Lead the Way: A Star Wars/She-Ra Story
Chapter 23: Save the Cat
Another rescue mission was in the works for our heroes.
"There it is", Ahsoka said as she pointed to the Velvet grove.
"Man, that ship is so huge", Han said.
Sam snickered at the dirty joke he thought of as Hordak said, "and within lies Catra and Ahsoka's sister. I can only hope Prime hasn't harmed Catra."
"I'm pretty sure Horde Prime must have punished Catra for what she did", Leia said as she stared at the giant ship.
"Which is why we are going to rescue her", Adora said as she held Antauri's lightsabers in her hands.
Ahsoka replied, "I'm surprised you're going to rescue her, after all of the times she's fought you guys."
Adora replied, "look, Catra isn't perfect. She's egotistical, catty, no pun intended, very angry…. But deep down, she's still my best friend. She's made a lot of mistakes, we all have. But she helped us when it truly mattered in the end. She's the reason we were able to rescue Glimmer in the first place. And I'm gonna get her back to Etheria if it kills me."
"Antauri always said there was good in Catra", Luke said.
"We'll help you Adora", Sam said as he placed his hand on Adora's shoulder.
Adora smiled and said, "thank you. All of you. This means a lot to me. Hang on Catra. We're coming!"
….
On the Velvet Grove.
Ashla was in Horde Prime's lap as she hugged her husband.
Ashla asked as she snuggled into Prime's chest, "so you're going to apologize to your brother and everyone on Etheria, my love?"
Prime nodded and said, "I want to make up for all of the terrible things I've done over the years. And I figured that righting my wrongs on Etheria would be the best way to begin. I ordered Horde Sigma to destroy the Horde chips, and I plan to release Catra back to her friends."
"Prime, you can do more than just that", Ashla said as she held Prime's hand.
Prime asked, "what do you mean?"
Ashla said, "with Etheria now back in the system, your forces could help the rebel alliance stop the Empire. You could save so many people."
"You are right my dear", Prime said as he cupped Ashla's cheek.
But as the two were about to kiss, they heard a rather loud noise echoing through the ship.
Ashla said, a bit scared, "what's that!?"
Prime said, "I think we have some guests…."
Prime then stood up.
"You stay here, my dear", Prime said as he walked over to the door.
The door suddenly opened, and standing there was the rescue team!
Prime backed up as Ashla stood up and saw her sister among the group.
"Ashla", Ahsoka shouted as she saw her twin.
Ashla asked with tears in her eyes, "Ahsoka?"
Adora shouted as she activated the white lightsabers, "where's Catra!?"
Hordak, Sam, Obi Wan, Luke and Leia activated their lightsabers.
Prime put his hands up and said, "easy, easy! Calm down! She's fine. I'll bring her here now."
Prime pressed his communicator and said, "Horde Sigma? I want you to bring Catra down here, unharmed."
On the other end, they heard Sigma say, "as you wish, my lord", in a rather suspicious sounding way.
Adora growled, "what have you done with her?"
Prime said, "nothing. I haven't harmed her. I've only been keeping her in her cell, well fed and unharmed!"
"Yeah right", Adora said as she pointed the lightsabers at Prime.
Bow shouted, "why should we believe you!?"
"You nearly killed our uncle", Luke shouted in anger.
"He nearly died cause of you", Slash shouted as he aimed his blasters at Prime.
Prime said, "I don't blame you for being suspicious, but I've changed! If I wanted to, I'd have every clone on this ship here to attack you. But look around you, there's none! And if you don't believe me, then maybe you'll believe my wife?"
Ahsoka asked her twin sister, "so it is true, Ashla, you married Horde Prime?"
Ashla nodded and said, "I swear to you all, he's changed. Prime wants to use his army for good, not evil. We were just talking about helping the rebels against the Empire! Once Catra is here, she can vouge for us, I promise."
Hordak then walked forward.
"Hordak, wait", Sam said as he then walked forward with his fiance.
Hordak asked, "is it true, brother?"
Prime said, "yes. After what happened with you and your husband, my thoughts kept dwelling on what happened. I regret being the man I was. I only want to end this war with Etheria, and help against this Galactic Empire you've spoken of. Please, I no longer mean any harm!"
