AN: Yeah! 2 new chapts in one week! Im on a rolll! Rollin rollin Rollin! ok that was a bad pun... ignore that and just read on...
Meanwhile at a little boutique nearby Circus Circus, Maria picked out a dark blue dress from the rack and inspected it.
Eh...I don't know if blue is a good color for me She thought to herself
She continued to search to a dress until she saw one that caught her eye. It was a maroon colored silk strapless dress in which the hem of the dress extended just above to her knee. It wasn't trampy, but she did know it would turn heads because it would expose her tattooed back and shoulders and her lean legs.
I'll just wear my hair down that night so that it can cover the tattoos my shoulders and my back. As for my legs...
She metnally shrugged to herself Eh. I shouldn't care if people look at them or not. I'm not trying to show them off, after all. At least...not to anyone who isn't Elwood...
She got the dress and went to the dressing room to try it on after applying some lipstick in the same color as the dress. After she got dressed, She looked at her reflection in the mirror and actually liked what she saw.
Wow. I don't wanna sound vain but...I look good! The shoes and lipstick go very well with the dress.
Maria turned her torso, still looking at her reflection. And the tattoos are covered! This is the one!
After she dropped off her dress at the hotel, Maria called a taxi to take her to the Hard Rock cafe where she was gonna meet Jake and Elwood for dinner. That night was 'Rock & Blues' Kareoke night so she hoped the guys would enjoy it. Maria arrived at the Hard rock cafe outside the HR hotel and saw that not alot of people, suprisingly werent there. She sat in an area that displyed Jim Morrison's leather pants and some handwritten lyrics and ordered her food and drink. The kareoke stage was empty and boring so she decided to kill some of the boredom in the restraunt by going up there. She set the settings on the machine and the music began playing.
You know the day destroys the night. Night divides the day. Tried to run. Tried to hide Break on through to the other side! Break on through to the other side! Break on through to the other side, yeah!
A few people turned their heads and focused their attention on her instead of their food, in awe by her voice.
We chased our pleasures here. Dug our treasures there But can you still recall The time we cried?
Break on through to the other side! Break on through to the other side!
Yeah! C'mon, yeah!
Jake and Elwood stepped inside the restraunt and heard a familiar singing voice. They looked around until they found Maria onstage with a crowd of people cheering her snickered and watched her until the song ended.
Everybody loves my baby Everybody loves my baby She gets high! She gets high! She gets high! She gets high! Yeaaaahhhh!
I found an island in your arms. Country in your eyes Arms that chain. Eyes that lied Break on through to the other side! Break on through to the other side! Break on through, oww! Oh, yeah!
Made the scene! Week to week! Day to day! Hour to hour! The gate is straight! Deep and wide! Break on through to the other side! Break on through to the other side!
Break on through. Break on through. Break on through. Break on through. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
The whole restraunt cheered and applauded to her.
"ENCORE!" yelled Jake
Maria found the Blues Brothers in the audience and laughed "Ok Jake, but only for you guys"
She began singing 'The Crystal ship' by The Doors and everyone fell silent as she sang.
Before you slip into unconsciousness, I'd like to have another kiss Another flashing chance at bliss. Another kiss, another kiss
What the audience didnt know was that she chose that song because of her feelings for Elwood and how calm and collected he made her feel like the mood of the song. She held the mircophone close to her and swayed her hips lightly side to side, getting into the rythm of the song.
The days are bright and filled with pain. Enclose me in your gentle rain. The time you ran was too insane. We'll meet again, we'll meet again
Elwood rested his head on his palm as he dreamily watched his guitarist sing and basked in her smooth voice.
Oh tell me where your freedom lies. The streets are fields that never die. Deliver me from reasons why. You'd rather cry, I'd rather fly
The crystal ship is being filled A thousand girls, a thousand thrills. A million ways to spend your time When we get back, I'll drop a line
The audience cheered and whislted as she bowed once again and stepped down from the stage. She approached The Blues Brothers and Jake patted her on the back.
"Well sung, Six Stings"
"Thanks Jake"
"You were incredible." Elwood complimented with a smile
I love it when he smiles
"Thank you" she said with a wink. "Now, let's get you guys something to eat. I bet your starved"
"I know I am" Jake said
"When aren't you hungry?" Elwood retorted
After dinner was finsihed, Jake kept on eyeing the kareoke machine.
"Do you wanna sing something or what?" Maria asked him, taking a sip of some coke.
"Yeah."
"Well then go sing."
"I will"
"Fine"
Jake approached the stage and chose a Big Bill Turner song. Once the music started, Maria and Elwood began dancing on the dance floor, swing style.
Well now when I get the blues, gonna get me a rockin' chair. Well now when I get the blues, gonna get me a rockin' chair When the blues overtake me, gonna rock right away from here
Now when I get lonesome I get on the when I get lonesome I get on the telephone Well, I call my baby, tell her I'm on my way back home
Well, flip, flop & fly. I don't care if I die Flip, flop & fly. I don't care if I die Don't ever leave me, don't ever say goodbye
A huge crowd of people started making their way onto the dance floor, dancing along to Jake's vocals.
