Hi everyone, another music video from me!!! I had a little trouble fitting the music video to the song, but I'm hoping you'll like it anyway. It's almost all about Rachel except for a little part about Ax. Ax's part isn't significant, it's more of a filler. Another thing: I'm basing parts of this on the TV show, because I remember the first episodes, the ones that are on the videos, more clearly than the book versions of those that I've read. So if anything seems wrong to you, sorry, it's probably the TV version getting in the way. Lastly, this whole fic is about Rachel and the trauma she experienced. It's meant to be angsty, so beware, if you easily cry, grab some tissues first!
"Sunny Came Home"
(sung by both Shawn Colvin and Melanie Doane, and quite possibly somebody else too, but my version is by Melanie Doane)
Sunny came home to her favorite room
Sunny sat down in the kitchen (Rachel pulls a chair over to her kitchen table and sits down)
She opened a book and a box of tools (she opens up a notebook)
Sunny came home with a mission (she begins writing)
She says days go by I'm hypnotized (Rachel morphs into a cat, her first ever morph)
I'm walking on a wire (she almost eats Marco, a mouse)
I close my eyes and fly out of my mind
Into the fire (in her bear morph, down in the Yeerk pool, she kills madly, blindly)
Sunny came home with a list of names (a list, in code, of Controllers)
She didn't believe in transcendence (Ax's eyes burn with hatred as he looks at Visser Three/One, sometime down in a Yeerk pool)
It's time for a few small repairs she said (Ax's tail makes a slicing motion as he resists the urge to slice up Visser One in his true form as he comes out of Alloran's ear on the Blade ship)
Sunny came home with a vengeance (Rachel sleeps, tossing and turning)
She says days go by I don't know why
I'm walking on a wire
I close my eyes and fly out of my mind
Into the fire (in her dream--you can see it is a dream because the edges of the screen are blurred--in a fit of rage after Tobias has just been brutally murdered by Visser Three/One, she strikes out at (fairly) innocent Controllers, some uncontrolled humans on their way to be reinfested in the pool, Hork-Bajir, and even Cassie, injuring many including Cassie and killing more; Jake demorphs, jerks his thumb towards the door into the Gap dressing room, and silently mouths, "You're out")
Get the kids and bring a sweater
Dry is good and wind is better (Crayak tries to bribe Rachel into the deal that would kill Jake)
Count the years, you always knew it (At a different time, Drode comes to Rachel and mouths, "Killed some more people today? You always knew you were going over to the dark side, didn't you?")
Strike a match, go on and do it (Rachel takes a deep breath and morphs grizzy, preparing for what feels like the thousandth mission)
Days go by I'm hypnotized
I'm walking on a wire (a young Rachel and her father and Jordan are at the circus; Rachel stares at the tightrope walker, mesmerized)
I close my eyes and fly out of my mind (Rachel closes her eyes and morphs dolphin, relieved to get away from the horror that is haunting her)
Into the fire
Light the sky and hold on tight (a streak of fire in the construction site that eventually dies out, from the two ships, Elfangor's and Visser Three's)
The world is burning down (the five terrified teens look on as Elfangor is eaten)
She's out there on her own and she's alright (putting on a brave face, Rachel mouths, "Let's do it!")
Sunny came home
Sunny came home... (a small strand of space-time curls and goes dark)
"Sunny Came Home"
(sung by both Shawn Colvin and Melanie Doane, and quite possibly somebody else too, but my version is by Melanie Doane)
Sunny came home to her favorite room
Sunny sat down in the kitchen (Rachel pulls a chair over to her kitchen table and sits down)
She opened a book and a box of tools (she opens up a notebook)
Sunny came home with a mission (she begins writing)
She says days go by I'm hypnotized (Rachel morphs into a cat, her first ever morph)
I'm walking on a wire (she almost eats Marco, a mouse)
I close my eyes and fly out of my mind
Into the fire (in her bear morph, down in the Yeerk pool, she kills madly, blindly)
Sunny came home with a list of names (a list, in code, of Controllers)
She didn't believe in transcendence (Ax's eyes burn with hatred as he looks at Visser Three/One, sometime down in a Yeerk pool)
It's time for a few small repairs she said (Ax's tail makes a slicing motion as he resists the urge to slice up Visser One in his true form as he comes out of Alloran's ear on the Blade ship)
Sunny came home with a vengeance (Rachel sleeps, tossing and turning)
She says days go by I don't know why
I'm walking on a wire
I close my eyes and fly out of my mind
Into the fire (in her dream--you can see it is a dream because the edges of the screen are blurred--in a fit of rage after Tobias has just been brutally murdered by Visser Three/One, she strikes out at (fairly) innocent Controllers, some uncontrolled humans on their way to be reinfested in the pool, Hork-Bajir, and even Cassie, injuring many including Cassie and killing more; Jake demorphs, jerks his thumb towards the door into the Gap dressing room, and silently mouths, "You're out")
Get the kids and bring a sweater
Dry is good and wind is better (Crayak tries to bribe Rachel into the deal that would kill Jake)
Count the years, you always knew it (At a different time, Drode comes to Rachel and mouths, "Killed some more people today? You always knew you were going over to the dark side, didn't you?")
Strike a match, go on and do it (Rachel takes a deep breath and morphs grizzy, preparing for what feels like the thousandth mission)
Days go by I'm hypnotized
I'm walking on a wire (a young Rachel and her father and Jordan are at the circus; Rachel stares at the tightrope walker, mesmerized)
I close my eyes and fly out of my mind (Rachel closes her eyes and morphs dolphin, relieved to get away from the horror that is haunting her)
Into the fire
Light the sky and hold on tight (a streak of fire in the construction site that eventually dies out, from the two ships, Elfangor's and Visser Three's)
The world is burning down (the five terrified teens look on as Elfangor is eaten)
She's out there on her own and she's alright (putting on a brave face, Rachel mouths, "Let's do it!")
Sunny came home
Sunny came home... (a small strand of space-time curls and goes dark)
