"Hey, Scorpia. Whaddya got there?" Catra asked as Scorpia seemed to be playing with a toy.

"Oh, just something I used to play with as a kid. I like the sound it makes," Scorpio answered as she repeatedly pressed the button on the watch-like device.

Kabuto! Cast off to accelerate quickly! The beetle Rider is… Kabuto!

"Wait!" Entrapta went and snatched the watch-like device out of Scorpia's claw. "Amazing, you have one too!"

Scorpia raised an eyebrow for a moment, before her eyes started glowing.

"You don't mean?!" Scorpia began to say, as Entrapta pulled out her own watch-like device and clicked the button on top of it.

Drive!

Catra rolled her eyes at how childish they were being.

"They're just dumb watches. How interesting could they possibly be?" Catra said, grabbing Entrapta's watch and hitting the button a second time.

The police Rider who drives a red car and uses the power of Shift Cars is… Drive!

"Huh?" Catra said, as the watch announced a full sentence similar to Scorpia's. "What the heck does that mean?"

Entrapta took her watch back and examined it.

"I've had it since I was a child. No matter how much I've examined the watch, no matter how much I've tried to tamper with it, I've been unable to figure out how it ticks! It's even more complicated than most First One's tech!" Entrapta said, fiddling with the watch as much as she could. No matter how much force she exerted on the dial, she could not get it to move. It was incredibly annoying since she knew it could move. Catra's ears when straight up, and she smiled. As Lord Hordak's new second-in-command, having replaced Shadow Weaver, she knew she had to come up with some dastardly plans to impress him. The last plan nearly had the Horde conquering Brightmoon. Her next plan needed to be something big.

"Entrapta, do you think you can figure out a way to harness the energy inside these watch things?"

"Hmm I could try! It might prove to be nothing, but if I can crack whatever code is keeping these babies locked up, we might have a power than even the First Ones couldn't unlock!" Entrapta spoke rather quickly, as per usual, but Catra just smiled to her. If they could utilize the powers hidden within these watches… then it's possible another attack on Brightmoon could go over well for her.

Swartz had never actually been to the Fright Zone before. He didn't fear any of its inhabitants, not even Lord Hordak. He knew that Lord Hordak, one day, would fall like every other tyrant. But for now, his goal was to create a new Another Rider to obtain the Kabuto Ridewatch for him. He knew it was here, so there was no use hiding from him.

"H...hey! Who are you supposed to be?" A voice said from behind Swartz. The man in purple turned around to face the owner of said voice, revealing a rather scrawny Horde soldier. Swartz smiled as he looked him over.

"I suppose you'll do. How would you like the power to vanquish all of your foes?"

"W...what?" the Horde Soldier named Kyle said, gulping a bit. Why did he have a bad feeling about this?

"All you have to do is a little task in return. I won't take no for an answer!" Swartz said, pulling out the TheBee Another Ridewatch and clicking the button on top of it.

THEBEE!

Kyle yelled loudly as Swartz shoved the Ridewatch into his chest, causing him to be overcome with energy. He surrounded by darkness, as he transformed into a grotesque looking humanoid wasp monster. He had a body covered in a yellow exoskeleton with black stripes and also stingers sticking out of its wrists and pointed forward like spikes.

It had 'THEBEE' on its right wing and '2006' on its left wing.

In the blink of an eye, Another TheBee was gone, blurring out of sight.

"Alright, that should be the last of it," Chronera said to herself as she stood on top of a ladder. She had just finished decorating her room and was satisfied with the results.

She climbed down and closed up her tool box when she heard a knock at the door. She stood up straight and answered.

"You may enter!"

The door opened and Glimmer came in with Bow.

"Lady Glimmer, Sir Bow," Chronera greeted. "Good morning."

"Morning? It's past noon," Bow said. "I can't see how you could miss that."

"Wow, when you said you collected clocks, you were not kidding," Glimmer saw an entire wall that was covered in ticking clocks.

"I just thought I needed to redecorate my new room, that's all," Chronera answered. "I just got around to doing it. I've just been very busy these past few days.

Before she could move into the palace, she had to inform her CO that she would be leaving the guard barracks. Then she had to say goodbye to all the other guards who congratulated her on her promotion. It was a bit touching but Chronera knew she would be seeing them all around the palace.

