Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to Jem. The rights to Jem and all of its characters are owned by Hasbro / Sunbow / Christy Marx except for my OC Glenn Danson.
On The Ledge
Glenn couldn't believe what he saw, on the roof of his club was a purple haired woman about to jump to her death, she was wearing a Misfit t – shirt. Glenn didn't know this woman, but she seemed familiar to him, like he had seen her before.
"Finally a witness" the woman yelled. "Now there will be no doubt over how I died."
"Wait please, young lady, key word young lady" Glenn yelled at the woman. "Can I come up there to talk to you first?" Glenn yelled. "At least give me an opportunity to talk to you first."
The woman nodded. Glenn ran into the Tinsel Town Club and ran as fast as he could up the stairs.
Glenn arrived out of breath, barely able to talk. "I made it" as he started to catch. "Why the hell are you doing this?" Glenn asked.
"Because I am an embarrassment to everybody, my family, my friends, everybody, I have nowhere to belong. They will all be happy if I just end it, and what better place than the world famous Tinsel Town Club."
"I am sure that is not true, why don't I call your parents, and have them come up here, I am sure they can be of help, and show you that there are people that wouldn't be happy if you killed yourself" Glenn said.
"My dad lives far away, the only family I have here is my cousin. Don't bother calling her; she will be the first one to celebrate my death. On second thought, call her have her bring her camera, might as well give her another great film."
"Okay, just give me the information" Glenn said.
Glenn ran down stairs, to call the number the woman gave him.
"Hello" the woman on the line said.
"Hello is this Vivien Montgomery?" Glenn asked.
"Yes, this is she, though everyone calls me Video" the woman said.
"My name is Glenn Danson, the owner of the Tinsel Town Club, but there is a woman claiming to be your cousin…"
"Clash, what has she done this time?"
"I am getting to that, she is on the roof of my club, and she is about to jump" Glenn said.
"Is this some kind of joke?" Video asked. "Are you two working together to play a joke on me?"
"No, I am serious. I was able to convince her to wait till you arrived; she said to bring your camera. Please come to the Tinsel Town Club, she is under the impression that she is an embarrassment and failure, and everyone would be happier if she was dead, especially you."
"I knew Clash was headed towards a bad road the last time I saw her, but I never thought she would do something this drastic. Just hold on, I will be there as fast as I can." Video hung up.
Glenn ran back up to the roof to talk to the suicidal person and make sure she didn't kill herself.
"Constance your cousin is on the way, so while we wait, let's talk" Glenn said trying to make conversation.
"First of all, you can call me Clash, and second of all, don't worry I am not jumping till Video gets here, so you don't have to worry, and make chit chat with me" Clash responded.
"I want to, I am very selective of who I talk to. Anyway that is a cool name Clash, named after the Clash, one of my favorite bands?"
"No, I got the name Clash because people say I am very loud. I am always breaking and crashing into things."
"I also like your t – shirt, you are a fan of the Misfits?"
"Yeah they are a great band. I know this is where they got their start, so that is why I choose this club as my resting place."
Just than Glenn noticed Video had pulled up. "I see your cousin is here, I have to let her in, so please don't do anything till I get back."
"Okay fine I promise."
Glenn ran back down to open the door for Video, and they then ran back up, bring Video's camera with them. Glenn was getting quite a workout today.
"Okay Clash, here is your cousin, now will you talk some sense into her?" Glenn said to Video.
"So Clash, another desperate attempt at attention I see" Video said, much to Glenn's surprise.
"Well it doesn't matter, I could kill myself right now, and by the end of the day, you can make another prize winning film, and get all the attention." Clash responded.
"Jealous and vindictive as always."
"Snobby and a know it all as always."
The two cousins than started to arguing at one another, talking over each other until finally:
"Enough" Glenn yelled. "What is wrong with you people, is that all you do is argue?" Glenn asked.
"Yes pretty much" Clash said.
"Ever sense we were kids" Video said. "Are the dads were the same way, it is family tradition."
"What kind of family tradition is that? Siblings fighting one another, cousins fighting one another, do you realize how lucky you all are to have one another? Family is something you should cherish not take for granted; if your dads were here I would tell them the same thing." Glenn looks at his locket, as he continues to speak "I know from experience how fragile family can be. Take it from me, one moment it is there, the next moment it is ripped apart from you. It pains me to see this."
Clash and Video stare at Glenn, a man on the verge of tears and anger. Clash however starts to make her move closer to the edge of the roof.
"You make good points, however that doesn't change the fact, I have nowhere to belong, and I am an embarrassment and failure."
"Clash don't" Video cried out, finally realizing Clash was serious, the blonde haired woman who moments ago, was arguing with this woman, was now pleading with her while fighting over tears, not to jump.
