Chapter VII: Heartbreak and Revenge
LORD HORDAK'S JOURNAL
29th DAY IN THE TWENTITH YEAR OF MY CONQUEST OF ETHERIA
My plan worked perfectly, the tracker allowed me to locate the Coalition's base and distract Angella long enough to prevent her from saving Marlena and without the king and queen Eternia will fall like dominoes before me.
My armies have gained control of most of the planet and those that have fought against us have been destroyed.
However, the people still talk about He-Man and She-Ra, it seem even when the oceans of space separate us, they still manage to torment me. The Eternians hold fast to the belief that one day they will return, an event that will no doubt happen, but in order to quell this revolt I have ordered my men to begin spreading rumors of their death to ensure no one takes up their mantle and interfere with my plans.
However, I have little time to worry about some event that is years away, I have to study the ancient texts to prepare for my father's return to this world, and chief amongst the arcane schools of thought I need to study is the art of essence merging.
My father has done it before, eons ago, when he still served the forces of light to aid the Eternians during their first war with King Hsss and his Snakemen by merging with the Gnostic, Grayskull the Venerable to give him the power to defeat Hsss.
Now, he will merge with me, giving me more power than I have now, the power to crush my enemies and to make the cosmos submit to the awesome power of the Horde forever!
TEELA'S DIARY
25th DAY IN THE TWENTY-THIRD YEAR OF SKELETOR'S ATTEMPT TO ENTER CASTLE GRAYSKULL
It has been three weeks since I tasted the happiness of giving birth and the pain of losing a child all in one day. I feel as if part of me is missing, I wish I could join my little boy in that sweet sleep that eases all suffering for eternity, but that is not an option my darling Adam needs me.
Today Skeletor and his cronies attacked an old munitions storehouse, according to Flipshot the storehouse was once home to the Positronic Helionuclear bomb, a powerful weapon that could destroy the galaxy, no doubt Skeletor was looking for it and it was up to me, Adam, Adora, and Lubic to stop them.
We rode through the streets of Primus for hours until we finally reached the munitions store house. The building was creepy, Flipshot said that the facility hasn't been used in over 156 years and warned us to be careful since the building's structure is very unstable and could collapse.
We searched the building for hours; while I was looking in an old vault used to store nuclear weapons I heard a noise from another storage room, so I walked out of the vault and into the room.
When I arrived I saw nothing, everything seemed normal. It was a large room that was used to store biological weapons. The thought of being in room with all these viruses was tying my stomach in knots and making it difficult for me to breathe. I was very nervous, the very sound of my footsteps was making my heart pop out of my chest and my hands were trembling as they clutched my snake staff.
While I was walking around, I began to hear a creaking sound; I turned around and to my horror I saw the door began to close. I ran to try to stop it but I wasn't fast enough and before I could start towards it the door slammed shut.
When I reached the door, I tried to open it but it was locked shut, "HE-MAN! SHE-RA! LUBIC! I'M LOCKED IN THE BIOWEAPONS ROOM SOMEONE HELP ME!" I shouted at the top of my voice but they couldn't hear me since the room was sound proofed.
"Calm down Teela, there's nothing in here except you and these…germs," I said as I walked around the room looking at the vials that were on the shelves, even though this place hadn't been used in years, the germs were as deadly as the day they were created.
I decided the best thing to do was to just wait for someone to find me, so I decided to sit down in the corner and wait.
I was beginning to relax a bit, my heart had slowed down to normal, my hands had steadied and I could breathe again. As I was sitting there a heard what sounded to be laughing, I jumped to my feet and begin to search the room to see if there was anyone in the room with me. I searched the room from to bottom but could find nothing and just as I was about to give up, I felt an ice cold hand on my shoulder. I turned around and saw the demonic face of Skeletor staring at me.
"You don't seem well little girl, in fact you look like your sick!" he said as he blasted me with his Skull Staff sending me flying across the room.
"You're the one who's going to need a doctor," I threatened as I started to leap up but stopped midway as I saw a vial on the shelf above me, I knew that I had to be careful or else I would be a goner.
