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Confrontations and a Deal

(Normal POV)

As soon as the door closed, Riff-Raff let out a sigh and rested his head on a pillow. He shut his eyes in hopes that sleep would find him swiftly, but found that it didn't. Magenta's words kept coming to mind.

"How will she take care of it?" He questioned aloud, trying to make sense of it all. "How will she confront Frank and manage to escape unscratched? What will Frank do to her?"

He sighed again, wishing that someone would have the answers that he sought.

Accepting the fact that no one did, he found himself forced to do as Magenta said: lay down and let her deal with Frank.

Snuggling down into the blanket, Riff-Raff fell asleep with one small sentence on his lips: "Be careful Magenta."

Unbeknownst to him, someone had actually heard his words.

Magenta rested her forehead against that hard, cool wood of the door. "Don't worry my brother," She whispered. "I will be."

(Magenta's POV)

I knew that Frank would probably be up in his lab by now, trying to work on the creature himself. That would at least give me enough time to come up with a good explanation for Riff's lack of response.

I scoffed, "Easier said than done."

I was well aware that there wasn't much that I could say that would pass as a good excuse in Frank's eyes. Still, I'm determined to think of something, even if it means resorting to bribery. Although I'm hoping that it won't go to that (at least not the bribery that Frank will be wanting).

Shaking my head to will the thought away, I began contemplating all kinds of crazy alibis; each one as unlikely as the former.

Realizing that my time was starting to run out, I finally decided on the most honest of the falsehoods, and with a deep breath, stepped into the elevator, and pulled the lever to make it rise.

Was I imagining it, or was this thing moving faster than normal? Before I knew it, I found myself stepping into the spotless lab that I had grown to hate over the long period of time that we had been on Earth.

Even worse, the one person that I had come to despise even more than the lab itself (for an even longer time period) turned around to look at me. His harsh eyes watched me warily as I approached.

I felt my own eyes narrow defensively as I stopped a few feet before him. A rush of hatred and rage shot through me, and I found myself wanting to rip his over-inflated head right off of his shoulders.

"So," He eyed me up and down, looking displeased. "Where is that brother of yours hiding?"

Just hearing his voice made me want to strangle him, but the words he spoke made the urge ten times stronger.

"He's not "hiding" anywhere," I snapped in a voice of forced calm. "He just isn't feeling well."

Frank sneered at this, clearly unfazed bye the news.

"What is it exactly that you need him for?"

Rather than answer my question, Frank muttered something inaudible, and headed for the elevator. As quickly as possible, I blocked his path.

"Get out of my way, Magenta!" He snapped, shoving me none to lightly to the side.

I recovered instantly, and once again took my place between him and the elevator…between him and Riff.

"If you tell me what you need, I can take care of it," I blurted, desperate to keep Frank from leaving the lab.

Upon hearing my statement, the other Transylvanian scoffed and gave me an annoyed look.

"This isn't simple house work that I'm requiring of him. He needs to help me with my new experiment-"

"I can do that," I said without thinking first.

"What do you know about science and biochemical research?" Frank demanded, now looking angry.

"A great deal," I retorted. "I've gone through Riff's old science books, I've seen you work on experiments before, and I took several science classes myself when I was at school. I think I would be of assistance." I took a few deep breaths, willing myself to calm down again.

After a moment I looked directly at Frank, and was rather shocked to see that he actually had a thoughtful look on his face.

There was a moment of silence where neither of us moved, or said a word.

Finally, Frank spoke. "Alright Magenta, I'll make a deal with you. If you can follow every command, every instruction, that I give you, I will let you fill Riff-Raff's shoes temporarily. I won't hunt him down, I won't make any contact with him whatsoever until he's "feeling better". But, know that in addition to assisting me in the lab, you must also finish all of your normal chores. If I notice one little duty that you failed to do, both your brother AND yourself will be the first to find out. Do I make myself clear?"

I thought for a moment about his demands and eventually nodded in agreement.

"Good." He suddenly let out a yawn.

"You're lucky I'm so tired tonight," He said stretching. "Otherwise you'd be working up here right now. That gives you all night to make sure that you really do know all that you claim to about science. Be prepared, for we shall be up here before the sun rises!"

With that, Frank turned on his heal, and walked into the lavish room that he had prepared for his new plaything. He had been sleeping in there a lot lately, I think mostly because he's too paranoid to leave his precious lab.

I rolled my eyes, and then hurried back downstairs.

I really didn't have time to waste, for not only did I have to come through will all of Frank's demands, I also had to go check up on Riff. I decided to do that first before digging out his old books to use as a study guide.

"I suppose I could also start a few of my domestic chores tonight as well," I muttered to myself.

Making a turn, I paused in front of the door to my room. Tonight was going to be a long night, but tomorrow was gonna be even longer.

With a final sigh, I gently turned the doorknob, and stepped into my room; shutting the door with a snap.