There was also her official introduction to Queen Angella's court as she was dubbed Zi-O the Princess of Time. Honestly, it had been pretty crazy. Just a week ago she had only been a guard.

"Hey, what's this thing?" Bow asked, pointing at short tower-like object on Chronera's table. The Zi-O and Kiva Ridewatches were docked into it. Her Ziku-Driver was next to the object.

"Woz gave it to me to store my Ridewatches," Chronera answered. "It's pretty convenient."

"And according to Queen Angella there are 19 of these things," Bow said. "And the princesses have them."

The princesses revealed during the meeting that they were also in possession of the Ridewatches. However, they had yet to relinquish them to Chronera. It was like they were waiting for her to prove herself. Even Frosta was a bit critical of her.

"I don't see why they can't just give you the Ridewatches," Glimmer said.

"I don't think it's that simple, Lady Glimmer. Since they do belong to the kingdoms, they are the princesses' property. It's like asking me to give up my family heirloom," Chronera answered. "I just need to prove my worthiness to the princesses." She had a feeling the princesses were going to test her somehow.

"So, you have any plans for the day?" Glimmer asked.

"I could take my lunch," Chronera said. "Also, where's Lady Adora?"

"Training," Bow and Glimmer answered in unison

Adora had gone to visit Light Hope's temple to do her training. While Light Hope suggested that Adora train for years to master the Sword of Power, the young Princess of Power managed to compromise with the ancient A.I. Adora would come for training but then she would be allowed to return to her friends. She even set up a schedule to do that.

Adora had told her friends she had come for training, but the truth was she came for answers.

She needed to know more about Etheria's history, and about Oma Zi-O.

"Hello, Adora," Light Hope said, as Adora arrived in the First Ones' Temple.

"Light Hope… Before we start training today, I need some pretty big answers," Adora replied putting her foot down a bit. Light Hope's A.I. apparition appeared before her. "You need to tell me about Oma Zi-O."

Light Hope remained quiet for a few moments, taking moments to process Adora's request.

"It seems the time has come in which the new Oma Zi-O has risen up, and you need advice on how to defeat them, correct Adora?" Light Hope replied. Adora shook her head a bit.

"No, no, no. Nothing like that. Well, yeah, there's a new Zi-O, but she isn't a Demon King. At least… not yet. We're trying to keep her from becoming that, and in order to do that, I need to know everything you know about this Oma Zi-O and his history."

"Very well, Adora. I will indulge you in this matter. It may come to your assistance in the future." Light Hope said, summoning small screens before her. "Oma Zi-O was a visitor to Etheria from the First Ones' home planet. He sought to expand his empire to other worlds. When he arrived in Etheria, he quickly took much of the First Ones' territory over."

"But how did he do that?" Adora asked, raising an eyebrow and crossing her arms.

Light Hope showed Adora an image of Oma Zi-O facing an army. He raised his hand and simply disintegrated them all. Adora was astounded and horrified by this imagery. How could anyone simply disintegrate an army at once?

"Oma Zi-O possessed the power to manipulate time as he saw fit," Light Hope informed. "When he made his final prophecy, it was no prophecy. It was a purposeful attempt to manipulate the future in his favor. However, no one has the hindsight to see the full future. Even Oma Zi-O could only predict the future a few moments ahead of himself in battle."

The ability to predict the future, even a few moments ahead in battle, was pretty useful. You could know what your opponent was going to do before they did it and work out a counter before they made the move.

But the ability to manipulate time and destroy a whole army like that without any effort, it was frightening. Not even Hordak had such power.

"Light Hope, I'm only asking you this because I know who Oma Zi-Os' heir is. Is Chronera, is she really a direct descendant of Oma Zi-O?"

"... She is. Oma Zi-O did indeed have a child. While nothing is known about them, he hid them away and made sure no one knew about them," Light Hope explained. "That way his lineage would continue undisturbed in an adopted family. No one would know who the child was, and the future he envisioned would come to pass."

"I see… I have another question then. These Ridewatches that Chronera uses… what are they?"

"The Ridewatches are technological marvels from the First Ones' home planet. They hold the ability to seal away the powers of the Kamen Riders. Nineteen of them were created by Oma Zi-O in his conquest to overtake many worlds as he saw fit." Light Hope summoned another screen showing the nineteen Ridewatches.

