trapped | catra

17 | Partly Successful

(On Adora's ship)

Adora put her finger to her ear bud. "Are we getting close Entrapta?" she asked. "Yeah, we're just about there. You can open the door now," she replied.

Adora nodded towards Bow and he nodded back. Then he pressed on the button that opens the door. The door slid up and in front of them was... wow. A whole galaxy. Stars were scattered all around and the sky was mixed with pink and purple. But then there was some green in the distance.

Bow squinted his eyes to get a closer look. "Is that...?" Adora widen her eyes. "It's Glimmer! I can see her pink and purple hair— Bow!" Before Adora could finish, Bow jumped out of the ship and was making his way to Glimmer. The rope that was around his waist wasn't even attached to the ship, Adora quickly grabbed on.

Adora looked out at Bow as he grabbed onto Glimmer and another person. Then Adora used all of her strength to pull them back towards the ship. Once they were inside, she shut the door and the all fell on the ground.

Glimmer looked at Bow then at Adora. Then she burst into tears. Bow pulled her into a hug and Adora joined them. The still shocked Y/N stood there, watching them. When the three of them finally pulled away, they all looked at Y/N.

"You're Y/N, right?" Bow asked. Y/N nodded. "What happened back there?" Adora asked. "Where's Catra?" Y/N sighed. "She's... she's gone," Y/N replied. "No, we might still have time. We have to go back for her!" Adora said. Y/N took Adora's hand.

"I'm so sorry. This is all my fault! I tried to save her but... I'm sorry," Y/N said holding back tears. Adora shut her eyes to hold back hers. Catra is still alive, right? We'll save her.

"Bow, tell Entrapta to turn around," Adora said, standing up. Bow grabbed Adora's hand. "Adora, you heard Y/N. Catra... Catra is gone," he said. Adora opened her eyes and tears began to stream down her cheeks. "No, we have to go back for her!" Adora said. Bow stood up.

"Adora stop!" Bow said. "Don't you dare tell me to stop! You don't know what it's like to be looked up to for help when you can't even save your own friends! You know nothing about that!" Adora yelled. Bow went silent. Adora sighed.

"I can't just leave her there. I have to try," she said in a more calm voice. Glimmer looked at Bow then at Adora. She wanted to help but she had no idea what to do. It was too much of a risk to go back to Horde Prime's ship. He most likely already had drones on their tail.

"She's right," Y/N said, standing up. "Catra risked her life to save Glimmer and I. We have to help her. Plus... if I never go back for her, I'd never forgive myself." Glimmer looked at Y/N and Y/N looked at her. Y/N was the first to look away and Glimmer sighed.

The four of them were quiet for a while. They all knew that they had to save Catra no matter what. Glimmer and Y/N wouldn't have been there standing if it wasn't for her. They had to at least try. Catra would have done the same for them. Probably. Then suddenly, the ship jerked forward and they all went flying.

"What the hell was that?" Y/N asked. Then the speakers turned on, "Uh, sorry about that." Y/N looked at Adora and raised her eyebrow. "It's alright, it's just Entrapta," the blonde replied. Then a hand appeared in front of her. She looked up to see Bow smiling at her. She smiled back. She took his hand and he helped her up.

"I'll go see what's going on," he said and left the room.

Not too long later, a screen appeared in front of them. "So uh, slight problem," Bow said. "What is it now?" Adora asked. "We're running on low fuel right now," Entrapta called out from behind Bow before he could respond. Adora stomped her feet and groaned. "Great! Perfect timing!" she said.

"I could try to track down a nearby planet that might have the crystals Darla runs on. It might take me a while," Entrapta explained. "How long does 'a while' mean exactly?" Bow asked, turning to face the princess. "Trust me, if I even knew what these crystals were called, I would have found our source the moment I found out we were on low fuel. Just give me about... twenty minutes!" Entrapta replied.

"We don't have twenty minutes!" Adora said. "The time we're wasting now just gives Horde Prime more time to punish Catra for what she's done. For all we know, he could have killed her already! Just hurry it up, we don't have much time."

Adora took off her helmet and threw it aside. Then she left the room. "Don't worry, they're not usually this stressed out. This whole war has changed all of us," Glimmer said. "Even me." Glimmer looks down at her feet. "And Catra?" Y/N asked. Glimmer looked up and nodded sadly.

"Adora used to tell Bow and I stories of when she was living with the Horde. She never described Catra as selfish or mean. Actually, she barely mentioned her at all. They weren't really close growing up," Glimmer said. "Then why is Adora so... protective of her?" Y/N asked. "I don't know. Maybe something happened between them growing up and they feel like they need to fix things? Or Adora feels like she needs to fix things? Honestly, I have no idea."

Glimmer walked over to the door. She opened it and turned to face Y/N. "Whatever it is, we should leave them to it. I don't wanna get involved in years old drama." Y/N nodded in agreement. Although, deep down, she wondered what was going on between them? Was it... romantic? No! Glimmer just said they weren't close growing up. But again, Adora might not have told her friends everything. Ugh! Stop being paranoid!

"I'm gonna go find something to eat. I'm literally starving!" Glimmer said. "You coming?"

"Yeah, I just wanna... get some things out of my head first. I'll join you in a minute," Y/N said, forcing a small smile. Glimmer smiled back and left the room. Y/N sighed. I hope you're okay.. wherever you are.

(On Horde Prime's ship)

After Y/N and Glimmer escaped, Catra could never have been more proud of herself, she actually managed the save the both of them. Yay me! But also not yay.

The clones were taking Catra to Horde Prime which is probably not good. What was he going to do to her? The worst he could do is kill her, but he won't do that. Catra was sure of it. But if he didn't kill her, what would he do with her? Catra was more afraid of that.

Then she arrived in a room that was familiar to her. The same room where she saw Hordak get his memory wiped. Don't tell me...

The clones dropped her in front of Horde Prime. He lifted her chin up with his foot and leaned in to get a better look at her. "I usually see a lot of things coming but not this. Well done sister," he said, getting up from his chair. Catra chuckled.

"Did you seriously congratulate me for ruining your big plans? The princesses are gone. Adora is gone. The ship is gone. They are not coming back which means you won't get what you want. You've lost, just admit it!" Catra turned around to look at Horde Prime's reaction and it was not what she expected. He was smiling. Dead ass smiling while staring at her in the eyes.

"You're funny, I'll give you that too. Don't get to confident now, sister. All you've done is change my plans up a little bit, Trust me, in the next forty-eight hours or less. Your 'Adora' will come back to save you. But something else will be waiting for her."

"What are you talking about? What are you going to do?" Catra asked. His smile grew wider as the clones began to chant. The same way they chanted while Hordak got his memory erased.

"Step forward Catra and let yourself be reborn," he said. Catra widened her eyes as two clones came to pick her up. "What?! Let go of me! I will not be 'reborn'! Stop!" she exclaimed.

Word count -> 1448

ik this chapter was SUPER short, but I just wanted to post something. I'll also be posting an extra chapter of Catra's POV while she's getting chipped. I've also started editing the chapters bc the typos and the grammar just make me mad. So if the name of a chapter is in a regular font, that means it's been edited. Anyways, have a great day/night!

love, clouds <3