ARMOR FATI
Title: Amor Fati (What's it mean? I have no idea. Loved the name from an episode of the X-Files, and I had been told that it meant "Love of Fate". Then, I heard it didn't. Now, I haven't a clue. "Love of Fate" fits the story.)(I have heard from several people—thank you very much—that it does mean “Love of Fate” and the concept is from Nietzsche.)
Rated PG-13 for "off-camera" sex and some adult themes.
Disclaimers: I have never engaged in ownership or money making of these characters in any form. I simply use them for my own amusement and then return them to their rightful owners unharmed.
A/N: I used huge chunks of dialogue from the four episodes that make up "Conspiracy of Blood." I sometimes put them in a different mouth--especially Diego's and Gilberto's dialogue--than the original writers, Robert L. McCullough and Phillip John Taylor, but the words are theirs. I am not trying to claim them. Hopefully, I was faithful in copying them. If not, I apologize.
Some friends of mine invited me to take part in their round robin. I did, and I wrote one line that stayed with me and became this story. It took some work; I had to rewrite the entire series in my head.
And, yes, I do know the names would have been different, but that would have overtaxed my already taxed out brain. The readers', too, or so I believe.
The last note: This is an extensive rewrite of the last four episodes of the show. If anyone would like a written summary of that show as it happened--available to buy on videotape--please email me. I would be glad to send it.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 5: "Julian Begins to Disagree"
Chapter 6: "Taking the Hacienda"
Chapter 7: "Gilberto Fights Back"
Chapter 9: "Victoria Takes a Chance"
Chapter 10: "Diego Seeks Revenge"
Chapter 13: "The Confrontation"