Note: 'Love's Unkind' and 'When Love Takes Over You' are by Donna is by Carly Simon, and Hello, I Love You is originally by the Doors, remade by Adam Ant.
6: HELLO, I LOVE YOU
" New York . Cradle of Civilization. Cradle of Civilization my ass." Piper Halliwell snapped.
It was no secret that the Halliwell sisters were not fond of New York City . It was a surprise that Isis didn't care for the city either. The Human Goddess agreed with them when she stated "The sooner we find this 'Lorelei' and put her away, the better."
Superman sighed. "This place has it's good points, too. The Jets, the Mets, the Ed Sullivan Theater…"
"Said with the thinking of someone who lives in a city like this. At different times, Piper, Phoebe, and I have been here…and were not blown away. Let's table this discussion, because we're here." Prue finished. Where they were was One Police Plaza , home to Major Case…and the newly formed JLA Investigative Branch.
Inside, the heroes run into Dets. Alexandra Eames, Robert Goren and Carolyn Barek. Mike Logan had just came into the squadroom 1 minute later. "What did I miss?"
"Nothing much. Isis is about to go to the Crime lab. We've found out more about our murder victims. The 2 guys belonged to a Doors tribute band, while the girl was part of a Go-Gos tribute band." Phoebe speaks up.
Piper notices the salad Barek is eating. "What type of tomato is that?"
Barek smiles then says "Cherry tomato? They're from my garden."
Piper then grins and says "You have a garden here? What else do you grow?"
Barek gins. "Cabbage."
Logan overhears and adds "Polish food. I love pierogis. Are your mother's any good?"
Barek sighs. "Nah. Wasn't her thing. So what did Mrs. Logan make her boy?"
"Rum punch." As Logan smiles to himself, both Barek and Piper look at him inquiring. "Private joke. What are the victims names?"
"They were related. Madelyn, Kevin, and Timothy Zucker, changed their family name to Zoom. Not the greatest choice." Prue states. She then asks "Who's that guy in your…interrogation room? Did I get that right?"
"Yeah, you did. As for him, That's one of the suspects that Logan picked out." Barek tells her. "Where did Isis go?"
"She went to the CSI lab. There might be something there found on the victims' clothing or items that we missed." Clark tells them. Superman had changed into Clark Kent before going inside. Clark then starts to ask "About…
Capt. James Deakins then begins to describe Logan with "He's one of those cops. Always looking for the crook in the room."
"Like a certain Bat eared friend I know." Clark muses to himself.
Three teenagers walk in then. "Alex, a friend of ours was a witness to a murder. Is she still here?" Lilly Chilman, a young blonde girl in yellow asks.
Eames tells her "Still in the other interrogation room."
Theo Martin frowns "Why is she being grilled. What did she do?
The father of witness said angrily "She engaged in reckless and inappropriate behavior."
Eames glares at the father, saying "I think we know what that means."
Casey Rhodes glares at the father then, snapping "Does Daddy Dearest here have any idea what drove her to it?"
"What are you inferring…"
Barek joins in. "Bruises, scarring, and other signs of abuse. She's filed charges for your arrest. Her mother is on her way now…hopefully to get her far away from you."
Casey almost smiled as he then spoke "As for you, if there's any kind of justice still left in this city, you'll go to jail for a long time."
While this conversation has been taking place, Clark, Goren and Logan begin exchanging tidbits about the Rat Pack and its history in New York City landmarks. Eames looks at Prue, Piper, and Barek, then sighs "Let's put them out of our misery."
"How do we go about doing that?" Piper asks.
"Simply put, we say if they mention this damned gin-swilling 'Rat Pack' again, we'll cut their beer with horse laxative." Phoebe snaps.
"Ouch. I think we can come up with something less painful…such as telling them not to ever mention that bunch again." Prue says.
"No appreciation for good music or movies. Logan said that he had a hunch about where we could find one of Lorelei's henchmen. Anyone want to come along?" Clark asks.
Piper frowns "Are you going to mention that damn, chauvinistic "Rat Pack' again?"
"Not gonna lie. Most likely." Clark tells them.
Piper then says "Well, in that case…" then, as one, she, Prue, Phoebe, Eames, and Barek shout "HELL, NO!"
