Alright, time for the new plan to try and save the princesses who are being controlled, sounds easy right? Yeah, this is not gonna be a walk in the park. At least they'll get some help, and some scenes based upon the episode might not be included or is happening in its own course, and not going to be involved in this. So, enjoy reading this guys,

Spells and Louds.
Chapter 1,075: To the Fright Zone.

(The new Rebels Camp, in the deepest parts of the Whispering Woods.)

They have been told about their new allies, and their base is low-tech but still useful and far from them. They are already sending them supplies through the use of World War 2 trucks, and they take it nice and slowly through the forest to give them supplies such as food and water.

Sea Hawk and Swift Wind guard the entrance of the rebel base, and some Peacekeeper troops and they are ignoring the weird and Ludacris stories from Sea Hawk. Luna Frost and Lincoln walk inside, and they tell them something.

"The guardian is still at the base, and the last of the front line army will come through the portal. Once that is done, the guardian will come here" replied Luna. "He will help in whatever we have to take down Horde Prime and securing the heart of Etheria."

Lincoln speaks next. "All forces are on standby and waiting orders, and even the fleet which will aid in breaking the blockade above the planet, and keeping that army occupied. My cousin/co-commander is awaiting for the signal to initiate the attack."

They are glad to know this, and then Adora speaks to the others. "Alright, so Spinnerella and Scorpia are wreaking havoc across Etheria, so if we are to stop Horde Prime we have to stop them and free them from their chips."

Then Netossa intervenes with this book she made. "Leave this to me, I have been studying all the princesses and their weakness, and I have also been going through a plan to defeat or disarm every one of them. Now, Spinnerella's weakness, is obvious..."

"Uh huh, uh huh" replied Adora. "Real obvious, and ummm... What is it exactly?"

Netossa groans and she explains. "Everyone knows that she sprained her ankle when she was a kid." clearly, they didn't know that. "So, if we keep her off balance, her injury will act up again and next time we fight, I'll target it and subdue her, and then I'll remove her chip, and then save her and remind her that it's my turn to clean..." Then Bow intervenes, they don't need to hear more of this.

"Let's circle back on your theories on our weakness."

Glimmer speaks as well. "Yeah, I mean not all of us have a weakness that is a twisted ankle."

This makes Netossa smirk and laugh. "Oh, so you don't believe me? Well, that's fine. Let me demonstrate." She throws away something technological. "Entrapta's weakness, tech." This makes Entrapta go after it.

She then shows them her drawings. "Mermista is fire. Frosta, also fire. Adora, can't act to save her life, and also extreme hair envy from She-Ra." This makes Adora concerned, and she seems right. "Glimmer, mixed of self-doubt and overwhelming hubris."

This doesn't make Glimmer happy. "Whoa, whoa. That is literally personal compared to fire."

Perfuma then speaks. "Oh, Oh do me. Do me next."

Netossa sighs and she explains. "Perfuma, also fire... And also, an inability to unleash her full power due to her overwhelming fear of hurting the people you care about."

Perfuma feels less than comfortable hearing that one. "Somehow you make that sound like a bad thing, when clearly it is not. I mean, it sounds like a positive quality."

Netossa looks to her sternly. "It's not. Then there's bow and his weakness..." she breaks the string from his bow, and this makes him panic and hug it.

"You monster! You have spent a lot of time thinking about this, huh?!"

Netossa then repairs his Bow. "Contingency plans is how we can win, and I always win."

Catra smirks. "Okay, we get it. Princesses are easy to take down. You and you're files don't have anything in beating real threats, like me..." But then Netossa uses a water spray, this alarms Melog and he hides, and Catra tries to flee, but she is ensnared by Netossa.

Netossa then looks to the others, and she frees Catra. "Now, any questions?"

Seeing this makes the others surprised, and Sergei whispers to the others. "She's like Batman, knowing the weakness of her own damn team. Kinda scares me a bit."

They then return to the map. "Alright, we need to stop these princesses before they hurt anyone else. Bad news, we've lost track of Spinnerella after Erelandia, but there is good news. We know where Scorpia is, right Bow?" But he is occupied with his tablet. "Bow? Bow?"

Bow then snaps out of it. "Huh? What?" Then he recalls what she said. "Oh right. So, after wreaking havoc on a town along the coast, Scorpia was last seen headed back to the Fright Zone."

Perfuma then speaks with positivity. "If Scorpia is headed to the Fright Zone, then it must mean something. A part of her remembers that it is her home."

Then Catra speaks. "That pile of junk city isn't anyone's home."

