'Battle' tour [closed]

[Ohia_Lehua]

"Hey Sis."

"How-" The door to Vera's apartment was locked, she knew it was, yet here was Reva. "Do I even want to ask?" It had been a long day and having her off the radar sister step in out of the blue was just another element to her day.

"Property manager gave me the copy key to your apartment."

The look Vera gave her sister turned to surprise when she saw her. "Your hair..."

"Yeah." Reva laughed running a hand over her pixie cut hair that had been dyed platinum blonde. "You like it?"

"No." Once upon a time there was a time when you couldn't tell the two of them apart. Also around that time they both had long dark brown hair. "So..." She hadn't seen her sister in nearly seven years. "What are you doing here?"

"Aren't you happy to see me?" The large smile on her sister's face mirrored her own, if Vera were to smile.

"I am." Vera said slowly wondering just why her sister was here after so long.

"Good because I have a favor to ask you!"

 

[raiguy]

Alex sighed as he listened to Aaron argue about another chord. "Look, I wrote the song this specific way. There's no argument about it. If we change these chords, we change the whole song. If we do that, we may as well scrap the fucking piece," he said, his temper getting the better of him.

Alex stood his ground, knowing that the rest of the band was behind him. Aaron was the newest member, replacing DJ on guitar. The kid was good, but he thought that he knew everything, and had a huge say in songs. "Flaming Anchor" Had been around a few years now, and had established their sound. They were a unique blend of rock, folk, and a little metal. Some alternative and indie selections were thrown in, but they knew what they could play, and what they liked.

Aaron just seemed to want to go the way that everyone was going. Synthetic sounds, vocal layering, and effects. Alex, Marco, Paul, and Ephraim all played what they liked and had learned. They lived for the live shows, not the recording studio. This 'Battle' tour, while with another band, was what they had always wanted. Here Aaron was wanting to change one of the new songs they were going to debut.

"Look, if you feel this strongly, then you can pursue things on your own. Quite frankly, the rest of us are tired of arguing with you," Ephraim said, surprising everyone. He was the quietest one of the group, and usually kept his thoughts to himself.

Alex looked up, smiling. "DJ said he'd love to come on this tour, so if that's what you want to do, you can do that. Just remember, the contract you signed basically keeps you from writing anything. And since I've already had this song recorded, as well as written, you're up a creek on this battle," he said, his business side coming out.

At the start, when the drama with the other band started, especially with Reva, he wouldn't have done what he did. Now, he had grown up and learned a few things. He sighed as he thought of Reva, wondering how she was going to handle the tour together after the huge media issues they went through over all that trouble.

 

[Ohia_Lehua]

The weekend had been one of Vera's longest. Multiple times throughout the 48 hours that she spent with her sister she questioned herself and pondered why she was doing this. Reva would tell her nothing about why she need Vera to take her place and act like her without anyone knowing. It was all still a mystery and it made Vera anxious.

"It's perfect!" Reva sounded to proud of herself but as Vera look around on the ground all she saw was her once long locks. "Took a little longer then I would have thought but hey, we finished it."

"I don't know why I'm doing this..." Vera sighed again her hand reaching up to feel her head. It felt wrong, too light and a bit cold.

"Because you're the best big sister in the world."

Vera couldn't argue that fact. Well, she could but looking at herself for the fist time in the mirror she sure as hell felt like it. "Cheese and rice..." She groaned looking away from the mirror and back at her sister. Well they looked the same again. Vera shook her head and ran her hand through what was left of her hair.

"Stop that you're going to mess it up."

"There isn't enough to mess up." Barked Vera leaping up out of the seat. She wasn't mad at her sister just annoyed that she was doing all this and she didn't trust her with the reasoning.

Unphased by her sister's outburst she kept on. "Now the taxi should be here any minute. It'll drive you to the hotel. The girls should already be there and later tonight you'll fly off and meet up with F.A.. Or something like that." Reva shrugged. "Keep my phone on you and remember everything that we went over the last two days. Most importantly remember, you're me Reva awesome leader of Rock Candy."

"Right." A single deep breath and the intercom at the door went off.

"Taxi's here!" Reva smiled pushing Vera towards the door.

"What about you? Where will you go?" Because she wasn't allowed to be herself and had to be Reva, Vera wasn't allowed to bring anything and was being pushed out of her own apartment with nothing in hand but a phone that wasn't hers and a hat.

