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Defenders of the Earth: This Is Their Story

By Marzena

Plot: Season 4, Episode 47

Chapter 17: Bridal Jitters

"We can not go through with this!"

Jedda was standing in her room, or rather, her prison, but it was not the Jedda Walker everyone knew. This Jedda looked very different for she was wearing a silky creme-white robe, embroidered with threads of gold and silver and adorned over and over with Mongo's finest laces. A long and heavy train of white silk made it very difficult indeed for the bride-to-be to move around. Her hair had been carefully and beautifully arranged on top of her head with a beautiful sparkly tiara in it, and a handmaid had brought her some expensive and stunning looking jewelry to go with the bridal outfit. Right now, Jedda was looking absolutely dazzling. And yet she couldn't care less.

Krotan, who was wearing the most dashing royal outfit, stood opposite to her, smiling wickedly. Obviously he took great joy in her resistance and discomfort.

"Oh, but dear Jedda, we will," he grinned. "This not only makes me Emperor of Mongo, it also gives me access to a wedding present from Beta Two, which will make my rulership on Mongo irrevocable. Also, there's the nice addition of having you as my lovely wife. So there's absolutely no reason not to go through with it."

"I don't want to be your lovely wife!" Jedda spat, glaring at him. "But that's something you just keep ignoring because power is the thing you really want."

"Don't you like a powerful man by your side?" He completely ignored her anger – which pissed her off even more – and stepped closer.

"What I'd like is for you to get lost, for my friends to be safe and for me to be back on earth, as Jedda Walker and not as the Empress of Mongo!"

He shrugged unapologetically. "Well, we can't always have what we want, my darling Jedda. Besides, I remember you being so in love with me, you even talked about our future together."

Grinding her teeth, Jedda continued glaring at him. "That was when you were still Dan and I had no idea who you really are. And that's just the thing, Krotan. You're a liar, you're a traitor, you're manipulative, you're our enemy, you're a cold-blooded killer, you're ..."

"Hold on for a moment there!" he interrupted angrily. "There are only so much insults I'm gonna take, even from you, dear Jedda. And hey, I get where you're coming from, I get why you're pissed. And I admit, I created the role of Dan just for fun, I never thought it would lead to anything, let alone making out with a Defender in the back of a car. But you're ..."

"I'm what? Stupid, naive, silly?"

"You're hot. And actually nice to hang out with. And fascinating, really."

She rolled her eyes at that. "Yeah, right. Try to flatter me so I won't give much resistance. Forget it, that's so not working. I don't want to marry you, Krotan. And I don't want to see you again, no matter what you look like."

"And here I thought we were getting along splendidly." Now it was his turn to roll his eyes. Stepping closer again, he held her angry gaze. "Maybe I should refresh your memory."

"What are you ..."

He didn't even let her finish. Instead, he came over to her, and when she realized what he was doing, she stepped backwards, nearly falling over the long train that belonged to her bridal dress. Then she had the wall behind her and couldn't move anymore. Krotan just grinned at her discomfort.

"Stay away from me!" she ordered him sharply.

"Make me!" he laughed, taking hold of her and pressing his mouth against her lips, trying to force her into a kiss she didn't want. Struggling, Jedda tried her best to push him away, to make him stop. Of course he was stronger than her and he was determined to make her remember the good times Jedda and Dan had together, or maybe just determined to put her in her place. Either way, she didn't like it very much.

"Would you stop fighting me?" he snapped, his eyes glaring at her. "You used to enjoy this. Hell, you even initiated it countless times!"

"That was different!" she yelled at him, moving sideways to get away from him. "You were Dan!"

"I was the same person! I just looked different!"

"You were a fantasy, nothing more!"

"And I still can be."

It only took him a few seconds to morph into Dan, the charming dark-haired student Jedda's been so crazy about the past few months. It nearly broke her heart to see Dan standing there. Marriage to Dan, yes, she'd imagined that. She'd thought about a future with that guy. But Dan was really Krotan. There was no future, and there were no feelings.

"Please don't," she muttered, moving even further away from him. "This is not helping. I know who you really are. It's only more torture to see you like this."

At least when he was Krotan, there was a lot of anger towards him. But when he was Dan, she actually felt sad and miserable. And she would not give in and start crying now. At least not in front of her enemy.

"Whatever." Shrugging, he changed back, presenting himself as Krotan again. At least now he didn't try to come after her again. "I was just trying to be helpful."

"You were trying to be an ass, as usual," she stated, crossing her arms in front of her chest.

"Careful," he grinned, not the least bit insulted by her words. But then why should he be? After all, he had her just where he wanted her. "Your behavior might influence my behavior tonight, my darling Jedda. Please try to remember that."

"Tonight?"

"Don't tell me you're not looking forward to our wedding night, Jedda," he grinned, his eyes wandering all over her body, obviously very pleased with whatever thoughts he was having.

Jedda let out a gasp and he started to laugh. And then he just teleported out of her room, leaving her behind even more worried and angry than before.

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