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Chapter 4 Power Struggle

"Oh what can we do Cringer? What can a green and orange cat and a jester do against Skeletor and his entire army?

"Meow' Cringer replied in fright. Cringer was always frightened, even the name Skeletor frightened. Now with they entire Army invading the palace, Cringer was a nervous wreck to say the least.

"HEY" said a whispering voice. Hey, orko, cringer, come here? Orko and Cringer gasped in fright until he realized that it was one of the Masters. "Roboto!" "I need your help!" he said. "And we need yours." Orko responded. Roboto intended to free the King and Queen from Skeletor.

Chapter 4 Power Struggle

Adam stared helplessly as Teela's seemingly lifeless body hoping that their would some sign of life. She had remained in that same motionless state ever since the strange incident at the Sea of Rakash.

"ADAM" called a familiar voice. "Man-at-Arms, is that you? he asked? "Yes adam, it is me. I am relieved to see that you are okay. Where is Teela" he asked? Adam moved aside to show Duncan Teela's motionless body. "My sweet daughter, I knew it. I shouldn't have sent her on that dangerous mission all alone. Adam, what has happened" he asked frantically?

Adam explained in detail all they events that transpired at the Sea of Rakash including Teela's impressive display of Telekinetic Power. "I knew it" Duncan said. "Knew what" adam asked? It is coinciding to what is happening to the Sorceress. "What, what are you talking about, I thought you said that they effects of the Blood Transfusion would ware off and she would be normal Teela again" he said puzzled. "It isn't her mother's power this time, it is her own. Her powers have lied within her dormant throughout her life. Now they are awakening" he explained. "But what does that have to do with her present state, you know being unconscious, not moving" he asked? "I don't know for sure, we must get her too the Sorceress before it is too late" he said. "Oh.........no, it cannot be." he gasped. "I'm afraid to ask" adam muttered silently. "The dimension of Despondos has been opened. EVILYN, I shouldn't have left her their with the Sorceress, I should have known she would regain her composure quickly. HURRY Adam, we must HURRY to Greyskull. Man-at-Arms and Adam carried teela unto Duncan's Transport and they journeyed to Castle Greyskull but when they arrived it is too late.

"Sorceress, where are you? Man-at-Arms asked. Sorceress, SORCERESS, TEELINA, where ARE you Teelina? he cried. But no one answered him. "She has been taken" a dark voice cried. "Who said that? SHOW YOURSELF" Adam commands. The Faceless One lurks out of the shadows. "My daughter and her new master are gone and they've taken the Sorceress with them" he explained. "But the Sorceress cannot leave Castle Greyskull, she'll be in the form of Zoar and it will only increase the process of her aging. She'll die in less than 24 hours. "That is what my daughter and her master are counting on I'd wager" said the dark being. "WHERE, where did they take her" Duncan cried? "My daughter has taken Teelina to Snake Mountain, but Hordak is on his way to the Castle of King Randor to challenge Skeletor no doubt" he explained. "I will do anything you ask of me to help you" he said. "Thank you for they offer, but I don't think that..."Oh but their is" he interupted. "Take this, it just may come in handy" he said as he presented Prince Adam and Man-at-Arms with the Ram Stone, a stone with the power to break through any doorway. "HEY, this is the weapon that Skeletor used to try and break into Castle Greyskull. It was so powerful that when Skeletor used it on me when I was He-Man, it reversed my transformation. "YOU are He-Man" the Faceless One inquired? "Oh ah, well no, NO, NO, I didn't say that, I meant it was so powerful that it made He-Man look like me. A wimp, get it. hahaha....come on Man-at-Arms why aren't you laughing? (Man-at-Arms deep frown scolded Adam's grin expression)ahaha, uh yeah, well thanks anyway due with no face, we got to split and go save the Universe cause thats our job being Masters of the Universe and all hehe, uh lets go" he said hoping that Man-at-Arms and the Faceless One had totally forgotten his previous blunder of words.

(Bear, atock, attra)

"Indeed, if he is the greatest hero in the universe then we truly are doomed" the Faceless One said to himself before vanishing back to wence he came.

Castle Greyskull

"Ah, the time is drawing closer to my Ascension. My eminance will give me power beyond that even they ancient Zoddakians have ever reached. And YOU Randor will watch on helplessly as they Eternians suffer at my hands. YOU brought this on Randor, if you had surrendered the throne to me long ago it wouldn't have to be this way but NO, you had to be the King, you had to be the hero as you always had too."

"Who speaks, Keldor or Skeletor" Randor asked?

Skeletor's eyes glowed bright red with Vengeance. As he approached Randor with evil intentions, the ground started to shake.

