The Technicolor Phase

Part 18- Lansing,Michigan

[Adam's POV]

We arrived in Lansing, Michigan at 2:00 in the afternoon on February second. I was staring out the window of the hotel. This time it didn't look at a brick wall. It was a field. We each had our own room, they all had a bed, bathroom and a couch and a TV. Sunlight filtered through the window and danced on the carpet floor. I got up and sat down and turned on the TV. I switched through the channels till I found 'The Lion King'. I decided to keep it on the channel. It was in the middle of the move. Someone knocked on the door.

"Come in" I yelled

Breanne came in. She had a piece of paper in her hand. She also had a disturbed look on her face. I took the paper from Breanne. It was a news article. On the front was a picture of me on stage. The heading said:

Owl City concert in Lansing, Michigan at the Arts Museum canceled due to fire

"When did this happen?!?" I exclaimed

Breanne shrugged her shoulders.

I thought a little bit then I had a idea. "Hey we could do a fundraiser concert! I and we could do it in front of the Arts Museum"

Breanne smiled. "Yeah that'd be perfect! I'll go let the others know"

She left the room. I got on my Laptop and went to the Owl City Facebook page. I posted:

Hey anyone in Lansing, Michigan near the Arts center we are going to do a fundraiser concert to raise money. Hopefully I'll see you there!

As Soon as I posted it a bunch of people commented that they'll be there. Yes! I ran out of the room and got gang together in the lobby. Steve was staring at me. I had a huge smile on my face, I explained it to them. Soon smiles were on their faces too. Jasper got out his phone and contacted the owners of the Arts Museum. They said we could preform. I jumped up and down screaming "YES"

It made a loud echo and everyone stared at me. I sat back down. As soon as I did, the gang dragged me up to my room. They told me I needed to get ready. I decided to wear a black t-shirt, black pants, my Ontisuka Tigers and a Batman mask and a cape. I can out of my room. The gang looked at me with a confused expression. I ignored it and went to the Tour bus.

We drove to the Arts Museum, before getting out I grabbed my phone and stuck it in my back pocket. I headed out of the bus and walked to the stage. It was a pretty cool set up, there was the drums upstage in the middle , synth pads and other gizmos back stage left, a keyboard in down stage right and a Microphone in center stage. The backdrop said OWL CITY.

I went out and tested the mic. Yep it worked. People were beginning to come off the streets and put money in the box that said

"Donations needed for the Arts Museum"

I smiled when I saw people put a lot of money in. It was going for a good cause. When we had a decent enough of a crowd I went up to the Microphone.

"Hey guys thanks a ton for coming here I...." Everyone cheered "I just wanted to say that I may look absurd being dressed in the Batman costume, I don't really care. Anyway I'll stop my babbling and get on with the music. Now just a heads up I'm only going to do about ten songs. So enjoy!"

We started playing "Fireflies" When the chorus came everybody sang

I'd like to make myself believe

That planet Earth turns slowly

It's hard to say that I'd rather stay awake when I'm asleep

'Cause everything is never as it seems

"You guys sound wonderful!" I yelled into the mic. We continued the song then after it was over we did 'On The Wing' this is how the songs went:

Cave in

Sky Diver

Panda Bear

West Coast Friendship

Swimming in Miami

Super Honeymoon

Hello Seattle

And

Umbrella Beach

I sang to chorus

Home will always be here, unseen, outta sight

Where I disappear and hide

I think dreamy things as I'm waving goodbye

So I'll spread out my wings and fly

Then it came to the long instrument part. I came up to the microphone.

"Over here on the guitar we have Jasper Nephew, on the drums we have Steve Goold who is awesome, over in the corner with all of that synths and stuff is Daniel Jorgensen who runs half the show and" I said while walking over to Breanne "and over here on the keyboard I love her to death Miss.Breanne Düren"

Everybody cheered. I continued to sing, then my phone rang, it went off. The gang stopped the music and I took out my phone. I checked the caller ID, it was my mom. I hit the red button which ended the call. Embarrassed, I slipped my phone back in my pocket.

"Um sorry for the interruption, if you want we can continue our last song or you can leave"

As soon as I said that people started walking away. I shrugged my shoulders, put the microphone back and walked off stage. I went over to see how much money we raised. $1,000. Wow. I put a note saying it was for the Arts Museum. We went back to the tour bus then we drove to the hotel.

I was laying down on the bed when someone came in. I jumped up and took a defensive stance. Jasper stared at me, after he was done gawking he cleared his Throat And told me we're leaving for Knoxville, Tennessee. I stuffed my clothes back in my suit case and followed him to the bus.

Knoxville, get ready for the best concert ever