"I'll be okay, now get." And with a final push the door to her own life was closed on her and her time as Reva began.

"Well here goes nothing. Or everything." Vera sighed fighting off a panic attack as the elevator door opened and she stepped in.

In the seconds that it took to descend four floors by elevator Vera was calm and collected and when she stepped out of the elevator she was a different person. Her shoulders slumped and her gait changed. Her head was held high and there was a smart ass smile on her face. If my friends could see me now I bet they wouldn't even recognize me. And with that false air of confidence she hopped into the taxi and away she went unsure of what was going to meet her or what adventures scary or fun would greet her.

 

[raiguy]

Alex shook his head as he watched Aaron pack his belongings up. "You're making a big mistake man. We respect you here and think you are a great guitarist. We just don't want to change our sound. If you feel this strongly though, we gotta let you do what you need to," he said, hearing a grunt in response.

Alex shrugged to the guys, before pulling his cell out of his pocket, calling DJ. "Hey DJ. You need to get out here by tonight. The private jet should get you here fast enough. That'll give you enough time to overcome the jet lag and sit down to go over the shows with us," he said, putting his cell away after DJ had hung up.

He turned to the other members and nodded. Aaron had just left with his guitar and sticks, so Alex looked around. "We can't practice, and the touring setup won't tell us who we are co-headlining with. What do you all want to do?" he asked, wondering why the touring company only told them that R.C. would be touring with them

"Lets go get food, grab a drink or two, and then come chill out. We do have another album to be working on," Marco said with a smile, looking up from his phone. His fiance had just texted him, wondering when the show would be on. This was something new. A PPV show in a 70,000 seater arena. Somehow, the show sold out, and then the PPV went off with a huge bang. If statistics were correct, something like 16 million in the US alone would be watching it on TV.

"Lets just keep it simple though. We don't need to draw anymore publicity," Ephraim said, looking at Marco pointedly. Marco chuckled as they remembered his drunken escapades through New York when they headlined Madison Square Garden.

"I vote Mexican," Paul said, smiling as Alex nodded.

"Then lets do Mexican, have a few margaritas, and come back here and work. No getting drunk, or even tipsy though. Once DJ gets here, we can start getting ready for tomorrow night, and then figure out what all we need to do. I feel like our set list isn't long enough. This is a four hour show, and we have, at most, 3 hours of show. That's if we are lucky and have plenty of crowd interaction. Lets get at least 3 and a half hours, so we can cut out what we don't need later on when DJ gets here. Sound good?" Alex asked, smiling at the nods.

He closed the door behind him, locking it, before following the guys to the SUV they were using. Even though they were famous, the guys were low key enough to not attract too much attention if they went out. Hopefully it would be the same thing tonight, as Alex just wanted to focus on music. The mention of the publicity had dredged up old, painful memories.

 

[Ohia_Lehua]

"Why are you always the last to get here?"

"Wha-" Vera had barely exit the taxi when she was affronted by a man wearing a corduroy suit.

"What was it this time? And if you tell me it was your evil twin sister..."

"Evil?"

"Yeah you know the one who makes you late. Or the one who told you base jumping off that building in China was a good idea."

"Yeah... her, it was her."

"It always is. Now get moving you were supposed to be here hours ago for practice. Not that anyone else was here on time..."

"Sorry Blaz." It seemed like the right thing to say seeing as she was late but the look on his face freaked Vera. She wanted so desperately to pull out the phone in her pocket and reference this man to the pictures she had studied from. "Are you-"

"What did you do?" He asked sternly crossing his arms. "You on;y call me Blaz when you do something really bad."

Opps, that's right... Vera shifted from one foot to the other trying to come up with a lie that she could pull off when she was saved by another member of Rock Candy.

"Ri! Get your butt in here. We've been waiting a whole ten minutes!"

It was a close call and Vera gave Blaz a half smile before running off to be hooked around the middle by Sheba. "And how is our fair Queen doing?" Vera asked trying to sound like her sister and not like a stranger.

"Oh, as fair as one can be without a Mike." She sighed as she fanned herself with one hand as she hauled her 'friend' to practice with the other.

What kind of hotel is this?!?! Vera questioned as they walked through the lobby, down a flight of stairs and into a fully loaded studio room.

"Twenty it was getting a tattoo." Said a voice.

"If she doesn't have one by now she's not going to get one. Forty it was some cute guy on a bike that took her skydiving." Countered another.

"Sixty it was the 'twin' sister." Laughed Sheba as she hip checked the door open pulling Vera with her.

