CHAPTER 3: CHANCE
That morning, Chase went for morning run alone. As he enters a park, he saw an advertisement board that promoting Skillets Asian Tour that will be ended in Malaysia. He then stared at Jen's picture on the board.
"I wonder if you still remember me, Jen" muttered Chase alone before continued his run.
Later on;
X-6 are at the jamming studio for practice session but there is one problem;
"Where's Matt?" asked Chase.
"I don't know. He didn't answering my call" replied Hariz.
"It's already 30 minutes late now" said Mari then.
"Maybe you should start first" replied Chase.
"I think so. We can't waste more time" said Hariz. Mari just nodded.
"Okay, then. Let's go" said Chase. Then, they started their jamming session.
"Seriously. Matt not here yet?" asked Chase.
"I'll call him" said Hariz before made a phone call. But, then;
"Not answering" said Hariz then.
"For fuck sake" replied Chase.
"This never happened before until last week" said Mari.
"What is his problem actually" said Chase.
"Now, what should we do?" asked Hariz.
"Let just continue. Hariz, can you take vocal part too?" asked Chase.
"That's good idea. We do need complete piece right now" said Mari then.
"Well, it can't be helped though. Let's go" replied Hariz.
"You not bad, Hariz. So proud of my brother here" said Mari.
"Hahaha. Really funny, Mari" replied Hariz.
"Seriously, bro. If Matt didn't come tomorrow during the gigs, we need to depend on you" said Chase.
"Well, it can't be helped though. The show must go on either he's around or not" replied Hariz.
"That's true. But I hope everything is going to be fine tomorrow" said Mari.
"Hope so" replied Chase.
Meanwhile in America;
Skillets members are in the studio for a recording session.
"So, Jen. How's your solo song?" asked John while waiting for their album director to arrive.
"Not good, John. I can only made it a few lines. Never thought making a song can be so hard" replied Jen.
"Of course it will be hard, Jen. You need plenty of inspirations just for one song" said Korey.
"Now, you know why the composers and song writers got paid a lot" said Seth.
"Yes. I hope I'll get some inspiration during our Asia tour" replied Jen.
"I think you will" said John.
"Yeah. Who knows when you meet your old friend in Malaysia, you'll get all the inspiration you need" said Korey causing Jen to blush.
"Is he really just a friend? You just blushed" said Seth.
"Well, I kind of have a crush on him" replied Jen.
"Really? I wonder what type of guy he is because we all know that it is almost impossible to win Jen Ledger's heart" said John.
"That's true. What is his name by the way?" asked Seth.
"Chase" replied Jen.
"No wonder you're chasing him" said Korey.
"I guess so" said Jen before smirked. Later on, the director arrived and they started their recording session.
Back to Malaysia;
X-6 just exiting the studio when Chase got a phone call.
Chase: Hello.
???: Hello. Is this Mr Chase Hammett?
Chase: Yes, it's me. Who's talking?
???: I'm Sergeant Asyraf from Taman Maluri Police Station. I'm here to inform you that we just caught your friend; Matt taking drugs in his car that park nearby.
Chase: WHAT!!! Oh my god. No wonder I can't find him anywhere.
Sgt Asyraf: So, he said that you can bailed him out. Can you come here to do so?
Chase: Okay, Sergeant. I'll be there.
Sgt Asyraf: Okay, sir. We'll be waiting.
Then, they hung up.
"I need to go to the police station now" said Chase.
"What's wrong?" asked Hariz.
"Matt was caught by the cops while taking drugs" replied Chase.
"WHAAATTT??" yelled Hariz and Mari.
"Yes, guys" said Chase.
"Fuck. Seriously, he's talking about going to mainstream but he taking drugs?" asked Hariz disbelief.
"He'll kill his career before it can even start" said Mari.
"Mari, can you send Hariz back home? Sorry, bro. I need to use the car" said Chase.
"Sure, no problem. Who knows what I might do to him the moment I saw him" replied Hariz.
"See you tomorrow, Chase. C'mon, bro. Let's go" said Mari before she and Hariz walked to Mari's car.
Later on;
Chase just bailed out Matt and both of them made their way to the car.
"What the hell was that, Matt? Why did you take it?" asked Chase.
"Sorry, bro. I'm stress out" replied Matt.
"Because of what?" asked Chase.
"My future. I want to make it big in mainstream" replied Matt.
