Get dowwwwwwwwn and dream...

Air Date: ?/?/200?

Jayde's sleepy mind

Walking down towards the kitchen, Jayde notices muffled music coming from the kitchen, that and the murmur of voiced. 'Great, company'. Opening the kitchen door, she steps into the her 18th birthday party. 'Gee, the kitchen really opens out since this morning' she thinks looking round at all the people in the room.

At the far end of the room is Gemma's friends and near the door is her own clique from school. Wandering round the room are a number of other people, Leda, David, Alex, Faith, Conrad, Buffy and the Primal Slayer. Over by one wall is Orme and Glitch and a couple of others in vamp face. With a sigh, Jayde speaks, "Great. Another damn dream."

Orme walks up to the DJ's desk and smiles evilly and takes a record and places it on the turntable. Some primal part of Jayde recoils in horror.

Burn baby burn! Burn baby burn! Burn baby burn! Burn baby burn!
Burnin'!

Jayde shivers. This guy so has to die.

Having walked through the door, Jayde finds herself amongst her clique from school. Belinda is sitting on Dustin's lap looks up and smiles. Jayde shakes her head a little, 'Like ewwww. Dustin. Splitting up with Hank really damaged her taste.'

To my surprise, yes! One hundred stories high
People gettin' loose y'all gettin' down on the roof - Do you hear?

Belinda leaps up and runs over to Jayde. "Jayde!! Oh great!! You're here at last. I thought you wouldnt come. This is such a great party! Such a pity you couldn't stay last time, huh?" Belinda smiles and for the first time, Jayde notices that she has a split lip, that's bleeding slightly.

"Hey, your lip..." just as Jayde is about to reply, Hoshi comes over and butts in.

(the folks are flaming) Folks were screamin' - out of control
It was so entertainin' - when the boogie started to explode
I heard somebody say

"Jayde, we soooooooo need to talk." Grabbing Jayde's arm, she pulls her away into the center of the room (which looks so biiiiiiig and cavernous now the central table and stools have been removed and the dimensions magically doubled). "Belinda is soooo, like, rebound girl now. I mean Dustin. Ewww much? I'm sure you can see they arnt good for each other. I mean look at him. He cant play for the football team like that." She spins Jayde round and points to Dustin, who stares out blankly into space with blood seeping down his shirt. "I mean, thats soooooooooo gross."

Portia has spotted Jayde and comes over to talk but Hoshi grabs her arm and drags her back. "Oh, Por, you simply cant just hang round Billy all the time like that. Look, I'm here to try and help you. I'm your friend. You haaaaave to mingle more. Look, go and talk to Pierce. No, no! You'll thank me later. Im doing this for your own good. Someone needs to look after you, dear."

A flash of rage takes Jayde and she steps after Hoshi, "Why you...."

Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mother down
Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mother down
Burnin'!

From behind Faith calls "Mid kick" and its practice time again. Spinning quickly and raising her forearm, Jayde blocks Faith's kick. "Nice move. Pretty wicked." Faith smiles at Jayde and then gets that 'pre bruise' look in her eye that Jayde has come to recognise, the animal glint that lets Jayde know that this next one will hurt...

Satisfaction (uhu hu hu) came in the chain reaction
(burnin') I couldn't get enough, (till I had to self-destroy)
so I had to
self destruct, (uhu hu hu)
The heat was on (burnin?), rising to the top, huh!
Everybody's goin' strong (uhu hu hu)
And that is when my spark got hot
I heard somebody say

"Ok, try this one..."

She crouches slightly, arms held tight to her body before springing up. Jayde's stance is defensive and she watches Faith's right arm arching up towards her face. Jayde steps back, transfers her weight evenly and raises her forearms to block. Adrenaline pumps through her body, getting it ready for the fight... for the pain... for the...

Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mother down, yoh!
Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mother down
Burnin'!

Some part of Jayde's brain tries to cry out. 'Something is different here. This isnt a high blow. Look out!' Looking down, Faith's foot is moving her balance and shifting.... Faith's arms contact with Jayde's block. *thump!* Suddenly Jayde is on the floor, wind knocked out of her, head aching from impacting on the tiles. "OoooOWwwwwWWw!".

Up above my head I hear music in the air - I hear music!
That makes me know there's (somebody) a promise
somewhere

Jayde's brain kicks in and replays what just happened, sadly, much much too late. Jayde shuts her eyes and recalls the moves, Faith transfers her weight forward. Jayde is pushed back, over balanced and Faith's leg shoots out and catches behind Jayde's leg, just behind the knee, the momentum carries Jayde back, over Faith's leg and she spills onto the floor.

Faith looks down and arches an eyebrow "Ooops." She offers her hand to the prone Jayde, cheeky amused look still on her face, "My bad". Now just what would Jayde pay to wipe that smile off her face?

Satisfaction came in a chain reaction - Do you hear?
I couldn't get enough, so I had to self destruct,

"Triiiick. It plaaaaaaays with you. It going to attack." The primal kneels down, next to Jayde. Faith smiles her superior smile. "Listen. Feel. I have the gift. I can make predator, hunter, Queen of the Night."

The heat was on, rising to the top
Everybody's goin' strong

Her gaze snaps up to Faith "She sleep walks. Half awake, half asleep. Plays." She looks back down at Jayde. "You are the One. I have gift" Crouched over the Primal reaches out.

The humor evaporates from Faith's face. "Yeah, fine, whatever." Her offered hand snaps back and just maybe Jayde notices a dull red flash in her eyes.

That is when my spark got hot
I heard somebody say

"Screw you, go play with her then." She turns and stamps off.

Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno! (Aah yeah!)
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mother down
Burn baby burn! - Disco inferno!, yeah!
Burn baby burn! - Burn that mother down
Burnin?!

The Primal sniffs at the air and moves over towards the munchies tray that Stella has just brought in before getting up and slinking off in hunt of cucumber fingers.

Jayde sits sits up, rubbing her head from the impact with the floor. Dirt from the floor is all through her hair and there is a soft tinkle as the grass and dirt falls to the ground, shaken out from the rubbing.

I just can't stop
When (till) my spark gets hot
Just can't stop
When my spark gets hot

"If I ever find whoever runs these things...."

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Lyrics: Disco Inferno - The Trammps (Green/Kersey)

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