"Serenia. Portal. Mara." Bow read aloud the strange glyphs on his pad. He turned to Bumblebee who stood beside him at the castle courtyard. "Any chance that Mara's last name is Serenia or that the portal is Serenia?"
Bumblebee buzzed shaking his head.
"You're right. So far, we're going nowhere. I thought I'd get a better chance to solving after I hooked the Golden Disk directly into my pad. But clearly, I've got nothing." Suddenly, his pad screen blinked red and it made a beeping sound. The sound of it made Bow panic. "No! Was that today? This can't be happening! Not now!"
Bumblebee buzzed in concern.
"Uh… It's nothing, Bee." Bow said as if he was in a rush. "Look, I gotta go be somewhere for a while and you can't ask me where or why. If Glimmer asks, tell her I'm fine."
Bumblebee buzzed in annoyance.
"Yeah. Sorry. Forgot she couldn't understand you." Bow picked out a piece of paper and wrote on it. He then passed it to his partner. "Just give this to her." Bow ran off before Bumblebee could buzz any further.
"ADORA!" Glimmer yelled out as she teleported into Adora's room. She was asleep, but as soon as she was woken up, she pulled out a small dagger. Hot Rod, Arcee, and Bumblebee walked in.
"Why do you sleep with a dagger?" Hot Rod asked.
"For protection. It's how I was raised." Adora said. "Anyway, what's going on, Glimmer?"
"It's Bow!" Glimmer said holding out the same paper that Bumblebee was told to give her. "He's in trouble!"
"Are you sure, Glimmer?" Arcee asked. "That note just says 'I'm fine. Don't follow me.'"
"He's not fine!" Glimmer yelled out. "We have to find him!"
Glimmer took point in a search into the Whispering Woods. Adora and the three Autobots followed, but they all didn't look as concerned as the Princess of Bright Moon.
"Glimmer, no need to step on your paranoia," Hot Rod said, "But if Bow wrote us a note that he was fine, don't you think that means he is?"
"If he was fine, he would've just told us he was leaving! And after finding out that Golden Disk had some secret message about Mara…"
"Glimmer, calm down." Adora said. "If it'll settle your nerves, let's find out."
"Right." Arcee said. "Bumblebee, did Bow give you any indication about where he was going?"
Bumblebee buzzed shaking his head.
"Well, that's a problem." Hot Rod said. "Well, Glimmer, where does Bow usually go when he's not at Bright Moon? We can check out any of those places."
Glimmer widened her eyes and chuckled nervously with uncertainty. "Yeah. I guess that would help, wouldn't it?"
"You don't know where he goes?" Adora asked.
"Look, Bow really values his privacy." Glimmer said. "He's never talked about his past or where he came from. And you guys know how talkative and open Bow is."
"Right." Hot Rod said. "In fact, I think he might be too open sometimes."
"Exactly. That's how I know something's wrong." Glimmer said.
Adora knelt down to look at a pair of footprints she found. She then gasped when she found something in the bushes. She pulled out Bow's signature bow, arrows, and quiver.
"There's no way Bow would ever leave his trick arrows behind!" Glimmer said.
"Okay, maybe your theory of Bow being in trouble isn't as far-fetched as we thought." Hot Rod said. "But where could he…"
Bumblebee buzzed pointing past the trees. Everyone followed his finger and they approached a large, pink tower with columns that fill on the side.
"What is that place?" Arcee asked.
"I don't know." Glimmer said. "But if Bow's anywhere, maybe he's in there." She made contact with her friends and teleported them in. What they didn't notice was Laserbeak watching from a shot distance behind.
Once Glimmer got inside of the tower with the other Autobots, they found themselves in a dark room that was barely visible. Still, they were able to see the cabinets, glass case tables, reading chairs, and many, many shelves filled with books.
"Is this a library?" Arcee asked. "What kind of danger could Bow be in here?"
"Glimmer, have you ever heard of a library in the Whispering Woods?" Adora asked.
"No." Glimmer said.
Just then, the room door began to open. Everyone prepared their battle stances, but dropped them when Bow came in with his arms full of books and scrolls. He sighed before getting a good look at his friends who he then gasped to.
"Bow, I'm so glad we found you!" Glimmer cheered. Bow panicked and tried to shush at her.
"We're here to break you out from… whatever this place is." Adora said. Bow shushed her too.
