Super Pal Quad

Escape of the Crimson Waste

Catra's P.O.V.

I sighed as I carried the crate with Entrapa, trying hard not to drop it. With the weight of the crate combined with the sun beating me down, it made me exhausted. All I could think was that I couldn't wait to get to the hovercraft. 

"Are you okay, Catra?" Scorpia asked. "You mean besides from dying of heat. I'm just peachy." I muttered. "Don't worry, we shouldn't be too far from the hovercraft by now." Entrapta replied. 

"Great, cause I really hate this...." I said. "I'm sorry this mission has been kinda frustrating. But hey, not all of it was bad, right?" Scorpia said with a smile. I looked up at her, and smiled back. "Yeah, that's true. I got to hang out with you guys." she said. 

"Yeah see, there you go. Looking at the bright side. I mean, we have the supplies in hand and we're about to leave. How much worse can it get now?" Scorpia asked. That was when an arrow went flying past her face, barely missing her. She yelped and stepped back, while Entrapta and I froze. I quickly began to look around our surroundings. There were definitely at least five other people surrounding us, bearing weapons in their hands and glaring right at us.

"Uh oh...." Entrapta said.

"I think it just got worst for ya, ladies." we looked to an alley. I could see a figure in the shadows. They slowly emerged from the darkness, revealing themselves. It was a tall dark elf, one who had grey skin, pointy ears, long white hair, and red eyes. He wore a grey cloak with a white shirt underneath and black pants. I narrowed my eyes at him.

"I'm guessing you're Zane." I replied. "That is correct, my dear. And I see you have my property there." Zane replied. Scorpia looked to the crates, and smiled nervously. "Hehe, oh wow, would ya look at that, I uh, guess we do." she said. I don't understand. How did he find us anyway?

"There's no need to be afraid, ladies....not yet, anyway. Listen, I'm sure your innocent minds were manipulated by an old...acquaintance of mine, Double Trouble. You clearly seem like outsiders as well. So I'll be nice. I won't cause any trouble if you pay me the amount owed for those supplies. You not only get set free, but you get to keep the goods. Hows does that sound?" Zane asked. Melog growled at the elf, his mane and eyes glowing red. 

"One little problem with that solution, Zane, we spent all our money already. We don't have anything left." I said. Zane raised a brow, frowning. 

"Is that so?" he asked. "I'm telling the truth, we don't have any money left." I stated. "I see....that's a shame." Zane replied. He snapped his fingers, and his thugs started to come closer to us. I growled as they came closer, my tail swishing around frantically.

"Uh, Catra? What now?" Scorpia asked. 

"Look, we'll give you back the supplies, there doesn't have to be anymore trouble!" I stated. "I'm sorry, my dear, but its too late for that." Zane stated. I shrugged.

"Fine, you asked for it," I looked to Scorpia, "Scorpia, you can use magic now, right? Wanna put it to use?" I said. Scorpia perked up. 

"Oh yeah, good idea." She didn't hesitate to throw the crates into the air, and slam her claws onto the ground, causing red electricity to spread around us. It shocked everyone that was around us, and they each cried out in pain. By the time they had collapsed onto the ground, Scorpia caught the crates again. 

"This way!" I said, running down a nearby alley with Entrapta. 

"Come back here!" Zane snapped, pulling out a dagger and running towards us. I looked to Entrapta. "We need to ditch this third crate. It's gonna slow us down too much." I stated. "Awww, it's all brand new tech though." she whined.