Author's Notes: Hello again!  I would like to take this time to thank all of those who reviewed chapter one, including my sex driven little brother, the hip hop hippo (HHH), and this chapter is dedicated to the reviewers!  BTW, Dumbass (HHH), Duncan was fiddling with his constraints, trying to find the unlocking mechanism, and found it.  There, I hope you're happy now.

Anywho, I hope you all will enjoy chapter two!  Please review!  Thanks so much!


Rating: R - For language, violence, and mature subject matter (. . . and just to be safe!).

Pairings: [Adam / Teela], [Duncan / Teelena], [Randor / Marlena] (duh!)

Disclaimers: (Oh, don't look so surprised! You knew this was coming!) He-Man and the Master of the Universe and any recognizable characters are not mine.




Forever Changed

by RogueLeBeau

Chapter II: Lying in Wait
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The Secrets of Grayskull





Inside Castle Grayskull. . .

Skeletor and his party made their way into Grayskull.  Skeletor motioned for his group to stop and walked ahead to look around. 

"Finally!  After all these years, Grayskull and its powers are mine!" Skeletor said to himself, "Now, to find the Elder's power…" 

Skeletor faces the group assembled behind him and orders, "We will travel as far down as we can, in search for the ultimate powers of Grayskull.  Let's move quickly!"

"You'll never get away with your plan, Skeletor.  You will be defeated," Adam told him.

"Such resistance coming from a coward," Skeletor chuckled, "How noble, how brave, how… utterly stupid," he concluded.

"Mock me all you like, but the Masters will come and…"

"The Masters come?  I think not," he sneered at Adam as he begins to close the gap between them, "Most of your precious Masters couldn't even stand on their own two feet when they were locked in my dungeon.  I serious doubt their interference," with that, he turns and walks back to where he once stood.

Anger burned brightly in Adam's eyes.  If he so much as looks at Teela the wrong way, I'll…Adam's thoughts were broken by Skeletor's voice once more.

"The only reason why they remain alive is to bear witness to my triumph.  After that, I will strike them down one at a time, right in front of a physically, as well as emotionally, beaten He-Man and Duncan," Skeletor pauses, and turns to face the prince again, and then continues: "I will, however, spare one Master from my spree, the one that will finalize He-Man's emotion turmoil and anguish.  The one Master that I will break in front him to crush him," he pauses once again, and a sinister smile and a dangerous gleam distort his already hideous appearance. 

Adam feels his heart sink and his face goes white.  Please, not her, ancients, please, no…

Skeletor simply states: "Teela."




Outside Castle Grayskull. . .  


"I've been trying to contact the Sorceress telepathically since we left Snake Mountain, but I haven't been getting an answer," Ma-At-Arms told the other Masters.

"How will we get into Grayskull?" inquired Stratos.

"There's a secret entrance to the Sorceress' throne room from the left eye-hole of the castle," Man-At-Arms told them, "Everyone aim directly into the center of the eye, and fire a rope!  We have to stop Skeletor at all costs!"

"Father, how do you know of a secret entrance into the Sorceress' throne room?" Teela asked.

"Um… I…I… I've protected the Sorceress and Grayskull long before you were born.  It's been my duty to know these things," he answered, grateful for his face-guard hiding his blush.  "Alright, everyone," he said after he recovered from the last exchange with Teela, "Let's go!"



Inside Castle Grayskull. . .  


That did it.  It took Trap-Jaw, Evil-Lyn and Tri-Clops to pull Adam off of Skeletor.

"Ha ha ha ha ha!" Skeletor laughed, "It looks as though I've struck a sensitive nerve in our dear prince."

"If you so much as look at her," Adam threatened, sounding too much like He-Man, "I will hunt you down and you will wish you'd never been born!"

Skeletor's eyes burned like wildfire as he struck Adam with the brunt of his sword.

"Don't you ever threaten me, or you will be the one who will wish never to have been born!" Skeletor retorted.

As Adam lay semi-conscience and doubled-over on Grayskull's cold stone floor, he let out a silent prayer: Ancients help me. . .



To be continued. . .



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