Step Up Revolution Page #3

We've got to win this contest.

What contest?

YouTube is giving 100 grand

to the first channel that gets 10 million hits.

Then adding another dancer

can only help you.

Sean! Your tables are looking for you.

Be right out. I gotta go.

Look.

I have to get into Wynwood.

And the only way that

I'm gonna be able to do that

is by taking risks

and changing the way I dance.

The Mob is not gonna go for it.

Especially if they find out who you are.

Who says anyone has to know?

- The second one, for sure.

- Okay.

- Nice work.

- No problem.

Always working out, man.

Yeah.

Yo. What do we have here?

I want to introduce you to someone.

Emily, this is Eddy, co-founder of The Mob.

And my best friend.

- Nice to meet you.

- Hi.

What's she doing here?

She's gonna join our next mission.

I got her up to speed about the contest

and how things are going down.

She can help.

Sean, can I talk to you for a second?

What the hell is this?

She's an incredible dancer.

So what? Just like that, she's inner circle?

How do I know I can trust her?

Because I vouch for her.

No! We can only trust

the people that we have.

What's the issue?

We've been saying we need another girl

to really go off and hit choreography.

It's worth a shot, right? She's actually good.

Come on.

Can you get her ready

in time for the next Mob?

Yeah. I think so.

Good. Because you're dancing lead.

Did you say "lead"?

Yeah, I did.

- It's going to be good.

- You'll be good.

Let me introduce you to the crew.

Eddy is our resident Mark Zuckerberg.

Anything electronic

or computer-related, he can do.

He's our eyes and ears.

Penelope is the hottest DJ on South Beach.

She creates all the mind-blowing remixes

for our Mobs.

She sets everything in motion.

And Jason just got back from New York

where he was a part of this

crew called The Pirates.

Anything we need in terms of effects,

he's our boy.

Mercury is a locally renowned street artist.

No one, I mean no one,

has ever heard him speak.

You know, "Picture's worth

a thousand words" thing.

Iris was huge in the SoCal skate scene.

He wanted to put his lens

on something next-level,

so we gave him something to film.

Sly and Adrian are leaders

of our parkour crew.

They handle all of our stunts.

The rest of our crew,

they're from all over the world,

and dance every style there is.

And this is where we put it all together.

It's the Batcave of The Mob.

We wake people up out

of their daily lives, Emily.

We hit them where and when

they least expect it.

When The Mob speaks, everyone listens.

You still have time to back out.

Nah, we're good.

You are ready, right?

9- 1- 1 emergency.

How's that for inspiration?

Unreal.

Thanks.

Mind if I cut in?

Can you salsa?

Can I.

All right. Let's see if you can keep up.

Come on. You've gotta give it up.

You did good. You did.

It was the best Mob yet.

This is great. Come on.

I like it here.

It's not exactly Star Island.

No, it's better. You're lucky.

Lucky?

I wish I grew up in a place like this.

I grew up in hotels.

All different, but all exactly the same.

Clean, sterile, temporary.

People actually live here.

It's great.

It is.

You want to see more of it?

This is yours?

How about I show you around?

So when did you start The Mob?

It was Eddy who came up

with the idea of doing Mobs.

How long have you known him?

All my life.

We're more like brothers, I guess.

Our folks would go to Ricky's every night

and we'd be there,

these little kids, just wilding out.

Then my pops took off.

Moms met her new man

and ever since then,

it's kind of been us against the world.

That's what it was like for me, too.

Me and my dad right after my mom split.

We were inseparable.

What happened?

I got my own ideas

about what I wanted to do.

You know? With my life.

And he's had a really hard time

accepting that.

You should be able to do

what you want to do.

It's not that simple.

Why not?

You don't understand, Sean.

I wish I was like you.

I could just do whatever I wanted.

You know? Break the rules.

Me?

You've got to realize, guys like Eddy and I,

we're invisible in this city.

That's kind of how we came up

with the idea of doing Mobs.

It's like us saying, "Listen up."

"We exist. This city is ours, too."

- Does that sound lame?

- No.

Not at all.

Hey, Ricky.

What's wrong?

Ever hear of Anderson Global Properties?

Yeah. Why?

This Anderson guy,

he wants to build some sort of development.

Luxury hotel. Designer shops.

He's buying the whole strip

on this side of the river.

This bar, your home,

the shop where your sister works, all gone.

Can you believe this?

It's the same a**hole that fired me.

This guy can't walk in here

and take everything we have.

Can't you just say no, Ricky?

It's not my choice, hijo.

I'm like everyone around here. I rent.

A lot of people are making

a living on this strip.

And now everything's gonna be wiped out.

Gone.

Emily!

Hey! Where are you going?

To talk to my dad.

Is it gonna help?

I don't know, but I have to try.

We have to tell your friends

that he's my dad.

They deserve that much.

I don't know. Eddy almost lost it in there.

And Ricky, I've never seen him like that.

Right now, I think it might make it worse.

You want to at least tell me

where you've been?

I was out with a friend. It got late.

So you spent the night with some guy?

It wasn't like that.

Just don't do it again. I've got a meeting.

Are you planning to build in

the Spring Gardens district?

Why do you ask?

My friend, Sean. He lives there.

This just keeps getting better.

So you spent the night in a slum.

- It is not a slum.

- Emily...

Daddy, I wish you could see it.

The same families

have lived there for decades.

Every time I build,

something else gets knocked down.

Someone's house, someone's business.

It's the price of progress.

Besides, this is a done deal.

Trip is meeting with the city council

next Thursday.

And once they give it the okay,

we break ground at the end of the month.

Please, don't do this.

Let's make a deal.

I won't tell you how to dance,

and you don't tell me

how to run my company.

All right, let's take five.

Emily...

Where are you?

I'm right here.

You're not here.

I'm watching you,

and it's like you're being

blown around the studio like a leaf.

Take control, Emily.

Let's take it from the top.

Where have you been?

Emily's got an idea for the next Mob.

I really don't need Cinderella coming in here

and messing with the program.

We need to be working on the next Mob.

We've already got over 4,000,000 hits.

So you got a lot of hits on YouTube.

That's great.

Maybe you'll win this thing,

and you'll win some money,

but it's not gonna change anything.

Believe me.

You have 4,000,000 people listening,

but you're not saying anything

that actually matters.

It's not okay to make art for fun anymore,

and it's not okay to make trouble either.

So what are you proposing?

I'm saying enough with performance art.

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