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  <h2><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";font-style:
  normal'>The Shape of Fate</span></h2>
  <p class=MsoNormal>Part 2 of “Jedite’s Story”</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>By Jon Brinkerhoff aka “Kryten 2X4B 523P”
  (kd7jkm@DEATHTOSPAMyahoo.com) </p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>Oct 12th, 2005 </p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>Naoko Takeuchi is hereby thanked for her involuntary
  contribution to this fanfic.&nbsp; Dr. Xadium is thanked for creating and
  nurturing Suburban Senshi into what it is today.</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>Jedite hurried through the corridors of the Dark Kingdom
  dodging various Youma, many of whom taunted him as he passed.&nbsp; Almost
  all of the taunters were Youma under the command of the other three Generals,
  but a few were from Jedite's order, strangely unafraid of the young
  General.&nbsp; Their insubordination was not wholly unjustified or
  undeserved; to any observer, Jedite appeared to have lost regard for the
  chain of command.&nbsp; He was constantly late when summoned; he often spoke
  back to the other Generals, and did not regularly drill his Youma.&nbsp;
  However, from Jedite's point of view these indiscretions were all perfectly
  valid, he spent a great deal of his time training in secret and becoming
  stronger, the other Generals were usually deserving of the verbal abuse they
  were issued, and his own tactics were better served by a corps of elite
  warriors paired with a platoon of protective meat shields, rather than simply
  a lump of mediocre miscreants.&nbsp; These actions did not go unmarked by
  Queen Beryl aided as always by Metallia's power, which, despite his
  forthcoming incarceration in ice, proved fortunate for Jedite.&nbsp;
  Otherwise his eventual fate, as well as that of the rest of the world, may
  have been radically different.</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>Jedite reached Beryl's chamber where the other Generals
  were waiting, along with a few of the more intelligent and higher ranked
  Youma.&nbsp; As usual Beryl said nothing about Jedite's tardiness, knowing
  and approving of the reason behind it.&nbsp; However, the other Generals, and
  their Youma subordinates took notice, and filed the fact away for future
  use.&nbsp; Beryl had always debated chastising the others for mocking Jedite
  openly, but finally decided that mockery was what kept the young General
  trained on his goal, to be the strongest of the four; so long as his strength
  was kept in check Beryl found this to be a useful trait.</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>Jedite was pleased as usual that Beryl had shown her
  approval of him, even if only by an absence of punishment.&nbsp; He was
  confident that his place among the rulers of the Dark Kingdom’s new world was
  secure.&nbsp; He only hoped that once Queen Beryl captured her precious
  Prince Endymion she would forget her advances toward his person and his own rejections
  of the same.&nbsp; Little did Jedite know that if the Silver Crystal were
  captured, Metallia would destroy not only him and the other Generals, but the
  rest of the Dark Kingdom and the Earth, leaving the planet a lifeless rock in
  space.</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>Jedite left Beryl’s chamber after the meeting in a
  rage.&nbsp; He was certain that he would have been chosen to be the first to
  invade Earth; he could just imagine the pathetic humans dropping like flies
  around him while he collected their energy.&nbsp; He could smell their fear,
  taste their anguish, hear their screams, and feel their energy making himself
  stronger.&nbsp; But it was not to be, Beryl had chosen that Venusian traitor.</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>Jedite’s rage built within him at the thought that this
  little insect of a man would be the first to taste the humans’ energy.&nbsp;
  His malice boiled until he could barely contain it.&nbsp; “TO HELL with the
  Dark Kingdom!”&nbsp; He thought, nearly screaming the words, but just
  managing to keep his rant to himself.&nbsp; “If Beryl no longer trusts me,
  I’ll conquer the world myself.&nbsp; I’ll capture the Silver Crystal and
  destroy both her and Metallia.&nbsp; THE WORLD WILL BELONG TO ME AND ME
  ALONE!”</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>Jedite quickly turned and ran toward his Youma’s
  quarters.&nbsp; He rushed to gather his few loyal Youma whom he had put a
  great amount of power into.&nbsp; He knew it would be both a waste and a
  grave mistake to allow the Dark Kingdom to turn them against him.&nbsp; In
  his haste, Jedite failed to remember that Beryl’s chamber was between himself
  and his target.&nbsp; When Jedite passed the corridor leading to her chamber,
  he felt himself stumble and hit the floor.</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>He realized as the ice engulfed his body that Beryl must
  have suspected or perhaps known of his plans.&nbsp; He cursed the fact that
  he could do nothing about his predicament, and hoped that Beryl would not be compelled
  to destroy him for his insolence.</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p>
  <p class=MsoNormal>To be continued in “The Storm before the Calm”, Dark
  Kingdom War time period</p>
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