Chapter 17: The Separation
"...Fight." Glimmer muttered as she generated the purple aura around her fists. Adora and Brittni ran and took cover into some nearby bushes. Not noticing, the Horde soldier's actions, Glimmer and Bow readied themselves. Glimmer gave a battle cry as she ran at the gargantuan monster before her. The spider lifted its bony, front right limb up, and brought it down with the intention of stabbing Glimmer. Bow fired the arrow he had nocked into his bow at the spiders attacking limb. The force of the arrow struck the spiders limb with great force, moving it out of the way of hitting Glimmer. The spider raised its other limb to continue its right limb's objective of splitting Glimmer's skull. Just before the sharpened exoskeleton landed on Glimmer, however, she teleported out of reach, getting closer to its eyes. Once in range, Glimmer lobbed the purple energy her fist had generated, into the monster's eyes with a right cross. The monster shook its head erratically from the temporary blindness induced by Glimmer's powers, and screeched right into Glimmer's face, forcing her off balance. Glimmer shrieked as she covered her ears, trying to block out the tumult coming from the creatures larynx. The creature began flailing its limbs back and forth, one of them whacking Glimmer, sending her flying to the left, slamming her into a tree, back first. Glimmer screamed as she flew like a ragdoll launched from a cannon, and choked out a breath of air as she made contact with the tree. As she slid down, Bow wailed when he saw his comrade become incapacitated.
"Glimmer!" Bow yelled as he went to make a run towards her. Before he could, however, the spider, still blinded from Glimmer's sparkle blast began swinging its limbs back and forth. Bow ducked out of the way of one of the creatures swipes, rolled out of the way with the next swipe, and held up his bow as a shield against the last limb swipe, while on one knee. The creature shrieked and started pushing its right limb harder, while Bow was putting all of his strength into pushing the creatures limb back. His efforts were failing, however. The spider leaned in closer, forcing him onto his back. The sweat was streaming rapidly down his head as he took several deep breaths, grunting, wondering how he could get out of this mess. Meanwhile, while all this commotion was happening, Brittni and Adora, while hiding in the bushes, started unbinding each others wrists. Thanks to Brittni being five foot nothing, she was able to lift her knees up and pull her arms under her legs. Adora nervously chuckled as she saw Brittni do this.
"I guess being short has its perks." Adora said, facetiously. Brittni narrowed her eyes at Adora then flicked her forehead. Adora widened her eyes.
"Did you just flick me?!" Adora demanded.
"This is really not the time, Adora…" Brittni muttered as she spun Adora around and began unbinding Adora's restraints.
"I know… sorry, I say things I don't mean when I'm nervous-ergh!" Adora squealed as Brittni was untying her.
"Sorry! These are tighter than I thought." Brittni said as she finally pulled the last knot. Adora started rubbing her wrists together and exhaled.
"Thanks, Brittni." Adora said as Brittni smiled and nodded. Adora then said, "okay, your turn." While Adora started undoing Brittni's restraints,Brittni turned her head to face the commotion that was going on with the rebels and the spider. She had just witnessed Glimmer getting slammed against the tree, causing her to cringe, raise her cheeks and grit her teeth.
"Oooh.. Tss.. That's gotta hurt… can't say I'll shed a tear, though." Brittni said, chuckling as she waited for Adora to unbind her wrists. When she saw Bow struggling against the oversized bug, she felt a modicum of pity. The more she saw him struggle, being pushed onto his back, the more Brittni felt more and more pity. As Adora pulled the last knot, Brittni started rubbing her hands, not taking her eyes of Bow. Adora moved up beside Brittni and gawked, mouth agape at the situation that was happening. Both of the girls slowly turned their heads towards each other. Almost reading one another's minds, they spoke.
"Should we?" Brittni asked.