"Bow, what's wrong?" Hot Rod asked. "You don't seem like a prisoner. You don't even dress…"
Glimmer gasped loudly when she noticed how Bow was dressed. Instead of his usual armor, he had on a white, neat shirt that was tucked into his neat pants. Of course, Glimmer was focusing on the tucked part of the shirt. "WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO YOU?!"
"Bow, who are we fighting?" Arcee asked.
"No one." Bow replied quietly. "You shouldn't be here. You need to leave now before…" He panicked once more when he heard the door open again. He swiped the bow, arrows, and Adora's sword before throwing them underneath a cabinet and into a potted plant respectfully. "Guys, you gotta tuck in you guns now!"
"What? Why?" Arcee asked.
"Hurry!" Bow shouted and the Cybertronians put away their guns instantly. That's when the door opened completely and two men entered the room turning on the light.
Both men had the same skin tone as Bow. The taller man had long hair, a pair of glasses, and a five o'clock shadow. The other guy had neatly cut hair and a mustache.
"What's going on?" the mustache man asked. "Bow, who are these people?"
"Play along." Bow whispered before approaching the two men. "This is Adora, Glimmer, Hot Rod, Arcee, and Bumblebee. Guys… meet my dads."
"So you are Bow's friends." The mustache man asked with a smile on his face. His husband clearly looked more excited.
"We're so happy to finally meet Bow's school friends!"
"His what now?" Hot Rod asked.
Starscream walked in on Catra in a hallway at the Fright Zone. She marched left and right addressing the cadets and Scorpia who were in line.
"I need you to beef up security." Catra said. "Bring all reports directly to me. No one else. I want patrols doubled. Above all…" Catra had a moment where she looked afraid. Starscream noticed and slowly approached. "Ahem. As I was saying, report anything suspicious to me. Now, move!" Everyone shrugged and moved on walking past Starscream.
"What was that about?" the Decepticon asked.
"It's nothing." Catra said.
"Really? Because it seems that you were trying to keep them from something." Starscream said. "What's going on? What kind of suspicious activity are they supposed to be on the look out for?"
Catra gritted her teeth. "That's my business."
Starscream raised an eyebrow suspiciously.
Bow's dads (the tall was is named Lance and the one with the mustache is named George) had finished setting everything up for their guests. They set up the fireplace and put out tea.
"If any of you want anything, just tell me." Lance said.
"I have to admit," George said, "When Bow told us that we had alien visitors who have come to share knowledge with all archivists at the Academy of Historic Enterprises, I thought he was making it up for a moment. This is quite fascinating."
"Yep." Bow said nervously. "They're real all right?"
"The alien part, maybe." Hot Rod whispered. "Bow, what in the name of the All-Spark are you doing?"
"I'll explain later." Bow whispered back.
"Ooh!" Lance cheered. "I bet you're here to see our collection of First Ones artifacts!"
"First Ones artifacts?" Adora asked.
"Yep. Whole new pieces of First Ones pottery." George said. "Bow's older brother sent them." That made Glimmer spit out the tea she was currently sipping.
"Bow has an older brother?" Adora asked.
"Youngest of 13, all historians like us," Lance proclaimed, "And just like Bow when he graduates and takes over the library. Right, Bow?" Bow put on a very sweaty look on his face very nervous to be sipping his tea as well.
"Don't bother, Lance." George said. "It looks like he's not very 'cha-tea' today." He laughed at his own joke.
"Just wait until we show you guys the oldest part of our collection." Lance said. "A shard from an ancient, defunct rune stone."
George sternly placed his teacup on its plate looking serious. "If it wasn't of historical value, that thing would be long gone. No need to keep a reminder of the Princesses and their war."
"What?" Arcee asked. "Didn't the Horde start the war? The Princesses are fighting to save Etheria."
"Right. You only came to Etheria a few months ago, so you haven't witnessed the first failed Princess Alliance. Before that, I enlisted, fought for what I thought was right. And when I came home, there was nothing left of my village but ash. I vowed then that my family would never get mixed up in fighting or the Princesses again."
The Autobots turned their attention to Bow, who simply lowered his head. While they did that, Lance comforted his husband.
"Well, I know how to lighten the mood." Lance said. "Baby pictures! I've got some great ones from Bow's first bubble bath!"
"I'M GONNA SHOW MY FRIENDS MY ROOM NOW!" Bow yelled out suddenly. He pushed all the other Autobots out into the hallway and closed the door tight behind them.
