"5 Mics: Rock, Rock On" Part 3/Conclusion

[Sweet Meat aka CC]

“And your point is what?”, Deja calmly asked as she folded her arms.

“Mimi, is this the hussy you were tellin’ us about?”, one of her two friends, named Samantha, asked.

“Yeah, it’s her!”, Mimi stated as she stepped up closer to Deja. However, Deja didn’t flinch or back down.

“I think it would be wise for you to back up off me.”, Deja politely warned her.

“She doesn’t have to do a damn thang!”, the other friend hissed as she stepped in front of Mimi and got up in Deja’s grill pushing her back just a bit.

Out of reflex, Deja threw a punch that landed on the female’s jaw that sent her flying into an open stall. When she landed on the toilet, water shot up from the inside of it catching her in the face.

“Mercedes!”, Samantha shrieked as she ran over to help her dazed friend up.

While all of this was taking place, Deja and Mimi continued to stare each other down.

“Uh, Mimi, holla if you need us. We’ll be right outside!”, Samantha stated as she helped Mercedes out of the restroom.

“Now that they’re gone, what was your point again?”, Deja asked.

“Uh, um, I, see…”, Mimi stammered.

“Look…I don’t want no trouble. As a matter of fact, I’m helpin’ you out. You don’t need a sorry excuse for a man like Rongdewing. He!!, I don’t even want him if that’s what you’re thinkin’!”, Deja reassured her.

“You don’t? Then why are you here with him?!!”, Mimi demanded.

“Because I’m juss tryna get my shine on! Besides, I’m not the type to take anotha female’s man. Shoo’ there are times when I don’t want the one I have!”, Deja joked in reference to Scola. Mimi giggled at her comment about him.

“But I’m confused though because I saw the way you were lookin’ at each otha in the meeting today. What was that all about?”, Mimi asked as she and Deja took a seat on a sofa that was in the lobby of the restroom.

“Girl, please! I was doin’ that so I could easily influence him to give me a shot at bein’ in the spotlight, ya know. I figga that if I flirted with him a lil’ bit, it would give me a greater chance of showin’ off my ski-zillz to him. But that’s the only reason why I’m even up in here with him.”, Deja stated with the most innocent of smiles.

After a few more minutes of chatting with one another, Mimi was very satisfied and relieved with Deja’s tall tale of how she wasn’t into Rongdewing the way Mimi thought she was. And at the same time, Deja had somehow convinced Mimi not to go back to him.

“There you are! I thought I was gonna have to have Big Lou come and look for you!”, Rongdewing exclaimed when Deja made her way back to their table.

“So what you’re sayin’ is that I can’t have a moment to myself?!”, she snapped as she glared at him.

“No, no…please forgive me. What I said didn’t come out quite right. What I was trying to say was that I was getting a little worried about you. That’s all!”, he replied as he grabbed her hand and kissed it.

“Oh…well, since you put it that way, I guess I can forgive you.”, she stated with a warm smile.

“Great! Now if you’re ready to leave, we can head out!”, he stated as he began to rise up from his chair.

“Okay!”, Deja agreed.

When the guys noticed Deja and Rongdewing coming out of the restaurant, Nokio and the guys followed them to his place.
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Pulling up to the front of Rongdewing’s place was like pulling up in front of a palace in Deja’s opinion.

It was a white, 3-story mansion on the outskirts of town that seemed to glow from the many security lights that had been installed on and around it.

“This is breathtaking!”, Deja sighed when Rongdewing came over to her car to open her door and help her out.

“Thank you! I take great pride in my home as well as my women.”, he stated with a wink as he led her inside following by Big Lou and his date.

Nokio and the guys drove past Rongdewing’s place so he wouldn’t notice them. After cruising about a ½ mile down the road, Nokio turned his ride around and headed back towards his home. He decided to park his ride in between some trees of a woodsy area across the road. Then he and the guys climbed out and headed over to the mansion to carry out their plans for the evening.

In the middle of a tour of his home, Deja became irritated with Big Lou following behind her and Rongdewing.

“Look! I would enjoy this a lot more if the 2 of us had some privacy! His following us around makes me feel like a criminal or somethin’! If he doesn’t truss me with you, maybe I should have him frisk me!”, Deja snapped. She proceeded to walk over to a wall and place her hands on it to assume the position. When no one said a word, she looked over her shoulder and asked Big Lou what was he waiting for.

“Anything to oblige ya, missy!”, Big Lou grinned as he headed over to her to fulfill her request.

“Oh no you don’t, Lou! That won’t be necessary! I would like to have a little privacy if you don’t mind. Why don’t you show Laci, here, your side of the place.”, Rongdewing stated with a slight nod of his head that meant for them to leave.

