Chapter 42
"I'll see you up there," Harold said to Mok as he got onto a rising platform. When he got into position, the platform rose up to the stage, and a deafening roar filled the auditorium. Flashes from cameras went off, illuminating the dark room. A spot light shone on Mok and he began to perform in his silky voice.
*Words of violence, break the silence
Come crashing in, into my little world
Painful to me, it pierces right through me
Can't you understand?
Oh my loving girl
All I ever wanted,
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm
(Pause)
Vows are spoken
And are meant to be broken
Feelings are intense
Words are trivial
Pleasures remain, so does the pain
Words are meaningful, but forgettable
All I ever wanted,
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm
(Pause)
All I ever wanted,
All I ever needed
Is here in my arms,
And it is you
Words are very unnecessary
They can only do harm
Mok finished the first song and the crowd went crazy. Then, Mok raised a hand towards the ceiling and something began to fall.
It looked like paper, no it wasn't paper. "Are these flower petals?" Minnie asked and started to collect them.
"Yes, I believe they are," Nicholai replied. The flower petals showered over the audience and some started to fiddle with them.
An electric guitar began to play and the crowd wailed with screams as Mok began his next song.
~Je suis là, me voilà
Jamais je ne pourrai vivre sans toi
Me voilà, à tes côtés
Ce soir j'ai le droit de rêver
Un nouveau monde, une nouvelle vie
Nos duex coeurs battent au rythme de la prairie
Un nouveau jour, de nouvelles joies
Je n'attandais que toi, me voilà
(Pause)
Nous voilà, et tout commence
J'attend depuis longtemps ce jour de chance
Oui, nous voilà, toujours ensemble
Ici sur la terre qui nous ressemble…oh…
Un nouveau monde, une nouvelle vie
Nos duex coeurs battent au rythme de la prairie
Un nouveau jour, de nouvelles joies
Je n'attandais que toi
Oooh… me voilà
Je suis là, me voilà
Jamais je ne pourrai vivre sans toi
Me voilà, à tes côtés
Ce soir j'ai le droit de...rêver
Ooh, un nouveau monde, une nouvelle vie
Nos duex coeurs battent au rythme de la prairie
Un nouveau jour, de nouvelles joies
Je n'attandais que toi
Me voilà,
Oh, me voilà
À tes côtés,
Et tout à coup, le monde est transformé
Me voilà, ooh me voilà
Je resterai
Rien ne pourra m'empêcher
Oh, me voilà!
The crowd went crazy, again when Mok completed the song and then, mist surrounded him and he vanished!
"Where did he go?" Minnie asked.
Then, out of the loudspeakers came the hypnotic sound of Harold's violin as he began to play 'Short Trip Home'.
Harold had appeared on stage, having come through an opening on the stage and the crowd simply hushed.
Harold played the notes without any flaw and when he finished the song, there was a deafening roar of claps and cheers.
Harold gave a quick bow and began to play 'The Appalachia Waltz'.
In the crowd, Omar was the only one who was not hypnotized by the unusual instrument and ignored the music.
When Harold finished, the audience applauded, again, and he gave one last bow, just as Mok walked onto the stage.
"I would like to thank all of you for coming out tonight," Mok said to the crowd. "And I would also like give a heart-felt thanks to those who have believed in my recovery. Before I perform my final song for tonight, I would like for Angel Lyons to come onstage."
Angel froze, what was Mok doing? And why did he ask her to come onto the stage?
The floating floor came down to the edge of the stage and Angel stepped off. Mok stretched out his hand and she took it.
"Angel, with this crowd as witnesses, I am here to ask you one question, but first I want to tell you something. When I first saw you, you looked like an angel and after a few days, I realized that I am nothing without you. I said the same thing to Emmy before she died, but she told me to find a woman and love her as much as I loved Emmy," he said and then, he bended down on one knee.
Angel placed a hand over her mouth and the girls in the audience began to either scream or cry. Mok held out the diamond ring and asks, "Angel, will you marry me?"
The woman could not stop the tears that formed in her eyes and they fell down her cheeks.
"Say yes! Say yes!" the girls in the crowd shouted to her.
Omar looked on in bewilderment as he witnessed the event unfold. 'No, no, no!' his thoughts shouted very angrily in his head. He began to push through the crowd and headed toward the stage. 'I'm going to kill them! I don't care if I don't have a gun, I'm going to kill them!' Omar's thoughts shouted.
Fury ran in his blood, he was going to kill them, even if it means getting killed himself.
During the scuffle, he touched something warm and soft and then, a woman screamed in his ear.
"Hey!" a man shouted and Omar turned to see that he caught a woman's breast in his hand. "Get your hands off her!" the man beside the woman demanded and pushed Omar away.
Omar forgot about his anger toward Mok and Angel, he was now irritated with this man who pushed him.
"What's going on here?!" another man's voice came into the mix.
"This guy just assaulted my girlfriend!" the other man replied, holding the shaking woman, and pointed at Omar.
The muscular dog man turned out to be part of the security crew and he grabbed Omar by the shoulders and started to pull him away from the crowd.
Meanwhile, the audience called out to Angel, "Say yes! Say yes!"
Taking a microphone, Angel finally spoke, "Yes, a million times yes."
Mok slipped the ring onto her finger and they shared a kiss and the crowd went crazy.
When they departed lips, Mok says to her, "I want us to sing your song, the one you performed that night at Lars'."
Angel nodded and the music began to play the tune and the two began to sing.
^Now for all you'll ever know,
That you've never seen me,
And someday you're gonna show
What your one desire means
Now I only set the stage focus lights on me
I make sure the power's on
On the scenery
Oh, what will the signal be,
For your eyes to see me?
Watching offside as I wait,
Just in case you need me
So I still will set the stage,
Send my thoughts to you.
I'm receiving every wave that sent love,
Sent love through.
You know, love's not what you think
Too weak to stand on like quick sand in which you sink
Love is anything you make it
How can I let you feel my love
Feel me and still feel free
I mean I have the answers now
So what?
Oh, what will the signal be
For your eyes to see me?
Watching offside as I wait
Just in case you need me
So I still will set the stage,
Send my thoughts to you.
I'm receiving every wave that sent love,
sent love through.
Now I have revealed exactly why I'm here
I'll be your angel if you wanna see
How perfect sharing love with an angel can be.
The two finished the song and the crowd gave applause and cheers that deafened their ears.
Omar, meanwhile, as he was being taken out of the auditorium, heard Angel's song.
"Wait! That's our song!" he bellowed out, but the security guard ignored him and took him outside of the concert hall.
"Make sure he doesn't come back in," the guard said to the others and he threw Omar to the ground.
Omar was now enraged over the thought that Angel had left him for Mok. 'I'll kill them!' his thoughts yelled out.
Back inside, Mok and Angel looked at the crowd. The people were crazy with excitement and some shouted out, "Kiss! Kiss!"
"Should we? Again, I mean?" Mok asked his new fiancée.
Angel ignored the question and they kissed, again and their ears became deaf from the shouting and crying.
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*The first song Mok performed is called "Enjoy the Silence" by Depeche Mode. I have tweaked the words "my little girl" to "loving girl" and a few other words.
~ The second song, "Me Viola" is the French version of "Here I Am" by Bryan Adams from the movie, "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron".
^ "Angel's Song/ Send Love Through" by Debbie Harry was one of the songs performed in the movie "Rock & Rule".