"Bow, what is going on?" Glimmer asked.
Bow groaned. "My dads don't know I'm a Rebellion fighter. They think I'm at boarding school and I'm supposed to be on break right now."
"Is this why you never talked about your past?" Arcee asked. "Glimmer made it seem like it was dark and painful."
"I thought it was." Glimmer said. "Your dads seem so nice and normal."
Bumblebee buzzed.
"Look, I love my dads." Bow said. "I never mentioned them because they decided when I was just a kid that I was gonna stay home and take over the library when they retire. But I wanted to travel, to fight. So I did the only thing I could… I secretly taught myself archery, ran away, and pretended I was at a made-up boarding school."
Bumblebee buzzed.
"More than elaborate, I'd say." Hot Rod said.
"You saw what they're like. They don't listen. They just assume they know what I want. If Lance knew I didn't want to be a historian… Worse, if George knew that I'm a Rebellion soldier fighting alongside Princesses, it'd kill them."
"Bow, these secrets are not healthy." Arcee said. "Remember Mystacor, when Castaspella revealed how she lied to Sari all these years? She almost destroyed the entire island."
"They're not alien sorcerers. They're just overbearing librarians. It's completely different. Please, you gotta help me keep up the act. Besides, my dads have the biggest collection of First Ones artifacts and writings in Etheria. This is the perfect place to look for answers."
"The Golden Disk." Adora said.
"Exactly." Bow said. "We may be able to solve the Golden Disk message."
"Well, sure. Why not?" Adora said. "I'm on board. We can be scholars. How hard can it be?"
Hot Rod sighed. "Fine. But you better not make me do anything embarrassing. What exactly have you told your dads about us?"
"Well, I wrote letters to them and told them that Glimmer is a physics major, Adora's an art major, nobody is a Princess or has magical powers, we all met freshman year, and the Autobots are traveling scholars from outer space sharing knowledge with the academy. Okay, let's go."
Catra groaned as she rummaged through all the papers in her quarters. She was so focused, she didn't have time to greet Starscream and Scorpia as they entered.
"Hey, Catra." Scorpia said. "Listen, I've been looking for anything suspicious like you said, but this is the Fright Zone, so that's pretty much everything. I was hoping you could tell me what I'm supposed to be looking for?"
"If you spent more time following orders and less time questioning them, you wouldn't need me to?" Catra hissed.
"Why would I follow your orders? We're partners. I don't have to listen to you." Starscream said. "Spill it, cat. What are you trying to hide?"
"Nothing!" Catra yelled out.
"Okay, wildcat." Scorpia said as she circled Catra's bed. "I really didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice."
"What are you doing?" Catra asked.
"Yeah, what are you doing?" Starscream repeated.
Scorpia grabbed Catra's blankets and quickly scooped Catra in them. She wrapped the blankets around her and rocked her side to side much to Catra's embarrassment. Catra yelled out at Starscream who snickered.
"You're enjoying this, aren't you?" Catra asked. "Get her to let go!"
"No, and it's not just because of the entertainment value." Starscream said. "If you want her to stop, I suggest you tell me what you're trying to hide."
"I LOST SHADOW WEAVER!" Catra confessed loudly. Both Starscream and Scorpia widened their eyes in surprise and fear. "Shadow Weaver escaped. I have to find her before Hordak learns the truth."
"Are… you… KIDDING ME?!" Starscream asked.
"Hey, calm down, Scream." Scorpia said.
"Calm down? How can I calm down?" Starscream asked. "If Megatron and Hordak learns about this, it's game over for the both of us!"
"Why you?" Catra asked. "I'm the one who messed up. So why are you making a fuss about it?"
"Uh… that's none of your business." Starscream said. "Right now, all that matters is finding Shadow Weaver. Did she give you any indication of where she would've gone?"
"No. She didn't." Catra said.
"You know," Scorpia said, "I bet Entrapta can whip up a locator."
"NO!" Catra protested. "Entrapta spends time with Hordak and is bad with secrets! The minute we tell Entrapta, she tells him, then it's over! Not one word of Shadow Weaver's escape leaves this room."
They had no idea, but Hordak's impish gargoyle spy was sitting in the air vents listening in on everything.
George and Lance showed Bow's friends around the library to see preserved relics and even a play area where their son played pretend. After a few lessons, Bow came out to ask his dads.
"So for school, we got this First Ones puzzle to solve. The last word is giving us trouble. Have you ever heard of Serenia?"
