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Author's Note: Nice long chapter for you guys as I've been getting heaps of wonderful reviews and I appreciate it heaps. Keep reviewing and I'll keep writing. We've got a few more chapters yet and an epilogue. Also, I'm thinking of doing a sequel as I love Joey and Tom but we'll see….. Enjoy!
"Here's
your room, Prince Tom." Imogen said, opening a door to a large
suite. "Sorry about the inconvenience we caused you and we're
causing you by locking you in but orders are orders." She finished
off. Tom, amazed with the room walked in, mouth open looking around
didn't even answer at first.
"Um… nah… it's cool." He
said. "You're just doing your job." He said, then spotted a
piano. He had played piano a few years back and still played when he
got the chance. "Ooh." He said, walking over to it and examining
it. Imogen rolled her eyes, shut the door and locked it. She then
went to her post.
-
"Here's your room, Prince
Furter." Kimi said, grinning at Frank, showing him to a suite.
Frank looked at it and shrugged, it was mediocre, to him anyway. He
then turned his attention to Kimi.
"Oh Kimi, call me Frank,
we've known each other for a very long time." He said and winked
at her. Kimi giggled and nodded as Frank walked into the room.
"I'll come get you when we land… Frank." Kimi said.
"I
look forward to it." Frank said and smirked. Kimi giggled again
then shut and locked the door. She leaned against the door and sighed
before going back to her job.
-
"Here's
your room… Joey, was it?" Perry asked. Joey looked at the suit
and didn't care. She didn't care if she got locked in a cell
right now, she was angry, upset and only the slightest bit happy at
the same time, she was so confused... She was never confused!
"Yeah." she said and walked in. Perry followed.
"Look,"
He said, "I want to apologize for all you, Tom and Frank have gone
through over the time we've been after those two. I would have left
you all alone if it was up to me."
"It's okay." Joey
said, sitting on the bed. "It's all that jerk Riff Raff and his
stupid sister Magenta's fault." Perry frowned.
"Hey, that's
not fair. Those two have been through a lot in their life." Perry
said. He was always one to give everyone a second chance and to see
the good inside of everyone. There wasn't one person on Transsexual
who had met Perry and not liked him. Joey raised an eyebrow,
wondering what a lot was. Joey looked to the ground and frowned, it
still didn't make up for anything. "Well, I've got to be going
back to work." Perry said, walking to the door.
"Wait,
Perry." Joey called out, Perry turned around to face her. "During
all that my skirt ripped and I'm kind of cold. Do you think you
could get me some clothes? But nothing like the corsets or anything."
Perry nodded and smiled.
"I'll get someone to bring some to
you." He said.
"'Kay, thanks." Joey said. Perry nodded.
"Cya." He said and shut and locked the door. As he walked off he
went over his things to do list. One, find someone to take clothes
to… Joey… that was her name, two, secure the sonic radiators in
the basement, three, visit his girlfriends. Perry was going out with
both Kimi and Imogen and had been for a very long time, though Kimi
was more of a best friend with privileges, she was like that to a lot
of people. Imogen was more of the girlfriend.
-
Joey
had no idea how much time had past before someone opened her door.
"Finally." She groaned, as she was getting impatient. She looked
who it was and just said "Oh." Riff Raff had now entered the room
with a pile of folded clothes in his hand. Again Joey didn't know
how to feel, all her impressions of Riff Raff were bad ones but now
she knew he was her father and all the times he had spared her during
this made her want to love, or like, him… if she could. "I don't
like you, you know." Joey mumbled, turning around.
"Yes... I
know..." Riff Raff said and walked over to the bed she was sitting
on. He put the clothes on the bed. "I'm not quite sure what size
you'd be but the dress is Magenta's and the jacket is mine." He
said quietly, "I hope they fit." He waited for a response but
Joey said nothing so he started walking out of the room. He was just
about to reach for the door when he heard Joey's voice.
"Wait!" Riff put his hand back to his side and slowly turned
around to face his daughter. "Why?" She cried. Riff Raff cocked
his head slightly in confusion.