Hordak held a thoughtful look as he said, "let's hear what Catra has to say…."
Glimmer asked, "can we really trust him?"
Ahsoka said, "I wanna trust my sister's words, but we'll see what Catra has to say. If she truly is unharmed, that means we may be able to trust him."
Ashla then walked into the hallway.
"Prime is telling the truth, he really wants to make up for all the damage he did to Etheria", Ashla said.
Adora said, "I'm not gonna consider anything until I see Catra safe and sound! If a single hair on her head is harmed, you'll be sorry!"
Then a loud smash was heard in the hallway.
Ashla said as she ran towards the sound, "what was that?"
"Ashla, wait", Ahsoka said as she ran after her sister. Prime was behind Ahsoka as well.
Ashla then screamed.
"Ashla", Prime shouted, but when he and Ahsoka got there, his wife was nowhere to be found.
Sam asked in confusion, "where did she go?"
Prime yelled, "Ashla!? Ashla?! Where are you!?"
That's when they all began to hear some eery laughter.
Entrapta asked a bit scared, "who's laughing!?"
Hamill hid behind Sam.
"One way to find out", Obi Wan said as he activated his lightsaber.
The group began to go down the hall, following the laughter as Prime and Ahsoka took the lead.
Ahsoka called out, "Ashla? Sis? Where are you?"
"I'm afraid she's a bit…. Occupied."
"Show yourself", Han shouted as he pointed his blaster.
Horde Prime asked, "Sigma?"
Sigma walked out of the shadows with the biggest shit eating grin any of them had ever seen.
Prime demanded, "what is the meaning of this?! Where's my wife!?"
Sigma then started to laugh.
"Where's my sister, you asshole", Ahsoka shouted as she activated her lightsabers.
Sigma smiled evilly as he said, "let's just say…. She's busy…. Now, I believe you wanted to see Miss Catra, am I correct, Oh glorious leader?"
Adora growled, "what have you done with Catra!?"
Sigma smirked as he motioned his hand.
"Hey Adora."
Adora gasped in horror….
Catra came out of the shadows, her appearance very different. Her hair was short and slicked back. Her eyes were glowing green, and she wore a white outfit like the other Horde clones.
Adora had tears stung her eyes as she whispered, "Catra…. No…."
Prime yelled, "what's the meaning of this?! Sigma, I demanded that the Horde chips be destoryed; and that Catra be unharmed!"
Sigma chuckled, "I am so disappointed in you my leader…. I always looked up to you and now look what you have become….", Sigma said with a frown.
Prime said, "I am trying to change for the better. I don't want to be feared, or cause anymore pain! That's why I demanded the chips be destroyed! Taking someone's free will is apprehensible…. Wait …. The chip…. I can't feel it…."
Sigma smirked as he raised his hand, and Catra did the same.
He said, "who says the chips are connected to you?"
Horde Prime shouted, "what did you do?!"
Sigma laughed.
He exclaimed, "with these chips, the Horde will be mine! The galaxy will soon be mine! And everyone…. Will be…. ME!"
Adora cried, "Catra, please, fight it!"
Sigma pointed to Catra, and she said, "Catra's not here right now. Please leave a message at the hey. Heeeey."
"You bastard", Sam shouted as he ran towards Sigma with his lightsabers.
"Sam, wait", Hordak shouted.
Sigma snapped his fingers, and Catra quickly stood in front of him, making Sam stop his swing as fast as he could and back up.
Sigma and Catra said in unison, "you don't wanna hurt your friend. But your friend wants to hurt you…."
"Catra, please snap out of it", Sam pleaded.
Catra only gave a haunting smile as Sigma said, "Catra, dear, show Adora the door…."
Catra quickly lunged at Adora, tackling her and making the two roll through the hallway. As Adora managed to get free, Catra kept chasing her!
"Adora", Bow and Glimmer shouted.
"Attack", Sigma shouted as the clones started to attack the group.
"And I thought droids were much tougher to defeat", Obi Wan shouted as he force pushed a few clones back.
Hordak deflected a few shots from the clones with his lightsabers.
"There's too many of them", Slash shouted.
"I have an idea", Threepio said.
"What!?"
Threepio shouted, "run!"
