Chapter II: Critical Condition
CAPTIAN BOW'S LOGBOOK
19th DAY IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE HORDE'S OCCUPATION OF ETHERIA
Today Glimmer, Adora (who sent She-Ra in her place due to a sprained her ankle) and, I went out to investigate a sighting of Hordak in the village of Luna Minor, a small village just outside Ethereal City.
When we arrived Hordak tricked and captured She-Ra and injected her with some sort of fluid. Glimmer and I tried to rescue her, but Mantenna had trapped us in an electromagnetic bubble and Leech lassoed Swift Wind with a magic lasso.
I could see that She-Ra was putting up a good fight but she was overwhelmed by the troopers. I could see that Modulok was injecting something into her. A look of pure terror shone in her blue eyes.
When the demon was done tormenting She-Ra, he came over to us; he looked us with stare full of venom.
"You won't get away with this Hordak," I spat at the Dark Warlord; I was prepared to fight him in hand to hand combat if need be.
"You are powerless to stop me," he sneered as he adjusted some controls on a console, "Soon you will join your brethren who fought against me when I first ruled Etheria," he said, "Your only hope is She-Ra and she has only has one hour to save you," he gloated as he opened a portal and vanished.
A few moments later, She-Ra woke up, I told here about what Hordak done.
"Hang on Bow! I'm coming," she said as he began to walk towards us, but halfway there, she fell consumed by intense pain. She tried to get up again, but every move she made intensified her pain, virtually paralyzing her.
Unable to move any more, she told me how me to disable to bubble by using my arrows to disrupt the flow of energy and burst the bubble.
Carefully, I tried my best to aim at the top, which was no easy task due to the fact that I was suffering from oxygen depravation. I watched as the arrow made its way miraculously to the top and hit the target on spot, popping the bubble and setting Glimmer and I free.
We gasped for air trying to get as much oxygen to our lungs as possible. At first we were disoriented but once we got some oxygen in our system we regained our composure.
"Thanks for your help, She-Ra, I thought we were…," I began to say as I was freeing Swift Wind until I noticed that She-Ra was unconscious, or at least it looked that way from where I was standing.
"Glimmer come here quick! She-Ra needs our help," I told Glimmer as I walked over to where She-Ra lay.
I checked her pulse, it was sluggish, she was in serious condition; her eyes were dilated and the color, which usually a deep bright blue, looked like it was sucked out of them and reduced to pale sky blue; I checked her temperature, she was burning up; her breathing was labored; and I noticed an injection wound on her left shoulder. She needed medical help.
"She-Ra! She-Ra! Can you here me it's Glimmer," Glimmer spoke to her trying to get her to respond.
No answer came, I checked her pulse again, she was still alive, but she was comatose. "She-Ra can you hear me? It's Bow, give me a sign that you can hear me" I told her trying to wake her.
After about ten minutes, She-Ra finally woke up. I could tell that she was frightened as if she was lost.
"Wha…Where am I?" she asked as she looked around, she looked like a lost child searching for its mother.
"She-Ra, you're on Etheria. We came to stop Hordak," Glimmer reminded her.
"Who's Hordak? And why do you call me She-Ra?" she questioned Glimmer, I had never seen such a look of fear and loneliness in She-Ra, and I pray to Light Hope that I never have to again.
"Bow, there's something wrong with She-Ra; it's like she forgot who she is," Glimmer told me.
"You're right, and I bet a hundred Etherian Gold Coins, that Hordak has something to do with it," I told Glimmer.
I thought the best for She-Ra is to take her to castle Brightmoon to see if Queen Angella would be able to anything for her.
"Glimmer do you think you could get two branches for me, I have an idea," I told her.
"Sure thing, but why?" she asked me, curious as to what I was going to do.
"I'm going to make stretcher, so we can take She-Ra to Brightmoon to see if Queen Angella can do anything to help her," I told her as I removed my cape.
"Brilliant Bow! If anyone can do anything for She-Ra, it's my mother, she's the best healer on Etheria!" she exclaimed as she left to find some branches.
While Glimmer was out getting the branches, I was administering first aid to She-Ra, using my first aid kit I carry with me at all times. As a member of the Etherian Honor Guard, I was taught to always carry one with me and I also learned some basic medical skills.
I cleaned and bandaged the injection site so it wouldn't become infected; then I gave She-Ra a mild analgesic to dull the pain.
A few moments later, Glimmer returned with two large branches, I tied them to my cape, now we were ready to transport She-Ra to Brightmoon.
"She-Ra, Glimmer and myself are going to take you to Castle Brightmoon to see if Queen Angella can help you out" I told She-Ra, I knew those names are meaningless for her but at least I thought that by telling she feel more comfortable making the journey easier on us all.
"Who's Queen Angella? And what can she do for me?" She asked, I could tell that she was scared.
