On strange trails

Chapter 9: I'm going home

" My my my! My my my my my! My my my my! My my", Frank sang as Rocky lifted him onto his shoulders and out of the water. "I'm a wild and an untamed thing! I'm a bee with a deadly sting. You get a hit and your mind goes ping. Your heart'll pump and your blood will sing. So let the party and the sounds rock on. We're gonna shake it 'till the life has gone. Rose tint my world, keep me safe from my trouble and pain.", he started dancing on the stage and Cora and the others followed.

And so they started singing as well: "We're a wild and an untamed thing. We're a bee with a deadly sting.
You get a hit and your mind goes ping. Your heart'll pump and your blood will sing. So let the party and the sounds rock on. We're gonna shake it 'till the life has gone. Rose tint my world, keep me safe from my trouble and pain."

Suddenly Frank stopped dancing. Cora noticed that the door had opened. Suddenly Riff Raff and Magenta stepped in, wearing strange looking clothes and carrying a thing that must have been some sort of a gun.

"Frank N. Furter it's all over! Your mission is a failure, your lifestyle's too extreme! I'm your new commander, you now are my prisoner. We return to Transylvania. Prepare the transit beam.", Riff Raff sang and pointed his hun towards Frank.

"Wait! I can explain!", Frank said afraid as he stepped back. "On the day....I went away..", he started singing. He sang a very  sad but nice song about him being excited to go home again. His voice beamed Cora away.

"How sentimental", Magenta said bored as Frank had finished. Magenta's voice pulled Cora back to reality. "And also presumptuous of you.", Riff Raff added. "You see, when I said WE were to return to Transylvania, I referred only to Magenta and myself. I'm sorry, however, if you found my words misleading, but you see, you are to remain here, in spirit anyway.", he explained.

Frank's face became even whiter than before. Everyone in the room was quiet. Cora was frozen. She didn't know what to do or say. She was struck by fear. "Great heavens! That's a laser!", Dr. Scott suddenly yelled. "Yes Dr. Scott. A laser capable of emitting a beam of pure anti- matter.", Riff Raff explained.

Frank started moving backwards, his face as pale as the morning mist. Tears started running down Cora's face. But she couldn't move in shock. How could Magenta do this to them? How could she be okay with this? "You mean....you're going to kill him? What's his crime?", Brad than said confused and a little angry. "You saw what became of Eddie. Society must be protected.", Dr. Scott said. "You're on their side?!", Cora finally had the courage to talk.

Riff Raff than started talking again: "Exactly Dr. Scott. And now, Frank N. Furter, your time has come. Sag goodbye to all of this, and hello to....oblivion", he said and walked forward. Suddenly a scream. Columbia couldn't hold herself together and screamed. Riff Raff pointed his ray gun towards her and shot. "NO!", Frank yelled.

This was the first time Magenta saw real emotion in him, that he didn't try to hide. Except of anger and joy. It was a mix of fear, confusion, sadness and desperation. After he had killed Columbia, he pointed his gun towards Frank again.

"YOU MONSTER", Cora yelled at Riff Raff and he just smirked at her. Magenta was great at hiding her feelings. Right now she was so mad at her brother, it was astounding. She loved Columbia. She really did. And she knew that Riff Raff knew that, what only made her more angry. Cora suddenly stepped in front of Frank.

As soon as she was standing there, she looked Riff Raff dead in the eye. "You'll stop it now and leave him alone!", she said. Riff Raff was just about to shoot when Magenta stopped him. "No!", she said determined. "You will not shoot her!". Riff Raff looked at her annoyed but than nodded.

"Get out of the way, little Cora. We don't want things to turn ugly.", he said. "It's a massacre! How much uglier can it get?!", Cora said angrily. No matter how sad Magenta was, she had to smirk on that comment. Cora really was a sassy thing.

Frank was amazed by Cora's actions. She suddenly was so brave. "You better shut your mouth!", Riff Raff said angrily. "Listen you little bald headed asshole! I just found people who accept me the way I am and show me the fun parts of life. I found people who treat me like family! I've never had that feeling in my entire life. And I also found love. Well at least I hope that it is. And you're not going to take that from me only because you feel that way!", she hissed at him and stood up tall.

Magenta felt proud of her. Even though that statement was meant for her as well since she was standing on his side. "She has found her voice", Magenta whispered to herself. Suddenly Brad ran across the stage and pulled Cora away from Frank.

"No! Stop! No!", she yelled at Brad who was holding her tight. Frank didn't hesitate, he ran to the back of the stage and climbed up the curtains. Than Riff staff shot. The last thing Frank felt was the cold hard floor of the stage and the last thing he heard was Cora screaming. Than darkness.

"YOU BASTARD!", Cora screamed and freed herself from Brad's grab. She actually knew that this Brad was just trying to protect her but she hated him for it. She ran to Frank and hugged his dead body. Rocky broke down next to them. Poor Rocky. He was only a few days old and already lost the closest thing of family he had. Magenta hated seeing Cora like that.

She stared angrily at her brother. "Was that really necessary?", she said and ran over to Cora. "Oh honey I'm so sorry", she grabbed her shoulders comforting. "How could you?!", Cora asked desperately. She clearly was deeply disappointed by her.

Magenta couldn't mind her acting like that. "I didn't want to do this I promise! Also Columbia wasn't the plan. I actually had sort of a relationship with her to be honest with you.", Magenta tried to explain.

"Magenta why?", Cora just said. Now Magenta started crying a bit too. "But you know this doesn't have to be it!", she suddenly said as an idea shot through Magenta's mind.