The group began running, and split up to try and lose the clones that chased them.
Down one hall went Hordak, Sam, Bow and Entrapta.
Down another hall went Slash, Ahsoka, Threepio and Hamill.
Down the last one went Glimmer, Luke, Leia and Obi Wan.
Prime stayed rooted in front of Sigma.
"I'll ask you this one last time…. Where is Ashla", Prime growled in anger.
Sigma gave a smug grin and said, "guess…."
Prime let out a shout as he ran towards Sigma.
Their fists began colliding over and over again. Being a clone, Sigma knew exactly where Prime would strike!
Prime felt Sigma kick him in the stomach, Sigma grabbed his arm and started to twist it.
"Look at you! your wife has made you weak, Horde Prime", Sigma said with a smirk on his face.
Prime growled, "no! She made me stronger!"
Sigma smirked and said, "then how come you're losing?"
Prime thought, 'you wanna play dirty?! Fine!'
Prime quickly bit into Sigma's hand, making him reel back before he grabbed his head and kneed him in the head!
Sigma growled in pain.
Prime shouted as he threatened to snap Sigma's neck, "where is Ashla!?"
Sigma gave a deranged smile and said, "somewhere green, bright, and impossible to leave!"
Prime then smashed Sigma's head against the floor knocking him out.
"I'm coming, my love", Prime shouted as he ran out into the hallway.
….
Meanwhile, Adora found herself facing the mind controlled Catra in the throne room!
"Catra, please stop", Adora pleaded.
"Come into the light Adora, Sigma will help you", Catra said with a smile.
Adora felt the tears flowing down her face as she tried to keep her friend from slashing at her with her claws, that smile still on her face.
She managed to grab her hands as they tried to slash her face.
She cried, "please, come back to me! This isn't you!"
Catra said with a smile, "oh, but it is. I no longer suffer. I no longer feel anything but a calm bliss. You can feel it too."
Adora cried out, "no! I'm not losing you to this!"
Catra then slashed Adora on the back.
Adora cried in pain.
….
"I think we lost them", Bow said as he was panting from running.
The others all turned to see that they were in a certain room.
Hordak muttered, "oh no…."
"Get them!"
"Here we go again", Sam shouted as he activated his lightsabers.
The group saw another Horde clone running at them with the intent to cause harm!
Bow then fired an arrow at the clone causing it to get electrocuted.
The Horde clone fell to the ground.
Hordak and Sam slashed at the clones with their lightsabers.
"They are much tougher than droids", Sam shouted as he slashed the clones with his lightsabers.
Entrapta bent down and poked the downed clone, and this chased them to sit up and he started wailing with tears in their eyes!
Sam and Hordak along with Bow had just finished dealing with the remaining clones.
Bow asked, "what's wrong with that clone?"
Hordak said, "that electricity must have fried parts of his systems. I think we just made another me, but way more emotional."
Bow shrugged and said, "so, what, he's Hordak Junior?"
Sam giggled, "Hordak Junior?"
"It's okay, it's okay", Entrapta said as she hugged Hordak Jr.
Hordak Jr started saying, "why am I crying? What are these…. Feeeeeelings!"
Hordak rubbed his temple as Sam said, "great, looks like we've got an infant to take care of."
Entrapta asked, "can you open this door?"
Hordak Jr then opened the door.
Both Sam and Entrapta squealed slightly.
"We're not keeping him", Bow said.
"I agree with Bow", Hordak said.
Then Sam grabbed Hordak's hands.
"But we broke him! We're responsible for him now", Sam said with that look on his face that Hordak just couldn't resist.
Hordak said, "ngh! You're lucky I can't resist that look of yours! Fine, but he's YOUR responsibility!"
Entrapta then stood in front of Hordak.
"No, he's your responsibility as well, Hordak, besides, you and Sam are going to look after him, don't worry we'll help you", Entrapta said with a smile on her face.
Hordak groaned and said, "we'll discuss all of this later. For now, we need to find the others, before they get into trouble as well!"
...
"Where could the others be", Ahsoka shouted as she slashed her lightsabers at the Horde Clones.
"Stay away from Luke and Leia", Obi wan shouted as he sliced a clone's blaster off.