"Suit yourselves." Clark sighs, as he, Goren and Logan head off to a club to look for their suspect. Watching them go, Eames says to the others still in the squadroom "There they go. Ocean's Three."
"Casey, Lilly, and Theo ask "Who?"
"Reference to a crap 1960s movie that for some reason George Clooney and Brad Pitt revived. Don't ask me why." Piper tells them.
Meanwhile, Andrea Thomas has arrived at the crime lab, and is talking to Det. Stella Bonasera. "Find out anything?'
"Yeah, the person who arranged the murders has the worst taste in music ever, replacing the tracks recorded with a boat load of pseudo-McGuire Sisters type songs…all of them awful, telling women to have no mind of their own and stand by their man, right or wrong. Yuck." Bonasera tells her.
Det. Mac Taylor walks in then, adding "What did you expect from 1951?"
Bonasera looks at the new arrival. "What time did you get in?"
Taylor looks at her and says matter-of-factly "I never went home."
"Can't sleep?" Andrea asks.
Taylor gives her a sly look and replies "What's sleep?"
Dr. Sheldon Hawkes then comes in and asks "You never went home last night, huh?"
Taylor observes "Looks like you didn't, either."
Hawkes then replies "Hey, I've got two miles of bandages to go through. What's your excuse?"
Andrea asks "Which victim?"
"Madelyn. 3rd degree burns over 1/3 of her body when she was found. Any idea why she's killing singers & musicians?" Hawkes wanted to know.
"That's what we're gonna find out…and hopefully nail Lorelei once and for all." Andrea sighs.
One hour later, Andrea returns to Major Case with Taylor, Bonasera, and Det. Don Flack in tow. "Any new findings?"
"Not much. Lorelei married…completely for money. It seems that she has a lot in common with Lex…along with holding a grudge. She blames him for her failed career, the deaths of her group mates, and for the condition of music in general, thinking since 1951 it's all trash." Logan tells them.
"Who the hell is she to talk? I've heard some of her stuff…she wants to bring back things that the McGuire Sisters, Pat Boone, the Lettermen, and groups like them recorded? That would send me into a suicidal depression if I had to hear nothing but that." Goren frowned.
"Flack got one of her paid killers…he's in the interrogation room now. Deakins told them, then added "Logan, would you like to work your magic on him?"
The grin from Logan's face told Andrea –The hounds have been unleashed.-
Soon, Andrea, Clark, Barek, Taylor, and Deakins watch Logan interviewing a witness through a glass window. They do not have access to audio. Barek then says "He's got an interesting interview style. Very affable. Cuddly cop."
"Not what I expected." Taylor tells them.
Inside the interview room, Logan is talking to the witness "…And I'll owe you. I'm good for it. Ask anybody. Mike Logan. How about it?"
Witness nods. Logan continues with "Now I'm going to pound my fist on the table. Okay?" He then slams his hand on the table and stands up abruptly, looking angry.
Outside the room, Taylor looks at Barek and Deakins, saying "Now that's the Logan I expected."
One hour later, Clark and Prue are with Logan & Barek as they grill one of Lorelei's go-betweens at a local bar. "Where's Lorelei?" Clark asks.
The man answers in Spanish "No Habla Ingles."
Barek takes over and a conversation is held between the two. Clark looks at her afterwards then asks "What was that all about?"
"He said that Lorelei contacts him by cell phone. Luthor did something to her that caused her not to be employable by anyone in the music industry, trashing her reputation. He knows about this because of a one night encounter they had. She was able to gain information for what she did through him, but she never told him why she wanted these people." Barek tells them.
Logan looks at his partner, then asks "So just in case I need an interpreter, how many languages do you speak?"
Without batting an eye, Barek tells them "Spanish, Yiddish, Italian, Polish, some Creole, some Russian, some Cantonese from working in Chinatown. You?"
"Me? I can barely make out French. Clark?" Prue asks.
"Japanese, French, Spanish, and Valspeak. There are some of mine from the San Ferando Valley and Encino, and that's all they speak." Clark says this and notices both Barek and Prue shaking their heads. He turns to Logan and asks "What about you?"
