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Part 7
Reaching the base of Snake Mountain, He-Man tilts his head backward to look up.
She's in there somewhere. I just have to find her.
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Pacing inside her cell, Teela stops every few steps to listen. Not hearing any noise from outside her cell, she continues with her pacing. Between stops, Teela pulls at her body suit. Since the crotch of the clothing is gone, nothing is stopping the suit from riding up her body. Again, she pushes the suit down, only to feel it ride up again.
"I could remove that's left," sneers a voice from outside her cell.
Whipping around, Teela stares out of her barred door to stare into the face of her would be rapist.
"I'd like to see you try," she replies, trying to keep her courage surrounding her.
"Oh, it wouldn't be too difficult," Skelator replies, taking a step closer to her cell.
"Of course you'd have to use your magic," she replies, trying to goad him into her cell. As soon as he gets in here, I'll throw the flash beads. "Not man enough to take me out without the help."
"I'm more than man enough for a whore like you," he sneers, raising a hand to the skull outside the cell door.
Lowering the skull's jaw, the bars to her cell slide away. Tensing, Teela watches closely as Skelator enters her cell.
Wait for it! Let him get closer!
Laying his havoc staff against the wall, he strides over to the woman. Waiting to see if she'll move, Skelator gets ready to strike the woman. Raising a closed fist, Skelator attempts to bring it down across her face.
Watching the fist come down, Teela dodges at the last moment. Striking out with an attack of her own, her foot catches him just behind his left knee and takes him down. Scrambling around the fallen man, Teela makes a break for the door. Feeling something touch her ankle, Teela realizes her mistake a second before Skelator wraps a hand around her foot and jerks backwards.
Putting her hands out in front of her, Teela breaks her fall. Rolling a little, she grabs at the flash beads under her tassel. Just as her hands claim the beads, she feels the hand tighten around her ankle and, with a tug, she slides across the floor in the opposite direction she wants to go.
"You're not going anywhere till I am done," he says, as his other hand wraps around her other ankle and continues to pull her backwards.
Finding herself almost under her enemy, Teela pulls the beads out and, closing her eyes, throws them to the ground. A small cracking sound echoes through the cell as the beads go off, followed by a cry of surprise. Feeling the hands slip from her body, Teela opens her eyes to find her attacker has pulled away. Taking her chance, she leaps up from the ground and rushes for the door. Leaving the cell door open, Teela speeds down the hall and away from the cell and her attacker.
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Entering the mountain lair, He-Man and Battle Cat search through the halls for their missing friend. Though unknown to them, a figure in the shadows watches the hunt through Skelator's domain.
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As his eyes begin to clear, Skelator gets to his feet. Furious at being outwitted by a mere woman, Skelator grabs his staff and begins the hunt through the halls for the woman who is trying to escape.
I'm not done with you yet, bitch!
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Running as though her life depended on it, Teela quietly berates herself for not closing the cell door.
It would have given me more time if I had shut that son of a bitch up in the cell he trapped me in!
Dodging down another hall, Teela hopes that she is getting closer to escaping the mad world that has become her reality. Hearing the roar of a cat, Teela's heart speeds up.
Is that Battle Cat? Or something else?
With a sigh, Teela runs toward the sound.
Only one way to find out.