Title: One Is the Loneliest Number
 
Author: Mickey
 
E-Mail: cyclopsfearless@...
 
Status: Completed 8/7/2008
 
Categories: Angst, Drama, Ficlet, PoV
 
Content Level: C
 
Content Warnings: Character Death
 
Archive Permission: Ask first. I'll probably say yes.
 
Disclaimer: Recognizable characters are Marvel's and Stan Lee's. No copyright
infringement is intended. I'm not making any money off this, so don't waste your
time, or mine, suing me. Okay? You wouldn't get anything anyway, I'm flat broke.
 
Word Count: 150
 
Author's Notes: So, I'm sitting here watching Stargate Atlantis and the line
"One is the loneliest number" just popped into my head. The lyrics seemed to fit
with how Scott must have been feeling at the time. The title of the fic is from
the song of the same name by Three Dog Night, which can be found at the end of
the fic. This is written from Scott's point of view and takes place between X-2
and X-3. This is my first attempt at writing a movie verse fic.
_____________________
 
One is the loneliest number. As a child, I always wondered what they meant by
that. After all, one is just a number. How can it be lonely?
 
Quiet as I was, I had a lot of friends in school. Then my power manifested and I
took out the wall separating the girls and boys bathrooms. I suddenly became
acutely aware of just how accurate that statement is.
 
Then the Professor came and took me away. He gave me a home and gave me back my
sight, limited though it is; it's better than being blind. After a while, I made
knew friends, gained a second family, and met the woman of my dreams. Two hearts
became one and one wasn't so lonely anymore.
 
But now she's gone and, in a house full of people, I'm one again. I'm alone once
more, and, as before, one is a very lonely number.
 
THE END
 
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
Two can be as bad as one
It's the loneliest number since the number one
 
"No" is the saddest experience you'll ever know
Yes, it's the saddest experience you'll ever know
'Cause one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
One is the loneliest number, whoa, worse than two
 
It's just no good anymore since you went away
Now I spend my time just making rhymes of yesterday
One is the loneliest number
One is the loneliest number
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
One is the loneliest, one is the loneliest
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
 
It's just no good anymore since you went away
 
Number
One is the loneliest
Number
One is the loneliest
Number
One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
(Repeat in various forms)

The Heart of a Hero
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Insanity is fun! Never let anyone tell you otherwise.
--Mickey

The more I see of men, the better I like dogs.
--attributed to Madame Roland




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