Rock God

Chapter Eighteen: The Contest

(Before we get started with the chapter here's the song that DJ sings to Mick at the beginning. :)

That's when Diablo went onto the stage and started rapping a song he wrote about the end of time and how the earth would burst up into flames if he had anything to say about it. DJ heaved a heavy sigh and shook his head while he turned around to face everybody else and that's when he realized that I was gone.

"Uh hey guys where's Mick?" He inquired.

"I don't know you're God why don't you tell us?" Logan suggested as DJ groaned and slapped his forehead.

"First of all, you really shouldn't be trying to tempt me and my powers, and second of all, all the questions I ask are rhetorical." He explained.

"I think he went to the bathroom." Caleb replied while pointing his thumb back over his shoulder.

"Thank you Caleb I already knew that don't you know what a rhetorical question is?" DJ questioned him back.

"Uh huh." He replied with a nod.

"Oh boy, that's one of my children that Samson is more intelligent than." DJ muttered underneath his breath before he quickly hurried to the men's room. I was already inside one of the stalls with my arms wrapped around my stomach and vomiting into the toilet. This time because he knew that I was in trouble DJ opened the door and rushed inside without asking me first and held me tightly inside his arms before I started to sob.

"I can't do this DJ I'm scared!!" I sobbed.

"Shh,.. it's alright." He began kissing my head and gently rubbing my shoulders before his whole entire body started glowing.

"I don't want Diablo to take my soul!! I want to stay with you and go to Heaven!!" I sobbed.

"And you will when it's your time." He reassured me before kissing my head again and I could hear his heart pounding against his chest.

"I just want Dad to be proud of me, but I'm not like him and I don't want to let him down." I told him with a sniff.

"Mickey, I thought that we've already been over this. The only way that you could possibly let him down is by giving up and I already told you that you don't have to go through this alone. I promised that I would never leave you and I never break a promise. I love you so much.

I know you're kind of big for this, but you need it for one,.. and for two,.. you'll always be my boy. Why do you think I call you Champ all the time? Because it's what I know you are,.. a champion. You just don't know it yet, but I will always be here cheering you on." He told me before he started to sing a song that was from All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 that was called "I Will Always Be With You." After he had finished Josh entered the restroom as well.

"Hey Mickey, are you alright? It's our turn. Diablo just finished his." He explained as DJ and I exchanged glances.

"Yeah, I'll be fine. Now that I have my dad with me." I replied with a grin in which he returned. "You're blinding me though Dad." I added as I squinted my eyes from his glow before he let out a chuckle.

"Sorry Champ." He responded and his glow slowly faded. "Now, what do you say we give them a show that they'll never forget?" He questioned as Josh grinned.

"I'm in." He responded while placing his hand out in the air in front of him.

"Me too!" I exclaimed excitedly and placed my hand on top of his.

"You couldn't stop me even if you wanted to." DJ began as he put his hand on top of both of ours. "Now,.. let's get rocking!!!"

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The room suddenly grew quiet as Shock Therapy went out onto the stage and as we started setting up all of our equipment I just silently hoped and prayed (although I already knew that DJ could hear me) that it wouldn't be televised otherwise my mother would kill me if she found out that I ditched school for this.

"Hello, I'm David James and this is Shock Therapy." DJ began into his headset. "And this song was written by our own Mick Dawson and it's called Moving Mountains." He finished before he started counting us off and then started strumming the guitar in a rather nice soft rock sound and then I started to sing.

"Oh I may not be the perfect son, but I sure am glad that I'm your perfect one. For you found something in me that I never found before, a whole new world of hidden discoveries found at every door!" I belted out before all five of us went into the chorus.

"And I just wanted to tell you thank you for believing in me. Thank you for letting me see all of that I can be! For with your power and glory I was able to rise and shine!" We sang.

"It's just like you told me that if I was able to believe in myself as you believe in me,.. that I am able to move mountains a crossed the sea. Yeah, I am able to move mountains a crossed the sea." I sang and when DJ broke into a killer guitar solo the crowd began to scream and cheer before we sang the chorus one more time and that's when the crowd broke into cheers and applause.

After our performance was over all five of us went backstage and that's when DJ turned to me again and smiled at me rather lovingly and affectionately before he embraced me. "What did I tell ya kid? I knew that you would do great." He told him.

"Thanks, but we all did great." I replied while I nervously started turning my head and looking around for Diablo because I already knew what was going to happen if we lost, but I didn't know what was going to happen if we won since I already knew for a fact that the devil wouldn't go down without a fight.