She-Ra And The Princesses Of Power: Journey To Grayskull [UNFINISHED]

Chapter 5: The Skiff Trip

The Skiff flew across sending dusting flying behind it, the grass swaying violently backwards as the thrusters propelled the craft forward at high speeds, wind blowing against the craft and the team on board, the engines letting out a gentle mechanical hum as it continued to speed by.

"Alright, what's the plan?", Catra asked as she jumped down from the back fin where she clung to one-handed now placing a hand to her hip,

"Pick up our friends, take the tanks offline and take the engineer making them stronger hostage.", Adora explained,

"Hostage huh? If Bow and Glimmer were here they'd just leave them alone, they bickered for twenty minutes when they accidentally captured me.", Catra smirked,

"Yeah, 'accidentally'.", Adora rolled her eyes and made the heavy quotations gesture,

"Oh shut up Adora.", Catra groaned biting her lip and resting against the railing again before a loud crash echoed down below the deck,

"Uhh a little help?", Kyle called out,

"Be back in a minute.", Adora smirked running down to the cargo hold, it surprised Catra that the Skiff could even accommodate a room, the Skiff was rebuilt in something that resembled a smaller Horde ship, maybe half its size now, which was still impressive as it made out of worthless junk, impressive that it hadn't burst into flames yet,

"Moody again are we?", DoubleTrouble flashed a troublesome grin at the troubled feline as she walked up from below deck,

"Perhaps you didn't notice.", Catra hissed back before sighing deeply holding her hands together to her face and exhaling heavily, "Yes. Yes I'm a little moody, it's something I'm working on. ", she spoke in a softer and calmed tone,

"When did you get so nice and mature? I thought you were brash and confident and full of cocky bravado!", DoubleTrouble punched the air swinging, "I'll have to practice your character a lot more now, that'll be fun!", they clapped excitedly,

"How do you do it?", Catra asked turning her head to the green lizard suddenly anxious,

"Do what? Being fabulous?", DoubleTrouble smirked before it turned into a confused expression as Catra stared out to the land that zoomed past, trees, plants, the shimmering of the sun casting through them,

"I've never seen you lose your cool...not even once...how do you not....not crack under the pressure of it all?", Catra asked,

"Well for starters I don't have anyone.", DoubleTrouble hopped on and sat on the railing, holding the metal bar for support, "I just do what I want and I know what I want to do. Act, perform, be me, its quite a short list honey.", DoubleTrouble smiled, "I didn't like doing it. Telling you what you did wrong.", they admitted, "You gave me a good chance to do better with my skills, I wanted to return the favour.", they put a hand on Catra's shoulder.

Catra flinched, her body going tense, her grip tightening, her claws digging and scraping into the metal,"Return the favour? Return the favour?! You broke me! You made me feel helpless and hollow!", Catra hissed, "Why didn't I even bother asking you? You care for no one! How do I know you're not lying to me?",she spat aggressively at the shapeshifter who remained unphased by the outburst,

"What do I truly gain from lying to you?", they asked shaking their head and wagging their finger,

"That's just incredibly counterproductive and extremely dangerous and downright stupid. I've seen you fighting kitten, you're ferocious! Meow! ",they grinned again,

"I don't know everything about you kitten so I won't always have the right answer,just follow what your heart tells you, that's what I do, chao!", they hopped down and walked down into the hull and cargo hold, which was currently being used as a lounge for the shape-shifter.