Meaning of Life
Part 3
Born from Evil
Jade sat in her dark corner of her dark world that she called home and wondered about the parents she didn't know. They had died before she was born but it was the dark evil that made her live.
"It doesn't make sense," she mumbled to herself.
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Years ago, during the time Serena was Sailor Moon and Queen Beryl plotted for her death, both Queen Beryl and Tulpa started to notice a change in their minions. Queen Beryl's generals weren't working hard enough and Tulpa's warlords were not very thorough in their battles against the ronins.
"Why must my generals be so stupid?" Queen Beryl demanded silently. "Good help is so hard to find these days." She waved her hands over her crystal ball and saw crimson doors opening inside it, "what's this? Hmm, another world." What she saw was the netherworld.
Tulpa learned something about a world called the Negaverse and woman named Queen Beryl lived there. He saw an image of her and thought that she may be useful with his fight against the ronins. However, he figured that she might be a little frightened of his grotesque appearance so he changed himself to a man and entered the Negaverse without his warlords knowing.
Queen Beryl heard footsteps coming. "Who's there?" she questioned, standing up. "Malachite?"
The figure walked closer and she laid her eyes upon a gorgeous tall man dressed like her generals in black. He had straight white hair and red eyes that seemed to glow. She smiled, taken back by how gorgeous he was, "Welcome to the Negaverse, stranger." She greeted and sat down in her chair. "Who are you?"
Tulpa paused before saying his name. The name he bore now, 'Tulpa,' did not sound so manly. "Percival," he replied, his voice even sounded human. It was deep and manly. He could get used to this. "I come from the Netherworld and I am in need of some assistance."
"Go on," she insisted, tapping her fingers on her throne.
"I have an enemy, the ronin warriors," he explained, "and they have something of mine that I want back. I want their lives and I want their armors. Help me fight them and then I will grant you everything your heart desires."
"I also have an enemy of my own," Queen Beryl stood up from her throne and stepped to Percival, "the sailor scouts. There is bad blood between a certain scout and me. Sailor Moon, the Moon Princess, has something of mine too: the silver Imperium crystal. Perhaps the best option is for us to join forces. My generals are useless and they continue to try my patience."
"Wait until you meet my warlords," Tulpa said.
"Queen Beryl, I heard--," Jedite whispered and he stopped short. "Who is he?" The other generals stood behind him.
"This is Percival," she told them, "he is going to assist me in killing the sailor scouts so I will not have use for you anymore."
"What?" Zoicite cried.
She laughed and shot an energy blast full power at her generals, killing them. "You are dismissed," she said with an evil smile. She turned to Tulpa, "is there anything you want of me?"
"I will help you destroy these sailor scouts if you help me destroy the ronins," Tulpa repeated.
"Are you sure," she slid his hand over his manly chest, "I can give you more. Jewels? Gold? Me?" Ever since Prince Darien fell in love with the Moon Princess, Queen Beryl was very jealous and angry. All she wanted was he to love her. He did not matter anymore. He no longer existed in her memory. Tulpa was far better than Darien or her generals were. She leaned in close, "you are so strong," she said wantonly. "And handsome and powerful."
Tulpa swallowed, "Queen Beryl, have you been alone all your life?"
"Oh yes," she replied, "so utterly alone. Can you feel the void inside my soul?"
"I too have been alone," he confessed, "for many years."
She ran her finger down his face, her fingernail almost piercing his skin. He didn't show any sign of pain. In fact, he liked it. "I have been along too long and now I've found someone that has felt the same." Her finger reached his lips and he kissed them. "If I'm going to be alone, Percival, I wish to be alone with you!" with that, she flung her arms around his neck and kissed him heatedly.
Surprised but pleased, Tulpa wrapped his arms around her and ran his hands up and down her back. He lifted her up of the ground and into his arms. She reached her fingers to his collar and began to undress him. She pointed to a corridor that led to a room with candles and a fireplace. They undressed each other, their hands shaking with anticipation. They lied down in front of the fireplace. Everything was amazing for both of them. It was intense and they liked it and wanted more. Their lovemaking was magical, though they were both evil and didn't even know what the word 'love' meant.
He kissed her neck and shoulders as sweats smeared across his brow. She kept wrapping his white hair around her fingers. Moments later, they fell asleep. Her head on her shoulder and her hair sprawled all around his chest.
Queen Beryl woke up as he started to get dressed.
"It is time to wake up, my queen," Tulpa said. "Today I bring you to your new home, the netherworld." He smiled and kissed her neck. "Shall we?"