Perfuma didn't like hearing that. "Scorpia saved me, she saved us by staying behind while we escaped the enchanted Grotto. If there's anyone who could resist Horde Prime's control, it's Scorpia. Her hearts too strong. She would never hurt her friends."

Catra scoffs and she speaks. "Yeah, and she's not good at standing up to authority figures, trust me."

Hearing those words and her tone doesn't make Perfuma happy and she speaks to Catra. "You're negative vibes aren't appreciated here, Catra..."

"Look..." Catra interrupts her. "All that matters is the chip. Going for the neck is how we can take down Horde Prime's clones, and save everyone else and the only reason that Adora... Well, saved me and all that. Was because the chip that was stuck to the back of my neck got damaged. That is how we free them."

But then Perfuma intervenes. "You think you know how to save Scorpia better than I do?" she then confronts Catra. "I know all about how you treated her back in the horde. Things are different now, Scorpia knows the kindness of a true friend."

This makes Catra feel bad, and Perfuma goes back to the others. Luna and the others go over and keep Catra company and feeling alright. "Haiti's alright Catra" replied Lincoln. "Sometimes not everything you could know is something to be true, and there might be a chance to save her, but then again this is a chip with powerful control."

Then Victor shows up. "Catra might not be wrong." This surprises them. "I took down several folks, from a village controlled by Horde Prime. Did that earlier, when we were doing some recon, and believe me it is not that easy. They don't know anything, and all they think and speak about is..."

Catra sighs and she knows. "The light of Horde Prime."

This kinda makes them doubt what Perfuma was talking about. Luna then speaks. "So, this is kinda like the Zerg Swarm, but a little bit into technological and dangerous? Well, if we are to take down Scorpia, we need to secure her weakness, just as we should when we face down Spinnerella and wherever Mermista is."

Adora sees that they are right, and before Perfuma speaks, she beats her to it. "We all wanna save them, we can start with Scorpia since she is the strongest, and possibly the hardest to take down and if we free her then we could have the upper hand. We can make our way through the desert, so we're gonna need Catra and Melog to cloak us."

They don't notice Bow leaving to do something else, and Glimmer follows. Lincoln sees this, and though he feels like they should see what they are dealing with, deep down it feels like this is something that Bow and Glimmer need to handle on their own.

(The Fright Zone.)

They all make it to the Fright Zone, and see that this land which is part of the kingdoms of Etheria, is a City of pollution, and scrap, trash and ruined tech. This is the former home of Hordak, and now controlled by the Horde.

Seeing this, Leon whistles. "Whoa, this place is a dumpsite. I mean, who would live here?" Lincoln then points to Adora and Catra. "Oh, Nevermind. Sorry."

Sergei parks the Tiger Tank, and yes they took this Tank to cross the desert with Melog keeping them cloaked. "Alright, we go in there find Scorpia and we take her down!" He then hands Leon his MG42 LMG, and Sergei has an A34 Minigun, and this concerns Perfuma since she doesn't wanna see Scorpia get hurt. "We can't bring the Tiger Tank with us. She might cause vibrations and her engine is not the best for stealth. We're going in, on foot."

Netossa nods. "Now that is the plan. Let's move." They all move out, and yet seeing this place makes Adora and Catra unsettled, they had good memories and bad ones in this city back then.

They enter this corridor and it has some wrecked bots everywhere, the same bots Hordak used to have. "Whoa, what the heck happened here?" asked Lincoln, and he has his mask set to scan the area.

Catra sighs. "Well, Hordak and I may have had a small disagreement before we were both taken by Horde Prime, and he didn't seem happy and it nearly got me into deep, deep trouble."

Adora stops when she sees a large hole at the wall. "Whoa."

They then sneak around, and get ready for what might come, but then Perfuma walks around and she calls out. "Scorpia! Scorpia!"

Catra is in disbelief and also annoyed at what she is doing. "What is she doing?"

Leon sighs and is ticked off. "We're so screwed because of her!"

Luna also asks. "What the heck is going on? What happened to the mission?"

"Perfuma no!" Adora goes after her, and the others follow her.

This irritates Netossa. "Does no one understand what stealth means?" She then goes after them.

They all enter this hallway, and Perfuma keeps calling out for Scorpia. The hallway lights start to flicker, and red electricity is surging around them. This alarms them and Sergei speaks. "I got a bad feeling about this."

The wall behind them breaks, and they see it is her. Scorpia, and she remains silent and does absolutely nothing. Perfuma then asks. "Scorpia?"

Netossa then asks. "What is she doing? Why isn't she attacking us?"

