Her Fate

Disclaimer: I don't own anyone from ADJL; I only own those who I make up.

Rating: PG-13

AN: Alas, Her Fate is nearing its end. But we still have a few more chapters yet to go.

On No One's Side

Trixie fumed in anger. Who did that boy think he was? She was just trying to help him out. She reasoned with herself as she plopped down on her sofa.

Sure it went a little farther than she wanted it to but still Rose had it coming! She was evil and Trixie and Haley were the only ones who knew it!

It had been a few days since then and Jake still wasn't talking to Haley or Trixie. In fact, no one really was. Save for Spud, but that was to be expected.

"It's not like he can ignore us for the rest of his life. I mean, I'm his sister and you're his best friend." Haley concluded with confidence as she sipped the tea she made.

"Yeah, you right. Besides we only did it to save his butt." Trixie added as she drank her own tea.

"You two are complete idiots."

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Rita had entered the apartment with ease. They left the door unlocked… anyone could've gotten in. They were lucky it was just her and not her sister.

Trixie jumped to her feet faster than a rabbit on speed. Rita chuckled a bit at the analogy that popped in her head.

"Who're you!"

"My name is Rita. Rita Monroe." She answered the loud woman. She watched as Trixie's eyes narrowed and opened her mouth to speak, Rita cut her off beforehand. "Yes, Marissa is my sister."

"What are you doing here?" asked Haley.

"Putting an end to all of this idiocy." She replied in an annoyed tone.

"I don't get it." Trixie said.

"No, you wouldn't. I don't expect it, considering you two are a pair of the most easily tricked and idiotic females I've ever met in my entire life."

"Yo, you best say what you came to say and get your ass up outta here!" Trixie shouted in anger.

Rita rolled her eyes and took a seat despite Trixie's obvious objections. "Then you'd better shut your loud ass mouth and listen closely." She told her with the utmost calmness in her voice, in almost a business type of manner. She crossed her legs and clasped her hands together on the top of her knee, watching the confused and expectant faces of the two ladies in the room before she decided to continue.

"You were never attacked by that Rose Connor woman."

FLASH

"Jake, I'm fine. I really am." Rose insisted as they all, with the exception of Trixie and Haley, sat in Lao Shi's shop, which had steadily been getting more profitable since Gracie's employment. It looked better and the commercial was a smart idea.

"You sure?" He asked again.

"Positive." Rose said again with an exasperated sigh.

"Aw, he's just worried 'bout ya. After that mean trick Trixie and that Haley filly played on you, I'm worried too." Gracie stated.

"I still don't get how they think I attacked them."

"Maybe there's some extra players in this game we don't know about yet." Fu guessed.

"I am almost certain the Huntsclan had something to do with this…" Lao Shi spoke up.

The bell jingled and Gracie walked out saying, "I'll take care of them, you guys keep workin' at findin' what we're gonna do."

"I don't blame them for not trusting me, Jake. They have a lot of good reasons not to."

"Yo, that's not even the point. They didn't hafta handle it like that. Haley knows Chang's bad news and if they thought you did somethin' to them they should've came to me."

"They were tryin' to protect you, bro. I don't think it's cool them tryin' to do in Rose, but they had a strange virtue goin' on." Spud told him. "It's like in that Greek play Oedipus the King by Sophocles, he keeps tryin' to keep everyone and himself safe and to do the right thing by running away from what Apollo says is gonna happen and in the end he kills his dad, marries his mom, and has like five kids with her. Just like Apollo's prediction."

"Man, what's some Greek guy hookin' up with his mom got to do with us?" Jake asked.

"I don't get it either." Rose admitted.

Fu just stared at Spud in confusion.

"Go on, tell us what you mean." Lao Shi said, waiting for him to elaborate.

"Ok, Oedipus didn't want to marry his mom so he tried to fix the problem before it happened, right? Well, if he would've stayed where he was it never would've happened. He tried to protect his parents and himself but in the end only caused harm to a lot of people."

"Well, that's one way to put it," said a woman's voice.

Everyone turned around to see Gracie and some woman who had a strange resemblance to Marissa along with Trixie and Haley, who were both looking rather humble at the moment.

"What are you two doing here?" Jake asked angrily.

"Calm down, dragon boy and I'll explain everything you need to know." The woman told him as she took a seat on a stool.

Gracie stood over by Rose and Jake while Trixie and Haley stood by a wall, still looking horribly guilty.

"The first thing you need to know is that I'm Rita, Marissa's older sister. Keep the mouth shut, Long." She told him when she saw his mouth move to open. "The second thing you need to know is that Marissa is the Huntsgirl and if you interrupt me, Dog, I will fix you myself." She said once Fu looked like he was ready to say something.

Rose looked in confusion and opened her mouth.

"I will get to that soon enough, Connor." She cut her off. "Now, where was I? Yeah, Marissa's the Huntsgirl, I know, big shocker, you're all surprised, moving on. She knows all about you, she has special devices to spy on you all, all over New York, complements of myself of course but not the point. And don't worry; I've had all the ones around here go on the fritz.

I'm not part of the Huntsclan. But I was willing to do my darling little sister a favor. She wanted me to dress up like Connor here and attack the little dragon girl, making her and the loud mouth, whom both were already paranoid enough, think that Connor was still up to her old tricks. Old man, that means you too, zip it."

Lao Shi shut his mouth.

"I didn't set out to do any serious harm to girl, but I did have to frame Connor. Luckily, it was dark and neither of them were looking at my eyes to notice they're not even remotely similar to blue. Anyway, I'm getting off track here, Marissa wanted to make the little dragon call for back up, which she did.

She wanted the dragons to kill Connor, Connor to kill the dragons or have them kill each other, you see. So either way you went, either Connor herself or her virtues would be destroyed. But that plan failed.

Here's where the lunacy begins. The dragons who attacked Connor are now working with the Huntsclan. Yes, I know. Idiotic, very… but that's how it is andthenwe come tohere asI am telling all of you this..."she finished."You can all speak now."

"Marissa's Huntsgirl? Should've seen that one coming." Rose muttered.

"So you tricked them into trying to get Rose?" Jake asked.

Rita nodded, "That is what I said, genius."

"Are you now saying that you wish to help us against the Huntsclan?" Lao Shi asked.

"Pretty much."

"Hold up, are we supposed to believe that after helping the Huntsclan all this time, you just decide to join our side?" Fu voiced his disbelief.

Rita sighed and looked at everyone, "Listen when I say this and pay attention. This entire thing has begun to get really stupid and stupidity gives me a migraine. So for now, I will help you all against my sister, the Huntsmaster and the dragons. But I am on no one's, I repeat, no one's side other than my own."

There I hope you like it. Rita joins the good guys… well, kind of. Please review.