George and Lance immediately gathered every scroll and document they believed they needed and presented them.
"Serenia was the name of a mythical First Ones hero." George said.
"This is everything we have on her from the first floor." Lance said. "There's lots more on the second."
"Sheesh." Hot Rod thought to himself. "No wonder Bow wanted out of this life."
"This could take a while." Arcee said.
"Hours, days, maybe weeks." Lance said. "And if you're lucky, it could even last a lifetime."
George sighed. "You're so corny."
Adora read one of the papers. "Well, this one's about aqueducts, so it's mislabeled."
Both Lance and George were surprised at that. "Wait!" Lance gasped. "You can read First Ones writing?"
Hot Rod chuckled. "Guess it was a surprise branch in her art major."
George extended his arm which had a First Ones glyph tattooed on it. "What does this say?"
"Uh, it says 'lunch'."
George looked embarrassed while his husband laughed loudly. "Oh, no. I thought it said 'love'."
"I LIKE THIS GIRL!" Lance laughed hystercally.
Bumblebee sat up from the studies and paced around looking outside. He could see the forest outside, but something else caught his eyes, something that was closing in. Bumblebee whirred in panic before running up to everyone else.
"Whoa, Bee, where's the fire?" Bow asked.
Bumblebee buzzed in a frenzy.
"What do you mean 'he's coming'?" Bow asked. "He who?"
His question was answered when the wall burst open. Lockdown transformed into his robot mode and turned to everyone. The Autobots took defensive position while George and Lance were petrified.
"Hey, everyone. Nice library. But I'm here for a different source of information."
"Lockdown!" Arcee growled. She pulled out her gun much to Bow's panic. He even panicked more when Adora pulled out her sword.
"ADORA, NO!"
"FOR THE HONOR OF GRAYSKULL!"
Adora changed into She-Ra and went after Lockdown. He blocked her sword strikes with his hook. While the other Autobots charged in while Bow brought his dads to cover. The two men saw the Autobots shooting at Lockdown who was using gadgets to keep them at bay.
"Bow," Lance said, "Are your friends... princesses?"
"You are going to tell us what is happening right now, young man!" George yelled.
"Right now, we have to get out before Lockdown hurts us!" Bow said.
"You know who that is?" Lance asked.
"We've run into him before! He's a bounty hunter, and he must be here because he somehow tracked the Golden Disk I have!"
"YOU'VE RUN INTO HIM BEFORE?!" George asked. "WHO ARE YOU?!"
Lockdown released his hook with a chain that connected to his stump. He swung it around wrapping it around Hot Rod's ankle. "Let's all go for a spin!" He swung around throwing Rod all around the library. Arcee shot at him to make him stop and release him. Lockdown took advantage of Arcee advancing toward him and lifted his chain up. He then slipped behind Arcee and wrapped it around her throat.
"We've got to stop meeting like this, you know. People will talk." Lockdown noticed the other Autobots approaching him, so he brought his hook back and held it to Arcee's face. "Back off or your little friend is going to lose face, literally." Everyone stopped. "There you go. Now, I know the Golden Disk is here. Simply hand it over to me and no one will get hurt. Traumatized, perhaps, but not hurt. I'm a man of my word after all."
Bow looked over to the back of Lockdown's feet and saw that it was the same cabinet where he hid his weapons. "I promise, I'll explain everything later, but right now, you have to trust me!"
Bow leaped out of his hiding place to run around Lockdown's feet. He crouched down to reach it eventually pulling it out. He armed himself with his bow and arrows and made his first shot. It connected right at the side of Lockdown's head making him grunt and release Arcee who then spun a kick right to him.
The bounty hunter growled over at Bow's direction. "You little brat! I'll skin you alive! You won't..."
Again, the wall burst open. But instead of a Decepticon bounty hunter, it was the Autobot leader, Optimus Prime. He charged in made quick work of Lockdown. Despite the bounty hunter fighting back, Optimus got the best of him and dropped him down to his face. Lockdown kept fighting, but Optimus ended the fight by aiming his cannon point blank at his back. One blast and Lockdown had a massive, fatal hole in his chest. He could no longer fight back.
"Optimus, you came!" Glimmer cheered. "Wait, how did you know we needed help?"
"Bumblebee radioed in." Optimus said. "Came as quickly as I could."
"WHAT IS GOING ON?!" George yelled out as he came out of his hiding place with Lance.
