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Glimmer was sulking in bed. She had just had a heart to heart with Bow. Best Friend duo for life, he'd said to her. He'd said how much her friendship meant to him. That he could always turn to her for advice and anything else. And here she was In the Friend Zone with flushed plum cheeks and raccoon beaten eyes.
It had been a few hours since talking to him. She'd gotten a second bed in her room so she didn't have to teleport as often. "I wonder if I'll ever find love." She said to herself.
Adora had quietly come into her bedroom. "Someday." She whispered.
Glimmer jerked up and complained, "Don't sneak up on me!"
Adora sat on her bed. "Are you gonna be okay?" She wasn't the best at comforting people.
Glimmer shrugged and rolled her eyes. "In time I guess." She replied. "Can I please just be alone for a while?"
Adora nodded, "I'm not far if you need me."
She went to her room and shut the door. It wasn't long before visions of Catra crept into her thoughts. The fighting, the dancing and the bantering back and forth. This whole thing she hated with a burning passion. She wanted her old friendship back, but at what cost would she pay to get it?
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Scorpia had blind folded Catra. All Catra knew was that they were on a skiff going somewhere. "This is gonna be so much fun! I can't wait until we reach our destination!" Scorpia said with too much excitement for Catra to handle.
"Do I really not a get a hint of where you're taking me?" Catra spoke up, growing concerned for her safety. She'd even told Lonnie to send out a search party for her if they weren't back by morning.
Scorpia parked the skiff about fifteen minutes later. "Do you remember Octavia?"
Every hair on Catra's body stood up. "Why?" She quietly asked in fear. She and Adora had given Octavia hell when they were little. Scorpia had no clue as she had not been living at the Fright Zone at that time. She had been living in Scorpian Hill with her family.
Scorpia took off the blind fold. "Welcome to Octopus Cove this place is run by Octavia now."
Holy hair balls! Catra looked around the massive industrial place of metal in the water around her.
"We're boarding that boat over there!" Scorpia pointed her oversized claw at a yacht type of boat. It had the Horde's symbol branded on it. "We're eating lunch up there and looking out at the Sea of Sigh. "How romantic, huh?"
Catra's eyes wandered around the scenery. "Octavia isn't here is she?"
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Scorpia spun around. "Somewhere, Wildcat, she knows we're coming."
Catra's face went sour. Great . . . "She can't stand me."
"Oh?" Scorpia said and wondered why, "She seemed thrilled that you and I were coming here."
Yeah, probably thrilled to scratch my eyes out, Catra thought. And the memory of her doing that to Octavia replayed in her mind. She had a dumb face. She and Adora had agreed on that. Then yelled it at Octavia and ran off laughing. Octavia tried to come after them.
"I'd rather not speak to her. Can we please just have our lunch now?" Catra grabbed the picnic basket and hurried to the HordeForce 4 boat.
Scorpia laid out a large gray colored blanket for them to sit on. She watched as Catra displayed the food as quickly as possible. "What's wrong? You seem to be on edge."
Catra didn't meet her eyes. "I'm famished aren't you?" She handed a plate to Scorpia.
The tone of Scorpia's voice was beggingly breaking. "Please give me a chance. Please don't rush this, Catra." She fought with the tears she was about to cry.
Catra looked at her and saw someone she hadn't before. Behind this body of jagged armor Scorpia wore was a romantically vulnerable person. "I won't lie to you. I'm not over Adora and I may never be."
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Scorpia turned to wipe away the tears in her eyes and turned back to Catra. "How are you?" She wanted to play it cool for now. Her heart dropped inside, but giving up was not an option.
Catra smiled, "Pretty good and yourself?"
The lunch was really good and filling. They sat on the boat talking about everything and laughing.
It was about thirty minutes later when someone greeted them. "So great to see you!" Octavia said to them.
Catra tensed up and shrieked to herself.
Scorpia looked concerned for her. "Hey! What's good with you?" She said as Octavia came over to them. They hugged for a moment.
"Things here are running smoothly." Octavia said and went over to a petrified Catra. Inside Catra was begging for Octavia to be nice to her. "All grown up, huh? I bet you're still that brat that clouded my vision. I never fully recovered from that just so you know!"
Catra stepped back. "I'm so sorry! Please don't hurt me!"
Octavia sneered at her. "You and your date have one hour. When that hour is up I'm coming for you."
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Scorpia was thrown off guard. "What?!" She said loudly. "If you hurt Catra at all I'll come for you!"
Octavia laughed. "BRING IT ON! I'm not scared of anyone!"
Scorpia was so disappointed in Octavia. She seemed so sincere over the video chat. "We'll leave now."
Now was a great time. Octavia swung at Catra, but Catra flipped backward to avoid her. Scorpia whipped out her tail and it went around Octavia's waist.
"Let go!" Octavia screamed out. "I have every right to get revenge on her!"
Scorpia pulled her close. "Not while I'm around!" She flung her tail out to the left in a motion that sent Octavia spinning and falling off the boat.
Catra and Scorpia scooped up everything into the blanket. They ran down the stairs and off the boat. Jumping onto the skiff, they saw Octavia getting out of the water.
"Go!" Catra shouted in a panic.
When they were a good way from there Scorpia stopped the skiff. "I'm so sorry, Catra. I had no clue about your past with Octavia."
Catra nodded and half smiled. "It's okay. Let's just go home."
