Forever Fallen (Catra x OC She-Ra Fanfic)

22. Heist

"So your name's Harley?" Queen Glimmer asked, offering the girl her hand and Harley shook it, smiling widely.

"Yeah, and you're Queen Glimmer-- Sparkles, as Catra liked to call you," Harley smiled back at her. "So Catra... She saved you?"

"Yeah... She said something about wanting to do one good thing in her life. She said she did it for you, Harley-- and Adora too-- but mostly you. She said she cared about you and that she said some things she didn't mean when you two last spoke." Glimmer told her, taking the girl's hand in both of hers and squeezing reassuringly. "Are you working with Entrapta?"

"Sure am. Hordak and Catra were right when they said she was a genius"

"And with Harley's extensive knowledge of foreign code, I can do so much more in my research! Look what Harley and I did with the Darla's hull strength!" Entrapta squealed, producing her tablet from seemingly out of nowhere and displaying Glimmer a detailed graph. There was a long, horizontal line at the bottom of the screen labelled 'hull health' with a yellow rectangle coming from the side and Glimmer narrowed her eyes.

"What's that yellow line mean?" Bow questioned, crossing his arms.

"Oh! Harley managed to increase the hull's defensive strength and provide what she described as 'shields' for it!" Entrapta explained, beaming widely and Harley shrugged nonchalantly.

"I just used video game logic, it's no big deal" Harley smirked, raising a self-satisfied brow in the threat of challenge.

Harley's gaze fell to her feet, her brows knitting together in contemplation. When she didn't respond, Glimmer turned away, swivelling around in her chair to face her friends, a miserable look on her face.

"I said some things too-- and did some stupid things-- back on Etheria that hurt you guys and I know that no amount of apologising can fix it but I really am sorry and I should've just listened to you both! I didn't know if I'd ever see you again and-- I'm so sorry..." She spoke up, her voice all choked up and cracking as tears streamed down her face.

"Hey, hey, it's OK. We're here now and nothing is going to pull us apart again." Adora assured her, wrapping her in her arms and holding her tight as Glimmer sobbed into her shoulder. "I really missed you too. We both did."

Bow nodded curtly from the side, a heartbroken glint in his eyes and Harley lifted her head up, waiting for Glimmer's sobs to subside before she spoke up again.

"We have to get her back-- I have to get her back-- you can drop me off at Horde Prime's spaceship or on a nearby planet, it doesn't matter, I'll find a way--" She started but Adora cut her off, peeling Glimmer from her chest and meeting the girl's eyes.

"Harley, you didn't think we were just going to leave her, were you? We can't just leave here there, we have to try. Even though she did a lot of bad things and hurt a lot of people, I have to try." Adora told her, a determined gleam in her eye as Glimmer took a step back.

"Catra sacrificed herself to save me. Whatever we need to do, I'll be with you" She smiled at her and Harley couldn't help smiling back.

They were going to get Catra back; Harley was going to get her back.

. . .

A few hours later, Adora had filled everyone in on the plan she'd devised and to Harley, it seemed pretty simple. Adora was going to use herself as bait-- which had everyone feeling a little icky but she'd assured them that she would be fine-- whilst Bow and Entrapta infiltrated Horde Prime's server room and hacked it, disrupting his bots and 'hive mind' that Glimmer had explained, and Harley and Glimmer searched the ship to rescue Catra. Adora had asked Harley to fix up a couple of those scramblers that she'd made back on Etheria to help out just in case they got spotted by some clones.