After one final bow, Maria stepped off the stage, proud of what she had done. She approaches Brandon the bar owner, Palm extended. He rolled his eyes & fished out 150 bucks from his pocket to give to her. She smiles at him smugly as she puts the money in her pocket & walks out of the bar, stealing a beer as she did so. The brothers watched her go still in awe & their minds a bit off, however when reality kicked in, they rushed & stumbled out of the bar, following her.

"Maria!"

"MARIA!"

She turns around. "Yeah?" she asked coyly. She knew she had impressed them, and she felt accomplished that she did so. I finally caught the tall one's attention she thought to herself

"That was amazing. I had no idea you could play like that!" Jake commented

"Why do I amaze people with my guitar playing?" She asks aloud "'cause I'm a woman & women don't usually play like that?"

"Well Uh…" replied Jake. "Yeah. Most women are the groupies, almost never the rock star."

She smiled a bit, realizing he had a point. Elwood then approached her "It would be an honor if you would join the band." He said with all seriousness.

"Yeah if you join" Jake told her "I hereby give you permission to date my brother."

Maria cocks an eyebrow a bit as Elwood smacked Jake on the back of the head

"Ow!"

She snickered a bit, amused with what he had done. "Alright boys" she told them in her smooth voice. She held out her hand & Jake shakes it "I'm in and since you guys are pretty cool, I'm willing to help you recruit your band members."

Elwood claps his hands once, grateful & responds "Thank you."

The next day, Jake & Maria dropped off Elwood at his Cheese Whiz factory worker job. "I wonder what he's gonna say to them. 'Boss, I gotta quit. My band's coming together & I gotta quit this shitty job' " Maria impersonated with Elwood's accent.

"Knowing him, he'll come up with some smartass excuse on why he's gonna quit." Replied Jake as he lit a cigarette.

Meanwhile inside the factory, Elwood walked towards his bosses' office, feeling confident that today would be the last day he didn't have to show his eyes with those stupid goggles. He preferred his trusty black shades.

Why?

Who knows? Maybe it added some mystery to his identity for those who don't know him that well…

Anyway, Elwood arrived in his boss's small office & sat down

"Sir, I think I gotta quit"

"Why Elwood?"

Elwood paused, trying to come up with an excuse. He obviously couldn't leave saying he was going to reunite his band.

"I'm going to become a minister"

(AN: I know he said "priest" in the extended version of the movie, I just don't wanna get sued)

The boss smiles a bit, liking Elwood's answer & knowing he's been a lifelong Catholic. "Well ok then" he replies calmly "Your last check will be sent to you in the mail & good luck to you"

Elwood gets up, relieved his lie worked & shook his now ex-bosses hand "thank you & God bless you sir".

As he left, he takes off his goggles, tosses them, picks up his trusty briefcase & puts on his black suit (just before he took some "souvenir cans" & hid them in his case.) When he was approaching the exit, he noticed something wrong. Everything seemed brighter.

Because he wasn't wearing his shades.

And Maria was waiting outside for him.

He began searching frantically for his shades in his case & in his pockets. He wasn't ready to let Maria see what he really looked like. If she can see the inner side of Elwood, then maybe he'd consider letting her see his face. Besides, he has never taken off his sunglasses for any woman. After a few seconds, he sighed in relief as he pulled out his shades from his suit pocket. He put on the shades & walked outside towards the Blues-mobile, now ready to recruit his band members.

"Jeez finally!" Jake complained as he scooted to the passenger's seat of the car.

"Oh shut up." replied Elwood as he got in & shut the door "I didn't even take that long!"

"So do you have the address to where we are going?" asked Maria

"Yeah, I found this"

He gets out a card & shows it to Maria & Jake

"Weddings, parties, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, Presenting: Murph & the Magic Tones."

Below that, were a phone number & an address leading to the Holiday Inn. "Whoa, poor them." commented Maria "That place sucks for a gig. If they're not willing to come back & prefer to stay there, then something's wrong with them."

They trio arrive at The Holiday inn, at a little bar which had a "Red Theme" to it. The band's uniforms, tablecloth, wallpaper & even the utensils were all red. "This place either symbolizes a lot of anger & angst…" began Maria.

"Or love" interrupted Jake as he glanced at Elwood who adjusted his tie uncomfortably.

Murph and the Magic Tones were singing a song called "Cuando Cuando Cuando" which sounded horrible in Maria's opinion since Murph didn't have the proper accent for the song. Apparently, everyone else thought so too since no one was paying attention to them. Once they were done with their song, The Brothers approached them & for a brief moment, the band seemed to be happy to see them. It wasn't until Elwood introduced the guys to Maria…

"Guys, meet our new guitar player Maria Valens."

The guys began to get uncomfortable. Not because of the fact their guitar players a woman, but because they actually have a guitar player. They assumed the Brothers wanted to reunite the band without Steve Cropper.

"Our new guitar player?" asked Murph

"Yeah." Replied Jake "We're getting the band back together."

"Are you any good?" asked Donald 'Duck' Dunn to Maria

She didn't say anything, but she played a bit of "Johnny B Goode" which seemed to impress the dudes but Murph looks at Jake with concern.

"Even if we did reunite, I doubt you'd bring back Blue Lou, Mr. Fabulous & Matt Murphy. They all got better jobs Mr. Fabulous runs the Chez Paul & Matt & Lou work as assistant managers there. I doubt you'd persuade them to come back."

"We'll get them. Don't worry" Elwood replied as he chewed on a dry piece of toast that he got from his jacket pocket. Maria snickers a bit, still getting used to her friends' weird eating habits.

"So how long have you been playing?" Willie Hall asks Maria.

"About 15 years"

"And how old are you?"

"25"

He seemed impressed & Murph asked her "What type of music do you usually play?"

"I can play Rock N Roll, Punk & Blues guitar." She replies honestly. "I think the person who inspired me to play was…"

"Chuck Berry?" asks Tom 'Bones' Malone

"No." she replied "The Beatles but mostly George Harrison & John Lennon."

They nod in approval, looking impressed. "Where did you find her?" asked Murph.

"At a bar. Singing & performing Roll Over Beethoven." Elwood said

"Just as long as you know your stuff & have good influences" declared Murph "I'm fine with her being in this band, replaces poor Steve."

The other guys agreed & Maria smiled a bit, finally feeling she fit in.

AN: I have nothing against Steve Cropper. It's just that the guys have to have a motivation to find a new guitar player & I like Matt Murphy so I decided to not have Steve by saying he died. BTW I know Mr. Fabulous, Matt & Blue Lou didn't work together at The Chez Paul, but I added it because it's one of my favorite scenes in the movie next to "Rawhide" and "Minnie The Moocher".

As I said before The storyline is kinda the same as the movie, but then things change later on in the story. I added & took away some scenes…

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