Always Forever (Catradora)

Chapter Nineteen

Adora

"Xeva was the one who took her."

Adora's eyes widened as she stared at Glimmer in a bit of a silence. Xeva? Took Catra? It... it almost didn't resonate within her... it didn't click. That couldn't be it, could it?

"Xeva did...? No... no... he couldn't have.." she whispered, but her tone was already beginning to turn absent. She hadn't known him long... but... she had grown to trust him.

Suddenly, she was thrown back into the first time she'd met him... how much she hadn't trusted him and how much she'd been against him. She supposed it had been for a good reason after all. He'd been the exact thing she feared and now Catra was gone! God, she was stupid!

Then why hadn't he seemed like he was faking his experiences with them?

Adora gritted her teeth, clenching her fists as she turned around, about to barrel away. Bow jumped in front of her, holding her back as Adora let out an aggravated scream. "Damn it, Bow, lemme go! I have to find her! I have to---"

She was cut off by Bow taking grip of her shoulders and shaking her more firmly than she had believed he even could. How dare he... how dare he try to stop her when Catra could be out there being tortured... being killed and he had that calm look on his face!

"Adora!" Bow spat, tearing Adora out of her rage-filled state as she stared into his chocolate-brown eyes. She immediately realized how unreasonable she was being, but... she... was so scared. "How are you going to help her when we don't even know where she is??" He pointed out, his eyes set and serious as Adora felt her lips begin to twitch.

Her throat was beginning to close up as she nodded solemnly, trying to swallow down the pain that was rising up her throat. "What do we do then...?" Adora asked meekly, tears beginning to well up at her eyes as she glanced between Bow and Glimmer. "W-we can't just leave her alone to deal with... whatever is happening..." Adora whispered, the words barely passing her lips as Bow nodded with a furrowed brow.

"I'm gonna be honest with you, this looks really bad," Bow muttered, wincing as Adora's eyes flashed with a bit of fear. He was right... they had no idea where Catra and Xeva were or even how they got there... well they knew maybe a portal, but that didn't help much. "However," Bow raised a hand up to his forehead in thought, biting his lip absently as Glimmer made her way over to him, taking the hand he hadn't raised into her own. "There may be something Queen Angella could do to help."

The moment the words fell from his lips, Glimmer's expression immediately shifted. Bow winced as Glimmer whipped her head towards him. "We can't just do that! She's not exactly... happy with me at the moment, Bow," she growled absently, her eyes flickering with the motion.

Bow sighed, wrapping one of his arms around Glimmer's side as he twisted her towards him. Their eyes met in silence momentarily as Adora blinked. Placing his hands gently on her shoulders, Bow allowed his eyes of chocolatey essence to melt into themselves, warming even Adora from where she stood. "Glimmer... think about it... it's been so long since you've last seen her... she's probably worried sick," he muttered, lowering his gaze slightly as Glimmer parted her lips, about to interject. "Plus!" Bow added on, interrupting Glimmer's interjection with a pointed look. "It's not like we have much of a choice anyway," he muttered, lowering his gaze as his eyes flickered over to Adora, who was beginning to pace in place a little bit.

After a moment of holding her gaze with a set emotion, Glimmer sighed and raised her hand to her face. She shook her head absently. "I know... I know you're right..." she muttered, before shooting a glance in Adora's direction. Adora blinked, tilting her head with a slight confusion. "Okay. I'll go talk to my mother... but I think Adora should stay here; it's better not to piss her off more than she already is," Glimmer pointed out as Adora opened her lips to protest.