Fan Fiction ❯ Little Bird ❯ Little Bird ( Chapter 1 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

I don't own X-men Evolution or Lacuna Coil's `When A Dead Man Walks'. Why you like to think I do is totally beyond me… I went dark and all angst on you. Heh. R&R.

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Darkness. What else was there? In the end, there was nothing but darkness. A grim smile twisted the girl's mouth. That's all everyone succumbed to. Darkness: her darkness. And she opened her mouth, and sang.

“Paranoia~

In which I think that I'm not confident

Blood into my hands

Blood into my hands I can't deny

A buzz into my ears that makes me mad

But I don't look back

While I'm waiting to die

I don't look back

In a weird lullaby

I'll carry on

And the hope in my heart is dry~”

A lonely tear traced its way down her cheek.

“But I don't look back

And I cannot reply

I don't look back

While I'm waiting to lie

I'll carry on

While they want to decide for me

Once again

Living in their cage

They are killing me

Once again

Living in their cage

They are killing me”

Shoulders shaking, more tears following the first. It hurt to be untouchable. Hurt to have to hide all the time. Locked up. It was killing her.

“Paranoia~

In which I think I'm not that confident

A tiny hope that burns in to my breath

A bitter smile delights me at the end

But I don't look back

While I'm waiting to die

I don't look back

In a weird lullaby

I'll carry on

And the hope in my heart is dry~

But I don't look back

And I cannot reply

I don't look back

While I'm waiting to lie

I'll carry on

While they want to decide for me

Once again

Living in their cage

They are killing me

Once again

Living in their cage

They are killing me

Killing me…

But I don't look back

While I'm waiting to die

I don't look back

In a weird lullaby

I'll carry on

And the hope in my heart is dry~

But I don't look back

And I cannot reply

I don't look back

While I'm waiting to lie

I'll carry on

While they want to decide for me

Once again

Living in their cage

They are killing me

Once again

Living in their cage

They are killing me

Killing me…”

It was that simple. Their concern and love was killing her. Choking out her very existence, like weeds.

“Tamh to set mahself free… Good bah, Ah do lav ya'll. But Ah can't live in yoh cage no more. Yoh killing mah.” A small sad smile that didn't quite reach her eyes flitted quickly over the Rouge's lips. First one step, then another, and again she moved on. Almost there, almost free from this bittersweet, gilded cage…and into the night the little bird flew.

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“She's gone?!?” Confusion, anger, hurt and bitterness reined supreme in the mansion. They couldn't understand, refused to even try.

And in a room Lacuna Coil's `When a Dead Man Walks' played on repeat.

Paranoia~

Once again

Living in their cage

They are killing me

Once again

Living in their cage

They are killing me

Killing me…

And in the snow, a little dead bird bled…

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…..R&R please.