The ride to Brightmoon
After grueling hours of broadcasting every single princess and having some technical troubles in between, Entrapta was finished helping and started to head where the clones were. They were seemingly getting happier and chattering with each other about names and some were given name tags with the names they chose from, some raging from Sol to Teddy. Adora and Kadroh, now with his own name tag with his new name, waved her over when they saw her bounding towards them. 'Hey you got your name now! Kadroh! That sounds nice", she grinned when she got near them.
Kadroh beamed towards her and gave a thanks, but turned confused. "Is brother Hordak not with you?", he asked as he looked around. "Oh yeah where did he go?", Adora asked looking around with him. Entrapta felt worry rising in her as she lifted herself up with her hair to get a better view when she saw Catra putting a finger to her lips and motioning for her to come towards her. When the other two weren't looking, Entrapta rushed towards the bush to see Hordak looking tired, resting against Emily and Catra sitting near by.
"Hordak!", she whispered yelled and brought him to a hug which he gratefully accepted. "What happened? Did you have another breakdown?", she asked in a hushed tone. He nodded, "Yes, but Emily brought me here to calm down and Catra came to watch over me" Entrapta turned to Catra and smiled, surprising the cat and making her turn her away. "It was nothing. I'm going to see how Adora is dealing with all the clones", she said rushed and walked away from them. Entrapta faced Hordak when she was out of their sight and held his cheek.
He leaned into her hand with a soft smile and closed his eyes. Yes, it was clear now that her touch was the only one he would ever want from a living being, but he knew he wouldn't be able to not come in to contact with others, but right now he will be in the bliss of her touch. "What do you want to do now Hordak?", she asked him with a smile not being able to leave her face. "What ever you want to do, I just want to be near you", he whispered and finally opened his eyes to her, a small blush appeared when he saw how close they were to each other.
"Well first, has your pain come back?", she asked and furrowed her brows in concern for him. "Horde prime made a drink for me to handle the pain, but I doubt I will last long without it, but right now I feel fine", he explained. Entrapta smiled, "Well let's go into my tent and I'll show you what I've been making for you for when your pain comes back" She lifted him up with her hair and held his hand once he safely planted both his feet on the ground. "You can come too Emily if you want, but you can go with Scorpia", Entrapta faced her robot.
Emily beeped happily as she rolled towards her second closest Etherian. Entrapta just shrugged and went towards their now shared tent. When inside, Entrapta sat him down and brought out a table in what seemed like a spine and loose collar with what seemed like a replica of his old crystal with the same writing. 'It's still a work in progress, but I'm making you a suit that can be easily be worn with anything as it can spring out a nervous system of sorts when connected to the user and can fit nicely with out being seen no matter what you're wearing", She explained, happily pressing a small button on the collars' center and out came out thousand barely visible cables from the spine.
Hordak looked over it in amazement and a small smile formed when he noticed how much work she put into it. "You never cease to amaze me, Entrapta. When I think I have seen your best work yet, you some how bring even better creations than the last. Thank you for doing your best, even for me", Hordak complimented. Entrapta grinned and wrapped her arms around his head and pressed him against her chest. She squealed, "Anything for the greatest lab partner in the Universe" Hordak blushed and hugged her back. 'T-There is probably someone better than me out there", he tried to hide his face from her.
Entrapta brought her hands to his face and made him face her. "To me, there will never be a better lab partner than you. Even if there is a better scientist out in the vast universe, I would rather have you than them", She said in the most serious tone she could muster. His blush grew even more and brought her closer to him and tried to hide the fact that he would be passing out from the heat of his face if it weren't for him trying to calm himself down. "Oops sorry", they heard a voice call from the tents opening.
They both turned, still in each others arms, to see Glimmer by the entrance of their tent, looking away from what was obviously a private moment. "Oh hey Glimmer! I was just showing something to Hordak", Entrapta let go of Hordak but brought his hand to hers to keep in physical contact with him. Glimmer coughed to side before composing herself and said, "We'll be heading out to Bright moon by nightfall and we're going to have the clones partner up with one other so they don't feel alone during travel if we have to put them in different vehicles, but um... Kadroh wanted to partner with you Hordak"
"Me?", Hordak asked. "Well," Glimmer rubbed her neck and continue, "All of the clones wanted to partner up with you, but I don't think we have the means of transporting all of you in one single transportation. Plus Kadroh seemed the most desperate to get close to you." Hordak hummed and put his hand to his chin as he started to think out loud, "They probably still have questions for me, but to have them all in one place can be troublesome. Even under prime, unless if it was an emergency or attack, most clones only join in groups of two to three because of the hassle organizing a 'perfect' travel. So I think it would be best for me to join Kadroh"
"And!", Entrapta piped up, "You can have some clones with you in the same transportation and I can give other vehicles that have clones communication pads to tune in!" She looked at Glimmer and asked, "Is that alright?" Glimmer hummed and nodded, " I think the other princesses would be okay with that, I'll check in with them of what they think, but I doubt they will say no" "Alright if that's out of the way-"Glimmer cut her off, "Um actually, Hordak when we get to bright moon we will have to put you in a 'Cell' with Kadroh"
"Oh yes... it might be a bit tight for Kadroh and I if we were to share a cell", he mumbled. "Oh don't worry! Scorpia told me that their 'Cells' were actually just huge bedrooms guarded by Bright moon soldiers!", Entrapta grinned. Glimmer sighed, "Yeah that's what all our 'prisoners' say about it" Hordak let out a small oh and nodded, "I was willing to obliged with twice the worse than that, but thank you. It will be... an experience" Glimmer sighed again, "That's all I'm really here for, just pack up for tonight so we can arrive by mid-day tomorrow, Entrapta"
Entrapta nodded and waved a goodbye to Glimmer as she left, "Bye Glimmer!" She faced Hordak and hugged him again. He was surprised by this, but didn't deny it and returned the affection towards her before helping her pack up her equipment.