Slash was blasting as many clones as he could as Threepio cowered behind him. Hamill had grabbed a blaster and was shooting as well!
"I didn't know Hamill could do that", Bac said as he was blasting a few clones.
Slash said, "trust me Bac, that little droid is full of surprises!"
….
Ashla was in a green room, and she was unable to move.
"Help me….", Ashla said as she felt she had no strength left in her.
That's when she heard it.
The voice of her husband yelling, "ASHLA! I'M COMING!"
"Prime! Help me", Ashla shouted as she cried.
She soon heard a large crashing noise as her husband made his way to her, hoping to rescue his wife as soon as he could!
"Ashla!"
Ashla looked up to see Prime reaching out towards her.
"Prime", Ashla cried out as she tried to reach out her hand towards Prime.
"I can't reach you", Ashla said with tears falling down her face.
Prime yelled, "yes you can! I know you can! Please! Take my hand!"
Ashla practically screamed as she forced her arms to surge forward! Prime quickly grabbed her hand and pulled with all of his might!
Horde Prime was able to pull Ashla out and she hugged her husband.
"Prime", Ashla cried out as she hugged her husband.
Prime whispered, "oh Ashla. My darling Ashla. I will never let you get hurt like that again!"
Prime then kissed Ashla on the lips with much passion.
When the kiss ended, Prime said, "we must find the others. Before they get into more trouble!"
"Let's go", Ashla said as she and Prime then started to run.
….
Meanwhile, Adora was on the ground, holding Catra's claws inches from her neck, as her other hand was trying to reach the back of Catra's neck.
"This poor girl went through a lot of pain, no thanks to you Adora", Sigma said through Catra.
Adora cried and said, "I never wanted to hurt her! I've only ever wanted to be by her side, every day! So let! Her! Go!"
Adora managed to push Catra away hard enough to make her neck, and by extension the chip, crash into the throne!
Catra cried in pain as she was electrocuted!
Adora slowly rose to her feet as the chip shorted out! Catra kept shuddering as she got to her feet, her eyes going back and forth from their blue and yellow, to the glowing green of the Horde.
"That's enough Sigma! I am taking Catra home", Adora shouted.
Sigma's voice growled out, "ShE iS mInE!"
Catra shook her head, with tears in her eyes as she yelled, "ADORA!"
….
Hordak, Bow, Entrapta, Sam and Hordak Jr were in the server room.
"Can you hurry it up, Entrapta", Sam shouted as he deflected the shots from the clones.
Entrapta yelled, "I'm going as fast as I can! It's not easy with him here!"
Hordak Jr was hugging one of her long ponytails like a teddy bear.
"Hey, leave us alone", Hordak Jr shouted as he pushed and tossed the clones away from Entrapta.
"I didn't think he was that strong", Hordak shouted as he slashed a few of the clone's blasters in half.
Sam said, "well, he's basically just a less advanced you, so it makes sense he's that strong!"
Bow said, "maybe he can smash all of these clones away with his crazy infant strength!?"
Bow was then pushed to the ground.
"Bow", Sam shouted.
A horde clone was pointing one of his arrows at Bow's face.
"Enemies of Horde Sigma will know the terror of his….", The clone said before he was thwacked by a staff from behind.
The clone falls to the ground.
Bow looks up to see who it was.
"Forgive me little brother, but I had to", Prime said as he held a staff in his hands.
Ashla had just kicked a clone into the wall, knocking them out cold as she yelled, "hey, science chick!"
Entrapta tried to say, "I'm Entrapta-"
Ashla said, "introductions later! For now, find us a way outta here!"
"But I still haven't deciphered the program yet", Entrapta shouted as she typed away at the computer.
"There's no time for that", Ashla shouted as she grabbed Prime's staff and ran towards the computer.
Hordak Jr pulled Entrapta out of the way.
Ashla yells as she runs for the console, stabbing her staff into it, the console zaps with electricity, sending sparking and crackling waves up the server tower.
"Let's go", Hordak shouted.
The group quickly dashed off to find the others, as well as their ship in order to get out of this place!
The group made it out as the server room exploded.
"Glad to see you two are okay", Sam shouted.
Entrapta had her hair wrapped around Hordak Jr's waist as they ran.