When she left the negaverse, it could no longer exist. It was dying slowly by the minute and the moment she left, it was gone. They made it to the temple and the moment Tulpa sat on his throne, his gorgeous manly body disappeared. He returned to his armored demon-like self.
Queen Beryl gasped, "Percival?"
"Do not be frightened," Tulpa told her, his sexy voice changed back to the real deep and almost frightening voice. "I am Tulpa, the emperor of the netherworld. I regret to tell you that this is my true form."
"You're…not a man?" she mumbled.
"I used to be," he said. "But I'm more powerful than a mortal."
She forced a smile. Maybe he was scary to look at but his power was real. After all, he certainly could change back to that handsome figure if he wanted to. She made a deal with him and they sealed it with more than just a simple handshake.
"Are you going to reconsider our arrangement?" he inquired.
"Of course not," she shook her head, "Percival, Tulpa, whoever you are, I made a deal with you. I killed my generals and the Negaverse is gone. I have no reason to change my mind. That would be foolish. I'm staying right here with you." She walked up and sat in the throne beside him.
Tulpa called in his warlords and Lady Kayura, "this is Queen Beryl," Tulpa told them, "she has agreed to assist us in the destruction of the ronin warriors if we destroy her enemies, the sailor scouts."
"Who are they?" Kale asked.
"They are my enemies," she explained, "they are five foolish girls and they have something that I want. I believe they will join forces with the ronins too."
"How will we know them?" Dais asked.
"Oh, you will know them," she told Dais with a sly smile.
"Lord Tulpa," Anubis said, "maybe this is not such a good idea. How do you know if this woman can be trusted?"
"Anubis," Lady Kayura grumbled.
"Silence!" Tulpa shouted, "she is my new queen and you will treat her with respect!" he turned to Queen Beryl. "I apologize for my warlord's disrespectful attitude."
"Quite alright," she said to Tulpa and she stood up. "I understand what you may be thinking with a stranger in your world but I made a deal with Lord Tulpa and I will keep my word."
Lady Kayura was the only one who seemed to welcome Queen Beryl. She nodded to Queen Beryl, "welcome to the Netherworld, Queen Beryl." She was growing tired of being the only woman around.
Queen Beryl smiled and nodded back.
"You are dismissed," Tulpa said, "leave."
The warlords exited to the wall, wondering if Tulpa had lost his head.
Queen Beryl sighed and rested her hand on her belly, which seemed to be bigger. "I think I'm with child," she told Tulpa.
"Perhaps our child will be a better follower than any of your generals or my warlords," Tulpa said.
"You are not angry?" she asked.
Tulpa reverted back to his human form and laid his hand over hers that rested on her belly. "No," he said. "I'm…happy…"
Queen Beryl smiled and held his hand with both of hers on her belly. As she looked on her left hand, where Tulpa had touched, she saw a gold ring with a brilliant diamond inside.
Because Tulpa was not any ordinary being, the baby inside Queen Beryl was growing faster than any human baby. Instead of taking 9 months to grow, it will only take one month (I wish pregnancy really lasted that long). Once the child was born, he or she would be far stronger than any other mortal.
However, Queen Beryl did not have a chance to give birth. The ronins and sailors showed up a week before her pregnancy ended. No one knew she was pregnant except herself and Tulpa.
After the ronins and sailors stopped Tulpa and Beryl, the whole temple was empty. The scouts and ronins escaped before the walls and ceiling caved in and the warlords and Kayura were supposedly dead. The ancient saved them before they did die and they pulled themselves out of the rubble and left.
"Is everyone all right?" Kayura asked.
"Yes," Sekhmet replied. The others mumbled that they were unharmed.
Anubis looked the place over, "we shouldn't stay here. We'd better go some place safe."
"Did you hear the Ancient talk to us?" Kale inquired. "He saved us."
"Maybe we still have work that needs to be done," Dais said, "let's go before the place caves in again." They left to find a better place to stay.
Queen Beryl's black headdress shifted across the stone ground. It touched Tulpa's iron mask. A girl's toes appeared aside the two items and then from toe to head, the girl appeared in a purple dress with green eyes and dark red hair with white streaks. She was two years old and she was the daughter of Tulpa and Queen Beryl, Jade.
Jade picked up the articles and immediately knew what just took place. The ronins and scouts killed her parents. She could smell the dust and fire in the room. "I'll have revenge," she muttered.
She took off to live in a cave and fended for herself. She had to train herself to use her powers. The lost Warlord, Mentu, came around and she became his servant. However, the outers and the rest of the warlords killed him.
"Pathetic," she muttered as he died.
When Sailor Saturn was going to destroy the netherworld, her only home, Jade had no choice but try to escape.
