Chapter 43: "Break Free"
Then the spaceship went up before a wormhole appeared.
"Captain, we cannot land on the last planet. There is, like, a huge wormhole. The ship will never make it," Gunter informed.
The audience gasped as they saw the wormhole.
"You're right. It won't make it. But I will," Rosita decided.
She then grabbed her helmet and put it on as she sang. She was hooked up to a harness and walked to the edge.
[ROSITA:]
"If you want it, take it
I should have said it before
Try to hide it, fake it
I can't pretend anymore
I only wanna die alive
Never by the hands of a broken heart
I don't wanna hear you lie tonight"
But when she got to the edge again, she got nervous and backed away, panting.
"Rosita, you've gotta jump," Gunter told him.
"Oh honey," Norman sighed.
"Come on, Rosita," Buster and Jamie whispered to themselves.
"Look out!" Meena signaled.
Then Crystal came out of nowhere and grabbed Buster. The others tried to stop him, but he went on a lift and went up.
"Wait. Where's Jamie?" Johnny asked in a panic.
"I've got you now, you low-life little loser," Crystal growled.
"No sir. I am not a loser. We did what we came here to do and there's nothing you can do or say to change that," Buster said calmly.
By that time, they were at the top and Crystal brought Buster near the edge.
Crystal chuckled and said, "Oh I can do whatever I want."
"Mr. Crystal!" a female voice said.
Both he and Buster turned to see Jamie on the other end of the platform.
"Doing this does nothing but make you look bad. And we all know you don't like that, so put him down where we are and you can walk away from this without getting into trouble," Jamie said.
"He lied to me and no one gets away with it. That alone makes me look bad," Crystal growled.
"But he got Calloway here and your daughter was never fired," she pointed out.
He growled again before holding Buster out further.
"And you're not the only one he's lied to," Jamie continued in a panic.
Crystal and Buster looked to her.
"There was a time the group and I were told about a contest for $100,000, but it wasn't even close because of a typing error. At first we were mad about it, but we forgave him and have been working with him since. He puts his heart and soul into everything he does and you doing this won't change the fact he's a major part of not just the shows we do, but our lives," Jamie explained as she walked to him.
It looked like Jimmy was convinced by what she said at first while Buster smiled at her, which she returned.
"Nice speech, kid," Jimmy said, grabbed her by the throat, showed an evil smirk, and continued, "But I don't forgive; at least I have the guts to get rid of liars."
Then he brought her over the edge then let her and Buster go, him falling toward the wormhole while losing his bow tie, and her falling toward backstage.
"No!" Jamie shouted.
Rosita heard this and looked to only see Buster falling. She immediately ran for the edge and jumping. She swooped in and saved Buster, putting him on the other lift.
Johnny heard it too and was freaking out until he saw a ramp and ran for it, his arms out when he got closer. Jamie then landed in his arms and he somersaulted further backstage, holding Jamie close to protect her. Then they stopped and he looked her shaky form over for any injuries.
"Are you okay?" he asked in a panic as the others came around her.
She slowly looked up to face him then hugged him. He returned it as the others were relieved about her being safe.
"Is Buster okay?" Jamie asked.
"Yeah. Rosita caught him, probably forgetting her fear of heights," Johnny said, they parted, then he continued, "What about you?"
"Yeah. But it's safe to say I'm never working with Crystal again," she responded as he helped her up.
"None of us will," Meena said as the others agreed with her.
"Yeah. That was messed up," Ash added.
"We're just glad you're both okay," Johnny replied.
"Yeah. And you saved me again," Jamie mentioned.
Johnny lightly chuckled and they hugged, relieved to be in each other's arms. Then they went to watch the rest of the performance.
Meanwhile, Rosita just saved Buster, not knowing what happened with Jamie.
[ROSITA:]
"This is
The part when I say I don't want ya
I'm stronger than I've been before
This is
The part when I break free
'Cause I can't resist it no more"
"Aah! Whoa!" Gunter cheered as he attached his own harness to himself and laughed as he jumped.
Just before Crystal could get down, Suki dropped the lift and Marcus got a hold of him. But then, Rosita and Gunter were soaring around the theatre.
[ROSITA:]
"Whoa, whoa, the thought of your body
I came alive"
[GUNTER:]
"Whoo!"
[BOTH:]
"It was lethal, it was fatal
In my dreams, it felt so right"
[ROSITA:]
"But I woke up
Every time"
The audience freaked out as Rosita and Gunter landed and danced and they continued singing.
[GUNTER:]
"Oh, baby"
[BOTH:]
"This is
The part when I say I don't want ya
I'm stronger than I've been before
This is
The part when I break free
'Cause I can't resist it no more"
[GUNTER:]
"Beep-beep, boop-boop"
The song ended and the audience erupted in applause again.
"Woo-hoo! I love you!" Norman shouted.
The others cheered for them as Buster joined them.
"Oh, Mr. Moon, are you okay?" Miss Crawly asked.
"Yeah. Never better," Buster panted, went to Jamie, then asked, "Jamie, you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm okay. Thanks to Johnny," Jamie nodded.
"And thanks for what you did up there," he replied.
"Much good it did," she shrugged, hugging herself.
"Don't worry about that. That's on him for not taking what you said to heart," Buster smiled.
Jamie did the same and hugged him for a bit, which he returned.
"Uh, where's Ash and Clay?" he asked Miss Crawly when he and Jamie parted.
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A/N Oh man oh man oh man! That was intense!
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