Chapter 5 - We're Gonna Rock This Town!
Sunday is the big Teen Star show! The gals color coordinate, as each is wearing a red and pink outfit: Sam has on her red halter top, with pink pants and shoes; Clover has on her red halter top, under her pink blouse tied at the waist, and pink pants and shoes; and Alex has on her red halter top, with spaghetti strap around the neck, with pink pants and shoes. All three gals are wearing pink sunglasses.
The gals open the show with the "You Can't Hurry Love!" number. Clover improvises a bit on the guitar, as does Sam on bass and Alex on drums, adding their own flavor to the song! The crowd goes wild! They love it! The gals are called back for three curtain calls before they can go to their dressing room.
"We ROCKED!!" Alex says exuberantly.
"We sure did!" says Clover happily.
"And I think we'll be even better with our last number!" says Sam confidently.
Max Clef personally introduces the group for the shows final number. "...and now, the group you've all been waiting for! The Spies singing their own song, 'Here We Go'. Here they are!... The fabulous Spies!!!!!!"
The gals take a polite bow together and tear into their song. They are really pouring themselves into it! Clover does a one minute improvisation between verses one and two on her guitar. Sam also does a one minute improvisation between verses two and three on her bass. Alex finishes the song with a thirty-second drum improvisational flurry! As the gals finish, the crowd is going crazy!! They've brought the house down! They can't get off the stage! Roars of "Encore! Encore!" are heard repeatedly!
It takes Max Clef five minutes to calm the crowd down, to let them know who the winner was that night! "Ladies and Gentlemen! It is now time to award the $30,000 prize and trophy to the winning act tonight! And it goes to, as if there was any doubt, THE SPIES!!!!!!"
The gals are spellbound and happy! They won! THEY WON!!!! WOWWWWW! They three gals run on to the stage next to Max! Clover accepts the trophy and Sam accepts the check for the band. The gals take a big bow, and blow kisses to the audience! The roar of the crowd is deafening! Once again, they can't get off the stage! The crowd positively LOVES them!
The gals ride their high all week! Everything is going their way! On Friday, as they walk past a locker, they get WOOHP'd.
Jerry begins, "Before we discuss your status with WOOHP, I'd like you to know what happened to you last week. When you auditioned, Joe assigned you to a specific dressing room and sound stage. What Joe didn't let you know is that his girlfriend was going to be on the show, and he was going to do everything he could to make her the winner. In the muzak in your dressing room were these subliminal messages," Jerry slows the muzak down to a crawl, and the startled gals hear 'You constantly miss beats. You always miss chords. You cannot harmonize. You are pitiful.'
"These messages were repeated 60 times a minute, so the more time you spent in the dressing room, the more your subconscious was bombarded with the negative messages. Joe also planted subliminal messages in the strobe as well," and Jerry slows the strobe to a crawl, and the gals see 'You can't win. You can't do anything right. You are terrible. You stink. You are brainless and uncoordinated.
"So you see Joe now was visually reinforcing the negative message you heard in your dressing room, also at 60 times a minute. With over an hour of this bombardment, your confidence took a major hit!"
"But Jerry", says Sam, "we snapped out of it the Thursday before the performance!"
"I know," says Jerry. "You see, I remastered the muzak tape, and the strobe messages. This is what they said after the remaster."
And the girls hear on the muzak tape 'You are the best!' 'Yesterday is history, tomorrow an unknown, but YOU can control the present!' 'You are talented musicians and singers. There is no one better than you!' and see in the strobe messages, 'No one can beat you!' 'You will be perfect!' 'You'll be so good you will improvise on stage perfectly!' 'You are the best!'
The girls get off of their landing cushion and give Jerry a big group hug and thank you.
"Jerry, I know helping a band isn't 'official WOOHP business'! Thanks!" says Sam as she gives Jerry her part of the group hug.
"Jerry, you rock!" says Clover as she gives Jerry her part of the group hug.
"You're such a good friend! Thank you!" says Alex as she gives her part of the group hug.
Jerry's face flushes a little with embarrassment, but he smiles as he says, "I was happy to do it, ladies!"
As the girls release him from their group hug, Jerry asks with a big smile, "Do I take it you want these back?" as he produces their compowders.
"You bet, Jerry!" says Sam as she takes hers happily.
"You can't be rid of us that easily!" says Clover with a smile, as she takes hers.
"Life would be pretty boring without you, Jerry!" says a smiling Alex as she claims hers.
"Splendid ladies! I am very happy to have my number one spy team back as well!"
With that, Jerry wishes the gals a good weekend. As they confidently leave his office laughing and smiling, the spies head home. They needed to get ready for the school dance tonight!