just a little warning. i re-wrote this six times...all different versions from scratch. so if you find inconsistencies i have reached my limit. I won't keep banging my head against a wall for this chapter anymore. this of all the previous ones was the one i personally liked the most and well i was just,'roll with it' so...yeah been warned.
SheZow turned and posed. Her legs wobbled as she struggled with the final pose until she finally dropped unable to stand anymore. SheZow turned around and stared at Kelly washing away the thick layer of sweat on her forehead.
"Can we take five?" she asked gasping for air.
Kelly nodded and turned off the radio, "Take five."
With those words SheZow dropped back with a grunt allowing her muscles to relax. Kelly shook her head lightly as she turned around and watched Maz wander into the studio. She gave him a wave which he returned before walking past her and towards her twin.
"Hey dude what's up?" said Maz crouching next to his best friend's possible corpse.
"Hey man," grunted SheZow back. "Nothing much just here…laying down."
Maz nodded, "I see that. Wanna go out and distract yourself?"
SheZow sighed, "I wish I could but I still have to get this dance ready for…Kelly when is the next performance?"
Kelly turned to her twin, "In a couple of weeks."
SheZow pointed at Kelly, "That, and I still can't get the first few steps right."
Maz sat crossed legged, "You want me to help?"
SheZow shook her head, "I'm alright, I can handle it."
Maz shrugged, "Suit yourself, I'll stay and watch perhaps we can go out later and get something."
SheZow then nodded and got up on her feet, "Okay Kel, once more from the top."
Kelly nodded and turned on the radio as Maz ran to her side, "His not going to get it today is he?"
Kelly shook her head, "But he's trying I'll give you that."
However just as they spoke SheZow gave a wrong turn and landed on her behind. Kelly and Maz both flinched at the display before sighing.
"This is going to be a long week," said Kelly, and Maz couldn't help but to agree with that statement.
And they weren't wrong. For days both watched as SheZow struggled to work in her routine with little to no success. It was funny at first, but at some point the failures just stopped being funny and became just annoying. SheZow continued to make excuses about her being able to pull of the choreography even if she clearly needed help understanding some moves. Maz and Kelly's irritation only grew further as SheZow continued to practice way into the night willingly pushing herself into exhaustion.
However, even knowing this, SheZow continued to push and tried to master an obviously complicated choreography.
"Dude," said Maz from his seat next to Kelly. Usually the seat was reserved for Shela, but she was out at the moment and had yet to come back. "Dude."
"Let him Maz," said Kelly rolling her eyes and slouching further in her seat, "He won't listen no matter what you say."
Maz sighed and scratched the back of his neck, "But he's obviously hurting himself. I don't know about you but I'm his best friend, I have to stop this."
Kelly watched Maz walk over to SheZow and tap her shoulder, "Dude take a break."
"Just five more minutes," replied SheZow without looking at him.
"You said that…ten minutes ago," said Maz showing SheZow the screen of his phone.
SheZow turned and watched the time, "You changed it."
"No I didn't," replied Maz. "Guy, you need to take a break."
SheZow dropped her arms and sighed, "I guess a little rest won't hurt…"
"That's it Guy," smiled Maz.
"After one more run," said SheZow turning to the mirror in front of her.
Maz groaned and was about to walk back when he stopped, "Actually to make sure you don't over work yourself, I'll do it with you."
SheZow raised a brow but shrugged it off. Both of them turned to the mirror as SheZow gestured Kelly to start the song once more. Kelly did as instructed and watched as both of them started the choreography. However as the steps started Kelly's eyes ended up growing in size amazed at what she was witnessing.
Maz managed to accomplish what SheZow couldn't in the blink of an eye. Not that the idol didn't have her usual spark, but Maz landed every turn determined to win against his best friend. SheZow noticed and tried to pull the moves off even with the amount of exhaustion she had on her body. However as to be expected Maz came up top making the final pose and grinning from ear to ear.
"How was that?" he said taking deep breaths as he turned to SheZow.
SheZow glared his way before turning around and storming out.
Maz blinked unsure of what had happened. He turned to Kelly to look for some assurance but he got the same response from her as Kelly simply shrugged unsure of what had gotten to her twin.
SheZow closed her trailer door and sighed. Dropping to the floor, SheZow pulled her feet towards her body. Since when did he get invested so much at being SheZow and since when he got carried away from small things he suffers as SheZow. Guy shook his head and got up deciding it was better to just let things go and go get some rest and that… 'delicious' salad that had his name written on it…steak…delicious salad… roast beef …His stomach rumbled and SheZow sighed. Delicious salad with tons of dressing it is. Could he have croutons? Maybe some meat? He needs that right now.
