Ebony&Ivory-Chapter 16

Luke: *sighs* the good old days

Anita: *chuckles* Yup. I reli owe it to Mike so much

Illust: *finally came out dressed*

Luke: *turns around* Wow!

Illust: *blushes* Do...Do I reli look nice?

Anita: U look wonderful! Ready to go visit Tom n his family?

Illust: *nods timidly*

Luke: You have a fun time *hugs his niece*

Illust: OK

Anita: *takes her hand* C'mon, Illust. Let's go

Luke: *kisses her forehead and heads to the Staples Center*

*the dancers were praticing their moves wen he came in*

Luke: *gets his headset on* how's everyone!

*the dancers cheered n clapped, giving him a thumbs up*

Luke: What's the rehearsal for today?

Dancer 1: It's ur call, Luke. We'll do whtever u want

Luke: *remembers his talk with Anita* Let's do Dirty Diana today.

Dancer 2: Cool, my favourite

Luke: *gets into a street outfit*

*The arena gets dark, the song begins to slowly start and the pyrotechs go off, Luke starts to sing the song

*the musicians got into the beat while the dancers moved along with the music*

*During the middle of the performance, a female dancer comes out to "seduce" Luke, he tries to move away from her, she continues to chase him. As Luke does the last verses of the song, he gets "nabbed" by the woman and tied to a bed, with the curtain rises, only their shadows are seen. Moments later, the curtains drops...revealing the woman tied to the bed and Luke free from her and does the ab-libs from the song*

*the dancers n musicians did their thing, n once the song ends, they all clapped while someone help release the woman*

Luke: *goes to the woman and hugs her* Great job!

Woman: *hugs bk* Thanks, I reli enjoyed it. I wouldnt mind doing it off the records *was only joking as she grins*

Luke: *snickers at thought* Thanks *heads to the stage* Let's take 10

*the dancers clapped n spread out to take their break*

Luke: *sat down and drank a bottle of water

Dancer 3: Hey, Luke. Where's ur pretty little niece?

Luke: She's out visiting a friend of hers

Dancer 1: Oh? Issit a boy~ friend~?

Luke: Well, a crush is more like

Dancer 3: *laughs* Kids these days. They seem to mature emotionally faster than we did

Luke: That's what critics said about me

Dancer 1: Well, its understandable, seeing wht u've been through

Luke: I got one more day till I get the results of my album

Dancer 3: Well, we'll wish u the best of luck

Luke: thanks, reviews make me nervous

Dancer 1: Dont be. Like my momma always say "Wht u worry will most likely nvr happen"

Luke: thanks, I'll remember that

*meanwhile, Illust n Anita r settling dwn at Tom's plc. Tom had to go as usual to be Luke's bodyguard, so tht leaves Leo at home*

Leo: *is watching a Disney movie*

Illust: *sees him n approaches him cautiously* Wht r u watching?

Leo: Peter Pan

Illust: *sees the cartoon* Wht's it abt?

Leo: You don't know Peter Pan??

Illust: *shook her head, being tht she had been on the street most of her life*

Leo: *tells her the story of Peter Pan

Illust: *listens with interest, intrigued by the fact of a boy who wont grow up*

Leo: and his main nemesis is a pirate captain named Captain Hook

Illust: *confused* If it is Neverland where no one grows up, why is this Captain Hook an adult n his pirates too?

Leo: Cause they stumbled onto Neverland

Illust: Cant they just leave? Why would Capt Hook want to kill Peter Pan?

Leo: Cause Peter cut off Hook's left hand and threw it to the crocodile

Illust: *raise a brow* Just for the sake of tht?

Leo: *nods*

Illust: Then he's stupid. If he had stumbled into Neverland, he should just leave *being tht because she grew up in harsh environments, she was nvr vry into fairy tales n always had a realistic view of things, or maybe too realistic*

Leo: You got a point there. *shows her the movie*

*meanwhile...*

Luke: *is rehearsing the Jackson 5 Medley*

Back-up singers: *sang along with him*

Luke: *starts to sing I Want You Back* When I had you to myself, I didn't want you around..those pretty faces made you stick out in a crowd. *after the first chorus it goes to ABC* ABC...Easy as 1...2..3!

*dancers dance to the beat while backup singers sang at their cue*

Luke: *then it goes to The Love You Save* When we played tag in grade school, you wanted to be it....Chasing boys was just a fad, crossed your heart, you quit...

*the musicians did their thing, following perfectly to the beat*

Luke: *it slows down...I'll Be There starts* You and I must make a pact...we must bring salvation back...Just call my name....and I'll be there

Back-up singers: I'll be there...

*The song continues till the end...with Luke kneeling, crying from the song*

*dancers wait at their spot, waiting for him to calm dwn as it is his routine*

Luke: *he gets up, the spotlights turn on as he calls each name* Jackie...Tito...Randy...Jermaine...Marlon...*hesitates* Michael...

*the spotlight shines on a empty spot next to Luke*

Luke: And I love you all

*the back-up singers wait for him to put the finishing piece of the song*

Luke: *goes to change outfits*

*the dressers were at the ready*

Luke: *gets his shirt and jacket changed, then rushes back out to do Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)*

*the dancers followed suite, dancing to the beat*

*meanwhile Illust just finished watching Peter Pan with Leo*

Leo: well?

