Cool Devices

”Ladies and Gentlemen, please welcome to the World Stage, Gee Rush!”

The crowd sounded like a roaring creature as Gerard took the stage. He smiled at the audience and waved. He loved his fans. Sometimes he wondered what it was like to have a full band. Maybe one day in his career. Gerard was one of the youngest teen idols out there. At 14 he had won a talent show on national TV and from then on his life had been a whirl wind. In the last two years, he had rose from nobody to international super star. He did all the work too. Even though he had a father who was a well-known CEO of several major corporations, he never used his name once. He even adopted his Grandmother’s name as part of his stage name.

”Thank you so much for coming out to see me tonight! You have no idea much it means to me! I love you all!”

The music started and Gerard sang his heart out with his backup singers. He loved getting lost in the music. He looked out in the audience and saw his 13 year old brother Mikey waving at him and singing along with the lyrics. It brought a tear to Gerard’s eye. When the concert was over he stayed late to sign autographs. His manager was against it, worried about his safety of course, but he knew he had the best fans in the world. He was never worried.

”Wow Gee, I can’t believe how late it is? Aren’t you tired at all?”

”No way Mikes! I am so unbelievably pumped! Come on, let’s go get some pancakes!”

”I love you Gee.”

”I love you too Mikes.”

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”Thank you, I love you Good night!”

Gerard walked off stage and collapsed in his chair. One of his crew handed him a towel and a bottle of water.

”Thank you Rob.”

Gerard smiled at him and after twisting off the top began to drink.

”So you have a press conference at nine and…”

The backstage phone rang as Gerard’s manager was talking to him. Rob went to answer it. Gerard tried to pay attention to when his manager was saying, but the phone was distracting him. Rob looked at Gerard and motioned him over. He excused himself from his manager and walked over.

”What’s up Rob?”

”It’s your brother, something has happened to your father.”

Gerard took the receiver from Rob.

”Mikey?”

”Oh Gee, Dad’s in the hospital, he collapsed at work!”

”Oh My God! Hold on Mikey I’m coming!”

Gerard dropped the receiver and turned to Rob.

”Ro, can you drive me to County, my father…”

”I got you Gee, don’t worry.”

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”How did this happen Mikey! How did I not know he was getting this bad!”

”Oh Gee, he didn’t want you to know. He said not to bother you and let you concentrate on your career.”

Gerard looked in the window of the ICU unit at his pale sallow skinned father that required a machine to breathe. Mikey and him hovered together hugging and sobbing.

”Excuse me, are you Gerard Way?”

Gerard looked up and saw what he could only describe as an oily man in front of him. He pulled Mikey closer.

”Yes, I am, can I help you?”

”Pleasure, I am Mr. McCracken and I represent Angel Productions. We need to have a meeting concerning your father’s ailing health Mr. Way.”

The way the man said his last name made him cringe.

”Does it have to be right now?”

Gerard wished that Rob had been allowed to come up or his manager, but ICU was for family only.

”Oh yes, it is the utmost importance. We don’t have to do it here though, we can do it at the restaurant around the corner.”

Gerard looked at Mikey. He sighed, he hated being the oldest at times.

”Mikey go back with Rob.”

”Gee…”

”I will be fine. I am a big boy, I can handle myself.”

Gerard smiled at Mikey and then stuck his tongue out and crossed his eyes. Mikey giggled and then Gerard grabbed his head and rubbed it messily.

”Awww, aren’t you two sweet. I can see you are both very close.”

Gerard kept smiling at Mikey not noticing the leer that the oily man was giving the two of them.

”Yes Sir, Mikey is my best friend.”

”Aww Gee, cut it out.”

”All right, get out of here Mikes, tell Rob that I will call him when I am done with the meeting for a pick up.”

”All right Gee, be careful.”

”I will, I love you kiddo.”

”I love you too Gee.”

Mikey kissed Gerard on the cheek and then headed to the elevator. Gerard watched him till the doors closed.

”All right Mr. Mc…I’m sorry, what was your name again?”

”McCraken, please, call me Bert, all my friends do and I know we are going to be good friends Gee.”

Gerard smiled and then went towards the elevator not realizing that Bert was watching him the whole time.

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”Wait! How can this be!?”

”It’s true I am afraid Mr. Way. Your father owes this company a lot of money from investments we made for him. Now as the elder, it is your responsibility to fulfill those obligations.”

”But I can’t just sell his companies!”

”Well…there is another way…”

”What?”

”You are a very popular teen idol. If you came to represent our company, we could have you pay off your father’s debt so much faster.”

”A-A-And his companies would be safe?”

”Absolutely.”

”Alright, I will do it.”

”Wonderful, just sign here.”

Gerard sighed. He hated the idea of leaving the company he was at now. He loved his manager, but he needed to be responsible. Bert took the contract back and looked it over. He gave his hand over the table.

”Welcome to Angel Productions Gee Rush.”

Gerard gingerly shook it.

”Now, since you work for us now, it won’t be necessary to call your friend Rob back. We have our own driver to take you back to the studio.”

”Oh, but I promised Mikey I would be home for dinner and…”

”Now Gerard, we have to start off on the right foot if we hope to increase your profit in this company.”

”Oh, uh okay, I’ll just call him and let him know.”

”You can do it in the car. Come along Kitten and let me show you your new home.”

Gerard followed Bert outside to a limo with dark tinted windows. He climbed in and the car took off. Gerard pulled out his phone, but saw he had no bars. He sighed.

”Something wrong Kitten?”

”*sigh* No bars.”

”Oh, what a shame. Well you can call from the studio then. “

Gerard nodded and leaned back between the seat and the door. He watched the city go by out the window and wondered what his life would be like from now on.

Notes

Hey everyone, this is the final Operation in the Cool Devices series.

So this is the Operation that I was dreading out of all of them. The basis for this one is a virgin teen idol is corrupted by a sleazy agency who takes advantage of her when he father collapses. They degrade her, humiliate her, and eventually drive her insane. I will warn you right now, the mai
n character will die in the end, but it is how they will die, that should keep you reading.
Naturally I chose Gerard for this role. I could not have chosen anyone else. Fully knowing I am going to kill him is hard enough, but the other characters that break him down and how they do it will astound you. @~@

I will not be surprised if many do not read this Operation, but I will understand. Remember all the Operations are stand alone stories.

Thank you.