"And the first She-Ra, she defeated Oma Zi-O?" Adora asked, observing the screen that Light Hope had brought up.

"It was a brutal war and many lives were lost. During the final battle, the original She-Ra struck Oma Zi-O down. She also distributed the Ridewatches to the kingdoms of Etheria for safe keeping."

"Light Hope, you know the about the past, so this is my final question: will Chronera become like Oma Zi-O and will I have to fight her?"

"The past… cannot predict the future. Time is flexible, always changing." Light Hope replied. "Whether or not she becomes the Demon King as Oma Zi-O predicted is up to the people around her. Will they guide her on a path towards righteousness? Or down a path of destruction?"

"And if she ends up turning out like her ancestor?" Adora asked worriedly.

"The Sword of Power and She-Ra were created to protect Etheria. When the time comes, you must do what needs to be done."

Chronera sat at the royal dining table and it was still a novel experience even though she had eaten there many times beforeShe looked at her plate of food. It was good, too good for someone of her background.

She was pretty content with the meals in the mess hall. She was alright with something simple.

This, however, was food meant for royalty and high nobility.

"Chronera, is something wrong with the food?" Glimmer asked. "You know, we can ask the cooks to make you something else."

"Oh, no, it's fine, Lady Glimmer!" Chronera replied. "Just thinking, that's all."

Chronera had yet to drop her habit of calling her 'Lady Glimmer'. Glimmer, well, had gotten used to it. To be honest, it was flattering.

"What are you thinking about?" Bow asked.

"About what the princesses may expect of me to earn their Ridewatches," Chronera poked at her fish with her fork. She ate it and sighed happily. That was just so good! "And what I will be coming."

"Oh, well, you'll become the Greatest Demon King, My Princess!"

Woz's appearance made the three teenagers jump out of their seats.

"Woz!" Chronera cried.

"Where did you come from!?" Glimmer shouted.

"Man, we need to put a bell on you!" Bow yelled.

"My apologies," Woz smiled as he bowed. He did not look apologetic at all.

"What do you want, Woz?" Chronera asked. The man was weird, a bit cryptic, but he was still an ally. Although, it would appear he was more loyal to Oma Zi-O - which meant he was loyal to her -than he was to Queen Angella.

Woz opened up his book and flipped through the pages.

"According to my book, you will acquire the Kabuto Ridewatch," Woz informed Chronera.

"Kabuto? As in Kamen Rider Kabuto?" Chronera asked.

"Yes, indeed, My Princess," Woz confirmed.

"So, what can Kabuto do?" Bow asked, curious.

"The power of Kamen Rider Kabuto would allow Oma Zi-O to become so fast that he would be invisible to the naked eye," Woz explained. "Such a power would make a fine addition to your arsenal, My Princess."

"So, where is the Kabuto Ridewatch?" Glimmer asked.

"Oh, it's in Horde territory. The Fright Zone to be more precise."

"I...I need to go. Yes, I'm going on a walk. Thank you for the meal, Lady Glimmer," Chronera excused herself after Woz revealed the location of the Kabuto Ridewatch. Glimmer and Bow looked at Chronera worriedly as she exited the dining room.

"Should we go after her?" Bow asked.

"I think we should," Glimmer answered as she stood up.

"I'd advise you not to, Princess Glimmer. My Princess has much on her mind," Woz politely objected. "If she wishes to speak to you, then there will be no problem."

Glimmer glared at Woz. Despite his claims and her mom's assurance, she did not trust Woz. He was hiding something and he looked like he was manipulating Chronera. Not allowing him to stop her, Glimmer teleported out of the dining room to catch up to Chronera.

Woz sighed but smiled.

"I'm glad My Princess has found such a loyal friend."

Walking along the hallway, Chronera appreciated the familiarity of the routine as she had patrolled the palace many times before. There was little to no chance of an intruder breaking into the palace in broad daylight, but they still needed to be thorough.

Chronera passed by guards in the hallway and greeted them and they greeted back. However, she noted how they seemed to greet her as if she was royalty. She knew that there was a division in the social caste. Afterall, not too long ago she had been a royal guard, a commoner who had joined the Rebellion. Now, now she was the Princess of Time.

