Chapter 8
Dear Gene, Of course you are here
And now it's nothing to fear
Oooh, I should have known
Oooh, I was never alone
This isn't the last song
There is no violin
The choir is so quiet
And no one takes a spin
This is the next to last song
And that's all, all
~Björk, Selma in Dancer in the Dark
They sat together, bound before a crowd. But this was not a crowd like was usual in such circumstances. Instead of the rowdy public sat in those seats, there were faces they knew. The seats were filled with new mutants who had been aided by Mutant X, come to pay their respects. Only one reporter was allowed into the Room, all the others were stood outside, staring into space, and would get nothing to twist into a news story today. The one reporter was in truth Proxy Blue though no one would recognise the blue sim. in this woman. Already Proxy Blue had told the world the true story, and though many had moved together to stop this, it had not been enough.
Many faces in the crowd showed the evidence of tears, and several were falling still.
Their family, Adam, Jesse and Brennan sat disobediently in the front row, not at Sanctuary where they had been ordered. All sat with pain on their faces and love in their hearts. They knew why they would do this, and knew that it would always be the same. Nothing would be done, it was their last wish. Adam whispered a prayer for forgiveness, knowing he had failed two of his children. Brennan and Jesse sat lost in their own thoughts, tears trailed both of their faces.
Emma, the hope and faith in the room boosting her high, looked to Shalimar for acceptance. Seeing her nod they departed together, hand in hand, seen only by those special few in the crowd with the gift, long before the needles pricked soft skin, or the tendrils of white fire closed around their hearts, or their lungs came slowly to rest.
Not the end. Never the end...
Dancer in the Dark. This chapter was largely based on a film called 'Dancer in the Dark'. This film was the most moving film I have EVER seen. Though the first hour at least was painfully bad, the last couple of scenes had me in the kind of tears that stop your breathing. I am not a tearful person, but just thinking of that scene makes me tear up. I was devastated after watching this film and wanted to say that if you ever get a chance to watch it, DO NOT GIVE UP on the first bits, it is so definitely worth persevering watching all the way through. I can only hope I've come somewhere close to it with this fic.