“Laci already knows what my side looks like, boss!”, Big Lou replied without a clue.

“Then show her the new jacuzzi in the sauna out back!”, he hissed through clenched teeth.

“She’s already seen…”, Big Lou began before he noticed how Rongdewing began to reach for something on the inside of his blazer.

“Oh yeah! I forgot we did get a new one the other day! C’mon, Laci!”, Big Lou stated when he realized what his boss was reaching for; it was a mirror that Rongdewing pulled out to flash in front of Big Lou’s face whenever he did or said something wrong. Looking at his own reflection was the worst punishment he suffered at the hands of Rongdewing.

“Ok, I’m with ya because I wouldn’t have to hurt that over there!”, Laci stated as she pointed her finger at Deja before taking Big Lou’s hand.

“Oh, I got yo’ ‘that’, trick!”, Deja shouted as she jumped out of her sandals without untying them. She quickly walked towards Laci.

“Hey! Calm down!”, Rongdewing replied as he grabbed Deja around the waist to keep her from catching a case.

Laci let go of Lou’s hand and ran out the back door ahead of him while continuously glancing back over her shoulder to make sure that Deja hadn’t broken free from Rongdewing’s embrace. And of course he didn’t let her go until Big Lou and Laci were out of sight.
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[Sweet Meat aka CC]

“Now how are we supposed to get past this thing here?”, Sisqo whispered as he and the rest of the guys hid in between some bushes while watching Big Lou and Laci head for the sauna.

“It’s simple; we’ll juss wait until they go in there and then we’ll lock them in by pushin’ some of those lounge chairs up against the door.”, Woody said with a shrug of his shoulders as he pointed to the poolside furniture.

“I’m with ya on that!”, Nokio agreed as he gave him a pound.

“Coo’!”, Jazz also agreed. “But what I’m tryna figga out is what is a fine ass woman like that doin’ with a sh!thead like him?”

“Same thing I wanna know!”, Scola laughed.

“Well yall might as well stop tryna figga that one out because that’s one of life’s questions that we’ll neva know the answer to!”, Nokio chuckled as they continued to watch Lou and Laci.
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Meanwhile, Rongdewing had taken Deja up in his elevator to his recording studio after they had finished touring the rest of his home. Although the studio was small, it was very neat and decorated with very expensive pieces of art. However, there was one piece of art that immediately caught Deja’s attention.

“Oh my goodness! Now this is hot!”, Deja exclaimed as she walked over and stood face to face with a life-sized statue over in the corner of the studio. It was a replica of Madonna in her red dress from her “Material Girl” video. Rongdewing pointed out to her that the statue had real diamonds, emeralds, and rubies inserted on the gloved fingers as well as real diamonds inserted around one of its wrist that formed a bracelet.

“Yeah, this one is my favorite. A real good friend of mine from London made this especially for me.”, Rongdewing proudly grinned as he placed his arm around Deja’s shoulder.

“Well, he’s got mad skills!”, she smiled as she lightly touched the face of the statue. “You know, Madonna may seem a little out there at times with her music, but she’ll always be timeless! I gotta give her that!”, Deja grinned as her hand traveled down the rest of the statue.

He was about to respond to what she had said when he noticed Woody and Sisqo on his security monitor as they ran past the swimming pool. A few seconds later, he saw the rest of the guys coming up behind them as they placed a few chairs up to the sauna’s door.

“What the fuh…?!”, he hissed as he glared at the screen while pulling his arm away from Deja’s shoulder.

“What’s that?”, Deja stated as she turned her head to look at him.

“Oh, I’m sorry. I was juss thinkin’ that I haven’t even offered you anything to drink. How about we go over to my bar and I fix us something.”, he suggested.

“Well, actually I’ve had enough for tonight, unless you have a Pepsi or some water or something.”, Deja smiled. But she was going to make sure that she watched him like a hawk. She didn’t feel comfortable with the situation at the moment. “Say, why don’t I help you?!”, she grinned.

“No, no dear…you’re my guest. I’ll do it!”, Rongdewing smiled as he walked behind his bar.

“But I want to!”, Deja playfully pouted as she walked up to him and ran her fingers up and down his arm.

“Okay, why don’t you get me a couple of glasses while I get our drinks from the fridge.”, he stated.

“Sure!”, Deja smiled as she bent down while still looking up at him as she reached for two glasses under the bar. She was going to make sure that no funny stuff took place. “You know you have the most beautiful eyes I have ever seen!”, she stated. It wasn’t like she was lying. His eyes were baby blue, which brought out his dark lashes.

