The Stunt
It was 2 days later and the stadium was filled up with thousands of fans cheering and clapping their hands as they chanted Carlo's name.
When Carlo's Motocross Tour Bus rode up to the stadium around the back area, Carlo and his Crew could hear the screaming fans. Then Carlo stepped off the bus.
Carlo-''Man, I never get used to that awesome noise.''
Carlo smiled as his best friend and manager, AJ Styles, stepped next to him.
AJ-''Good. The day that you don't care about that noise is the day you should retire.''
Carlo-''Maybe.''
Then the Crew stepped off the bus. Xavier Woods, Kofi Kingston & Big E.
Xavier-''Oohh! Beautiful day for a stunt.''
Kofi-''That's right. It's gonna be great!''
Big E-''Well, let's get inside and get Carlo ready!''
They all smiled and headed inside, but then Carlo paused when he noticed something.
Carlo-''Wow. She's actually here.''
AJ looked over at Carlo.
AJ-''Reed?''
AJ walked up to Carlo.
AJ-''Bro, you ok?''
Carlo-''That's Barbed Wire's tour bus.''
AJ-''Yeah, they're awesome. They should be performing in like 20 minutes.''
Carlo-''Really? I wanna watch them.''
AJ-''You'll get a perfect view of them from wherever you stand. Now, come on! Otherwise, you're gonna be late for your own stunt!''
They laughed and rushed inside the stadium.
Meanwhile....
Barbed Wire were in their dressing room getting warmed up for their performance.
Darby was tapping his drum sticks against the wall with his eyes closed as Jack was drinking some water. Brodie put on his long leather coat as Michelle walked over to everyone.
Michelle-''Ready to rock, brothers?''
Brodie-''Hell yeah.''
They heard a knock on the door.
Sting-''Come in!''
The producer opened the door.
Producer-''10 minutes, everyone.''
Sting-''Thanks.''
The producer closed the door again as the band huddled together.
Sting-''Ready to rock this place?''
Band-''YEAH!''
Sting-''Ok, let's do this!''
They all bumped fists.
They smiled, left the dressing room and headed to the stage that had a black curtain covering it up so the fans couldn't see the band yet as they took their places on stage.
Darby sat down by his drum kit while Jack & Brodie strapped on their guitars and Michelle stood by her mic stand.
They all quickly looked at each other with a smile and a nod before looking forward again.
Michelle's heart was pounding as she knew somewhere in that stadium that Carlo was going to be watching their performance. Or at least, she was hoping he would be.
Announcer-''Ladies & gentlemen, here to perform their song called "Venom", please welcome....BARBED WIRE!!!!''
The fans went crazy as they screamed when the song started. Then the black curtain dropped to the ground around the stage and everyone saw Barbed Wire head banging together!
When the beat slowed down, Carlo was watching. But he was standing on the side of the stage by one of the huge speakers where no one could see him, but he could see the whole band perfectly. Especially, Michelle.
Michelle-''I feel it from the inside, Crawling through my veins. I feel it taking over tonight, Fueled off of my pain.''
Carlo smiled at her.
Michelle-''I feel it consuming me, Flowing through my veins. I feel it controlling me, Feeding off of my pain!''
The beat kicked in for the chorus!
Michelle-''Embrace the darkness, As it takes over inside! Embrace my darkness, As it takes over tonight! No one can stop it now, I feel the venom inside! No one can stop me now, You'll see my venom tonight!''
Michelle & Brodie smiled and bumped fists.
Michelle-''I hear it guiding me, Like a voice inside my head. I feel it protecting me, I have no sense of dread. It's become a part of me, I can't let it go! It's too late for me, I won't let it go!''
The beat kicked in!
Michelle-''Embrace the darkness, As it takes over inside! Embrace my darkness, As it takes over tonight! No one can stop it now, I feel the venom inside! No one can stop me now, You'll see my venom tonight!''
Michelle started head banging as the crowd cheered!
Carlo-''Wow.''
AJ-''And you know her?''
Carlo-''That's my highschool best friend right there.''
AJ noticed the big smile on Carlo's face.
AJ-''Was she ever more than just a friend?''
AJ smirked as Carlo playfully glared at him.
Carlo-''Don't you start too.''
AJ-''Too?''
Carlo-''Nothing.''
They looked over at the band as the beat slowed down and Brodie stopped playing as Darby paused as well. All everyone heard was Jack on the bass.
Michelle-''Embrace my darkness. Embrace my venom. Don't fight against it. You'll never beat it!''
Darby started drumming again.
Michelle-''Sing for me!''
Crowd-''Embrace my darkness! Embrace my venom! Don't fight against it! You'll never beat it!''
Michelle-''Yeah!!''
Crowd-''Embrace my darkness! Embrace my venom! Don't fight against it! You'll never beat it!''
Michelle-''Hell yeah!''
Michelle & Crowd-''Embrace my darkness! Embrace my venom! Don't fight against it! You'll never beat it!''
The beat kicked in once again!
Michelle-''Embrace the darkness, As it takes over inside! Embrace my darkness, As it takes over tonight! No one can stop it now, I feel the venom inside! No one can stop me now, You'll see my venom tonight!''
The whole band was head banging for a moment!
Michelle-''You'll see my venom tonight!''
The song ended!
Crowd-''YEEAAHHHHH!!!!''