"A princess without a kingdom," Chronera muttered. Brightmoon was Queen Angella's kingdom and someday Glimmer would be crowned queen as well once Angella stepped down.

Chronera indeed had much on her mind. The Kabuto Ridewatch was in the Fright Zone. That was alarming news. On one hand, perhaps it was just hidden away. However, on the other hand, it could've fallen into the Horde's hands. They likely did not know what it was or what it could do. Without a Ziku-Driver, it was pretty much useless. However, it was only a matter of time before they unlocked its secrets.

She could not allow the Horde to have access to such power. They could not be allowed to have that power and use it to spread more pain and suffering. There was also the threat of the Time Jackers who would be targeting it too.

She was going to claim it, she resolved.

"Chronera!" Glimmer appeared and the Princess of Time gasped.

"Lady Glimmer, you startled me!"

"I'm sorry. Just worried about how you were doing."

"It's just, when Woz told us that the Kabuto Ridewatch was in the Fright Zone, I needed to clear my head."

Glimmer looked at Chronera suspiciously.

"You're not planning on going into the Fright Zone to get it, are you?"

"I may have to," Chronera confessed.

"No, no, no, no! You are not doing that!" Glimmer firmly protested. "You're not going to the Fright Zone, especially not alone! The others went to rescue me and we lost Princess Entrapta! That nearly ended the Princess Alliance, again!"

"But the Horde can't be allowed to have it!" Chronera vehemently argued. "You understand what they had taken from me! They took your father from you! Don't you want to strike back at them!?"

Glimmer was stricken. Yes, the Horde had killed her father and she wanted to avenge him, but there were other ways, better ways than going behind enemy lines just to retrieve a trinket, even if it was a powerful one.

Glimmer took hold of Chronera's hands and the former guard's eyes softened.

"Of course, I understand. They've hurt a lot of people and I lost my dad. I don't want to lose more friends," Glimmer said. "Promise me you won't do anything stupid."

"Lady Glimmer..." Chronera whispered. She was always taught to obey royalty, but she and Glimmer were now of equal rank and class. Should she obey? Wait, was she supposed to obey or just respect her friend's decision?

This was all so confusing.

"Lady Glimmer, I promise I won't do anything stupid," Chronera claimed. Glimmer seemed satisfied with that.

"OK, good. Anyway, Bow and I are going to hang out in the garden. You can come join us," Glimmer said.

"I will," Chronera smiled and Glimmer blipped 's smile soon faded as her eyes hardened.

"You look like you've made your decision, My Princess," Woz said as he leaned against the wall beside her.

"The Kabuto Ridewatch can't remain with the Horde and the Time Jackers can't have it," Chronera decided. "It's mine by right."

"True, it is yours by your birthright, My Princess. If you wish to reach the Fright Zone quickly, then this should help you," Woz said as he presented Chronera with a Ridewatch. It had the word 'Bike' on it in the same unknown characters as the one on her visor and equipment. Chronera took it and studied it. "I advise you to activate it outside."

Chronera marched back to her room and entered. She went to grab the Ridewatch Holders that Woz had given her and strapped them to her forearms. The Ridewatch Holders were amrguards with two slots on each that could fit her Ridewatches. Going over to the Ridewatch storage rack, she removed her Zi-O Ridewatch and the Kiva Ridewatch before she slotted them into her holders. She also put the Bike Ridewatch into a free slot. The final slot was for a Ridewatch that Woz told her could be used as a communications device.

Chronera went to her closet and grabbed her backpack. She was going to need supplies. She opened up her foot locker and began to go through it. She found some ration bars, a canteen for water, and a first aid kit. She would fill the canteen later. She stuffed her backpack and made a mental checklist of the things she had packed.

She looked outside. She could not go out now. She would need to wait until later that night to enact her plan.

"Sorry, Lady Glimmer."

Chronera waited until it was night before she made her move. Until then, she had to behave normally as not to arouse suspicion. She spent time with her friends and also had dinner with everyone before they all turned in for bed. Knowing the guards' patrol schedules and patterns by heart, she was able to sneak out without being seen.

Chronera stood outside of Castle Brightmoon and removed the Bike Ridewatch from the Ridewatch Holder on her left arm. She looked at it and clicked the button on it, before dropping it to the ground. It unfolded and grew into a large machine unlike anything that Chronera had ever seen before. It had two wheels and looked like it was meant to be ridden. Somehow, deep down, she knew how to ride it.