"Guy you in there?" said Kelly knocking on the door.
"Yeah," said SheZow opening the door to let Kelly and Maz in. When the duo entered SheZow quickly met the other side of questioning as they both asked what had happened. SheZow dodged the questions by simply stating she was hungry and thanks to her stomach growling, she was saved. However as she changed to her normal attire two figures in the room had suspicious expressions on their faces.
…
Guy ended the next couple of days trying to distract himself before heading to practice again. Actually it wasn't his idea, it was Kelly's but it had the same effect. She literally dragged him out to distract himself along with Maz. That's how they ended going to the park to skate. However Guy's mind wasn't really in it.
"Come on dude," said Maz cleaning up sweat. "We used to come here all the time."
Guy sighed, "I know, I just can't stop thinking about my job ya know?"
"Yeah but you've been way too focused on that," replied Maz. "You need to loosen up if you're going to become the greatest SheZow ever."
Guy sighed and picked his skate to continue his 'fun day' that wasn't proving to be very fun or very distracting. Maz noticed and watched as his friend had a few runs on the half pipe before sighing and calling him over.
Guy obeyed mainly because he was having a hard time focusing on the pipe.
"How about we do this," said Maz. "We practice somewhat then we can come back and have fun."
Guy perked at the words of his best friend and together they left to start their small practice.
Maz took out his phone and set it up allowing for Guy to have a much more open space to work with. The pre-teen got up and got ready for his first practice section that ended as well as one would dare to admit. Considering Guy hadn't taken enough time off to recuperate, he was still sloppy on the edges. Maz noticing his best friend's distress simply told Guy to stare at him as he did the choreography. Neither noticed the crowd that someone was recording their practice from the shadows of the park and gestured more people to join him as they watched in silence.
They did however acknowledge the attention the next day as Kelly and Shela rushed to SheZow's trailer with phones in their hands.
"What's this?" screamed the pink haired manager. "You're internet sensations…at least Maz is."
"What?" yelled the duo turning to the phone and the video that linked to two them practicing in the park yesterday.
"How did…" asked SheZow turning to his manager and twin.
"We don't know but we are working on getting rid of these videos," said Shela. "However every time we get rid of one two more pop up. This is a disaster! We're going to have to work on a new choreography for the next live."
SheZow blinked unsure of what to feel. Since now that dance was taken by Guy and Maz that meant this entire choreography had to be redone, thus meaning that all those endless hours of practice ended up being for nothing. SheZow gripped the phone as the song in the background played while Maz danced on the screen until SheZow finally snapped and inevitably he tossed the phone and walked over to the closet to change back to his normal clothes.
When he walked out dressed as Guy Hamdon and with his skateboard in the other hand Shela was about to question him but Guy didn't allowed it. Instead he rushed out and began his trip back home. Maz and Kelly ran behind him but were unable to bring Guy back to his senses as he was to away from reach.
Maz slumped as he watched Guy's silhouette disappear in the distance, "This is real bad."
Kelly patted his back before replying, "Don't worry, he'll come though."
But it takes more than that to bring back a downed person.
…
Guy drowned his sorrows the best way he knew how, eating ridiculous amounts of junk food and watching re-runs of his favorite show ButtWipe. However unlike before the time invested watching TV meant nothing to the ex-idol, yes ex-idol. He was quitting being SheZow, Shela could have her stupid ring back. Though Guy had yet to figure how to remove it, he would eventually. He could find someone else to take his place, perhaps Wanda would be interested? She always had this weird obsession with SheZow and reporting…perhaps she wasn't the best option.
Guy thought these things as he turned to another channel after finishing watching ButtWipe's re-run of episode 137. Guy tilted his head back to open his mouth and he drowned on a sudden fountain of fizzburp delivered by his other hand that held firmly the can just at a proper distance so that when the liquid fell on his mouth it caused foam to come out of it. This was the life Guy gave up to become SheZow and it felt oddly familiar yet empty. He simply swallowed the contents in his mouth and brought a bag of chipadillas to his mouth to have the same fate as their counter parts when a long shadow blocked the light of the TV.
"Guy Hamdon," Kelly growled at the twin surrounded by piles of sweaty socks and junk food.
"Well, well, well, look who came to the house," replied Guy, stopping to burp and continue. "What brings you here?"
"Look at you," she continued. "You're a human dumpster."