"Yep." Adora sighed. And with that, the two Horde soldiers jumped out of the bushes and charged towards the creature, howling as they ran. Bow looked over at the yelling and cocked his eyebrow. Brittni scooped up some rocks and started chucking them at the spiders eyes. The spider let out its loud screech and loosened its force on the limb that was pinning Bow down. This distraction allowed Adora to strike. When around five feet away, Adora jumped and raised her foot, launching it at the limb that was holding Bow down. The force of her kick knocked the limb out of the way. Adora landed on one knee near Bow. She looked down at Bow and the two locked eyes. Adora held out her hand. Switching glances between Adora and her hand, he grabbed it, and she pulled him up.
"Look out!" Brittni yelled. The creature started swinging its left limb towards Bow and Adora. Bow dove out of the way to the right, away from the creature. Adora, however, was too late, having her back to the creatures limb. Just like Glimmer, the creatures limb smacked into Adora's back, sending her flying towards the tree that Glimmer had flown into. Glimmer was just picking herself up. When Glimmer stood up and came to, her eyes went wide as Adora slammed into her, knocking both of them out. Bow reached for his namesaked weapon, only to realize he had dropped it when he dove away from the spider. The spider started thrusting its two available limbs at Bow, while he tried to dodge. One of the limbs managed to hit his pauldron, knocking him on his back. While on the ground, the spider started plunging its two limbs into the ground, trying to hit him. He rolled out of the way, to the left and right. Finally, the spider thrusted a limb, aimed at Bow's chest. He managed to grab it, holding it from piercing his chest. Brittni in the meantime had ran over to the pack that the rebel soldiers were holding the Horde soldier's equipment and grabbed her shock baton and radio. She had noticed the spider raising its available limb, ready to plunge it into Bow. Bow let out a terrified shout. Noticing Bow's screams, Brittni gasped. Shock baton in hand, Brittni ignited it, charged at the spider, and fired a few potshots at the spider's back, not piercing its carapace, but getting its attention. The spider lifted its limb off of Bow and erratically turned its gigantic, bony head towards Brittni, baring its sharpened-edged teeth. Brittni, pretty much, immediately regretted her decision of shooting it, especially when the spider let out its ear-splitting screech and began trudging towards Brittni.
"You know, I'd like to go more than a few hours without being attacked by something!" Brittni protested as she started running away from the spider, firing the shock baton's plasma at it as she ran. The projectiles were not stopping the spider, however. The spider was creeping ever closer to Brittni, using its back four legs to give chase, and its two front limbs to swipe at her. Thanks to her observation powers, Brittni was rather quick to easily dodge each swipe. She could not do this forever, though, and she was wondering exactly what to do. While she was running and dodging, she was looking for something, anything, that resembled any semblance of a weak point. She dove into a grove of trees to catch her breath and get a better look. Because of the gargantuan size of the creature, it could not get closer to Brittni. Brittni was behind a tree, catching her breath when the creature thrusted its limb passed the tree, inches away from her face. Brittni's eyes grew wide, but she held her gasp in. The limb then slid back from the tree like a sword from a sheath. The monster let out another screech. Brittni started backing away from the tree to get a good look at the spider. Upon seeing Brittni, the spider thrusted its two front limbs at her, but seemingly avoiding the actual trees. Brittni moved back enough to where she knew the spider couldn't reach her. While regaining her composure, Brittni noticed that the spider was going around the trees, and seemingly, was also being careful not to even touch the trees. The spider let out deafening, angry screeches as its limbs kept going in and out of the grove without ever touching the trees. Brittni folded her arms and put her right hand to her chin.
"Can the spider not touch the trees?" Brittni wondered to herself. She unholstered her shock baton and aimed it at the tree. She fired on the edge of the tree, the green plasma splintering the bark from the tree, causing it to fly in all directions. The spider let out a fearful screech and stopped its attack. Its limbs retracted towards its body, and it took a few steps back. Brittni stared in awe, then grinned. She came up with a plan. Moving through the woods, the spider cautiously followed around her, not daring touching the trees, but keeping its eyes on Brittni. When she got closer to Bow, she realized he was was knelt over with Glimmer and Adora trying to wake them up. Brittni shouted at him, while still in the cover of the grove.