"No ways it's always the twin sister!" The two other girls hollered in unison.

"That's why it's a sure bet." Vera pipped in tipping her hat in hello.

"Jeeves who is this stranger!" Nola screamed tilting her head back so her voice echoed in the room over and over.

WHAT!!! Was she caught already? How did they know? How was she going to explain this? Oh man Reva is going to be pissed...

"Jeeves is it now?" Blaz sighed shaking his head. "What happened to Alfred?"

"I got tired of it." Nola simply shrugged.

"So this has nothing to do with me?" Vera asked confused by all this.

"Yes." Jini answered the same time that Nola said no. "You're late."

"Aren't I always?" Vera asked arching a brow.

"Well..." Jini looked to Nola then Sheba before throwing up her hands. "Normally not this early."

"So I'm late but too early for normal?"

"Ah- yes."

"Hard to please aren't you." Vera said in all seriousness.

Jini blushed and stood up. "Yes I am. Come on before we have to head to the airport."

"Right we have that new song to go over." Vera caught up following Jini.

"And three hours before tires take off." Blaz reminded them.

"Whoo-hoo middle of the blasted US." Sheba cheered.

"St Louis, Misery." Gagged Nola picking up her bass.

"Missouri." Jini corrected.

"Isn't that what I said." Nola laughed.

"What I don't get is why we had to come to Florida from California only to go to Missouri a day latter. I mean we didn't have a show or anything planned." Sheba's question was pointed directly at Vera and the other two girls turned to look at her, all of them waiting for an answer.

Vera knew why, it was so that Reva could switch places with her but she wasn't going to say anything. "Unexpected pleasures." Vera shrugged. It was the go to answer Reva wanted her to answer with.

"Of course it is." Sheba chuckled with a sly grin, pulling sticks from her hair.

"Let's start before Blaz's eyes pop out of his head and he starts foaming at the mouth." Vera proposed as the girl shared a look. "I have to be nice to him sometimes."

Jini shrugged, Sheba turned to her drums fiddling with things as Nold just shook her head no with a smile. The only one that gave her a second look was Blaz and Vera was unaware of it.

 

[raiguy]

Dinner was a fun time out. The band had a few drinks, good food, and killed a few hours time. They knew it was time to head back to the hotel when Marco started talking about ordering a round of shots. It wasn't the time to have a hangover, or for the wild parties. That was when the guys were back home, away from the eye of the public. Most of them had had enough tabloid drama for a long, long time.

"Who's driving?" Ephraim asked, looking around at all the guys sitting at the table. The waitress had just taken the bill away, and they were getting ready to leave.

"I vote Paul. He only had two margaritas," Marco said. He smiled as he tossed Paul the keys, before standing and pulling his jacket on. The spring air still had a slight chill to it, and it was just cold enough to have a bit of a bite.

Alex smiled as he pulled his coat on, before heading out to the SUV. The drive back to the hotel was uneventful, as everyone was focused on the show tomorrow. They were worried that DJ would be up to the show. It was a ways from just working on music in their recording studio.

As the group pulled into the hotel, they smiled, seeing DJ standing with his stuff. Alex got out of the SUV and walked up to him, wrapping him in a hug. "How ya been, man?" he asked.

DJ shrugged, before looking at Alex. "The real question is how have you been? You know we are going on with Rock Candy tomorrow, right?" he asked.

Alex was taken aback. They hadn't been told who they would be performing with, and to find out now was a bit of a shock. There was so much history between the two groups, that to find out the night before the show was almost too much. DJ seemed to sense this, guiding Alex through the foyer of the hotel.

"Just focus on the music, and not a reunion with Reva. This is about Flaming Anchor performing live, and not about past history, okay?" DJ said, going into manager mode. It was one of the best things about his roles. He could play with the band, but was also the manager of the group.

Alex just nodded, his mind drifting back to everything that had happened between the two groups those years ago. It seemed like a different lifetime, with Alex maturing after everything had happened. He just wondered what would happen with the two groups when they found out they were performing on stage together.

 

[Ohia_Lehua]

Thanks to the hours that Reva took preparing Vera, she knew that to expect once the music started to play. In truth what Reva did was more like drilling. Over and over Vera had to go over the songs that Rock Candy sang and over and over Reva made her do it again not pleased with how her twin sang it. If there was something to be nitpicked over, Reva found it and made Vera do it again. As strenuous or annoying as it was to work with her sister, Vera deep down loved it. She had missed singing like this. It had been years since she had sang like this, that is if you don't count all the personal shower concerts. Even the song painting a picture of being left behind and forgotten hit her in a way she hadn't expected rock to. In face all there songs Vera could find something to connect to. She figured that anyone listening, truly listening, would feel that way and that was why they were so popular.