"She's the queen of Etheria and one of its greatest healers," I told her, that knowledge didn't help her overcome her fear in fact if possible it frightened her even more.
"She-Ra, believe me! Me and Glimmer want to help you and to do that we need to take you Brightmoon," I told her.
I could tell that she was processing the information, the look of fear dissipated somewhat and eventually she agreed.
"Glimmer, help me put She-Ra on the stretcher," I asked her.
"Sure thing," she replied as she came over to assist me.
Carefully we loaded She-Ra onto the stretcher and made our way to Brightmoon.
LORD HORDAK'S JOURNAL
19th DAY IN THE SECOND YEAR OF MY OCCUPATION OF ETHERIA
Today will be the day of my victory over Grayskull's lineage, She-Ra lies dying and there is nothing the rebels can do but watch as death takes her from this realm.
When we arrived back at the Fright Zone, Modulok set up a control center to monitor She-Ra's vital signs.
Modulok told me when we arrived that we can go retrieve her when she's at least 50 of her brain is destroyed, so I can see with my own eyes the last moments of her pathetic existence.
I sat on my throne, watching as Modulok observed the screens, diagnosing She-Ra's condition. Suddenly, the expression on his face went from delight to horror-something went terribly wrong.
"Something a matter scientist?" I asked him as I got up from the throne to see what happened.
He was staring at monitor and feverishly working the controls, I could tell that he was nervous even frightened.
"Nothing has ha…happ…happened, my supreme one," he stuttered still studying monitor fearfully.
"What happened to She-Ra?" I asked blatantly trying to divulge the truth from him, the look on face is that of shear terror.
"Nothing has happened to her my liege," He lied, I could tell he was hiding something, he knew that if anything happened to She-Ra I would kill him
"Tell me…what happened to She-Ra?" I asked him staring into his yellow eyes.
"She's left Luna Minor," he said weakly as he averted my gaze.
"Where is she?" I asked him one last time, my eyes blazing in his soul.
"Just let me widen the search matrix parameters," he said as he feverishly worked the controls. He studied the monitors and sheets of paper that were spewing out of the machine as intently as a holy man studies his scriptures.
"She's heading towards Brightmoon, Hordak!" he announced as he pointed to her location on the screen.
"Blast those Rebels!" I cursed, I had so wanted to avoid any confrontation especially with Angella, but these rebels were forcing me to do just that.
"Come Modulok, we're leaving for Brightmoon," I ordered as I steamed out of the room and prepared to face off the queen.
QUEEN ANGELLA'S DIARY
19th DAY IN THE SECOND YEAR OF THE HORDE'S OCCUPATION OF ETHERIA
I knew in my heart that Hordak's attack on Luna Minor was a trap, but now I have the horrible confirmation.
Three hours after Bow, Glimmer, and She-Ra (who took Adora's place in the team due to a sprained ankle) left for Luna Minor, they returned, with She-Ra in a stretcher.
"What happened?" I asked as I gasped in horror.
She-Ra looked horrible, her eyes that normally shone a deep dark blue were reduced to a pale sky blue; she seemed to have trouble swallowing and her breathing was labored; she was sweating profusely; and she seemed to have a look of confusion and pain on her face.
"Hordak injected something into her," Bow informed me. His eyes were full of sadness; he hated to see She-Ra in such a wretched condition and to have her lose all recollection of who she is made it worse. His eyes also shone with hatred- hatred for Hordak and all who serve him.
"Take her to the infirmary," I told them as we left the room.
When we arrived, I had the medics put She-Ra in electromagnetic immbolizier to prevent her from moving and hooked up to life support machines.
I placed my hand on her forehead to check for signs of magic, I could feel her pain and suffering, it was so intense that it forced me to my knees, but I could find nothing that said this was one of Hordak's spells.
"There's no magic involved," I informed Bow and Glimmer, who both gave a sigh of relief.
I read the readouts on the life support equipment, things looked grim, her heartbeat was faint; the only thing keeping her alive was the respirator.
"From what I can tell, she's infected with some sort of virus," I told my daughter and her lover.
"How long will take to find a cure?" Bow asked me, I wanted to say 'a second' but that would be a lie and I knew in my heart I couldn't trick Bow like that.
"I'm not sure, it could take hours at the best and days at the worst, but She-Ra doesn't have many hours left," I told him grimly. It broke my heart to tell him that news, he and She-Ra were good friends and no friend likes to see another friend suffer.
I decided the best thing to do was to begin seeking a cure.
Just as I was about to leave Glimmer stopped me, "Mother, is there anything we can do?" she asked me. The pain in her eyes was too much for me to take. I knew she wanted to help, but I didn't know what to tell her, after all I didn't know what to do to help She-Ra.
"All you can do is make her a comfortable as possible…and pray, pray to Light Hope with all your soul that She-Ra can pull through," I told her and with that I left.