The group made it to the castle. Frank was standing over them with his hands on his hips, looking very stern and aggressive like a bloodthirsty, preying lion.
"Well really!" Frank snorted. "Little Precious, I was worried sick over you thinking you might've gotten killed or experimented on and I think it's very selfish of you to be happy and healthy instead of suffering from injuries!"
Riff Raff rolled his eyes at Frank's disappointment.
"Aren't you concerned about our daughter?" Riff asked as he carried Miracle.
"Oh why should I? She's not my blood," Frank walked over to his daughter and gasped as he noticed a bruise on his daughter. "LP! Who did this to you?"
"Sapphire Hapschatt, Melissa Martin, and Rubella Vendelez." LP replied, remembering the girls.
"I trusted your daughter to look after mine!" Frank growled at the siblings.
Miracle slightly stirred, obviously the anger in the area was even felt by her even though she was basically unconcious.
Magenta looked at Frank, her green eyes flashing. "She apparently defended Little Precious and suffered a broken nose, as vell as stopping anything vorse happening to Little Precious!" she informed him.
LP nodded in agreement. "She did, Daddy."
"Well... That's good... I suppose..." Frank smiled as he crossed his arms. "Magenta, Riff Raff, I am indeed grateful your beloved daughter has protected and handled my daughter well... Loyalty such as hers shall not go unrewarded, you will all be surprised when the mood takes me I can be quite generous, name it and anything her heart desires shall be hers."
Magenta looked at Miracle and then Frank. "Can ve ask her vhen she avakens, please Master?" she asked, not sure what Miracle would want, unless Riff had an idea.
"So be it, let her rest but once she regains consciousness, she's to report to me, whether she wants to or not..." Frank walked off without another word. "I have to work..." he slammed the elevator gate and went to the top floor of the castle with the siblings' eyes following.
"Would you two like some privacy?" LP asked after her father was out of earshot.
Magenta looked at LP. "If that is okay, sveetie, and I promise to tell you vhat I vas going to say earlier, a little later." she said. After all seeing the way Riff was with Miracle was making her want to spend some time with Riff.
"I'll be in my room practicing to walk in high heels like Daddy always wanted me to." LP said as she stared at her boyish sneakers, then back up. "Call me if you need me..." LP walked off to the direction of her room.
"I think Frank does more than abuse the servants..." Riff droned, watching LP scamper to her bedroom.
Magenta sighed and nodded. "Vell, he must condone himself vith the thought it is for science." she said softly to her brother. She then brushed Miracle's fringe out of her face. "Vhere shall ve put Miracle?"
"She can stay in my room, the bed's comfortable, but I just wish you were there with me." Riff replied.
"Ve could play 30 minutes in heaven in the closet." Magenta suggests with a smile. As long as they were careful she would be fine.
"I like the sound of that." Riff grinned, leaning over her.
Magenta's smile turned sultry, purring. "Vell let's get Miracle settled and then ve can do just that"
"Indeed..." Riff growled playfully.
Magenta walked with Riff to his room and pulled the covers back so he could lay Miracle down. After all it wouldn't do to have Miracle cold.
Miracle, in her deep sleep, smiled slightly and her head moved to Riff's shoulder "Daddy..."
Magenta covered Miracle up when she was placed on the bed. She kissed her forehead and then pulled Riff into the closet.
LP was in her room practicing to walk in heels, but always ended up slipping, falling and hurting herself in some way. While there, there was a little knock at the door and Frank walked in without waiting for her to answer.
"Daddy..." LP looked up.
"Daughter..." Frank sighed. "Get up now, we have to talk about the Vitus family..." Frank closed the door and walked off.
LP sighed and kicked of her heels, following her father. "What about them?"
"They must be destroyed." Frank turned to her as Rocky was secretly listening in.
Rocky was in the hallway, luckily hidden behind a random suit of armour in the hall. He furrowed his eyebrows as he listened in.
