Chapter 5

                                    

                                          
"Well? What happened?" Netossa squirmed as the doctor set her broken leg. Spinerella held her wife's hand and whispered:
"It's okay, it's okay..." When it became obvious neither of the princesses were going to answer the queen's question, Swift Wind stepped forward:
"There was this one Horde soldier – they were crazy! They just ran forward and tackled Netossa, forcing her to ground! Spinerella blew them away but Netossa's leg was broken! That's when I swooped in the save the day, but the soldier leapt up super high and tazed me with their stun baton! I fell to the ground and don't know what happened after that..." Spinerella sighed, finishing the story:
"Netossa saved Swift Wind by wrapping him in a net and dragging him over to us. Meanwhile, I did my best to hold the soldier off...but they were incredibly strong! And while this fight was happening, an entire troop of Horde soldiers just stood still watching us – like the whole thing was some awful experiment!" Netossa, who was now recovering from the doctor's treatment, squeezed her wife's hand reassuringly and said:
"The Horde has changed tactics. They're not leading with bots anymore. They're leading with soldiers – more specifically this one. We need to be ready for them. If we work together, we can-" Juliet, who had been doing her best to keep her cool, finally lost it:
"What? Defeat one soldier?! What about the other one hundred? We've just received confirmation that the Horde is marching on Brightmoon – they'll be here in a few hours!" Angella put her head in her hands. No one had spoken about it yet, but a terrible storm was blowing outside the palace. It was unnatural, defined by its deafening thunder and bright red lightning, and it was originating from the Fright Zone. Not only that but there was an awful snow storm in the Whispering Woods, and the moving landscape had frozen in place. If it had not been for Swift Wind's quick recovery, there was no way he and the two princesses would have escaped. Angella then whispered:
"I'll activate the distress beacon. Maybe Princess Frosta will come...she's all we have left..." Juliet then turned the queen and almost yelled:
"With all due respect, Your Majesty, that's a terrible plan! We need to leave – we can't stay here! We need to go to Princess Frosta, not wait for her to come to us! I hate to state the obvious but we're all that's left of the Rebellion! Mermista, Perfuma, Entrapta...your daughter...they've all been captured or worse! Adora is...dead...and Princess Frosta has made it very clear that she does not want to be involved in this fight! The best we can hope from her is sanctuary – nothing else! We don't even have Bow or Mermista's friend - whatever his name was! It's hopeless. It's completely hopeless..."
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Entrapta laughed giddily as the Black Garnet glowed even redder from all the energy it was consuming. Bow was handcuffed to a pipe in the corner of the room, watching helplessly as the princess literally hacked the planet.
Hordak had dropped by at least three times since this whole operation began. He was clearly quite taken with the princess and her incredible skillset. Bow was amazed by it too, but he could not help but feel really hurt by what Entrapta was doing.
Bow understood the princess better than most people (being a bit of a science geek himself). He knew how exciting it was to explore, discover, design and create, but Entrapta did not seem to have a moral compass to guide her scientific endeavours. Not only that but she seemed to actually enjoy working with Hordak, as well as causing untold damage outside the Fright Zone.
Bow tried to yell at Entrapta again, but it was no use. The rag he was gagged with was tied so tightly he could not even move his mouth. Bow slumped back down to the ground in despair. He thought of Adora, all alone in a cell in the deepest darkest depths of the Fright Zone.