Ch. 5 Heirs Come Home
Hordak had been pacing in the lab, his thoughts racing through all the possibilities. At first he had been working on some of the projects he and Entrapta had started, but after several hours had passed, his mind had been too preoccupied to focus on the projects. So he wandered through the castle distractedly. He had no worries of the staff seeing him, most of them already knew he was alive after some unwelcome intrusions into their lab and bedroom. He frowned, remembering some of those moments, as one of said servants walked by him with a smile.
"Good afternoon, my lord," she greeted in passing, but paused when noticing he seemed lost in thought. "Is everything alright, Sir? The lady didn't build another robot double did she?"
Hordak stopped as his train of thought was interrupted. He looked to the servant looking her up and down before sighing. "No, she has not made another robot double." Hordak knew this servant, she was the first to discover he lived. Her reaction to it had been quite enjoyable, seeing the terror she showed. But since the years passing she had grown accustomed to him, just as she and the other servants grew accustomed to knocking. Hordak thought for a moment on whether to ask her, before deciding it best to at least check. "Have you heard any news on Entrapta?" Hordak watched as the servant thought for a moment before shaking her head.
"I'm sorry my lord, but no. From what I do know something exciting occured at the meeting, which is why she was delayed," the servant said before Hordak dismissed her. He returned to the lab. It wasn't much information, but for some reason exciting and Entrapta calmed him a little. At worst the portal sent a princess to the other side of the world, or even another dimension. The idea of that made him smile sinisterly. "With any luck it was Adora or Angela," he muttered to himself. As he thought to himself, the proximity alert went off in the lab to warn him and Entrapta that they had guests. Hordak checked the monitor amd saw Entrapta, which allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief, before he noticed Catra and Scorpia with her. He scowled at the sight of Catra. Her actions had left him with a special disdain for this feline. But now was not the time to skin a cat. Hordak looked for the helmet to the armor he wore most of the time, so if they had visitors he could pretend to be just another one of Entraptas machines. Once he found it, he quickly dawned it as he heard talking outside the lab, and went to stand motionless in the corner of the room as the door opened with Entrapta stepping through. Entrapta looked both excited and exhausted for some reason.
Then he heard Catra yelp and say, "He bit me again!" Catra entered the lab holding a baby. The sight of the baby caused him to stagger in shock at the sight of his son, causing Catra to look in his direction, surprised. "You sure it's safe to have the twins in your lab with that thing around? It doesn't look like you've gotten all the kinks out of it," Catra said, still trying to free her hand from the baby with little success.
Entrapta snorted, chuckling a bit. "Ohh there's nothing to fear from him he just needs his joints oiled. And stop struggling with Sindri, you know it only makes him bite harder. That's how Glimmer fainted, remember?" Entrapta smiled towards Hordak, as Scorpia walked in holding the other baby. At the sight of a second one, Hordak truly felt like he was about to keel over. "Besides, with them in my lab I can build them a crib that can notify me when they're hungry. And probably some other inventions, like maybe a nanny for when I'm out..." Entrapta trailed off, noticing the stare she got from Catra.
"You are not leaving the twins with a robot Entrapta. If you need someone to watch them, some of us volunteered to help with them." Catra looked down at Sindri, who was still feeding on her hand while looking at her with innocent eyes. "Well, either way someone will come to check up on you and see if you need anything," Catra said as she watched Sindri stop feeding. She moved her hand away, shaking it a little to wake it up "For someone so small you've got one hell of a grip." Catra smiled a little before walking over to Entrapta to hand her Sindri. "See ya later, ok?" Entrapta nodded taking the baby as Scorpia approached next, handing her Ahirman.
"Don't worry little guy, we'll see ya later," Scorpia said with a smile as she left with Catra. Entrapta watched the monitor for it to be truly safe, before giving a smile and nod in Hordak's direction.
"It's clear," Entrapta said as hordak removed his helmet and quickly moved over to her to see the twins. "Their names are Ahirman," she said, nodding to the one she held in her left arm, "and Sindri," she nodded to the one on her right." As she said the names, Entrapta saw Hordaks confused look.
"You named them after two of the four kings?" Hordak asked, a bit intrigued. He had told her that the legend of the four kings when she asked if the Horde had any legends, but to think she'd name their sons after the forsaken and exiled, the two most hated of the four. Hordak smiled at Entrapta. "Well that just means that they are going to have very large goals set for them then." He watched Entrapta smile widely before she handed him Ahriman. Hordak paused, looking down at Ahriman, who looked back at him before reaching out for Hordak. Hordak took his son, holding him in one arm. Noticing their features matched, Hordak gave his son a soft smirk, before noticing Entrapta looked like she was holding back her question. "Go on ask away. I know the wait has probably be driving you madder than it has me."
Entrapta let out an excited squeal, before pulling out a recording device. "Ok first, Ahriman and Sindri have both bitten and drank blood from a few princesses. So far myself, Catra, Perfuma, Glimmer and Angela, after which they seemed to not bite others. What is the reason behind that?" Entrapta asked, looking to see Hordak smiling. "I know they're feeding but they refuse to feed from pouches like you did. They do still drink milk, luckily without biting but is there a reason why they only bite certain people?" Hordak nodded, looking to Ahriman, who yawned while he held him.
"While I may be a clone of Horde Prime, there is still plenty of available data about our species. When we're infants we feed from the mother as well as those who the mother has entrusted her children to. Mainly the first four besides the mother that held them. Their scent is how they know if they can feed from them." As hordak explained, he also thought about the princesses and cat Entrapta listed off.
"So if that's the case that means that Ahriman was held by myself, Angela, Glimmer, Catra after Glimmer fainted then Perfuma, and for Sindri roughly the same order. I even held on to Sindri and waited for her to wake up just to see if he would bite her like Ahriman did." Hordak gave her a raised brow. "He most certainly did bite her, causing her to faint a second time," Entrapta said with a smile. "It was sooo fascinating to witness her reaction," she said gleefully.
At this moment, Ahriman started to make a fuss and fidget in Hordak's arms, causing Hordak to wonder if he did something wrong. "Why is he acting this way? Am I holding him improperly?"
Entrapta smiled and traded babies with him. "No. He just gets like that when he's hungry." She proceeded to feed Ahriman while Hordak cuddled Sindri.
"Did you enjoy feeding on the feline? I would hope you don't grow too attached to that one my son," says Hordak, taking a moment to remember Catra's past actions. "She is not to be trusted." Hordak looks over to Entrapta, who had just finished feeding Ahriman, "I see he's had his fill. How about you let me look after these two? You should go and rest, you look rather fatigued." Entrapta handed over Ahriman and sighed.
"Yeah, maybe you're right. It has been a rather long couple of days. Make sure to log anything worthwhile onto my recorder while I rest. I don't want to miss any test worthy opportunities that may come up," Entrapta said as she yawned and walked to the door that lead to their room. She got to the doorway and paused. "Do you think it's possible that they will have magic like me?" Entrapta asked, turning back to Hordak. He looked like he was considering the possibility of it, before answering.
"I don't know. I suppose only time will tell if these two will have an affinity for magic." Entrapta smiled at the answer, seeming satisfied with the idea of figuring it out in time, before she walked through the doorway, heading into their room and leaving Hordak alone with his two sons. Hordak looked to his sons, seeing them look back at him. "I see great things in the future from the two of you. After all, you're both my sons."