Acknowledgements: I really have to thank you all for reading this story and supporting me. Special thanks go to opheliafrump and nicolagirl! Thank you all for your lovely reviews!

Now, this is the last chapter of my trilogy "The Secret" and I have to say that I`m feeling a little sad. Still, as the saying goes: the opera ain`t over until the fat lady sings...
Enjoy!

Hope Springs Eternal

„You have a visitor," a voice proclaimed as the heavy wooden door opened with an ear-splitting creak.

Riff Raff lifted his head and squinted.
The narcotics were slowly losing their power and the wispy man tried to blink the last clouds away.

"Riff Raff," Magenta`s voice sounded weak but happy.
Riff Raff smiled.
He had known that Magenta would never let him down.

"Are you alright?" Magenta stepped closer.
Mossy and Verdant, the two armed men, stepped in too but positioned themselves beside the door.
"I`m fine," Riff Raff answered in a rasping voice.

There she was again: Magenta – love of his life, protector of his soul and owner of his heart.

"How are you?" he simply asked.
Magenta smiled and squatted down to be at eye-level with Riff Raff.
"Oh, we are fine," she whispered and smilingly cocked an eyebrow.
Then she bent forward.
Without a further word, she gave Riff Raff a kiss.
It was a long and passionate kiss.
Their mouths opened and their tongues started to play the game they`ve both missed for such a long time.
The warmth of Magenta`s soft lips, her own special captivating smell and even the fact that he was still handcuffed made Riff Raff nearly losing his mind and he slowly felt his trousers tightening.

Mossy and Verdant – the two armed men beside the door – just stared at the couple.
Their heads slowly started to move simultaneously with the lovers` movement, almost like being under hypnosis.
The passion seemed to capture them too as they both opened their mouths too – their tongues playing slightly with their own lips.

Suddenly, Magenta broke free and knelt down in front of Riff Raff.
She still smiled seductively at him as she slowly started to unbutton her dress.
"Magenta...," Riff Raff breathed heavily but Magenta quietened him by putting her index-finger at his lips.
"Shh," she cooed and bent forward to nibble at his ear.
"I`m not done with it yet," she whispered and Riff Raff closed his eyes, trying to keep his little rest of self-control.

"Oh holy moons," Mossy breathed heavily as he slowly wrapped his arms around himself – dropping the gun silently.

Magenta lifted her dress so her backside was now the focus of attention of the two guards.

Verdant didn`t take much longer to emulate Mossy`s deeds.

"Magenta...," Riff Raff managed to cough but Magenta kept on smiling. She placed a kiss at his left eyebrow and then licked her lips.
"Just play along," she whispered into his ear and started to nibble on it again.
"... but Magenta...," Riff Raff`s trousers were too tight to give him any kind of release. He squirmed and jerked at his chains. "Please..."
"Just a little longer," Magenta ordered in a low but demanding voice and Riff Raff knew that he had to be as patient as Magenta wanted him to be.

Magenta moved her back slowly from one side to the other, stirring up Riff Raff`s desire to the vastness.

The next thing they heard was the moaning and groaning of the two guards, letting their desire overwhelm them. Bending someone`s will had always been easy on Transsexual.

Magenta stood immediately, replacing her dress as if nothing had ever happened. Then she slowly crept over to the heap of clothes that the guards had lost during their little session and grabbed one of the keys.

"Here we go," she smiled as she released Riff Raff from his bonds.

"Um, Magenta," Riff Raff whispered. "I think I`m not able to walk in my current circumstances."
He looked down at his trousers.
Magenta cocked an eyebrow and smiled.
"Well, you have to," she just said and motioned him to follow her out of the dungeon.
As they were passing the otherwise engaged guards, Magenta grabbed the two lasers and smiled.

Frank was still crouching behind the candelabra.
Columbia hadn`t said a word until now. She was just looking with huge eyes at the armed men that were watching the area. Still, she shifted with an uneasy feeling every now and then and Frank knew that it really was the hardest thing for the groupie to remain still. He watched her from the corner of his eyes and smiled slightly.

"We just have to wait for Magenta`s sign," Frank whispered and looked around.
Columbia just nodded, still keeping her eyes fixed at the guards. She was just plain scared of the things to come.

Nothing happened.

Suddenly the door behind them opened slowly.

Frank spun around and held his breath as did Columbia.

A small shaven head came into few. Blue eyes were staring at them. Piercing blue eyes.

"You," Frank hissed in a low tone, gritting his teeth.
Some red frizzy hair followed and Frank went silent at an instant as he saw Magenta`s look.
He sighed heavily but then gave in.
Just a few hours ago he had been taught about the state of affairs – which he could hardly believe – but he had never imagined that it would be that hard to have a sibling.
Maybe Magenta was just an untypical sibling?
Frank shook his head and stopped his train of thoughts. This was neither the right time nor the right place to think of inconveniences like that right now.