Getting on top of the bike, she began to start it up, only to be cut off by the voice of Adora.

"Hey, wait up!" Adora yelled, running up from behind the girl. "You really think you can just run off and head to the Fright Zone without any help?"

"How do you know I plan to go to the Fright Zone?" Chronera asked.

"Well, Woz told you there was a Ridewatch there and Glimmer told me you were acting a bit weird. I mean, you were trying way too hard to act normal. You offered to braid my hair," Adora answered. "And if I were you, I wouldn't waste time trying to get what I was looking for."

"The Fright Zone is dangerous, and I cannot allow my new friends, Lady Adora, to get hurt based on Woz's hunch." Chronera explained, having come to a stop on her bike. Adora sighed a little bit.

"I grew up in the Fright Zone, so I know how dangerous it is for someone to go alone, even if she does have the power to back her up. Plus, I know a shortcut that can get us in without being seen," Adora got on the bike behind her and held onto Chronera, causing the latter to blush a bit. "So I'm coming with you, whether you like it or not."

"F...Fine. We just need to slip in and out of there after we find the Ridewatch," Chronera said, starting up the bike once more "Hang on tight!"

The bike zoomed off quite fast as it headed into the slowly recovering Whispering Woods, the first leg of the journey into the Horde's Fright Zone.

Adora navigated, pointing Chronera in the direction toward the shortcut. The Princess of Time followed the Princess of Power's direction until they reached what seemed to be a tunnel in a mountain.

"This is the shortcut?" Chronera asked after she stopped her bike.

"Yeah, this tunnel cuts right through into Horde territory. From there we'll be able to get into the Fright Zone," Adora answered.

Chronera nodded and sped into the tunnel, exiting out the other side in a few minutes. To be honest, she was not sure what to expect to see when she entered Horde Territory, but she suspected that the land was ruined by what they had done.

Pretty soon, they reached the Fright Zone and Chronera stopped at the outskirts of it. She saw buildings everywhere but no civilians in the streets, the sky was dark and covered in smog, and it just looked so dark, evil and gloomy. Chronera knew this was once a kingdom that the Horde had conquered. Now it was just a shadow of its former self.

"You grew up here?" Chronera asked Adora. "And you did not once suspect it was evil?"

"I didn't know any better," Adora defended.

"Alright, so where should we be headed?"

"The main fortress is over there. We'll have to cut through the industrial area to get there. Hopefully, we won't run into any Horse soldiers," Adora pointed.

As if someone had been expecting them, they were met by a group of robotic sentries, being led by a cat-like person.

"Hey, Adora," Catra greeted as she saw her and Chronera. "And who's this, another one of your new friends?"

Chronera's eyes narrowed at the sight of Catra. Oh, she knew about the Force Captain, now second-in-command of the Horde. She was the one who had led the assault on Brightmoon.

"Catra," Adora frowned.

"Anyway, I've just been made Hordak's second-in-command," Catra boasted. "Guess I'm moving up in the world, 'princess'."

"Lady Adora, it would appear we'll have to fight her," Chronera said.

"Oh, so now it's 'Lady Adora'!" Catra laughed. "Where did you find this one? Seriously, your new friends get weirder and weirder sometimes."

Chronera narrowed her eyes again and let out a small growl. The Horde thought so highly of themselves, and this time around she wouldn't let them survive.

"My name is Chronera, former royal guard of Brightmoon!"

She took out the Zi-O Ridewatch, clicking the button on top, before attaching the Ziku Driver to her waist.

Zi-O!

"And Princess of Time, Zi-O! Transform!"

She docked the Ridewatch into her Ziku-Driver and spun the buckle, initiating the transformation.

Rider Time! Kamen Rider~Zi-O!

Edge of Time! Gun!

Zi-O summoned her signature weapon and converted it into its Gun Mode by folding back the blade. She took aim and fired a shot at Catra who dodged.

Catra immediately took notice of the watch that Zi-O had used to transform. It looked, and sounded, exactly like the ones Entrapta and Scorpia had been playing around with earlier. She let out a cruel smile.

"Chronera, wait!" Adora shouted.

