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
Meeting of the Bands
The next morning in their rehearsal room, Jem and the Holograms were set to rehearse for some upcoming shows, but music was the furthest thing on their mind as the revelation of yesterday was on their minds and their performance showed it.
"What is wrong with us today?" Jem asked.
"Well it is hard to concentrate after everything that happened yesterday" Aja responded.
"Yeah I know what you mean" Jem said "I still can't help but wonder what did Eric Raymond have on him that a man like Glenn would do such desperate things."
"Yeah me too" Shana said "it must be something important to him because Glenn seemed like a person of principal and would take a lot for someone to sell their principals."
"Wait a minute" Kimber said "I remember I noticed Glenn was missing his locket he always wears, I asked him about it and he snapped at me, you don't think?"
"That Eric someone got a hold of that and used it to blackmail him" Jem said.
"Yeah you don't suppose Eric would do that" Kimber asked.
"I know he would do something like that he has done it before" Jem said.
"But why didn't Glenn come to us for help, we have dealt with Eric more times anyone, he knows that" Kimber said.
"Only one way to find out, let's go and ask him ourselves" Jem said.
At his house, Glenn was in his home in a depressed moot, he was so depressed he didn't put any thought into his clothing he just whore whatever he found first, he didn't bother bathing or shaving, he just sat on his couch and looked at his locket, this locket was originally a reminder of his sister Karen, but now it was also a reminder of Pizzazz, as it was a gift she returned to him before she announced she wanted to be out of Glenn's life forever, the door bell rang Glenn walked slowly to the door to answer it.
"Hi what do you want" Glenn said half heartily not even knowing who the person was.
"Hi Glenn can we talk" the person said, Glenn looked up it was Stormer.
"Oh sure Stormer come on in" Glenn said.
"Glenn you don't look too good are you okay?" Stormer asked.
"I am okay, why wouldn't I be?" Glenn responded.
"Okay if you say so, anyway I just want to ask you a question" Stormer said.
"Sure shoot" Glenn said.
"I saw at Six Flags a couple of days ago with the Holograms, and I just wonder why, not that I mind, but it is not like you to just go out on the town with other people." Stormer said.
"I have done a lot of things in the last couple of days that is uncharacteristic of me" Glenn said.
"Something is bothering you, don't deny it please tell me what it is" Stormer said "you have been there for me; let me be there for you."
"Okay Mary I'll tell you everything, to answer your first question the reason I was hanging out with the Holograms the other day, I was trying to get some information from them."
"What kind of information?" Stormer asked.
"I was trying to find out the real identity of Jem" Glenn said.
Stormer was shocked at Glenn's last words "why did you want to know that?"
"I guess I better go back further, back when we had our battle with those Eric's goons, I lost this locket" Glenn said pointing to the locket in his hand "Eric found it and in exchange for its return I had to find out Jem's true identity. I agreed to it, and then I tried to find out any clues about that from the Holograms, which is why I was them at the amusement park it was all part of a deceptive plot, and then I even interrogated Jem herself for that information, but in the end I couldn't go through with it."
"Then how did you get your locket back" Stormer asked.
"While all of this was going on, Pizzazz stole it back from Eric and returned it to me" Glenn said.
"So that is why you are so sad today, being forced to be Eric's slave must be tough."
"That is not it, I am over that; after Pizzazz gave me back my locket she ended our friendship" Glenn said.
"She did what?" Stormer asked now seated right next to Glenn "why would she do that?"
"She is under the impression that my life would be better off without her, that she has caused me more trouble than I deserve, and she is not worthy of my friendship, but the truth is without her in my life, my life is meaningless" Glenn said now trying to hold back tears.
"Glenn I am so sorry" Stormer said as she embraced Glenn in a consoling hug "don't worry I am sure things will work out."
Glenn let go of Stormer and said "thanks Mary that is what I love about you, you are always the optimist" Glenn for the first time today smiled.
Just than the door bell rang again, Glenn went to answer it, he opened the door and it was Jem and the Holograms, immediately Stormer ran and hid in the kitchen before they could see her.
"Jem and the Holograms" Glenn said "I suppose you came to have me arrested, okay I will go peacefully, I got nothing to live for anyway."
"No Glenn we didn't come for that" Jem said.
"So you just want to yell at me, you want to hit me, whatever you want let me have it" Glenn said.
"Can we come in" Jem asked.
"Okay" Glenn said.
Jem and the Holograms entered and were seated, Glenn than said "I know you must all hate me, so whatever you want to do me, weather verbal or physical punishment, go ahead."
"Talk about guilt ridden" Aja said.
"No Glenn we didn't come for any of that, we just want to talk" Jem said.
"We just want to know, why you did what you did, what thing did Eric Raymond have that he could blackmail you?" Jem said.
"First of all as I stated in my letter, I don't know who you are Jem, I really didn't go through with it in the end though there is no reason for you to believe me" Glenn said.