Barbed Wire smiled at the crowd that were cheering like crazy.
Michelle-''THANK YOU!!''
The band took a bow together on the stage and waved at the crowd.
Carlo-''Amazing.''
AJ-''Come on, Reed. Your stunt is in 10 minutes!''
Carlo & AJ rushed off before Michelle saw them. So, she had no clue Carlo was so close.
Barbed Wire waved at the crowd one more time before leaving the stage.
Sting-''Awesome!''
John-''Great work out there, guys.''
Darby-''That crowd was freaking awesome.''
Jack-''I loved how they sang along with Mick. That song is only a week old.''
Brodie-''Shows you how fast a song can become popular.''
Michelle-''They sang louder than me!''
Everyone laughed as they walked into their dressing room.
Sting-''Well, I think that was a perfect way to kick off our World Tour.''
Jack-''It certainly got me fire up!''
Brodie-''Damn right. We're gonna rock this World Tour!''
Darby-''This whole world is gonna be....''
Band-''Wrapped In Barbed Wire!''
They all cheered!
Michelle-''Well, we better get everything packed up and on the bus again.''
John-''Hey, don't you wanna stick around for the stunt?''
Michelle-''I don't know, guys.''
Sting-''We have time. Besides, we were gonna watch it before we leave. We can head out to the stage again while the crew members take the instruments back to the bus.''
Everyone nodded and headed back to the stage where they would get a great view of the stunt.
Michelle-''Johnny, I don't think I should be here.''
John-''Mick, you're gonna regret it if you don't at least say "Hi" to him.''
Michelle nodded sadly.
Announcer-''Ladies & gentlemen, are you ready for CARLO REED?!!!!''
The crowd screamed with excitement and everyone saw Carlo ride up to the start of the ramp as AJ Styles walked up next to him and handed Carlo his helmet.
AJ-''You good?''
Carlo looked around at the screaming fans and then he looked over at the stage and saw Barbed Wire standing there. But more importantly, he saw Michelle standing there.
AJ-''Reed?!''
AJ snapped his fingers in front of Carlo's face.
AJ-''Reed?!''
Carlo-''Huh?''
AJ-''You good, bro?''
Carlo-''*Smiles* She's here.''
AJ-''Who? Oh, Michelle?''
Carlo-''Yes. She's very important to me, bro.''
AJ-''*Smiles* Awesome.''
They smiled.
AJ-''Ok, you're gonna jump over the army tanks twice.''
Carlo-''AJ.''
AJ-''Once from here and then you jump from there back over to me.''
Carlo-''AJ-''
AJ-''You gotta hit the nos at the perfect moment.''
Carlo-''AJ!''
AJ-''Yeah?''
Carlo-''I know.''
They chuckled.
AJ-''Just come back to me in one piece?''
Carlo-''I always do.''
They bumped fists.
Carlo puts his helmet on. Then Carlo grabbed hold of the handles of his motocross bike and started revving!
The stunt was two huge jumps over 5 army tanks all parked next to each other in a row!
Michelle stepped forward on the stage to observe the distance from one ramp to the other. After a moment, Michelle smiled.
Michelle-''He's gonna be just fine.''
Carlo revved his bike one more time before speeding off down the ramp! Carlo hit the nos and went up into the air!
Michelle-''*Smiles* Always a show-off.''
Carlo got back on his bike and landed perfectly on the other side!
AJ-''Yes! One more.''
Carlo turned around, revved his bike and sped off again! But then Michelle felt like something was wrong.
Michelle-''Oh, no.''
Michelle rushed off the stage and ran to where AJ was standing waiting for Carlo as Carlo rode up the ramp and he went flying into the air again!
Carlo was in mid air going over 5 army tanks as everyone watched in awe. Carlo felt like everything was moving in slow motion as he flew through the air and there were flashing lights everywhere from the crowd and news photographers.
But at the last second, it seemed like Carlo wasn't gonna make it over the last army tank and Carlo could see it!
But then Carlo felt that his motocross bike got pulled or pushed forward by something at the last second of that last few feet and he landed perfectly on the ramp!
Crowd-''YEEAAHHHH!!!!''
Carlo rode up and turned as he pulled up to AJ.
AJ-''YEAH! That was awesome, bro!''
Carlo took off his helmet and looked around wondering what pulled him forward over that last army tank. But Carlo figured a certain Devil had something to do with it.
AJ-''Bro, are you ok? You look like you've seen a ghost.''
Carlo-''Yeah, I'm fine.''
AJ-''Good. That was incredible, bro! I have no clue how you're gonna top this stunt.''
Carlo-''Me neither. I just-''
Carlo & AJ heard someone scream "CARLO!!"
Carlo & AJ looked up to see Michelle run onto the platform by them. She stopped in her tracks just several feet away from them.
Michelle smiled and sighed in relief that Carlo was ok as he got off his bike while staring at her.
Carlo-''M-Michelle?''
They smiled at each other in disbelief that they're finally seeing each other after all these years.
Michelle-''Carlo Reed.''
AJ took Carlo's helmet from him.
AJ-''*Whispers to Carlo* Go to her.''
Carlo smiled as AJ Styles walked off.
Carlo & Michelle smiled shyly at each other as he walked up to her.
Carlo-''Hey.''
Michelle-''Hey.''
Carlo & Michelle embraced each other in a warm hug with the feeling of never wanting to let each other go.
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