Chapter 13: Family Visit
"But my parents' house isn't that far from here!" Rose replied, half complaining at the idea of flying by plane. "We are in Periwinkle City, the Periwinkle Falls are just a walk down the path toward the meadow in the backyard."
"Rosalind! I am taking safety precautions so we're not caught by Kim Possible." Drakken told her, controlling his temper slightly. "The communicator nerd won't be able to map out this location from the other world, even if Kim is here." (1)
"And your point about flying?" Rose raised her eyebrow. "Do enlighten me, Drakken."
"Beats flying that Pokemon creature we flew three days ago. My plane can transport us to your family's home in a minute flat."
Rose sighed, she wanted to argue back but knew better than to up the stakes of her prisonment. "Okay fine, but I'm not explaining to my mother why your plane is in the front yard."
The plane trip really didn't take that long, at least five minutes since it was so close. Landing right in front of a beautiful two-story brick house with beautiful Monticello windows and rose bushes.
Rose was the first to climb out of the plane and smile up at her childhood home. Passed down from her mother's father and his father after that, the Crystal family house hasn't aged in years because of perfection.
"This is the Machavelli-Crystal family home," Rose announced. "Passed down from two generations on my mother's side of the family."
The villains stared at the house in half shock and jealousy, it was bigger than the other house they had and pulled together by a wealthy family. They followed Rose up to the front door and waited as she knocked.
The door opened and someone stepped into view. It was a pre-teen girl with auburn hair pulled back in a ponytail and sparkly emerald eyes. She wore a mint-green tank top and matching shorts, white bobby socks, mint green sneakers, black belt with Pokeballs, and a diamond-shape pendant cross on a gold chain.
"Rose, you're home!" the girl squealed in delight, she hugged her.
"Yeah I know, and you got here safely too, Maria!"
"So who are your friends?" Maria asked curiously, staring at the strangers beside Rose.
"Oh sorry," Rose laughed embarrassed. "This is Dr. Drakken and his fiancée Shego. I met them three weeks ago after the Pokemon Trainer Convention let out for spring break."
"That's cool!" Maria smiled up at her older sister's friends. "My names' Maria."
"Well, its nice to meet you." Drakken replied, shaking the child's hand. "You're the third Machavelli child I've met this month."
"You met Katelyn? Did you know their son is my nephew?" Maria moved out of the doorway so Rose and her friends could walk inside, then shutting the door.
"Did anyone else come home, Maria?" Rose asked. "I know Damien went off in the Orange Archipelago with his girlfriend. I saw Katelyn a couple days ago, and we know where Matthew went are. What about Joey?" (2)
"Joey is here," Maria said, giggling shyly with her hands behind her back. "Remember he got in trouble for staying out passed his curfew last month?"
"I remember," Rose laughed. "That's when Addison went into labor with Candace (3). Mother was definitely not in a good mood trying to deal with Addison's expectancy and Joey at the same time."
The main hallway they were standing in was a gorgeous and well-kept interior, warm and inviting. Beautiful hazel hardwood floors, pearl-white "Jefferson" coffered walls and a clear chandelier hung from the ceiling of the main entranceway.
"Two generations, huh?" Shego asked, her eyes darting from one section to another. "This place isn't that bad, better than the mansion we have."
"Come on, let's go see Mommy." Maria insisted, walking into a room on the left with green carpet and green wall-treatment.
This room was considered for entertainment with a chessboard and card game, a bubble blower, and beverage bar. There was another room connected with beautiful shouji screen wall covering and flank-steak brick flooring. Hand crafted wicked-breeze end tables and licentious parlor lamps, a ceiling fan spinning above a Monsieur Fer Table with Anchor Lace Café chairs and a cast iron comfort loveseat against the wall.
Seated at the table was a beautiful woman in her early 40s with waist length blood-red hair pulled back and platted and grayish-blue eyes. She wore a casual white dress with delicately printed sunny-yellow daisies and lilac lilies.
There was a silver tray with a porcelain teapot and teacups, and a plate of crumpets.
"Mommy, guess who's here?" Maria exclaimed excitedly.
The woman looked up from sipping her tea, and places her teacup down on the saucer. "Well it certainly has been a long time since your last visit, Rosalind. I see you brought guests..."
