Chapter VI: Of Faustian Deals and Dreams
Back on Earth, Teela and Adora had dozed out on the couch, exhausted from the events that have transpired during the day. Neither of them slept soundly, Adora was having nightmares, she was dreaming that she was witnessing Adam's execution, she could see all the details as if it had actually happened. The horror on little Duncans face at seeing his father killed before his eyes; the look of anger, snadness, despair, and extreme hatred for Hordak as she saw Adam's lifeless body drop to the ground. The look of cruel inhuman glee on Hordak's demonic face at seeing one of his enemie parish. She could here Teela cry out in wild lamentation "NO, I'LL KILL YOU, YOU VILE MONSTER"; Duncan crying at the fact of not being able to see his father anymore; and worst all she could hear Hordak's demonic laughter as he said words that sounded chillingly like the words he said all those years ago when he took Adora from Eternia "You may have stopped me in the past from carrying out my dreams, but you will never see Adam again." She saw the troopers come in and drag Adam's body carelessly way to be 'disposed of '; she could see Adam's blood trail from his severed neck; then she turned around to Man-At-Arms who was sitting beside her, she went to go say to him 'what will happen now' but then she noticed his head was drooped down she lifted his head up only to find that he was dead, he had died from the shock of seeing his student and friend be killed unmercifully at the hands of Hordak. A few moments later two other troopers came in approached her and said "Princess Adora your next" she tried to scream but couldn't, ot was at the moment she awoke and screamed "NO!!!" Her scream woke up Teela who asked her with concern "Adora, are you ok" Adora looked at Teela and replied in a firhtend voice "yes, I just had a nightmare" "About what?" Teela asked "Adam" she saiad "You too, but remember it's only a dream. Just then, they heard a knock on the door, Teela got up to answer it and to her shock it was a Horde Trooper. She got out her Snake Staff prepared to fight the soilder, but the soilder just stood there and said "Is this residence of Princess Adora" Teela replied "Yes, what is it to you" "She has been invited to attend a prayer service at The Chruch of St. John the Divine for Prince Adam" he replied. Teela looked at Adora and said, "You feel like going to a prayer service, it's for prince Adam" Adora Nodded. The trooper asked, "Are you Teela, the Prince's wife?" "Yes" she said "You, your son, and your father are also invited to attend" he said while a printout was being spewed out a opening on the troopers torso, "here are the directions" he said pull the printout from the printer and handing it to Teela and with that the trooper left and Teela closed the door.
Back on Horde Alpha, Father O'Reilly returned to Adam's cell. "Wake up Prince Adam" he said as tried get the prince to wake up. "What's going on" Adam asked as finally awoke by his new friends voice. "I have good news" the preacher reoplied "what Horadk's decided let me go?" Adam asked as he sat up, "No, but, I have managed to commute your sentence dopen to 500 years and Hordak has allowed you to have prayer service so you can see your family." Adam smiled and said "Thank you" the priest smiled,a nd with that prince Adam went back to sleep. Like Adora, he too was having nightmares. He dreamt that he and Teela were back on Eternia. It was like everything was back to normal, his father , mother and sister; Man-At-arms and the other masters; and the sorceress were all there celebrating the birth of Duncan with a party, when all of a sudden, Skeletor burst in. He was wounded, his body was riddled with daggers and was bleeding profusely; his skull was cracked and his jaw was split in two. "Randor" the Overlord of Evil said as he tried to keep his jaw in one piece and used his Havok Staff as a cruch. "You're all in danger.Hordak.he's going to destroy Eternia, my warriors tried to stop him but we were outnumbered.I am the only surviving member of my party" he said, the pain he's enduring more than obvious. "Keldor, we have to get you to a medic" Randor said as looked down at his brother, "No time.you have to leave.I have a AHHHH" he said as words cut off by a laser blast. Moments later, Hordak himself came into the room, he stepped on Skeletor's lifeless body and kicked his Skull causing it land right in front of Adam's feet. "What a charming scene" he said in a mockingly tone of voice. He walked up in front of Teela and snatched the baby from her "He will make a fine force captain" He said looking at the baby. "You won't get that chance Adam said as he drew forth his sword of power, "By the Power of Grayskull!" Adam said as he raised his sword up in order to become he man, but as soon as he said those words the Sword of Power disintegrated, "Some father you are" Hordak said laughing at the prince. Adora then walked up to Hordak and said "you won't do him what you did to me" she drew out the Sword of Protection and said "For the Honor of Grayskull" in order to become She-Ra, but