Logan looks at all three and says "I can say "Stop, police" and "What's your sign?" in fifteen different languages. Along with 'Have smack, will travel.' In French."
"Cute." Prue grins, as they walk into a pool hall. Barek tries to be disarming. " Hi, we're getting engaged. My sister's helping me look for certain jewels. I'm looking for a diamond solitare."
"I'm not in the jewelry business."
Barek asks "Are you sure?"
"I'm sure."
Prue frowns and adds "What's the loop for, so you can find your jeans when you take a leak?"
Logan looks at the eldest Halliwell. "I wish I had said that." He then swings the pool cue on the jeweler's loop on the fence's neck. "Lorelei got you fencing rocks for Johnny Feist?"
"I don't know no Johnny Feist."
Logan frowns and says "You know, I had a partner - ohh what a great stick man he was - here's something he had way too much decency to teach me." He then snaps a pool cue in half with his foot.
Now terrified, Whittaker shrieks "What're you gonna do with that?"
Logan grabs the fence by the jeweler's loop around his neck and shoves the broken pool cue under his jaw. He drives the fence around the pool hall while Barek and Clark follow, looking alarmed. Logan then speaks " I'm a rage-a-holic cop who took a swing at a city councilman. Everybody thinks that I'm a ticking bomb. Maybe today's the day I blow, I don't know. It's up to you."
"You're sick, man. Don't hurt me."
-Definitely another Bruce.- Clark thinks to himself.
"Hurt you? Hurt you? How much you pay Johnny for those rocks? You profit from the people he and this 'Lorelei kill. You encourage him to kill more. I have absolutely zero compassion for you. You know, Rudy's not the mayor anymore, but that doesn't mean we can't have some fun."
Prue grins. She then sends the fence flying into a wall with her telekinesis. "Damn, I wish I could do that." Logan grins.
"C'mon, you can do something like that." Prue grins, then catches Johnny Feist trying to escape through the back exit, sending him flying into the pool table with her telekinesis.
Logan grins "You're right." Looking at Feist, he smirks "C'mon. Here's a little police magic. Shazam, you're under arrest."
Barek smiles. "Faith trumps science. Once again."
Prue looks at Logan, then grins "Nothing a little calamine lotion can't fix."
Back at the crime lab, Prue joins Piper and Det. Lindsay Monroe. "Listening to a Donna Summer song?"
"The victims were prepping for a tour with her, and this was one of the songs they were going to do. We thought that would help us find out more about Lorelei." Piper tells her sister.
Monroe looks at the two Halliwell sisters. "It's on…"
You seem to be in a dizzy spin
You can't work it out
You can't explain the mood you're in
You're stumbling about
But it's the same thing happened to you
Has happened to me
I understand what you're going through
Over emotional and confused
You can't keep up with your change of moods
But it's true,
'cause these are the things we do
When love takes over you
You've got no time, for anyone
Even friends get in the way
You won't take any good advice
Or listen to what I say
Because it don't just happen to you
It happens to everyone
I understand what you're going through
It's nothing new, 'cause I've been there too
It's all too much for a girl like you
Yes it's true,
'cause these are the things we do
When love takes over you
Ooh, baby la, la, la, la
Ooh, baby la, la, la, la
But it's the same thing happened to you
Has happened to me, oh now
I understand what you're going through
Over emotional and confused
You can't keep up with your change of moods
But it's true,
'cause these are the things we do
When love takes over you
I understand what you're going through
It's nothing new 'cause I've been there too
It's all too much for a girl like you
Yes it's true,
'cause these are the things we do
When love takes over you
I understand what you're going through
Over emotional and confused
You can't keep up with your change of moods
But it's true,
'cause these are the things we do
When love takes over you
I understand what you're going through
It's nothing new 'cause I've been there too
It's all too much for a girl like you
Yes it's true,
'cause these are the things we do
When love takes over you
"Well, given Lorelei's tastes in music, I can see why she would want musicians dead. Where was the victim found?" Piper asked.
Det. Danny Messner came in, speaking "Near a huge oak in Central Park."
Monroe sighs. "Well, too bad birds can't talk because there's a robin's nest like twelve feet away."
Messner grins. "Bird's-eye view."
Laughing, Monroe snaps "You had to say it, right?"