"See, I told you. She remembers us, and would never attack her friends!" Perfuma then races over to her. "Scorpia!" But then Scorpia shows them her green eyes, and that means she is controlled by Horde Prime. Scorpia then points her claw at them.

Adora then goes over, and she tackles Perfuma before Scorpia can even blast her, the others take cover and both Lincoln and Luna make a strong ice barrier. Perfuma is confused. "She must not be able to recognize that it's us." They then take cover.

Catra sees Scorpia, and the intimidation she is showing. "Whoa." she is also wondering. 'Where was this Scorpia when I needed her to be tough back then?' But then Scorpia looks towards her, and she ducks down but the area where she is hiding is destroyed and Scorpia is now in front of her.

Catra then backs away, and Melog is being defensive. "Scorpia, hey it's me." she then gets up. "Look, about what happened back then..." But then she is struck by an electric shock, and knocked away from them, like far away. Melog goes after her, and this alarms Adora.

Scorpia then throws the metal debris at them, and then Adora summons the sword of protection. "For the honor of Greyskull!" she becomes She-Ra and she destroys the debris.

"I'm sure she can tell that it's us" replied Netossa.

Perfuma then speaks. "Well, yes. But, that was Catra, and can we blame her?"

Scorpia leaps into the air, and she makes an electric ball, she slams it down and they all get out of the way. Sergei and Leon open fire, but their bullets do nothing. "Wow, yeah of course she's bullet proof!" yelled Leon. "When were you going to tell us that? Also, you guys didn't mention she could make electric attacks!"

Scorpia sends another electric attack, but She-Ra uses her sword to deflect it. Luna Frost throws some ice bolts, and they don't do much. Lincoln fires some energy blasts, and Scorpia uses her claws to defend herself. Leon and Sergei continue to open fire.

Netossa and Perfuma take cover. Perfuma then speaks. "Her positive energies are being blocked off by Horde Prime's negative energies!" But then she sees She-Ra picking up the remains of a broken tank. "She-Ra, drop it! We don't throw tanks are our friends!"

She-Ra sighs and she puts the tank down. "Well, this isn't even working. I mean, look at her! She doesn't even recognize us!" She then uses her sword to bounce off the electric attacks, and then Luna summons some ice pillars and they send Scorpia to collide with the ceiling. "Whoa, nice hit!"

"Thanks!" Luna makes an ice barrier, and she takes cover with the others.

Netossa then speaks. "Perfuma, enough with the positive feelings. You could be one of the strongest princesses if you just..."

Perfuma then talks back. "I am strong, but I'm not gonna hurt my friends." She then races off, and this alarms the others.

"I really wish she would stop doing that" replied She-Ra.

"She's gonna get herself killed!" yelled Lincoln, and they cease their attack on Scorpia.

Perfuma confronts Scorpia, and she speaks to her. "Scorpia please stop. You don't have to do this anymore." she has some vines with flowers go around the legs of Scorpia. The vines even go around the claws of Scorpia, and she sees the flower bloom, this kinda makes her happy.

Seeing this, makes Perfuma smile. But then Scorpia destroys the flowers, and the vines, and she is about to strike at Perfuma. But She-Ra intervenes, and then she turns her sword into a whip, and Luna Frost makes some ice chains and does the same. Scorpia dodges these, but she didn't see Sergei coming and he hits her with his anchor and she hits the wall.

Scorpia sends more electric blasts, and one nearly hits Netossa, but she makes a net barrier, and then she hears someone. "Still trying to save everyone? What a wasted effort." she turns around, and sees her beloved Spinnerella is there, and still being controlled as she rides her tornado.

"Well, this sucks" replied Leon, and he throws a grenade at Scorpia, she catches it and it blows up, and knocks her back. "Suppress her, keep her pinned down!"

Netossa is stern, and she speaks. "This one's mine!" She then goes over to engage with Spinnerella, and she follows her out of the area.

Perfuma then calls out. "Netossa, wait!"

They then see Scorpia is lifting one of the broken tanks, and this annoys She-Ra. "Oh, so she can toss a tank at us and I can't do the same?" They all take cover, and the battle continues.

Luna Frost makes ice gauntlets, and she does some close combat with Scorpia, and they seem matched and she managed to land a punch to her face, but then Scorpia grabs her ice fist, and she shocks Luna. "Mom!" yelled Lincoln, and she throws Luna Frost out of the area. Lincoln goes after her, and he deploys a smoke bomb. "Fall back!"

Leon and Sergei do the same, and even Perfuma and She-Ra, but as they retreat elsewhere, they have been split up. Lincoln manages to check on Luna, and she gets up and is kinda sore. "Mom, are you alright?"

