Matt’s POV

I saw Brian, Tara and Jimmy storm out of the back entrance towards us.
Brian had an angry expression on his face and I knew this wouldn’t go well, letting Tara talk with that bastard.
Zacky, Johnny and I were already sitting in the van waiting for them, getting away from the weird situation with John’s band was my number one goal right now.
“HE FUCKING DID IT…” Brian yelled as soon as he opened my door.
“What?”
“HE FUCKING SENT THE PICTURES ALREADY! ITS SPREADING ALL OVER THE INTERNET!” Brian yelled again and I sighed.
“Fuck, I knew this bastard was up to something.”I said and got out of the car again, Zacky and Johnny following my example.

“So.. what are we doing now?” Tara asked and she looked defeated.
“We will manage. Don’t worry.” Jimmy smiled, he had already planned all this in… I knew it, but was still hoping we wouldn’t have to pull though with the full show.
“Okay, let’s get something to eat. We should be going somewhere, where not many fans are, if the pictures are spreading already, they will begin asking questions… we need to avoid that until the show.” I said and Brian stared at me mouth hanging open.

“WHAT? How can you be so freaking cool about all this? I mean, we have no other choice then making a full show out of this… we have to show the video… we have to… I don’t know make another statement… and we have to play this show, we can’t cancel now.” Brian summed it up and I nodded, making Brian frown even more.
“FUCK! I don’t want to help them, don’t want them to play with us… I don’t care what he will do now, but we need to freaking do something…!” Brian said again and Jimmy laid his arms around his shoulders.
“Calm down, Haner. I got everything under control, we won’t let him get out of this with anything positive. I will make sure of it. Trust me.” Jimmy grinned and I could only shake my head…
“I hope so Jimbo.” I clapped his shoulder and we settled into the van so we could all drive together.
We send Johnny and Tara in to order us some food, so it wouldn’t be too suspicious about Avenged being around and fans to come towards us asking questions before we were ready.

Brian’s POV

I was asking Jimmy the same questions since hours, but he refused to give in to me. I knew Matt knew something too, but that ass also wasn’t telling me anything.
What had they planned?
And if that would involve Tara I would rip them a new one that was for sure.

It was time to head back towards the venue, the fans were gathering around and we needed to be behind the stage soon, spending some time in the backstage area and Matt doing some vocal training, while we were doing some warm ups on the guitar and Jimmy on the table with his drums sticks, getting on my nerves like hell, even though this wasn’t a long planned event we would be as professional about it as always.

We wanted to give our fans the best show possible like always, we wanted to show them how much they mean for us, give them back what we receive from them…

The door to the backstage area flew open and I saw John and his band coming in, that bastard looking satisfied with himself.
I was about to get up from the couch and punch that fucker right in the nose, when I was held down by Matt’s arm.
“Don’t start shit now… leave that for later.” He told me and I narrowed my eyes sitting back down and hating the fact that he was right, we couldn’t knock out the opening act, just an hour before the show starts, what if I hurt my precious fingers on that thick skull?
“Fine… later.” I grumbled and grabbed Tara’s hand to busy myself with something.
“You okay?” Tara put her hand on my cheek, distracting me from the men walking around the table, sitting beside us as if it was the most normal thing in the world.

I opened my mouth again, to get rid of these guys, we wouldn’t have to play nice anymore, he ruined everything anyway… sent the mails with the pictures, with a made up story or some shit… so why should I help them or even be nice to them?
“You should better get the fuck-” I started but was interrupted when Jimmy got up from his chair and walked over to John’s band.
“What my friend Brian wants to say, we could tell you about some experiences. I think that’s what you need, have you played a big show like this before? 20,000 people in one hall?” Jimmy asked and I gaped, what the fuck was he doing?

Jimmy’s POV

My plan would finally start, everything set up, only Brian and Tara didn’t know what was happening, but I didn’t want them to ruin it, or to have second thoughts… so this was it.
My part, my plan… my ending to it.
“Do you?” I asked again and saw John and his band shake heads. “No, not even nearly that many people.” Barry said and I saw John elbow him in the side.