Give me one last kiss; hold it a long, long time. Give me one last kiss; hold it a long, long time Well, hold that kiss 'til I feel it in my head like wine
Well, here come my baby, flashin' a new gold tooth. Well, here come my baby, flashin' a new gold tooth Well, she's so small she can mambo in a pay phone booth
Well, flip, flop & fly. I don't care if I die Flip, flop & fly. I don't care if I die Don't ever leave me, don't ever say goodbye
Maria and Elwood got onstage and took turns dancing with each other
Well, like a Mississippi bullfrog sittin' on a hollow stump. Well, like a Mississippi bullfrog sittin' on a hollow stump I got so many women I don't know which way to jump
Jake began swing dancing with Maria during the last chorus, even picking her up and twirling her
Well, flip, flop & fly. I don't care if I die Flip, flop & fly. I don't care if I die Don't ever leave me, don't ever say goodbye
The crowd cheered and whistled as Jake took a bow.
"We really bring the house down dont we?" Maria asked
"So what should we do next?" Maria asked the brothers. "Wanna stop by Margaritaville and get a drink?"
"No thanks." Jake said "I Hate Jimmy Buffet."
"JAKE ELWOOD BLUES!"
jake froze in his tracks as a chill went up his spine from recognizing that voice. The trio turned around and found a light brown haired woman with an angry look in her eyes.
"Uh..." Jake stammered "H...Hiya Camille...How ya doin sweetie?"
"Sweetie?" Maria said aloud, her eyes wide "You have a girlfriend?"
"So, is she the one you left me at the alter for?" Camille asked Jake evily with a misleading smile
"You know I love ya, baby!" jake pleaded "It wasn't my fault I wasn't there!"
He left her at the alter?
"I'm not with Jake" Maria replied to her, trying to control the situation. "He's only my friend"
Camille squinted her eyes at her "Don't lie to me! I saw it with my own eyes; you two were dancing with each other at The Hard Rock Cafe!"
"So what?" Maria confronted her "Friends can't dance with friends? You gotta learn how to let Jake have his freedom."
Camille, the the trio's suprise, pulled out a pocket knife. Maria looked alarmed and Elwood got in front of her, in defense.
"Don't hurt her!" Elwood commanded
"She'll be the last one I'll kill after I kill you two." Camille said calmly. "I'll be doing this for the common good."
She lundged forward at the trio attempting to stab them, but she missed and they sped off into the Vegas strip.
"I LOVE YOU, JAKE!" she yelled as she began chasing them
"Maria, thank you so much for not being like this!" Elwood yelled
They found a cop smoking and leaning against his car and approached him.
"Hey man" Jake said to him, panting from all the running "My ex is running towards us with a knife and..."
BANG BANG BANG!
Camille got into her car and began firing a gun at them.
"Oh shit!" The officer cursed.
"MOVE!" Maria yelled as she, the cop and The Brothers got into the cop's car. She got into the drivers seat and slammed her foot against the pedal. The car sped off and swayed side to side violently as Camille fired at them again as she chased them down.
"Miss?" The cop panicked as he held on to his seat "Are you sure you know how to drive?"
Maria gave hollow laugh "We're being chased by a homicidal ex girlfriend with a gun and your asking me if I know how to drive? If you don't like the way I drive, then GET OUT OF THE DAMN CAR NOW and get killed by gunfire!" she added angrily
"She's as much as a bad driver as you are!" Jake said to Elwood.
The car sped down Las Vegas bolevard with the sirens blaring and blinking. People dodged out of the way as Maria ran through alot of red traffic lights with Camille just two cars behind them
How are you guys doing back there?" Maria asked the brothers as she continued to speed.
"We're alive" Elwood told her
"Good" she replied. "and we all want it to stay that way."
BANG!
She shot the back window and all the glass shattered and landed in the streets.
"Ahhhh!" the cop yelled
"She's getting closer!" Elwood yelled.
Maria squinted her eyes a bit, thinking of a way to loose her.
"I got an idea!" she exclaimed happily.
She drove off away from downtown Las vegas and drove into the working class part of town, Camille still behind them. The cop stared at Maria wide eyed and then looked at the road. "This road leads to a retracting bridge over the canal! If the Bridge is up letting the boats through, We'll all be stuck and she'll catch up to us!"
"I know what Im doing!" she yelled
The cop trembled and asked for backup where the canal was. A few minutes later, The bridge and canal was right ahead of them.
"Everybody hang on!" maria exclaimed.
WHAAAAMM!
She pounded the pedal with her foot violently and the car drove up until it was almost flying in the air towards the other side. The Cop was the only one screaming; jake and Elwood were to busy trying to see if Camille was still behind them.
And she was.
Until her car began plummeting down into the canal...
SPLOOOOSSHHHHH!
WHAM!
The group's car landed safely on the other side of the bridge, leaving Camille and the car in the canal.
"YESSS!" Elwood yelled
"Whooo!" cheered Jake "That god thats over!"
"Beleive me, me too!" Maria replied in releif
"That was utterly RECKLESS!" The cop yelled "But at least that woman's being taken care of and she won't be a treat anymore. I wont arrest you guys or anything."
From the rearveiw window, Maria saw that Camille's car was underwater and Camille was drenched and getting arrested .
Maria laughed out loud "Sweet Victory!"
AN: Ok this one was very Jim Morrison/The Doors influenced as you can tell from the song choices. I do not own those songs. Nor Flip flop and fly...,When I was typing the car chase scene, I was imagining "Ace of Spades" from Motorhead to be playing as that went on. So if you guys reread this chapter, put that song on and feel the adrenilene! Oh and the title of the song is from a song called "Police truck" by the Dead Kennedys so I thought thatll be appropriate as well