A/N Guys, that last chapter was hard to write. I LIKE NEELY! SHE SHOULDN'T HAVE DIED! D: (I don't even know why I did it… maybe to show how bad Dark Ansalong is…)

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Ansalong had not bothered to clean up the body, so Neely still lay lifeless on the ground. Janet and Sonny were speechless. If they had known Ansalong's split personality was this bad, they would have been working MUCH harder to fix everything. Riff Raff, however, was not scared. He was not feeling any emotion at all. He was just… empty. He loved Ansalong so much. And yet, she was being so awful.

"Why didn't you shoot her?" screamed Sonny, turning to Riff Raff in the cell across from him. The alien shrugged and looked away. He was not sure why, honestly. He just had not been paying attention. Janet, who was in the same cell as Sonny, gave him a stern look.

"Hush up!" she snapped. "Don't get mad at Riff, do you have any idea how hard this is for him?" she asked. Sonny growled and looked away. Riff Raff, however, shook his head.

"Don't get mad at Sonny." mumbled Riff Raff. "He's right. I should have shot her. I was just too distracted. It's my fault, really." He looked away once more. There was silence in the room after that. Janet remembered being trapped in the exact same way last year, when they had stopped Farley. They had been trapped for about a day, until Ansalong had come rescued them. It was rather ironic, really, that they were trapped by the same person that had saved them a year ago.

Farley was still staring at Neely. An emotion he had never felt before had risen within him, and he had no clue what to do. He had loved Neely. Not even romantically, really. It was like a… mutual love. There was no special word for it. Simply that he trusted her and she believed in him. That was it. They had been partners through it all. She had always been willing to do everything he asked. Even in that awful Transylvanian prison, even when she had been too… too insane to even have a conversation with him, she had been there.

And now she was gone.

Forever.

"Farley?" asked Janet suddenly from across the room. She had been watching ever so silently, and had noticed where the man had been staring. She swallowed, ashamed of herself for feeling bad for the man. Farley looked up when he heard Janet's voice. Janet chewed on her lip. "I'm sorry." she managed. "I… I don't think Neely should have… should have…" She looked away, a tear rolling down her cheek.

Farley cleared his throat. He had not expected anyone – especially not Janet – to actually notice how hurt he was. "It's… it's okay." he told her, his voice a quiet mutter. Janet nodded, not sure what else to say. Suddenly, however, a voice spoke.

"What's wrong, Farley? You miss your girlfriend?"

It was Ansalong. Everyone turned to see her, a triumphant smirk on her face. She walked over to Neely's dead body and stared at it for a moment, before speaking in a tone of disgust. "We'll have to get rid of her." she told herself.

Riff Raff suddenly noticed Sonny waving his hands to get his attention. He turned to the king, who mumbled in an urgent whisper, "It-hay er-hay ith-way the evice-day."

Riff Raff understood and nodded. He turned to the woman. "Ansalong!" he called. She immediately turned to him, and a grin appeared on her face. She stepped forward, and eyebrow raised. Riff Raff's eyes narrowed and he pulled out the device. Before Ansalong had a chance to say anything, he pressed the red button on it, and a bright pink beam exploded from it.

Ansalong let out what sounded like a yelp, and her voice sounded normal for a moment. Everyone was silently praying that it would work. It had to.

However, the woman suddenly shook her head and jumped away, and the beam disappeared. Riff Raff stood, the machine in his hands, and a shocked expression on his face. It hadn't work. Their only chance… had failed. He dropped the device, and a feeling of complete and utter hopelessness crept in. Ansalong cackled.

"Nice try, Riff." she spat. "Heck, if I hadn't been able to move, ya would've got me." Everyone stared at her, confused. "Well, that machine only works under the right circumstances. I've got to be in this state, and I have to be unable to move. Good luck!" With these words, she left again. Cosmo and Nation exchanged glances, the latter very pale.

"It's impossible…" she whimpered. "I mean… Ansalong won't stand still for us while she's all crazy like that. There's no way."

XXX

The group had given up trying to break free at about midnight and gone to sleep. Accept for Riff Raff. He could not stop thinking about Ansalong. His Ansalong. He loved her. He knew it now (though he was not sure he would ever admit it to anyone), and he could not bear to see her like this. And every time he closed his eyes, all that would come to his mind was the poor girl, hopelessly lost and forced to do things he knew perfectly well she did not want to do.

He sighed and looked at the ground. Everything felt so… unpromising. He had been certain that machine would work. It was their last chance. It had to work. And it hadn't. Why hadn't it? Was this fate? Was fate playing some kind of cruel trick on him? Just like with Magenta? Yes, fate did not seem to like him very much at all. He suddenly felt tears form in his eyes. This numbly surprised him. He had not cried – not even thought about crying – in years.

But everything was so hopeless, that there was no point in caring. He would probably be dead soon anyway.