I slowly got up and attacked Skeletor, "you're done for bone for brains!" I told as I went to strike him with my snake staff.
"I don't think so miss," he said mocking as he grabbed my staff and before I could attack he broke it in two and sent me flying with an uppercut knocking me unconscious.
PRINCE ADAM'S JOURNAL
25th DAY IN THE TWENTY-THIRD YEAR OF SKELETOR'S ATTEMPT TO ENTER CASTLE GRAYSKULL
The mission to the munitions storehouse went accordingly until about two hours into the mission, Teela went missing.
"Lubic? Have you seen Teela?" I asked him as I looked around to see if I could find her, but I to no avail.
"She had gone to see if Skeletor was in the Nuclear Weapons Vault," he said as he and She-Ra begin to help me look for her.
I knew that she could take care of herself but still I felt as if she was in trouble.
"Everyone split up, She-Ra you take the rooms on my left , Lubic you take to the right, and I'll take the rooms straight ahead," I said as we began to search for her hoping that she was still alive.
We searched for hours with no sign; my heart began to stop as I ended my search and still could find no sign of her. I had lost my son; I could not bear to bear to lose my wife, the most valuable person in my life.
The thought of losing her was too much for me to bear at that moment and I broke down where I stood.
She-Ra came up to me and put her hand on my shoulder, "it's okay He-Man we'll find her," she told me as she held and comforted me.
Just then Lubic came up to see he had an anxious look on his face, "He-Man, my search came up empty but I could not search the Bio Weapons Room as it appeared to be locked," he told me as calmly as he could.
Something told me that Teela was in that room and she needed us now more than ever.
"Let's go! Lead the way Lubic," I said as we ran to the room, I just hope we are not too late.
TEELA'S DIARY
25th DAY IN THE TWENTY-THIRD YEAR OF SKELETOR'S ATTEMPT TO ENTER CASTLE GRAYSKULL
When I came to, I found myself strapped to a table with an IV in my left arm, I couldn't remember what was going on here, how did I end up on this table, then it hit me: Skeletor.
"That's my name, and you're not going to have a chance to wear it out!" he said mockingly as he walked into the room holding a hypodermic needle in his hand.
"What do you plan to do with me Skeletor?" I demanded to know as I tried to break the straps that were securing me to the table.
He didn't answer me; he just stared at the needle in his hand. Finally he replied, "The Denebrian Plague, the most terrible disease ever to infect Primus. Symptoms include profuse internal bleeding, paralyzing stomach cramps, sweating, fever, chills, vomiting, disorientation, and finally an agonizing death," He said with a sense of glee in his voice. "The worse part is that death doesn't come until a month after the first sign of infection" he concluded as he approached me testing the needle.
I was never more afraid in my life, the thought of suffering an agonizing death was too much for me to bear, I felt like I wanted to faint but something was prevented from doing so. I looked up and saw that my IV was pumping some sort of chemical into my system.
"Just in case you do the typical girl thing and faint, I've injected a powerful stimulant into you so you'll be awake every excruciating moment," he said as his eyes lit up with glee. "Oh and I forgot to mention the best part…" he said as he laughed malevolently, "There is no cure of the Denebrian Plague."
He didn't even inject the virus into me yet and I was beginning to feel the symptoms, I knew that if I didn't act fast I was a goner, but even using all my strength I could not break free.
"I can't wait to see the look on Duncan's face when he sees his precious daughter slowly, painfully dying and knowing there is nothing he can do to save you," he cackled as he prepared to inject the virus into my arm.
At the sound of those words, something inside me clicked. I was determined not to let father feel the pain of losing a child as I did.
Adrenaline coursed through my veins, I strained with all my might and was finally able to break the straps.
Skeletor was taken aback by my demonstration of power, "Impossible!" he gasped as he picked up his Skull Staff and prepared to attack.
I was caught up in a whirlwind of emotion and before I knew how or why I unleashed a barrage of attacks on Skeletor. The attacks were so fierce that they gave Skeletor little time to counter them.
I continued to deliver kick after kick and punch after punch until I knocked his staff from his hands. "It's over Skeletor!" I told him as I waited for his answer.
