Catra prepared herself to react, but…it was too late. Adora’s sword, transformed into a hammer, hit Catra on the head and knocked her out cold before she could get to say a word. Adora had a new friend now, Pearl, and she didn’t need Catra anymore. She was the enemy like the rest of the Horde. It was time to forget her and move on with her life. Bow soon ran over to attach the small listening devices to Catra’s left and right ears, beginning the secret surveillance on the Horde. The devices were so small they couldn’t be felt or even detected, easily nestling in the skin. Their range was very wide, planet-wide to be exact, and was programmed to connect with Bow’s tracker pad, so they could listen to Catra, and by extension, the Horde itself.

Everyone surrounded the last remaining robot, tying it down. Bow stepped forward and spoke into the camera perched atop the robot’s shell. He knew Entrapta was watching from the other side, seeing all of this unfold, so he addressed his message directly to her. ”Entrapta, someday you’ll regret all this and realize the destruction you have caused to this planet…what you are doing is wrong…it’s not for science, as you may think, it’s for evil. I hope you change your mind.”

Entrapta indeed was watching on the other side and saw the monitor go dark. All her robots had gone offline and they had not retrieved First One’s tech. The mission had been an utter failure. She still had one trick up her sleeve. While it seemed too cruel, she decided to do it anyway. Bow’s words had not moved her because she was so happy in the Fright Zone. It seemed like home to her.

Back in the Crystal Castle ruins, Bow noticed that the one remaining robot was blinking in the eye like it was going to explode. He alerted the others, and Garnet easily picked it up and threw it into the air, away from the clearing, where it blew up into a thousand pieces. Now, the question remained…what would they do with Catra? Of all people, Bow had a plan. ”Why don’t we bring her back to the Fright Zone? Maybe we could even put her in her bed and she might forget this whole thing ever happened.”

While it was risky, that did not mean it couldn’t be done. Everyone else stayed behind…to wait. Amethyst transformed herself into a Horde soldier, while Bow, Glimmer and Adora took up uniforms as her escorts. Surprisingly, security was light and with little trouble they were able to walk through the Fright Zone and place her in her bed, just as she was waking up. Using her teleportation powers, Glimmer was able to teleport all four of them outside the Fright Zone, allowing them to get out undetected. It was so quick that it didn’t even register on Entrapta’s systems.

They regrouped at the ruins of the Crystal Castle. Debating what to do, Amazonite came up with an idea. When she was unfused as Lapis in Bright Moon, Mermista and Frosta had praised her abilities, although their own magical powers were impressive. She suggested that they visit both princesses, wherever they lived on Etheria. Glimmer explained that would be tough because the Kingdom of Snows, where Frosta resided, and the Kingdom of Salineas, where Mermista resided, were nowhere near each other, requiring some mode of transportation. Even so, she thought that this idea had merit, especially since Mermista or Frosta could help them with their ultimate plan, as could the other princesses, in bringing the war to the Horde.

Thanks to the ability of the Gems to shapeshift there was no need to use someone like Sea Hawk. They could easily change into a form of transportation at will. Adora and Pearl, the planners and strategists of the group, heartily agreed. As Amethyst transformed herself into a motorboat, something she had not done before, carrying Pearl, Garnet, and Adora, while Amazonite carried Stevonnie, Glimmer, and Bow, with her fusion able to carry more people than she would otherwise be able to. They were off to the Kingdom of Salineas and hoped they would hear what the Horde was up to soon…