"What are ya gonna do?"
Prue frowned. "All my favorite theories shot to hell in 60 seconds."
Piper, Phoebe, Casey, Lilly, Theo, Goren, and Eames meanwhile, had gone to Lorelei's midtown high rise. Eames looked at her partner. "Popular opinion had it pegged as a murder/suicide."
Goren had a distinct response. "I never trust opinion polls."
"Neither do I." Phoebe then knocks on the door, then shouts "HELLO?"
"Pheebs!" Piper whispered.
The door opens, and a deceptively young looking woman answers in an annoyed tone "Can I help you?"
"Lorelei Blake-Whitney?" Theo asks.
"Yes." The woman was colder than Ice Station Zebra.
Goren looks at a painting. "Hey. This is nice." He, Theo, Casey, Lilly, walk in.
Phoebe agrees. "Is that a Monet?" She then follows the 4 Jungle Fury Rangers inside.
Piper and Eames look mockingly apologetic. "They can't help themselves. Can we come in?"
"You're interrupting a very important evening." Lorelei snaps.
Goren: We could come back tomorrow...
Lorelei looks at the 4 detectives. "That would be so much better."
Casey then takes a cue from Logan. "Yeah. But since we're here…"
Leon Bradley, an acting agent, says "What is going on here?"
"We should be asking you that question. Are we…ahem… interrupting something?" Casey muses.
Bradley snaps "What the hell are you imagining? I'm interested in her acting. I signed her own as a student four weeks ago."
Both Lily and Phoebe are copying a mime taking place in the other room as Piper asks "Do you have a lot of students in their 60s?"
Bradley frowns "No."
Goren takes over. "Fifties, forties…"
"I'm guessing 25 is the cutoff for actresses. Twenty-six if they're pretty." a disgusted Eames concludes.
Lorelei got defensively angry as she snapped "You don't know. You don't know what it's like."
Goren frowned as he replied "What, to work so hard?"
"Yes."
Goren asked "And still be a nobody."
"Yes." Lorelei frowned.
Goren glared at her as he snapped "Welcome to the human race. What is it that makes you think you have the right to be the earth's one woman music and taste police?"
Piper frowned as well. "The hell with her. We'll get enough on her to put her away for life soon. Enjoy your freedom while you can, it will be your last." All seven then leave in disgust.
2 girls walk over to the group as they exit the building. "Are you talking about that crazy retro redhead, stuck in the 40s?"" a long haired brunette asks.
"Yes. Any idea what she was talking about?" Eames asked.
"No. we were getting weird vibes from her, but she was talking about this weird place down a flight of stairs…with a red bar."
"Thank you." Casey smiles as they leave.
Not gaining any other information at the playhouse, they start to return to the squadroom, when they are attacked by…
"RINSHI?! How did Lorelei get a hold of them?" Theo shouts"
"Later for that! Right now…" Casey, Lilly, Theo, Eames, and Goren grab their Solar Morphers and shout as one…
"JUNGLE BEAST, SPIRIT UNLEASHED!"
While the Rangers morph, the Charmed Ones go to work, using their telekinetic powers, Molecular Combustion, and phasing to finish off a pack of Rinshi. Clark is nearby, and quickly changes to Superman to demolish a group of Rinshi. Isis has also gotten into the fight, destroying the mindless henchmen.
Within seconds, the 5 are transformed into their Ranger forms. Eames, the Pink Eagle Ranger, grabs two Rinshi Warriors by the throat and shoots into the sky. Once high enough, she lets them go, sending them slamming into several unfortunate Rinshi.
Casey and Goren, the Red Tiger and Black Lion Rangers, went to work trashing several Rinshi with karate kicks and punches, while Lilly, the Yellow Cheetah Ranger, slammed more with super speed. Theo finishes the remaining Rinshi by using his razor sharp fans. The Blue Jaguar Ranger dimorphs afterwards, when the fight ends. "What was that about?"
Why don't we get back to the squadroom and find out." Casey tells him.
Once back, Andrea asks "You find out anything?"
Eames says "Not from Lorelei or this 'Bradley'. There were two girls who seemed to say there was this one place she went to. The girls don't remember anything about the place except that it's down a flight of stairs and it has a red bar."