"Lovely ladies." Blaz praised them over the speakers. "Now lets kick it out of here." He ordered opening the doors and following the group out of the studio and through the hotel into the SUV that would take them to the airport.

That was something that Vera wasn't looking forward too. She had never flown before and was a bit scared. At least there was one good thing about this being her first flight. It was a privet charter and if she were to get sick the only people who would notice would be her new band mates.

"The flight should be just over two hours if we're lucky..." Blaz started as he tapped and swiped across the screen of his phone.

"Yeah because starting off our tour in Misery is luck." Grumbled Nola kicking back her feet onto the seat in front of her.

"FROM there..." Blaz continued as if he hadn't heard what Nola had said.

Vera tried to listen but found that her mind was wondering to what was coming up. Reva had told her that she should be back before the second concert. That Vera only had to be Reva for the practices, the press and the opening date. It was a tall order but Reva had faith that Vera would be fine. Just remember to have fun. My kind of fun, not yours and it should be cake.

"Right, fun..." Vera sighed under her breath.

"What?" Blaz asked and all eyes turned on Vera.

"Whoo-hoo." Vera shrugged throwing up both middle fingers and twirling them in the air. That was so unlike her but so very much like her sister.

"Not helpful Reva." He sighed. "Oh and you need to play nice with Alex."

"Alex?" Vera was drawing a blank, her mind elsewhere.

"Yeah, Alex. You need to at least be nice onstage and in front of the press."

"Shouldn't be too hard, if I were human."

"Which she isn't." Warned Jini as Nola laughed.

For the rest of the ride to the airport Vera was able to deflect questions and avoid attention as she struggled to tame her growing fears. Her heart fluttered and skipped, hands clenched and unclenched with dampness as her stomach twisted with nerves. She prayed that no one else noticed when they arrived.

-Two hours and twenty seven minutes later-​

The world was still spinning and Vera was still alive. Really though it wasn't as bad as she had thought it would be. They worst part was the take off but after that it wasn't too bad. They hit little turbulence and as long as Vera kept her mind on the pretty clouds and didn't look down at the ground there was a certain freedom to flying.

An SUV much like the one that had drove the group to the airport was waiting for them after they had collected their main bags. The rest of their stuff had already arrived at the hotel.

"Is it true that we're sharing a tour bus with F.A.?" Sheba asked once everyone had buckled themselves in.

"So far as I know, yeah."

"WHAT!?!?" Nola shouted out in surprise.

Guess Vera wasn't the only one who was surprised. Reva hadn't told her about this and it added another level of pressure to Vera's act. Now not only did she have to pass as her sister with Rock Candy but now she had to make sure she could own up in front of Flaming Anchor as well.

Blaz looked around the passenger seat at Vera and not quite sure of what to do she pulled out her iphone and plugged in headphones to it and closed her eyes ignoring whatever that look meant.

 

[raiguy]

The guys were getting ready to head to the concert hall to do sound tests when DJ pulled Alex aside. "Hey man. I just found out, we'll be sharing a tour bus with Rock Candy. Can you handle Reva for that time?" he asked, remembering the drama that had surrounded those two, as well as Alex's true feelings.

Alex looked at DJ, before nodding slowly. He loved performing live too much to let something from the past throw him off. He just wished that this wasn't a 60 show tour, instead maybe a 20 show big city tour. He sighed inwardly, before heading back to the rest of the group.

The sound testing went well, as everyone seemed to click back into their old group, with DJ hitting his riffs extremely well. It seemed like Paul and Marco were even more precise than normal. Ephraim was his consistent self, nothing really changed there. The biggest surprise was the energy coming from Alex, as well as the emotion in the song.

It dawned on the other guys that this would be a test for Alex, and he wasn't fully sure how it would go. They all knew the history between Rock Candy and the Flaming Anchors. They knew what it had cost Alex, as well as Reva. As soon as the band heard they were touring and performing with Rock Candy, everyone had immediately thought of Alex.

Marco took a break, catching a breath as he looked at Alex. He jerked his head away from the stage, motioning for Alex to join him. As Alex walked over, Paul quickly followed behind, before the rest of the band followed as well.