"Never!" he said as he got up, but before he could attack me I gave him a good kick in the face. The kick was so powerful that forced his mask to come off revealing his damaged skull.
It was truly a hideous sight, it was charred black and cracked from the bottom of his right eye socket to his skull cap; his lower jaw was cracked in two and kept together by a metal plate on the front of the bone.
I looked down at my defeated enemy and then around the room; I saw a small vial of Primian Jundiceitis, a deadly virus to which there is no cure, and a needle sitting on the table.
I filled the needle with the virus and approached Skeletor, "what a horrible way to die Skeletor, stomach cramps, fever, delirium, profuse sweating, and finally after five months death and it will come a lot slower since you have no sweat glands" I said as I tested the needle by letting a drops of the virus come out of the needle.
I could sense the fear Skeletor was experiencing, it was the sweetest revenge for all the pain he has caused my family and friends, but as I was about to inject the virus into him a strange feeling came over me: pity.
I no longer saw him as a monster but as someone's son, this being had once been human and I knew deep down that I couldn't harm another living being even one as evil and despicable as Skeletor.
"Go Skeletor!" I told him as I pointed to the door, I knew that best punishment for Skeletor was to be locked up in a jail cell for the rest of his life; but he did not deserve to die.
He got up, put his mask back on, and yelled, "Until we meet again, fool!" as he ran out the door and vanished.
After he left He-Man came in to see if I was in here, I was so happy to see him that I ran up to him and wrapped my arms around him and kissed him. "He-Man, I'm so happy to see you!" I yelled, I was so happy to see him that I could contain my emotions.
"I'm glad to see you too honey, come on let's go home," he said as we let go of each other and went to join the others.
LORD SKELETOR'S JOURNAL
25th DAY IN THE TWENTY-THIRD YEAR OF MY ATTEMPT TO ENTER CASTLE GRAYSKULL
Curse those miserable heroes, once again they have foiled my plans, one day I will destroy them all.
When I got back to Nordor, Brakk was waiting for me as usual, that Denebrian Dimbulb was starting annoy me and that is something he will regret doing.
"Another beautiful Skeletor plan goes accordingly: a failure" he said laughing; I knew that anger would get me nowhere but that was not my concern at the moment.
"BE QUIET YOU PIECE OF DENEBRIAN SLIME" I yelled at him as I zapped him with my staff.
"You'll pay for that Eternian Fool!" he said as he got out his laser whip and snatched my staff from my hands. "It looks like the shoe is on the other foot," he commented as a demonic smile crossed his face.
I drew out my swords and said "You are no match for the Overlord of Evil," as I cut Brakk's whip in two and summoned my staff back to me.
We battled for hours until our little scuffle ended in a stalemate, it was then I decided to end this battle, killing Brakk would serve me no purpose now so I simply told him, "I'm letting you live this time, Brakk, but the next time you even dare to insult me you will die," and walked away.
I needed time to think up a new plan to crush He-Man and She-Ra and rule this cosmos and this time I would not fail!
PRINCESS GLIMMER'S DIARY
23rd DAY IN THE TWENTY-SECOND YEAR OF THE HORDE'S CONQUEST OF ETHERIA
Primus is truly a beautiful world, but I still miss Etheria and mother.
Today is my anniversary, it was exactly nineteen years ago that me and Bow said I do and still there is no other man I would want to share my life with than him, but our marriage is not exactly perfect,
Bow wants to have kids, but I do not feel like now is the time. I am afraid that our child might be die after birth born like Teela's or that Hordak's cronies take it away like what happened to Adora when she was born. I just don't feel as if I am ready to have a family just yet.
We had been arguing about this for months and it was beginning to take its toll on our marriage, I was afraid that we would soon reach our breaking point and end in us splitting apart. Just thought of splitting up with Bow made me sick to my stomach
I decided that I needed some time to myself to relax and ease my shattered nerves, so I decided to take a bath.
As I laid there in the tub I felt the hot water energize my body and the soft bubbles massaged my aching body until I was lulled into peaceful trance of daydreams and happiness.
