Eva looked over at Frank; his face had lost all color. "No," he whispered.
As the figure stepped into the light, Faye could be seen in her arms. Columbia backed up into Eddie's embrace. Eva struggled to see the face of the person holding her baby. Finally, she was in the light and Eva gasped. She was indeed an older woman. Though her face showed her age, she was still beautiful…she looked very much like Frank did when he was made up. She was also wearing the same cape that Frank was on the night that he almost lost everything.
"Frank," the woman said, walking towards him. "Why did you try to make me believe that you were dead? Why did you not return home with Riff Raff and Magenta?"
Frank stammered for words. "Mother, I…they were…" He looked over at his frightened and confused wife. "For her, mother." He put his arm around Eva and his voice grew more confident. "She's my life now, she and my child, both of which I would like to take home."
"Her? You're giving up the throne for…an earthling?"
Eva was deeply hurt by this remark and it showed. She then couldn't help but think that she was keeping Frank from something great that she could never compare with. "Y-you're supposed to rule…over a planet?" she asked hardly above a whisper.
"Technically, yes, but that certainly doesn't mean that I want to. In fact, it's the last thing that I want to have anything to do with."
"Look at you, Frank," the Queen interrupted. "You've changed your appearance. Why? It's so unflattering!"
"I don't want to wear makeup and high heels and…and those other things. I don't want any part of what you brought me up in. I'm a grown man, I'm staying here and," he said, quickly snatching his child from her arms, "I'm taking my daughter home." Faye began to cry; Frank looked at her adoringly for a moment before giving her to Eva. "Go now," he whispered.
"Nobody's going anywhere," the Queen sneered.
Without thinking, Eva handed Faye off yet again, this time to Columbia. She gave her a look that said, "run." Columbia turned and grabbed Eddie's arm, they started to run to the elevator.
"Rocky!" Riff Raff yelled. "They are not to leave!" Rocky emerged from the tank that was still in the lab and obeyed Riff's command, running towards Eddie and Columbia. As soon as he saw Frank, he stopped, letting Columbia and Eddie escape easily.
Frank then looked at Eva. "Go!"
The Queen grabbed Eva's arm. "She's not leaving, son. And we will get your child back. Magenta, take Rocky and go after them." Lowering her head, Magenta left the lab, dragging Rocky by the arm. "As for you," she said glaring at Eva. "You've made my son reject his duties. What have you done to him?"
"Done?" she answered, shaking. "I haven't done anything at all."
"If you did nothing, he would've come home, and not stayed on this silly planet."
"Let her go, mother," Frank commanded. "She did nothing. I am staying here of my own free will and out of my love for her."
"You love her?" the Queen laughed. "She's not even a member of the court!"
"I have a child with her, I obviously must love her! And I don't want someone from 'The Court!'" Frank was growing more aggravated every second. "And she saved my life!"
Riff Raff's face twisted. "Nonsense!" he shouted.
"You what?" the Queen asked Eva.
"They wanted to kill him," Eva muttered.
"Who?"
"Him," she said pointing at Riff Raff, "and his sister."
Frank smiled at Riff Raff. "Left out some details, did you?"
"Your majesty," Riff Raff started, "he'd gone mad…the mission had been intruded upon by…"
"Silence!" the Queen yelled. "There are some issues here that must be cleared before we go any further. "Please, Frank, tell me what happened the night they returned without you."
Frank began to recount the evening the best he could, explaining that he was in a morphine induced haze. He told her about Brad and Janet, about almost killing Eddie, about Rocky…When he reached the point in the story where Eva saved him, her face finally softened. He then went on to explain how he and Eva met…and how deeply in love with her he was…and how brutally they were separated. It was obvious that the Queen was touched.
After Frank finished, the Queen approached Eva. "You love my son very much to have done what you did for him."
"Yes," Eva replied, "more than I ever could have imagined loving someone."
"Do you wish for him to stay here with you and not rule on his own planet?"
"I wish for him to do whatever makes him happy…though I do hope that I am a large part of that." She was beginning to cry.
"You accepted him for who he is…you loved him enough to create a new life with him. I have no power over either of you." She paused and took a deep breath. "Frank?"
"Yes?" he answered anxiously.
"You truly wish to stay here with," she smiled, "Eva…and your daughter?"
"Yes."
"You are positive that you want to give up your right to the throne as well as your daughter's?"
"Absolutely."
She smiled at him. "I can't say that I am truly happy about that decision, but I am happy that my son has found a life that pleases him greatly. I will miss you immensely, but you have my blessing."
"Thank you," Frank said smiling, "but you know I would have stayed without it."
"I know, son." The Queen then handed him a device that looked very similar to a cellular phone with a plasma screen. "I would like you to stay in touch with me, Frank. You too, Eva, and of course, my…granddaughter."
Frank put the device in his pocket, then took his wife in his arms. "I told you everything would be all right."
Eva smiled; she then remembered that Magenta and Rocky were out after Faye. "The baby."
"Baby… is…safe." Frank and Eva turned to see Rocky with Magenta practically cowering behind him. "Frank's…baby…is…safe," the words left Rocky's mouth slowly, almost painfully, but he had learned to speak.
"What is this?" Riff Raff yelled.
"I couldn't do it, my dear brother, not again. I fear that ve are in enough trouble."
"Magenta," the Queen started, "I've never been so happy about someone disobeying my orders. You are, however, very correct…you and your brother are in a great deal of trouble for trying to assassinate the Prince of Transsexual."
Riff Raff became enraged. "No," he whispered. His anger then became very apparent. "No, no, no! No matter what he always gets his way! Even when he should be punished, he gets away! Nobody turns down a throne, it's madness!" He stared at Eva. "Everything would have been fine if it wouldn't have been for you. You ruined everything for me!"
Frank smiled. "You're being a bit melodramatic, aren't you?" he asked nonchalantly. Riff Raff walked closer and Frank's face changed. "Come any closer to her and I won't hesitate to kill you."
"Fine then, I'll stay right here." Riff Raff pulled a gun from his jacket pocket. "This is the same weapon you used on me. You left it here. I thought it looked so silly when you pulled it out, not merely as sophisticated as a laser, but since death doesn't always occur immediately…or at all, it causes so…much…pain."
"Enough!" the Queen shouted. "Rocky, restrain Riff Raff. Magenta, go to the control room and prepare the castle for departure before your brother causes any more trouble than he already has."
As Rocky approached Riff Raff, he aimed at fired at Eva. Frank's eyes widened as he watched her jerk back. Rocky grabbed Riff who was now convulsing with laughter. Frank knelt beside Eva; he watched her blood slowly seep from her body.
***A bit melodramatic? I hope it's not too over the top, but there's one "scene" left to go that I had to put in…hence the shooting. I may revise this chapter, any suggestions?