A/N Long delay was LOOOOOOOOONG. I have no good excuse for why, either. Sorry. Writers block plus school plus drama plus planning for big trip to Japan next month is never a good combination…

Edit: I can't count. It's chapter 18, isn't it? xD

There was an incredible amount of rage running through Sonny has he made his way to the palace entrance. HE was the king of Transylvania! His father was the famous Prince Frank-N-Furter. He deserved to be the one in charge. No one – not even some deranged alternate personality – could take his power from him forever. And it had only been the element of surprise that had stopped him from beating Dark Ansalong before. If he had known how powerful – and fearless – she was, he would have fought much harder. But he wouldn't underestimate her again.

As Sonny walked down the hallway, he found he could hear talking from the throne room. Hoping not to attract any attention, he tiptoed to the end and found the grand entrance to the room he had practically lived in for so long. "No one overthrows me." he whispered. Taking a deep breath, he swung the door open. To his surprise, it was completely empty. "What?" he asked aloud. He was certain he had heard someone talking.

For a long time, the king just stood there in confusion. He blinked a few times, trying to make heads and tails from the situation. Suddenly, however, he felt someone grab him from behind. He tensed up, trying to whip around but unable to, for whoever was behind him had him in a tight grip.

"Let go of me!" Sonny cried desperately. He tried again to pull away, but the figure covered his mouth.

"Shut up!" snapped a voice that immediately calmed Sonny down. It was Cosmo. After a moment, however, a new thought came into Sonny's head. Why was Cosmo behind him, covering his mouth, in his throne room, anyway? Cosmo seemed to have expected Sonny to be a bit confused, for he muttered, "I'll explain everything in a bit, just follow me, okay?"

Sonny nodded as the doctor let go of him. Cosmo turned to walk down the hallway, and motioned for the king to follow. He did as he had been told, and followed obediently. He eventually came to a dungeon, where he looked around in confusion. What did Cosmo want with him down here? What did this have anything to do with… anything?

"Cosmo, why're we here?" asked Sonny, his tone both questioning and slightly worried. The doctor in question sighed and looked away guiltily. The king raised an eyebrow, about to ask another question, when he suddenly felt someone grab him from behind once more, this time tying his arms behind his back and covering his mouth with something.

The king stared in shock at Cosmo. If he had been able to speak, he would have demanded to know what was going on. The man simply sighed again. "I'm sorry, Sonny…" he began. Dark Ansalong suddenly emerged from behind him, smiling and walking over to Cosmo with a smirk on her face. "But she said she was going to hurt Nation if I didn't listen to her. And… I couldn't let that happen." Cosmo looked away, ashamed of himself.

Sonny's eyes narrowed. He had been tricked, by none other than Cosmo McKinley. He had been tricked by someone he had thought was a friend of his. And now, he was captured. A new wave of panic swept over him as he realized that he had not told his mother he had left. So she had no idea where she was. So… he really did not have much of a chance to escape at all.

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Janet paced around the room. Her heart was beating so quickly, she wondered if Nation could actually hear it. She was panting a bit. The only words she had said in the past half hour had been nervous murmurs along the lines of, "Got to get Sonny back!" and "Oh, I hope he's okay!" Nation had done her very best to patient with her, sitting on the end of the bed and watching and occasionally offering some words to try to calm her down.

Finally, the mother turned towards the doctor and sighed. "I guess I'm overreacting," she muttered. "It's just that… oh, you don't know what it's like to be a mother! You don't know how awful it feels to see the one you love just… disappear! And with Ansalong running crazy, who knows what sort of trouble he could be in!" She hid her face in her hands and began sobbing.

Knowing it would make her seem rather sadistic, Nation tried to hide the smile that had formed on her lips. Honestly, it was rather amusing to see Janet in such a state, seeing as she herself had just felt the same way about having to part from Cosmo. However, she did not say anything, but instead nodded and walked over to her friend, putting a hand on her shoulder. "Calm down, Janet." she told her, her voice suddenly sounding more commanding. "If the men come back and find us here crying about them, imagine what they'll think of us." Janet looked up, a small smile on her face. She could just imagine Riff Raff's reaction – "THIS is why we don't bring girls on missions!"

Nation smiled back, happy to see Janet feeling a little better. "I bet you anything Sonny went to the palace to help fight. You know how much he hates being left out."

Janet nodded. "And, if he's anything like his father (which I know for a fact he is) then he'll want to be the center of attention… something he can't be when he's stuck here with us!" She rolled her eyes. How any human being could ever be like her son was still beyond her.

The doctor nodded, sitting back down on the edge of the bed. "I wonder when they'll come back, anyway." She muttered, thinking aloud. Janet nodded, looking as if she was staring off into space.

"Yeah… I mean, they can't take too long, right? All they had to do was hit Ansalong with the machine and she would be cured!"

The other woman looked at Nation's face and could tell immediately that she did not believe it was going to be that simple. However, she wanted to keep the conversation on the more optimistic side, so she instead just nodded. "Yeah! I'm sure they'll be back soon!"

A/N That was short, because the next scene is too long to fit without making this chapter HUUUGE. So… there! Sorry for the shamefully long delay! xP And I'm still working on other ancient fics like my 100 Theme Challenge and Rocky Horrors, I'm just busy! And yeah, no editor, as usual...