A/N:
Mcpooky: I do now X3 See you this weekend! :D
Yess! I managed to finish this before Friday! Now I can upload the Christmas shopping chapter tomorrow, and write another one over the weekend!
Well, as promised, this is the famed karaoke chapter. Enjoy.
3 and 4 were chatting with 7 when they heard a loud noise from another room.
It sounded like, "&^$%$ *&%$ #%$# (*&&!!"
And then 9, 8, and 6 came running out of a back room, one of them holding a broken vial, and their faces and chests were covered in black stuff. Then--
BOOM!!
The explosion knocked them backwards, and they tumbled into the fruit punch, which, of course, fell on them.
When it came in contact with the black stuff, it evaporated with a hiss. But apparently it hurt them, too, and they screamed and rolled away from it, yelping when the pain struck.
Then they crashed into a table, and yelped again before settling.
Everyone was quiet for a moment, then they hurried over to the boys.
They were still awake, wincing, and then 9 grinned feebly and said in a weak voice, "I take it we weren't supposed to shake the vial that said 'Do Not Shake'"
"Annnnd we might have wanted to read the manual" panted 6.
"Maybe looked at that caution sign on the bottle…" said 8 before passing out on the floor.
3 and 4 raised eyebrows at each other. "How about now, then?" asked 3 with a smirk. 4 rolled her eyes, and they went to get some soda.
5 and 7 dragged the three teenage boys to a bathtub.
They then sprayed a hose in their faces.
"AAAAH! WHAT THE *glub* THE *glub* AAAACK!!"
Eventually, the black stuff was off their faces and torsos, and they were sopping wet.
They dried themselves off, then the five of them joined 3 and 4 in the easy chairs.
3 was playing her DS. Apparently multiplayer, as she and 4 were sitting opposite each other and focusing hard.
"HA!" 3 shouted, making everyone jump. 4 scowled. 3 stood on the back of the chair, and did a little dancing thing while sticking out her tongue and singing in a loud voice."4 is a loo-ser, 4 is a loo-ser--WAAH!" she yelled as she fell off the back of the chair.
4 laughed and turned off her DS. She faced the others. "So, what should we do?"
8 shrugged. 7 left for the other room, saying, "I'll check the calendar."
She came back holding it. "Good news, guys!"
She held up the calendar and everyone looked at it.
5 grinned. "Hey, it's karaoke night!"
9 jumped on the ottoman and cheered, "WOOHOO!! I'm going first!!"
He jumped up on the stage, and fiddled with the karaoke machine.
Then he pressed a button and strode to the middle of the stage.
3 and 4 went up to the rafters to aim the spotlights and Christmas lights.
Soon everything was on, except for the main lights, and three spotlights were on the stage where 9 waited.
A beat started. Then 9 started singing,
"One, two, three, four
I know what you're thinkin'
We were goin' down
I can feel the sinkin'
But then I came around
And everyone I've loved before
Flashed before my eyes
And nothin' mattered anymore
I looked into the sky
Well we all want something better than
We wish for something new
Well we all want something beautiful
Wish for something true
Been lookin' for a reason and
Something to lose
When the wheels come down
When the wheels touch ground
And you feel like it's all over
There's another round for you
When the wheels come down (When the wheels come down)
Now your head is spinnin'
Broken hearts will mend
This is our beginning
Comin' to an end
Well, you wanted something beautiful
You wished for something new
Well, you wanted something better than
Wished for something true
Been lookin for a reason and
Something to lose
When the wheels come down (When the wheels come down)
When the wheels touch ground (When the wheels touch ground)
And you feel like it's all over
There's another round for you
When the wheels come down (When the wheels come down)
Oh
When the wheels come down (When the wheels come down)
When the wheels touch ground (When the wheels touch ground)
And you feel like it's all over
There's another round for you
When the wheels come down (When the wheels come down)
When the wheels come down (When the wheels come down)
When the wheels touch ground (When the wheels touch ground)
And you feel like it's all over
There's another round for you
When the wheels come down (When the wheels come down)"
Everyone applauded and cheered loudly as he ended with a flourish.
"Pick someone else!" yelled 3 from the rafters.
9 looked around, then grinned and shouted, "6, get up here!"
6 climbed to the stage as 9 left, and he fiddled with the knobs on the machine.
Then he went to the middle of the stage and waited for the lyrics to show up on the screen.