Barek then gets this look on her face. "Oh. Ah ... The Shock and Awe club. It's on Harrison between Greenwich and Hudson ."
Everyone stares at her. Barek then states "There's this DJ there that I know." She leaves, while Logan grins at the others.
"BTW, we're getting too close for Lorelei's comfort. She sent some Rinshi to get rid of us, don't ask how she got a hold of them." Casey told them.
"Maybe DaiShi owed her a favor. We've been looking over Lorelei's financial records. Money's just been flying out of Lorelei's pocket. Dance lessons, voice coaches…" Piper tells them.
Goren states "She's servicing a long-suppressed ambition."
Eames then says "What? To star in the uptown Y's production of 'Mame'?"
Goren is describing Harvey to the other Jungle Fury Rangers. "…And the facial tic- it's, uh, disarming. The more anxious he gets, the worse it gets. If it's like most simple motor tics, it developed in early childhood."
Eames looks at them as well. "See what you miss?"
Theo sighs.
Eames then reviews the photocopy of a donation she made during a recent First Responders benefit. "Here's the check for the First Responders benefit, front and back."
Deakins starts to read over her shoulder. "Five hundred bucks."
"Who's Terry?" both Logan & Casey ask.
Eames replies "My date."
Everyone look at her. "Well, what was I supposed to do while I was pregnant? Sit home and knit?"
"Anything else Lorelei has her fingers in?" Deakins asks.
"One of the things they were to do on tour was another Donna Summer cover. This one." Phoebe tells everyone. She then plays the song…
When I see him every morning in the schoolyard before the school bell rings
And when he passes in the hallway Well he doesn't seem to notice me
He's got a crush on my best friend, but she don't care 'Cause she loves someone else
I'm standing on the outside not the inside where I wanna be
Love's unkind,
Love's unkind
Love's unkind,
Love's unkind
'Cause he's not mine
Just the other day I was praying He would give me a chance
Hoping he would choose me for his partner for the high school dance
I was standing outside the class but it wasn't me, but my best friend, he asked
I went running back inside teary-eyed and left the two of them behind
Love's unkind,
Love's unkind
Love's unkind,
Love's unkind
'Cause he's not mine
Oh I love him so
I can't even let him know
'Cause he loves my best friend
But she don't care, she loves someone else
And I asked my mama and she said "Love's unkind,
Love's so unkind"
She said, "Just keep it mind
'Cause you may find
Love's unkind"
Love's unkind,
Love's unkind
Love's unkind,
Love's unkind
Why does he like to leave so
Why do I have to love him so
"Why does Lorelei think her…music would be better? This is way more original and fresher than anything she and her group ever did?" Prue asked.
Isis looked over and replied "We'll catch her, throw her behind bars for the rest of her life and ask her nicely."
"Lorelei's got someone helping her achieve her dream to kill good music. She's got some guy named Harvey Brookline to be her manager." Phoebe says, after looking over some recent information just uncovered.
Superman looked at what he had uncovered as Clark Kent . "Lorelei has her hooks in him good. He hired a couple of thugs to kill off Madelyn and Kevin."
Barek added "Lorelei recently hacked into Luthor's financial records…and somehow had several millions transferred into her personal account. She intends to make good on her vow to ruin him at all costs."
Isis almost smiled. "I almost hope she does ruin the creep. Almost."
Messner agreed. "The world would probably put her on their Christmas list for life. Holding a purse found at the scene, he then asks "Hey Stell? You think this thing could be worth twenty five thou?"
Stella looks over and replies "If you buy in retail, add another two-grand for sales tax."
"Sickening. For that kinda scratch, I could buy a brand new Harley and have some change in my pocket afterwards."
Logan then added "You could also buy a new house with that…or in my mother's case…a complete gin distillery."
"There's also this clown she hired to be her manager…a Willis Jameson. When he couldn't get her the high paying gigs she wanted, she blackmailed him into ruining other careers…and it seems into murdering the Zoom siblings." Barek frowned.
"Where's Jameson now?" Isis asked.
"Holding court at this ritzy restaurant on 57th ." Deakins tells her.
"Leave that one to us." Eames almost smiled.
