

He was feeling particularly good this morning. He had seen the new Fast and Furious movie last night with the guys. They all had become quite close, especially since they were few guys so there was a big bromance between all of them. The idea hit him.

Flash-back: "How come there is no bad assess in music anymore?" Ryder asked to all the guys who were lying down on the couches and the floor of his house eating popcorn and drinking soda.

"There´s still bad assess, Haven´t you heard Skrillex?" Cameron said.

"Come on!" Jake exclaimed "I mean, James Hettfield, Eminem, even CeeLo is badass..."

"Yeah, I mean Slash still has it" Patrick added. The guys began discussing between each other.

Ryder remained silent still thinking there was something missing. "There are a lot of kick-ass songs, and this Hooshierdaddies have two damn good performers with bad ass voices! I mean, Marley´s got a really powerful voice, so does Wade, but our songs have been to girly lately…" Suddenly he smiled "I guess we better re-introduce tenacious to the New Directions"

Finn was entering the choir room, he arrived a little late and the kids were waiting for him.

"Ok guys… We have a lot of work to do so we need to start getting ready for…" He was interrupted by one eager Ryder who raised his hand to be able to have the floor for himself.

"Mr. Hudson, can I speak for a minute?" he said. Finn was surprised, he nodded.

"Sure Ryder, go ahead" Ryder stood up from his seat and went to the white board to write a word.

"Bad-ass" He read out loud. Everybody was staring at him like they had no clue of what he was talking about. "That´s what we need to be for Nationals" everybody was silent still, so Ryder proceeded with his speech "We´ve been doing good with our set lists, but because we choose moving songs lately and it might not be enough for Nationals. I bet you all that the Hooshierdaddies are going to have a killer set list with mind-blowing songs and we´ve all seen the Romero brothers… let´s face it they´re quite fierce. I mean Marley, Unique, Danielle, Robert… you´ve got powerful voices, Jake, Kitty, Karen your moves are just so mind-blowing! So I was thinking that this week's assignment could be kick-ass songs Mr. Hudson" Ryder said looking straight to Finn. He nodded.

"You´re right Ryder, I mean we already are good, but we need to be tenacious if we want to beat the Romero´s; Nationals are going to be in L.A this year, and this time they will be televised, so we need to be spectacular! We have the power; we just need to remember how to use it" He had one look at his glee club then he said "So guys you know what to do, choose some tenacious songs and bring it on!" He finished saying, afterwards he congratulated Ryder for his brilliant idea, and as they talked Ryder noticed how Kitty was staring at him with deep eyes. He stared back at her for a minute and then kept on talking with the rest of the guys to see what songs they were planning to sing

Jake and Patrick: Work it, make it, do it,
Makes us harder, better, faster, stronger!

The guys were helping him with the dance and the choruses, they were wearing black shirts and leather jackets with boots and tight jeans.

[played in background, continuously:]
Jake and Patrick : Work it harder, make it better,
do it faster, makes us stronger,
more than ever, never over,
Our work is never over.

Robert: Now that don't kill me
Can only make me stronger
I need you to hurry up now
'cause I can't wait much longer
I know I got to be right now
'cause I can't get much wronger
Man I've been waitin' all night now
That's how long I've been on you

I need you right now
I need you right now

Let's get lost tonight
You could be my black Kate Moss tonight
Play secretary, I'm the boss tonight
And you don't give a hell what they all say right?
Awesome, the Christian and Christian Dior
Damn, they don't make 'em like this anymore
I ask 'cause I'm not sure
Do anybody make real shit anymore?
Bow in the presence of greatness
'cause right now thou has forsaken us
You should be honored by my lateness
That I would even show up to this fake shit
So go ahead go nuts go ape shit
Especially in my pastel on my bape shit
Act like you can't tell who made this
New gospel homey, take six, and take this, haters

[Chorus]

I need you right now
I need you right now

Me likey

I don't know if you got a man or not,
If you made plans or not
God put me in the plans or not
I'm trippin' this drink got me sayin' a lot
But I know that God put you in front of me

