"Bow!" Glimmer yanked him out of the way as a clone she could have sworn she'd knocked out already reached for his ankle. He was on it in a second, sending a shock arrow behind them without even stopping his stride. She heard it connect as they tore out of the computer room to find Prime's ship in utter tumult.

"Have you seen Adora?" Bow asked as they sprinted down the corridors of Prime's ship.

"No." She was still holding his arm and she let go, not sure what the rules were in whatever strange in-between place their friendship was in now. But she stayed close to his side. Every doorway they passed she tensed, expecting an attack. She hated feeling helpless like this.

If only she still had that staff thing she'd stolen from the trophy room, though at least she'd sacrificed it for an impressive amount of chaos. It had to have been magic or something because there was no other explanation for the sheer amount of destruction she'd caused by simply stabbing it down into the main computer. Explosions everywhere, electricity sparking across the walls.

Bow shook his head as if personally offended by it. "Not how computers work, but OK."

"This way!" Glimmer shouted and ran down the leftmost corridor. All around them Prime's ship was shuddering with rage, the walls sparking with menace. She glanced behind them to Entrapta who was dragging along that Horde clone they were bringing with them for some reason nobody had bothered to explain to her yet. Behind them, the heavy footsteps of at least a dozen clones ran after them with military precision. Did they ever get tired? She increased her pace to keep up with Bow, the muscles in her legs screaming.

They had to get out of here. Now. But where the hell was Adora? It had been too long since they lost communication with her, and that was not good. What if she hadn't found Catra yet? What if there wasn't a Catra anymore to find? What if Adora—

Bow grabbed her shoulder and yanked her backwards, just as a sparking section of ceiling slammed to the ground right in front of them. She breathed a thanks, but he'd already turned away. He was breathing heavily, the heart on his spacesuit rising and falling like it was beating.

"We'll have to find another way—" Bow hadn't even finished the thought before Glimmer leaped over the arcing voltage and kept running down the corridor. She wasn't letting anything stop her from getting out of here. Behind her, he sighed. "Or we could to that, I guess."

He'd follow her, she knew he would. Mad at her or not, he'd follow. After he'd checked in on her before she'd thought maybe things were better between them, that they were making progress, but maybe she was kidding herself to think they'd ever—

"They're right behind us!" Entrapta shouted as a blaster shot ricocheted somewhere behind them. Glimmer could hear them now, the eerie sound of heavy feet running down the corridor behind them. Entrapta grabbed Bow's arm. "We've got to get back to Darla, now!"

"We have to find Adora first." Bow's sounded so certain. He didn't doubt for a moment that their friend was alive, that they were going to find her and Catra and get out of this. Like they weren't already on borrowed time. His eternal optimism. It was one of the things about him she… but she couldn't think about that now.

"Adora will know to meet us at the ship." Glimmer knew there was a slightly hysterical edge to her voice, but the clones were coming closer and they were out of options. She was going to have to go back. She'd just gotten her freedom back and she would be right back where she started, that cell, the terror of never knowing if today was her last day, the crawling horror of Prime's cold hand touching her face and not being able to flinch away. Wondering every day if Prime would grow bored and decide she wasn't worth keeping. Wondering why he even was keeping her alive at all when he—

Oh. Realization spread through her body like ice.

They had reached a crossing, tunnels spreading out in every direction. She hesitated, trying to think, knowing they didn't have time for thinking. Because she was certain that escape, that the ship, was that way but—

"Glimmer?" Bow was watching her, his hand raised half an inch from her arm. Like he'd been thinking about touching her and had decided not to. Because everything between them was broken and it was all her fault.

She knew what she had to do.

"The ship is that way. Go. Meet Adora."

"Good plan!" Entrapta had already started dragging the Horde clone down the corridor, but Bow was looking at Glimmer strangely.

"What about you?" Of course Bow would see right through her, know what she was planning before she'd even formed the thought herself. Even with everything that had happened, he still knew her better than anyone. And for some reason, that just made her angry.

"Don't worry about me. I'm going to buy you time."

"Absolutely not."

"We don't have a choice!" Glimmer rounded on him. "Don't you see? You, Entrapta. He'll kill you. But he needs me alive. Prime needs the princesses, all the princess, to operate the Heart of Etheria." She was already starting back the way they'd come, moving towards the sound of the clones even as every voice in her head was screaming to go the opposite way.

Bow grabbed her arm and tried to tug her with him. "Glimmer, no! I just got you back."

"Damn it, Bow, we don't have time for this!" They were getting closer. Any minute now they'd come through that archway shooting to kill. She tugged out of his grasp and attempted an optimistic expression. "I'll buy you time and then… I'll catch up! Now go!"

"Glimmer, I—" He knew she was lying. He was looking at her with a mix of panic and despair, and for a minute she was terrified he was going to insist on coming with her, but then a blaster shot flew between them and they were truly out of time.

"Go! Please." She shoved him towards the hallway. He hesitated, and she tried to memorize his face but he turned and disappeared down the hallway. Which was what she'd wanted him to do, but still… It was like he'd torn out a part of her and taken it with him.

"Brothers!" One of the clones called, as they reached the crossing and spotted Glimmer standing there alone. Adrenaline pushed out everything else as her body tensed into action. "Whoever recovers the prisoner will be rewarded with Prime's glorious favor!"

Yeah, well, assholes, you're going to have to catch me first. "You want me? Come and get me!" She dove down a corridor she'd never been down before, one in the complete opposite direction than her friends had just gone.

Come on, follow me. It's me you want. Leave my friends alone.

"But where are the others?"

"Leave them! Prime needs the princess to operate the weapon!"

Footsteps coming closer. It was working! They were following her! A small sob of relief burst out of her and she pushed herself to move faster, put some distance between them.

Her friends would escape. Bow would escape. It was the least she could do for them after everything she'd done.

And she.. Well, she didn't want to think about what would happen to her when they caught her.

If they caught her.

Which she sure as hell wasn't going to let them do.