Love, Friendship, Threats
Note:Hi, everyone. I'm glad a few people have left kudos on this story. It motivates me to continue it. I hope you like the new chapter. Please feel free to let me know what you think. Also there are threats of violence in this chapter so I just wanted to give a heads up.
I woke up the next morning. It didn't take long for Riff, Magenta, and Columbia to wake up. Riff's bandages were holding up well, which was good. If his wounds were any deeper we would have eventually had to change them, and I didn't want Riff to undergo anymore pain than he was already dealt by Frank's hands. "Good morning, Riff. Are you feeling better?" Riff looked at me and nodded. "I am. Thank you very much for your concern, Miss Shaw." I smiled. "Please, call me Daphne." "Very well, Daphne." Magenta came quickly to his side holding him lovingly. "My darling brother, are you feeling better? I'm so sorry for what that terrible monster has done to you. It's all my fault." Riff leaned toward her and kissed her forehead. "Don't fret, my most beautiful sister. I am fine. What happened was not your fault, don't blame yourself for Master's cruel acts against me. One day we shall freely be able to be together once again, I promise. I love you." Magenta held him tighter. "And I you, dearest brother." I was shocked. "Wait, you two are brother and sister and you're in love with each other?" The two of them looked at each other worried. "Magenta, didn't you tell her?" "I would have, but I haven't had the chance yet. She knows that we are not from this planet, I knew our secret would be safe with her. You know how most Earthlings are, so close minded. They would think we are freaks." They looked at me again worried about my reaction. "Don't worry. I won't judge you. I mean, I'll be honest. I am a little shocked about the situation, because here on Earth, incest is viewed as something very wrong. But I'm sure cultures on different planets are different from Earth's, and you guys aren't hurting anyone. You love each other, and you seem like good people, much better than Frank. I support your relationship." They smiled and looked relived. "Thank you, Daphne. Your acceptance means a lot to us." "Of course. We're all friends, after all. Hey, Riff. Somehow I get the feeling Rocky didn't escape entirely on his own. Can I ask you what really happened?" Riff sat up a bit and paused with a look of resentment on his face. "I loosened the chains so Rocky could break free and escape. But he was too afraid to leave. I didn't do it out of pity for the creature. I did it out of spite for the Master. You see, our mission was to come and study Earth. We wanted to study your ways of life, your cultures and see how they were different from our own. But Master had other ideas. He became obsessed with sexuality, and expanding his hedonism. He became more obsessed with having sex with you humans that he forgot about the original mission entirely. He made us help him capture humans so he could have 'playmates' to experiment with. However, he eventually came up with the idea to create the perfect man, a human created for the sole purpose of fulfilling his sexual desires. And because Master is the Prince of Transilvainia, we couldn't object to what he wanted. He forced me to help him create Rocky. Night and day, I slaved away for him in the lab. I did all the work while he watched. I thought I would get praise from him for working so hard, but he just took all the credit for my work. And now, he's forcing me to help him develop drugs." My eyes widened. "What kind of drugs, Riff?" "Master has not yet informed me of his plans for the drugs, but I would imagine his agenda is sinister. I must leave now to work in the lab. Master will suspect something if I'm not there soon. Thank you again for your help, and please do be careful in the future. As you saw, Master has a fowl temper, and I would hate to see you caught up in it." Riff kissed Magenta goodbye, and left. Magenta and Columbia were still with me in their room, and she decided to tell me her story.