the same thing happened to her that happened to Adam, her sword disintegrated "What a pathetic aunt, you can't even save your nephew form the fate you were condemned to, Force Captain Adora" Hordak gloated and walked away from her. "Father, stop them" Adora and Adam implored Randor, but he did not answer "father.." Adora asked as she went up in front of him, she found out why Randor had not answered. He was dead; somehow Hordak must have used some magic to turn all of the masters into skeletons. Adora cried as she gazed on the bones of her father. While Adam and Adora were mourning the loss their father Hordak had opened a portal to his ship and said "farewell, oh and my Horde troopers will be coming to retrieve you, you'll enjoy you new life as members of the Horde" he said as walked through the portal. While they were not sure they thought heard the baby said "why couldn't you save me?" Adam went to go console Adora when he looked at his hand, the skin was coming off he was becoming a skeleton, he then heard Adora scream he went to her to find out the same thing, she too was turning into a skeleton. Their muscles were no so weak that they could stand. Adam went over to Adora when he the Horde Troopers come in, they were taking the corpse to be burned. He took Adora and put her on the couch so she could rest. Then he went over to his wife's corpse but then the Troopers came to take her away, as the carrying the body of Teela out of the room he noticed the she wasn't a skeleton, but she was dying, as the trooper walked out her eyes opened said very weakly "Adam, Why won't you save me" he tried to walk over to the trooper but he collapsed on the floor, he was dying. He tried to pick himself up but couldn't then he saw laying on the floor, the skull of Skeletor, but it wasn't a skull it was a normal head, save the blue skin, the eyes opened and then it spoke I told you so, I told you to leave, but you didn't, now your son will fill the vacancy your sister created when she became good. Adam tried say something but couldn't, he was too weak. Soon the troopers came to Adam, they looked at him and said "this one is still alive" The second one said "Let him rot here, the Snakemen will take care of him" with That they left the room carrying the last of the bodies, Adora's, it was at that moment when he woke up.
Back on Earth, Teela and Adora had dozed out on the couch, exhausted from the events that have transpired during the day. Neither of them slept soundly, Adora was having nightmares, she was dreaming that she was witnessing Adam's execution, she could see all the details as if it had actually happened. The horror on little Duncans face at seeing his father killed before his eyes; the look of anger, snadness, despair, and extreme hatred for Hordak as she saw Adam's lifeless body drop to the ground. The look of cruel inhuman glee on Hordak's demonic face at seeing one of his enemie parish. She could here Teela cry out in wild lamentation "NO, I'LL KILL YOU, YOU VILE MONSTER"; Duncan crying at the fact of not being able to see his father anymore; and worst all she could hear Hordak's demonic laughter as he said words that sounded chillingly like the words he said all those years ago when he took Adora from Eternia "You may have stopped me in the past from carrying out my dreams, but you will never see Adam again." She saw the troopers come in and drag Adam's body carelessly way to be 'disposed of '; she could see Adam's blood trail from his severed neck; then she turned around to Man-At-Arms who was sitting beside her, she went to go say to him 'what will happen now' but then she noticed his head was drooped down she lifted his head up only to find that he was dead, he had died from the shock of seeing his student and friend be killed unmercifully at the hands of Hordak. A few moments later two other troopers came in approached her and said "Princess Adora your next" she tried to scream but couldn't, ot was at the moment she awoke and screamed "NO!!!" Her scream woke up Teela who asked her with concern "Adora, are you ok" Adora looked at Teela and replied in a firhtend voice "yes, I just had a nightmare" "About what?" Teela asked "Adam" she saiad "You too, but remember it's only a dream. Just then, they heard a knock on the door, Teela got up to answer it and to her shock it was a Horde Trooper. She got out her Snake Staff prepared to fight the soilder, but the soilder just stood there and said "Is this residence of Princess Adora" Teela replied "Yes, what is it to you" "She has been invited to attend a prayer service at The Chruch of St. John the Divine for Prince Adam" he replied. Teela looked at Adora and said, "You feel like going to a prayer service, it's for prince Adam" Adora Nodded. The trooper asked, "Are you Teela, the Prince's wife?" "Yes" she said "You, your son, and your father are also invited to attend" he said while a printout was being spewed out a opening on the troopers torso, "here are the directions" he said pull the printout from the printer and handing it to Teela and with that the trooper left and Teela closed the door.
