Save Our Heavy Dirty Souls

Chapter 1~ The show

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~Akira's P.Ø.V.~
The sound of mumbling surrounds me and my friend Domo as we stand on stage, setting up her drum kit and searching for my microphone, Domo and I are a two person band that does small shows at bars or parties, etc. We weren't always a two person band we use to have a few more members but when they saw we weren't making money quickly they ditched us, leaving Domo and I to find a way to manage all the parts of our band, but with our friendship we found a way to figure it out, we were able to get enough money to get a house with a studio and we started discovering all of our different talents, pretty soon Domo was able to get us booked at different locations and we started bringing in enough money to get new instruments and to start thriving, if only our old members could see us now. "Why did they leave us to do this ourselves?" Domo asks, picking up my microphone and handing it to me, and then picking up her drum sticks. "The owners said they'd deduct thirty dollars off our pay if they had to set up for us." I say, plugging my older black and red guitar into the amp and then turning on my mic. Domo takes a seat behind her drums. I look back at her and she nods her head, strands of blue hair falling in her eyes as she pulls her microphone a bit closer so she can do her backup vocals. "What's up everybody?!" I yell into the mic trying to hype up the crowd, cheering starts somewhere in the back of the club and catches on, spreading throughout the building. "That's great! We're True Poison's Desire and today we're going to be doing some covers for you guys, how does that sound?!" The crowd starts screaming. "How many snakes do we have in the crowd today?!" I ask, snakes are what we call our fanbase, we have a few fans most of them being from around here. Surprisingly the entire crowd starts cheering, "alright then! Let's get this party started!" I scream, that gets everyone hyped as the stage lights start turning red. I start off by playing the intro to Monster by Skillet and then Domo comes in with the drums. "if you guys know the lyrics sing along!" I sat before taking a deep breath, singing the lyrics, carefully, Domo does low growls while I do higher vocals, after that song we play a few songs by Set It Off and then I turn to Domo and she smiles and nods knowing what I'm thinking. I take a deep breath as Domo starts playing drums and then.... I start rapping.

~There's an infestation in my mind's imagination,
I hope that they choke on smoke 'cause I'm smoking them out the basement,
This is not rap, this is not hip-hop,
Just another attempt to make the voices stop,
Rapping to prove nothing, just writing to say something,
'Cause I wasn't the only one who wasn't rushing to sayin' nothing,
This doesn't mean I lost my dream,
It's just right now I got a really crazy mind to clean.~

The crowd is going crazy, jumping up and down some of the people at the bar even seem to be enjoying the music, but by now I'm getting nervous, last time I made it this far while singing this song I messed up on the second verse, I move around the stage, trying to keep the crowd entertained in case I do mess up.

~Gangsters don't cry,
Therefore, therefore I'm,
Mr. Misty-eyed, therefore I'm.

Can you save, can you save my-
Can you save my heavydirtysoul?
Can you save, can you save my-
Can you save my heavydirtysoul?
For me, for me, uh
Can you save my heavydirtysoul?
For me, for me, uh
Can you save my heavydirtysoul?~

I take a deep breath hoping I dont mess this up, I steady my hand and I lose myself in the music, imagining how Tyler would rap, I close my eyes trying to visualize him walking across the stage, bringing the mic close to his lips and I let the words flow out.

~Nah, I didn't understand a thing you said,
If I didn't know better I'd guess you're all already dead,
Mindless zombies walking around with a limp and a hunch,
Saying stuff like, "You only live once."
You've got one time to figure it out,
One time to twist and one time to shout,
One time to think and I say we start now,
Sing it with me if you know what I'm talking about.~

The crowd goes crazy at this, people cheer loudly almost as if I was done, but since I didn't mess up it filled me with confidence, I can hear Domo laughing a little behind me, I use to absolutely hate my voice, I use to hate the way I played the guitar and to be honest that hasn't changed too much, I still hate a lot of things about myself including the way I sing, rap and play the guitar, but every since we got a fanbase I started feeling a bit better.

~Gangsters don't cry,
Therefore, therefore I'm,
Mr. Misty-eyed, therefore I'm.

Can you save, can you save my-
Can you save my heavydirtysoul?
Can you save, can you save my-
Can you save my heavydirtysoul?
For me, for me, uh
Can you save my heavydirtysoul?
For me, for me, uh
Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

Death inspires me like a dog inspires a rabbit. Death inspires me like a dog inspires a rabbit.