Ashla asked, a bit confused, "so what's up with the clone?"
Bow said, "I shocked him, and his circuits, uh, went coo coo."
Hordak clarified, "so we basically made him a defect by accident! We'll go into more detail once we and the others get out of here!"
"Luke, Leia, are you there", Sam shouted into the com.
Luke replied, "yes, where are you?"
Sam said, "we're on our way back to the ship. Make sure everyone makes their way there! We won't leave until ALL of us are there! That includes Catra, chip or no chip!"
….
With Adora
Catra was coming to her senses as she was near the edge.
Adora pleaded, her hair having become undone due to the fight, "come on, Catra! You've never listened to anyone in your life! Are you really going to start now?!"
"You're such an idiot….", Catra said with a sad laugh.
"I'm going to take you home", Adora said with a few tears in her eyes.
Catra asked, "promise?"
"I promise", Adora said as she reached out her hand towards Catra.
Catra said, "Adora-", but was soon screaming as the electricity from the chip surged through her! It nearly knocked her out as she slipped backwards, falling off the ledge!
Adora yelled, "CATRA!"
She didn't even hesitate to jump down after her, trying to get to her friend as fast as she possibly could!
The clones then started to surround Adora.
Sigma said as he possessed a clone, "I am sorry for the needless waste, Adora. It did not have to be like this. Are you ready to cooperate?"
Adora cried, but then she heard a voice she never thought she would hear again.
"Adora…."
Adora whispered the name, "Antauri?"
"You must fight. Fight for yourself. Fight for her!"
Adora closed her eyes as she held Catra.
And then, she felt it.
Power surges through her!
Adora clenched her fists as she glared at the clones all around her. Tears of anger and rage flowing down her face.
Adora then had a vision of the previous She-Ra's and then she saw Mara and Twilight.
"Mara…. Will you answer it's call…. Will you fight for the honor of….", Twilight said to Mara.
Adora growled, "for…. The honor…. Of…. The Jedi Order…."
Adora's eyes began to glow as she yelled, "YOU WILL NOT TOUCH HER!"
And right before the clone's eyes, a glowing light surrounded Adora and she lifted her hand into the air.
A sword began to form in her hand as she growled in rage, and her outfit began to form into a set of glowing gold armor!
She-Ra, while holding Catra in her arms, began to fight off the clones.
She snarled almost like a wild animal as her sword sliced any clone that ran towards her in half!
She-Ra glanced down at the unconscious Catra as she whispered, "I'm getting you out of here baby, I promise."
….
Sam and the group ran through the hallways.
Threepio shouted in fear, "are we almost to the ship!?"
Sam pointed to the ship and yelled, "there it is! Come on!"
Entrapta yelled, "what about Adora and Catra?!"
Prime replied, "we can only give them a few minutes! My brother won't let us leave if he can help it!"
Then more clones appeared and stood in their way.
Luke asked with a scared look, "now what do we do?"
"I don't know", Bow shouted.
"I've got an idea, but you have to promise that you won't be mad that I, maybe, possibly, 100 percent disregarded all those times you told me not to tinker with the ship", Entrapta said a bit nervously.
"Entrapta, if you get us out of here, you can tinker with the ship as much as you want", Bow shouted as he was nervous.
"Great! Hey, Darla", Entrapta shouted as she whistled
The ship shakes and rumbles.
Ahsoka asked, a bit confused, "what's going on?"
Rubble crashing down causes an explosion of dust crashing through the wall.
Hordak hugs Sam, Luke and Leia close to him, while Prime hugs Ashla close to him.
The dust clears revealing the ship and the clones underneath the rubble.
"Nice work Darla", Entrapta yelled with squeal.
Sam yelled, "everyone on board!"
The group began running into the ship. Hordak Jr yelled, "sorry brothers", as he ran on.
Hordak shouted, "don't apologize, they tried to kill us!"
Sam was the last one on, yelling, "get the ship running! But don't take off until Adora and Catra are on board!"
"Look", Leia shouted as she pointed at something.
The group then saw…. She-Ra holding Catra in her arms.
"She-Ra", Sam said with a smile.
Obi Wan asked, amazed, "so that's She-Ra?"