"She's a member of the Horde! She knows we're here and will alert the others! We need to take care of her!" Chronera shouted as she continued to fire at the agile Catra.

Reaching to her belt, Catra took out a blaster and fired back at Zi-O, stunning her. She then lunged forward and kicked Zi-O in the chest, knocking her back. Adora watched as her old best friend and her new friend fought. She drew her sword, getting ready to intervene.

Sword!

"Horde scum!" Zi-O spat as she swung at Catra who ducked under the Edge of Time. Hordak's new second-in-command then took out a baton from her belt and sparks burst as the weapons clashed.

"Seriously, what's your deal?" Catra questioned.

"You monsters took everything from me!" Zi-O shouted. "So, I'm going to kill every last one of you! Starting with you!"

Adora had never heard Chronera sound so hateful before. Sure, she could be stoic, a bit awkward and had a hard time showing emotions properly, but this was the first time she heard so much hatred coming from her. It was like she was a completely different person.

No, she wasn't a different person. This was Chronera's true self which she had hidden under all that discipline and training as a royal guard. The Horde had killed Chronera's family so she held a grudge against them since childhood. She joined the Rebellion so she could fight them.

She wanted to destroy the Horde like they had destroyed her family and home.

"Wow someone's a little angry! I'd like to see that happen!" Catra said, running forward to attack Zi-O.

"This is the sword… that serves justice!" Zi-O said, striking at Catra's baton quite hard with her Edge of Time. Catra was taken aback by how powerful the strike truly was. "And with no armor, this should be a quick battle!" Zi-O kicked Catra in the stomach, sending her back a bit and causing her to grunt over in pain.

"FOR THE HONOR OF GREYSKULL!" Adora yelled, quickly transforming into She-Ra.

As Zi-O was about to strike Catra, the Sword of Power came into her path.

"What?! Why are you getting in my way, Lady She-Ra?!" Zi-O yelled, stopping dead in her tracks.

"Chronera, you need to stop! This isn't the way!" She-Ra shouted.

"Are you joking? You should know better than anyone of what the Horde have done! That's why you defected! That's why you became She-Ra!" Zi-O shouted back.

"I became She-Ra to protect people! So I won't allow you to kill Catra! If you do, you'll be no better than the Horde!"

"So what?" Zi-O asked coldly.

"Chronera?"

Zi-O swung at She-Ra who blocked with the Sword of Power.

"How many people have the Horde killed!? How many homes have they destroyed!? How many lives have they ruined!? Do you even understand their pain and suffering!? The Horde don't understand mercy so they don't deserve any!" Zi-O shouted as she clashed with She-Ra.

She-Ra blocked each and every attack, while Chronera grew angrier and angrier with each strike.

"You don't understand! If we kill like them, that makes the Rebellion just as bad as the Horde!" She-Ra yelled, keeping her sword up and blocking each attack while Zi-O continued to come to blows with her.

"Then we'll save Etheria by wiping the Horde out once and for all!" Zi-O argued. She gave She-Ra a kick that sent her staggering and then delivered a powerful swing that sent the Princess of Power backpedalling.

She-Ra knew she couldn't keep up with this aggressive fighting, so she quickly took a single open moment to strike at Zi-O, who fell back a bit. Zi-O groaned, as her visor turned from violet to red.

"Lady She-Ra… I can see your future!" Zi-O yelled, looking ahead several moments into the future that showed Zi-O being struck several times by the Sword of Power before She-Ra used a magical energy blast to knock her out.

She-Ra charged at Zi-O who stood back up. The strikes came as she predicted and so she blocked them as they came. She saw the Sword of Power glow, ready to fire its magical energy blast. Swiftly, Zi-O buried her fist into She-Ra's stomach, causing the blonde warrior princess to yell out in pain. Catra just watched and laughed, enjoying every moment of this.

Not so much friends now, were they?

Zi-O pushed She-Ra to the ground.

She-Ra looked at Chronera, no Zi-O and could see Oma Zi-O standing in her place. It was like history was repeating itself, with She-Ra in the place of her predecessor and Chronera in the place of her ancestor.

"You know, Lady She-Ra. I misjudged you. You may have left the Horde and joined our side, but deep down you're still one of them!" Zi-O undocked the her Ridewatch from her belt and slotted it into her Edge of Time.

Finish Time! Zi-O! Giri Giri Slash!