Guy looked around him and shrugged and swallowed his chipadillas making Kelly frown.
"Guy Eli Hamdon," growled Kelly crossing her arms.
Guy fake shakes in fear, "Oh full names, mira como tiemblo."
"I'm not joking around," says Kelly.
"Neither am I," replied Guy slightly rising from his comfortable position on the couch. "Now move, I haven't seen this episode yet."
Said Guy turning to watch episode 137 of ButtWipe. Kelly sighed and turned to Guy, "I came for other matters." She said handing him a piece of paper, "Shela told me to give you that. Apparently you have a live in a few days, and a new choreography and song for that live."
Guy picked the paper and examined the contents, "She's really going through with this?"
Kelly shrugged, "Well you are still a sensation, overshadowed by a video on the internet but you're still and idol. It's not complicated so you got plenty of room to improvise, that'll be what saves you this time around."
Guy nodded and stared at the paper as Kelly walked away. However Guy only could think on how to make this into something out of this world. No matter how much he tried he had gotten so used to being SheZow that it was weird to find something to do out of that. A small smile formed on his lips at the thought, but it soon faded as he turned to the TV and turned it off. He better get to work.
…
When the next live arrived, SheZow found himself in front of the mirror applying the last bit of make-up to head out. Taking out his lip-gloss, SheZow leaned in and started to apply it when his gaze reached behind him allowing for a glimpse of his twin sister. He lowered the gloss from his lips and stared at her in silence for a few seconds.
"Kelly," said the idol.
"Guy," Kelly said walking near him. "You're feeling better."
SheZow sighed, "I think so…I mean who knew I had grown this attached to SheZow huh?"
Kelly let out a small smile, "Well you do seem to have fun out there."
SheZow shrugged, "I learnt from the best."
Kelly smiled then finally reaching his side, "Don't worry we understand, we also know that perhaps…it was better to leave you for a couple of days and we could set this entire thing better."
SheZow nodded, "Well you were right. I mean that diet was about to be the end of me."
Kelly giggled, "You know you didn't have to go through with the diet right?"
SheZow's eyes widen, "What?!"
"SheZow you're on in five minutes and they need you backstage now," interrupted Shela as she walked into the room to watch the smaller of the twins with his eyes wide and jaw dropped. "Now Guy."
Kelly took SheZow gave her the gloss and pushed her out of the room, "Break a leg out there." She said quickly before closing the door at SheZow's face.
Listening to the outside noises, Kelly sighed as she made out that SheZow was out of range. Turning to Shela, Kelly nodded and they both headed out. Followed by the thick crew on the TV station, they finally entered the camera room and were silent enough to communicate.
"Perhaps we should have told him," said the older Hamdon worry crawling into her features.
Shela shook her head, "This kind of thing is best done, behind the scenes."
"But what if it ruins the performance," questioned Kelly.
"It won't happen," said Shela. "SheZow is a professional, she'll catch up with it soon enough."
…
SheZow was introduced and she quickly walked over to the stage. New heels adorned her feet and running along her pink leggings and stopping at the bottom of the white skirt. A pink and white corset adorned her chest and white gloves adorned her hands as she made her way out into the stage and waved at the audience. The crowd cheered as always but SheZow could see sudden lack of enthusiasm coming from them.
Taking her microphone she gripped it tightly and the music started giving her the cue to start the song.
Feels like the perfect day to be brand new,
It's time to make the world understand you.
She was about to continue, when another voice swooped in shocking SheZow and the audience alike. SheZow turned to see the masked kid from the internet walking towards her. His costume now, a pink tuxedo with white accessories made him an equal to SheZow. His white microphone held tightly on his hands as he sang the next lines.
Turn us up, don't turn us down,
Don't you let the noise drown us out,
Hold your head up and then be proud.
SheZow nearly dropped her microphone making sure that she was listening to what she was listening to. It was Maz, singing. Guy recognized it instantly of the few times he caught Maz singing when he thought no one was looking. His features were hidden from the public showing a pink sash that covered his eyes from the public with white holes in it to hide the identity of the wearer. However Guy was a hundred percent sure that it was Maz behind the mask.
Maz turned from Guy to the audience gesturing all of them as he sang the next part of the song as an awestruck SheZow thought how was this possible.
We can be anything, that we want to be,
Hands up, voices loud, time to scream and shout.
Together we'll, forever be,
Glorious, and we gotta make 'em hear us now.
We've gotta a brand new sound.
And we're gonna make 'em hear us now.