So how the hell could you front on me?
There's a thousand you's, there's only one of me
I'm trippin', I'm caught up in the moment right?
This is Louis Vuitton Don night
So we gonna do everything that Kan like
Heard they'd do anything for a Klondike
Well I'd do anything for a blonde-dike
And she'll do anything for the limelight
And we'll do anything when the time's right
Ugh, baby, you're makin' it (harder, better, faster, stronger)

I need you right now
I need you right now

You know how long I've been on you?
Since Prince was on Apollonia
Since OJ had Isotoners
Don't act like I never told you [x6]
Baby, you're making it (harder, better, faster, stronger)

I need you right now [x4]

You know how long I've been on you?
Since Prince was on Apollonia
Since OJ had Isotoners
Don't act like I never told you
Never told you [x4]

"That´s what I´m talking about!" Ryder shouted excited, everybody had enjoyed the song. It had had a lot of power.

"Ok, who´s next?" " Finn asked. Cameron and Patrick stood up and began their song. Cameron was wearing a black hoodie and big sneakers with baggy jeans.

Patrick and Ruby: I'm not afraid to take a stand
Everybody come take my hand
We'll walk this road together, through the storm
Whatever weather, cold or warm
Just let you know that, you're not alone
Holla if you feel that you've been down the same road

Cameron: You can try and read my lyrics off of this paper before I lay 'em
But you won't take this thing out these words before I say 'em
Cause ain't no way I'm let you stop me from causing mayhem
When I say 'em or do something I do it, I don't give a damn
What you think, I'm doing this for me, so fuck the world
Feed it beans, it's gassed up, if a thing's stopping me
I'mma be what I set out to be, without a doubt undoubtedly
And all those who look down on me I'm tearing down your balcony
No if ands or buts don't try to ask him why or how can he
From Infinite down to the last Relapse album he's still shit and
Whether he's on salary, paid hourly
Until he bows out or he shit's his bowels out of him
Whichever comes first, for better or worse
He's married to the game, like a fuck you for christmas
His gift is a curse, forget the earth he's got the urge
To pull his dick from the dirt and fuck the universe

Patrick Cameron and Ruby: I'm not afraid to take a stand
Everybody come take my hand
We'll walk this road together, through the storm
Whatever weather, cold or warm
Just let you know that, you're not alone
Holla if you feel that you've been down the same road

Cameron: Ok quit playin' with the scissors and shit, and cut the crap
I shouldn't have to rhyme these words
in the rhythm for you to know it's a rap
You said you was king, you lied through your teeth
For that fuck your feelings,
instead of getting crowned you're getting capped
And to the fans, I'll never let you down again, I'm back
I promise to never go back on that promise, in fact
Let's be honest, that last Relapse CD was "ehhhh"
Perhaps I ran them accents into the ground
Relax, I ain't going back to that now
All I'm tryna say is get back, click-clack BLAOW
Cause I ain't playin' around
There's a game called circle and I don't know how
I'm way too up to back down
But I think I'm still tryna figure this crap out
Thought I had it mapped out but I guess I didn't
This fucking black cloud's still follow's me around
But it's time to exercise these demons
These motherfuckers are doing jumping jacks now!

ALL: I'm not afraid to take a stand
Everybody come take my hand
We'll walk this road together, through the storm
Whatever weather, cold or warm
Just let you know that, you're not alone
Holla if you feel that you've been down the same road

Patrick: And I just can't keep living this way
So starting today, I'm breaking out of this cage
I'm standing up, Imma face my demons
I'm manning up, Imma hold my ground
I've had enough, now I'm so fed up
Time to put my life back together right now

Ruby: It was my decision to get clean, I did it for me
Admittedly I probably did it subliminally for you
So I could come back a brand new me,
you helped see me through
And don't even realize what you did, believe me you
I been through the ringer,
but they can do little to the middle finger
I think I got a tear in my eye, I feel like the king of
My world, haters can make like bees with no stingers,
and drop dead
No more beef flingers, no more drama from now on, I promise
To focus only on handling my responsibilities as a son
So I solemnly swear to always
treat this roof like my family and raise it
You couldn't lift a single shingle lonely
Cause the way I feel, I'm strong enough to go to the club
Put a ? and lift the whole liquor counter up
Cause I'm raising the bar, I shoot for the moon
But I'm too busy gazing at stars, I feel amazing and

"That was totally kick-ass!" Kitty said. The New Directions were demonstrating their toughest side. Tomorrow was the girls´ turn.