"Hey! Uh… Archery guy. Um... Bow!" Brittni sputtered out. Bow turned his head with a surprised expression, "listen, I have an idea on how to get rid of the spider. Do you have some kind of… like, rope arrow or something?" Bow's expression changed from surprised to determined. He pulled a certain arrow out of his quiver and spun it around in his hand.
"Right here." Bow yelled back at Brittni. The spider heard Bow yell and slowly turned its body towards him. Brittni fired at a tree in front of her again, causing the spider to immediately redirect its attention at Brittni, showing another sign of fear. Bow shuddered.
"Whoa, what're you doing-" Bow started before being interrupted by Brittni.
"Just trust me! I'm going to fire at the base of a tree. When it starts falling, I want you to fire a rope arrow at it and direct it to fall on the spider. Can you do that?" Brittni asked. Bow switched glances between the fearful spider and Brittni then nodded.
"Okay, let's do this." Bow said as he nocked the arrow in his bow. Brittni ran around the edge of the woods so the spider would continue to give chase and keep its attention fixated on her. She was also looking for a rather large tree. Bow was following the spider, keeping his distance. Finally, Brittni came upon a pretty big tree. She ignited the shock baton, it glowing brighter as she charged up the shot. She then let out a large line of plasma at the base of the tree causing it to splinter and start falling. The spider let out an enraged screeched and started erratically thrusting its limbs around the tree. One of its edges, inches away from Brittni. Brittni jumped back and missed the limbs.
"Hey! Over here!" Bow yelled, jumping in the air, and waving his arms. The spider retracted its limbs and looked over at Bow, beginning its movement towards him. Bow shuddered as he began taking steps backwards. Brittni noticed this and acted quickly. She fired a couple more shots at the base of the tree, and it began falling.
"Timber!" Brittni yelled as the tree started falling towards her, it getting stopped by other tree branches. She then fired a couple more shots at the spider, making it stop dead in its tracks. When Bow saw the tree falling he fired the rope arrow at it and pulled at it with all his might. Brittni was simultaneously pushing the tree. With all the effort of a hundred people, the two managed to move the tree towards the spider. The spider noticed Bow grunting and turned towards him, raised its limb, and was about to plunge it into him, when the tree collapsed right on top of the spider, forcing it to the ground. It let out a loud, long, and animalistic screech as its limbs began waving around trying to get up. Brittni ran towards Bow and they both moved away from the spiders flailing limbs. After a few moments, the spider stopped moving, apparently dead. They both stood there, admiring their work.
"Not bad… for a rebel." Brittni joked, winking at Bow. Bow grinned.
"Could say the same for a Horde ninja." Bow chimed in as they both started laughing. Brittni looked at Bow and saw that he was smiling at her. For a moment, a flood of thoughts came into Brittni's mind.
"This rebel isn't so bad… it's just like back at Elberon. The rebel soldier under the wardrobe. He was a regular person, just like this archer…" Brittni thought to herself as she continued to stare without making a sound. No words came out. Bow looked at Brittni, concerned.
"Hey, are you okay?" Bow inquired. Brittni lightly shook her head, snapping her back to reality, and she smiled.
"I'm fine. Um… let's go check on our people." Brittni said, rubbing her right shoulder with her left. Bow nodded and the duo walked over to find Glimmer and Adora getting up. They both groaned as they picked themselves up. Glimmer was to the left and Brittni was to the right. Bow and Brittni went to their respective comrades and helped them up. Adora hugged Brittni as she was helped up. Glimmer patted herself down.
"Brittni! I'm glad you're okay." Adora said as she broke from the embrace. Brittni smiled, and Adora continued, "what happened to the spider?" Brittni looked behind herself, and pointed at the gargantuan spider, pinned under a tree. All four looked back.
"How did you take it down?" Glimmer inquired.
"Oh, you should have seen it, Glimmer!" Bow said, excitedly, "there we were, the spider was trying to stab me with its forearms, and just as it was about to kill me, woosh! Brittni shot at it, giving me some breathing room. Then, we figured out that the spider, for some reason, couldn't touch the trees-" Bow continued before being interrupted by Brittni clearing her throat.
