The Aurian Chronicles Chapter 2: Let's Lyte it up!

 Loud music blasted heavily from a club along the coastline of Long Beach. The hustle of young people trying to get in was drowned out by heavy basslines and screams in rhythm with the music. The words 'SOUND SURF ISLAND' flashed in vibrant neon colors over the huge club as the waves of the ocean seemed to rock in rhythm of the music.

In the back room, a Young blonde woman with blue eyes stepped into a rainbow fishnet bodysuit before slipping on a pair of white Daisy Dukes and a matching crop top, before posing in the mirror. "Looking good, baby!" She told herself as she giggled.

"Hey Lisa!" Called another woman as she entered the room. Her bleached blonde hair flowed behind her as she walked in. A light blue bikini was all that hid a long black dragon tattoo that spiraled up from her right foot to her breasts.

"Oh! Hey Claire!" Said Lisa as she pulled her in for a tight hug, causing Claire to blush and smile as Lisa wrapped her arms around Claire's tan body. "Hey now Lisa! Now's not the time to be getting cuddly, you have a show to be focusing on... And this one is going to be important." She warned.

Lisa frowned at her. "So it's true then? Killah Queen is performing at OUR club?" She asked as she glared deeply into Claire's Dark blue eyes. Claire shook it off and stripped before slipping into a lime green pair of yoga pants and a dark blue t-shirt with "Surf or die" written in blood red on it. She then put on a white beanie to complete her look. "Look Lisa, I already apologized for not looking into exactly who she was... But you are a far more mature woman than you were in High School! You can handle a DJ battle with that bitch." She told her.

Lyte took a deep breath, counted to four in her head, and slowly let it out. "It's not just my dislike of Krystal that has me upset, Claire, it's what she did... And what she KNOWS! How am I supposed to perform in front of my brother when she goes around calling me a loose slut! What if he asked why she talked to me that way? What in god's name could I say?!" She asked.

There was a brief pause before Claire raised an eyebrow. "You could just tell him the truth? I may not know much about Derek, but from what you and Silver always said, he seems like a cool enough guy. I'm sure he'd understand the incident with Tom-" But she stopped when Lyte's eyes widened, and she collapsed to the floor like a puppet whose strings were cut.

Claire immediately caught her and hugged her close. "Shhhhhh," She said as she pressed into her. "I'm sorry, I should have known better... Look, Lisa, you've grown so much since that incident... You graduated high school at the top of our class, got a master's degree in engineering, and we even saved enough money to invest in this club! Surely you can handle a delusional little brat?" She asked softly.

Lisa wiped the slowly forming tears from her eyes and nodded. "Yeah... Yeah, you're right... Thanks, Claire." She said as she got back up and gave her a deeper hug, causing Claire to blush. "Come on, bestie! Let's go watch her perform and see what we're working with!" She said as she took off, with Claire following behind her.

They both joined the gathering crowd from the back as they watched a group of what Lisa could only guess to be roadies setting up an expensive-looking sound system. Claire tugged Lisa's side. "Are those people setting up a sound system for her? Shouldn't she be doing that herself?" She asked.

Lisa just rolled her eyes and smirked. "That's what normal DJs who actually know what they are doing usually do. Hell, I even made my own from scratch... Clearly, Krystal had the money to buy the best of the best equipment, and people who know how it all works to put it together for her." She said as she watched the people on stage take their leave.

Finally, a young Korean woman with Black and pink hair appeared on stage. She wore a pink and black striped tube top and ripped black leggings with Pink leopard leg warmers on. "LIKE! OH EM GIZZLE WIZZLES EVERYBODYYY! ARE YOU READY TO RAVE?!" She squealed while standing too close to the microphone, causing a high-pitched squeal to echo throughout the club, hurting the ears of everyone all at once.

"She hasn't changed a bit since high school." Said Lisa as she unplugged her ears. Claire nodded in agreement. "Were you even worried she'd be?" She asked as Lisa just smirked. "Honestly? Her system is impressive! Had Krystal actually taken the time to understand music theory, practiced with the system, or even done ANYTHING a normal DJ would do? She might have been a good decent DJ..." She remarked.

Krystal clicked a few buttons and played an out-of-place death metal song, and tried to scratch a vinyl record before pressing her lips directly into the microphone. "RAWRRRR I HATE YOU IN DINOSAUR! KRYSTAL SHATTER SCREAMS I WANT MOREEEE" She wailed, causing people to press their palms into their ears.

"... But that isn't the case... Krystal didn't become a DJ out of joy for music, or to one day be recognized as a great musician; she did it because I did it... She hasn't changed a bit in looks OR Personality." Continued Lisa before walking off. Claire just watched her as she headed backstage.

Eventually, Krystal's wails were cut out by someone unplugging her system while people booed her. Krystal glared and tried to yell loud enough to match the original volume. "HEY! SHUT UP YOU MEANIE JERKS! I AM THE QUEEN! THE KILLAH QUEEN! DON'T YOU DISREPECT ME!" She yelled out.

As Krystal continued her tantrum, a light percussion slowly began to play, and a much softer scratching of a vinyl disc began to play out of the speakers, causing everyone to look around at the curtains behind Krystal. Glowing Neon lights pointed at Lisa like an arrow as a flying disco ball-looking drone emitted the words "DJ LYTESTRYKE" by her.

"Queen dethroned, hadn't changed a bit! Time for Lyte to spin this shit! Go ahead! Throw your fit! People came to see Lyte spin this shit!" Sang Lisa with a grin. Krystal's screams were now being drowned out by not just Lisa's music but cheers from the crowd as the main event began to play.

Lyte just smirked and switched to Electronic Dance Music vibes and emitted bright rainbow lights from her own body as security pulled a kicking and screaming Krystal from the stage. Claire grinned and recorded the entire thing on her phone to show Lisa later. 

Lisa smiled at the eyes of the crowd, all admiring her, and seductively put her lips to the microphone. "Hottie with a body feelin' naughty, Steps into the Lyte... Let loose and make your move while you both start to groove, dance away the night! Do a little more until you're sore, say no more, walk her home real slow... This night will be yours from the bed to the floor, let your passion flow!" She sang happily.

Claire giggled a bit in the crowd as she watched everyone dance, only to raise her eyes at the sight of Silver and Darkness peering in. "Uh oh.." She muttered softly and quickly turned off her phone to keep from accidentally recording them. "I'll let that play out on its own." She said to herself before turning her head back to her friend on stage while she danced with the crowd to the beat of the music.