"Where do I go?" she asked herself, running through the wilderness, "damn those sailors! I'll make them pay for this!" she saw a dimensional rift and looked back just as Sailor Saturn began to say her magic words. She looked in the tunnel and jumped inside. Jade landed in a strange world. It was not the negaverse, but looked liked it. The negaverse was destroyed. But it could do. She had no other place to go.
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As she opened her eyes, Jade felt a tear slide down her cheek. "Today is the day. I'll make them pay for killing my parents, demolishing their temple and destroying my home! My parents must be avenged!" she said. She took her crystal ball in her hands, "let's see what Prince Zircon is up to," she said wonderingly and an image of him sleeping soundly appeared in her crystal ball, "ah, you're asleep. I won't wake you up just yet. You look so peaceful."
She began calling for him in a hypnotic voice.
Zircon sat up in his bed, eyes still closed. He could hear Jade calling him and started walking in his sleep. She talked him through everything, when to turn, what doors were opened.
"Come outside. Stop. Go through the portal."
He stepped through the portal and ended up in her dark world. "Welcome to my home, Zircon." She walked up to him and snapped her fingers.
"Oh, what a strange dream," he moaned, rubbing his eyes.
"Rise and shine," she said.
"Priscilla?" he asked. He focused on the girl. It wasn't Priscilla, "Jade! Where am I?
What have you done with me?"
"Hmm," she said, 'maybe I won't kill him after all. I think I'll keep him alive,' "Oh, Zircon, come and make yourself more comfortable." She reached her hands to his chest and he pushed her back.
"Leave me alone," he snarled.
"I suppose I have snapped my fingers a bit too soon," she mumbled. "Relax, Zircon, you're going to be here for quite a while."
"You cannot keep me here," he said, "soon the sailor soldiers will find me."
"Well, that will be not be possible because I have taken away their powers," she hissed, "They're helpless. There's no way they can find this place. They can't help you, Zircon." She squeezed his mouth, "why don't you make the best of it?"
"They will come for me, I know it!" Zircon knocked her hand away and sent a blast of energy toward her. "You cannot control me!"
Jade shielded her self, "You will be mine," she said with a sneer, "you'll give yourself away to me or die!"
"Never," he muttered back. "You're ugly and hideous! Not to mention evil and insane!"
Jade slapped him, "don't talk to me that way!" a board came out of the ground and bands went around his ankles and wrists. "You'll learn to love me. Be thankful that I'm not using this moment to kill you." She formed an ice shard and slid it down his face and neck, slowly, just barely touching his skin not to cut him. "I can kill you now, you know."
"I'd rather die than be yours!" he growled. "My heart belongs…."
"You love someone else, don't you?" she demanded, "No matter, with a little time, she'll no longer exist in your mind!" Her finger slid down on his necklace that held Pricilla's tear. She ripped the necklace off and walked away. "You will be mine, forever!"
'Priscilla, find me,' he sent out mentally, 'I need you. Gwen, Ivy, Chloe--girls--I need you, my friends. Priscilla…'
Priscilla shook violently in her sleep, "No, no, your highness, watch out. Zircon, don't. Stay back. Don't go." She was having nightmares of Zircon being somewhere that she could not reach. She sat up straight, her scream stuck in her throat, "Zircon,"
She heard Kayura scream and Pricilla turned her head around.
"Oh no," Pricilla whispered, "It happened." She got up to her feet and ran down the hallway to the sound. Chloe and Ivy stepped out of their rooms, Chloe looking concerned and Ivy annoyed.
"Did you hear that?" Chloe asked Priscilla.
"It's Zircon, he's in trouble," Priscilla mumbled and rushed down the hall.
"What do you mean?" Chloe and Ivy followed her and then Ivy went to Gwen's room to wake her up.
She found Kayura and Diamond in Zircon's room. Zircon was not there. Diamond had his arms around her.
"Maybe he's just outside," Diamond said. "Let's not jump to conclusions."
"Zircon?" Pricilla mumbled, "Where is he?"
"What if Jade has him?" Kayura inquired, "He may be in danger!"
"How could she get in here with out us knowing?" Sekhmet demanded, "She would have awakened everyone."
"Maybe she lured him somehow," Chloe said, "through mind control."
"Sleepwalking?" Anubis asked.
"It's possible, Father," she said with a nod, "I sometimes hear strange voices in my sleep."
"Nyhaaa," Gwen yawned, "what's--what's going on?"
"Zircon's missing, stupid!" Ivy snarled.
"What?" Gwen rubbed the sleep out of her eyes. "No way!" she stepped closer and cracked her toes on the legs of Zircon's dresser, "Auggh! My foot!" She jumped and began holding it while bouncing on her other leg.
