Chapter 53

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Tony's POV:
The audience is crying and a bunch of teenage girls are screaming at Gerard while attempting to get on stage. Gerard is completely heart broken. He's falling apart on stage. He drinks his water and starts crying. I start to crack under the pressure and start to mess up the pulse.
Gerard is crying with his hands on his face and Mikey and Ray are singing the rest of the chorus. He stops drinking his water and throws it over his face as he pushes his hair back. He runs back up to the mic and Mikey and Ray smile as they return to their spots.
He takes the mic off the stand and starts singing the second verse.
"Ever get the feeling that you're never all alone and I remember now at the top of my lungs in my arms, he dies! He dies!" Gerard screams. I feel awful for him, he sang the wrong lyrics during the chorus and that's extremely rare for him.
I smile encouragingly at him as he starts the chorus.
Gerard pours his emotion into the chorus as he starts to sing, trying not to choke again.
"At the end of the world
Or the last thing I see
You are
Never coming home
Never coming home
Could I? Should I?
And all the things that you never ever told me
And all the smiles that are ever gonna haunt me
Never coming home
Never coming home
Could I? Should I?
And all the wounds that are ever gonna scar me
For all the ghosts that are never gonna catch me" he tries not to cry but I can hear the tears in his voice.
I start helping out with the pulse as I try to get back on track with the rest of the band.
"If I fall..." I can hear him start to choke again "If I fall... Down" Gerard drops to his knees as he screams out to the crowd, reaching out to them. It's really sweet actually, so many of the girls and boys in front of the stage are holding his hand and singing along with him and so many of the fans, especially the female fans are crying along with him...
"Run away ah! Woah, woah! Woah! Woah! Woah!" he continues over the riff that Ray plays. It sounds totally different without Frank's part.
The main riff doesn't even sound like it's from the same song. It's driving me crazy! They need to have Frank's part or it's just not the same... I guess at least they're playing a show right.
The song finishes and Gerard wipes his face as he puts the mic back on the stand. He smiles at the crowd.
"Thank you so much for all of your help" he thanks them.
I hear pretty much every girl going "Awwwww" but I roll my eyes as I start playing softly on the high hats. Ray starts playing a familiar riff and mikey plays the bass notes under it.
"I'm terribly sorry about the uhhh... Issues with the other song but the next one we'll be doing was one of my friends favourite songs we ever wrote. It is his favourite song on the black parade and it's a sad song about a disease" the crowd starts to cheer "This next song is another dedication to our friend, we only wish he could be here tonight" the crowd starts to search the stage again as the song starts. A man wearing a tuxedo is playing the piano.
He starts the intro as Gerard gets himself together.
"Turn away, if you could get me a drink of water cause my lips are chapped and faded, call my aunt marie to gather all my things and bury me in all my favourite colours, my sisters and my brothers still I will not kiss you... Cause the hardest part of this is leaving you..." So far Gerard seems to be doing fine as he sings the verse, his voice is controlled and he's not crying. In fact he seems happier singing this song, maybe it's because it's almost entirely piano and bass.
I smile at him as I watch him continue singing, he's really connecting with the audience and has an amazing vocal range.
The next verse starts but instead of singing the verse, Gerard shouts into the microphone and looks up.
"I love you Frankie!" he yells. I hear many people in the audience start to gasp and cry out as they hear the name. As they hear the reason that their favourite rhythm guitarist isn't on stage performing. He's dead...
Many of the teenagers in the front are holding up their phones and filming Gerard saying it.
While many other people are just standing there in shock. But of coarse there are the occassional Frerard comments and the girls in the front are discussing it.
"Oh that's why he was crying" and "Aww no poor Gee!" are the only things that I can hear clearly.
I'm not trying to be awful but other people have suffered besides Gerard. Like... Mikey I guess and Ray and then there's Alice and... Me.
I feel the tears in my eyes but I continue playing the beat.
Gerard starts singing again, the audience's reactions definitely made an impact on Gerard as he blows kisses to them and sings the next line
"All my agony, know that I will never marry! Baby, I'm just soggy from the chemo but counting down the days to go" he takes the mic again and sways with the music as he points to the crowd doing his usual sassy finger and hand gestures.
"It just ain't living and I just hope you know" he stops singing and shouts "sing it!" the crowd joins as he continues "That if you say goodbye today" I hear Ray and Mikey backing him up but no Frank.
Gerard gets teary but finishes the song anyway even though he's starting to choke again. He's being so strong to come out and give these people a show even though he misses Frank this much.
"Goodbye today" he waves at the ceiling "I'd ask you to be true, cause the hardest part of this is leaving you" he puts the mic back in the stand as Ray and Mikey finish the long note. Gerard sings into the microphone.
"Cause the hardest part of this is leaving you" he whispers you as he closes his eyes. The people cheer as he wipes his face again and gets another drink.
The next song starts with me playing the beat on the drums and Gerard runs back to the mic as he pulls his hair back into his face, he looks so adorable.
The guitar comes in but again... No Frank...
"We could be perfect one last night, and die like starcrossed lovers when we fight" he starts singing.
The crowd happily joins as they jump around and smile with him even though it looks like he's about to cry again.
Gerard suddenly smiles as he starts singing more of the song, he seems more happy, maybe this is his way of letting go, a coping mechanism he needs to try and move on.
I feel happy too, seeing Gerard like this is just better.

Frank's POV:
"I wish I had more time with you Frankie" I hear a voice below me. I squint at the bright lights and look down at jet black hair resting on my chest. She's listening to my chest and holding my hands. I can feel her and I can see her, does that mean I'm me again? I feel so confused as I move my hands away from hers and rub my eyes. she screams and jumps off the bed. She starts to shake as she backs into the corner. I remove my hands from my face and stand up as I get out of bed. The girl is completely terrified. Wait a minute, that's Alice... And I'm me, and I died. So now I'm a zombie? I look around the room and see that I am indeed in the hospital room where I died.
I look over at Alice with a blank expression.
"What the fuck is this?!" I exclaim as I rip out the wierd chords and stuff that are stuck in my body.
"Are you, a-are you alive?" Alice stammers as she slowly rises from the corner and cautiously walks up to me "or is this my imagination?" she asks assumably me while she examines my features.
I put my cold hand on her face and she flinches.
"Am I?" I ask as I touch her hair and look into her eyes. She smiles and starts to cry.
"I missed you, we thought you died!" she screams through cries as I squeeze her and kiss her head.
"Wait here!" she yells as she zooms out of the door.
"No that's okay Alice, I might just take a stroll around the hospital, Hey guys guess who just woke up!" I yell sarcastically. I hear her giggle as I wait on the bed.

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A/N
I know it's another long chapter and I know you guys will be kind of annoyed that it's pretty much another concert scene. But I also thought you should know that there is a lot that needs to happen and these really long chapters just might be happening for a long time so yeah, sorry if that's going to be a problem. Have a great day guys, I can almost see the ending, so close. Love you all

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