The Beginning (a Joey Jordison fanfic)

"The Mistake"

Y/n Pov:

Minutes pass and we're finally pulling up to a house that I guess is Shawns. I get out of the car and grab my bass from the trunk and walk over to meet Joey on the steps. He knocks and a man with a clown mask answers the door which causes me to jump.

"Shawn..?" I question the man

"That's me. You must be Y/n" He says with a laugh. His voice is muffled through the mask which makes it even creepier. I nod and slowly stick out my hand for a handshake which he just laughs at and walks away leaving me and Joey to stand there.

Joey looks over to me with a sympathetic look and mouths 'sorry'. We walk into the house and over to where Shawn stands at an open door with stairs leading down. He walks down and we follow.

When we get down to the basement there's a bunch of guys sitting around. Paul and Craig being the only ones I recognize. I set my case next to a drum set in the corner and stood there awkwardly looking over to Craig who was smiling and waving at me. He looks at my shirt, points at it, and gives me a thumbs up which I return with a smile

"You must be Y/n. Joey has told us you're really good with bass. Is there anything else you can play?" One of the guys asks.

I nod and say "I'm good with anything that has strings.. I can also play drums but Joey is still helping me with that"

All of them look over to me and nod in approval. Craig and Joey both smile my way and give me a thumbs up which makes me giggle.

"she can also sing" Craig whispers

"What'd he say?" Shawn asks

"He said I can also sing," I reply while looking down. At this point Shawn has the mask off and he's looking at me curiously

"Well now I wanna hear all these talents you have" Shawn says. I open my case and grab my bass looking for an amp to plug it into. One of the guys points to one that's sitting next to the far wall and I walk over to plug it in.

"Would you like someone to accompany you?" the tall guy with long black hair asks me. I nod and he grabs his guitar and plugs it into the other amp. I start to think of what to play. The tall guy crouches down to my height and he leans over to me and says

"Hey, why don't we improvise and if they ask for a song after we're done we can play one" I nod nervously and he sends me a small smile. I started to play something that I came up with a while ago for Modifidious. I instantly notice the extra string and slightly panic but continue to play. The tall guy listens to it for a second and then joins in. The others watch as we play Shawn looking at me with an intense expression of interest. He nudges Paul to grab his bass and he does so by plugging it into an amp. Shawn asks the tall guy to stop playing so he does which leaves two bassists. I look over to Paul still playing and he listens for a second then starts to play along. The sound from his bass is really deep making mine sound more like a melody. We play for a bit longer until Shawn tells us to stop.

"I have no idea how that just worked out but it did.. I have never heard two bassists play together and make it sound genuinely good " Shawn says

"Wait Y/n, you have a 5 string? What tuning do you use?" Paul asks me. I look down at my bass and sigh

"Well this one is tuned to C.. Gonna be completely honest. I grabbed the wrong one" I say and Paul looks at me weird

"What do you mean you grabbed the wrong one?" He asks

"I wasn't looking at what I was grabbing and accidentally brought my 5 string" I say as I rub my forehead with my palm

"Hey it was an honest mistake" One of the guys say