Summary/disclaimer: Time for another chapter of Princess and the Lioness. Enjoy the 1100-word chapter. I don't own She-Ra, Mattel and a few others do.

(Fire Kingdom, 1 day after Price of Power.)

Brennus looked over the drawings while Horde Troopers flew down.

"Trap, you seeing this?" He asked while Entrapta viewed the drawings through a spy bot.

"Wow! I haven't seen drawings made by the First Ones! I'm going to ask… Nah, I'll stay here and view the data. You find that magic rock Hordak sent you to find?" Entrapta asked, Brennus started to looked through the drawings.

"No… Not yet, I think I'm going to keep look through these runes…" He muttered and turned to Lonnie.

"Lonnie, do you mind taking a few squads and exploring the catacombs? I… Feel like this… I feel a connection to these drawings, like I've seen them before…" He stated, running a finger over the drawings. He blinked as he noticed an armored figure in one painting.

"Is that…. Me?" He asked himself before the rune lit up. There was a mechanical wail in the distance and the Horde troops tensed up.

(Crimson Wastes)

Catra continued to drag her feet through the sand. The Crimson Wastes might not have been a death sentence like she believed… But it was hot, it was boring.

"We still have the skiff." Scorpia said, Catra sluggishly turned to her, her eyes narrowed.

"No…" She said and yawned before she cleared her throat.

"People here don't like the Horde, some of them have left the Horde… We are in the Horde…" Catra said before she heard chatter over her communicator.

"What in the…. OPEN FIRE, OPEN FIRE, BLASTED THINGS LOOK LIKE VORUTA HORDE TROOPERS PUMPED UP!" Brennus bellowed as blaster fire filled the silence.

"Well, I guess Brennus found the Stone." Scorpia said before Catra grabbed her communicator.

(Flame Kingdom)

"BACK OFF, THEY HAVE TOUGH ARMOR, TAKE COVER!" Brennus bellowed as another laser from the golem looking droids grazed him.

His hand went to his side while he drew his blade and turned to see a Horde Trooper go flying back. He looked at the ripped in half machine which sparked.

He saw something glowing in one of the droids. He turned to his men.

"Aim for their heads!" He yelled at the dozen or so droids before one rushed him with a crimson blade.

He dodged it and slashed it, sending it to topple to the ground.

He turned to see a Horde Soldier go down to a blast to the shoulder. He cursed before another soldier shot a drone in the chest, sending it toppling over.

More Horde Robots joined them while Brennus advanced on the leader droid. He walked through the hail of laser fire before another shot tore into his shoulder. He growled and held his armor, the droids had First One weapons. He watched more start to file in.

He saw another soldier shot, unsure if he had 2 dead soldiers. He turned to see another droid go down to Horde Fire.

"The Gemstone powers them…. And the way to shut them…" He said as the leader droid tried to blast him. Brennus spun around the blast and sliced the machine's arm off with a single slash.

"Is to take off the head of the beast." He said before he stabbed his blade into the machine's chest. The machine threw him back and into a pillar before it collapsed, crushing 2 Horde Robots and 2 of the enemy droids.

The pillar cracked and Brennus was able to look up before the pillar collapsed onto his back.

"Captain!" One of the soldiers shouted before the robots turned to look at their slain leader before the Horde soldiers opened fire, finishing them off. Brennus watched his soldiers start to pick through the wreckage and smoke, another pillar collapsed, taking 3 more Horde Robots with it and whatever was left of the enemy reinforcement droids.

The Horde soldiers executed what droids were left twitching before a squad rushed over to the wounded Brennus.

"Is everyone alright?" He asked while he tried to lift the pillar off him. He grunted while the soldiers tried to lift the pillar up.

"We're good, we got a few wounded, sir… Pillar pinned a few of us and 2 of us were wounded…" One of the soldiers said before Brennus managed to wiggle out from the pillar.

"Thank you…" He said and looked around the room. He turned to the soldiers as Lonnie, Kyle and Rogelio entered.

"What just happened!?" Kyle asked before Lonnie elbowed him.

"I need someone over here, I'm going to get these soldiers out. I saw the Gemstone in the leader of the droids… Ugh, those things hit like a train…" Brennus muttered while the Horde soldiers started to move around. Brennus went to help a soldier that had a pillar pinning his legs.

"I'll get you out… Someone help me with this!" Brennus said before he started lifting the pillar, his arms burned from the gunshots.

He and Lonnie lifted the pillar enough for Rogelio to pull the soldier out.

"Ugh, blasted droids ambushed us… Must have been part of a defense system… That battle destroyed part of the room… Pack it up. We're grab the Gem and go… We already started building the base here, Lord Hordak can send reinforcements here…" Brennus ordered, the soldiers nodded and went to help the 2 other pinned soldiers.

Brennus looked at the robot wreckage and then the murals.

"Why did I feel a connection to those writings?" Brennus asked before he reached into the chest cavity of the droid and grabbed the Gemstone.

It was time for them to leave, there was nothing else for them here at the moment.

(Catra and Scorpia)

Catra leaned on the skiff and looked at her communicator, she heard everything.

"Seems they got the action mission." Scorpia said and Catra blinked.

"Yeah…" She said, wondering if Brennus was ok.

"I'm sure their fine… We should go." She said and Catra started to slide down the dune.

"I'm just thinking about Brennus said… I don't really care what happened." She said while she continued walking into the desert.

She was lying to herself deep down.

Author notes

Phew, another chapter done! I wanted to show more of Brennus finding a connection to the planet. I also wanted to show that Brennus isn't unstoppable. Next chapter will show a small flashback for Brennus. I also want to point out the season finale will show another familiar villain from Master's of the galaxy. Next chapter will be on next Friday and will show Brennus and his soldiers back at the Fright Zone and going after Catra. Until then, Lighting Wolf out!