"Yes, Mother." Rose nodded. "This is Dr. Drakken and his fiancée Shego." Then turning to her villain-friends. "This is my mother, Tamela Crystal-Machavelli."
"Oh what a pleasant surprise," Tamela cried happily, she got up from her seat and embraced the "shocked-looking and out-of her-mind" Shego. "Dear cousin, it has been so long since I've seen you!"
"Yeah, I was wondering why Rosalind looked familiar," Shego laughed, somewhat happy and confused. "She looks just like you, Tamela."
"Cousins?" Drakken asked, beyond confused. "At least how many are there in this family?"
"Well my mother and Shego are 3rd generation cousins along with my father and Emma's dead parents, then there's Shego's four brothers." Rose explained. "You'd be our cousin-in-law through marriage, part of the Machavelli family with thirteen other cousins. So you wouldn't be an only child anymore."
Drakken smiled, he now had a real family. So his childhood turned out horrible, but he did get love and affection from his mother. "Yes, I suppose that's why we get along so well."
"Hey, what's going on in here?"
The voice belonged to a 14-year-old boy with short brownish-red hair and blue-green eyes. He was taller than Maria and shorter than Rose. He wore a dark blue short-sleeved shirt, gray jeans, black and white sneakers, and blue grip gloves.
"Hiya Joey! Guess who's here?" Maria asked with a full-blown smile.
The boy, referred as Joey, saw Rose standing next to a man with blue skin and a scar under his left eye. Then seeing his mother talking to a black-haired woman with pale green skin and wearing a black and green jumpsuit.
"Rose...you're okay! I heard you were kidnapped and..." Joey paused until he realized who the strangers were. "WHAT ARE THEY DOING HERE?!"
"Joseph Anthony Machavelli, what did I tell you about yelling in the house?" Tamela scolded sternly.
"Sorry mother, but do you know that they," Joey pointed at Drakken and Shego. "Kidnapped Rose about two weeks ago? They did that for world domination, or so I heard."
"Now I don't want you talking such nonsense, Joseph." Tamela scolded her son. "Your family gave them our vacation home and your sister met them at the Pokemon Trainer Convention. Just recently, I know that Shego here is our cousin."
"Cousin?" Joey exclaimed, freaked out. "But how?"
"Your grandmother, Catherine Sullivan, her brother is Shego's father, which makes us cousins." Tamela explained. "First cousins, actually, along with Shego's four brothers, and those on the Crystal side of the family."
"Yay, another cousin!" Maria said excitedly.
"Yes, but only through marriage." Tamela replied. "Now don't you worry of this wedding. I'll plan this out and you'll love it completely!" She reassured Drakken and Shego, they were grateful for family they never thought they had.
"So when is the wedding exactly?" Rose asked. "It has to be before the next month of the Pokemon Trainer Convention."
"Rosalind, I told you I'll have everything planned out." Tamela said. "Oh, maybe the beginning of next month, on a weekend. Has to be so everyone can come."
"No! Not Emma!" Rose yelled, worried completely. "She knows I was kidnapped... Drakken and Shego won't let me leave out of their sight, like Joey said."
Tamela was slightly confused. "Rosalind, what are you talking about? Emma is apart of this family, so she has to know."
"Okay fine," Rose sighed. "Just Emma, she'll have to tell the others to stay home. I know she'll blow cover where Drakken's lair is, and I have this weird feeling that something bad will happen from this, mark my word."
"Since you mentioned that." Joey replied, laughing nervously. "I'm to let Emma know if there were any signs of you and Drakken's lair. She says that her best friend, Kim Possible, has this genius friend who tracked you flying on Charizard due southeast of Pallet Town and east of Sea Foam Islands."
"Damn it!" Rose cursed under her breath. "Oh that's great! Emma knows that I'm down here!"
"Actually, she thinks that Drakken's lair might be somewhere in Hoenn." Joey corrected. "Kim's friend, Wayd, he was able to find out that it was you and Drakken in those disguises three days ago, and everyone is nearly worried about you."
"Just Tracey, right?" Rose asked, raising her eyebrow. "That guy is obsessed with me, he knows I just want to be his friend."