Illust: *shrugs* It's cute

Leo: Didn't you know it was Michael's favorite movie

Illust: It is? I dunno... I guess I'm not reli into sappy cartoons like this *discovers quite by accident tht she was not reli a big fan of Disney toons*

Leo: Wanna borrow the book?

Illust: *turns to him* OK. I'd love to

Leo: Since the book came first *finds the novel* here

Illust: *takes it n was surprised* It was a novel? I thought it was a children's book

Leo: It's an old one You'll enjoy it

Illust: *blushes* OK. Thanks

Leo: *Blushes* You're welcome

Illust: So, uh, got any games to play?

Leo: *takes her by the hand* Cmon, Luke got me this for me and Tom. *shows her the Moonwalker Arcade game*

Illust: *shocked* Tht looks like the one Anita has

Leo: Luke has one too

Illust: Nice ^^

Leo: Wanna play? We don't have to worry about quarters

Illust: Sure! I'd love to!

Leo: Do you want White, Red or Blue?

Illust: Blue!

Leo: *takes the left side* I get white then ^^

Illust: *got the blue n started playing it with Leo*

*on the other hand...*

Luke: *continues his practice on Shake Your Body*

*the dancers followed along with him, impressed tht he still had so much stamina*

Luke: *finishes the song*

*everyone clapped n whooped*

Luke: Thank you! *applauds for everyone*

*the dancers n musicians made a exaggerated move to bow n curtsey, making everyone laugh*

Luke: *clears his throat* no wonder Michael called all of you family I love you all

Everyone: We love u too, Luke Oliva

Luke: One more song...and we'll wrap it up for today

*everyone gave their thumbs up*

Luke: *hears the notes of Man in the Mirror*

*the song of Man in the Mirror is played*

Luke: I'm going to make a change...for once in my life...It's gonna feel real good, gonna make a difference...

*drums roll in cue with the song, backup singers at the ready*

Luke: *On the screens, are scenes of Michael from his days with the Jackson 5 to the Bad Era to Now*

*musicians getting to the chorus*

Luke: IF you wanna make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change!

*backup singers sang along with Luke*

Luke: *continues to the sing his heart out,doing a bit of dancing*

*the dancers followed suite, singer backing him up all the way*

Luke: Make that change...*the song ends*

Backup singers: Oooo... *finishes the song*

Luke: *falls to his knees, when a picture of him and Michael pop up on the screen behind him*

*as soon as the routine ended, everyone clapped their hands while one of them helped Luke up*

Dancer 1: Great work

Luke: Thanks. *wipes his eyes

Dancer 3: Let's call it wraps

Luke: You got it. *takes his headset off*

*everyone spread out n concluded everything, keeping away all the gear*

Luke: *sighed heavily as he headed to his car and got in*

Illust: *still at Leo's plc, now watching some MJ DVDs*

Leo: WHOO! ^_^

Illust: *cheered n clapped*

Leo: *finishes the DVD* Wow OH! Have you ever seen one of Luke's concerts?

Illust: *shakes her head*

Leo: *goes out to the DVD cabinet and finds the DVD*

Illust: *waited patiently for him to put the DVD in the player*

Leo: *puts in Luke's concert and pushes Play*

Illust: *eyes lit up when she saw the intro of the DVD of Luke screaming like MJ being blown by the steam like in Black & White before the command buttons came out*

Leo: HOO!!!!!! *presses the play button*

Illust: *started screaming along with the screaming fans, waiting for Luke to show up on stage*

TV: *Luke jumps out, with pyros going off, then he stands there, in a Policeman uniform*

Illust: *squeals in delight at the sight of him*

TV: *Luke took off his helmet and then his glasses, he tosses the helmet to the side and puts his glasses in his jacket pocket, then a song plays, which is Start the Party*

Illust: *clapped along with the song*

TV: You know how to start it...start the party now!

*screaming fans in the TV n a number of fainting going on*

TV: *The song ends moments after, Luke starts to speak to the audience* How you doing tonight?!

*fans screaming, their voices compounded against one another until u can't tell which is which*

TV: *Snaps his fingers and it goes into Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'*

*the fans did peace signs n rock signs on their hands as they sang along with Luke*

TV: You wanna be startin' somethin', got to be startin' somethin'.

Illust: *sang along with Leo*

Leo: *gets up and boogies a bit*

*more fans screaming n fainting*

TV: OOOOOH!!! *the song ends, fans screaming so loud!*

Illust: *screams along with the fans*

TV: *he walks out, holding a microphone* You pumped up!?

*all the fans were jumping n screaming*

TV: We'll take it down a notch with a classic...before I was born...way before...*taps his foot* When... *he starts to go into Who's Lovin' You*

Illust: *squeals* My favourite song~!

TV: I treated you bad~

Illust: *sings along with Luke, pulling off the dragging voice*

TV: I wonder....who's...lovin' you!

Illust: *inside her, she's trying to impress Leo with her singing*

Leo: *Blushes red*

Illust: *continues to sing along with TV Luke*

TV: *finishes the song* Thank you

Illust: *realizes wht she did n blushed* Umm...I hope I dont sound...stupid

Leo: No, you sounded good

Illust: Eh he he, thanks. Bt I bet is not as good as Luke