71 The Concert (part 1)
With the Concert being tonight, I had already started to get things ready. Last night Mayank had brought home his first friend and I had recognized the young girl right away as one of the refugees from Warworld that I had brought to earth. Seeing how Mayank had brought her home, he must have liked her in some way whether as a friend or just finding her to be pretty.
Asking how many relatives she had even though I already knew, she had told me three so without much thought I gave the last of the tickets I was allowed to give out to family or friends. I handed the three second row tickets to tonight's concert that were right behind my three disciples to the young girl and told her that she was welcome at our house anytime she wanted and that I would grant her access to see the house and use the front door. By doing this she still couldn't access the elevator, but she could wait in the throne room until Mayank or someone came to get her and brought her up to one of the rooms.
I had long ago talked to Mayank about the importance of his secret identity and so I knew he would know how to act if he saw her at the concert outside of his costume. As I started to get ready to leave I gave the kids their vip tickets and laminates that would allow them to meet the band backstage.
I then flew to Gotham Stadium which shouldn't be confused with Gotham City Stadium. Gotham City Stadium is the Gotham Knights football stadium I had previously performed at during the alien invasion. This times performance is at a theatre that host's anything from bands, operas, magic shows, and comedy.
I had let my fans know as soon as talks were underway half a week ago that I could be performing tonight, so my fans had a bigger heads up than last time. It was still fairly short notice, but it wasn't near as bad as before. This surely was not a way to keep fans, but I needed the recognition. I vowed to not do such a last minute performance again in the future as I landed a block away from the theatre and changed into my celebrity persona.
Making my way in from the back after calling the someone to let me in, I made my way to the stage and talked with A.J. for a bit. I had already set everything up for todays show days prior so the stage hands knew what they needed to do for my extra song.
Eventually the show started and we all began to sing and dance on stage. We started off with the song 'everybody" and sang a number of others until we finished with the bands songs with 'I want it that way'. It was now time to do my song.
Looking at the crowd below I saw a number of familiar faces. I saw my disciples, Ortho, osul, old man Kryl, Kara, Barbra Gordon, Dick Grayson, The Joker, Billy Batson, and....wait... The Joker? Looking back where I had just seen him a second ago, he was now nowhere to be found. Had I been seeing things?
Thinking quickly, I informed my bandmates that I was going to grab a water bottle off stage. It was okay because we were a couple minute's to catch our breath before the next song anyway. When I got backstage and saw that nobody was around, I quickly made a clone of myself and then sent it on stage in replace of me as I willed my costume on.
Just as I had gotten ready, I heard it. A crazy laugh that echoed through the massive theatre. Peeking from backstage I looked out as the Joker placed a gun to my clones head. "MY TURN TO SING!" Yelled the joker as he grabbed the mic.
"Hello my darrrrrling fans, my name is the Joker as I am sure you are all aware. I'm quite famous. I've prepared a song for my best friend Batsy that I wish to sing to you all tonight. Afterwards I have a few jokes to tell. How about it?"
The audience was too afraid to say anything and stayed silent, they were hoping this was an impersonator and not the real deal, but they doubted it.
"Tough crowd" The Joker said with a frown before quickly replacing it with his signature smile.
At this moment a person in the crowd started to get up and try to leave. The Joker saw this and spoke into the mic again. "ah, ah, ah, nobody leaves early if they want to live. I have planted a bomb in here and if anybody leaves it detonates".
I wanted to go out there and do something, but the Joker had a gun to my clones head. If he shot before I could get to him, the clone would disappear in front of everybody. I couldn't allow that to happen, so for now I needed to stay hidden away until he lowered his guard.
The Joker looked at the band members behind him. "When I start singing, you start dancing. If it's not up to my standard, I'll shoot spikey boy here".
The audience was scared and rightfully so as my band mates looked worried for me.
"Hit it" The Joker yelled out as music started to play. It was obvious he had been here a while and had taken over things to a certain degree.
Joker started to sing into the mic as he continued to hole the gun to my clones head.
🎵♪🎶Grinning down through the gates
Watch the night suffocate
All the light as it smothers the sun
I can tell by the moon
You'll be joining me soon
As a guest in my fortress of fun!
And I can't wait to see you
And once again free you
Released from your humorless air
Someday I will replace
That big frown on your face
With a smile and a murderous glare🎵♪🎶
The lights at this time started to spin around like you would see at a circus act.
🎵♪🎶We are two of a kind
Violent, unsound of mind
You're the yin to my yang, can't you see?
And if I were to leave
You would grumble and grieve
Face it, Bats, you'd be lost without me
You'd be lost (You'd be lost)
You'd be lost (You'd be lost)
Face it, Bats, you'd be lost without me!🎵♪🎶
One of the band stopped dancing and tried to approach the Joker from behind as cautiously as he could. The Joker spun his head around with a grin as he pulled the trigger that was aimed at my clones head. *BANG*
Most of the audience turned away in fear of what they might witness, some kept staring with morbid curiosity. When the ones that had turned away looked back they were greeted with a gun that had a flag hanging out of it which said 'BANG' on it still pointing at my clone. "Oh, shoot, I grabbed the wrong gun" The Joker said as he quickly grabbed another from his jacket and pressed it to my clones head again making the band mate go back to his original place in fear he would pull the trigger and this gun would be real. I was so shocked when I heard the gun go off that I had frozen in place and missed my opportunity.
"Where was I? Oh yeah!"
🎵♪🎶I'm just trying to show you
Just how well I know you
I understand just how you feel
Threw your reason away
'Cause you had one bad day
And your mind let go of the wheel
Still we're fated to battle
You pout and I prattle
Don't you ever tire of this game?
But you'll not make it end
'Cause I'm your only friend
We are opposites but we're the same
We are two of a kind
Violent, unsound of mind
You're the yin to my yang, can't you see?
And if I were to leave
You would grumble and grieve
Face it, Bats, you'd be lost without me!
You'd be lost (You'd be lost)
You'd be lost (You'd be lost)
Face it, Bats, you'd be lost without me!
We have so many wonderful stories
I have studied the mind of this bat
A hero with no praise or glory
Just his cape and his cave and his...
Meow🎵♪🎶
AAHHHAHAHAHOOOO whOHAHAHOHOHHAHAH! *Cough* *Cough* HAHheheh HAHAHOHOHHAHAH!
The Joker laughed like a maniac as his face was pointed at the ceiling and his guard was finally down. Not letting this show continue any longer and not wanting to miss another perfect opportunity, I rushed to him in a speed of light and grabbed his arm, pulling it down and way from my clones head. The gun still went off but it shot my clone in the leg instead of the head. Seeing the blood pour out of my clones leg, my bandmates rushed to help as they tried to stop the bleeding.
"WHERE ARE THE BOMBS?" I roared in anger as I held the joker up off the ground by his purple suit jacket, worried for the people that had come to see our show and also the bandmates beside me.
"Ah, it's moon man, this song wasn't for you, why are you here?"