"That's enough, Rosalind," Tamela replied, a bit upset. "We've heard too much and now is really not a good time to talk about your recent love life."
Rose blushed, embarrassed. "Sorry, but it's true though."
"Why don't you go off to the beach for a while?" Tamela suggested. "I'll stay up here and make lunch."
"Thanks Mom!" Maria and Joey run out of the room to get their swimsuits.
Rose laughed, it was great to be back home. "Yeah, I kinda promised you two a trip to the beach." She said to her villain-friends.
"But I'm not that much of swimmer," Drakken admitted, slightly embarrassed. "Nor do I like tanning and..."
Rose raised her eyebrow, very suspicious that Drakken was hiding the real truth behind why he doesn't like the beach. "It wouldn't be that bad to see you without your clothes and don't take that the wrong way either!" She warned as she saw the weird expression of the doctor's face, but he agreed anyway.
"So you coming or not?" Shego asked, waiting patiently. "We'll be back by lunch time."
Drakken sighed, he might as well go along before he got hurt. "All right, fine. Just until lunch time, then we're back up here the rest of the day."
"Okay then, that's exactly what we'll do." Rose smiled. "Let's go change into our swimsuits!"
With that said, they change into their swimsuits and set toward the beach. Rose knew where it was so Shego and Drakken followed.
Upon arrival at the beach, the sheer beauty of the beach struck them. Clean white sand as far as the eye could see was meet by clear blue sea. A row of palm trees formed a barrier between the jungle and the beach and they could see a few Krabbys' running about in the sand at the water's edge.
"Wow," Shego said, taking in the sight, "This place is beautiful."
"Yeah, it's been forever since I've been here." Rose replied.
Drakken laughed and nodded in agreement. The three of them walked further out onto the beach, watching Joey and Maria swimming about in the ocean but mostly splashing each other and generally just mucking around. It was slightly amusing to Rose and her friends, while looking for a suitable place to stop and found one just halfway across the beach.
"Do I have to?" Drakken asked, not liking the idea of stripping from his dark blue shirt that he wore with his black swimming trunks.
"You promised!" Rose pouted, dropping her towel on the soft white sand, straightened it out and layed down. She was wearing a dark-violet bikini with little white bows sewn to the front of the bikini top and on the sides of the bikini bottoms. Then taking down her black sunglasses from her head and placing them on.
Shego was already laying down comfortably on her beach towel, wearing a black bikini and black sunglasses, with her hair pulled back in a ponytail.
Drakken didn't want to bother, so he gave in and placed his towel next to Shego's, pulled off the T-shirt he was wearing over his head, dropped it beside him before laying back and starring at the sky.
Rose had been watching, but you really couldn't tell because she wore her black sunglasses. She had to admit that black was Drakken's best color that complimented his blue skin, black eyes, and black hair. Although scratch the long ponytail that made him so 80s-ish un-popular. Okay, so he wasn't the strong and physic type of guy that made girls fawn over and giggle madly of love, but he was handsome and somewhat cute, even though evil also.
'Rosalind! You know better than to think of a guy who's already engaged, like THAT!' her mind screamed at her. She mentally cursed at herself for supposedly liking guys with a bad-boy aurora or ways of being evil.
Rose resumed laying still, like she was sleeping. It was quite peaceful to just kick back and not worry over anything important.
A while later from strolling down the beach, collecting seashells, and cooling off in the water, lunch was ready and they headed back to the house. Then finishing the rest of the day talking mostly of the upcoming wedding and other important things left unmentioned.
§To Be Continued§
(1) Remember chapter 11? Well, I left out detail that Emma was really good friends with Kim Possible, and since Emma knew about every villain in Kim's world...Kim and Ron were called into action and brought into the Pokemon World, with the help of teleportation by Wayd!
(2) Damien is four years younger than Rose. His girlfriend is Emily William, who lives in the Orange Islands with her brother Stephen. Katelyn is two years younger than Rose and works at the mall as a jeweler. Matthew is the oldest child, and Joey is three years older than Maria.
(3) Addison is Matthew's wife, and Candace is their fourth child.
(4) Shego is related to the Machavelli-Crystal family through her Aunt Catherine.