The next day Kitty was returning from cheerleading practice, she was heading to the choir room when she got stopped by Ryder.

"Hey Kitty, how you doin´?" He asked catching his breath. The cheerio kept staring at him as if he was a leper.

"I´m fine Forrest Gump, thanks for asking" she said as she kept on walking; Ryder followed her pace.

"So, what do you think of this week´s lesson? Pretty cool huh?" He said trying to keep the conversation going.

"Yeah, we kinda needed it, it was starting to get a little bit gay in there" She said without showing emotions.

"What song are you gonna sing?" he asked smiling kindly

"Lady boy, Marley, Joanne Jett jr. and I are doing some M.I.A, it´s gonna be awesome" she said almost about to enter the choir room when she got stopped by Ryder, he abruptly interrupted her

"What are you doing this Friday night?" he asked out of the blue. The girl froze, but still she pretended to be cool. She didn´t think he would ever ask her out, she used to like him when they were just sophomores, but Ryder was very much into his cat-fish crush, and she never thought he´d ever return back the feeling. Kitty had always liked him, but she just suppressed her feelings because she didn´t want to get more hurt.

"I don´t know, I live fast so you wouldn´t be able to keep up with me Lynn" She entered the choir room leaving him confused in the arch.

Unique Danielle and Marley: Live fast, die young
Bad girls do it well
Live fast, die young
Bad girls do it well

Kitty: My chain hits my chest
When I'm banging on the dashboard
Kitty and Marley: My chain hits my chest
When I'm banging on the radio

Unique: Get back, get down
Unique and Kitty: Pull me closer, if you think you can hang
Danielle and Kitty: Hands up, hands tied
Don't go screaming, if I blow you with a bang

ALL: Suki Suki
I'm coming in the Cherokee
Gasoline, there's steam in the window screen

Marley and Unique:Take it, take it
World's bouncing like a trampoline
When i get to where i'm going, gonna have you trembling

ALL: Live fast, die young
Bad girls do it well
Live fast, die young
Bad girls do it well

Danielle and Marley: My chain hits my chest
When I'm banging on the dashboard
My chain hits my chest
When I'm banging on the radio

Unique and Danielle: Yeah back it, back it
Yeah pull up to the bumper game

Kitty: Yeah with a signal cover me
'Cause I'm changing lanes

Danielle and Kitty: Had a handle on it
My life, I broke it
When I get to where I'm going
Gonna have you saying it

AL: Live fast, die young
Bad girls do it well
Live fast, die young
Bad girls do it well

Kitty: My chain hits my chest
When I'm banging on the dashboard
Danielle and Marley: My chain hits my chest
When I'm banging on the radio

ALL: Get back, get down
Pull me closer, if you think you can hang
Hands up, hands tied
Don't go screaming, if I blow you with a bang

"That was AWESOME!" Karen exclaimed

"Totally" Lisa agreed.

"Reeeeally bad-ass" Cameron expressed. Ryder didn´t say anything. He just kept on staring at Kitty with wrinkled eyes. He couldn´t explain himself why she had been so rude. He thought that by now they would get along well. Kitty ignored him again and they took a seat as Jake, Ryder and Karen stepped forward to perform their song. You could bet it was going to have some hot dance moves.

Karen: You can go hard or you can go home
You can go hard or you can go home
You can go hard or you can go home
You can go hard or you can go home

You can go hard or you can go home
You can go hard or you can go home
You can go hard or you can go home
You can go hard or you can go home

Ryder: Oh my goodness, this beat is so hard...
Oh my goodness, this beat is so hard...

Jake: Imma go hard, hard to the core
Hard like moth* f*c*in liquid swords
Harder than worldwide stadium tours
I am the future, delorian's doors

Jake and Ryder: Will he survive? Never deceased
I don't think I'mma ever rest in peace
Imma kill the game, leave the rest in pieces
Now everybody want my recipe

Ryder: I'm just making money for my grankids' nieces
Imma work hard, that's my basis
This beat is a sh*t, feces

Jake: Pardon me ma'am, Imma go dumb
Small. , I'm complicated, hard.
I end the beginning, then starting again

Karen: You can go hard or you can go home
You can go hard or you can go home
You can go hard or you can go home
You can go hard or you can go home

You can go hard or you can go home
You can go hard or you can go home
You can go hard or you can go home
You can go hard or you can go home

Oh my goodness, this beat is so hard...
Oh my goodness, this beat is so hard...

