Beryl was seething. It was, in essence, a simple plan: instead of coming in as themselves, she and her cohorts would act like their enemies... and then possess the bodies and souls of those who's hearts were essentially good. In that way, they could by-pass the fail-safes those blasted Genie Warriors use to select their Masters. That was how she had managed to Bind Neptune and Uranus to her service. Oh, they struggled mightily, but they could never escape while she lived.
But she had let Saturn get away!! One of the most powerful of the Genie Warriors, only matched by Moon and Serenity herself! And Serenity couldn't appear until all the others had, anyway.
"Feeling a little... frustrated, 'sister?'" Asked a sneering voice. Turning, Beryl confronted one of her companions, Mistress 9.
"I would not mock me, 'sister.' I have bound two of the most dangerous Genies to me... and I see that you have yet to bind one."
"Oh, no. I found my Genie, all right. I'll be taking Saturn. In a few days, that boy will be begging to give me his precious Ring."
Beryl frowned. "I found her first! I made the first strike!"
"You failed to capture her. That means she is still fair game.
Beryl snarled, but then suddenly felt faint. She stumbled, before steadying herself. Mistress 9 smirked at that. "My, my, my. It looks like your human is still straining her cage. Haven't you beaten her back, yet. Why, my human retreated into herself almost as soon as I took over... but you can't seem to break the will of one small child."
"Go ahead and laugh, wench. But when this game is over, I will rule all, and you will head back to your insipid master in failure and defeat!"
Mistress 9 glared at Beryl. "So the battle lines are drawn. Very well. By the way... I came to inform you: Neherenia has found a host, some rich girl who's mother was killed. Wiseman seems to have chosen poorly, and keeps getting lost all the time... yet he still has managed to bind Genie Mars to him. Fiore and Galaxia still search for hosts 'worthy' of them."
Beryl nodded, and with one last exchange of glares, Mistress 9 teleported away.
And within them, the souls of Nabiki and Akane Tendo wept and raged in response to the monsters that now controlled their destinies.
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