"Come on, think this through miss" Glenn said. Glenn noticed headed towards the door of his club was a blonde haired with rainbow highlights woman. "Who is that?" Glenn asked.
"Danse is finally here." Video said.
"Who?" Glenn asked.
"My best friend Giselle Dvorak, people call her Danse."
"Another person with a nickname" Glenn said.
"Anyway, I called her, because she works with troubled teens and young adults and figured she could be of help in this situation. Clash could you please hear what Danse has to say before you jump?" Video asked.
"What the hell, let's hear what rainbow head has to say" Clash said.
"Mr. Danson" Video said "would you please let Danse in and show her the way up?"
"Again, what a day" Glenn said. Glenn didn't want to make another trip down the stairs and up again, but he knew had no choice. "Okay, but it is decided, I am getting an elevator installed."
Glenn went down the stairs to open the door for Danse, and escort her to the roof.
As soon as they got up there, Danse turned her attention to Clash.
"Clash please you don't want to do this. Whatever troubles you have, we can work it out another way. I know of a place that can help you" Danse said.
"Yes I know, but I am too old for your Haven House" Clash said.
"I know that, but there are many places that help trouble people of all ages, and they can help you, you just have to want to help yourself. What do you say Clash?"
"Listen to her please I beg you" Video said.
"Yeah kid, listen" Glenn said.
Around this time, people began to gather around the club, people have noticed a confrontation on the roof, including members of the media, as well as the police.
"What is going on here?" Glenn asked. "In all these commotion, I didn't call the police."
"I did" Danse said. "As soon as Video called me, I called the police, and told them about the situation."
At the recording studio, Stormer, Roxy, and Jetta were waiting for Pizzazz to work on the Misfits next album, while they waited they watched television. The program they were watching was interrupted by breaking news.
"We have breaking news; there is a possible suicide attempt at the Tinsel Town Club."
Stormer, Roxy, and Jetta gasped at the news that something like this was happening at the Tinsel Town Club, as the news continued, they were shocked even more when the news helicopter showed a wide shot of what was going, and who the person trying to commit suicide was.
"The purple haired woman is the one that is threatening to jump" the reporter said describing the action. "There are three people, one man, and two women trying to talk her down. The man is the person that found her up there; he is Glenn Danson, the owner of the club."
"Oh my goodness, that's Clash" Stormer said.
"She has flipped her led" Jetta said.
"She has snapped" Roxy said.
"That is what I said" Jetta responded.
"Well my way of saying it is more to the point" Roxy said.
Roxy and Jetta were about get into another fight, Stormer got them back on point.
"Girls listen, after the way we treated her after her failed attempt to humiliate Jem and the Holograms, we drove her to this. We have to stop her" Stormer said.
"It was Pizzazz that really yelled at and humiliated her, it is her fault" Roxy said.
"For once I agree with Roxy" Jetta said.
"Even so, we didn't help the situation, and she is still our friend. I don't know about you two, but I am going down there and try to save her." Stormer said, as she started to leave.
"Okay you are right kid, I'll come with you, even though I think Pizzazz should be the one to clean up this mess she created" Roxy said.
"Me too" Jetta said.
"Okay girls, let's go" Stormer said as the three Misfits left.
Roxy and Jetta were not use to Stormer being such a take charge person, but as uncomfortable as that was to them they were equally impressed that their shy band mate actually standing up for what she believed in.
At the Starlight mansion, Jerrica, the Holograms, and the Starlight girls saw the news report about a suicide attempt at the Tinsel Town Club. They were all shocked when they saw it was Clash who was plan on killing herself.
"Oh my goodness, Clash" Jerrica said.
"Will she be okay?" Terri asked, as she hugged Kimber tightly.
"I am sure, she will be" Kimber said.
"I hope so" Terri responded "Even though she has done some bad things to us, I am scared for her, is it wrong for me to feel that way?"
"No it is not, it is exactly the way we all feel" Jerrica said.
At the Gabor mansion, Pizzazz was watching television still stunning from the previous day, was even more stunned, when she saw the news, and saw at the Tinsel Town Club, Clash was planning on killing herself. She gave no reaction at all to this, whatever her feelings were she was guarding them like a poker player.
"You see all these people down there, they are worried about you, they don't want you to jump" Danse said.
Like on cue, a couple of punkish looking guys, started to yell up the roof, one of them said "Hey lady, why don't you jump already, so we can see a great splat" as they both started to laugh.
"We can make that happen, right now by splaten your heads together" Roxy said, as she, Jetta, and Stormer finally arrived.
"Yeah you yanks, better beat it, before we bash your skulls" Jetta said. The punkish guys ran almost immediately.
