Ben 10 and She-Ra: Heroes of Power

Chapter 9: The Beacon

Voice cast:

Yuri Lowenthal as Ben Tennyson
Bumper Robinson as Rook Blonko
Aimee Carrero as Adora
Karen Fukuhara as Glimmer
Marcus Scribner as Bow
Reshma Shetty as Angella
Genesis Rodriguez as Perfuma
Vella Lovell as Mermista
Jordan Fisher as Sea Hawk
Lauren Ash as Scorpia
AJ Michalka as Catra
Christine Woods as Entrapta
Lorraine Toussaint as Shadow Weaver
Keston John as Hordak
Grey Griffin as Razz
Dee Bradley Baker as Spidermonkey
Richard McGonagle as Four Arms
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Things have taken a turn for the worst for the Rebellion. Despite the successful rescue of Glimmer, Bow and Rook Blonko, it came at a cost. Entrapta the Princess of Dryl had been lost to the incinerator in the Fright Zone while she and the alliance escaped to the vehicle bay. Now what's left of the alliance fled the evil of the Fright Zone in grief.

The Proto-Truck lands in a quiet area of the Whispering Woods. Inside Adora, Ben, Bow, Glimmer, Perfuma, Mermista, Rook and Sea Hawk all hung their heads still in mourning for the loss of their friend. They were silent until Adora spoke again.

"How could I let this happen?" Adora said in sadness.

"Adora, it's not your fault." Bow tried.

"It IS my fault. Entrapta's gone because of my plan." Adora said loudly.

"It wasn't just your plan Adora, it was mine too." Ben then said. "If anything I should have gone with them to make sure this never happened, but if I did I wouldn't have been able to save you or Glimmer."

"Ben is correct, none of us intended for this to happen, these are the consequences of war, there was no possible way to determine the outcome." Rook agreed. "But maybe if I had acted sooner I could have prevented this."

All were valid arguments however Mermista thought differently. "This only happened because we were all together."

"Mermista's right, being together makes us vulnerable." Perfuma said with tears in her eyes and legs crouched up to her chest.

"Perfuma, you cannot possibly mean that?" Rook questioned in genuine surprise.

"Maybe there's a reason the Princess Alliance fell apart before. Maybe this whole thing was a bad idea." Mermista then said.

Ben couldn't believe what he was hearing from the princesses. They were having second thoughts because of one loss. He understood sure but he also knew there were other ways of dealing with this kind of grief. Glimmer couldn't believe what she was hearing either, their first mission as a team and it falls apart before it even begins.

"Mermista, no, you can't say that." Glimmer tried shaking her head but it was no use, it seemed clear that Mermista was strong by her decision.

"Whatever. I don't want to be a part of it anymore." She finally said and Glimmer just gasped in horror. Ben however just scowled.

"So that's it?" He said standing up getting everyones attention. "You're just giving up because of one loss?!"

"Look around you watch boy! We failed because we were together just like our parents. My dad was right, this was a total disaster, I guess history just loves to repeat itself." Mermista said, but Ben wasn't having it.