Here we go... the last karaoke. 1,2,3 ... awwwww....
Warning: This chapter is completely and utterly ridiculous. Enjoy! :)
Ezri squeezed Julian's hand as the curtain parted revealing the crew, all dressed in vest tops and jeans.
"I feel ridiculous," Worf muttered. "This is not the way for a Kling-on warrior to dress!"
Kira rolled her eyes. "Worf we let you wear your sash."
"Still..."
Ezri stepped forward and spun round as the introduction started. The rest of the crew bobbed up and down in time to the music as it got louder and higher. Ezri smiled sweetly and lifted her microphone.
"When the world, leaves you feeling blue
You can count on me," she pointed out to the audience then back to herself. "I will be there for you..."
She twirled round behind Julian, who picked up the next lines with a happy grin.
"When it seems, all your hopes and dreams
Are a million miles away, I will reassure you..." he spun round quickly and the disco ball started to shine multi-coloured sequins over the room as the crew began their dance routine, which had been carefully choreographed by Worf the night before. Everyone turned to the person on their right and high-five'd them.
"We've got to all stick together!
Good friends, there for each other!"
They shook their fingers at the audience.
"Never ever forget that
I've got you and you've got me, so..."
They jumped up and punched the air.
"Reach for the stars!
Climb every mountain higher
Reach for the stars
Follow your hearts desire
Reach for the stars
And when that rainbow's shining over you..." the crew swept their hands through the air above their head.
"That's when your dreams will all come true!"
Kira took Odo's hand as the O'Briens stepped forward to sing the next verse.
"Jadzia would have liked this," she whispered. Odo nodded.
"No doubt she would also have found it very amusing," he observed.
"Leave the past behind you..." Miles and Keiko sang loudly.
Kira smiled and squeezed Odo's hand as the spotlight turned on them, their cue to sing the next verse.
"Don't stop, gotta keep moving!" they chanted, following the routine perfectly. "Your hopes have gotta keep building! Never ever forget that..."
Kira pointed at herself then back at Odo as she sang, "I've got you..."
Odo pointed at her then pointed back at himself, slightly embarrassed at being seen in public dancing like this. "And you've got me so..."
The front row of singers ducked down as the back row leapt up high.
"Reach up for the stars!"
"Doo doo do do!" Quark chanted.
"Climb every mountain higher
Reach for the stars!"
"Doo doo doo dooooo!"
"Follow your hearts desire
Reach for the stars!" Julian, Miles, Odo and Sisko all lifted up their partners and twirled round before setting them back on the floor. Rom tried to lift Leeta and ended up in a pile on the floor, much to Worf's anger.
"I told you during rehearsals not to do that!" he barked.
"Doo doo do do!" Quark shouted again.
"And when that rainbow's shining over you...
That's when your dreams will all come true!"
The performers began to click their fingers and sway as Sisko stepped forward with Kasidy.
"Don't believe in all that you've been told..." he sang, taking his wife's hand and spinning her round. "The sky's the limit, you can reach your goal..."
Kasidy spun back into his arms and smiled at the audience. "No one knows just what the future holds, there ain't nothing you can't be, there's a whole world at your feet!"
Laughing, Sisko yelled, "I said reach!"
"Climb every mountain..." Ezri sang quietly.
"Reach!" Sisko yelled again.
"Reach for the moon!" Jake sang.
"REACH!"
"Follow that rainbow!" Kira sang, trying to remember the next dance move at the same time. Giving up, she improvised. Odo stared in astonishment as Kira cart-wheeled across the stage, landing in a perfect split at the end.
"And your dreams will all come true!" she yelled. Odo suspected the high notes she was reaching were helped by the painful position she looked to be stuck in.
As the drummer reached the fill before the chorus, Odo dashed forward, adding a spin for dramatic effect, and lifted her smoothly to her feet. The audience cheered, thinking it was part of the dance. Kira hurriedly thanked Odo as they made their way back to the back of the stage.
"I wasn't stuck, you know," she added defensively.
"Of course not," Odo replied, joining in with the chorus.
"Follow your hearts desire
Reach for the stars
And when that rainbow's shining over you...
"That's when your dreams will all come true!
Reach for the stars!"
"Oooooooh...." Rom and Leeta sang, back to back at the side of the stage.
Ezri laughed, enjoying the memories that came flooding back to her. "Climb every mountain higher!"
"Reach for the stars!"
"Reach, reach, reach on the left side!" Worf screamed.
The left side of the stage pointed up to the roof as holographic stars appeared above the crew.
"Follow your heart's desire! Reach for the stars!"
"Reach, reach, reach on the right side!"
The right side copied the left and pointed up to the stars twinkling above them.
"And when that rainbow's shinin' over you..." Nog crooned.
"Shinin', Shinin'," Julian echoed. "Shinin', Shinin'!"
The crew arranged themselves for the 'big finish', Worf, Sisko, O'Brien, Bashir, Jake and Odo knelt down on the floor while Keiko, Kira, Kasidy and Leeta stood on their shoulders. Quark and Rom helped Ezri up to stand on Kira and Kasidy's shoulders and then scurried to their positions at the front of the stage with Nog. Ezri threw her hands up in the air and touched the stars. The three Ferengi at the front did their 'jazz hands' as glitter shot up from the stage and covered the audience and they yelled:
"That's when your dreams will all come true!"
Phew... that's it folks!
I warned you it was ridiculous :D
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