The Skype Squad/2

Strong Intelligent's and Raiku's gangs compete in karaoke night.

Transcript

{Sephiroth walks into his apartment and finds JCM watching SpongeBob on the couch.}

SEPHIROTH: How the fuck did you get in here?

JCM: Your lock wasn't very hard to pick.

SEPHIROTH: Get out!

JCM: Come on! The neutrals need to stick together! Plus, the rent here is too expensive.

SEPHIROTH: Get a job!

JCM: I'm in the process of doing that! But I need a place to stay first! Please?

SEPHIROTH: {sighs} Fine. But once you have that job, you're paying an entire month's rent.

{JCM jumps off the couch and hugs Sephiroth tightly.}

JCM: Thank you, thank you, thank you!

SEPHIROTH: Please let go of me.

JCM: {lets go} Sorry.

SEPHIROTH: Anyway, I need to practice for karaoke night at SingSnap, so you need to turn that off.

JCM: SingSnap? What's that?

SEPHIROTH: It's Skype City's hottest club. They do karaoke nights every Saturday, and whoever gets the biggest response gets 100 bucks. I plan to win tonight.

JCM: Ooh, can I watch?

SEPHIROTH: Sure. I need to get used to singing in front of an audience, and you're the closest thing to an audience here.

{JCM turns off the television. Sephiroth pushes a button on a radio, and Michael Jackson's "Bad" starts playing.}

SEPHIROTH: {singing} Your butt is mine. Gonna tell you right. Just show your face in broad daylight.

{As Sephiroth sings the rest of the song, JCM nods his head.}

SEPHIROTH: What do you think?

JCM: I liked it. Definitely could use less crotch-grabbing, though.

SEPHIROTH: {rolls eyes} Good enough. You can go back to watching SpongeBob now.

JCM: Yay!

{JCM turns the television back on as Sephiroth goes to his room.}

{Cut to SingSnap at night. JCM and Sephiroth are at the end of a long line.}

SEPHIROTH: Goddamn it. We should have gotten here earlier.

{Raiku, Chaosvii7, Im a bell and Badstar walk into SingSnap to find Strong Intelligent, Lemon Demon43, Remolay, and Noxigar seated at a table.}

STRONG INTELLIGENT: So I see you've got new recruits, too.

RAIKU: Yeah, but I doubt I'll need them to kick your ass.

STRONG INTELLIGENT: Bring it on, old man! Bring it on!

RAIKU: I'm...younger than you.

{JCM and Sephiroth walk in.}

JCM: Hey, Noxigar! I haven't seen you in forever!

NOXIGAR: Go fuck yourself.

JCM: {laughs} I missed you, too.

{ProhibitTheBastard walks onto the stage.}

PTB: Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to SingSnap's karaoke tournament! Above me is the SnapMeter, which will measure the reaction to each of our singers! Whoever has the biggest reaction will win one hundred dollars! First up... {reads from a piece of paper} Sephiroth!

{Sephiroth walks onto the stage and sings "Bad". When he's finished, the crowd cheers loudly enough to make the SnapMeter more than three quarters full. Sephiroth returns to JCM satisfied.}

SEPHIROTH: I think I did pretty good.

RAIKU: It's our turn. Come on, guys.

{Raiku, Chaosvii7, Im a bell and Badstar walk onto the stage and start singing "Don't Stop Believing".}

JCM: {wipes away a tear} Such a beautiful song.

REMOLAY: Whose side are you on?

JCM: I'm on no side! I'm Spain.

SEPHIROTH: It's Switzerland, but I guess Spain works, too.

{Raiku's gang finishes "Don't Stop Believing", and the patrons of SingSnap cheer so loudly that the SnapMeter reaches its highest level ever. Raiku walks past Strong Intelligent's table with a smirk.}

RAIKU: Beat that.

STRONG INTELLIGENT: Alright, guys. We have some hard work ahead of

{Strong Intelligent looks around to find that the rest of his gang has disappeared.}

STRONG INTELLIGENT: Well shit.

{Strong Intelligent walks onto the stage as "Straight Outta Compton" starts playing. He's about to rap the opening verse when he sees the rest of his gang walking out of the door, and he's unable to get the first word out. Strong Intelligent runs off the stage in tears. Remolay, the last person out the door, decides to turn around at the last second.}

BADSTAR: What are you going to do with your share, Bell?

IM A BELL: Probably buy some hentai.

BADSTAR: Respect.

{After talking to the karaoke people, Remolay walks onto the stage and begins singing "The Show Must Go On". Strong Intelligent walks out of the restroom and smiles when he sees Remolay on stage.}

RAIKU: Holy fuck, he's a good singer.

CHAOS: Think he can beat us?

RAIKU: No. Nobody can beat us.

{When Remolay finishes, the crowd cheers so loudly that the SnapMeter breaks. ProhibitTheBastard walks onto the stage with an envelope.}

PTB: I think we know who the winner is.

RAIKU: No!

{Strong Intelligent runs onto the stage and hugs Remolay.}

JCM: I have a strange feeling in my pants.

SEPHIROTH: So do I, JCM. So do I.

IM A BELL: {sighs} Guess I'll have to pirate my hentai again.

RAIKU: Don't worry, Bell. They may have won the battle, but they have not won the war.

JCM: Adios mio.

SEPHIROTH: It's "ay dios mio".

JCM: I think Spain knows Spanish a little better than you do, Seph.

SEPHIROTH: Somebody shoot me.

{The End}