“Thank you!”, he smiled as he quickly glanced at his monitor. When Deja followed the directions of his eyes, she froze with fear for her boys’ safety when she noticed what he was looking at. She didn’t notice the monitor when she first walked inside the studio with him because it was strategically placed on top of a large speaker that she hadn’t paid much attention to. When she was being given a tour of the rest of his home, she made sure that he wouldn’t look at any of his monitors that they passed each time they walked into a room.

When Rongdewing’s eyes met hers, she tried to make a run for the door, but he ran from behind the bar in the opposite direction and reached the door before she did.
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“Aight…now that they have been taken care of, let’s go get him!”, Jazz exclaimed as he and the guys made their way inside Rongdewing’s place through the back door that Big Lou had left unlocked.

“Man, where do we begin?!”, Sisqo huffed as they all looked around the spacious den they had walked into.

“I know right! This place is so damn huge!”, Scola replied with a shake of his head.

“Look, how about Woody, Sisqo, and I take the bottom floor while you and Jazz take the top ones!”, Nokio suggested. “And be sure to cover up any security cameras you see that you can reach with this.”, he stated as he threw Jazz a can of spray paint. “If yall come across one you can’t reach, try to stay out of its view if you can help it.”

Before they broke up into their groups, they stood together in a huddle and placed their fists together.

“5 Mics like whoa!!!”, they quietly shouted.
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“C’mon and see if I don’t knock the sh!t outta yo’ tired ass!”, Deja threatened Rongdewing as she ran back over to the bar and picked up a heavy, blunt piece of art that was sitting on top of it.

“I don’t think you want to do that, dear!”, he replied with an evil grin as he slowly strolled towards her.

“Oh, so you think I’m playin’?!!! Well you asked for it!”, she shouted as she swung the object at him. But he quickly backed up and then lunged forward before she could react again and grabbed her hand that held her weapon of choice. They were both struggling with one another before he decided to push her up against a wall while continuing to try to shake the weapon from her hand. But before he knew what was happening, she kneed him one good time sending him to the floor. He grabbed her around the hem of her dress as he tried to stop her from running away which caused her dress to tear. That’s when she made her escape.

“I don’t know why I didn’t listen to Lou! He tried to tell me, but would I listen?!!! Nooooooooo!!!! That’s alright though; no one is going to get the best of me!”, Rongdewing stated between clenched teeth as he began to slowly stand up from the floor after some of his pain had subsided.
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“Lou, I left my towel outside. Could you go get it for me?”, Laci smiled as she sipped on a glass of champagne while sitting on the edge of the jacuzzi.

“Sure, love! I’ll be right back!”, he grinned as he made his way over to the door.

“Tha he!!…did you lock this door by mistake when you came in?!”, he barked as he looked over his shoulder at her.

“No I didn’t! Why, what’s wrong?!”, she asked as she began to make her way over to him.

“The cufkin’ door won’t budge!”, he shouted as he continued to try to force it open.

“Oh no! I can’t stand closed in spaces!!! I’ll die I tell ya! I’ll juss die!”, Laci shrieked as she began to quickly pace back and forth.

“Will you shut up?!!!”, Lou stated in frustration as he looked around the room for something to break out the small windows with. He had a plan to send Laci through one of them so she could open the door for him.
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[Sweet Meat aka CC]

“Dammit! I’m getting pissed off now!”, Nokio shouted as he and the guys finished looking in each room on the first floor for a sign of Deja or Rongdewing.

“Maybe, they’re upstairs.”, Sisqo stated before he realized the wrong choice of words he had just used. “Ummm, what I meant to say was maybe he has a rec room or somethin’ upstairs like we do.”, he nervously smiled as they headed towards the stairway.

“For his sake, he betta!”, Nokio shouted.

“Hopefully, Jazz and Scola have come across somethin’.”, Woody stated as he patted Nokio on the back before running ahead of him and Sisqo.

“Find anything, man?”, Jazz asked as he and Scola met back in the hallway after they checked out every room on the second floor.

“Not a thing!”, Scola shouted as he threw his arms up in frustration.

Just then, Deja ran around the corner of the hallway and bumped into Jazz and Scola as they were making their way around the corner. She let out a shriek before she realized who they were.

“You aight, Day?!”, Jazz asked with widened eyes as he and Scola noticed her torn clothing.

“Yeah, I’m fine!”, she cried as Jazz pulled her into his arms to console her.

“I know that muphucca wasn’t crazy enough to try anything was he?!”, Scola shouted as he became angrier by the second as he gently brushed her wig away from her face so he could look at her.