"Ah hem! You mean, I figured it out." Brittni said, folding her arms. Bow scratched the back of his head.
"Uh, heh, heh. You're right. Sorry. Anyway, Brittni cut down a tree, and I used my rope arrow to pull the tree onto the spider. How cool is that?!" Bow inquired, excitedly. Glimmer gazed at Bow with a smile.
"Well, that's super, Bow, good work." Glimmer said, feigning enthusiasm. Her tone then sounded more annoyed, "but bad news, we still have a couple of Horde soldiers to fight!" She said, her voice sounding more irritated.
"Glimmer, we don't have to fight them. They did come back and help us" Bow said, sympathetically.
"We can't trust them, Bow!" Glimmer snapped, stretching her arms at her sides in protest.. Brittni and Adora glanced at each other, then Glimmer. For a few moments, everybody was silent. Adora then stepped forward and broke the silence.
"Look; Glimmer, is it? We didn't come here to fight. All I want is the sword." Adora said, diplomatically.
"The sword belongs to the Rebellion. We'll be taking it back with us." Glimmer declared. Brittni spoke up.
"Look, there has to be a diplomatic solution to-" Brittni started before they heard a dreaded, familiar, animalistic screech coming from behind. The group turned towards the noise to see the spider begin lifting itself up. Its former blue eyes began to glow a bright red. The screech that it was making before sounded more distorted, now. It was slowly lifting itself up, until it gave a final push that threw the tree off its back.
"Oh, not good…" Brittni said, staring wide-eyed at the creature. The four got into their battle positions: Bow nocking an arrow, Glimmer generating the purple aura in her fists, and Brittni igniting her shock baton. Adora glanced around, and saw the sword by the ruins of the home that was destroyed by the Horde. The ruins were to the right, in between the group and the spider. Without giving much thought, Adora made a beeline towards the ruins to grab the sword.
"Cover me!" Adora shouted as she began her dash.
"Adora wait- Ugh, fire!" Brittni commanded. With that, Bow fired an explosive arrow, Glimmer threw her purple energy, and Brittni fired the shock baton, all at the spider. The spider curled up into a ball, into some kind of defensive position. The explosive arrow hit the spider but didn't crack when it exploded onto the spider. Glimmer's energy wasn't doing anything, nor was Brittni's plasma bolts. The three stared in horror as the spider picked itself up and took notice of Adora. The three continued to fire their weapons at the spider, seemingly not doing any damage as their projectiles hit its exoskeleton. Adora was just at the ruins, and she was looking through the clutter to see where Glimmer had dropped the sword. The spider charged at Adora. Adora looked back, screamed, and rifled through the ruins, faster. The spider was just about to make contact with Adora, moving head first to pummel her. She looked back and dove to the left, barely dodging the spider as it ran into, and knocked down the buildings wall. When Adora dove, she felt something under her. The sword! The spider shook the debris off its head, then turned to the left towards Adora, again, letting out a deepened screech. Quickly, Adora grabbed the sword, ready to defend herself. Just as the spider opened its mouth to rip Adora apart, Adora shouted at it.
"For the honor, of Grayskull!" Adora shouted, her voice seeming to echo. As soon as Adora shouted that, a flash of blue light emanated from the sword, and enshrouded Adora. A bright yellow vortex then surrounded Adora. When it dissipated, Adora seemed to be no more. In her place was an eight foot tall woman that had Adora's face. She was wearing a white tunic with a gold trim, a golden tiara, white boots with a blue and gold trim. She had golden bracers, as well as golden pauldrons. Donning her back was a red cape. As soon as transformation occurred, the spider immediately stopped its descent. The creatures eyes turned from red, back to blue, and its muscles loosened up. It slowly prostrated itself on the ground. The two rebels and Brittni stared, mouth agape at the majesty that was the woman with the sword. They switched glances between each other and the woman. The woman stood there, majestically, pointing the sword at the, now, placid spider.