"I... believe I may require a briefing." Optimus said.
"I can give you the short version, sir." Hot Rod said. "Those are Bow's parents, they want him to be a historian, so Bow's been lying to them for years."
"WHAT?!" both of Bow's dads yelled out.
Bow sighed and confronted them. "I... I lied to you. There is no Academy of Historic Enterprises. I've been living at Bright Moon fighting in the Rebellion alongside Adora, Princess Glimmer, and the Autobots. And they're not here to share knowledge. They're here to help us fight against their enemies, the Decepticons, who have joined forces with the Horde."
"...But why do all this?" Lance asked.
"I don't want to be a historian. I've never wanted to be a historian. I'm not a shy bookworm. I'm not a genius like you two. I make things. I'm a soldier. This is who I am. I can't lie about it anymore even though I know that I'm breaking your hearts."
George walked up to Bow and hugged him. "What's breaking our hearts is the fact that you thought you had to lie about who you are."
"You're not mad?" Bow asked. "But I'm a fighter and you hate fighters."
"I could never hate you. If you feel like you belong in the Rebellion, that's where you belong."
"Why didn't you just tell us?" Lance asked.
"I tried, but you didn't listen. You only listened to me if I said what you wanted to hear."
"We had no idea you felt that way." Lance said beginning to tear up. "We were just trying to encourage you to pursue to your dreams. We thought we were being supportive, when really, we were being terrible."
"We love you the way you are, Bow." George said. "We're proud of you no matter what path you take in life."
Bow teared up and hugged both of his fathers. Adora, Glimmer, and Bumblebee joined in on the hug too.
While all that was happening, Hot Rod and Arcee dragged the wounded Lockdown outside so the kids wouldn't see them. It was clear from the great Energon leaking out of him that he wasn't going to last long until he would eventually die.
"You're not getting out of this that easily, you piece of scrap metal." Arcee growled. "We don't want the kids to see what we do if you don't give us what we want."
"And... what would that be?" Lockdown asked weakly.
"You killed many of our friends and let the Decepticons experiment on the rest." Hot Rod said. "A Decepticon hired you to hunt them in Megatron's stead. We need to know who it was."
Lockdown chuckled not answering.
"You're dying, but there's still time to hurt you." Arcee threatened. "Now, talk or else..."
"Why not?" Lockdown asked. "It's not like it'll make a difference anyway. His name is..." He coughed out a bit of Energon before finishing his statement. "C... Cyclonus." He tilted his head down and let the wound finish the job.
"Cyclonus. Who is that?" Hot Rod asked.
"I don't know, but at least we have a name now." Arcee said.
After the bounty hunter was settled, everyone sat hoping he wouldn't bother them again. After that, Bow showed his dads the Golden Disk message. "We managed to reassemble the Golden Disk after weeks of fighting over it with the Horde. And when we finally completed it, we found several layers of firewall, so it'll be some time to get through them all. All we got was this strange message. If we knew what Serenia meant, we could figure out the rest."
"Wait a second." George said looking over the message with his husband. "Lance, what does this pattern look like?"
Lance gasped. "I think you're right!"
"What is it?" Hot Rod asked.
"You're from outer space, right? So surely you can tell what this means. Just really look at it." George advised.
Optimus took another look at the message with a close examination. Then, his eyes widened. "These aren't words at all."
"Exactly!" Lance cried out. "Good thinking!"
"Believe it or not, I used to be a historian myself, a data clerk to be exact." Optimus said.
"You were?" Bow asked.
"Enough about that." Adora said. "If those aren't words, what are they?"
"The world of the First Ones was different from ours." George began to explain. "Climate, language, even the sky was different, filled with certain cosmic formations not found on Despondos."
Hot Rod widened his eyes. "Stars."
"The First Ones used them to navigate and named constellations after mythical heroes, including Serenia."
"So Serenia isn't a person." Adora said. "It's a constellation. But what does that have to do our situation now?"
"If the First Ones used constellations to navigate, perhaps Zeta Prime is telling us to do the same." Optimus said.
"How would he know First Ones navigation?" Arcee asked. "We've never interacted with the First Ones."
"Well... I mean there was time he was MIA." Hot Rod said.
"MIA?" Glimmer asked.