“Nah, I’m coo’! I was juss worried about yall because he noticed you on his monitor when we were up in his studio!”, she stated as she wiped away her tears and pulled herself together.

By this time, Nokio, Woody, and Sisqo had made their way upstairs to the second floor and ran into the rest of the crew.

“Deja!”, Nokio shouted as he ran over to her and pulled her into his arms. “Are you aight?! What happened?!!”, he demanded as he stood back to take a good, long look at her.

“Nothin’, man. She told us she’s aight; she left his sorry ass up in his studio though, so c’mon!”, Scola commanded. “We don’t have any time to waste!”

They were running over to the elevator when they heard someone coming down the stairs behind them.

“Hold it right there!”, Rongdewing shouted as they all turned around and saw him quickly limping towards them. They noticed that he was holding a sword that he had taken from one of the many knights that decorated his hallways.

“Did you really think that you would get away with taking me out!”, he shouted as he began to swing his weapon at them.
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“I’m scared of heights, Lou!”, Laci cried as he held her up to one of the windows that he had to end up breaking out with his fist.

“Look, you don’t want to stay in here all night do ya, doll?!”, he said with a forced smile while trying to keep his patience.

“No.”, she whimpered as she looked down at him.

“Well okay then! You have to save us and this is the only way to do it. Besides, if we have to stay in here, I won’t be able to get’cha that dress that you saw at the mall today.”, he grinned.

“Okay!”, she giggled forgetting all about her fear.

As soon as she made her way out of the window, she landed facedown onto the moist grass resulting in her breaking one of her fingernails.

“Oh no!”, she shrieked as she observed her finger that was bleeding. But before she could get up off of the ground, her jaw was met by a fist that knocked her out. It was Mimi who was accompanied by her old boyfriend, MC Old One. She had ran into him on her way out of the restaurant with her girls. She and MC ended up making up with each other after she apologized for the way she had treated him. She then went on to explain to him that she felt the need to help Deja out because she didn’t want her to end up like he had ended up working under Rongdewing.

“Laci! Hurry up and open the door!”, Big Lou shouted.

Mimi and her man looked at one another and she crept over to the door to open it while they waited for him to come out.

“It’s about damn time that you opened…!”, Big Lou started before he was kicked backwards in the face by MC Old One’s foot. He went flying backwards into the jacuzzi and was immediately knocked out. Then Old One went back outside to pick Laci up to put her right back in the sauna along with Lou and once again they were both locked in.

“Okay, let’s go save her from that punk!”, Old One stated as he grabbed Mimi’s hand. They both headed towards the backdoor. When they went inside, they decided to take the stairs to head up to the studio instead of waiting on the elevator. They had made it to the second floor when they heard Deja crying hysterically.

“Oh no!”, Mimi cried when she and Old One reached Deja. They saw her sitting on the floor while cradling Woody’s head in her lap. He was bleeding heavily from a cut in his arm thanks to a swipe from Rongdewing’s sword. Woody hadn’t even realized he had been cut because he was too busy giving his enemy a series of both left and right hooks. But it was Deja who noticed his blood pouring onto the carpet. Sisqo stayed behind with her and Woody and called the authorities and the paramedics. The rest of the guys proceeded to chase Rongdewing back up to the third floor.

“Is he gonna be okay?!”, Mimi asked as she went and knelt down beside Deja.

“Yeah, he’ll be fine!”, Sisqo stated as he continued to apply pressure to Woody’s arm after tying it up with his bandana.

“Stop cryin’, Day!”, Woody smiled as he cradled the side of her face in his hand. He brushed away some of her tears with his thumb. She kissed the inside of his hand and told him that she couldn’t help it.

“I’ll be back!”, Old One stated as he ran up the stairs to head to the studio to help the guys out. But it was too late because when he reached them, he saw Scola tearing Rongdewing up while Jazz and Nokio continuously tried to pull him off of him. However, he was giving Rongdewing one blow after another with his fists after he and the guys had caught up with him in the hallway near his studio.

“What’cha gonna do now, ya b!tch ass punk?! Huh?!!! Cut me muphucca, cut me!!!!”, Scola shouted after knocking Rongdewing to the floor while continuously kicking and stomping him.

“Man, that’s enough!”, Jazz shouted as he and Nokio were finally able to pull Scola away from his victim so he wouldn’t kill him.

“Nah, man; cufk that sh!t! He betta’ pray that my boy makes it or that’s his ass!”, Scola shouted as he ran back over to Rongdewing to stomp him once more.
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“Heyyyyyy Woody!”, Deja softly stated as she and the guys walked into his hospital room along with Shawntae’, Melina, Christal, and Lena.