"By taking those drugs? You'll kill your future before it can even started" said Chase.
"Look, Chase. I'm sorry, okay. This will never happened again" replied Matt.
"You're lucky that I asked Hariz to go home with Mari first. If I brought him together, you're dead meat for sure" said Chase.
"I know that" replied Matt as they both entered the car and left the police station.
On the next morning;
Chase and Hariz are servicing their instrument for their gigs that night.
"Are you sure Matt will be okay tonight?" asked Hariz.
"He promised last night" replied Chase.
"What drug that he took?" asked Hariz.
"Meth" replied Chase.
"You gotta be kidding me" said Hariz.
"No, bro. Is it bad?" asked Chase.
"Of course it is, bro. It's the demon king of drugs. It is the grandmaster of master of puppets" replied Hariz.
"Crawling faster and dying faster, huh" said Chase.
"Exactly. That drugs affect brain worst among all drugs. Remember Jack of Black Skull? What happened to him now?" asked Hariz.
"We need to make Matt completely stop taking it" replied Chase.
"That's true. But it all depends on him" said Hariz. Chase nodded.
That night;
Chase, Hariz and Mari already arrived at the gig place.
"Where's Matt?" asked Mari.
"He said he's on his way" replied Chase.
"Let's hope it's true" said Hariz. Later on, Matt arrived.
"Hey, guys. Sorry I'm late" said Matt.
"It's okay, Matt. It's not our turn yet" replied Chase.
"Lucky am I" said Matt.
"Yeah, quite lucky. If not, we must play without vocal then" replied Mari. Meanwhile, Hariz is just listening to the music on Spotify from his phone.
"Is he mad at me?" asked Matt.
"Who doesn't, Matt? Why did you take such thing?" asked Mari.
"Well, I'm stress okay. I don't know what else to do" replied Matt.
"Make sure you didn't take it anymore, bro. It will affect your brain" said Chase.
"That's true. If you want to be signed as recording artist, you better stop taking it" said Mari then.
"Yes. Of course. I'll not take it anymore" replied Matt.
Later on;
It's X6 turn to perform.
"Okay, everybody. Our first song for tonight; Smells Like Teen Spirit!" said Matt as the crowds cheered loudly.
The crowds goes wild throughout the song.
"Okay, guys. That just for a start. The next song; Fear of The Dark!" said Matt.
"Okay, guys. The last song for tonight. Yes, I know it's suck but that's the only time given for us tonight. For the final song, please enjoy King El-Mondoque!" said Matt.
"Okay, guys. That's all for tonight. Thank you very much and goodnight" said Matt before all members of X6 leave the stage.
Later on;
X-6 is about to leave went they were stopped by a man.
"Excuse me. My name is Jake. I'm a talent scout from USA. I would like to discuss something" said Jake.
"Oh, sure. Let's go to a diner nearby" replied Chase.
"Okay. Lead the way" said Jake.
Later at the diner;
"So what are we going to discuss about?" asked Chase.
"Okay, as you all know. Skillets is going to do a concert tour around Asia. So, they're want a local band to open their concert. I go almost everywhere around here and I think you are the best" replied Jake.
"Wait, so you want us to perform in a big concert like that?" asked Hariz.
"Yes" replied Jake.
"How much will we got?" asked Matt.
"10% of the ticket sold" replied Jake.
"Sounds good" said Mari.
"So, what do you think?" asked Jake.
"I think we'll accept it" replied Chase.
"Okay, great. Let's meet tomorrow for contract signing" said Jake.
"Okay, then. Can we get your card? We'll set the place" replied Chase.
"Okay, then. This is my card" said Jake while handed over his business card.
"Okay, thanks" replied Chase.
"I think I better get going. See you guys tomorrow" said Jake. After shook hand with everybody, Jake left.
"Okay, guys. I need to go too" said Matt.
"Okay, Matt. See you tomorrow" replied Chase. Once they bumped fist, Matt left.
"You must be happy, right Chase?" asked Hariz.
"Of course I am. A chance to perform in a big concert like that is like a dream come true" replied Chase.
"That's true" said Mari.
"Bro, I'm not talking about the concert" said Hariz.
"Then, what?" asked Chase.
"You'll meet Jen again" replied Hariz.
"Well, yeah. Of course I'm happy meeting an old friend" said Chase.
"Old friend, huh" replied Hariz while smirked. Mari looked confused.
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