Chapter 3: A Case 4 U and Tango Casey
A/N: Here's the third chapter. I'm so glad that everybody liked this so much! I really like writing it. This chapter has my version of the songs Today 4 U , Tomorrow 4 me, and the Tango Maureen. Please Read, Review, sing along, and enjoy!
A Case 4 U, A Patient for Me
It was another busy day for the detectives of Manhattan's special victims unit. In the "random rapist" case, there were still no leads. All of the detectives were at a loss. They had nothing to go on. John Munch and Elliot Stabler were once again at their desks, sifting through paper work. They wondered where their fellow detective Odafin Tutuola was.
Their fellow detective, Odafin Tutuola, walked into the room with a smile on his face, followed by the FBI doctor George Huang. . Fin had a print out of a rap sheet, with a picture on top, and a typed up confession. He put it with a flourish on Elliot's desk, and waited for them to look up.
FIN: Gentlemen, the good news on this summers day, I've caught a break in the case that could go either way. A serial rapist who recently escaped from jail. Tommy Lucot Brulard!
The detectives looked at the file that was placed on their desk. It was indeed a rap sheet for one Tommy Lucot Brulard. Along with that, there was a transcript of an interview that Dr. Huang had with this man, right before he disappeared. Dr. Huang pointed to the file.
DR. HUANG: A case for you, a patient for me! A case for you, a patient for me!
Elliot and John looked up at their colleague with interest. He could possibly have the break they were looking for. Dr. Huang often helped them with their particularly complex cases.
FIN: You should listen to this.
JOHN: You learned this all today?
They were looking through the file, impressed. This guy's MO matched almost perfectly. Even the physical type was the same. They could possibly have him now. They listened to Dr. Huang's story.
DR. HUANG: It all happened today in my office last week, when a scary looking large angry guy walked in. Gave a fake name, was real weird, knew that something was wrong, he said he had an appointment but we're booked up for a year. Wished to taked about his mother, and other junk. Knew he was lying but was real screwed up. I felt that I should just look him up, I knew that it would help us with this case.
John and Elliot were nodding. What the doctor was saying made a lot of sense. They couldn't wait to go out and interview this guy, then bring him in. Then they looked to the bottom of the report. It stated that this…Brulard…guy had disappeared shortly after this meeting.
DR. HUANG:
A case 4 U, a patient 4 me! A case 4 U, a patient 4 me!
Then we starting talking. Heard things that were disturbing. Fantasies – that were like what this rapist is doing. I never found out if he'd done this before, but judging on his speech he knew what he was talking about. After he was done, this weird guy, like a real psycho, just walked out and said not another word after. Just like nothing had happened after all this, I got back to my day, until this guy started all this.
Odafin Tutuola nodded and smiled at what Dr. Huang was saying. The doctor had been great to him. George had found him passed out in the alley and roused him. Then with his prescribing power of a psychiatrist, he had given him some nice pain killers. Fin was really greatful for that. Dr. Huang was a great guy.
DR. HUANG:
A case 4 U, A patient 4 me! A case 4 U, a patient 4 me!
I was coming her when I ran into Fin, He was suffering from a little alcohol poisoning. Must have drank to much, I helped him out, then I came up here, to tell you the new prime suspect, so we can stop this bastard! Know it!
Elliot and John were making phone class to everyone this Brulard guy ever knew. Everything Dr. Hwang was saying was so true, so they really needed to find him. Once they found him, they could stop him. However, now that they suspected who it was, it didn't make things much easier.
DR. HUANG: A case 4 U, a patient 4 me! A case 4 U, a patient 4 me! I said – a case 4 U, a patient 4 me! Paaaaaaaaaaatient, 4 me!
The Tango: Casey
John Munch had gone to check on the former prosecutor, and current defense attorney, Alex Cabot. Since she had been brought out of witness protection and become a defense attorney, she had really been overworking herself. She was always in constant competion with SVUs current prosecutor, Casey Novak.
He walked in to the law firm Alex worked for to find her asleep on her desk. She really had been overworking herself. John nudged her gently to wake her up. She looked around at him, bleary eyed.
ALEX: The press won't go away, prosecuters…
JOHN: Don't give up today.
Alex looked up at him, looking utterly exhausted. Then she buried her head in her desk once again.
JOHN: Say something, anything.
ALEX: I can't do this.
JOHN: You don't believe that.
She shook her head and gestured around the office. It was a big mess. John could tell that she was overwhelmed. There were piles of paper everywhere, and Alex seemed to be close to tears.
ALEX: This is hard.
JOHN: It's not
ALEX: Very hard.
JOHN: Not so hard.
ALEX: I'm so lost that I don't know what to do.
This arguing with John was getting pointless. He just didn't understand where she was coming from. She was defending a very high profile client, on a very high profile case. Being a defense attorney was much different than being a prosecutor. A lot of the time her clients were guilty, but this time, this guy was innocent. She hated that she had to work with the overconfident and presumptuous Casey Novak.