Zi-O ran forward with her sword and began to slash down at She-Ra, but screeched to a sudden halt. Her visor turned back to a shade of violet, and she let out a horrified yell. Grabbing her head, she continued to yell out loud before she ran, incredibly quickly, past She-Ra and Catra into the Horde's fortress. Catra shrugged as she approached She-Ra, who had gotten back up from the ground.

"Cool friend, right? I wish she would have just finished what she started. Would have been easier, you know?" Catra said, flashing her baton at She-Ra. The princess groaned a bit, not wanting to fight anymore, but she knew she had to find Chronera. Something was obviously wrong with her, especially with her visor changing back to normal at the very last second.

"How could I do that… How could I almost kill her?!" Zi-O thought to herself, as she stumbled around the hallways of the Horde fortress. "What was I thinking? I don't know… All I felt was rage."

As she stumbled around, she found herself in a total daze. Nothing seemed real, as her vision blurred.

"Why would I hurt her? She is my ally!" Zi-O said to herself.

"Is she?" Oma Zi-O asked her, suddenly appearing in her field of vision.

"She is! That's why…"

"She is not your ally! She cares more for the lives of the Horde than she does of those who are harmed by the Horde!" Oma Zi-O replied, clapping his hands together a bit. "How deluded are you? You know that only our power can stop the Horde. Not even She-Ra, alone, could handle a simple attack on Brightmoon. She is weak. You are not."

"Get out of my head!" Zi-O yelled, punching ahead and stumbling into another room. She shook her head a bit and looked around. Oma Zi-O was gone, but instead there was a giant wasp man standing in the room with her. Confusion overset her mind, as she tilted her head. The wasp man did the same.

It was an Another Rider, Another TheBee.

"Oh well, I didn't think these things could get any uglier than the skeleton knight, but…a giant wasp? Even creepier," Zi-O said to herself, as Another TheBee hissed at her. It ran incredibly quick, enough to knock Zi-O off balance. Having been struck several times in the back, Zi-O fell over. She groaned loudly, as the wasp soon came to a screeching halt. How could anything move that fast?

Getting up, she tried to throw several punches at the monster, but it was moving way too quickly for her. Pursing her lips a little bit, she tried to catch up to the monster, but it was no use. Another TheBee knocked her over onto a desk, and she groaned loudly once more. Her hand soon touched a rather familiar shape, which she grabbed and looked at.

"A Ridewatch…? This doesn't look like the one Woz described… It might help though!" Zi-O said, getting back up and activating the Ridewatch.

Drive!

She attached it to her belt, before spinning it counter clockwise as per the usual.

Rider Time! Kamen Rider~Zi-O! Armor Time! Drive! Driveeeeeeeeee!

A holographic tire wheel appeared behind her, holding the armor parts for the Drive Armor. She ran forward as the armor moved forward and attached itself to her body, her new visor reading out the word 'Drive' in the unknown language. Two large Shift Cars were on her wrists each, and she overall had a red-white coloring to most of her armor. A large pair of tires were mounted on her shoulders.

Unbeknownst to either combatant, cameras positioned in the lab's ceiling were capturing their entire fight.

"I've got it together… My brain cells are in top gear!" Zi-O said, as the Another Rider hissed and began to move quickly once again.

Zi-O Drive Armor instinctively knew how to move as quickly as possible, as if she were driving the Tridoron at top speed. She could even hear Mr. Belt in the back of her head speaking to her… She shook her head a bit. Those memories didn't belong to her, but they did give her an idea.

Moving almost as fast as Another TheBee was, Zi-O grabbed onto Another TheBee and zoomed right out of the lab. The wasp man hissed loudly as he attempted to break free of Zi-O's grasp. It was all for naught, however, as she was definitely stronger than him at the moment.

She kicked him to the side, and dropped him on the ground out in a hallway outside of the lab.

"Let's finish this, shall we?" Zi-O asked, leaning forward a bit. She hit the buttons on both of the Ridewatches before spinning the belt once more.

Finish Time! Drive! The Finishing Time Break!

Wheels that belonged to Kamen Rider Drive suddenly began flying from her wheel-shoulder pads. They struck the Another Rider several times, entrapping him in the wheels, before Zi-O came zooming by, punching him as hard as she could. The Another Rider groaned before it exploded in a ball of flames, dropping to the ground and transforming back into the Horde soldier known as Kyle.