"They must be destroyed," Frank wrinkled his nose in disgust. "Don't you DARE tell anyone this or I will disown you. I'm going to kill Miracle in secret and then leave Riff Raff and Magenta to spend the rest of their lives in grief while I take over them, the quaking with fear tiny fools!"
"Daddy, that's mean!" LP's eyes widened. "You're a bully!"
Frank glowered his eyes at her and raised his hand up.
LP's eyes widened. "Daddy, what're you doing?"
"Hitting you!" Frank replied as he unleashed a powerful slap on LP's cheeks.
Rocky looked totally shocked with the sound of the slaps. He tensed and waited for either Frank to leave or LP to come out so he could help LP. Then they could warn Magenta, Riff Raff and Miracle.
Frank slapped his daughter about six or seven times and left in a fury. He stormed out of her room, not even bothering to notice Rocky as his heels sharply clicked against the tiles. LP buried her face in her hands and was like a living weeping willow. Out of everything despite making a new friend that would welcome and keep her, this had to be one of the worst days of her life.
Rocky snuck into LP's room. Seeing her crying he stooped down and hugged her. "We need to figure out something."
"No, it's my fault Daddy's in a bad mood..." LP sniffled. "It's my fault he hurt me, he always says whenever something happens it's my fault!"
"It's not your fault, he shouldn't say that... No one can control what happens" Rocky soothed her, stroking her hair. "And we will find a way to keep Miracle and the other two safe."
"Thank you, Rocky..." LP wiped her eye, looking into his eyes.
Rocky gave her a sweet smile. "You're welcome," he said, dabbing her eyes clean. "Now where are they?"
"In Uncle Riff Raff's room, down the hall and first door on the right, I'll show you." LP walked out of her room and walked down the hall.
Miracle started to awaken, though slowly. She woke up fully and started to hear giggling from the closet. "Ew, guys." She got out of the bed and shouted to the door of the closet. "I don't vant any brothers or sisters right now!"
Magenta giggled, softly in reply. "No promises!"
"Oh, come now, Miracle, having a sister was one of the happiest days of my life." Riff chuckled, then he let out an ear piercing squeal.
Miracle covered her ears. "I don't vant to hear that!" she exclaimed, and went out into the hallway.
LP noticed Miracle running frantically. "You okay, Miracle? You look like you just ate some of your mom's meatloaf."
Miracle looked confused. She then gave a small shudder. "Mother and Father vere in a closet." she said, sounding disturbed.
Rocky looked confused. He then patted Miracle on the head. "Well, we need to disturb them, it is important."
"Crucial." LP exaggerated the importance of disturbance. "Existential, cold-hearted, dependent, loyal, VERY, VERY-" LP then stopped as she noticed Rocky and Miracle were staring at her with a shut up expression.
Miracle's expression was kinder though. After all she could tell LP was serious about this but didn't want her to babble as it would stress her, LP, out. "This vay..." she led them to her dad's room.
Rocky knocked on the door. "We need to say something important!" he called.
A giggle followed by a few thuds answered and some curses. Magenta opened the door, her hair a bit of a mess and her dress skewed. "Vhat?" she asked, slightly annoyed.
LP stared up at her and rubbed her bruised neck. "It's about my father..." she said in almost whisper.
Miracle noticed the bruise and her eyes widened.
Magenta pulled them into the room, carefully in LP and Miracle's case. "Tell us." she said, softly.
Rocky looked at Magenta. "Frank plans on killing Miracle, and leaving you to the grief." he said, quietly so Frank couldn't hear, if he was watching.
"He was planning on doing it after some experiment I think... He told me not to tell but I had to..." LP whimpered.
"Ow, vatch it!" Magenta couldn't help but exclaim. It hurt to have your hand hit. She then sighed. "Ve have to do something..."
Rocky flinched at the angry outburst of Riff Raff. He then looked deep in thought.
"Sorry..." Riff bit his lip nervously.
Miracle put her hand on her collarbone. She paled even worse than usual. "Vhy vould he do that?"
"Daddy's been angry a lot lately... It's all my fault..." LP hung her head.