"I wonder what it's like to be the rainmaker
I wonder what it's like to know that I make the rain
I'd store it in boxes with little yellow tags on everyone
And you can come see them when I'm done, when I'm done
I wonder what it's like to be a super hero
I wonder where I'd go if I could fly around downtown
From some other planet, I get this funky high on yellow sun
Boy I bet my friends will all be stunned, they're stunned
Straight up, what did you hope to learn about here
If I were someone else would this all fall apart
Strange, where were you when we started this gig
I wish the real world would just stop hassling me
I wonder what it's like to be the head honcho
I wonder what I'd do if they all did just what I said
I'd shout out an order, I think we're out of this man get me some
Boy don't make me wanna change my tone, my tone
Straight up, what did you hope to learn about here
If I were someone else would this all fall apart
Strange, where were you when we started this gig
I wish the real world would just stop hassling me
Please don't change, please don't break
The only thing that seems to work at all is you
Please don't change, at all from me
To you, and you to me
Straight up, what did you hope to learn about here
If I were someone else would this all fall apart
Strange, where were you when we started this gig
I wish the real world would just stop hassling me
And you
And me"
Everyone applauded again, and they all took a break to get some soda. 3 and 4 clambered down from the loft to get a Fanta and a Sprite before manning the lights again.
Next up was 7. She knew what to do right away.
Hers started quickly.
"Stayed awake all night toss and turnin'
Now my bloodshot eyes are burnin'
Workin' out why this ain't workin'
Fight after fight after fight
And now it's killin' me
You were too busy to believe in
All the run away dreams I was dreamin'
Time to pack up and go I'm leavin'
Fight after fight after fight
And now I gotta be
On my own
And living in a world alone
Gets better every day
That I don't have to say 'I'm sorry, I'm coming home'
I'm gonna make it on my own
I'll always take the harder road
Gets better every day
That I don't have to say 'I'm sorry, I'm coming home'
How'd you end up oh so jaded
Cynical and so sedated
Can't live in this world you created
Day after day after day
And now I gotta be
On my own
And living in a world alone
Gets better every day
That I don't have to say 'I'm sorry, I'm coming home'
I'm gonna make it on my own
I'll always take the harder road
Gets better every day
That I don't have to say 'I'm sorry, I'm coming home'
You will always be the lonely one
You will always try to swallow the sun
Just remember you can never make it rain on anyone
On my own
And living in a world alone
Gets better every day
Cause I don't have to say
And now you're killin' me
On my own
And living in a world alone
Gets better every day
That I don't have to say 'I'm sorry, I'm coming home'
I'm gonna make it on my own
I'll always take the harder road
Gets better every day
That I don't have to say 'I'm sorry, I'm coming home'
I'll make it on my own
(I'm sorry, I won't be coming home)
I'll make it on my own
(I'm sorry, I won't be coming home)
I'll make it on my own
(I'm sorry, I won't be coming home)
I'll make it on my own
(I'm sorry I won't be coming home)"
The audience of dogs practically erupted. 3 and 4 almost fell off the rafters. 7 was surprised and pleased. She saw the twins and said loudly, "3, your turn."
That time 3 actually did fall off the rafters.
After about 5 minutes that involved some shouting, a few band-aids, laughter, and tripping up the stairs, 3 was ready to do her part.
"Somebody once told me the world is gonna roll me
I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed
She was looking kind of dumb with her finger and her thumb
In the shape of an "L" on her forehead
Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do so much to see
So what's wrong with taking the back streets
You'll never know if you don't go
You'll never shine if you don't glow
Hey now, you're an all star, get your game on, go play
Hey now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold
It's a cool place and they say it gets colder
You're bundled up now but wait 'til you get older
But the meteor men beg to differ
Judging by the hole in the satellite picture
The ice we skate is getting pretty thin
The water's getting warm so you might as well swim
My world's on fire, how about yours
That's the way I like it and I never get bored
Hey now, you're an all star, get your game on, go play
Hey now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold
Hey now, you're an all star, get your game on, go play
Hey now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold
Somebody once asked 'Could you spare some change for gas
I need to get myself away from this place'
I said 'Yep, what a concept
I could use a little fuel myself
And we could all use a little change'
Well the years start coming and they don't stop coming
Fed to the rules and I hit the ground running
Didn't make sense not to live for fun
Your brain gets smart but your head gets dumb
So much to do so much to see
So what's wrong with taking the back streets
You'll never know if you don't go
You'll never shine if you don't glow
Hey now, you're an all star, get your game on, go play
Hey now, you're a rock star, get the show on, get paid
And all that glitters is gold
Only shooting stars break the mold"
3 looked around the room, grinning, as her sister and the others applauded loudly. "Gad, I love that song. 8, you're up!"
8 nodded and strode up. He messed around with the machine for a few seconds, then tapped his foot to the song as it started.