"We know" Jem said.
"How do you know?" Glenn asked.
"Don't worry about that, we just know" Jem said.
"I see you got your locket back" Kimber said.
"My locket, how did you know that was missing" Glenn asked.
"So it was the locket that was used to blackmail you" Kimber said.
"Yes it is, but I didn't get it back from Eric, someone else stole it from him and gave it back to me." Glenn said.
"Someone else" Aja said "do you know who?"
"Yes I do" Glenn said.
"It was Stormer wasn't it" Kimber said "we know she was the one that warned you about the bomb on the float in the first place."
"You knew it was me" Stormer said as she went into the living room forgetting she was hiding from them "how did you know, Glenn you promised you wouldn't tell."
"I didn't tell them anything" Glenn said.
"I figured that out on my own" Kimber said.
"Oh okay" Stormer said.
"Anyway to answer your question, it wasn't Stormer that gave me this locket back it was Pizzazz" Glenn said.
Jem and the Holograms were shocked when they heard that.
"I can't believe it" Shanna said "it doesn't sound like Pizzazz to do something for someone else.
"Yeah the stealing part is not surprising, but doing it for someone else is the unbelievable part" Aja said.
"Glenn we understand what you went through" Jem said "Eric did something similar to us before, I can't say you are without blame, but we understand and we forgive you."
"You forgive me?" Glenn said "after all I have done, I used and deceived you all" Glenn looked directly at Jem "I drugged you, how can you forgive me so easily?"
"You apologized and from the look in your eye, we know you mean it, there is no point in holding a grudge" Jem said.
"You know something Jem Holograms, you are more forgiving than me, I give you credit for that because I don't forgive so easily" Glenn said as the image of the man who killed Karen popped into his mind on the day of his sentencing "I am sorry but I can't forgive" Glenn whispered.
"I hope you can forgive yourself someday" Jem said.
"Okay I will" Glenn said to Jem and the Holograms he still looked sad, they thought if they forgave him he would feel better, but the guilt was not what was bothering him.
"Why do you still look so sad" Kimber asked "we forgave you, you got your locket back, you don't have to feel guilty anymore."
"That is not it" Glenn said "after Pizzazz gave me back my locket, she told me she didn't want to see me again."
"Hmm typical high and mighty Pizzazz" Aja said "she doesn't care who she hurts."
"No that is not it" Glenn said "she told me that she has caused a lot of trouble for people, including myself, and that she didn't deserve to have my friendship, and I would be better off if she was out of my life."
"Oh I see" Jem said.
"But the truth is, that is impossible, my life is meaningless without her" Glenn said. Glenn looked at his locket "did you know this locket was a gift from my sister before she died, that is why it was so special to me, it reminded me of her, and now all these years later I get this locket a second time from Phyllis before she left my life forever, this locket has twice been final gifts to the two people that mean the world to me, how ironic."
Just then the door bell rang again, Glenn answered the door; it was Roxy and Jetta.
"Hi" Glenn said, without even being asked to come inside Roxy and Jetta just went inside, "why don't you come inside." Glenn said sarcastically.
"Have you seen Pizzazz, she is not home, she is not at any of the usual places" Roxy said.
"No I haven't but knowing her I wouldn't worry" Glenn said. Just than Roxy and Jetta notices the presence of Jem and the Holograms.
"Look who's here the goody goodys of rock" Roxy said.
"Yeah come to sell any girl scout cookies" Jetta said.
"What you doing here did you finally get kicked out of every bar" Aja said.
"Good comeback Hologram" Roxy said, as she and Jetta stood face to face with Aja and Shanna as it looked like these four women were set for a verbal fights.
Glenn got right in the middle of them and said "hold it, let's not fight especially here, do I look like Don King."
"What are they doing here anyway" Jetta asked.
Roxy just noticing Stormer said "and what are you doing with them Stormer?"
"I didn't come with them, I came to talk to Glenn on my own" Stormer said.
"We came here because your manager set us up big time in another attempt to find out Jem's true identity, you got a problem with that?" Shanna said.
"No but I have problem with you I always had" Roxy said "you the smart one, the nerd of the group looking down on me."
"Well that is your problem" Shanna said.
Raya than suddenly shoved Jetta and said "if we are going to settle personal Hologram / Misfit vendettas, I have a score to settle with you, you think have forgotten what you did to my family flower shop."
"I am sorry yank but that was just business, nothing personal" Jetta said.
"Well I am making it personal" Raya responded.
"Fine by me" Jetta said.
Roxy and Shanna as well as Jetta and Raya were about to exchange fists, when suddenly.
"Everyone stop!" Glenn yelled "what is wrong with you people, can't you all put your differences aside."
"Sorry but this is war you just wouldn't understand" Roxy said.
"War" Glenn started to laugh "what has Eric Raymond been selling you, you are both two mega rock bands in the world, you have millions of fans, sold millions of records, made lots of money, and sold out areas all over the world, what is there to fight about?"
