nextgenerationmarvel | You Were Born to Rise (New Mutant-esque people)

Since Aiden had been forced out from/quit his previous band and the requisite depressed waffling until his mother got him some session jobs as a drummer, his next band bore the brunt of his concentration and will to succeed. Not that they minded. All of them had been cast offs from other bands. Not bad, but not gelling well with the others. Since New Brunswick had a large live music scene, it was only a matter of time until Dire Rainbow pulled together.

They had practiced relentlessly. Sometimes Aiden barely got sleep between practices, New Mutants activities, time with Angel, teaching Zip, and working as a bartender. Thankfully, he needed less sleep than normal human-like people. But it was all about to be worth it, to his mind. They had entered a local contest and made the cut to perform.

They had a half-hour set-list to pull together. Aiden put in some cover songs along with a few songs he had written himself. (He hadn't told his parents about this facet yet. If the songs came out like crap and couldn't get the audience into it, he wouldn't have to claim them in front of a certified popstar and entertainment king.) Aiden had invited his teammates and anyone else he could think of to be at the show. He wanted some support, and possibly somebody to teleport if there were thrown beer bottles.

And they crammed as much rock into that thirty minutes as they possibly could. Thankfully, the lead singer did not wail like Banshee, so everyone still had their eardrums when she went after it. Aiden attacked his drums like he had everything to prove. Mostly because he did. His former band was in the contest as well.

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Aiden accepted all hugs, kisses, back pats, butt grabs, ribs elbowed, and so on with an almost vibratory glee. He couldn't stop smiling. The set had gone off without a hitch.

"Thanks, ladies. It rocked!" He slung an arm around Angel. He glanced at Sara. "Black hoodies could fit the dress code here."

He made a thoughtful pause. "I think either the guitarist or the bassist has our very limited merchandise in the back of their car. They went out to get it." He bounced in place a little. "Man, I hope we win. Provided my original stuff in there didn't torpedo our chances."

"If it did," Angel assured him, "then those judges are darned fools."

Even if she did say a silent prayer for him. God wasn't like a vending machine, but her boy needed this win.

"I'm going to second that." Of the other groups thus far, only one had been even moderately proficient, and none of them were remotely as good as Dire Rainbow. "The crowd certainly seemed more into your set than any of the others." Including, as it happened, that girl from Xavier's that occasionally sent her strange memes (though she secretly enjoyed the cat-themed ones).

"And I am totally wearing one to your next gig, just for that."

Sara punched Aiden lightly in the bicep.

"There is no way you guys aren't winning this. Did you see the crowd? Ohmigod, you had them all on their feet the entire time!"

Aiden scratched the back of his neck with his free hand. "My old band is up after this group," he mumbled and then coughed to try to cover it up.

"But thanks for coming, ladies. Your support means everything. Even the muscle throbbing punches." He gave Angel a squeeze and grinned at Sara and Stephanie. Just a couple more sets of competing bands, and then they'd find out how Dire Rainbow did.

Angel put an arm around Aiden and wrapped her tail around his waist. She'd heard what he'd said, and just the thought of those sons of a snake in the grass made her blood boil.

"Wouldn't miss it for the world, Sugah."

Sara heard it, too. She leaned a little closer to be heard.

"Want me to EMP their sound board? Melt their strings? Sterilize the lead singer?"

She grinned and winked.

You Were Born to Rise (New Mutant-esque people)

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