Marc's POV
Maniacal laughter fills the air. Marc was used to it. He was a spy after all. Villains always tried to scare people with their insane laughter. But this laugh was death chilling. Cold a cruel in every meaning of the words. It gripped onto his very soul. It leeched onto his brain. He looked everywhere. But the sound surrounded him. He could see Lee and Megan. But they just stood there, as if they were deaf. He saw two shadows appear and kill them.
Alpha and Omega. They turn to look at him. They have dark and evil smiles on their faces. They looked above Marc. Reluctantly he looked up too. He saw Tony. With a gun. Aiming. And then Marc sat up screaming. He looked around to see he was in his and Tony's, well currently his room. A dream.
He was sweating heavily. Dreams like this weren't common. Not for someone as composed as him. Not for someone who was a fearless spy. But what Jerry said gnawed at him. He knew Tony couldn't come back. Because of a chance. A chance that he would be like so many before him and turn evil. Marc felt a lump in his throat. Tony wasn't like that. He looked for the best in things. When he was still in WHOOP.
He held back the tears forming in his eyes. He wasn't the emotional sibling. He was the smart one. Someone that people looked up to. He composed himself. But he couldn't help looking at Tony's empty bed in the room. If Tony was a constant reminder of WHOOP and what happened with him leaving, then the empty bed was far worse. He shook his head. Now was not the time. He had to find this Cover person. Maybe he could convince Jerry.
He looked at the calendar. It had been two months since he'd last seen Tony. He hoped he was okay. Because whatever was going on with their team was far worse. Every time he, Lee and Megan were all on a mission, they always saw three small shadows. Actually, they were their sizes. But it wasn't their shadows. They also moved quickly. They moved like spies.
He was half tempted to tell Jerry. But they never did anything bad. In fact he thought they might be Beta. Beta was a person who left clues or notes for them when they needed it the most. Beta and Cover. Marc hoped he could meet them.
Tony's POV
"Really? You gave them our information?" asked Tony. He was looking at Alan and Orji (It had a ring he didn't understand). They smiled like little devils. Partially because they were caught helping Tony's siblings, the second reason was because of Tony's clothes. In the middle of the night, they gave all his clothes to the scientists of HOW to study and make more. So in the mean time, he was wearing a bright orange shirt with an awesome jean jacket. He was also wearing grey pants that hugged his legs. He also had a rainbow belt with a smiley face buckle. They even got him glasses that had perfect circle lenses. But the lenses were orange. (Think Ozzy Osborne)
He looked pretty good in it. His dark skin and hair complimented it well. He had an annoyed but pleased look on his face. He was tired of all the black, but this was ridiculous. The twins were still smiling.
"And you called us Beta? What the hell?" Tony remarked.
"Correction. You're Beta," said Alan.
"What?" said Tony with a quizzical look on his face.
"I'm Omega, he's Alpha," he said pointing at his brother, "And so you're our Beta."
"Is that some sort of Yu-Gi-Oh comment?" he asked. The twins looked at each other evilly.
"Maybe…," they said together. Tony threw a book at both of them. He hadn't felt this happy in a long time.
They walked out of their room together. They walked to the stage club. It was their job to cast people for the school performances. This time around there was two plays. One with an all male cast, and one with an all girl cast. And, unless you were a member of the stage club, you had to audition. Tony wasn't thrilled. The girls were doing Snow White. The boys got stuck with The Little Mermaid. Now normally, this would be freakin hilarious. A bunch of girls as short stubby men and a bunch of dudes in undersea bras.
But if he was going to audition, he had a good shot at being one of those dudes in bras. Or a dress.
He walked into the audition room with Alan and Orji. They went on right before him.
"Okay Alan," said a voice, "We're going to ask you to sing an excerpt from one of the songs on the list in front of you. Once you pick the excerpt, let us know and then start singing."
Alan looked through the music. He rubbed his chin thoughtfully.
"I'm going to sing… Single ladies."
"Please tell me he's joking," said Tony to Orji.
"You wish," replied Orji.
"All the single ladies!" he began. He didn't have the best voice. But it was rather entertaining.
"All the single ladies
All the single ladies
All the single ladies
All the single ladies
All the single ladies
All the single ladies
Now put your hands up
Up in the club, we just broke up
In doing my own little thing
Decided to dip but now you wanna trip
Cuz another brother noticed me
I'm up on him, he up on me
Don't pay him any attention
Cried my tears for three good years
Ya can't be mad at me!"