"Glimmer…?" Bow asked, still awestruck by the resplendence of the woman with the sword.
"Yeah. I see her, Bow." Glimmer responded, equally dumbfounded. Brittni was the most shocked out of all of them.
"A..Adora?" Brittni asked, stepping towards the woman and the spider. The woman with the sword did not seem to notice. For a few moments, the woman was smiling devilishly at the spider with narrowed eyes. Suddenly, the woman's eyes grew wide as she looked at herself. She started shrieking with confused fear, causing her to drop the sword. When she dropped the sword, she simultaneously fell backwards onto her bottom. Suddenly, the radiance surrounded the woman again, and quickly disappeared. When it disappeared, Adora reappeared. Adora looked around, letting out a shriek and began panting, breathlessly. Glimmer narrowed her eyes at Adora. She then teleported next to Adora, and reached for the sword. Adora grabbed it first, and the two started tugging it back and forth.
"What did you do to me?!" Adora demanded as they were fighting for the sword.
"What do you mean, 'what did I do?' Glimmer snapped back.
"I didn't know being a princess was contagious!" Adora howled. Bow ran over to the two of them, waving his arms.
"Okay, okay, everyone calm down!" Bow yelled, his voice cracking a bit. He then lowered his voice and looked to Adora, "you wanna tell us how you did that?"
"Did what? Grow two and a half feet and have a magical wardrobe change?! You tell me!" Adora yelled out. This whole time this interchange was happening, the spider laid there like an obedient dog. Brittni moved closer but kept her distance.
"...Adora?" Brittni inquired. The three looked at Brittni who was visibly shaken. Adora looked over at Brittni, equally distraught. Adora loosened her grip on the sword and let Glimmer take it. She stepped over the ruins and walked over to Brittni. Brittni just stood there.
"Brittni, I… I don't know what happened." Adora said, completely bewildered. Brittni remained speechless for a few moments, opening her mouth but not saying anything. She then spoke.
"Adora… are you a princess?" Brittni inquired. Adora shuddered.
"No! I… I mean, I can't be a princess. Princesses are monsters!" Adora snapped. From behind, Glimmer and Bow stared in disgust at the two Horde soldiers.
"Excuse me?! Monsters?!" Glimmer yelled. She then teleported in between Adora and Brittni, "you call us monsters? Look what your precious Horde did to us!" Glimmer said, pointing at the ruins. Adora's eyebrows and mouth curved into a frown as she gazed at the ruins once again. She stared in deep thought, not saying a word. Suddenly, Bow gasped. The spider began lifting itself up again, and let out a very low roar. Its eyes turned red again. Bow took notice and started backing away. Suddenly, the spider completely picked itself up and let out a loud screech. Bow grabbed the sword and started running.
"Catch!" Bow yelled as he tossed the sword to Adora. She slid out of the way, letting the sword clang to the ground, "wha- why didn't you catch it?!" Bow yelled as he started running towards the group.
"Who catches a sword being thrown at them?!" Adora yelled.
"Oh, uh, right. never mind, just run!" Bow yelled as he was running. The other three joined Bow as they ran out towards the woods; Bow and Brittni hoping that the spider wouldn't go through. They all made it into a grove of trees to catch their breath. As they did so, they looked over at the spider, hoping that it would stop like it did before. Their hopes were crushed, however, as the spider crashed into the grove of trees like a freight train going through a concrete wall. The trees splintered and felled as the spider blasted through them. The four screamed and continued to run with the spider close behind. Bow nocked an explosive arrow into his Bow and turned around for a moment to fire it. He fired it at the ground to where the spider was about to step, detonating the ground and causing the spider to get the majority of its limbs stuck in the crater that was created.
"That'll buy us time." Bow shouted as he turned back to catch up with the other three. The spider was struggling in a frenzy to get out of the crater. As the four kept running, they came upon a cave.