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By nightfall, many were ready to head out and the vehicle Entrapta, Hordak and Kadroh entered was joined by the princesses, Catra, bow and another two clones. Hordak and the rest, besides Entrapta and the clones, knew that it was going to be an awkward ride as they all sat down. Yet, the other clones seemed to be happy in the presence of Hordak, nervously trying to think of a way to start conversation. Besides Kadroh, the other clones had their names on their name tag, one reading Cyrus and the other Badar with both neat writing.
After the vehicle jolted to life and started to move, Cyrus took initiative and started to talk to Hordak, "Um hello brother! I am Cyrus and in this is my 'riding buddy' Badar" Badar gave a small bow with a nervous smile on his face. Hordak bowed back and said, "It is good to meet you, Cryus and Badar" Their smiles grew genuine when they heard their name said back to them. "Um yes, um, although we heard it was alright to talk to you, is it alright to ask you a couple of questions?", Cyrus continued shyly.
"Of course", Hordak smiled and turned to Entrapta and asked, "Can we connect with the others right now?" Entrapta grinned and got out a data pad and started to pull up an application that had many small boxes with each showing the clones in different vehicles. "Yup! Hi everyone! Sorry for the wait", Entrapta waved and used her hair to extended it to show Hordak and the others and their box fix itself in the center. The clones gave their greetings, nervously looking at the box Hordak was in, waiting for someone to start.
When no one started to ask things, the situation seemed to get awkward. The clones had so many questions to ask, yet they couldn't get anything in mind since they are still on the high on the joy of getting their own names. Scorpia could see this from a mile away and moved closer to Entrapta and asked in her best impression of a clone, "How are you feeling right now?" The four clones looked at her surprised, but Hordak gave a small smile before looking at the meeting of clones and said, "I am proud to see so many with their own names, how do you all feel right now?"
Their chattering started and some wrote in the chat box, but Hordak was pleased on hearing and just listened to their conversation. His ears perked up when he heard someone say, "I am a bit anxious on how we will be judged when on trial" Hordak put his hand up and slowly their chatting came to a stop. "Are you all nervous of what is going to happen to you when you get judged?", he asked. Some mumbled a yes, nodded, or didn't speak their mind. A sad look crept on to his face as he looked for Glimmer in the vehicle.
She tensed with his look and trembled a bit when he asked, "Princess Glimmer can you come here a bit?" Yet she nodded, not ready to back down to her fear of him and see what he wanted. He asked Entrapta to face the pad towards glimmer and the rest of the princess. Glimmer tensed even more before Hordak asked, "Will you be able to give a fair trial for them?" She let down her shoulders and looked puzzled and said, "Of course, we will have time to defend yourself and given your circumstance", she turned to the other princesses, " we will give you a fair sentence"
The clones all gave small cheers and bright smiles as they looked at their 'riding buddy' in happiness. The princesses couldn't help to smile back at their excitement and Glimmer went back to her seat. The clones continued to ask things with Entrapta and Scorpia chipping in with some of their own advice and remarks. Before long, Entrapta was falling asleep and Hordak had to stop their meeting and would be continued another time. Entrapta tucked her data pad away and leaned towards Hordaks' shoulder and sighed happily and hugged him with her hair before drifting off to sleep.
Scorpia, Perfuma, Bow and Adora let out an aw while the others looked confused on what was happening. Hordak blushed a little, but then realized he didn't care what they think as he put his head on top of hers. Before drifting off to sleep, Kadroh laid his head on his other shoulder with a soft smile. The other two clones leaned into each other and fell asleep with the sound of the vehicle as their white noise, holding their hands together. The princesses smiled at them and Hordak could only think that he would want more moments like these.
Yet the dream he had ruined the experience he had. The princesses was raised high above him on a judging panel, looking down at him like a roach. He dropped to the floor in fear as the princesses said in union, "DEATH" They disappeared and he was surrounded by the screams and crying of Entrapta, the whispers of his brothers he couldn't quiet hear, and Horde prime finally cut the silence with a loud
WORTHLESS
Hordak jolted awake and took deep breaths as he looked at his surroundings. Everyone was sleeping and leaning with each other, not a care in the universe. Hordak looked down to Entrapta who was letting out small snores and realized, this might not last as he was the one who created the mess that almost destroyed her planet. He was surely to be sentenced to death and he knew he would not have that much time with Entrapta, so he began planning his last days with Entrapta, making sure that she will remember him well.