ALEX: Filing motions to dismiss, getting an expert witness. And to top it all of, there's Casey.
John knew exactly what she meant. Casey, while pretty and vivacious, made him crazy. He hated her, and recognized what a great person she was at the same time.
JOHN: Feel like killing yourself? Put all plans on the shelf? And you'd work with anyone but her.
ALEX: As a matter of fact.
JOHN: Honey I understand. It's called the tango Casey.
John described Casey perfectly. She was ambitious, she was overconfident, she was flakey, and a lot of time, she was also wonderful. The worse was that she was so difficult to work with. She made Alex's life hell when she was prosecuting a case she was working on. Alex hoped she wasn't like that when she was a prosecutor.
JOHN: The Tango: Casey, it's a person we have to work with. She'll just keep you waiting…
'That wasn't right', Alex thought, 'Casey isn't so bad.'
ALEX: Not true!
JOHN: She'll make your case harder.
ALEX: She's okay to me.
John did a strange type of Tango movement, and Alex couldn't help but giggle. A tango was an intricate dance that described her feelings for Casey perfectly. She put her hands on his shoulders, and he put his hands on her waist, and they began to dance.
JOHN: And you'll fight and you'll fight, but she thinks she is right, and she'll end up getting her way.
ALEX: I think I understand now….
JOHN AND ALEX: The Tango Casey
John and Alex continued to Tango around Alex's office. They had both at one time enjoyed Casey's company, and tried to work along side her. Casey Novak was a little too confident, and thought a little too much of herself. John and Alex were getting all their frustrations out in dance.
JOHN: Has she ever begged for your help, then turned against you?
Alex thought back…
ALEX: Never
JOHN: Have you ever doubted her legal means…
Come to think of it, Alex had been doubting everything Casey had been doing for a while, both professionally, and personally. Alex had always longed for more than a friendship with the young prosecutor. Sometimes it seemed like Casey wanted the same. Casey was one confusing woman.
ALEX: Just a little. Did you know you had fallen in love?
JOHN: Right away – it's not just you.
ALEX: Did she try to ruin your life?
JOHN: More than once.
ALEX: I'm getting…freaked out.
They continued to dance around Alex's very messy office. John was surprisingly good at tango. As Alex danced, Alex forgot about all our worries. They danced and they danced, everything else fell away. They hadn't really talked much before, but they had one thing that held them together. They were in love with a pretty young attorney named Casey Novak. Alex was curious to how John had become such a good dancer.
JOHN: Where'd you learn to dance?
ALEX: From Amy Ashton, my roommate and girlfriend at Harvard Law. And you?
JOHN: From Liat Goldenberg, the rabbi's daughter at the Manhattan Jewish Community Center. I'm starting to get tired.
ALEX: We should try it blindfolded.
They continued to dance, enjoying talking about the one thing they had in common: Casey. It was the woman they loved to hate…or maybe hated to love. Whatever. Alex missed dancing. It was a welcome break from the hectic days for the prosecutor turned defence attorney. Suddenly, Alex realised what Casey had been doing.
JOHN: She's misleading
ALEX: Casey's misleading
JOHN: Very much so.
ALEX: I'm so sad cause she'll never feel it to.
Alex Cabot had harboured a secret crush on Casey Novak for quite some time. There were times when Casey acted like she felt the same way. Other times, especially when they were working opposite each other on a case, Casey acted so cold, and often cruel. John was just reminding her of that.
She decided her best strategy was to pretend she had never heard those things. She should really get back to her work. She had a lot to do before tomorrow if she wanted to be prepared.
JOHN: Gotta be optimistic, and just do your job.
ALEX: I don't know if I can with her.
JOHN AND ALEX: When you're working with her, she just drive you nuts. Her legal technique and her looks make you cry.
It felt good for both of them to get all these feelings about Casey out in the open. Alex tried to concentrate on her work, but somehow she ended up dancing around the office with John again.
JOHN: So you think you just should…
ALEX: …get her out of your life.
JOHN: But at least you can see her each day.
They both tried to imagine what Casey would say if she saw them. She would probably both adore that they were both so in love with her, and hate that they were avoiding their work. She was strange like that.
ALEX AND JOHN: The Tango Casey. It will start by consuming your life. When you think you're free of her…you end up working with her. And you try to make deals, but she becomes so distance. And it seems like she has no interest.
They sat down onn either side of Alex's desk. They were tired from all that dancing. It was also very late at night. John, like every other detecitive in New York, was working on the very publicized case of the random rapist.
Alex was busy defending people who were both innocent, and guilty. That was the hardest part of her job for her. John also knew that she was working herself to hard. Needless to say, both John and Alex were under a lot of pressure. Knowing that they were not alone in their love of the ambiguous, mysterious and alluring Casey Novak was comforting. What was even better was they had someone to tango with.
JOHN: Why do we obsess over her…
ALEX: Although she is sometimes rude…
JOHN: The Tango: Casey!