"Why, why what?" He asked.
"Why adoption? Why Earth? Just… Why?" Joey was both upset and
angry and it hurt Riff to see her like this, he sighed and walked
over to the bed and sat on it, as far away from Joey as possible.
"We wanted to keep you, we really did but-" He stopped himself to
think, to try and find the right was to say this. How to explain to a
child the reasons you didn't want them? "We hadn't been back
long, the murder rumours were surrounding us, rightly so but trouble
either way. Magenta and I, we're brother and sister and as much as
Transylvania prides itself on allowing any sexuality, incest is still
frowned upon in most circles so it would have hurt you growing up
with us and hurt us for you to stay with us. We didn't have enough
money to look after a baby and neither of us are the nurturing types,
we couldn't have looked after, it was better we take you somewhere
safe and Earth seemed the best place." He stopped again and looked
up to Joey.
"Rumours, incest, I don't care! Who gives a
damn! I mean it's kind of weird that you're both my father and my
uncle but you know, you two love each other so who cares if you're
related! Money and your nurturing abilities is no excuse! Didn't
you ever think, 'Hey, let's give this a shot. It will probably be
our only chance so why don't we go ahead and try to bring up a
child? No matter what happens, at least all three of us will be
together'?" Riff Raff felt a sudden wave of guilt run over him.
She was right, they could have kept her, despite all the troubles but
he still felt a need to defend his sister and his decision.
"We
did what we thought best for you. You've probably had a better life
on Earth then you would have on Transsexual."
"Didn't you
here me earlier?" She said, "My adopted parents suck! They tried
and I'll give them something for that but they suck. I like them at
times but I don't love them. I only had three friends and I've
always felt like an outcast at school. Proud to be me, and different,
I love being different, but I always found myself wishing more people
liked me. I love my friends to pieces and I wouldn't trade them for
the world but I would have loved a life surrounded by more people
like me and knowing my parents loved me over a life with a few
friends and wondering what my real parents were like after fighting
with my so-called mum." She waited for him to respond but he said
nothing yet but looked at he ground again.
"You know, we did
stay with you for a month." He said, looking back up at Joey.
"Magenta couldn't part with you straight away, she wanted to see
you. She also wanted me to name you. I told her it would make things
harder if we were to see you and to name you but it was important to
her... to both of us." Joey felt her heart sink with this and even
more when she saw Riff Raff trying to hold back tears so what she did
next shocked both her and Riff Raff. She hugged him. Riff Raff was
taken aback at first but soon he slowly wrapped his arms around Joey
and embraced her back. His first hug with his daughter since she was
barely a month old, it felt so natural, like he had been doing it for
years.
When Joey pulled back they both looked at each other and smiled very similar smiles. Both silent and content with what just happened.
"So put
up a year, huh?" Riff Raff said, deciding to make some small talk
with Joey, to make up for lost years a little and to break the
silence. Joey nodded but then cocked her head slightly and raised an
eyebrow.
"How did you know?" she asked.
"Janet." Joey
nodded and mimed an 'Oh', must have been at the supermarket when
he was following her.
"Yeah, well, year four was way too easy
and it was cool because Tom, Steph and Chris were all in year five
and they were, are, my friends."
"Ah, yes." Riff Raff said
with a single nod, "The Furter boy." Another pause. "Of all
people for you to fall in-love with, you choose the Furter boy. I
would have preferred an Earthling over Frank N. Furter's son!"
Joey couldn't help but laugh at her father's distaste.
"Yeah,
well, I love him." She said and watched Riff sigh then nod. "Plus,
Frank's cool." She said, Riff Raff scoffed. Amused with his
reaction Joey smiled evilly and said "One could also call him
very... sexually appealing." Riff Raff seemed to choke on
nothing at this and clutched the bed sheets. Joey laughed loudly at
his reaction, it was priceless. After regaining his composure Riff
Raff stared at Joey coldly, a look he had mastered at a young age.
