Sorry for the long wait again! This summer was probably the most hectic of my life, between moving houses and working an all day job plus the commute to and from said job, I had little to no time for writing this summer. But now that I'm back at school I will work on this until the workload kicks in.
I sat there waiting when I heard the door open. When I saw my next patient walked in, I couldn't believe what I saw. I mean I had seen old ladies before, but still. And it's one thing for women in their fifties or even sixties to dress half their age, but this woman was beyond pushing it. A woman her age should not be walking around in skin-tight dresses with incredibly long v-neck lines, especially with a flabby chest like hers. She looked like a skeleton she was so thin, with sunken eyes, and skin that was practically purple with age.
"Yzma," I said, apprehensively approaching her, putting my hand out, "I'm Dr. Russell."
"A pleasure to meet you Doctor," she said shaking my hand. I had to struggle not to physically show my discomfort, but at the same time her hand felt like dried-up leather jerky.
"I just have to ask you some questions, if that's alright."
"Ask away," she replied sitting down on the couch.
"First of all, tell me about your childhood."
"I suppose I had a good life, nothing outrageous or anything. I was definitely daddy's spoiled little princess, that's for sure. My mother, on the other hand, never approved of anything I did. She was always criticizing me, and no matter how hard I tried to please her, she was never satisfied. Has that scarred me for life? Yes of course. But as long as I was daddy's girl, I didn't care."
"And what about any love life?"
"I was the most beautiful young woman in town. Well I can't really say was because it's not like I'm not beautiful anymore or anything." Wow, really? I thought. Is she serious? "In fact all the men liked to call me Catwoman on account of my slender body," she said as she sensually ran her hand down her body.
I tried to keep my composure and not cringe at that. Seriously though, what was it with these women who apparently were these beautiful young seductresses and grew up into these old hags? "I guess that was a good nickname for you then, considering that you later on turned into a literal cat woman."
She glared at me, not amused. "Very funny. But to answer your question, despite all of that I never had any one specific lover nor man that I had feelings for. However ever since my father died, even till now I have always hired young men to be my boy toy."
"And what exactly do you do with these 'boy toys?'"
"Basically I would hire them to do things for me and tell me how pretty I am."
"You mean to tell me that you never slept with any of these men?"
"Of course I slept with them. But as I got older and they got younger, there developed a mutual lack of interest in sex."
"Really? Mutual?"
"Okay, maybe it was after I noticed a pattern of me offering my body to my boys and having each of them refuse. But that didn't start until fairly recently."
"Alright, changing topic. Speaking of your boy toys, how did you find Kronk?"
"Well when my age stopped me from attracting young men on their own, I started creating flyers and had them distributed around the empire, and whoever would show up would be interviewed, and whoever was most qualified would get it. Pretty much the same way anyone gets any other job."
"Makes sense. What does a man have to do in order to be considered?"
"He basically has to devotedly follow me blindly like a puppy. And Kronk fit that bill perfectly. Not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed, but he does what I tell him, plus he's kind of pretty to look at, not going to lie, so he was perfect."
"So your relationship with him is purely employer/employee?"
"Pretty much."
"Okay moving on. Let's talk about you and Kuzco. How did you meet him?"
"First of all, my father was the advisor to the emperor, but when he passed away I took over his position, on account of him not producing any sons and me being the oldest. I was the royal advisor for three generations before Kuzco was born. Unfortunately his parents died when he was a baby, so I had to raise him. Did I ever love him? Of course not! How could I when he was ungrateful about all the years I wasted of my life taking care of him and he shows me little to no gratitude. Not to mention that I temporarily had to rule the empire until he was old enough, and even then all he did was hold the title while I did all the work. And did I ever get any credit? No, of course not!"
"Is that why you wanted to be empress so badly? Because you were already doing the work and you liked being in charge, and felt that you wanted to be recognized for what you were doing while this kid gets the title and the benefits of your work?"
"Pretty much, yes. That's not too much to ask for, is it?"
"No, of course not. But that's still no reason for you to kill Kuzco."
"Alright then, how would you have gotten rid of him?"
"I don't know. Maybe kidnap him and lock him in the dungeon and then tell everyone that he's dead."
"Actually that's not a bad idea," she said putting her fingers on her chin, pleased with what I said. "I'll have to try that as soon as I get out of here."
God damn it, I thought. I was supposed to be curing them, not helping them in their villainous ways. "Speaking of which, why did you come up with such a complicated plan to kill him? You know, with the whole flea thing?"
"Well if you're going to kill someone, you might as well have a little fun with it, if you know what I mean."
"Also since we're on this topic, why do you even have that second lever and a roller coaster in your lab. Also how exactly did you learn potion making?"
"Honestly, I don't even know why I have that lever. As for the roller coaster, that was my father's idea. You see, he too was a scientists and everything I learned was from him. He used to love taking me to amusement parks when I was a child, and he built the roller coaster for me considering how often the two of us used to spend time down there together. It was our little secret, my mother didn't even now about it, though it's not like she would have cared either way."
"And I'm guessing that regarding your earlier comment about my idea, which by the way I totally wasn't being serious about, you still want to destroy Kuzco and take over the empire when you get out?"
"Of course!"
"Thanks, I think I have everything I need," I said as I stood up.
"Thank you for your time Doctor," Yzma said taking my hand and heading out the door.
As soon as she was gone I sat down at my computer to see who was next. I got excited considering that while not as badly as Frollo, it was another villain I was looking forward to analyzing. "Dr. Facilier."