"It is pride, they have always looked down on us; they think they are better than us right from them to their snobby manager" Roxy said.
"What about you guys" Aja said "all you have done is sabotage us and look to do whatever it took to make us look bad."
"Doesn't take much effort to do that" Roxy said. Aja charged at Roxy ready to exchange fists.
"Stop it" Glenn said "you all ought to be ashamed of yourselves; funny thing is you all have lots of things in common, if you all give time to know each other, you could all be friends."
"Friends with them" Aja said.
"Yeah why not, I have known the Misfits for a long time, and getting to know the Holograms the last couple of days, I have come to realize there are similarities."
"You got to be kidding" Roxy said.
"I can't believe I am saying this, but I agree with Roxy" Aja said.
"I think Glenn makes a good point, why not give it a try" Stormer said.
"I think so too" Kimber said "what do you think Jem."
"I don't know" Jem said "anything is possible."
It know appeared the room was evenly divided, with Jem, Kimber, Stormer, and Glenn on one side believe there can be peace between the bands, while Aja, Jetta, Raya, Roxy, and Shanna reluctant to the idea.
"If you believe that than give us some examples of what we have in common" Aja said.
"Yeah give us some examples" Roxy said.
"Okay I will start with you two, Aja is always watching out for everyone else, she is the protective one of the group, just like you are Roxy" Glenn said.
"Give us another" Jetta said.
"Well Jetta and Raya give each group a semi outsider prospective, Stormer and Kimber the youth and enthusiasm, Jem and Pizzazz the leadership, you all love music, and you all are family to each other" Glenn said.
"Never thought of it that way" Aja said.
"If you have gotten to know them, maybe they are not so different" Roxy said.
"Just talk to each other like people, and see what happens" Glenn said "you will be surprised, isn't that right Stormer and Kimber."
"He is right" Stormer said "I was ready to pop Kimber on that day in the club, but upon getting to know her, I realized we had a lot in common."
"I guess we could try talking" Jetta said.
"Okay I am game if they are" Roxy said.
"Okay I'll give it a chance" Aja said.
The women had all settled down, and it looked like there was going to be no fight, for the first time all day Glenn actually smiled.
"I am happy to hear that" Glenn said "look at me; I better go change, shower, and shave. You women talk to one other I will be right back, try not to kill each other I don't want no dead bodies on my clean floor."
"Okay and you should get yourself cleaned up, I wasn't going to say anything" Roxy said laughingly.
"Yeah get yourself cleaned up" Aja said laughingly, suddenly the whole room was laughing together.
Glenn went up stairs to his bedroom, even though they were laughing at him, he was happy to see they were getting along.
Pizzazz arrived at Stinger Sounds, it was time to cut ties for good with Eric Raymond, for years he has made promises and broken them, he had dragged into his personal feud with Jerrica Benton, he had lied to the Misfits about many things, he had tried to replace the Misfits with the Stingers, but in the end he couldn't because the Misfits made him too much money, but using Glenn's locket to blackmail him, in a way using Karen to blackmail him was the last straw.
Pizzazz arrived outside of Eric's office, she slammed open the door and said "Eric it's over."
Suddenly the door was closed and locked; Pizzazz looked behind her and saw two large men guarding it.
"You are right Pizzazz it is all over" Eric said as he pulled out a gun, the two men than grabbed Pizzazz. "You think I wouldn't find out about you treachery" Eric grabbed Pizzazz by the hair who had look of fear "you think I am fool, who do you think you are dealing with?"
The Holograms and Misfits talked to each other, and realized they weren't that different, granted they were differences the Misfits were more likely to spike the punch bowl, to eat and run, while the Holograms were more likely to give a free concert for charity, and give to charity causes. In the meantime, Roxy and Jetta were informed in everything that had happened in the last couple of days.
"So Eric is still obsessed with finding out your real name Jem" Roxy said. "Pizzazz used to be obsessed with that, but she doesn't care anymore."
Glenn returned and saw the women were talking peacefully "so you are all still alive" he joked. Just than the phone rang, Glenn went to answer it.
"Isn't this great" Stormer said.
"Yeah Stormer it is" Kimber said "let's hope this keeps us."
"Yes than we can see each other as friends more often" Stormer said.
"I can't believe we are talking to the Holograms like this" Roxy said.
"Ditto for me" Aja said.
"I wonder what Pizzazz would think of this" Jetta asked.
"She would freak" Roxy said.
"Glenn what's wrong" Stormer said as she noticed Glenn was frozen in reaction to what was said on the phone.
"Are you okay" Jem asked.
Suddenly everyone noticed something was bothering Glenn.
"What is the problem" Roxy said.
"It is Eric Raymond" Glenn said.
"What does that slime ball want" Kimber said.
Glenn paused and said "he has Pizzazz."
End of chapter I hope you enjoyed it and continue to review. The server problem I had uploading the chapter is fixed for now.