"What?" she said.
"You have a twisted sense of humour."
He said. Joey shrugged.
"I'm sure yours and your sister's
is no different." A pause from Riff then a nod, after all, Riff
Raff and Magenta had found amusement in hurting Frank's creation.
Riff Raff then stood up. "Where are you going?" Joey asked,
standing up also.
"I just thought I'd let you get changed and
then I'll take you to your Furter boy." He said. Joey smiled and
nodded.
"Thanks... ur..." She said and frowned. "I'm not
quite sure what to call you." Riff Raff also frowned.
"I
don't think you should call me dad or father or anything in that
sort of manner as it is disrespectful to the man who brought you up."
Joey rolled her eyes but nodded in agreement. Sure she didn't
particularly like her "Dad" but Riff Raff was right about it
being disrespectful to call Riff dad. "So I suppose it will have to
be Riff Raff."
"How about Riff?" Joey asked. Riff was short
and sweet, a nickname was more personal as well. "Is that okay by
you?" Riff Raff thought about it for a second before smiling
sweetly at Joey and nodded.
"Riff's great." He said. Joey
beamed a smiled and nodded.
"Okay, thanks, Riff." She said.
"I'll meet you outside of the room."
Joey smiled softly to herself as she watched Riff Raff leave the room, shutting the door behind him. Yep, she was pretty sure she liked him, just liked him right now. He seemed easy to stir up, to tease if you will, and she loved that in people. She looked at the pile of clothes besides her. Picking up the long black coat she nodded in approval, deciding it was her taste and looked like it would fit perfectly. Placing it back down and picking up the dress to look at it she gasped a little but held most of it back. It was beautiful. A black strapless dress, quite short but still classy, just above her knee, all the material flowed nicely. The dress looked like it would be just a little too big but perfect around the breasts. All this would look great with her black boots that went just bellow the knee. Luckily, she wore them today. Joey got changed then neatened up her hair with her fingers. Admiring her appearance she came to a pause thinking about something... she decided to ask Riff Raff.
Joey went
outside the room and found Riff Raff leaning against the opposite
wall. He stood up properly and twitched a smile at Joey.
"I
knew that dress would suit you," He said, "You have Magenta's
complexion."
"Yeah
about that..." Joey said, looking from the floor, to the wall and
then to the roof, procrastinating what she wanted to say. "Do I
look exactly like one of your parents?" She asked. Riff Raff
frowned and cocked his head.
"Excuse me?" He said, shocked by
the question.
"You know... 'Cause you and Magenta are
brother and sister so the right mixture of your genes could mean I
look exactly like your mother or father." Riff Raff considered this
for a moment then half shook and half nodded his head.
"I can
see how that's possible but no, if anything you just look like
another sister of mine." Joey mimed an 'Oh' and nodded. "But
due to the big age gap we both know that is improbable so you look
like my child." She then smiled and nodded.
"It would be
freaky if I looked like one of your parents..." She said, Riff Raff
laughed and nodded.
"Very." He said.
Riff Raff
then started walking and gestured over his shoulder for Joey to
follow him. They went left down a hall, then right, into an elevator
up a story, left then Riff paused at the next left. Joey went to keep
walking but stopped to see what he was looking at. Magenta was down
the hall dusting a marble... or what looked like Earth marble...
statue with a brown feather duster. Riff Raff sighed lovingly at the
sight of his beautiful sister.
"I don't know whether it's
because Frank N. Furter is here or she's just nervous but she never
cleans at home like she is now." Joey looked up at Riff then back
at Magenta. She then started walking towards Magenta, Riff followed
for a few reasons.
Joey knew
Magenta had loved her when she was born, she obviously still did to
save Joey like she did, and Joey had hugged Riff Raff so she was
going to hug Magenta too. When Joey reached Magenta she grasped her
hands together behind her back and cleared her throat to get
Magenta's attention. Magenta slowly turned around and was rather
shocked to see Joey standing there, she looked up to watch Riff Raff
walk behind Joey then looked back at Joey.