Magenta gave Riff Raff a nod and small smile. She then looked seriously at LP and spoke with a firm tone of voice. "Little Precious Furter, do not ever blame yourself for you father's actions."
Miracle lightly hugged LP. "I agree vith my mother." She then let her go slowly and looked at the wall, thinking.
"Does she have somewhere safe to get away from Frank?" Rocky asked. "And LP too... That way he can't blame her."
"There's the guest chambers..." Riff suggested. "We still have them even after Brad Majors and Janet Weiss spent the evening here that fateful night in November..." He turned to Magenta. "What do you think?"
Magenta started to nod and then frowned slightly "But there are cameras in there..." she remembered.
"It's always my fault... Daddy said..." LP muttered uneasily about her father.
"Frank isn't alvays right, Little Precious." Magenta said to her.
Rocky patted LP's shoulder to show he agreed with Magenta. He had a tiny smile as he remembered Janet.
Miracle looked at them all. "Vell, ve could go to Janet and Brad's..." she said, quietly. She didn't really want to leave now she saw her real parents but it might be necessary.
"Brad and Janet are an ass hole and slut." LP said, making the adults shocked at her colorful language. She looked at them and shrugged. "That's what my father told me..."
"We'll have to go out in secret, who knows what Frank could do if he knew we were going to THEIR house?" Riff responded.
Magenta looked almost pained to say it, but knew she had to. "Ve could do a bluff... Say they are going there but find somevhere else they could stay."
Rocky looked at Magenta slightly surprised. He then looked quizzically at Miracle.
Miracle twirled a strand of hair around her finger. "Maybe ve could" she started, then frowned. "No, never mind." Her plan she thought of could be risky and backfire.
"What if we get into trouble?" LP whimpered and felt another mental breakdown coming on.
"I'll protect you," Miracle suggested. She smiled at LP gently. "If I distracted him, maybe they could sneak you out and then I'll come get you... Because I can be pretty fast, vhen I vant to be."
Magenta wondered if she could call the McKinley's, they were after all sneaky themselves. She didn't hear Miracle's suggestion.
Rocky, his half-brain ticking over this idea.
"Thank you, so much..." LP smiled at her friend. She knew Miracle would get her out of this either way. "I'm glad I have someone like you."
Magenta looked between them all, having tuned in to hear Miracle tell them to help LP pack a bag.
Rocky smiled softly. He was a little bit of a softy and found what Miracle wanted to do very brave.
Miracle nodded. "Blondie, father and mother go help LP pack a bag please..." she said. She then smiled at LP. "Vhere vill your dad be?" she asked, nervous but willing to do this.
"He's usually in the lab for about an hour, half an hour, give or take," LP replied. "We should be able to make it out in time."
Miracle nodded "Okay, I'll go to distract him, make sure you're out of the castle in 15 minutes. Go to Brad and Janet's and then ve'll plan vhere ve vill go vhen I come out." she whispered. She got up kissed Magenta and Riff Raff on the cheek, hugged LP and smiled at Rocky, or Blondie as she had called him. She then headed to the elevator remembering Frank had gone up in it.
Magenta looked stunned, Miracle had done that all pretty fast.
Rocky lifted up LP and headed off to her room with her. He wanted to make sure his 'little sister' was ready so they weren't stopped.
LP packed as much as she could but not a lot of clothes. Unlike her father and most Transylvanians, LP could care less about fashion and mostly she only had one pair of fishnets as a birthday present one year and handed down high heeled pumps. She grabbed her emergency button and some food for safe travel. "Thanks for helping, Rocky." LP whispered to her 'big brother'.
Rocky smiled. "I'm just happy to help, you don't deserve to be blamed for things that are not your fault."
"But Daddy says-" LP protested, but Rocky cut her off to put her fears of her father at rest.
Rocky put a finger on her lips, with a firm voice. "He isn't right, you are a sweet young lady and he blames you for things that aren't your fault... Don't ever let anyone make you think things that no one can control are your fault."
LP smiled and continued to pack up with Rocky.