I recently discovered the song "Light 'Em Up" by Fall Out Boy and listening to the lyrics just put me in mind of a really dark and serious scene and first I thought about it being perfect for a Supernatural story where the boys are serial killers, but then I thought what about Now You See Me? My mind has literally been playing with the idea of the Four Horsemen being serial killers all day long and I knew I just had to write something about it, so this is what came from that.
Category: AU
Setting: Post-NYSM
Characters/Pairings: Four Horsemen
Rating/Warnings: T, disturbing subjects and death.
Summary: First came the bank robberies. Then came the killings.
Disclaimer: Neither Now You See Me, its characters, or the song belong to me.
Light 'Em Up
Be careful making wishes in the dark.
Can't be sure when they've hit their mark.
And besides in the meantime I'm just dreaming of tearing you apart.
I'm in the details with the devil,
So now the world can never get me on my level.
I just got to get you out of the cage,
I'm a young lover's rage,
Gonna need a spark to ignite!
My songs know what you did in the dark.
So light 'em up up up, light em up up up,
I'm on fire!
~Light 'Em Up, by Fall Out Boy
The story began four years ago when four magicians joined together and formed one group on a quest to join the mysterious organization, the Eye. Four years passed with no sign, not even a small hint, as to where the Four Horsemen might be. They simply disappeared from the face of the earth; the greatest disappearing act the world had ever seen.
And then came the bank robberies. One here, one there, nothing to ever connect them except for one thing: a single playing card. It was always the same, at each and every bank all over the country, a single jack of spades left in the center of where the money once was.
Rumors flew that it was the Horsemen. They were back, but there were never any sightings, never any shows. There was nothing. The FBI claimed it was copycats, but everyone knew the truth: The Four Horsemen were back, but this time, the show was over. Now it was for the money.
Then came the killings.
With each new bank robbed, four bodies appeared, each with a single playing card tucked inside their slashed necks. It was brutal, unlike anything anybody had ever seen. Bank upon bank, body upon body, until the toll ran to fifteen, twenty, twenty-five. The law was stumped, the people terrified.
And the Horsemen? The Horsemen were living it big time. The world was full of greed and evil and it was time to light them up.