“W’sup yall!”, he grinned as he sat on the edge of his hospital bed. He was waiting for them to pick him up after staying in the hospital for 2 days. He had to have over a 100 stitches to close up the wound on his arm and he had to stay over an extra night just to make sure that things were okay. However, he would have to wear a sling for a couple of weeks before having the doctor give him the okay to take it off.

Christal ran over to him and gave him a big kiss after throwing her arms around his neck. “Don’t ever give me a scare like that again!”, she giggled as she continued to shower kisses all over his face.

“Dang! You would think I’ve been in here for 2 months instead of 2 days!”, he joked as she helped him up off the bed.

“Well, she has a point!”, Deja stated as she hugged his neck and gave him a kiss on the cheek. “I wouldn’t be able to live without my boy around!”

“Fo’ sho’!”, Sisqo agreed as he came up to him with the rest of the guys to give him pounds and hugs.

“Aight! Now can we please leave and go get some real food to eat?! This hospital food was the worst!”, Woody laughed as they headed out.
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[Sweet Meat aka CC]

6 Months Later…

“So how does it feel to be back on top, MC?”, a female reporter asked as she shoved her mic in his face along with other reporters from the music and entertainment world.

“You know, it feels real good! I’m makin’ it out here doin’ my musical thang the right way and I just married the woman that I’ve always loved. Oh yeah! And don’t forget to pick up my album in the Spring of 2004 entitled, ‘Real As It Gets’!”, he smiled and winked as he looked into the many tv cameras surrounding him.

He and Mimi had just finished tying the knot and had invited the media to their wedding and reception along with Dru, Deja and many others from the world of entertainment. Dru performed “Millions” at the bride and groom’s request during the wedding ceremony.

And if that wasn’t enough excitement, The Legend showed up at the wedding after being invited by MC Old One! Everyone finally had the honor of meeting the man that they worked for and heard about. He was tall, dark, and extremely handsome and was dressed in an all white 3-piece suit. He had the looks of Sam Cooke, the smoothness of Marvin Gaye, and the elegance of Nat King Cole.

“It’s such a pleasure to finally meet you all!”, he stated as he gave the guys a handshake. Then he asked about Deja.

“There she is ova there runnin’ her mouf as usual.”, Scola joked as they watched her laughing and chatting with one of the many guests. “But ya can’t help lovin’ her, though!”, he smiled.

“What’s this?! Sco’ is actually sayin’ somethin’ nice about our girl?!”, Woody laughed as he put his arm around Scola’s shoulder.

“Well, ya know…”, Scola grinned as he shrugged his shoulders. “Nokio has a good one!”

“Thanks, man!”, Nokio smiled as they gave each other a pound.

“But, ummm, don’t tell her I said that!”, Scola laughed.

“Whateva, man! C’mon, Legend; let’s go introduce you two.”, Nokio chuckled as he and the guys headed in Deja’s direction.

“Excuse us for a minute, please.”, Nokio smiled at the guest as he took Deja’s hand. “I have someone I’d like for you to meet, boo.”, he grinned.

Deja noticed the rest of the guys standing with a very attractive man.

“It’s a pleasure to finally meet you, Deja.”, the handsome stranger replied as he took her hand to shake it before hugging her.

“Umm, thank you! But do I know you?”, she asked with a puzzled look as well as a smile.

“We all do…this is Legend, girl!”, Sisqo laughed as he patted him on the shoulder.

“Oh my goodness!!! It’s such an honor to finally meet you!”, she smiled as she hugged him once more.

“Did you give her the news?”, The Legend asked Nokio before releasing Deja out of his embrace.

“I was juss about to!”, Nokio stated with a sly grin as he took her hand and winked at her.

“W’sup?”, Deja asked as she looked into Nokio’s eyes.

“Legend is the new owner of ScanSounds, Inc. and he wants all of us to take on his role!”, Nokio grinned.

“Really?! Wow! I’m flattered, but what are we gonna do without you?”, Deja asked as she turned around to look at Legend.

“You all will be just fine! My job has been well done in recruiting all of you to take over my position. It takes a special group of people to do the excellent job that you have done. But don’t hesitate to call on me when you need me. I’ll always be there!”, he replied with a warm smile.

Just then, he stopped a waitress that was carrying a tray of champagne through the fancy restaurant where the reception was taking place. He passed a glass to Dru and Deja and then took one for himself.

“To real music!”, The Legend stated as he lifted his glass.

“To real music!”, everyone else replied as they lifted their glasses up in a toast.
--The End