At the restaurant, Willis Jameson is trying to attract some young hopefuls into signing up with his agency, when both Goren and Eames arrive. "How old are you…really?" Eames asks, flashing her badge as she did so.
The three girls then take off as Goren glared at Jameson. "14-15 year olds. No class or shame…working for Lorelei has really changed you…and not for the better. Anyway, you're under arrest for the murder of Kevin, Madelyn, and Timothy Zoom."
Jameson snaps at the detectives as Goren handcuffs him and pulls him up. "What, you're serious?"
Eames glares at him and states "You don't see us wearing clown shoes, do you?"
Clark smiles as he exits the interrogation room. "Goren & Eames got everything we need to nail Lorelei. They're on their way to the auditorium now…for both her and Brookline."
"I just wish one of us were bringing her in." Casey sighed.
"Let them have the honors. I get the feeling I'd blow her up on sight." Piper was definitely disgusted by Lorelei.
At a rehearsal for her one-woman show, Lorelei shouts "Larry, I think I should be nearer to the edge of the stage. I want to fix them with my eyes. I want to frighten them."
The stage manager then sighs "Take my word for it, Lorelei. If they're here tonight, they'll be frightened.
Brookline smiles as he speaks "There are going to be big agents here tonight, Lorelei…all to see you!"
"She won't be able to impress them behind bars…neither will you! You're both under arrest!" Eames snaps.
"Just what am I supposedly being arrested for?" Lorelei snaps.
"The murders of Madelyn, Kevin, and Timothy Zoom…along with other musicians and singers. Jealousy is a cruel mistress." Goren tells her as Eames walks up to her to cuff her.
Lorelei screams as she is being arrested "You can't do this to me. You have no proof. This can't be happening to me."
Eames almost smiles. "Sorry. Looks like you forgot your ruby slippers."
"You, too, Harvey." Goren cuffs him, as the police walk in and escort the whining twosome outside to the squadcar.
Eames sighs as she reflects "Lorelei thought her music was great, and that she and Harvey were the answer to each other's prayers."
Goren responded with "Well…Lorelei will get a chance to entertain a captive audience…I don't know how receptive they'll be, but she'll have an audience. And…I think Harvey will like jail."
Eames looks at her partner as he replies "Well, it's where all the famous people are these days."
At a local concert hall, a Doors tribute band is about to play. Phoebe asks "Any word on Lorelei's case?"
Eames sighed and told the assembled group "Lorelei got off on a technicality, but she is definitely being watched Luthor's probably not going to sleep well for a long time. Where's Prue?"
That question was soon answered when 'Anticipation began to play and they saw Prue up on stage starting to sing…
We can never know about the days to come
But we think about them anyway
And I wonder if I'm really with you now
Or just chasing after some finer day.
Anticipation, anticipation
Is making me late
Is keeping me waiting
And I tell you how easy it feels to be with you
And how right your arms feel around me.
But I, I rehearsed those words just late last night
When I was thinking about how right tonight might be.
Anticipation, anticipation
Is making me late
Is keeping me waiting
And tomorrow we might not be together
I'm no prophet, Lord I don't know nature's way
So I'll try to see into your eyes right now
And stay right here, 'cause these are the good old days.
These are the good old days.
And stay right here, 'cause these are the good old days.
These are the good old days.
These are the good old days.
These are the good old days.
These are the good old days.
After some serious applause, the band took over and started with their version of a Doors' classic…
Hello, I love you
Won't you tell me your name?
Hello, I love you
Let me jump in your game
Hello, I love you
Won't you tell me your name?
Hello, I love you
Let me jump in your game
She's walking down the street
Blind to every eye she meets
Do you think you'll be the guy
To make the queen of the angels sigh?
Hello, I love you
Won't you tell me your name?
Hello, I love you
Let me jump in your game
Hello, I love you
Won't you tell me your name?
Hello, I love you
Let me jump in your game
She holds her head so high
Like a statue in the sky
Her arms are wicked, and her legs are long
When she moves my brain screams out this song
Sidewalk crouches at her feet
Like a dog that begs for something sweet
Do you hope to make her see, you fool?
Do you hope to pluck this dusky jewel?
Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello
I want you
Hello
I need my baby
Hello, Hello, Hello, Hello
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