Ryder: You can get that, or you can get this
You can call it demon, Imma call it jesus
Jake: You can get a curse, you can get a cross
You can go to work, or you can be the boss
Imma be the owner, be a ...
Jake and Ryder : Imma go hard, like i'm on a f*c*in boner
Imma make the beat put the people in a coma
You can be a geek or be a rolling stoner

Jake: I woke up in the morning,
Hard like morning wood in the morning
Woke up thinking about my component
E.t own the mic ...

Jake and Karen: I wait out like nasa, i'm way over here I don't pass out
I get stacks of cash, you get ... I go hard, statues

Karen: Now let me take this time to say
I don't wanna beat you down
You can go hard or you can go home
Well I, I know it is a lot to take
I don't wanna beat you down
You can go hard or you can go home
You can go hard...

Jake and Karen: Wait a minute, Imma make it a little harder
Imma make it a little harder
Give it to you a little harder

BOTH: THIS IS HARD...

Ryder: Hard like a rock n roll
Karen and Ryder: Time follows decades, explode
Vivid as a stan mode
Better move back now
ALL: It's bout to blow

...
Ryder: This is crazy
Psychology
Get it baby
I'm bou to win
Watch out now
I'm going in

ALL: You can go hard or you can go home
You can go hard
You can go hard or you can go home
You can go hard

You can go hard or you can go home
You can go hard
You can go hard or you can go home
You can go hard

"Guys, that was tough! Congratulations! "Finn said, Ryder turned his face to the seats and he kept on staring at Kitty, who just kept on avoiding his looks. She didn´t know what to feel, she was just so confused and (even if she hated to admit it) scared.

Kitty had stayed up all night. Ryder had really taken her off guard. It was like all her suppressed feelings were coming back to her. She remembered the night she had told him about her friend Julie´s brother incident and how they held hands, she also remembered how disappointed she was when Ryder rejected her. "Why now?" She repeated to herself.

Finn and Lisa had chosen a song together with tenacious voices they would be performing it in the April Rhodes Pavilion. Just a single spotlight hitting on them, and empty stage, they wore white shirts and black jeans.

Cameron: There's a woman crying out tonight
her world has changed
she asks god why

Robert: her only son has died
and now her daughter cries
she can't sleep at night

Patrick and Lisa: Downtown
another day for all the suits and ties
another war to fight
there's no regard for life
Patrick Lisa Jake and Marley: how do they sleep at night
how can we make things right?
just wanna make this right

ALL: We believe
we believe
we believe
we believe
we believe
we believe
in this love

Ryder: We are all the same
human in all our ways and all of pain
Kitty: (so let it be)
Ryder: there's a love that could fall down like rain
Kitty: (let us see)
Ryder: let forgiveness wash away the pain
Kitty: (what we need)
Ryder: and no one really knows what they are searching for
Kitty: (we believe)
Ryder: this world is crying for so much more

ALL: We believe
we believe
we believe
we believe
we believe
we believe
in this love

Marley and Unique: So this world
is too much
for you to take
just lay it down and follow me
i'll be everything you need

Marley: in every way

ALL: We believe
we believe
we believe
we believe
we believe
we believe
in this love
boys: (in this love)

we believe
boys: (in this love)
we believe
boys: (in this love)
we believe
boys: (in this love)

The whole song Kitty kept on re living all those memories with Ryder, and all those left things unsaid. Ryder had been tenacious enough, so why couldn´t she?

Later that day Finn was on his office planning next week´s lesson, when he got interrupted by a familiar face.

"Excuse me, are you Mr. Hudson" The guy said.

"Yeah" Finn stared at him. He looked very familiar "Sorry, do I know you?" he asked

"Yes, you do. My name is Thomas Sheridan, and I came here to ask if you could let me join the New Directions"