So that fuck-head still thought he could control everyone, but I had looked it through they were already shitting their pants, playing such a big show…
I quickly looked over to Zacky and Johnny and motioned towards John’s band mates, then I locked eyes with Matt and he nodded.
“Yo, John… can I talk to you for a second… about the hotel thing?” Matt announced and John narrowed his eyes.
When Matt making his way out of the room together with John, Zacky and Johnny got up and walked towards the bass player and lead guitarist, while I made my way to the drummer of John’s band.

“Hey Barry, can I show you something on the drums, it might help you at the show tonight.” I said and he looked at me with awe. “Yeah, sure of course.”
I walked out of the room towards the back of the stage. “SO you haven’t played for such a big crowd, huh? You being excited? Maybe a little nervous?” I asked and was getting right to the point.
“You have no idea, my stomach is hurting and I got sweaty hands… I don’t even know if I am able to keep my sticks in hands” He rambled on and I nodded with a small smile.
“You know what I always do before a show, Barry?” I asked and he shook his head waiting for my answer to help him out of his misery.

I pulled a vodka bottle out of my bag and handed him two plastic cups. I filled one of the cups halfway and the other fully. I was trained so this wouldn’t hurt my concentration one but, I could bet that Barry wasn’t used to any of this… so let’s see how much this would take.

“You drink?” Barry slurred after he finished his third cup, filled to the rim with vodka pure, if he wouldn’t be puking in about 20 minutes I had no idea.
“Yeah of course, I would freak out if I wouldn’t be drunk...” I said to him and he nodded and then held his hands up to his head, as if he got a headache, alright my work here was done.
“Hey, if you need the bathroom, down the hall to the right.” I told him and got up. I saw Zacky sitting with the Jerry guy beside the stage, Zack had a glass of wine in hand, smirking while the guy was looking down on his guitar, frowning and when his eyes slowly met mine I saw the fear in his eyes.

“I mean, you shouldn’t be too worried, that doesn’t sound too bad. Well, some tunes were sounding not too good either, but I remember our beginnings, the “fans” throwing beer bottles at us… And we played perfectly, they were just pissed because they didn’t like our image… Anyways you better be prepared to do some sidestepping and keep your eyes open…” Zacky said and I chuckled, oh yeah this guy would be peeing his pants, before even going out there.
I returned to the backstage area, soon John’s band would be hitting the stage.. and with hitting I could really think of them hitting the floor before stepping one foot out there.
“Yeah, like that… In one go… perfect.” Johnny grinned and I smiled, so he had the same tactic as I had, getting the fucker drunk as hell.

I looked over at Brian and Tara, they had their eyes on Johnny and the other bassist, I saw Tara frown while Brian had a small smile on his lips.
I let myself plop down next to him.
“That was your plan?” Brian chuckled laying his arm around my shoulder.
“Well, not all of it… but basically this is one part of it, yes. You should see the other guy, Zacky is doing a perfect job and I think one of them is already kissing the toilet seat…” I grinned and the door banged open, I guess the time Matt could distract John was over.
I saw his eyes wandering around only seeing one of his band mates getting drunk while the others were just missing.
After John and Matt, the door swung open again and Jason Berry stood there.
“Opening act, 5 minutes. Show starts in 5 minutes. Grab your shit and get ready.” He yelled winked at me and I nodded.

“What? 5 minutes? Where are… shit, why didn’t anyone tell us it’s starting already… I mean we…” John looked around, grabbed his bassist who already had glassy eyes and pushed him towards the stage.
John pointed at us “You will pay for that… I know you did that on purpose. YOU WILL PAY!”
I grinned “Have fun on stage… Let the show begin…” I said high-fiving with Matt who also had a smile on his face and shoved John and his bassist out of the door.
“We better get ready to be able to play soon… I don’t think they will survive one song.” Zacky said while walking into the room.
“Yeah, let’s all head out and watch, I could use some fun right now…” Matt said and we walked together out of the backstage area, in time to see the opening act grab their guitars and the drummer, looking wildly around searching for…
“Are these Barry’s sticks?” Tara asked patting the back pocket of my jeans where oh miracle 2 drumsticks were peaking out…
“I have no idea what you are talking about…” I winked at her while she began to laugh loudly… Disaster or perfect ending?
We shall see….

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