It had been five months since Eva and Frank wed and roughly as long their baby was conceived. Eva's friends adored him and loved how happy they made each other. Frank got a job at the Denton Pharmaceutical Company. It wasn't nearly as exciting as working in his own lab, but the money was good and when he went home, he knew it was worth it. Eva spent her days being blissfully happy and starting to take a chance writing a children's book.

On a cool April morning, Eva went to the doctor's for a prenatal exam. Frank wanted to come along, but he had to work. When she walked inside, she saw a new nurse at the counter. She had frizzy red hair and the palest skin she'd ever seen. Eva signed in and was soon called back to see her doctor.

Her exam went fine, the baby was healthy and, well, perfectly "normal." Eva and Frank didn't want to know the sex of the baby until it was born, so her sonogram was kept confidential. She went home and couldn't shake the feeling that she was being followed, but there was no car in her review mirror.

She went inside the apartment and started to hum while gently touching her swollen stomach. She heard a noise and turned around. The strange nurse was standing in her living room.

"What on Earth is going on?" Eva asked.

"Vhat on earth indeed," Magenta replied. "This child of yours, it cannot be."

Eva reached for the phone. "I'm calling the police."

"Put the phone down," Magenta said sternly. "Frank is not who you think he is. I vas sent here to kill you...but seeing you..." her voice softened.  "I-I can't do it. If my brother ever found out he vould kill me instead. I'm going to put you to sleep. Frank vill find you and think you're dead. Leave it at that. If you try to find him, he vill be killed, I promise you that."

Eva stood in total shock. Who was this woman? What was going on? She didn't know that while her life was going to be spared, her child was supposed die. Before she knew what was happening, Magenta had stuck her with a needle. She didn't know what drug was in it, but she soon hit the floor. To the average person, even to a doctor, she would appear dead for several hours. Magenta knew that when Frank found her, he would run to the castle. If not, they would come and get him.

Frank came home from work, looking forward to hearing about the trip to the doctor's. "Daddy's home, love!" he called happily. Nobody answered. Thinking that she was asleep, he started to walk towards the bedroom...he almost tripped over her body. He looked at her pale face and kneeling next to her, begged her to wake. Even Frank, a scientist from a more advanced planet, was fooled by the drugs that Magenta used on Eva. Magenta tried to make the "death" look like suicide. Frank screamed and cried. He knew that Eva wouldn't kill herself...then he saw a strand of red hair by her body.

He was so enraged that he just left her there. He sped off to the castle and went looking for Magenta. Throwing open the front doors, he stormed passed Riff Raff and went to Magenta's room. He felt more rage towards her than he ever felt in his life. He wanted to hit her...he wanted to kill her. When he found her, he struck her once, then collapsed to the floor and sobbed. His wife and child were gone. His world was torn apart. This was he got for falling in love? He vowed to never fall in love again and to leave the human emotions of Earth behind.

He went back to the apartment a few hours later, expecting to find Eva there. Her body was gone. He figured that Riff Raff disposed of her and he was again enraged. He knew Eva kept a diary. He went to their bedroom and took it, leaving everything else of his once perfect life behind.