However, I was soon awakened from my tranquility as I heard a noise coming from outside the bathroom.
I rinsed off the bubbles, got out of the tub, dried off, put on some clean clothes I brought in the bathroom with me, and went to investigate what was going on, "Bow? Is that you?" I called out as I opened the door and headed for the main room
When I arrived in the room, I found the lights were turned off and just as I was about to turn them on, I felt something wrap around my waist, it was cold and metallic. I looked behind me and saw that Slushhead's face and then everything went black.
When I came to, I found myself strapped to a chair in what appeared to be an old military complex.
"Greetings, Princess," a voice said coldly, I looked up and saw the imposing figure of Brakk standing in front me.
"Whatever Skeletor is up to, he won't get away with it plumbhead!" I threatened him, as I tried free myself.
"I am not working for that Bonehead!" he said as he wrapped his laser whip around my neck and pulled it forcing me to the ground.
"Well whatever you're up to you won't get away with this," I threatened him as I tried to break the straps that secured me to the chair.
"Oh but I will, you see I plan to capture your friends as well and kill you all right in front of that Techno Bonehead's eyes. Then he will know that I, Brakk, am the ruler here," he said as he and his cronies left the room.
I knew I had to get out of here and warn the others of Brakk's plan. I looked around the room and saw that a shard of glass was lying on the ground, I stretched out my hand and picked it up, I started to move my hands up and down in order to cut the ropes that held me prisoner.
Finally after a few minutes I had managed to break free, but the glass had also cut my wrists and blood began to cover my hands and I was starting to feel lightheaded
I then used the glass to cuts the ropes that were coiled around my body and feet, and even though I was beginning to feel dizzy somehow I managed to do it without hurting myself again.
Once I was free I used my powers to teleport back home, but the escape had cost me dearly.
The strain of teleporting coupled with the blood loss I suffered was too much for me and as soon as I arrived home I fainted on the floor.
A few hours later, I came to, I found She-Ra sitting beside my bed, "She-Ra, what happened?" I asked her as I sat up in my bed, I couldn't seem remember what happened except teleporting here.
"Me, He-Man, Teela, and Lt. Lubic came back from a mission and found you lying in the ground," she said as she checked my pulse, it was then I realized what happened and remembered Brakk's plan.
"She-Ra, we're all in danger, Brakk plans to kidnap us so he can prove to Skeletor that he is in charge," I warned her as I tried to get to my feet but I was still too weak to get out of my bed.
"Easy Glimmer, I know about that plan he tried to kidnap me, Adam, and Teela on our way back but we stopped him, he failed," she said as she gently helped me laid back in bed. "You have to rest you lost a lot of blood, Bow had to donate three pints of his blood to save you," she told me as she pulled the blankets over me and sat back down on her chair.
I was relieved that Brakk had failed in his plan to kidnap my friends and everyone was safe. While I was laying there I began to worry about Bow, he had given up a lot of blood to save me.
"Can I see Bow, She-Ra?" I asked her as I sat up; I wanted to see if he was okay or if he needed something.
"He's busy resting Glimmer, you can see him when he wakes up," she told me as gave a bowl of soup to eat.
I felt better knowing everyone was safe and sound, but something told me this was only the beginning.
LORD BRAKK'S JOURNAL
140 YEARS AFTER THE START OF THE PRIMIAN-DENEBRIAN WAR
Curse those miserable heroes; they foiled my brilliant to upstage that Bone Head Skeletor.
I had planned to kidnap those Eternians and kill them in front of Skeletor's eyes to show him that here I am the ruler and he will bow to me.
I had managed to capture the Etherian Princess, Glimmer, and had gone to capture the others. My forces had located He-Man, She-Ra, and Teela coming back from an old munitions storehouse outside of Galactic City.
I had ordered my men to ambush them, but we overpowered by She-Ra and her brother and forced to retreat.
When we returned to Nordor, Skeletor greeted us. "Another brilliant plan by Brakk goes accordingly: A failure," he cackled amused by my failure. I wanted to kill him, but unlike that bone head I can control my temper, I knew that one of these day I would be rid of him and reclaim my title of Lord of the Mutants!