I`ve got to keep control...
„Who are you?" Riff Raff managed to say and peered into the darkness.
He was sitting on the floor, hands cuffed behind his back. A chain was leading right from his handcuffs to the wall. As far as he could see, he had the doubtful pleasure to enjoy the castle`s dark and dump dungeon.
"That`s a question that is bothering me since years," the dark figure in front of him snarled and cracked a bitter smile.
What the hell...
Riff Raff first hesitated but then blinked to get a better look and finally shook his head in confusion.
No, this couldn`t be true! His mind seemed to play a trick on him!
"You... you are me," he stumbled in disbelief.
"No, I`m a lot more," the other person broke in and turned around, fiddling with something Riff Raff couldn`t see.
"The explosion in the laboratory...," Riff Raff remembered aloud and stared at the back of that thin person but was not allowed to give it some thought.
"... had relieved me of your weakness. Now I`m able to fulfil my true purpose," the other Riff Raff – well, his alter ego – faced him again.
What had happened?
The only thing Riff Raff remembered was a bright light and a blast and then... blackness.
"You disappoint me, you weakling," his bad version teased.
"Then I would suggest simply killing me if you despise me that much," Riff Raff knew that he had nothing to lose. Well, nothing except his life. After all, it was his dark side he was talking to. They knew each other since years.
"There`s nothing I like better than killing you," his alter ego said. "Unfortunately, I don`t know exactly what will happen to me if you snuff it. Will we still be bound up together? Will I stop existing if you breathe your last? I feel reluctant to try it out."
Riff Raff gave him a long stare.
"You can`t keep me here forever," he said and motioned his head.
"Why not?" was the prompt reply. "At the time no one had heard us screaming and tonight no one will hear you screaming, too."
At these words the alter ego took a cloth and forcefully crammed it into Riff Raff`s mouth. Then he turned around and brought out an iron mask.
Riff Raff`s eyes widened but there was little he could do.
A few moments later, the mask was pressing against his face.
"Riff Raff, the floorshow is almost over," Magenta`s voice sounded through the castle. "It`s time to change our clothes and to prepare for the takeover."
"Well, I`ve got to go," bad Riff Raff chirped. "Be a good boy and behave!"
With that the heavy wooden door was slammed shut...