"Are you going to be okay? Our old stuff hasn't sounded as well as it just did in a long time. The new songs we played sounded even better than I thought they would. It seems like something's eating at you," he said, looking at Alex. The rest of the band nodded, wondering how Alex was taking all of this.

Alex sighed, before dropping to the ground. "I'm just not sure. I guess we will have to see how it goes. If I can't handle it, then I'll let you guys know. As far as how it'll go between Reva and I, I just have to take it one show at a time," he said slowly, quietly, as he thought about everything that they had gone through.

 

[Ohia_Lehua]

Hidden behind the music that was playing on Reva's iphone, Vera took the time to make up a game plan on what she knew versus what could happen. Reva lived such a different life style and in such a way that didn't make sense to Vera. Still she was in the middle of it now and had to do the best that she could.

"Hey." Nola knocked on Vera's foot and nodded with her chin out the window. "What do you think?"

Vera pulled the headphones down and looked there Nola had pointed. "As long as they don't lock us up in the basement." Vera shrugged looking at the tall builds that they passed. It wasn't as if Vera had never been to a large city but she tried to stay out of them preferring the small towns and their friendly people then the crazed mass.

"After what happened last time I wouldn't be surprised if Jeeves tried something like that."

Vera had no idea what that meant as she wasn't there the last time but smiled and turned back to the gaze out the window. They had just pulled in the the Four Season's parking lot and from what Vera could see the place was nice, very nice.

"If we can manage it can we keep the personal property damage to a minimum." Blaz asked with a tired voice.

Were they so bad that he felt it necessary to ask that of them.

"And I'm talking to you two." He pointed his finger at Nola and Vera and tagged them a particularly nasty glare.

"I'm never the one that starts it." Nola laughed throwing the distressed army pack over her shoulder.

"Me?" Vera took a step back when Blaz turned his attention to her and intensified his look. "Just chill." She tried giving the angry man a friendly smile. "I'll behave." It was a promise that Vera felt she could keep but Blaz didn't seem to buy it.

"Yeah I've heard that before..." The look faded but he remained with his eyes pegged on Vera. "Just try, that's all I'm asking." He looked defeated and Vera felt like she should do something to make it better. He was only trying to do his job, to make Rock Candy a success and it seemed that Reva went out of her way, with the help of Nola, to make it tough for Blaz.

"Okay." Vera whispered as Blaz turned to leave, leather briefcase in hand. "Gosh..." The sigh was the release of breath that she had been holding. She hadn't remembered her sister to be so mean, to keep doing these things unaware of how it was effecting the people around her. For a few minutes Vera just stood there after getting out of the SUV thinking about her sister. How were they so different when they looked so alike. She didn't know what it was but after seeing this little glimpse into her sister's life she wondered what was wrong with her. Was she okay? And what had happened to her after she turned 16.

Feeling like a bad sister for not keeping a better eye on Reva, Vera walked into the hotel with a heavy heart.

"Oh my god girl, this place is NICE." Sheba smiled holding up her key card and waving it, a huge smile on her face.

"We all got suites." Jini smirked tucking her packet into her back pocket. "You're on the top floor in the-"

"PREZ SUITE!" Nola shouted her voice echoing in the lobby. "Parrr-tyyy!!" And with that Nola started to shimmy and dance to whatever music was playing in her head.

"No." Blaz was putting a stop to that the moment he saw Nola dancing. "Everyone keep to their own rooms. There will be no parties or midnight, early morning service calls." He listed on his fingers. "The only reason we got such good rooms is because our sponsor paid for it and I would rather we not add to that bill."

With the rules laid out the wind was blown out of Nola's sails. "Fine." She huffed watching as Blaz handed Vera her room key.

"No I would like to meet up in Reva's room in an hour and go over the set list for tomorrow. Then I want to head down to the concert hall and go over where everything will be placed. Run a light check and a sound check. Lastly I would like for you girls to agree to the wardrobe for tomorrow."

"And after all that?" Jini asked sticking her hands in her pockets.

"I would like for you all to return to the hotel and get a good night's rest."

Sheba snorted. "Right."

"I know." Blaz sighed. "Can I at least ask that you don't do anything news worthy and stay fit enough to carry out the best performance of your lives?"

"You can ask." Sing songed Nola.