"It is the Misfits" Video said. "What are they doing here?" giving the ways they have treated her cousin, Video thought they didn't care about Clash at all.
Glenn than realized, where he has seen Clash before, she was a regular at his club, he had also seen her a couple of times with the Misfits, she was at the party that Glenn throw for the Misfits at the Gabor mansion. He also seen her some other place, but he wasn't sure, but all of a sudden he remembered.
"Now I know where I have seen you, you were that Jem impersonator." Glenn said looking at the Clash. "I remember when you were revealed as the imposter; you tried to sing, and stunk it up. That must have been so embarrassing."
Video and Danse gave Glenn a you are not helping look.
"Sorry" Glenn said.
Stormer brought a bull horn with her, and used it to communicate with Clash.
"Clash please don't do this, can you see by the efforts by everyone here that your life is worth living" Stormer said.
Jerria, the Holograms, the Starlight girls were stunned by the three Misfits presence, equally as stunned as Pizzazz, as they all watch this unfold live on the news.
"Oh now you care" Clash responded sarcastically.
"Listen there is no excuse for the ways we have treated you, I understand if you never want to forgive us, but whatever you do, just don't do this to yourself. Please Clash don't" Stormer said, as she was starting to break down and cry. Seeing that Stormer was no longer able to speak, Roxy grabbed the bull horn and continued in Stormer's place.
"We have through a lot together, some good times; some bad times, but mostly fun times, but only wimps kill themselfs. One thing I know about you, you are not a wimp Clash" Roxy said.
Jetta grabbed the bull horn and said "Really we are sorry, Misfit or not, you are still our comrade."
Clash looked down at the Misfits, the fact that they came all this way, to try to save her, and apology to her, a Misfit never apology, so they must have meant it, that meant a lot to her. She looked at Video, Danse, and Glenn, and was thinking what to do next, when Video spoke up.
"You know if the Misfits can apologies, than the least I can do is the same. I am equally at fault for driving you to this. I am just as guilty for enabling our family feud, as anyone. Even though you were jealous and resentful of me, maybe I should have tried harder to reach out to you, and not give you more reasons to resent me. Just know this, despite everything that has between us, that I still love you" tears were starting to come out of Video's eyes.
"I…" Clash said, still not knowing what to do. "Okay I will come down" Clash said, finally she had come to her senses.
She walked towards Video, when all of a sudden she slipped. She fell off the roof, but luckily Glenn caught her by the hand. Clash was now dangling off the ledge, with Glenn holding her hand for dear life.
Stormer, Roxy, Jetta, and everyone watching from outside the club gasped.
Everyone watching the Starlight mansion looked on at the turn of the events, with fear in their eyes.
Pizzazz watching the Gabor mansion had a look of concern and fear in her face.
"Don't let me fall mister, please" Clash said.
"I am not going to let you fall, there is a little girl up in heaven that would never forgive me if I did, just grab my other hand" Glenn said. Clash did just that.
Video and Danse grabbed Glenn's leg, and pulled the two of them up.
As soon as they got up, Clash fell into Video's arms, half fading. For the first time in their lives, the Montgomery cousins had a sincere hug, both of them crying in both sadness and joy.
Glenn, Danse, Video, and Clash went down stars and outside of the club, people mobbing to see them. The police held the crowd back, allowing Clash to be taken to an ambulance, with Video and Danse accompany her. As they were about to leave, Stormer, Jetta, and Roxy approached them.
Stormer said, "Video is it okay if we come with you? Believe it or not, we want to make sure she is okay."
Video nodded, and the three Misfits got into the ambulance as well.
"Thank goodness" Jerrica said, as everyone else at the Starlight Mansion were relieved that everyone thing turned out okay.
Pizzazz had a look of relief over how things turned out.
Glenn was to get back into this club, when a bunch of reporters mobbed him.
"You are a hero young man" one of the reporters said. "Wait, you are the same guy that saved the Holograms from that terrorist attack yesterday. Are you a modern day Superman?" another reporter asked.
"How does it feel to be a double hero?" another reporter asked.
"No comment" Glenn said. "I am no hero, trust me. I just did what was right, now please I have to get to work" Glenn entered his club, and slaming and locking the door.
"Two rescues in two days" the reporter said on the evening newscast. "How does he know, when someone is in trouble? Who will Glenn Danson save next?"
Eric Raymond turned off his TV.
"Saving people on a regular basis, he is turning into another Jerrica. If this keeps up…" Eric said. "Ah forget it, let him have his moment of glory, because hero you are about to be crushed." Eric pounded his fist on his disk. He had an evil sinister look in his eyes.
End of chapter. I hoped you like it. This was one chapter I was long looking forward to. Please continue to review.