"What now?" he whispered instead, eyebrows cocked.
"While Riff Raff distracts them, we have to take the transit crystal and then get the hell out of here," Magenta replied in a whispering but demanding voice, handing him a laser.
Frank just nodded and took the gun.
The sooner they got out of here, the sooner he`ll get revenge.
"Is he armed, too?" he asked in a low voice and motioned his head to Riff Raff who just glared at him. "Because I don`t want him having a laser when being near my person."
Magenta rolled her eyes.
"Don`t worry Frank, he is not armed but we both...," with that she pointed at Frank and herself, "... will have to make sure that he will leave the area alive."
Magenta emphasised the last word intentionally and gave him a stern look but Frank just grinned mischievously.
Now it was Riff Raff who rolled his eyes.

A split second later Riff Raff was walking into the throne-room with an erect carriage.
As expected, all the guards turned abruptly and pointed their lasers at him while Riff Raff pretended not to see anything. He just marched slowly up to the throne.
As he reached the top of the stairs he slowly turned around and looked down. He found at least 8 lasers pointing at him.
Riff Raff hesitated but then took a deep breath.
"As you know," he started with the ever-present snarl in his voice, watching all the guards, "I am the rightful heir to the throne."
The guards looked at each other in confusion but didn`t do anything. From Riff Raff`s spot it looked all too funny and an earthen description came to his mind: they all look like a flock of sheep.
Still, the situation wasn`t that funny at all so Riff Raff tried to concentrate his thoughts on the matter in hand.
"My trial had not been a fair trial," he went on. He didn`t really know what to say but he knew that he had to distract the guards from Magenta and Frank. He was just glad that Sir Collins wasn`t around.
"Please, don`t ask why I`m here," he said as he saw the puzzled looks of the guards. "I myself wondered all the time what I`m doing here."
He looked around but still none of the guards moved. They were just staring at him.
That`s a good sign.
"I was born into a higher class but was raised just like you," Riff Raff swallowed as he caught sight of Magenta and Frank sneaking up to the transit crystal that was standing in a dark corner to his left.
"I`ve been a servant my whole life," Riff Raff tried hard not to let his eyes flash with rage at Frank so he just gritted his teeth and knitted his fingers violently.
"I know what it`s like to be a servant. I know how you feel. So why do you think I`m not able to be a proper leader? Just because of my origins? Just because of my blood? Is this really a reason to be killed for?"
The last sentence clung to the air but still, none of the guards moved. Yet, they seemed to think about his words.

By the time, Magenta and Frank had managed to grab the transit crystal and had reached the door where Columbia was still crouching behind.
Magenta nodded into Riff Raff`s direction.
He saw Magenta, Frank and Columbia leaving and slowly started walking down the stairs.

"I`m not trying to convince you," he said as he reached the upper stair.
"I`m just trying to give you something to think about...," he paused and grabbed the doorknob, "... while I`m away."
With that he closed the door quickly behind him and sprinted down the hall of the palace to get to the castle.

Frank and Magenta were standing outside the throne-room-door, ready to fight everything and everyone.
"Run for it!" Riff Raff shouted as he followed a screaming Columbia who was pressing the transit crystal at her chest as if to protect a child. Fortunately, Rocky was already waiting at the old castle, making sure that no one would interrupt their escape.
If they would have to drag him along right now... Riff Raff let out a short mental prayer of thanksgiving and pushed Columbia further.
He heard shouting and shots of laser beams from behind and turned his head while running further.
Magenta and Frank were close behind him, turning every now and then to fire a shot at the herd of guards that was right on their heels.
They all reached the huge front door of the palace and stumbled down the stairs into the dark.

A few turns to the right and to the left and the fugitives were gone...

The castle was peacefully gliding through the space.

The arguing between Frank and Riff Raff had been stopped by a very annoyed Magenta, which was now sitting in the control-room, her legs resting at the control-board. The steady beep and the warmth of the red lights made her feeling comfortable.
'Fascinating,' she thought, 'I`d never thought that I would miss this old shabby spaceship and the routine arguing of Riff Raff and Frank.'

If it hadn`t been her to interrupt the boys, they both probably would have been arguing until they`d scratched their eyes out. Prudently, all the whips and other torture devices had been removed by Magenta and Columbia as soon as they`d arrived at the castle.

Now everything was fine.
Riff Raff was checking and repairing the engine while Frank and Columbia were collecting and sewing clothes that would fit them on earth.

'Earth. Nation and Cosmo McKinley,' Magenta thought with a smile and leaned back.
'These names really sound like a shock-treatment...'

***FIN***

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