Another moment or so passed. All Riff Raff could hear was silence, accept for the occasional sound of one of the others. Suddenly, however, he heard a soft sniff. A very familiar sniff. He shook his head. He was hearing things. Surely he was just very tired. Besides, he was not in the mood to get his hopes up.

"Riff!" the same voice whimpered. Riff Raff knew, now, who is was. Turning around, he gasped as he saw Ansalong. Her eyes and mouth were back to normal, a bit of blood was running down her arms, and tears were in her eyes. She was holding a set of keys in her hand.

"Ansalong!" cried Riff Raff softly. The woman forced a smile, then unlocked the cell he was in. Before Riff could say or do anything, she had fallen into his arms.

"I'm so sorry, Riff Raff!" sobbed Ansalong. She felt so safe in his arms. She felt like nothing could hurt her. Everything was going to be okay. Riff Raff would help her. She wouldn't have to go through this any longer. Suddenly, the image of Neely, lying on the floor, dead, appeared in her mind, and she became very dizzy. "I… I killed someone…" she whimpered with disbelief. "I'm a… murderer…" There was disgust in her tone. Disgust with herself.

Riff Raff shook his head furiously and kissed Ansalong. "No, you're not. You can't help it… it's not your fault at all." He pulled her closer. "And I promise I'll help you."

Ansalong thought for a moment. "But you heard what she- er… I said! You can only help me when I'm in my evil state. So if you shoot me now, nothing will happen." She looked into his eyes. Riff Raff smiled.

"I know. But it's okay. We'll… we'll figure this out." He paused. "And when your alternate personality takes over, there's no way to break free?"

Ansalong shivered and nodded. "It's like I'm in a bad dream. You know, where you can see everything happening, but it feels all misty and you can't really do anything even if it feels like you can…" She shook her head. Suddenly, however, her tone became urgent. "Look, I want to help you. I really do. But… I can't. She'll hurt me. She'll try to attack me. She told me she would keep me alive, but did not care what state I was in." She started crying again. This time, in fear.

Riff Raff shushed her and pulled her close once more. "Look, Ansalong, it's going to be okay." He kissed the top of her head. "Here's what you've got to do: wake up the others and get them out of this cave."

"Then what?"

Riff shook his head. "Let's take this slowly, step-by-step." he told her. He then stepped out of the cell and ran over to Nation and Cosmo. Ansalong unlocked their cell, and both of them ran in and awoke them. Soon, everyone was out of the cells, looking around sleepily. Sonny had a huge grin on his face. To everyone's surprise, he ran over and hugged Ansalong.

"You're back!" he cried. Ansalong, however, looked sadder than ever.

"I wish." she told him as she patted him on the head. "I could lose control again any minute." She backed away from everyone. Riff Raff felt immensely saddened once more. After a moment of silence, Farley spoke, anger in his tone.

"You… you killed her!" he snapped. Ansalong winced at the tone he had used with her. Riff Raff stepped in front of the woman protectively.

"It wasn't her fault!" he snapped.

Farley rolled his eyes and took a step closer to Ansalong. "Do you have any idea… any idea how much she meant to me?" he asked her. Ansalong shook her head and opened her mouth to speak when Farley interrupted. "I don't care what stupid excuses you have! As far as I'm concerned, you're a murderer, and a dangerous psychopath." Ansalong felt tears form in her eyes. She did not even bother to reply to this comment. Farley looked rather proud of himself for offending the woman, and he turned to Riff Raff. "Look, I don't think you should have anything to do with this." He pointed at Ansalong, then continued, this time talking to the whole group. "Here's what we should do. Lock her up. Lock her in one of her own cells and leave her there to die. It'll be better for everyone."

Ansalong started sobbing again, and she ran into Riff Raff's arms. This was too much for Riff. "Shut up!" he finally screamed furiously. "Get out of here! I hate you! I hate you so much! You did this! This whole thing is your fault! If anyone should be left here to die it's you, not her!"

Nation, Cosmo, Janet, and Sonny stared at this conversation, shocked. They were free! They should all be happy and celebrating. Not fighting! Not threatening each other! This was not right. Cosmo finally decided to speak up. Clearing his throat to get everyone's attention, he said, "Look, nobody's going to be left here. Farley and Ansalong are both going to come with us, and we'll find a way to cure her. Okay?"

Janet, Sonny, and Nation nodded. Ansalong continued sobbing. Riff Raff and Farley glared at each other. Sonny, wanting nothing more to leave, forced a smile.

"Great!"

A/N Long delay is long and short chapter is short. Sorry.

Not much to say here. Ansalong has been evil for far too long. Plus, I needed some Riffsalong. This is how I handled it. Also, I just recently rewatched Shock Treatment (last night). For some reason, I like Neely even MORE now. Why? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY? D:

And Riffsalong is the best thing ever.