"If you weren't still asleep," Ivy muttered, "maybe you would've seen the dresser!"
"Shut up!" Gwen moaned, "Chloe, can you please heal my toes?"
"Can't you handle a few stubbed toes?" Chloe asked.
"Just do it, please!" she begged, now crying, "it hurts!"
Chloe sighed and healed Gwen's toes.
"We have to find him," Kayura urged and looked at Trista, "Can you?"
"I'll try," Trista said, "I'll try."
Pricilla started to feel dizzy. Placing a hand to her head, she felt sweat. She couldn't understand what everyone was saying. With a moan, she fell to the floor as her father shouted her name.
Around five minutes later she awakened in her bedroom and saw her father's face.
"Father?" she whispered.
"You gave us quite a scare," Kale said, "are you alright?"
"I think so," she said. "I didn't mean to frighten anyone." She sat up and started feeling dizzy again. "I just got a little dizzy with all the commotion."
"Is there anything we can get you?" Ivy asked.
Priscilla shook her head and lied back down.
Everyone left the room except Kale.
"I'll stay here if you want me to," Kale said. "Did you just get dizzy, Pricilla, or is there something else?"
"You don't have to stay, Daddy," she mumbled. "I'm fine. I just didn't get a lot of sleep last night. B--"
"Bad dreams?" he finished.
She nodded.
"You wan--"
"I'm fine!" she snapped, "Just go away!"
Kale nodded with an emotionless face, because he didn't want her to know that it hurt him for his own daughter to snap at him. He got up and left.
Priscilla turned on her side and hugged her pillow, feeling the tears come to her eyes. She fell into a deep depression and it lasted for hours. 'I'm sorry, Zircon,' she thought.
Gwen came to visit her and try to settle her mind with her illusions but they didn't help. A good feeling will come and then it will disappear when the illusion was over. Gwen thought that her illusions weren't so convincing so she asked her father to try it. They worked a bit more but still didn't pull her out of her depression.
"I don't understand," Gwen said, "what am I doing wrong?"
"Nothing," Dais told her, "my illusions didn't work either."
"Why would she get this way?" Ivy asked irritably.
"Aren't you worried about Prince Zircon?" Chloe demanded.
"I didn't mean it that way," Ivy said, softening her face, "I'm worried about Prince Zircon too but I'm not in a deep depression."
"Don't you understand, Ivy?" Chloe questioned, "Pricilla is in love with him!"
"What?!" Trista and Kale gasped.
"Be reasonable, Chloe," Ivy said, "We all love him."
"You what?" Sekhmet inquired, furrowing his brow. Michelle sighed and slapped his arm.
"Well, I--," Ivy blushed.
"That's right," Gwen added, "We've been guarding him for a long time. He's like a brother to us."
"Y-yeah, what Gwen said!" Ivy said with a grin.
"He's more than a brother to Priscilla," Chloe said, "haven't you noticed it? Why would she fall in this depression if she didn't feel this way about him? Gwen, what did she say to you when you tried to make her feel better with giving her visions?"
"She kept saying that she failed," Gwen reported, "and that she felt helpless and that we'll never find Zircon. You're probably right that they love each other."
"You sure about this?" Kayura asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Well, I do remember that look on Zircon's face when Pricilla froze time," Ivy said, "Maybe he loves her too."
"I understand if she felt like she failed, but it wasn't her fault," Gwen mumbled, "If Jade didn't take our powers we wouldn't be in this mess!"
"I'll make that bitch pay!" Ivy snarled.
"Ivy, watch your tongue!" Michelle scolded. She sneered at Sekhmet, "it's you she takes after!"
Sekhmet shrugged.
"Poor Zircon," Gwen said, "he's got to be so scared. Who knows what she's doing to him. Probably torturing him or turning him against us or--"
"Stop it, Gwen!" Chloe shouted. "Zircon's not entirely helpless! We must believe that he can hold on until we get to him."
"I kno that, Chloe," Gwen muttered, "I just met that I was worried about him. That twit Jade is out of her mind more than Ivy is!"
"Hey!" Ivy shouted.
"Calm down," Anubis commanded. "You won't find Zircon if you argue."
"We weren't arguing!" the three girls screamed.
"Don't worry, the other scouts are on their way," Hotaru said, "They can help us find him. Maybe we can get your powers back."
"You're right, Hotaru," Amara agreed, "We have to believe that we can turn it around. We haven't lost yet."
"I just wish there was a way we could let Pricilla know that," Chloe said with a sigh, rubbing her arms as she looked down at Pricilla's room.