Back on Horde Alpha, Father O'Reilly returned to Adam's cell. "Wake up Prince Adam" he said as tried get the prince to wake up. "What's going on" Adam asked as finally awoke by his new friends voice. "I have good news" the preacher reoplied "what Horadk's decided let me go?" Adam asked as he sat up, "No, but, I have managed to commute your sentence dopen to 500 years and Hordak has allowed you to have prayer service so you can see your family." Adam smiled and said "Thank you" the priest smiled,a nd with that prince Adam went back to sleep. Like Adora, he too was having nightmares. He dreamt that he and Teela were back on Eternia. It was like everything was back to normal, his father , mother and sister; Man-At-arms and the other masters; and the sorceress were all there celebrating the birth of Duncan with a party, when all of a sudden, Skeletor burst in. He was wounded, his body was riddled with daggers and was bleeding profusely; his skull was cracked and his jaw was split in two. "Randor" the Overlord of Evil said as he tried to keep his jaw in one piece and used his Havok Staff as a cruch. "You're all in danger.Hordak.he's going to destroy Eternia, my warriors tried to stop him but we were outnumbered.I am the only surviving member of my party" he said, the pain he's enduring more than obvious. "Keldor, we have to get you to a medic" Randor said as looked down at his brother, "No time.you have to leave.I have a AHHHH" he said as words cut off by a laser blast. Moments later, Hordak himself came into the room, he stepped on Skeletor's lifeless body and kicked his Skull causing it land right in front of Adam's feet. "What a charming scene" he said in a mockingly tone of voice. He walked up in front of Teela and snatched the baby from her "He will make a fine force captain" He said looking at the baby. "You won't get that chance Adam said as he drew forth his sword of power, "By the Power of Grayskull!" Adam said as he raised his sword up in order to become he man, but as soon as he said those words the Sword of Power disintegrated, "Some father you are" Hordak said laughing at the prince. Adora then walked up to Hordak and said "you won't do him what you did to me" she drew out the Sword of Protection and said "For the Honor of Grayskull" in order to become She-Ra, but the same thing happened to her that happened to Adam, her sword disintegrated "What a pathetic aunt, you can't even save your nephew form the fate you were condemned to, Force Captain Adora" Hordak gloated and walked away from her. "Father, stop them" Adora and Adam implored Randor, but he did not answer "father.." Adora asked as she went up in front of him, she found out why Randor had not answered. He was dead; somehow Hordak must have used some magic to turn all of the masters into skeletons. Adora cried as she gazed on the bones of her father. While Adam and Adora were mourning the loss their father Hordak had opened a portal to his ship and said "farewell, oh and my Horde troopers will be coming to retrieve you, you'll enjoy you new life as members of the Horde" he said as walked through the portal. While they were not sure they thought heard the baby said "why couldn't you save me?" Adam went to go console Adora when he looked at his hand, the skin was coming off he was becoming a skeleton, he then heard Adora scream he went to her to find out the same thing, she too was turning into a skeleton. Their muscles were no so weak that they could stand. Adam went over to Adora when he the Horde Troopers come in, they were taking the corpse to be burned. He took Adora and put her on the couch so she could rest. Then he went over to his wife's corpse but then the Troopers came to take her away, as the carrying the body of Teela out of the room he noticed the she wasn't a skeleton, but she was dying, as the trooper walked out her eyes opened said very weakly "Adam, Why won't you save me" he tried to walk over to the trooper but he collapsed on the floor, he was dying. He tried to pick himself up but couldn't then he saw laying on the floor, the skull of Skeletor, but it wasn't a skull it was a normal head, save the blue skin, the eyes opened and then it spoke I told you so, I told you to leave, but you didn't, now your son will fill the vacancy your sister created when she became good. Adam tried say something but couldn't, he was too weak. Soon the troopers came to Adam, they looked at him and said "this one is still alive" The second one said "Let him rot here, the Snakemen will take care of him" with That they left the room carrying the last of the bodies, Adora's, it was at that moment when he woke up.