"I'm tired of being what you want me to be
Feeling so faithless lost under the surface
Don't know what you're expecting of me
Put under the pressure of walking in your shoes
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow, just caught in the undertow)
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I've become so tight so much more awake
I'm becoming this, all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you
Can't you see that you're smothering me
Holding too tightly, afraid to lose control
Cause everything that you thought I would be
Has fallen apart right in front of you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
Every step that I take is another mistake to you
(Caught in the undertow just caught in the undertow)
And every second I waste is more than I can take
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I've become so tight, so much more awake
I'm becoming this, all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you
And I know
I may end up failing too
But I know
You were just like me with someone disappointed in you
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
I've become so tight so much more awake
I'm becoming this all I want to do
Is be more like me and be less like you
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
(Tired of being what you want me to be)
I've become so numb I can't feel you there
(Tired of being what you want me to be)"
There was a stunned silence, then everyone whistled and cheered. 8 grinned, and he was a little stunned too, he didn't know how well he could sing.
He called 4 up next, and she was blushing like crazy. But she chose her song, and plunged into it without hesitation.
"You're in control
Is there anywhere you wanna go
You're in control
Is there anything you wanna know
The future's for discovering
The space in which we travel in
From the top of the first page
To the end of the last day
From the start in your own way
You just want somebody listening to what you say
It doesn't matter who you are
Under the surface trying to break through
Deciphering the codes in you
I need a compass, draw me a map
I'm on the top, I can't get back
Whoa, whoa
The first line on the first page
To the end of the last page (you were looking at)
From the start in your own way
You just want somebody listening to what you say
It doesn't matter who you are
It doesn't matter who you are
You just want somebody listening to what you say
You just want somebody listening to what you say
It doesn't matter who you are
It doesn't matter who you are
Is there anybody out there who
Is lost and hurt and lonely too
Are they bleeding all your colors into one
And if you come undone
As if you've been run through
Some catapult it fired you
You wonder if your chance'll ever come
Or if you're stuck in square one"
3 clapped for her sister, but to her disappointment she couldn't find any secret meaning in her sister's chosen song. Ah well. Maybe next karaoke night.
Next they hollered for 5. He pressed a few buttons, and his song started right away.
"Take back the city for yourself tonight
Or I'll take back the city for me
Take back the city for yourself tonight
Whoa
God knows you put your life in two at times
And it's both cradled you and crushed
But now it's time to make your own demands
Whoa
All these years later and it's killing me
Your broken records and words
Ten thousand craters where it all should be
Whoa
No need to put your words into my mouth
Don't need convincing at all
I love this place enough to have no doubt
Whoa
It's a mess
It's a start
It's a flawed work of art
Your city, your call
Every crack, every wall
Pick a side, pick a fight
Get your epitaph right
You can sing 'til you drop
Cause the fun just never stops
I love this city tonight
I love this city always
It bares its teeth like a light
And spits me out after days
But we're all gluttons for it
We know what's wrong and it's right
For every time it's been hit
Take back the city tonight
Tell me you never wanted more from this
And I will stop talking now
One perfect partner, one eternal kiss
Whoa
Take back the city for yourself tonight
Or I'll take back the city for me
Take back the city for yourself tonight
Whoa
It's a mess
It's a start
It's a flawed work of art
Your city, your call
Every crack, every wall
Pick a side, pick a fight
Get your epitaph right
You can sing 'til you drop
Cause the fun just never stops
I love this city tonight
I love this city always
It bears it's teeth like a light
And spits me out after days
But we're all gluttons for it
We know what's wrong and it's right
For every time it's been hit
Take back the city tonight
I love this city tonight
I love this city always
It bears it's teeth like a light
And spits me out after days
But we're all gluttons for it
We know what's wrong and it's right
For every time it's been hit
Take back the city tonight
I love this city tonight
I love this city always
I love this city tonight
I love this city always"
Everyone applauded loudly, and then they realized that, all too soon, nobody was left.
"Well, this kinda fails" said 7, slumping in a chair. But eventually, everyone was content to listen to Christmas music on the radio and drum their fingers to the beat.
Then 1 shouted, "OKAY, WHO ORDERED THE ANIT-1 POSTER?!"
3 jumped out of her chair, and ran into the other room, yelling "That would be mine!"
6 scratched his chin thoughtfully and grinned. "Cool, they make those?"
1 left the computer room in a huff. He went into the storage room, probably to eat.
Everyone else went into the computer room.
…except for 9.
A few minutes later, he strode into the computer room and said cheerfully, "Ah, don't you guys just love the holiday season? The tree, the presents, the fire crackling in the fireplace, eggnog, hollow chocolate Santas…"
The others were all looking at him. Then 4 said in a trembling, quiet voice, "We…don't have a fireplace…"
There was one moment of silence.
Then everyone screamed, "AAAAAAAAHHH!"
I won't go into details, but let's just say that a bit later, everyone was outside, shivering, chucking buckets of snow inside the house.
…annnnd a bit later, they were cleaning the house.
…and about 45 minutes from the first disaster, they were all sitting in the chairs again.
Most of them glared at 9.
He raised his hands in surrender and demanded, "What did I do?"
And the others did facepalms.