Bow replied, "in the glowing flesh!"
She-Ra ran into the ship, yelling, "get us the Hell outta here!"
Entrapta and Obi Wan quickly worked the controls, getting the ship into the air, and quickly flying off as the clones tried to shoot at the ship in vain!
The ship was now in a open space of the galaxy.
"So the stories were true, She-Ra is real", Obi Wan said with a smile.
"Ashla", Ahsoka yelled as she ran to hug her twin sister.
Ashla smiled and said, "it's wonderful to see you Ahsoka. We have so much to talk about."
She-Ra carried Catra over to Entrapta with an urgent look on her face.
She-Ra then used her magic to heal Catra.
"He, Adora….", Catra smiled, feeling weak.
"You must rest", She-Ra said.
Catra closed her eyes.
"Entrapta, once Catra wakes up, you must find a way to remove the chip." Adora said as she transformed back.
"Got it", Entrapta said.
"I'll help you with that", Prime said.
She-Ra simply stared at Prime and asked, "how can you help? Your damn ships nearly took her away from me?"
Prime replied, "this is all Sigma's doing! I ordered him to destroy the chips. I ordered him to keep her safe! I promise you, Adora, I will do everything I can to stop Sigma, and end this fruitless war with the Horde!"
"Please Adora! Prime is telling the truth, he really wants to help you", Ashla said as she held her husband's hand.
She-Ra gave a worried look as she said, "fine…. But if you hurt her…. You'll regret it."
She-Ra then transformed back into Adora.
Prime nodded his head.
Adora carried Catra over to a bed and set her down. But as she tried to leave, Catra unconsciously pulled Adora down next to her.
Adora blushed as her friend held her arm.
Adora then removed herself from Catra's grip.
"We'll let you know when she wakes up", Entrapta said as she and Prime started to talk on how to remove the chip.
Adora asked, "Sam, Hordak, can I speak with you and the rest of the Jedi in private?"
Sam and the rest of the Jedi nod their heads.
Once they were all alone, Sam asked, "what do you need to talk to us about?"
Adora said, "well, when I turned into She-Ra, without the sword, I didn't yell for the honor of Grayskull. I yelled…. For the honor of the Jedi Order."
Sam, Hordak, Luke and Leia asked, "what?"
Ahsoka asked, a bit confused, "what do you mean?"
"You see, in order for Adora to transform into She-Ra, she must yell for the Honor of Grayskull and that allows her to transform", Luke explained to the others.
"Not only that, I also had a vision of all the She-Ra's that came before me, and they all yelled the same thing…. For the honor of the Jedi Order", Adora explained.
Obi Wan asked, "then what changed? What made them switch the words to Grayskull?"
Adora asked, "I'm not sure…. Could the First Ones have changed it when they built the Sword of protection?"
Sam said, "it's possible. Especially considering what happened between the Jedi and Etheria during the situation with Mara and the Heart."
"So they could have more control over She-Ra and the Heart", Slash said.
Sam noticed Adora had a sad look on her face.
Sam asked, "Adora, what's wrong?"
"Sam…. I'm not sure if I should tell you this….", Adora said as she sighed.
Sam asked, a bit confused, "what do you mean?"
"Before I transformed into She-Ra…. I heard…. Antauri's voice….", Adora said with a tear in her eye.
Sam looked very shocked as he said, "r-really?"
Adora nodded and said, "he told me to fight. To fight for myself. To fight…. For Catra."
"Uncle, don't cry", Leia said as she and Luke went over to hug Sam.
Adora asked, "but how is it possible that he could speak with me?"
Obi Wan said, "I think I know."
Everyone turned their attention to Obi Wan as he said, "Master Yoda and I learned of an ancient force ability. The ability to commune between the living and the dead, as a spirit of sorts. The first Jedi to learn this ability…. Was my old master."
Ahsoka asked, "Qui Gon?"
Obi Wan nodded and said, "he learned this, and Master Yoda and I went through training in order to learn it as well. Given Antauri's abilities with the force, it must have been easy for him to learn this."
"Yeah, since Antauri was 9,990 years old, he must have spent those years training", Sam said.
Adora asked, wide eyed, "wait, how old again was he?"