Luna sighs, and she coughs. "Sometimes, it doesn't feel right if it ain't the shocks from Sam. I wish she was here to help us and then we could..." Then Sam Livewire comes from the sky, and she lands in front of Scorpia. "Sam?!"

Sam smirks, and she cracks her knuckles. "Alright, big and bulky. Let's dance!" she charges in, and so does Scorpia, but before Scorpia can do something, Sam ducks down and she summons all her electric power, and some of the energy from Scorpia and she punches her in the gut sending her away and she breaks through the wall and then hits several buildings. "Glad I arrived. Anyone here alright?"

The others head over to her, and even Luna. Sam goes to her and sees she is fine. "Glad you showed up babe."

Lincoln looks around. "Guys, where are the others?" They then hear some buildings collapsing at the distance, and they see the area where Scorpia landed blows up, and Lincoln uses his mask and he goes to binocular mode. "She's gone. Scorpia went underground, and that means she's actually going for She-Ra and Perfuma!"

Then they see some drones are coming, followed by some more robots from Horde Prime. "Well, looks like we got ourselves a fight on our hands!" yelled Leon.

"We should fall back to the Tiger Tank, and at the same time engage these guys!" yelled Sergei. "We can only hope that the others are fine." They then open fire, and back away from the incoming enemies.

(Later.)

The group have made it to the Tank, and Leon and Sergei go inside, and they redirect all fire to the enemy coming. Lincoln throws Mjolnir, and then he fires with his blaster, Luna Frost freezes some bots, and then Sam make an electric blasts and destroys them.

The rest of them continue this attack, but then they see something glowing in the distance. "Wait, isn't that the teleport glow similar to what Glimmer does?" asked Luna, and she makes an ice spear and she throws it.

Lincoln then receives a transmission from Bow. "Guys, can you hear us? Listen, Catra told us the whole thing is a setup, it was to lure you guys there. Horde Prime wanted She-ra the entire time. Get out of there!"

That didn't sound good, then Gyro warps in. "Glad we're all here. Also, we have finished setting up the low tech forward operations base. Now, let's get you lot back to base." He then teleports them out of there, and the bots see that they are gone, but something is left behind and it is a metal sphere that is beeping.

Before they realize it, a massive explosion is made destroying the large army of drones and bots.

(Back to the Rebels Camp.)

Everyone is back, and all thanks to Glimmer and Gyro who warpped them out of there. They see Catra seems to be covered in water, Adora is back to normal and looks concerned, and Perfuma seems somewhat okay, and yet hopeful. Then they see Netossa, and an unconscious Spinnerella.

"You guys did it?" asked Luna.

Netossa sighs, and she nods. "We did, Spinnerella is free. But, we need to make sure..."

"Bring her here, let me run a checkup" replied Entrapta, Wrong Hordak helps bring Spinnerella to the med bay area, where she will be checked for any other issues.

Gyro sighs. "Well, looks like the plan to save Scorpia bombed hard, but you lot managed to free one princess and that means the rest can be freed. But, I don't think there is enough time anymore, not when many more are under the control of Horde Prime, and it is only a matter of time before he tries to take over and use the Heart of Etheria."

"And that is why, we know a way to stop it!" said Bow. "Glimmer and I, we went to find my dad's and they told us, that there is something that can help stop the whole thing and keep the heart of Etheria from going to the wrong hands, and also free the magic. A failsafe."

"There's a failsafe for the Heart of Etheria?!" asked Adora. Everyone is surprised.

Catra then asks. "Wait, how did your dad's know? Did they go and excavate something from the first ones?" she sees Bow and Glimmer remain silent. "Oh, Nevermind." she does go over to Perfuma and she can tell that the plan to free Scorpia, almost worked, and Perfuma has hope that Scorpia can be freed, because she didn't even finish them off earlier.

Adora then asks. "Alright, with the failsafe we can be able to save everyone and stop the heart of Etheria for good. Do we know what it is, or where it is?"

Bow then explains. "Nothing much, but what we do know is that it's located in someplace called Arxia."

"We know where it is." they then see it is Shadow Weaver, and accompanying her is Castaspella. The sight of Shadow Weaver still makes everyone unsettled, and Catra glares at her, since the last time they parted ways. "We have to go to Mystacor."

To be continued in the next chapter.

A/N: They might not have freed one of their friends, but they freed one of them and that is a start and Entrapta will figure out what to do next, and next chapter... Is to get to the Failsafe. I hope you all enjoyed reading this guys.

Date made: 4/13/23.