"Missing in action." Arcee said. "During a failed space bridge experiment, Zeta Prime had disappeared with no trace. He eventually returned, but he then spent the rest of his life to ridding Cybertron of everything space bridge related. Generators. Data. You name it. He sacrificed his own life to finish that mission, but no one could figure out why. Many believed it had something to do with his hiatus."
"You think it has something to do with the First Ones?" Bow asked.
Bumblebee buzzed.
"He's right. Anything is possible." Arcee agreed. "So how do we navigate with Serenia?"
"Before the stars disappeared, Serenia would only appear during the summer," George said, "And only over one place. The Crimson Waste."
"What's there?" Hot Rod asked.
"Nothing." Lance said. "It's a no-man's land, a giant lifeless desert. No one's ever made it that far and come back alive."
"Then why is Zeta Prime telling us to go there?" Adora asked. "This doesn't make any sense."
"I don't know." Optimus said. "But one thing is for sure, we will eventually have to go there once we've prepared enough. It may take some time, but we could pull it off."
Starscream had shivers when he was summoned onboard Megatron's quarters on the Nemesis. He cleared his throat before meeting up with him. "You... summoned me, Lord Megatron."
Megatron began his slow approach to his right-hand Con. "Tell me, Starscream, do you recall our conversation the day I first set foot on this planet?"
"Uh... Very much, sir. I knew we had a long talk as I wrestled with convincing you to join forces with Hordak."
"Yes. My first impression of him and his Horde was utter disgust. But you kept making certain arguments that brought me closer and closer to your argument. These days, I don't regret my decision and I decided to keep my alliance with the Horde, despite the issues with the staff."
Starscream began to get worried. "The staff, sir?"
Megatron got closer. "Despite all your arguments, I originally found the Horde to be unnecessary and not impactful at all. But you highlighted your debate by telling me about the Etherian girl you fraternized with, Force Captain Catra. You held her in such high regard, more than most others you have met. You even bet your own life how useful she was. And so, a deal was struck. Do you remember what it us?"
Starscream gulped. "That... you'd join forces with Hordak. And in return, if Catra ever messed up, if she ever made a mistake so drastic, she'd receive great punishment, I would take an equal amount of responsibility and be punished the same as her."
"The fact that you agreed so quickly about that showed me how invested you were in her and the Horde, so I decided to humor you and work with Hordak for the time being. And you, you've been very careful ever since not to let Catra make any mistakes. But it appears... that you weren't careful enough."
Starscream was getting afraid. "I... I don't..."
"I know that Catra lost her prisoner who she was supposed to banish. Right now, she is being incarcerated by Hordak until her punishment is sentenced. So in the meantime, I'll have to put you in the cell next to hers. Still, nothing's keeping me from a little... stress relief."
Starscream panicked tripping over backwards. He tried to crawl away, but he knew there was no use. He couldn't escape from Megatron who brushed his metal knuckles. "NO, LORD MEGATRON! LET ME EXPLAIN! I BEG OF YOU! NOOOOOO!"
"We believed that we knew everything we had to know about who we were and how our relationship was with the beings of Etheria. But our latest discoveries have given us very few answers and many more questions. I do not yet understand what it is that Zeta Prime has planned for us or what he wishes for us to discover, but if we do, perhaps we can change the fates of our two worlds. My name is Optimus Prime, and I send this message to all Autobots on Etheria. The Golden Disk mystery has only begun."
Later that night, Adora was fast asleep in her room while Hot Rod slept in his quarters just outside. However, Adora had an unexpected visitor enter her room. While she drifted off under her covers, the visitor casted a shadow over her. Even with that, Adora had not noticed. This visitor was someone who had come a very long way and was brought to the brink of death just to see the girl she watched over.
It was Shadow Weaver.
Author's Note: At long last, the second volume of Princesses of Power and Robots in Disguise is done. It wasn't as exciting for me to make as I hoped, but I'm sure it'll get a lot better in the future. And I think you'll all love it too because now, things are really getting heated up.
Sorry if the end of Lockdown's story was a bit anticlimactic. I had been wondering how to end it, and this seemed like the best way. I have no plans to have Lockdown in the future and this further sets up the mystery of Cyclonus. It was the best idea I could think of.
In any case, it will be some time before I get started with the next volume. So I hope you're excited about it as I am, with a great secret about Adora, further mysteries of Zeta Prime, a new Maximal, a villain growing darker, and a day of very tragic loss. All of that will be included in the next volume, Princesses of Power and Robots in Disguise: Rise and Fall.
Any and all comments are welcome.