"Uh…. 9,990 years old", Sam said with a chuckle.
Hordak's eyes widened.
Ahsoka said, "that's older than Leon's losing streak in sabak!"
Obi Wan said, "even Master Yoda is not that old. Antauri must be truly ancient to have lived that long."
"Antauri wasn't even a Togruta", Sam said.
"What do you mean, he looks like a Togruta", Ahsoka said with a confused look.
"Yes, but that wasn't his true form", Luke explained.
Hordak asked, "true form?"
Sam explained, "a long time ago, Antauri explained that his Togruta form was simply his physical form he took. His real form was one I never saw, but it was extremely powerful in the force."
"That does explain why Antauri had so much knowledge of the Force and the Jedi order", Obi Wan said.
"And of the Republic", Leia said.
"Antauri also knew that the order and the Republic would fall. In the Jedi Temple on Etheria, we found a video", Luke said.
Leia said, "it detailed everything, from Antauri's time on Etheria, to his predictions of what would happen. From the Clone Wars, Order 66, the works."
"And of the chosen one", Sam said with a sad look on his face.
Ahsoka asked with sadness, "did he know…. Anakin would fall to the dark side?"
Sam nodded and said, "we see it all. What would happen to my brother, me, all of us."
"Antauri also spoke about the other prophecy should the chosen one fall to the dark side….", Hordak explained.
Obi Wan asked, "what did he explain?"
Sam explained, "he said that the warrior who wields the sword, aka; She-Ra, would help dyad in the force to restore order to the galaxy."
Obi Wan said, "and that would be you and Hordak?"
"Yes", Sam said.
"We will restore peace to the Galaxy", Hordak said.
"Sam, I guess I should give these back to you", Adora said as she held in her hands Antauri's lightsabers.
Sam shook his head and said, "they're yours Adora. You've more than earned them after all you've done for us."
"But they are the last thing you have of Antauri, now that I can transform into She-Ra….", Adora said before Sam placed a hand on her shoulder.
Sam smiled and said, "I have a lifetime of memories to remember him by. And those sabers could prove quite dangerous in your hands. Please, keep them."
Adora smiled at those words.
Adora then clipped the lightsabers to her belt.
"I promise to take real care of them", Adora said.
Sam said, "I know you will. Now, what's say we all get back home?"
Everyone nods their head.
….
Later, Sam and Hordak were in their room.
Hamill then ran into the room.
Sam asked, "what is it, Hamill?"
Hamill then beeped.
Horde Prime then walked into the room.
"Prime", Sam said as he stood up along with Hordak.
Prime said, "I believe we have much to discuss about…. Current events…."
Sam and Hordak both gave a begrudging nod.
"I know you two are mad at me…. For what I did to…. Sam", Prime said as he sighed.
"You nearly killed him", Hordak yelled in anger.
"Hordak calm down", Sam said as he grabbed Hordak's arm.
"I know…. Which is why I'm here…. To apologize for what I did", Prime said with a sad sigh.
Hordak said, "oh, do you mean all of it? Such as banishing me? Starting this war? Nearly killing the man I love, trying to reprogram me, inventing chips that could potentially control everyone, your clones attacking, do I need to list anything else?"
Prime closed his eyes as he sighed.
"Yes…. I apologize for everything I ever did…. And I hope one day you can forgive me…. Brother", Prime said.
Hordak simply stayed silent as he stared at Horde Prime.
Sam then stepped forward.
Hordak said, "Sam?"
Sam then placed his hand on Horde Prime's arm.
"I can sense you really are trying to become a better person Prime, but if you really want to prove it, you must help us in this war", Sam said with a soft tone.
Prime nodded and said, "I will. I'll do everything I can to help us win the war. Both with my own Empire, and the galactic one."
Sam asked, "Hordak?"
Hordak then walked forward.
Hordak said, "if he can help end all of this…. That's a start."
Prime smiled softly as he placed a hand on Hordak's shoulder.
Hordak simply kept looking at Prime with an unsure look….
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Reviews:
SuperSentai199: yeah, I liked doing something different. And yeah, it was such a rollercoaster to watch and write those moments.
Sandy Cheeks: PATRICK!
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I was so happy to get to this moment with Catra being saved.