"What did you do? Oh, let's think…" 3 said, being mock thoughtful. "YOU FREAKING LIT THE HOUSE ON FIRE, YOU IDIOT!!"
9 tumbled over and lay face up on the floor. "Hey, I found a flamethrower, what did you expect me to do?"
7 stood up. "That would be my flamethrower, I ordered it online. I should have probably put it in my room…ah well."
3 looked at 7. She looked like she was about to explode.
"7, WHY DO YOU HAVE A FLAMETHROWER?!"
Someone tapped 4 on the shoulder. She looked over at 6. "Let's get out of here" he muttered with a grin. "Your sister's in one of her moods again."
They headed out the back door and into the backyard. It was cold, and covered in snow, but the air was clean and not full of screaming, like it usually was in the house.
"There's a little hill that's great for stargazing" 6 told 4. "If you want to go up there."
She nodded and said quietly, "I'd like that."
She followed him across the yard and up a hill. They sat down and looked at the sky.
"Neat, huh? I found this the day we moved in. Exploring, you know" 6 explained. He pointed at a group of stars. "You see those three stars? The ones in a line? That's Orion's belt. But, you probably already knew that."
4 shook her head with a weak grin. "Actually, no. I don't know anything about stars."
6 laughed. "I didn't either, until I came out here every night. I can tell you more."
4 smiled. "Sure. Teach me, O Grand Master."
Meanwhile, 3 had decided to recover from her "mood" by playing Modern Warfare 2 with 8 and 9. 7 and 5 were watching them.
"Ha!"
"Aw, shazbot! 3, you can't go blowing me up like that! AAH!"
"Ha ha! Ha ha! Ha ha! Ha h--GURK-"
8 had 9 in a headlock. "Do the Nelson laugh one more time…" he threatened.
9 grinned widely and yelled, "HA HA!"
Then 8 abandoned the headlock and tackled 9.
"AUUGH!!"
"GUYS!!" yelled 3. "If you're not going to play, get out of the room!"
They hastily grabbed their controllers and rejoined the game, only to find out that 3 had shot them repeatedly while they were wrestling and they had each died 3 times.
"3!!"
"Ha ha!"
A bit later, 3 paused the game to go get a soda, and as she popped the can of her Coke, she realized that 4 and 6 weren't around.
Then she grinned, and started laughing like a madwoman. 1 stuck his head out of the computer room and said irritably, "Do you mind? I'm trying to work, here."
3 rolled her eyes. "Sure. Sure." Then she headed back to the bedroom.
As she successfully blew off the heads of 8 and 9, repeatedly, she wondered what her sister and 6 were up to…
As it turns out, they were now discussing a video that 6 had seen on YouTube the other day.
"…and then this guy said, 'Huh huh huh, he said nuts' and this other guy points at him and screams, 'OMG! PERV ALERT!'"
6 shook his head with an exasperated grin. "It was the weirdest video I've ever seen."
4 raised an eyebrow and said, "Even the one about the guy who swallowed a balloon, and he floated into the air?"
6 considered this. "Yeah. Weirder."
4 laughed, and lay back in the snow, watching the stars glow in the sky. She yawned, and checked her watch. "Wow, it's already 2:00? Where did the time go?" She got up and stretched, then she turned to look at 6. "This is a great place. Thanks for showing me."
He nodded. "No problem. I thought you'd like it."
She smiled, and then they both headed down to the house.
4 came in to see complete pandemonium. 8 and 9 had attacked each other again, 3 was yelling at them, 1 was wearing headphones at the other side of the room, 5 was watching TV with headphones, and 7 was egging 8 and 9 on.
"FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!" she chanted, as 3 continued screaming her lungs out.
1 was muttering, "Please, God, make it stop, make it stop--"
4 and 6 looked at each other and shrugged. Then 6 ran and jumped on top of 8 and 9, yelling, "ALRIGHT GUYS, YOU'RE GOING DOWN!!"
4 went into the bedroom to play her DS for a while.
Undoubtedly, she had had a good night.
A/N: 4x6 PLZ?! Oh yush. It's been growing on me ever since late November 83
Songs were, in order: Wheels by Foo Fighters, Real World by Matchbox 20, On My Own by Hedley (fits 7 perfectly, might make an AMV out of that), All Star by Smash Mouth, Numb by Linkin Park (fits 8 a little bit...maybe if he actually had a brain in the movie :\), Square One by Coldplay, and Take Back the City by Snow Patrol.
Alright, so, maybe I ripped SOME things off in this chapter: FoxTrot, Ctrl+Alt+Del, and...I think that's it.
So, expect a new chapter by Sunday, reviews are lovee, until next time,
Skye/Mija/10
P.S. I've got an idea for a story about winged stitchpunks called Advanced, and I love it! You can expect it out maybe in February.