Title: Cell Block Tango
Verse: X-Men movieverse
Timeline: Post X3
Author: KumaDaPuma
Rating: T
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters and I am not making any money off of this. Cell Block Tango is a song from the Broadway hit Chicago featuring six murdering women. I had absolutely no part in it's creation nor am I benefiting from it's popularity. I'm just a gal who enjoys showtunes among many other genres.
Summary: A song fic centered around six women and their reasons/methods to murder.
Author's Note: This idea was brought to me by one of my fave reviewers: XChocolateChipX. I thank you very much for the suggestion and I hope I bring justice to this story. I am so honored that you would allow me the chance to write something based on your brilliant idea! Be forewarned all…some chapters will be funny, others dramatic…you just never know with me.
For those who don't know the song the original lyrics for the first part is:
pop
six
squish
uh uh
Cicero
Lipschitz
…but I changed the last line because I thought it would be more appropriate for this story. Here are the corrections:
pop
six
squish
uh uh
Cicero
Lehnsherr
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pop
six
squish
uh uh
Cicero
Lehnsherr
x
He had it coming
He had it coming
He only had himself to blame
If you'd have been there
If you'd have heard it
I betcha you would
Have done the same!
x
Jean Grey:
Mood: Arrogant
x
Jean Grey is merely a host. I am the Phoenix.
Do you know of Cicero and Caesar? They were the greatest orators in Roman history. They were the greatest orators in all the world. By today's standards they would be like the most persuasive of lawyers, the most prominent of leaders, the most influential of kings…Every word they spoke swayed country men who flocked to their sides. During that era of the most powerful culture they were the rulers. But they were enemies as well. Cicero was considered the greatest. Caesar was considered a mere second best.
Professor Xavier is the Caesar to my Cicero. Though I am the superior being he reigns as the leader. Though he is second to my powers he still has control over free will. My powers control all matter but Xavier can manipulate people. What I wouldn't give to have that power! And yet he uses it so sparingly, seeking out other mutants to enter into his care, or looking for a way to bring peace between the growing tension between humans and mutants. If I had his power I would be a god on earth by now.
As for Jean. She keeps trying to stop me. She keeps fighting. She's resilient and a damned nuisance. But she couldn't stop me. I killed Xavier.
It only took a single will. A single thought. I took Xavier's life by the superiority of my power. The rush of my strength burned at his skin, tearing the very flesh off his old bones as his ex-lover watched in horror.
Inside Jean was screaming in fear. Her screams were futile.
His body suspended in air, Xavier continued to attempt to reason with me but those too went unheeded.
The surge of my powers was vast. The entire house had been uprooted. I was barely using an ounce of my strength. I was invincible. Unstoppable. And I had targeted Xavier.
And then he looked at me and with kind eyes, he smiled.
Doubtful anyone but I could see it. Though Jean saw it. She stopped screaming.
Free will. What else could it be? It was Xavier's free will, his soul, that was in that sliver of light escaping from Xavier's body and soaring high into the air. It was the one thing I seemed to have no control over. I mindfully grasped at it, trying to catch it with my omnipotence but it slipped through my powers like sand through my fingers.
I atomized the remains of that soulless body. Nothing inhabited it and I made sure nothing ever would.
Without Xavier, without Caesar, I was now the supreme being. But I have no followers.
I'll take Magneto's. But later, when he doesn't expect it. And when Jean capitulates. At some point she's bound to understand her fighting me is ineffective.
For now I'll lie and wait.
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Author's note: The reason I went with Xavier is due to four incentives:
1) I wanted to write about Xavier.
2) I wanted a completely different reason for killing someone other than the previous four reasons. If you haven't noticed the motives for murder are diverse.
3) Incorporating the word "Cicero" into a Jean/Scott fic would have been extremely hard. Even though I could have changed the word I really wanted to keep the song's original lyrics.
4) I wanted to write something I'd never written before. This subtle format with minimal description save the historical aspect is quite unlike anything else I've ever written.
AngelofSnow – What would I do without you? Really? What would I do? I'd be so bored.
The 42 – Horror genre? Hmmm…never thought of it that way but you've sparked an idea in my head. Plus this latest chapter sure lends to that statement. Btw, you nailed it! Jean killed Xavier. You're good, you!
Chip – Thnx! One more chapter left and it's not funny so feel free to eat some pasta and drink some juice. Like "One Day at Magneto's" the last chapter is sooooo sentimental. I'm so sappy sometimes. And alliterative apparently. ;P (this face winks and sticks it's tongue out) 8s (this one has no pupils and just crapped it's pants)
Frankie – Icehole…haha! Nice!
Bobby's Icequeen – Were you right? My initial intent was to have Jean kill Scott but when I wrote it out it wasn't all that funny and the "Cicero" word didn't fit. This Jean chapter strays so far from my usual writing form that I have no idea if it came across okay. Hope it met your expectations.