"In there!" Glimmer yelled as she pointed at the cave. The four made their way into the cave and delved deep in order to avoid the spider. Glimmer generated the aura around her fists to illuminate the area. The group began catching their breaths, sitting down and leaning against the walls to rest for a few moments. While resting, the group looked around. There seemed to be some strange writing on the wall that seemed to be indecipherable… at least to everyone but Adora. Adora narrowed her eyes at the writing and wondered to herself.
"Huh, I guess there were other people in the same situation as us." Adora said. Everyone else looked at her.
"What do you mean?" Bow inquired. Adora pointed at the wall.
"The story? On the wall?" Adora asked, matter-of-factly, "it says a family took refuge in this cave after being chased down by a colossal creature." Glimmer and Bow stared in awe at Adora, while Brittni held her knees up to her chest as she was sitting against a wall.
"You can read that?!" Bow asked, excitedly.
"You can't?" Adora inquired. Glimmer and Bow went on to explain about the First Ones and their incredible technology. Adora was fascinated with their stories and listened, intently. Brittni continued to sulk in her corner. Adora took notice and walked over to Brittni.
"Could you two give us a minute?" Adora asked as she knelt down next to Brittni. Bow and Glimmer looked at each other, shrugged, and went to the front of the cave. One the two rebels were out of auditory distance, Adora spoke.
"Brittni, are you okay?" Adora inquired, sitting next to Brittni and wrapping her arm around her shoulders. Brittni tilted her head up, then turned it towards Adora.
"Are you a princess, Adora? And how did you read that?" Brittni asked. Adora opened her mouth, but no words came out. She closed her mouth again then frowned.
"I don't know…" Adora began, pausing for a few moments, "but you saw what happened. One moment I'm me, the next, I'm some kind of eight foot tall lady." It went quiet after what Adora said. Brittni wanted to speak but didn't know what to say. She looked to the end of the cave to see Glimmer sitting on the ground, and Bow leaning against a wall towards the entrance. After a few moments, Brittni finally said something.
"I feel like I should be used to this by now. Life has thrown a million curve balls at me this entire week." Brittni muttered, letting out a sigh. She looked to Adora, "so what's our next move?" Brittni inquired. Adora looked down at the ground, thoughtless.
"I… I want to know more about what's going on." Adora began. She then looked at Brittni, "ever since you told me about the siege of Elberon, in particular, about the guy that was being tortured by Dragstor… you said that he spoke of the Horde doing all those horrible things. And that village that we just saw that was ransacked by the Horde. I mean, is there any way to explain the good from that?" Adora inquired. Brittni looked down at the ground and sighed.
"I hate to admit it, but I could tell by the evidence that the populace of that village didn't put up a fight. I couldn't tell you why the Horde attacked them." Brittni said, skeptically. The cave was silent again for a few moments.
"Well, I want to know what happened to me. I want to understand more about why the Horde and Rebellion are fighting. Those two said something about First One's… maybe they could help me figure it out." Adora suggested. Brittni immediately turned to Adora, and narrowed her eyes.
"Do you hear yourself, Adora? As much as I'd like to trust at least the archery guy, I cannot trust the princess! She almost killed Dragstor!" Brittni snapped, stifling her voice so the others wouldn't hear her. Adora sighed.
"I know, Brittni, I know… I just, I feel something pulling me towards them. I can't quite explain it. I dunno, maybe I just need to go clear my head." Adora said, picking herself up off the ground. Brittni stood up as well, and the two walked to the entrance of the cave. Bow turned towards them, still leaning against the wall.
"Hey, you two alright?" Bow inquired.
"We're fine… Thank you." Adora responded. Brittni just nodded her head. Bow put his hands together and rubbed them.
"Okay, great. Well, I think we should get out of here. I took a look around and I didn't see the spider, anywhere. I think we're in the clear." Bow declared.
"Don't get all buddy-buddy with them, Bow. They're still Horde soldiers." Glimmer stated, bitterly, staring off in the distance. Bow sighed and started walking out of the cave. Glimmer teleported next to him. Adora ran after them. The two turned towards Adora as she arrived.
