Out There: chapter 2

In a flash of bright light in the middle of the forest, there came the three Transylvanian teenagers.

"Are we here?" Joey asked. "Is this Earth?"

"Yes, it is," Richard gave a nod, he then noticed a castle and that they were in the woods. He and Crystal had heard the story of how their mother and Joey's sister LP first meeting and a lot of adventures shared in that very castle. "I wonder who lives in it now...?"

"Grandma and Grandpa were given it after Uncle Frank went to live with Aunt Nation, Mom and Dad..." Crystal was confused herself. "S-Should we go see who lives in it?"

"I dunno... Is it safe enough...?" Richard was a little nervous by that idea.

"We could ask for directions there." Crystal shrugged.

Before the Vitus-McKinley twins could decide, Joey had already went up to the front door and rang the doorbell. She had to admit that it looked pretty cool and would be an awesome hang-out. Little did she know was that her father once lived here with 'Riffy and Maggie'.

There were footsteps heard and a woman with fading sandy blonde hair and brown eyes with a purple sweater, a white skirt, and black flats answered the door. "Hello...?" she greeted, her voice a little wispy due to her aging, but she still seemed nice and friendly enough, she could've sworn she had seen this girl before, yet this was their first time meeting.

"My name's Joey," the teen alien girl replied, then looked to the blonde twins. "That's Richard and Crystal, my cousins and best friends... Can you tell me where exactly we are?"

The woman pulled a face. Why would they end up in the forest if they didn't know where they were. "This is Denton, dear," she finally answered with a small smile. "H-Have we met, Joey? You look familiar to me..."

Joey looked back up at the woman and saw she was familiar as well. She then noticed this woman resembled Sonny in some ways. It took her a little while to realize it, but she now knew who this woman was. "You're Janet Weiss..."

The woman glanced at her. "You know who I am...?"

Crystal and Richard came up to her.

"Umm... We saw the Rocky Horror Show..." Crystal seemed to cover up.

The woman smirked. "You must be Cosmo and Miracle's children... I'm smarter than I appear to be... Would you three like to come in? You must be hungry from your long journey to a distant planet."

Crystal and Richard were a little shocked that Janet knew who they were. They then followed the woman inside her home as she slowly walked ahead of them. Crystal, Richard, and Joey looked around and saw that the castle's interior had changed a bit and it looked a lot more clean, but it still looked gothic and exotic as it once was like when Brad and Janet first came to it and the Rocky Horror Show was born from their experiences and even became popular enough to show midnight showings once a month with people who reenact the movie like a play and the audience participates.

Janet then walked them to some chairs while her son was sitting and fiddling with a video game controller and her daughter was sitting next to him with a book.

"Mark, Sara," Janet got her twin childrens' attention, then they noticed they had company. "These are Joey, Crystal, and Richard, they'll be staying for lunch." she said with a smile, then walked off.

Crystal and Richard smiled, Janet wasn't very pleasant when everyone first knew her, but due to Steve's help with finally tracking her down and Miracle contacted a woman named Zenobia who lived on Neptune and could turn Janet back to how she was before she got a little prissy due to becoming Miss Mental Health.

Joey was surprised that her cousins/friends already sort of knew Mark and Sara. "You guys know each other?"

"Mostly from Miracle," Sara said with a sheepish smile. "Your Aunt Miracle was raised by our parents until she reunited with Riff Raff and Magenta. Also thanks to Miracle, Uncle Steve, and Miss Judy, we're now with our mother and our father isn't dead!"

"You thought he was dead?" Joey asked, not wanting to even imagine what it would be like if her dad would be dead.

"We all thought he was," Mark said as he struggled with the ultimate torture of the 1990's: Super Nintendo Entertainment System controls. "Turns out it was all a hoax like Paul McCartney."

Joey looked even more confused. "Who?"

"He's with the Beatles, they're a singing group," Sara explained with a smile as she put her book down. "Welcome to our home."

Joey smiled, she liked Sara so far.

"What is that thing?" Crystal asked.

Mark was about to scoff at her for not knowing what a Super Nintendo was, but since she was an alien, she had a pretty good reason for not knowing. "It's called a Super Nintendo Entertainment System, or a SNES," he explained the best he could. "You can play games on it like this..." he struggled to control Bubsy, but accidentally let the bobcat fall into the water, making him lose a life. "Aw, come on, that only touched my feet!"

"Could I have a go?" Crystal asked.

"After this level," Mark told her as he played, trying not to break the controller in the process. "I've been playing this level since I got home from school yesterday."

"Oh..." Crystal nodded.

"So, you guys are Brad and Janet's biological children?" Joey asked, very curious, wondering if they would be related since the couple raised Miracle before the twins were born or even conceived.

"Yeah," Sara said, pushing her glasses back. "Are Crystal and Richard your brother and sister?"

The twins shook their heads.

"She's our Aunt Nation and Uncle Frank's daughter," Richard explained. "We're doing a tradition where we're allowed to go to Earth alone without our parents... Joey wanted us to come for security and company."

"That's cool, I wish I could go to a different planet," Mark chuckled, then growled as he accidentally ran into an enemy, killing him instantly. "GOSH DARNIT, BUBSY!" he tried very hard not to swear so he wouldn't get into trouble.

"That game doesn't look very hard..." Crystal replied.

"It's these stupid controls," Mark snorted. "Don't worry, Joey, I'll get a new game, this game's just so stupid..."

"I'm Crystal." the blonde girl stated.

"Oh, sorry..." Mark looked sheepish at her.

"Mark, you let a hot dog touch you..." Sara said to her brother.

Mark growled, he then saved the game and gave his hands a rest. "Stupid Sonic the Hedgehog/Mario rip-off!"

"What's a Donkey Kong?" Joey asked as she looked at a game cartridge that had monkeys and bananas on it.

Mark looked to her as he took it. "Donkey Kong Country... Donkey Kong is a gorilla from Mario and you have to go around the world, collect bananas and have a birthday party... This one's a classic."

"Can I play this one?" Crystal asked, challenging the twin boy.

Mark chuckled a little. "As long as you don't mind losing to a real game player."

Sara rolled her blue eyes slightly.

"Lunch is ready!" Janet called from the dining room.

"Oh, boy!" Mark and Sara cheered, they then led their new friends to the dining hall.

Joey smiled, this was quite exciting so far. She just hoped this would be a nice adventure for her and the twins. She really liked Sara so far and wasn't totally sure what to make of Mark so far.