The look Blaz gave Vera had her saying something that she maybe shouldn't have. "Sure thing." Three set of eyes turned towards Vera faster then the speed of light. "I mean...." With that much sudden attention Vera was starting to regret saying something. "Look." A single deep breath and Vera steeled herself for leadership. "This is the fist concert of our first real tour and I don't know about you guys but I want this to launch us into history for greatness not because we fell apart." Jini and Sheba looked convinced but Nola's mouth was still hanging open. "Also because I want to kick F.A.'s ass." Vera added, calmed by the smile that Nola gave her. "So lets hit a bar or a club just for the sake of meeting some fans and getting the buzz started for tomorrow and then lets leave while they still want more."

"Alright, I get it." Nola nodded. "You want all our shows to be sold out."

"We still have ten or twelve that have tickets. If we can get our names out there while on tour for good things..." Jini started.

"Then chances are that the open shows will be sold out by the time we get there." Sheba finished.

"Yup." Vera agreed even thought that was the last thing in her mind. She mainly just wanted to give Blaz a break because he looked like he needed it. "Think you can wiggle good P.R. gigs for us?" The question was directed at Blaz but Jini and Sheba had already broken off excitedly talking about ideas.

"I can." Blaz said slowly as if unsure and waiting for this to bite him.

"Cool." And with that Vera spun on her heel and caught up with Jini and Sheba with Nola on her heels to join in on the conversation.

 

[raiguy]

Alex sat back and relaxed, happy that the sound test went well. All of the cues were on for the performance. They were ready to go, from what they could see. This wouldn't be the biggest tour that Flaming Anchor ever did, but it would be the first tour that they ever headlined. He just wished that it hadn't been a publicity stunt to include R.C. with them. Oh well, he just had to focus on his music.

Paul came over and sat with Alex, grabbing a bottle of water. "We are definitely on. Aren't you happy that we are finally headlining?" he asked.

Alex shrugged. "It's not even our own tour. Instead, sponsors drummed up publicity by getting Rock Candy to tour with us. They basically slapped us in the face and said we weren't good enough for our own tour," he said, tired of the politics of music.

Marco shrugged. "We can't really do anything. None of us has the wealth or connections to get our own tours. So we have to take what we get. Unfortunately that means dealing with media clowns like Rock Candy. Lets just see if they try to destroy another hotel room, or any of their other shit they pull," he finished, citing the past exploits of the band they were touring with.

Alex chuckled. "We haven't exactly been out of the media's eye. If I remember, you got arrested for being intoxicated and naked in public, Marco. I mean, I'd take that over a chain of hotels threatening to never cater to us again," he said, remembering what he heard through the grapevine.

"Lets just keep this tour clean and focus on the music. We already know that about 95% of the tickets dedicated to our music are sold out already. I think we have maybe one or two shows that aren't absolutely packed for our side, so lets show these sponsors that we can perform a live show that totally warrants our own tour," Ephraim said.

DJ nodded. "Once we get our names out there as a band dedicated to the music and putting on a show that wows the crowd and leaves them wanting, no, begging for more, sponsors will be coming like crazy to book us. We sounded pretty damn good tonight. Lets just go back to our rooms, settle in, and try to sleep. Tomorrow night is going to wear us out, and from what I've heard, it'll only get more tough the longer this tour goes on," he said.

Alex looked at DJ, trying to figure out why that would be the case. "What haven't you told us," he said.

DJ shrugged. "The sponsors have a clause that says they could throw in up to 10 new shows if they see good enough numbers. Our tour could be extended by almost a whole month if they so choose. Plus, the dates would be their choice, not ours. I read through the contract and realized that they basically doctored the clause in right after we signed. I don't know if Rock Candy's contract has the same clause, but we could be in for about 9 months of touring if this works out for the sponsors," DJ finished.

Marco and Ephraim whistled at the same time. "Damn. That's kind of rough for us, don't you think. How'd they doctor that in?" Marco asked.

DJ shrugged. "They apparently had a section in the contract that allowed them one stipulation for tour length. They chose to be able to extend it if they saw enough profit. Luckily, I was able to limit it to 10 extra shows. From the sounds of it, they would have gone for an international tour if they could, which would have put the tour at over a year," he said.

Alex just sighed. "We need to really pull this tour off. Focus on our music, our performances. No worrying about R.C. or any of their drama if they bring it. Lets just put on one hell of a live performance," he said, smiling as he took a sip of water. They needed these gigs to go as well as possible, and he would try his damnedest to make it happen.

 

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