Under the covers

Chapter 3: Planning

Adoras POV

I watched the halls for days. Or at least what I assumed was days. Being locked up in this dull, boring prison makes time a blur. I could see Catra looking suspiciously at me, but I don't really have time to worry about her right now, especially after all that she told me...I can't face her. At least not rationally.
"What the hell do you keep making those weird faces for?" Catra broke my deep train of thought.
"It's nothing that concerns you" I quickly shot back.
Catra seemed to be getting irritated. "Tell meeeeeeee!!"
"Nope"
Catra deeply sighed and mumbled something
"please"
"If I tell you, you can't rat me out."
"Fine." She rolled her eyes.
I began to explain my plan. It seems the guards change shifts every 8 hours, so we should try to get out while they change shifts. I would need Catra for getting the shackles off , so I guess I needed her for escaping more then I thought. 🤷‍♀️

"Why would you try to escape? Chances are you're just gonna end up back here, you know that. There's only like, a minute for shift changes."
"Yeah, that's why we should move fast."
Catra stayed silent for a few seconds ".....no"
"What?"
"I said no. If we try to escape they're gonna torture you, probably kill you. And if I go with you then they will most definitely kill me. Shadow Weavers been looking for a reason to finish me off, and this would make her day.
The only reason I'm still alive is because Hordak said I had to be. There's no escaping that we're prisoners, Adora."

I thought of how the Horde treated her, and honestly that makes a lot of sense. They'd blame her, and as she said, probably kill her. I didn't want to risk her getting killed, but if we do this right then we can go through without much risk.
"Catra, we don't have a lot of time. You can be mad at me for leaving that's fine, I understand. But I know that you hate it in here as much as I do. I know that we have to escape or we will die."

Catra ignored me and layed down. She rolled over "It's better in here then it was out there."

"What do you mean? You got force captain when I left an-"
"It was a fucking prison. Even when I was out of this stupid cell. Hordak never listened to my ideas, Connie pinned everything on me and made the whole group be against me. The only one who ever cared for me was...Scorpia..."

Catras voice seemed to fade at Scorpia's name,
which was odd to me, but I didn't say anything.

----Time Skip----

It had been minutes before I had seen or heard anything. I heard the guards change shifts and Catras soft snores. After a few moments Catra shot up from her sleep with tears in her eyes. She looked at me and quickly came over and hugged me. I was pretty shocked, to say the least but I hugged her back.

We stayed like that for a while. She seemed really upset about something, but knowing her I should wait until she's calmed down to try to figure out what's wrong. Once she stopped crying, I managed to say something.

"Are you alright, Catra..?"

"I had a nightmare..I don't wanna talk about it..." She stayed clinged to me, but honestly I didn't mind.

After a few minutes of uncomfortable silence, I could hear her soft snores once again. I subconsciously played with her hair. It was soft, yet rough. It fit her. I smiled softly until I fell asleep as well.

When I woke up, Catra was still snuggled up tightly next to me. She looked so at peace and she was drooling slightly. I tried not to laugh, but a small chuckle came out. Catra slowly fluttered her eyes open and sat up, when she realized where she was. Her face was flushed a dark shade of red when she went over back to her side of the cell.

I chuckled again and leaned the back of my head against the wall. We had been here for what feels like forever, I can see every little crack in the wall and each dent in the door.

I studied the dents. Someone had tried to escape before, it was obvious. I kept trying to think of how to convince Catra to come with me, but I couldn't think of anything reasonable. After a few hours, to both of our surprise, the door slid open to reveal a familiar face.

"Adora, it's nice to see you again. Are you enjoying your stay here so far?"

"Shadow Weaver, I don't know why you're keeping me OR Catra in here, but when I get out of here I'm gonna make sure you spend the rest of your life behind prison bars."

Shadow Weaver chuckled. "When you get out? My sweet child, you're scheduled to be executed tomorrow evening. There will be no escaping this time."

My eyebrows furrowed angrily. Before I could say anything, Shadow Weaver quickly walked out, the door slamming shut behind her. I felt my heartbeat speed up so I stood up and started pacing.

"You know, with how red your face is you might get a heart attack and die before tomorrow.🤷‍♀️" Catra chuckled.

I gave her a serious expression. She seemed to have gotten the message, and her expression changed. Catra got up and looked at me in a cold manner.

"It's not gonna be easy to get out of here, so I suggest you tell me your plan and you tell me ALL of it."

My eyes widened. Honestly, I was shocked.
"You...changed your mind..?"

"Look, it's not because I like you. But you don't deserve to die because of the stupid Horde."
I smiled and hugged Catra. Even if it's true that she doesn't like me, I at least have a shot at living.

"Get off me, just because I said I'd help doesn't mean we're buddies again." Catra pushed me off of her, but I'll be honest I expected that. I started to unwrap my plan, it seemed like it was gonna work.

Tomorrow is the day.

A/n
Hey yall🤠 I'm back 😎 Here's a chapter and I've come up with a plan for how I want this story to go. Idk if people are like- actually reading this or not but it's fun to right and I hope whoever does read this story is enjoying it so far 😌🥰
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