Can you save, can you save my-
Can you save my heavydirtysoul?
Can you save, can you save my-
Can you save my heavydirtysoul?
For me, for me, uh
Can you save my heavydirtysoul?
For me, for me, uh
Can you save my heavydirtysoul?

Can you save, can you save my-save my-
Can you save my heavydirtysoul?
Can you save, can you save my-save my-
Can you save my heavydirtysoul?~

As the song ends the crowd goes crazy, "Thank you guys, so much!" I yell blowing a kiss out into the crowd. Domo and I quickly start getting our stuff off stage and as we do there's a slow clapping behind us, "Well done up there." A soft voice causes Domo and I to turn around a quiet gasp escapes up both, in front of us are two males, two very familiar males. Tyler Joseph and Joshua Dun! "You guys played our song better than we do." Josh says as they both walk towards us, Tyler shakes Doom's hand first and Josh shakes my hand and then Tyler shakes my hand and Josh shakes Domo's hand. Tyler's grip is firm. "My name's Akira, and my friend is Domo." I say. "Nice to meet the both of you, you both, probably know who we are." Tyler says. "Of course we do." Domo says. "Do you guys have anymore members?" Josh asks. "No, we don't." I say. "Would you like some help getting this stuff to your guy's ride?" Tyler asks, smiling. "That would be nice." Domo and I say. "Alright, I've got it, Ty go get these lovely ladies something to drink." Josh says walking on stage to get our stuff. Tyler begins leading us to the bar. "How does he know where our car is?" Domo asks. Tyler just chuckles as we get to the bar. "What would you like?" The bartender asks. Domo tells him what she wants, "just a water." I say, the bartender nods. "You don't want anything after such a well performance?" Tyler asks. "I'm underage." I say as the bartender places a water in front of me. "She's only 20." Domo teases, nudging me. Josh seems to appear out of nowhere. "So where are you ladies heading to after this?" Josh asks, causing Domo and I to jump. "Home." Domo replies. "You guys live around here?" Tyler asks. "Yeah, About Twenty minutes from here." I reply. "What about you guys? I think you might be lost, this town is so small we didn't even get labeled on google maps." Domo says. "We came on business." Tyler says, his voice sounding.... Different. "That and we heard there was some amazing.... Food around here." Josh says. "We might not have much, but we do have good food." Domo says. "Any suggestions?" Josh asks. "There's a nice pizza place about three minutes from here by the Wal-Mart, its family owned and delicious." I say, Domo nods. "Be careful tonight..." Tyler says, slowly looking at us. "Come again?" Domo says. "He means its dangerous outside and.... You can't trust everyone." Josh says. Tyler looks at Josh and Josh nods. "We wish you ladies the best in your journey, you are both very talented, maybe we'll meet again." Josh says, as Tyler slips out of his seat and disappears into the crowd, "wait-" Before Domo or I can say anything else Josh has already disappeared into the crowd just like Tyler. "Woah... They're so mysterious." Domo says taking a sip of her drink before chugging the last of it. "Lets go." she says, grabbing my wrist, she drags me into the crowd. "You can't drive like this." I say. Domo groans as we exit the building, "Fiiiiine, you can drive." She says, barely walking in a straight line. I sigh as I lead her out to the car, Thats parked by an alleyway. I unlock the doors and I turn my back for three seconds to get in the car and I see someone dragging Domo into the alley, as soon as I g it ready to try and help her someone grabs me and covers my mouth, I thrash hopelessly as I'm pinned to the alley wall, I see the other person pin Domo to the wall, as the stranger presses their lips to my neck. Suddenly the hands on my mouth disappear and the weight that was previously holding me to the wall is lifted, suddenly there's screams, Domo is up against the wall looking terrified at the sight in front of us, two beings of some sort are fighting the people who had dragged us back here, the sound of gushing blood fills my ears as blood splatters the alleyway walls, the smell of death already starts to linger as something that sounds almost like insides and organs hit the concrete. "Run..." A small voice with a growl at the end speaks. I grab Domo's wrist, and carefully, trying not to slip on blood I drag her back to the car and I help her in and then I get in and drive off, leaving the alleyway and the horrible scene behind us.