Let's make the world say, "wow"
And we're gonna make 'em hear us.
Snapping out of her trance SheZow continued the song using the momentum gained from Maz's entry and carrying it further. Good thing this song didn't really have that much choreography to work with, so Guy could breathe and not get so confused about what was going on. However the smile on his lips gave away that he knew or suspected what was going on.
It's a new day, feeling like I can do anything,
Looking forward to tomorrow,
Not thinking 'bout yesterday. (no, no, no)
Turn us up, don't turn us down, (turn us up)
Don't you let the noise drown us out,
(Let it go, now, now)
Hold your head up and be proud.
Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh!
The crowd sheered wildly as SheZow moved with the ease she was known for. She was funky and precise with her moves as she'd always been. Not to mention her companion gave her just the right amount of room to work with.
~We can be anything, that we want to be,
Hands up, voices loud, time to scream and shout.
Together we'll, forever be,
Glorious, and we gotta make 'em hear us now.
We've gotta a brand new sound.
And we're gonna make 'em hear us now.
Let's make the world say, "wow"
And we're gonna make 'em hear us.~
Even for a no choreography song, SheZow improvised along with her partner doing twists and turns as the song dictated to do.
We've gotta a brand new sound.
And we're gonna make 'em hear us now.
Let's make the world say, "wow"
~And we're gonna make 'em hear us.~
If you're feeling brand new, and you know what to do,
Just clap your hands with me, don't be shy.
Here we go, (oh, oh, oh, woah)
Here we go (oh, oh, oh)
Yeah!
If you're feeling brand new, and you know what to do,
Just clap your hands with me, one more time.
Here we go, (oh, oh, oh, woah)
Here we go (oh, oh, oh, woah)
Here we go, (oh, oh, oh, woah)
Here we go, (oh, oh, oh, woah)
~Here we go~
~And we're going to make 'em hear us now.
We've gotta a brand new sound.
And we're gonna make 'em hear us now.
Let's make the world say, "wow"
And we're gonna make 'em hear us~
~We've gotta a brand new sound.
And we're gonna make 'em hear us now.
Let's make the world say, "wow"
And we're gonna make 'em hear us.
Now~
SheZow and Maz stopped, SheZow turning to be right in front of Maz, opposite hands up in the air showing their microphones to the crowd that went wild. The show's host was shocked as the turned to the camera to continue with her show as SheZow and Maz caught their breaths and waved to the crowd disappearing into the backstage.
Once out of range from any sort of media SheZow turned to Maz and punched him on the arm.
"What are you doing here?" demanded the idol pointing at Maz.
"Uf, first of all: that hurt, second: this has been in the works since way before." replied Maz rubbing his injured area.
Shela walked into the trailer, a huge smile plastered on her face, "That was brilliant. I've never seen such coordination before."
SheZow glared at the manager and pointed his finger at her, "This is all your doing isn't it?"
Kelly walked behind Shela and immediately Guy pointed his finger at her, "And yours."
"Guy calm down," said Kelly walking to Guy. "Sit down let us explain."
Guy walked over to his pink couch and sat legs and hands crossed as he waited for an explanation.
"You've been working yourself to the bone lately so we thought," said Kelly. "It would be a good idea to get you a sidekick, someone to help you on stage."
"Actually that was Kelly's idea," interrupted Shela. "I actually chose Maz after watching a performance on that video."
"We worked behind your back because we knew you'd oppose it no matter what," said Maz.
"Think about it Guy," said Shela. "Maz can be a load off your back, and an increase in male audience since SheZow is considered a female role model."
Guy watched all their faces in hopes of his reply. Letting his arms fall on his sides Guy sighed and turned to them once again.
"Well if Maz is okay with it…"
Cheers erupted as Kelly dropped on her brother hugging him. Guy smiled as everyone in the room planned out a celebration to the new member of the SheZow family.
…
"Urgh," said the blonde girl as she dropped the remote. "SheCow, SheCow." She said in a sarcastic manner, "I used to be great just like her." Said the girl standing and walking towards the TV as it showed the host still in shock about the live performance.
"We'll see how great you are once I make MY return."
Guy actually uses a very childish threat here in spanish. Mira como tiemblo means look at me i'm shaking. i used to use it a lot...and get chased a lot for it. good thing i've always been quick on my feet xD otherwise that would have ended badly... anyway i would really like to hear what you can say about this chapter because i idk what to do with it anymore T-T i feel like a failure of a writer and *sobs* i can do so much better *cries* anyway...
Next Episode: Glamagedon *echoes*
