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This is story number forty-four. Ummm...this one's a bit different. This is just what came to mind. I may be stretching it in terms of ages. I can't figure it out anymore. And for anyone who nitpicks, I consider Karone and Astronema to be different sides of the same person.

Karone and Elizabeth

by

Eileen (Psycho Tangerine)

Princess Astronema grumbled and cursed to herself as she paced back and forth in her chambers. Of all the stupidest, most asinine ideas Darkonda had ever had, this had to be the most idiotic and annoying one of all. Just a few minutes ago, he had run in and shoved a human baby into her arms...telling her that being a princess, she must have a lady in waiting, and that he had decided that since kidnapping children seemed to work best for him, that he may as well continue the tradition. Astronema had absolutely no idea what he was babbling about. But, before she could protest, Darkonda had teleported out, saying something about getting baby puke off his best sword.

Elizabeth looked up at the big leather clad person...was this her mommy? No, no her mommy didn't have funny hair, and she didn't smell of leather. And that red thing that had taken her out of her carriage certainly hadn't been her daddy. Great, just great, she was probably stuck with yet another "auntie." Except this one kept making strange growling sounds and saying words that her daddy used whenever she barfed on him. Well, there was only one thing to do..."Waaaaaaaaahhhhhhhaaahhhhhhhhhhaaaaahhhhhhhhhhaahhhh..."

Astronema jumped in shock and frantically ran around the room. "Ecliptor! Elgar! The alarms are going off! We must be under attack! Where are you two? I order you both to save your precious princess, NOW!" She had forgotten that they, along with all the quantrons, had been granted the day off to attend the Monster Carnival on Onyx. Elgar especially had broken her down when, in tears, he told of how Auntie Divatox had never let him go anywhere fun and evil.

All that running around and screaming confused and upset Elizabeth even more. So she did what any sensible baby would do...out scream her. "WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHAAAAAHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

Astronema grabbed her ears in pain. "Wait just adamn second," she growled. "This rust-bucket's alarm system isn't that good." She should know since only the night before all she heard was a mild beeping sound when she had caught sight of the Silver Ranger transporting away after a panty raid. She was still a bit confused as to why Zhane had chosen go through Darkonda's clearly label dresser drawers. Astronema slowly looked down and the still-screeching baby girl. "Oh, this is just great," she sneered at the baby. "I'm going to get even with Darkonda if it's the last thing I do!"

Elizabeth felt herself being picked up. She did not like how awkwardly this girl was holding her. So she did something else babies were good at.

Sniff sniff "Eeeewwwww!" gagged the Princess of Evil. "There's no way I'm changing that." But then she saw Elizabeth's face screwing up for an even bigger screaming session. "All right! All right!" She looked around, and, to her further annoyance and dismay, realized that Darkonda had neglected to leave any baby supplies behind. So, with a deep sigh, she took one of her spare leather outfits and cut it into several squares. Fifteen minutes and a whole new vocabulary of swear words later, Elizabeth was sporting a new leather diaper.

Elizabeth didn't like the leather diaper. It just wasn't comfortable. She also didn't like how this blue haired 'auntie' was saying words that her mommy used only when her drunken daddy barfed on her mommy. So, she did the one other thing that babies...no wait, she was good at.

"There," said Astronema, giving a small smile to the now-docile baby. "Now, I'm going to put you to bed and you are going to sleep. And I am going to get my beauty rest and dream of how I'm going to eviscerate Darkon..."

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" came the voice from the other side of the room. Astronema jumped in shock. "What!" she blurted angrily, "Twins! That &$ pile of cannon fodder gave me twins!" She ran over to the newly crying baby. Her leather diaper seemed dry (and for some reason, Astronema did not find it strange that this new baby would already have on a leather diaper.) So she just picked her up and began rocking and singing to her in a desperate attempt to get her to sleep.

Well, the Elizabeth clone didn't take kindly to being held by her feet and swung back and forth while some crazed girl screeched the top songs from the Alliance of Evil top 100 playlist. So, she returned the favor by barfing all over the crazed girl.

"My shoes!" screeched Astronema. "My twenty-million dollar leather shoes!" She placed the baby back down on the red leather sofa and ran out of the room to change her shoes. She wouldn't have been so upset if she had known that Ecliptor had bought them for only twelve dollars at a rummage sale and had simply exaggerated the price just to make her happy.

As she was changing her shoes, she sniffed the air..."no, it can't be," she groaned. She looked in the direction of the smell and saw baby Elizabeth drooling at her. "I...don't...believe...it...TRIPLETS! What the $# was Darkonda thinking? I know I'm special being a princess and all. But I do not want to raise my own ladies-in-waiting!" She desperately pressed the communication's panel to recall someone, anyone, away from that carnival to help her. But, being that this was their first day off in almost five hundred years, all her lackeys and foot soldiers had conveniently forgotten to leave their communicators on. So she was stuck changing this Elizabeth as well.

Twenty minutes and another ruinedoutfit later, Astronema was laying the third baby next to the first two babies in a makeshift crib, which just consisted of a pile of blankets on the floor. They seemed to be sleeping calmly. So she yawned sleepily and settled down on her own lavish bed, ready to take a nap...

The three Elizabeths looked at each other and smiled naughty little baby grins. "WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!" came sound from yet another doppelganger who was laying on the foot of Astronema's bed. "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" came the voices of the other three babies.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!" came the voice of Princess Astronema as she sniffed the now-familiar foulstench that permeated every inch of her room.