Zi-O scoffed a little bit as she approached the unconscious Horde soldier, summoning her Edge of Time to her hands. She was going to get answers about the Kabuto Ridewatch no matter what.

Kneeling down, Zi-O grabbed Kyle by his collar and lifted him up. She started to shake him to get him to wake up.

"Hey! Hey, wake up! I need to talk to you!"

She shook him even more aggressively but then all of a sudden everything froze.

"I should really ask you not to manhandle my property, Demon Princess."

Swartz approached and Zi-O looked at him.

"Who...who are you...?" Zi-O struggled to ask.

"My name is Swartz, a Time Jacker."

"Time Jacker!?" Woz had warned them about the Time Jackers. "Did you freeze time!?"

"Yes, and it looks like you've yet to gain an immunity. Your consciousness, though, is immune," Swartz observed. He reached inside of Kyle and took out the TheeBee Another Ridewatch and hit its switch.

TheBee!

"What are you after?" Zi-O demanded.

"The same thing you're after," Swartz answered as he put the reactivated Ridewatch back inside of Kyle. "We'll be seeing each other again, Demon Princess." Swartz then walked away and once he was gone time restarted again.

Kyle's eyes snapped open and he screamed as he once again transformed into Another TheBee.

TheBee!

She-Ra was putting up a hell of a fight as she dealt with Catra and her robotic sentries. They were easily taking a ton of damage, and with Catra taking pot shots at her from a safe distance. Catra always liked to play dirty, whether it was mentally, emotionally, or physically.

"Getting tired yet, Adora?" Catra asked, firing her blaster off at She-Ra, who deflected it with her sword. She was getting tired, especially after the beating she took at Chronera's hands. Something was not right with Chronera, it was as if she were being possessed by her rage as opposed to simply being angry.

"Your friend left you behind, kinda like how you left me. But I got stronger from it," Catra said, taking another dirty shot at She-Ra, who took the hit. She grunted in pain, but kept fighting the robotic sentries. They were incredibly advanced, and She-Ra wondered who could possibly be building these in the Fright Zone. "Hell, with how crazy she was acting, she's probably already dead!" Catra cackled a little bit, causing She-Ra to glare at her in anger.

"Just shut up for once, Catra!" She-Ra yelled, sending several mystical blasts from her sword at the robotic sentries. As she leapt up in the air, the robotic sentries aimed their own weaponry at the Princess of Power. She-Ra smiled a bit as she flew back down toward the ground, and did a spin attack with her sword, while maximizing the energy it released.

In a beautiful and rather spectacular sight as the robotic sentries began to spark, before lighting on fire. She-Ra was definitely tired… And it didn't get any better as more sentries appeared on sight. She-Ra backed away and closed her eyes. Without her friends, this was just a battle asking to be lost. She bit her lip, knowing that she had to retreat.

She-Ra had watched how Zi-O had ridden the bike, and she got on it.

"Running away again, Adora? How typical. Not really surprising. You're really used to running away and abandoning your friends!" Catra spat violently, as She-Ra rode off back towards the Whispering Woods. Catra smiled a bit, knowing this was a great victory. Just like when they had won over Entrapta after she had been left behind, all she had to do was manipulate this Zi-O into doing exactly what she wanted.

Entrapta was back in her lab and looking over the most recent surveillance footage. She did not even notice the mess. She held a glass of fizzy cola with her left pigtail while her digital recorder was held to her mouth with her right pigtail.

Rider Time! Kamen Rider~Zi-O! Armor Time! Drive! Driveeeeeeeeee!

"It would appear the Rebellion has gained a new member who possesses equipment capable of utilizing the watch's mysterious properties! Subject Zi-O was able to use it to generate a new suit of armor to augment their abilities!" She paused the video and zoomed in on Zi-O's belt. "Their abilities seem to be centred on this belt! I must know more! If I could acquire that belt and find out how it works, maybe I could duplicate it somehow!"

It saddened her that she lost a precious family heirloom, but to finally see what it could do was worth it. She also found a new subject to study.

"Who are you, Kamen Rider Zi-O?"

A/N: Another thanks to KR Chrome for helping co-write and edit this chapter! Enjoy!