Many days had passed since the Portal opened. Hordak had seen his sanctum. It was not nearly as bad as everyone thought it would be. Things were blown and torn apart. With time things could be rebuilt.
Scorpia booped in the new password Hordak had given her with her tail. Now she stood looking at herself in pieces of broken glass. "Wow, this is insane." Her reflection showed how sad her eyes were. She'd been crying off and on. Mostly because her heart was shattered. Pieces of it yearned for Catra and other pieces screamed in pain for poor Entrapta.
Hordak now knew what had happened to Entrapta from Scorpia and had left for Beast Island yesterday. Scorpia hoped the girl was still alive. She hated Catra for doing this to her new friend.
"I guess sometimes you have to let go of people you love the most." She said to herself and started to cry. Feeling tired and depressed she went to her room to rest.
Catra stared blankly into space. The softer side of her was hardening even more. She felt it and Scorpia knew it. That's why her kind of sort of friend was not hanging around as much. All her fault for being such a hot head and feeling so much for her ex-best friend.
Controlling how she felt was not something she did often. The rage and anger were just a front to how she truly felt. The things she had done and said were just to push Adora's buttons even more.
And she still felt it. It had been in an alternate universe, but Catra still felt Adora's fist punch her face. She-Ra was twenty times stronger than she orginally thought. She was surprised her face wasn't broken.
The look Adora had given her before she ran off with Hordak was the moment she knew the truth. Adora was no longer taking her crap. She was Done being the nice to her. The one always trying so hard to fix things was officially gone.
Catra was so mixed with emotions that she was on the verge of a blackout. She internally and outwardly screamed.
Scorpia heard the scream. A lot of people heard that scream and wondered in which direction it had come from. Scorpia searched for Catra. She wasn't in her bedroom nor her favorite look-out spot.
Scorpia finally found Catra hiding out in a vent near Hordak's sanctum. No guards were present at the moment because they weren't needed. The sanctum was locked down until Hordak returned. She had no clue that Scorpia knew the new password to unlock it.
"Hey, Wildcat, what are you doing in there?"
Catra hissed at her to scram.
Scorpia sat on the ground. "I know you feel bad about what you did to Entrapta."
"Emotionally drained." Catra said sadly looking over at Scorpia. "I'm punishing myself until Hordak gets back. Then he's gonna skin me and use my body as a rug."
Scorpia looked like she was gonna barf. "That's a very vivid descripton."
"I wouldn't put it past him to do so." Catra said and crawled out of the vent. "I decided to starve myself. I was gonna go in there and use the oxygen machine on myself, but Hordak changed the password."
Scorpia looked scared and really sad. "You were gonna use the machine that makes it hard to breathe on yourself?"
"Yeah, it would be an easy out. No one would have to put up with me anymore." Catra said, laying on the cold floor. Her eyes darted up to see tears on Scorpia's face. "You're gonna ugly cry over me? I'm not worth it." Catra told her.
Scorpia yelled at her. "You're my friend! My best friend! I don't want you to die!"
Catra sat up. Her face sunk in realization. "Thanks." She reached out to touch Scorpia's claw. "Thanks for being a friend."
"I'm bad at relationships." Catra said, "Can't even keep a best friend."
Scorpia pointed her own claws at herself. "Me. I'm here, remember."
Catra sighed and rolled to her side. "Yeah, thank you. I'm just gonna sleep here."
She had no idea when Scorpia had left. No clue as to the black, white and gray kaleidoscope behind her eyes. The images flicked in slow motion. She saw herself with Adora the fist slamming into her face. The portal in black and white and sliced down the middle.
She sat up with a start. In her mind she saw Adora's blue eyes. Those eyes that looked at her with hate. She'd never seen Adora give her that look before. In her gut she felt pain, it was more from starving herself than anything else.
She refused to eat anything and closed her eyes. This time she saw Entrapta and herself tasering her. In the heat of the moment she acted carelessly. She liked Entrapta they were becoming close now she was on Beast Island.
Would Hordak find Entrapta alive? Catra wondered.
"What are you doing?" Lonnie asked walking toward her. "Scorpia asked me to check on you."
"Wallowing in misery." Catra said and ran a hand over her dirty face. "I've been bad and need to face my punishment."
Lonnie laughed and kneeled down. "Girl, you talked back to Hordak and he sent you to the Crimson Waste. You came back trying to help the Horde."
"I failed again trying to take down the Rebellion and She-Ra. I was gonna run and hide, but I am willing to face what's in store." Catra said and rolled onto her stomach. "Please step on me."
Lonnie got up. "You smell funky. Go take a shower." She shook her head. "I'm gonna tell Scorpia you're fine."
Catra watched her leave then crawled back into the vent and closed it. She crawled through the vents until she found herself staring into Hordak's destroyed lab. "I did that." She felt guilt at first then she laughed. "I did that!" She said with a smile. "I opened a portal!"
She kicked the vent open and got out. She saw the charred mess and broken things. It needed major repairs. Her eyes looked to where the oxygen machine was. The lever was damaged. So much for this plan.
Feeling unsteady she leaned against the wall. There were gray stars in her eyes. A heaviness came over her and she felt weak. Was there a gas leak of some kind in here and wouldn't it have blown up by now? She walked back to the vent and was inside when she passed out.
Scorpia was going crazy. No one had seen or heard from Catra in over four hours. She thought she'd looked everywhere. Then it hit her. "Kyle!" She barked out. "I need you to crawl into the vent and go search for Catra!"
Kyle jogged over, huffing. "Vent?" He pointed, "It's dark in there!"
"Boo hoo be a man and go look for Catra." Scorpia told him.
"I need a flashlight." Kyle told her.
After getting the flashlight he went looking in the vents. It took him almost an hour to locate Catra. He didn't have much upper body strength so it took him over an hour to pull her to the vent just outside of Hordak's sanctum.
Scorpia was on the ground crying and lightly tapping Catra's face with a claw. "Please wake up!" She looked at Kyle. "Get me some water!" Kyle scrambled to his feet and ran off to get a cup of water. He was careful to not spill it. "Help me with her. Gently hold her head up and put some in her mouth." Scorpia told him.
Catra coughed as the water hit her throat. "What the heck?" She yelled out and spit drops in Kyle's direction.
"Wildcat! You're okay!" Scorpia cheered. Catra yelled out in surprise as the woman wrapped her in a hug.
"Let go!" She yelled.
They both stood up, but Catra swayed and Scorpia had to catch her. "Whoa! You need to eat and drink something." Scorpia said, "I'll help you down to the cafeteria."
Catra didn't object, she let Scorpia help her this time.
After having a light lunch Catra wanted to go to her room. She was about to shut the door, but Scorpia walked into it with her.
"Yeah, we're gonna talk these emotions out of you. Pretend I'm your mother and you need to have a chat with her." Scorpia said.
Catra felt a pang in her gut. The only mother figure she'd ever had was Shadow Weaver. Where had she come from? Weaver had never spoken about that either. It was then Catra's eyes did a weird thing. They leaked water and fell onto her face.
Scorpia closely watched her struggling with her emotions.
"What if . . . what if I came through a portal? How cool and strange would that be?" Catra said as sleep washed over her lke a tidal wave. "I . . . I . . . " She passed out.
Scorpia went over to help with the covers and move her to a better position. "Sweet Dreams." She said and left the room. Just for protection she sat just outside of Catra's room.
Catra dreamt that she was in power. That she'd taken over Hordak's throne, but it was just a dream . . . for now.