"Okay I think we've heard enough. Thank you Alan," the voice said with a surprised feel to it. Alan smiled. He walked off the stage like a runway model.
"Wasn't that wonderful?" he asked playfully. Orji and Tony had the biggest smiles on their faces. It was too funny not to laugh.
"Next up is… Uh… Orji," said the voice obviously not happy with them going back to back.
"Alrighty lets see what on this list," he said sliding across the stage floor. He stopped in front of the list and microphone. He looked at the list. He scratched his head thoughtfully. He then got an idea. They could tell because of the way his face lit up. Without even saying the song he started to sing.
"You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life
See that girl, watch that scene, dig in the dancing queen
Friday night and the lights are low
Looking out for the place to go
Where they play the right music, getting in the swing
You come in to look for a king
Anybody could be that guy
Night is young and the music's high"
"Oh my god," said Alan.
"What?" asked Tony.
"He's singing Dancing Queen."
"With a bit of rock music, everything is fine
You're in the mood for a dance
And when you get the chance...
You are the dancing queen, young and sweet, only seventeen
Dancing queen, feel the beat from the tambourine."
"Thank you we've seen enough."
"YOU CAN DANCE, YOU CAN JIVE, HAVING THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE
SEE THAT GIRL, WATCH THAT SCENE, DIG IN THE DANCING QUEEN!" he sang in a joking voice. Again Tony was trying hard not to laugh. The person who was the voice was not happy.
"Get off the stage you moron!" they yelled. Orji put his nose in the air like a British snob and walked off. He winked at Tony and Alan. Their chests hurt from laughing. Tony stood up and composed himself.
"Next up is Tony Clark."
Tony walked out onto the stage. It wasn't as bright as he thought it would be. But he couldn't see anyone in the audience. He looked at the songs in front of him. He felt a chill down his spine. Most of the songs were originally sung by girls. He didn't see any song that he really liked. Most of the songs were uplifting. So he randomly put his finger on the page. He opened his eyes. It was a soprano male song.
"I'll be singing Alone Tonight by Genesis," he said softly. He took a breath and imagined how it would sound.
"There's nothing here, that I can understand
And no one cares I'm a lonely man," he slowly works his voice up. Soon enough, it sounds pretty close to the singer.
"I touch your face and I don't know why
I call your name but you're going by
Now I'm alone again"
People are quiet. Alan and Orji are smiling. He was a crown among jewels.
"I have no name for each and every day
Until the year is done and fades away
There's a time in between the two
The old years gone by but it's not the new
And I, I, I..."
Tony feels tears brimming his eyes. He wasn't paying attention to the audition, but the way the music moved him.
"I know that'll be all
Alone again, alone again tonight oh I'm
Alone again, alone again tonight oh I'm
Alone again, and it seems to me that every time I try to change
Say that you're say that you'll
Help me reach the other side"
Now normally they would've stopped him there. But nobody really wanted it to end. It sounded all the sweeter since it went on after the twins' and their attempt to get out of the play.
"When the morning comes the sun is out
And warms me up again
What a funny world it is for me
And all I'll never be
It's not enough, it's not enough
This feeling I'm feeling inside
Oh I know it I know tonight that I'll be
On my own tonight, alone again tonight
Oh I'm alone again, alone again tonight
Oh I'm alone again, and it seems to me that every time I try to change
Say that you'll, say that you'll
Help me reach the other side
Help me please cos I know I'm gonna be
On my own again alone again tonight..."
Tony looks at the audience. He stands there for a moment.
"Uh thanks for having me," he says walking off the stage. People murmur about the performance. Alan and Orji walk Tony outside.
"So you like singing?" said Alan.
"Yeah, I just tune everyone else out."
"Awesome."
"Ariel!"
"Hey wait what!" Tony yells at them.
"You've probably got the best falsetto voice in the school! It would be a crime to have anyone else be the star!" Orji said with lots of pizzazz. Tony thought about it. He was naturally high. Oh dammit.
Next day.
"Well, look at the slip we got. Orji, you got Sebastian?" said Tony.
"Hey! I've got a sexy deep voice."
"Alan, you're Ursula?"
"I guess my voice is just that damn awesome."
"Who'd you get Tony?"
Tony looked at them. It was just so weird.
"I play Prince Eric and Adella."
"Adella?"
"One of Ariel's older sisters."
"NO!" the twins yelled.
"You should be the star!"
"Well, I'm not."
"Who is!" they demanded.
"Kevin Destin."
"Ugh."
"What?"
"Stupid head of stage club."
Okay folks please review. And Holy crap. This is my longest chapter.