Forever Fallen (Catra x OC She-Ra Fanfic)

19. Ambushed

Harley had spent the rest of the day with Entrapta who had informed her that Queen Glimmer had been captured (presumably along with Lord Hordak) by Horde Prime and that she was beginning to make repairs to 'Mara's ship'.

"So who exactly is Mara?" Harley asked the Princess, thinking back to Madame Razz.

"Mara was the last She-Ra before Adora! People thought she went insane with power and destroyed the line of She-Ras but she actually saved Etheria from Horde Prime by hiding it in the dimension of Despondos, therefore making it completely invisible to anyone in the wider universe!" Entrapta explained, giggling, "Isn't is just so fascinating?"

"Hell yeah, that's fuckin' fascinating" Harley laughed too, mostly because she found Entrapta's laugh infectious.

Harley was beginning to believe that Hordak and Catra were right; Entrapta was a genius. The girl was like She-Ra but for computers! Where Adora could (probably) lift twenty 500-pound weights, Entrapta could lift twenty 500-pound weights with her mind! Harley had never been around someone so gifted let alone had someone so gifted be interested in her.

"Tell me more about this 'You-nee-code'" Entrapta begged, eyes sparkling as she gazed up at Harley, fluttering her eyelashes at her.

"Well when you put it like that..." Harley chuckled, continuing to explain all the intricacies and particulars with computer science in her world, not just Unicode. "And long story short, you've got a multi-million dollar company! But that's just Bill Gates, there are plenty of others, like Elon Musk and Steve Jobs,"

"Waaaow!" Entrapta choked out, "I'd love to go to your world!"

"Yeah well, so would I..." Harley sighed, leaning her hip against the workbench and gazing up up at the sun above. "Hordak and I had an agreement that once the war was over, he'd find me a way to get back home but it doesn't look like that's happening..."

Entrapta tilted her head to the side, examining Harley keenly before shaking her head and laughing, "Well maybe Hordak's not here to help you right now but I am! Now that we're out of Despondos, Etheria's portal capabilities are back online! Once we save the sparkly one from Horde Prime and go into space, we can build a portal together!" The girl snatched up Harley's hand in her own and hopped up and down, squealing with excitement. "Oh, it's going to be sooo fun!"

Harley grinned at Entrapta, nodding her head.

'It sounds like a plan' she thought.

"Hey, Entrapta!" Came a voice from behind the girls and they turned, coming face-to-face with Adora, one hand on her hip and a jovial grin on her lips. "Hey, Harley!"

Harley offered her a smile as she studied her, quickly noticing the restless glint in her eyes and the slight bags under her eyes. She looked tired and jittery.

'So much for getting some rest, huh?'

"Have you guys finished the updates to the ship yet? How soon can we take off to rescue Glimmer?" She asked them, smiling broadly, a slight tilt to her brow and her hands balled up into fists with thrill.

"Well, before Harley blessed us with her knowledge of You-nee-code, it would've taken us... A very long time to reach maximum velocity for liftoff, and that's without the hull upgrades or the vaporisation... Or the freezing temperatures... Or the crushing pressures! But she's increased our productivity exponentially!" Entrapta explained to her and Harley sighed, patting her on the shoulder.

"It wasn't Unicode, I watched a Tesla documentary one time and it touched on the astrophysics involved in Tesla's rockets, but I wouldn't really rely on that. We all know what happened to the Cybertruck-- Well, I guess I know what happened to the Cybertruck" Harley spoke up, tapping her chin.