A/N: Man, long fucking day. Cori Thomas is my OC. Created just for this fic. Want your OC in my story? Send 'em in!

Chapter VII

Show Your Scars

This interview with Cindy was conducted by Guitarist Monthly:

How does it feel to be the Babys?


Really good.

We understand Cindy has an instrumental album coming out called "Roaming". Can you tell us what it is about?

It's my album that is about roaming, but puts it in… uh… guitar solos, I guess. That's why the songs are all called states. See?

Track list:

Ohio

Michigan

Michigan II: The Return

Canada

Canada II

Canada III: OMG, Let's Just Get Out!

Alaska

Plane Ride

Hawaii

Plane Ride II: SNAKE!

California

Plane Ride III

Ohio II

Why are the names of the songs states?

When I was thinking up ideas for songs on my solo project, I played the Hetfield solo on "Master of Puppets". I got it recorded and got feedback from the mike and Carl was hitting his crash and ride while I was playing. It sounded horrible, but Sheen said it sounded like a plane ride. Sheen suggested it (the album) to be about travel, or roaming. The recording we made ended up being the end solo to "Plane Ride II: SNAKE!"

Nice. The Babys helped produce the album?

Yes and no. They produced it AND they played on it. We bought the house our first studio was in and turned the whole place into a full recording studio and rehearsal stage.

We hear that The Babys are making a new live album, are the rumors true?

Yes they are! We are making an "Unplugged: The Babys" album with MTV!

That's cool.

Very.

After that, Cindy was at a level of fame that rivaled Sheen's! But, Sheen released a solo album with Carl called "Bear Bonez". Sheen played guitar, bass and sang. The album sounded like Metallica in the Load and ReLoad eras.

"I didn't mean for it to be Metallica like, but I guess it turned out like that." Says Sheen.

"I loved working with Sheen." Said Carl, "We got good chemistry."

The band was called "Sheen".

Then Cindy released her album that reached #36 on the charts! Sheen's album got to #21, but fell fast. Cindy's fell faster, it went from #36 to #192 in just 6 weeks. At the same time, Sheen's dropped off from #21 to #109 in the same amount of time.

"We put it together very fast. So I can't blame the people for dropping it like it's hot." Says Sheen.

At this time, Sheen got a girlfriend! Cori Thomas. Cori was the lead singer for "Frantic", a Garbage-like band.

Cori changed Sheen's way of thinking so drastically; he got a tattoo of Jesus Christ burning at the steak.

"She was hurting the band." Said Libby.

Cori ended up being pushed out by the rest of the band and she and Sheen became distant, and they soon broke up.

"Best thing ever to happen to the band" says Cindy.

Sheen was heartbroken. He played the song "Until it Sleeps" by Metallica on the new record "Ain't my Car" which was a tribute album to Metallica.

Sheen got his tattoo removed and he just has a line where it used to be. He got over Cori, but used his depression to write Babys and Sheen songs. Sheen was renamed Rennok. Rennok released "Until I'm Clean", which made it to #1 in its 192 week streak on the charts.

Jimmy joined Rennok while the Babys took a break. Jimmy got on and was on tour the next day. Rennok was on the road for 7 months.

Rennok had to go on hiatus to make time for the Babys.

The Babys made the record "Thorn from the Tree I Planted" which contained the hits "Gerald" and "Love from Hell". Both of the songs battled it out for #1 but "Gerald" got the title.

"We were big!" says Jimmy, "I mean, s**t. We were f**king awesome!"

Then the Babys mad "The Babys: Unplugged" with MTV that included the songs that were on "The Silence is Deafening" to "Thorn from the Tree I Planted".

Libby got mad at not getting an equal share in the band. She sued for violation of her contract with the Babys and Neutron Records (which had become THE place to be signed). The case was settled when Libby agreed to stay in the band for a bigger royalties and more creative freedom. They even promised a solo album if she dropped the suit.

Libby used the charges as a threat for the next 2 years.

"I had to, to get what I wanted." Said Libby.

But when Libby drops her solo album titled "Libster", her ego goes haywire. She makes herself band leader, wears flashier clothes than the rest of the band, and insists on singing every song on tour.

"It sucked." Said Carl.

Libby came down from Heaven when she figured out that her album sold only 56,000 copies.

A/N: I wanted the lawsuit to be settled in court because every other major lawsuit between an individual and a big company is settled out of court. I wanted to mix everything up!