While the audience are still cheering, backstage Clay open his guitar case. A picture of Ruby staring back at him. He shuts it again with a thud, overwhelmed with memories he wasn't ready to face.
"Clay." Ash calls out from a distance. "Clay, you back here? We're on next." She peaks around, looking for him.
He sighs, still bothered. "You okay?" She asks, concerned for his wellbeing.
"Uh-huh." He replies unconvincingly.
"Mission report. We have survived the wormhole." Rosita says, still out of breath from their previous escapades.
"Yeah!" Gunter shouts in success.
"Yeah. And arrived on the last planet." She replies before stating the importance of their mission. "The missing space explorer must be here somewhere, but there's no sign of life on my scanner."
"That's your cue. Clay, it's time to go on." She tries to encourage him.
"But I see no signs of life. Nothing but an empty cave." Rosita's voice echo's from the stage, trying to distract the audience from the delay.
"Clay." Ash says gently.
"Oh, no." He mutters anxiously.
"It's okay. Just sing. Your songs will carry you." She advises.
"No. This is a mistake." He whispers in defeat.
"Please. It's been so long. I'm not ready. I'm sorry. I'm not ready." His voice shakes with nerves.
Ash nods solemnly in understanding. She steels her nerves, grabs her guitar and traverses on stage. The silence from audience is palpable nevertheless she begins to sing.
(ASH):
"I have climbed
The highest mountains
I have run
Through the fields
Only to be with you
Only to be with you
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for
But I still haven't found"
Ash raises her arms to encourage the audience to sing along with her, the classic tune choruses throughout the theatre. Meanwhile, Clay is taken back down memory lane at hearing one of his songs again. He looks down at his picture of Ruby and smiles, tears gathering in his eyes.
"What I'm looking for
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for"
The audience erupt into cheers, at Ash's performance but before anything else happens, an electric guitar riff rips through the theatre. Everyone starts cheering in excitement and Ash turns around with a beaming smile. Clay starts to sing.
(CLAY):
"I believe
In the kingdom come
Then all the colors
Will bleed into one
Bleed into one
But yes, I'm still running"
(BOTH);
You broke the bonds
And you loosed the chains
Carried the cross
Of my shame, of my shame
You know I believe it
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for
But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for
I still haven't found
What I'm looking for
I still haven't found
What I'm looking for"
The song finishes but the audience, still so moved by the performance continue singing joyfully.
(AUDIENCE):
"But I still haven't found
What I'm looking for
But I still haven't found"
Rosita and Gunter join Clay and Ash at the end of the song to say the final line to end an amazing night. "Mission accomplished. We're heading home." Rosita finishes as the transparent platform lift them into the air.
(AUDIENCE):
"What I'm looking for."
The audience explode into cheers for the last time of the performance as confetti burst across the theatre signalling the end of a brilliant show.
The cast wait behind the drawn curtain to take their final bows, buzzing with excitement and happiness.
"Hey, Mr. Moon! Come on!"
"Get out here, Moon."
"Come on out here!"
The cast implore Buster to join them in their final bow, knowing how dedicated he was to make the show a success. Buster smiles and goes to join his team, walking by Crystal who tries to reach him but is thankfully still being held back by Johnny's Dad.
The curtains draw back revealing the cast holding hands and taking their bows, the audience once again burst into cheers to show their appreciation of the cast for their wonderful acts. Clay even steps to side and presents the rest of cast to show his appreciation.
Johnny's Dad, being the proud father that he is, joins the crowd in cheering but in his excitement he lets go of Crystal, who manages to slink away.
"Jimmy!" Linda enters the room to congratulate him. "Oh, my gosh, listen to that crowd. You are a genius."
"Yeah, you really are a genius, sir." Jerry says, stroking his massive ego.
"Yeah, you got that right, Linda." Crystal, realising his opportunity, straightens himself out and head for the stage.
"Thank you, thank you." Crystals booming voice echoes across the theatre as he walks in front of the cast to steal all the credit.
"Too kind. I appreciate it, really. I-I do. Look, I am very proud of this show. We did great work here. Great work. And my good friend, Clay... great to have him back, right?" He asks rhetorically and the crowd cheers in agreement.
"Yeah! And listen, I look forward to seeing this show run at my theater for many, many years to come. Right, Moon?" He then looks back to where Buster was standing only to be met with thin air causing a cacophony of laughs from the audience.
"Moon?" Crystal looks around in confusion and embarrassment as the audience continues to laugh. His ego shattered into a million pieces
Suki then enters the stage, policemen in tow to ensure justice is served. "Officers, arrest that man."
Crystal is then lead out of the building in handcuffs and forced into the back of a police car.
"Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait! He's innocent! Mr. Crystal, please! I love you!" Jerry, pathetically, runs after the car, in hopes to free him.
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Sing 2 (Johnny x OC)
FanfictionAlyssa Mercia is living her boring, miserable, day-to-day life when she gets into a car crash on the way to work, leaving her in a comatose state. When she wakes up she finds herself in the world of Sing where she is a successful singer despite neve...