"Umm... Hi." Joey
said nervously. Magenta looked at Riff Raff suspiciously who just
shrugged and nodded to Joey. Magenta looked back at Joey and half
waved at her. "Well, I hope you don't mind, I don't think
you'll mind so..." Joey slowly outstretched her arms and hugged
Magenta. Magenta, like Riff was, was taken aback at first but, sooner
then Riff, she smiled and hugged Joey back. Riff Raff couldn't even
try to hold back the smile on his gaunt face, it was really nice for
him to see Magenta so happy holding their child. When they let go of
one another Joey smiled at Magenta and said.
"Thanks for saving
Tom and I back there. I wasn't ready to die." Magenta just smiled
back and brushing a stray blonde hair out of Joey's face she said
"It vas nothing, family means the vorld to me." Joey looked back
at Riff Raff and nodded and laughed, thinking how much a certain
family member meant to her. "You look so much like Riff Raff."
Magenta couldn't help but saying.
"Excuse me," Riff Raff
made his voice heard as he stepped towards the two girls, "She
looks more like you. Look at those eyes." He gestured slightly with
his hand at Joey's face. Magenta just turned her smile into a
subtle one and rolled her eyes that, as Riff Raff had just pointed
out, Joey had inherited.
"Vhatever you say Riff..." She
sighed.
"Well, sorry my most beautiful sister but we must be
going. I am taking young Joey here to Prince Tom's room before we
prepare them for The Time Warp." Magenta shut her eyes and nodded.
She and Riff loved the Time Warp, it gave off a wonderful feeling.
"What's the Time Warp?" Joey asked. She saw Riff Raff and
Magenta smile at each other quite evilly and regretted asking.
"You'll see." Riff Raff said and guided Joey towards the
direction they had come from.
"Riff
Raff!" Magenta's voice came just after Joey and Riff had started
walking, both of them turned around. Magenta outstretched an arm
towards Riff and smiled. Riff Raff tilted his head, smiled back and,
outstretching an arm, walked back towards his sister. When their
fingertips met they raised their arms against each other's until
they reached the elbow, paused for a second before coming back down.
As their finger tips parted Riff Raff quickly grabbed hold of his
sister's hand and kissed it softly making her smile at him
lovingly. Joey stood there with a raised eyebrow.
"If you don't
mind me asking," Joey's interruption caused both siblings to snap
out of their dream world and look over at the sixteen-year-old girl.
"What the hell was that?" She raised her voice. Magenta
and Riff Raff looked back at one another, at the floor then frowned.
"Ve usually do it vith two arms..." Magenta said, fumbling around
for an explanation, as neither sibling really understood their little
sign.
"It's sort of our thing..." Riff added, "A specia-"
Joey cut him off.
"Oh, I get it!" She had said, nodding
knowingly. "Elbow sex." Riff Raff and Magenta looked at each
other in shock quickly then over to Joey.
"What?!" They
exclaimed in unison.
"You know," Joey said, shrugging. "Elbow
sex. Your both a little... lets say 'in the mood' but you
cant do it in public and because your siblings you don't
like to do other things related to that particular act in public
like... second base over the sweater so instead you have this elbow
sex… and by the look you had on your faces it works for you pretty
damn good. Yep, elbow sex."
"It's not like that at all!"
Riff Raff said.
"Elbow sex."
"Ve've done that since
ve vere children." Magenta tried.
"It's elbow sex." Joey
said nodding, ignoring the other two completely. She then started
walking up the hallway without Riff Raff. "Come on elbow sex boy!"
She called out, "I want to see Tommy boy, you two can have elbow
sex later!" They both watched Joey walked off for a good thirty
seconds before Riff Raff decided he better go after her. After all,
she didn't know where she was going.
"She's definitely your
daughter," he said. "Stubborn as an Earth mule, just like you."
Then he went running after Joey and just missed Magenta's scoff.
"You're the stubborn one!" She yelled after him, "She gets it
from you!"
