These are Queen Glimmer of Bright Moon, She-Ra, Princess of Power, Princess Entrapta of Dryl, Captain Carter, Techmaster Bow, Dr Daniel Jackson, Catra and Teal’c, former First Prime of Apophis.” “And this is Emily!” Entrapta added, patting the bot’s upper shell. And then came Entrapta with Emily, and the Tok’ra tensed even more. Catra wanted to ask if they had never seen a cat, but Adora and Glimmer, followed by Bow, Sam and Daniel, arrived right behind her. “Hi!” They were tense she could tell at once. Flashing her fangs, she waved at the two women. They didn’t wear heavy armour and were armed with zat’nik’tels at their hips, but while their uniforms looked quite tight, they and especially their belts could hide a lot of gadgets - or weapons. She was getting used to it, but it still played havoc with her senses. So Catra let O’Neill go first, then followed him, holding her breath for the weird transit time. And if they attacked Catra, she’d have to defend herself, and that might ruin diplomatic relations before they could be opened. Catra would have gone first through the gate, but her appearance might spook the Tok’ra since they were expecting humans. But Glimmer was correct - they couldn’t wait any longer. That was similar to how the humans had killed Ra, apparently. Even Emily’s force shield would have trouble with a big enough bomb. Waiting until they arrived and then sending a bomb through the gate was the most effective way to ambush them that Catra could think of. “Let’s not make them wait any longer.” “Hey - they pick the place we pick the time!” Catra retorted. “I mean… Oh, forget it!” Glimmer stomped past her, straight up to the gate. “The payments from NASA for the Mars mission came in.” “And?” Catra cocked her head to the side as if Glimmer had said something stupid. They’re serving fish in the mess hall today!” “You could order fish every day,” Glimmer pointed out with a frown. “Come on, slowpokes! I want to be back in time for dinner. So she smiled as she stepped on the ramp, flashing her fangs at the guards, then turned to glance at the others. Whatever the trap, they’d beat it anyway. Besides, they had She-Ra and Entrapta with them. The odds that Jakar was working for a System Lord and had decided to pose as a Tok’ra in the spur of a moment, without knowing anything about the Alliance, were very low. And she didn’t want to look as stupid as the Russian idiot in Stargate Command, Sidorov. Catra was kind of familiar with that as well. But being too cautious, seeing traps and traitors everywhere, was a good way to lose a war. If the Goa’uld who had contacted them were even the Tok’a and not some other faction. And who could say what the Tok’ra were planning? The First Ones had been willing to sacrifice Etheria to defeat Horde Prime. With the exception of the dance, of course. Not that she wanted to remember that part of her life, anyway. In hindsight, that hadn’t been her best plan it had driven the Kingdom of Snows into the Princess Alliance, but she had achieved her primary objectives. But you could never be sure - Catra had used the Princess Prom, a supposedly neutral meeting, for a covert operation herself. And anything that managed to escape their sensors would probably be able to bypass whatever security they might put up on another planet anyway. Sure, Entrapta and Sam’s bots had scanned the whole planet for two days before scanning the two people who had arrived twenty minutes ago. Even though they were entering a potential trap. It wouldn’t do to look concerned or even anxious. Chapter 56: The Tok’Ra Part 1 Cheyenne Mountain, Colorado, United States of America, Earth, December 4th, 1998 Catra eyed the Stargate as it formed, taking care to appear as relaxed and unconcerned as she could.
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