"WHAT IS THIS" Skeletor demanded to know.

"Sorry but your Ascension has been postponed.

"It cannot be" Skeletor gasped.

"Oh but it is. You see Skeletor, you were never supposed to become the most feared entity in all the cosmos. You where never supposed to become they Overlord of all that is Evil. THAT was an honor that belonged to HORDAK" he roared.

"Is that a CHALLENGE" Skeletor asked fiercely.

"Oh no, I don't have time to face the likes of you Skeletor. I have places to be, things to do.

'That wasn't an option Hordak, Skeletor raised his Havok Staff and from it came a powerful Blast.

"Evilyn told me that you would try something like that, how predictable" Hordak boasted.

Hordak opened a portal in front of him which absorbed the dark energy from Skeletor's Havok Staff. "My Turn" he boasted. Hordak vanished and then appeared, then vanished and appeared again behind Skeletor. He took Skeletor's Havok Staff and blasted Skeletor down to his knees with it. Then he took chains and rapped them around Skeletor's neck, leaving him helpless.

"Ah, Trapjaw, Tri-Clops, Beast Man, Whiplash, release me at ONCE" he commanded.

"Go right ahead, all you would have to go through me" Hordak said threateningly with powerful bolts of energy surrounding him.

"Ah, we never liked that bone face anyway" Trapjaw said.

"WHAT ARE YOU SAYING" Skeletor's eyes grew as red as blood. "WHEN I GET FREE YOU ALL DIE A THOUSAND DEATHS" Skeletor roared causing Hordak to zap skeletor's mouth (or lack their of) and seal it tight.

"FINALLY someone shut him up" said a cold voice"

"EVILYN, you where behind this" said Tri-Clops.

"Congragulations, you win the grand prize" she said sarcastically. "Oh why do you all look so surprised? After all these years, I've grown bored of Skeletor, I've learned all I can learn from him and I'm sick and tired of listening to his CONSTANT cackling, it gave me a headache. But MOST of all, it's because he disappointed me. Long ago I had to choose who I would swear my allegiance too between Skeletor and my father the Faceless One. I chose Skeletor and where did it get me, it got me trapped in Snake Mountain for over a decade of my life. During that time I started a plan to steal the power of Greyskull for myself but then Merman found the Corodite Crystal and we where released. So I started to believe that he just MIGHT be able to pull it off. But he didn't. He failed again and again and again and I grew tired of losing so I starting plotting again. Then I realized that even though I have the brains, Skeletor still has the brawn so I wouldn't be able to defeat him alone. I watched as Skeletor destroyed an ancient Sanctuary so that Hordak would never be freed. I found this interesting. If I know Skeletor, I know he surely wouldn't go out of his way unless Hordak would be a threat to his Reign so I decided to find another way to free him. I realized that if the Sorceress was weakened, I could open the dimensional gateway above Castle Greyskull to Despondos. So I executed the plan at long last. First I used the magic wax that I had been saving ever since I discovered in Anwat Gar and used a feather from the Falcon form of the Sorceress that I had acquired. Then I advised Skeletor that it was the perfect time to invade Eternos that way I could plot away at Snake Mountain. From their I telepathically contacted Man-at-Arms and called him to Castle Greyskull, unfortunately, the Sorceress ruined my plan and I wasn't able to get they Orb of they Elders. I thought that my plan had failed when I realized that I had they ability to read the Sorceress's mind. My telepathy has never been able to to pierce her thoughts, she had hidden them from me but now in her withered state, I could go deep into her thoughts and I learned of Adora, the second child King Randor and Queen Marlena, I learned that a sword of Protection had been lying in wait inside Castle Greyskull until the day when she was to return. I wisely chose to use the Siren Spell to lure Mekaneck to bring me the Sword of Protection. Now the power that was meant for King Randor's daughter belongs to me. " Evilyn explained the everything that transpired but most of Skeletor's brainless minions did not have the slightest clue what she was talking about.

"Daaaaaaaaa, can you say that part again, you know thaaa part with, with Skeletor" mindlessly requested Trapjaw.

"Oh what mindless IDIOTS" she said while smacking herself square in the face.

Only Tri-Clops understood perfectly but unlike they others, Tri-Clops still had a sense of loyalty to Skeletor. He starred a whole in Evilyn and it wasn't long before she realized that he might become a threat.

"I'll keep my eye on that one" she thought to herself.

"King Randor has a daughter" he said to himself.

Author's Note: I just want to warn anyone that is reading this that since I don't exactly know how this story will end yet, I reserve the write to edit small details in my pervious chapters. I know that might be annoying but sorry.