Rahne
By Todd Fan
Disclaimer: "Well, hello to you, too. And need I remind that I am naked in the snow? I can't feel any of my extremities. And I do mean ANY of them"
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ACT 9 - A Scottish Werewolf in N.Y.C
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"And now to an act with that many changes in text to distinguish singers, you'll cry and get confused!", grins Pietro.
Warrens snow globe turns into the City itself, where he, Storm and Rahne are walking along the streets as the snow falls, as Warren sings.
Enough of cab drivers answering back
In language far from pure
Rahne grins, taking his hand
"Lookit me, girls", she shouts, "I'm holding Warren Worthington's hand!"
"Boooo!" hisses Rogue
"Not fair!", sneers Kitty
"Lucky little werewolf", sighs Dani
"...Boy, am I popular!", grins Warren.
Enough of frankfurters answering back
Brother you know you're..
Rahne runs off to a hot nut cart, as Storm sings her part.
In N-Y-C
Too busy, too crazy
Warren pays for a bag of hot nuts for Rahne
Too hot, too cold
Too late, I'm sold
Again on N-Y-C
We cut to a big ice-cream parlour, where Rahne has a HUGE ice cream, but is watching as Warren talks on the phone. Warren hold his hand out for a pen, and Storm puts a spoon there instead. Warren blinks as the spoon and sheepishly puts the phone down to eat his ice-cream. We then cut to them leaving a store, Warren laden with a huge bear and a bunch of pink balloons.
"..Where are my carrying people?", asks Warren, looking around.
N-Y-C
The shadows at sundown
The roofs that scrape
Warren hands Storm the bear and balloons, she hands a balloon to Rahne, who releases the balloon, letting it float upwards
The sky
We cut to Storm and Xavier having their feet being shined by Jamie clones, the last seat being taken by Jamie himself, Rahne shining his shoes instead
"Clean, clean, clean", chant the Jamie's in unison as Storm and Warren sing together.
N-Y-C
The rich and the rundown
The big parade
Goes by
Warren heads off to a newsstand, looking at the papers
What other town has the Empire State
And a mayor five-foot-two
He blinks as he is pelted in the back with a snowball by a giggling Rahne, retaliating by making one of his own
No other town in the whole 48
Can half compare to you
He tosses the snowball, instead clocking Agatha, dressed in fine clothes, as she gets out of a carriage. The three take off running, pausing outside a toy shop, which Rahne is too short to see over the crowd looking in through the window
N-Y-C
You make 'em all postcards
You crowd
You cramp
You're sill the champ
Rahne whispers to Warren who blinks and puts her on his shoulders
"The wings make this very uncomfortable", points out Rahne
Amen for N-Y-C
We cut to where they all head towards a Broadway show
The shimmer of Times Square
They struggle to cross the road
The coast
The beat
The drive
The city's bright as a penny arcade
It blinks
It tilts
It rings
We cut inside the show, as Rahne sings.
To think that I've lived here all of my life
And never seen these things
The robotic dancers come on stage, doing their thing by filling the song bridge as they dance. After a whole lot of dancing, Kitty comes out through the middle, carrying to suitcases
"Here's a bizarre fact! The actor in the movie playing Kitty's role is, in fact, the original Annie!", says Pietro, "How cool is that!"
N-Y-C
Just got here this morning
Three bucks
Two bags
One me
N-Y-C
I give you fair warning
Up there in lights
I'll be
Kitty sits on her suitcase as the dancers still do their thing
Go ask the Gershwins
Or Kaufman and Hart
The place they love the best
Though California pays big for their art
Their fan mail comes addressed
To N-Y-C
Tomorrow, a penthouse
That's way up high
Tonight, the 'Y'
Why not
It's N-Y-C
After the show, Warren, Storm and Rahne head out of the theatre, all singing together.
N-Y-C
You're standing room only
You crowd
You cramp
You're still
The champ
They got onto a carriage drawn by, you guessed it, JOTT!
"Not again, that's twice we've been a NYC carriage horse now!", whines Stott
"I never thought I'd say this", says Jean, "but I'm getting tired of staring at your butt, Scott Summers!"
Amen
For
N
Y
C
Suddenly, Rahne stops the cart
"Geez, give us a break, we can't stop on a dime!", snaps Scott, "there's safety violations!"
"Sandy!", shouts Rahne
Lance is wandering around in the snow, sees Rahne and runs up into the cart with her
"Cold, feed me"., says Lance
"Who's this?", asks Warren
"An old pal", says Rahne, "can we keep him?"
"Yeah Warren", grins Lance, "can we keep me?"
"Sir, you always wanted a dog", says Storm
"Is that true?", grins Lance, "I'm a great dog! Bark bark. Feed me."
"What the heck", says Warren, "Driver!"
Jott carries on along it's way. We cut to them arriving at the Worthington manor, Rahne sleeping on Warren's shoulder
"She gets all the luck!", sighs Rogue.
Give in
Don't fight
Good girl
Good night
Sleep tight
In N-Y-C
The scene cuts back to the snow globe, which Rahne is cuddled up to as she sleeps in her big bed. In the morning, we go to Mystique's office, where Storm is smiling at her, Mystique slams her hands down on her desk.
"Just let me make sure I heard you right", she sneers, "Miss Personal Secretary to the Warren Worthington".
"Gee, kind of a step down from the title of 'Goddess', isn't it?", sighs Storm.
"My Rahne is going to be adopted by your millionaire?", asks Mystique
"Mine, yes all mine", says Storm, "Bwhahahahaha!"
"Storm...", says Pietro carefully.
"Ahem, I mean, actually, he's a BILLIONAIRE", says Storm, "And he's all mine!"
"Please stop doing that!", snaps Pietro, "you've already driven Forge to go get drunk in Copa".
"Awwww", says Mystique, "...which bar?"
"No you don't!", snaps Storm
"Well, you can't have them both!", sneers Mystique
"Ladies, lets fight over this after shooting", Pietro pauses and grins, "...unless you want to resolve your differences in a mud bath wearing bikinis".
"NO!"
"Can't blame a guy for trying", says Pietro with a shrug.
"And yes, he's going to tell her tonight", smiles Storm
"Well, ain't she the lucky one", says Mystique dryly.
Storm smiles, handing Mystique a paper
"Yes, well, if you'll just sign here", she says.
Mystique looks at the paper and pen
"Sure", she smiles, "Would you excuse me for just one moment, please?"
Mystique walks out of her office and into the hallway, out of sight. We can hear a very loud scream, before Mystique walks calmly back in. She smiles pleasantly and sits back at her desk
"Now, where were we?"
Storm pushes the paper and pen wordlessly to Mystique. We cut to outside, where Storm leaves the orphanage, getting into a car which drives away. Hiding behind a street corner are Kurt, wearing a pinstripe suit, and Tabby, who sneakily watch the car leave.
"It's because Alan Cumming played this character in this movie, isn't it?", asks Kurt.
"Hey, Todd Fan can't be blamed for that", grins Pietro, "it was a happy coincidence".
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Onwards!