"Wait, I… I feel some kind of pull towards you two. Like, I feel like we were supposed to meet." Adora declared. While Adora and the others were talking, Brittni was walking towards them. As she was traversing towards the group, Brittni heard a very faint skittering noise. She stopped her motion and squared up her body. She closely listened to the noise. Brittni analyzed the area. To the right and left there were groves of trees with some bushes and other vegetation. Adora and company were to the right side, and the skittering was coming from the left. The skittering noise started sounding more clear as Brittni took slow steps towards the group. Brittni then heard a buzzing noise. Once she put two and two together, she realized what the sound was: A giant wasp. The wasp was about four inches long and had a stinger about half the size. As soon as Brittni figured out what the noises were, her vision was made manifest. The giant wasp slowly lifted itself up out of the bushes and was staring directly at the distracted group. Brittni gasped and unholstered her shock baton.
"Look out!" Brittni yelled. The group turned towards Brittni as she ignited her baton. She pointed it to the left, which directed the attention of the group towards the wasp. Brittni then fired the projectile plasma from her baton at the wasp. The bolt from Brittni's baton flew right into the wasp, forcing it into a tree, and causing it to explode in a molten green mess splattered against the tree. Brittni was running towards the group, shouting, "there's gonna be more! Go- Ugh!" Brittni screamed in agony as she felt a sting hit her back. It was another wasp's stinger. The venom from the stinger had some kind of muscle relaxant to it, as Brittni collapsed to the ground.
"Brittni!" Adora yelled as she started running towards her. Glimmer teleported to Brittni, first, and generated the aura in her right fist, punching the wasp into the ground, splattering it. Adora grabbed Brittni and put her arm around her. Adora also turned to Glimmer in surprise.
"Thanks, Glimmer!" Adora said, nodding at Glimmer. Glimmer smiled before hearing the buzzing noise. They all looked and saw a swarm headed towards them. Bow took notice and fired an explosive arrow at the swarm. He managed to hit one, which detonated the explosive, taking out the majority of them. Brittni, though weakened, finally remembered something. She had the radio that Brett gave her. She didn't want the rebels to know that she was going to call for help, so instead, she activated the distress signal which would alert Brett and pinpoint Brittni's location. She pulled out the radio and did just that while Adora was distracted by carrying her. Meanwhile, the swarm was closing in.
"Can you teleport us out of this?!" Adora yelled to Glimmer. Glimmer looked to Adora while they were both running.
"I'll do what I can!" Glimmer yelled back. She took Adora's hand and focused her teleport. With that, the group of three disappeared in an assemblage of purple sparkles. The wasps, confused, continued to fly in the same direction. Bow had already hid himself behind a tree. The wasps flew right passed Bow. Glimmer and party managed to teleport right next to Bow, slightly scaring him. Once they all knew that the wasps were gone, they all took a breather. Adora set Brittni down by a tree. Brittni was slowly losing consciousness.
"Okay, we need to do something for Brittni." Adora said, looking to Bow and Glimmer. Before either one could respond, they started hearing a cracking noise. They all looked around but saw nothing. The cracking sound started getting louder, near their feet. They all looked at their feet, realizing that the ground was breaking below. Before they could react, they realized that they were on the edge of a ten foot cliff, and it had just caved in. The three screamed as they fell down into a valley of some sort. They all groaned as they started picking themselves up. From all of the commotion, the wasps were able to pinpoint the groups location. Slowly, they all started hearing the dreaded buzzing noises. They turned towards the wasps and gasped. They turned away from the winged beasts, sprinting for their lives. As they ran, the ground beneath them started feeling like glassy tile. At the end of this glassy tile was a door shaped like a triangle.
"What is that?!" Glimmer yelled as they were running.
"Not sure! But, anywhere is better than here!" Bow replied.
"What about Brittni?!" Adora protested.
"We'll go back to her! Come on!" Glimmer yelled as they all ran to the triangular door. Brittni in the meanwhile was slowly seeping into a deep slumber. Before she fully passed out, a single thought pervaded her thoughts:
"Brett… Help me…" and with that, Brittni closed her eyes.