Columbia looked scared and shook her head. "He wasn't always so bad, you know. When it all began, Frankie was so nice and charming and he was great in bed. But then Eddie came along and Frankie dropped me for him. Frankie wouldn't even acknowledge me, and it made me really mad and jealous. Then Frankie started having a three way with me and Eddie, and things were great again for awhile. But then he got bored of both of us and started spending all his time in the lab with Riff. It wasn't all bad though because over time, Eddie and I fell in love. We were gonna leave this castle and start a new life together. But then Frankie found out and got jealous. He was jealous that Eddie and I were more in love with each other than we were with him, and he wouldn't have it. He told us that we belonged to him and that we could never leave the castle. Eddie stood up to him and told him he couldn't make us stay, and he didn't own us. He threatened to hurt Frankie with his switchblade knife, which upset him. Frankie told me to go to my room. Before I left, the last thing Eddie told me was not to worry, that he'd come up with a plan to escape and we would finally be free. The next morning Frankie told me that Eddie left out of the blue and wasn't coming back. I was devistated. Frankie held me close that day and told me everything would be okay, and I believed him. At least until one day when Eddie broke out of the deep freezer. I was so mad that Frankie lied to me. All his comforting words and concern I thought he had for me was fake, he didn't care about my feelings at all! And on top of that Frankie used half of Eddie's brain to make Rocky! But in the end it didn't matter because Eddie was free and we would be together again. At least that was until Frankie got angry and jealous because Eddie stole his spotlight and made Rocky dance. Frankie was so angry, he grabbed an axe and chased Eddie back into the deep freezer. He chopped Eddie to bits right in front of me and everyone else!" I was horrified. How could Frank do such a thing? I put my hand on Columbia's shoulder to comfort her. Magenta rubbed her back to soothe her. "I'm so sorry that happened to you, Columbia. You didn't deserve that, no one does." Columbia shook her head, tears streaming down her face. "Thanks, but don't be. Frankie is so cruel!" "You seemed so happy about him the night I came here, Columbia. What changed?" She sighed. "Oh, that. Well Frankie was being nice to me again and that made me feel happy. But then later that night when I tried to get him in the mood, he hit me. He told me that I was boring him, and he wanted you to himself. That's when I finally gave up on him and told Mags I was done with him. All he does is take, take, take! He uses people until he gets bored of them, and he thinks he can own people! Until a few days ago, I always had hope that Frankie would change, but he won't. He treats everyone like crap. He's hit Magenta, he beat Riff last night, he's hit me, and he'll probably try to hurt you too. I can't take anymore of this, I've had it with him!" Columbia started sobbing again. "But now you have another friend. You have Magenta, Riff, and me." She started to calm down. "Really? Gee thanks, Daphne. That really means a lot!" I smiled. "Anytime. Hey, Magenta shouldn't we go downstairs and make breakfast? It's getting late, and we all know how Frank can get." She nodded and the three of us went down to make breakfast.
After breakfast, I told Columbia and Magenta to go ahead upstairs and I would wash the remaining dishes and meet them in their room later. When I finished, I started to head upstairs and ran into Frank. He gave me a dangerous smile I'm guessing he knew I wasn't happy to see him. The sight of him made me sick. "Hello, Daphne," he purred. "What the hell do you want?" I was slowly backing away from him trying to get any distance I could manage. The further away I was from him, the better. "I still haven't had my fun with you, darling." He reached over and bushed a hair out of my face, his fingers trailing gently down the side of it. I flinched and jumped back, away from his touch. My back was now against the wall. I had no place to go. I was scared, and shaking. Riff, Magenta, and Columbia weren't with me and I was alone with Frank. "What's the matter? There's nothing to be nervous about, precious." I jolted my head away from him as best I could. "Don't be like that, baby. I just want a good time." I worked up some courage. "Well, I don't. I've seen how you treat people. Why don't you go hump a pile of trash." His expressioned hardened. "You know, I haven't forgotten about what happened last night. Normally, you would be punished for back talking me, but I have something better planned." He smirked and it made me feel uneasy. He let me go and I ducked underneath him. I backed away towards the stairs. "You'll find out what it is. I don't take no for an answer so easily. Like I said, I always get what I want." "Screw you, Frank." I turned to go up stairs. "And Daphne, I know." I turned back to face him. "Know what?" "That you've never been with anyone. I can tell by how anxious you get, the way you tense up every time I come near you. Well, I'll put an end to that." I was horrified. What was he talking about, what was he planning? I ran up the stairs, and I was running, I heard Frank yell, "You should know your rejections only makes me want you more. They all said no at first, but they gave in eventually and so will you. It's only a matter of time, sooner than you think!" I made it upstairs and rushed to Magenta and Columbia's room, shutting the door behind me. I had to tell them what happened.