The Paladin's Honour

The Blue Lion

Normal POV

"Okay, I'll admit it. This is super freaky." Lance commented when they found the outcropping in Keith's photo, "I'm getting a reading." Hunk said once the device started to pick up the said reading, prompting him and Pidge to walk off in a direction. And it didn't take long for them to walk right up to a cave.

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Shiro's POV

I felt myself looking around in awe with Lance, Pidge, and Hunk. "What are these?" I asked, "These are the lion carvings I was telling you about. They're everywhere around here." Keith replied. From the corner of my eye, I can see Lance brushing some dust off a carving closest to him— and that is when every carving in the cave began to glow an iridescent blue. "They've never done that before." My brother quickly said before feeling the ground crumble beneath us and getting swept away in an underground stream until we fell into a cavern deeper underground. As I slowly picked myself up, I could hear Lance say "They are everywhere."

We looked up to see a large, robotic lion. "Is this it? Is this the Voltron?" Pidge asked, "It... must be." I replied, somehow getting a feeling that I've seen it before... "This is what's been causing all of this crazy energy out here." Keith realizes as he approached the lion, "Looks like there's a force field around it." As the rest of us followed Keith, I notice Lance moving from left to right in front of me. "Does anyone else get the feeling this is staring at them?" he asked, prompting me to look at the lion— while I feel as though I've seen it before, I don't feel its yellow eyes 'staring' at me. "No." I answer, "Yeah. The eyes are totally following me." Lance added.

Keith then place his hands on the force field, "I wonder how we get through this." He said before Lance spoke up, "Maybe you just have to knock." He jokingly rap his knuckles against the force field twice before letting out a surprised yelp when the force field suddenly faded away as the lion's eyes began to glow. An image came rushing into my mind— the lion before us is flying through the sky with four others like it; only they were red, green, yellow, and black— all the colors I used when I made that drawing. They suddenly collided with each other, forming a giant, humanoid robot with a fiery blade. It was the very image I've seen when I finished drawing 'Voltron'.

"Whoa..." The five of us said at the same time, causing me to realize that the others must have seen what I've seen. "Uh, did everyone just see that?" Lance asked, confirming my suspicion. "Voltron's a robot. Voltron is a huge, huge, awesome robot!" Hunk said excitedly, "And this thing is only one part of it! I wonder where the rest of them are." Pidge added. "This is what they're looking for." I said, realizing that I didn't imagine Voltron at all— with the aliens searching for it. "Incredible." Keith said before the lion suddenly lowered its head, only to open its mouth to reveal itself to be similar to a space shuttle. It was then I notice Lance running into the lion's mouth, prompting the rest of us to follow. We found him sitting in a room that resembles the cockpit of the space shuttles the Garrison let us practice, only it's more advanced in comparison. "Okay, guys. I feel the need to point out, just so that we're all aware. We are in some kind of futuristic alien cat head right now." Hunk said before Lance suddenly spoke up, "Whoa! Did you guys just hear that?" Keith raised an eyebrow, "Hear what?" he asked. "I think it's talking to me." Lance then pushed a couple buttons before the lion stood up and let out a roar, startling Hunk and Pidge. "Okay. Got it. Now, let's try this."

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Keith's POV

"You're the worst pilot ever!" I yelled as I hang on. The way Lance flew remind me too much of a rollercoaster that Shiro and I went on with Dad when we were younger, though I'm surprise that my older brother and I are the only ones not screaming our heads off. "Isn't this awesome?" Lance asked, enjoying himself despite screaming earlier. "Make it stop. Make it stop." The boy standing on his left said; I think his name is 'Hunk', and I have a feeling that— from the way he asked Lance to 'make it stop'— he is getting motion sickness. I thought back to how I felt after going on that rollercoaster one too many times before feeling the lion rocketing toward the sky, "Where are you going?" I asked. "I just said it's on autopilot!" Lance replies, "It says there's an alien ship approaching Earth. I think we're supposed to stop it."

"What did it say, exactly?" The boy standing on the right side of the seat asked; if I got it right, I think his name is something like 'Pidge'— though for some reason, the name 'Pidge' sounds somewhat... familiar. "It's not like it's saying words. It's more like feeding ideas into my brain, kind of." Lance answers before Hunk spoke up, "Well, if this thing is the weapon they're coming for, why don't we just— I don't know— give it to them? Maybe they'll leave us alone. Sorry, lion. Nothing personal."

"You don't understand. These monsters spread like a plague throughout the galaxy, destroying everything in their path." Shiro said, "There's no bargaining with them. They won't stop until everything is dead." That really convince Hunk into reconsidering his suggestion. "Oh. Never mind, then."

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Normal POV

The Blue Lion roars as it leave the Earth's atmosphere when a large ship suddenly appear before them, "Holy crow! Is that really an alien ship?" Hunk ask as Shiro begin to recognize the ship. "They found me." He quietly said in horror before the ship open fire, "We've gotta get it outta here!" Pidge quickly said, prompting Lance to pull at the controls. "Hang on!" The lion skillfully dodge the lasers before an idea popped into Lance's head, "Okay, I think I know what to do." He said confidently. "Be careful, man. This isn't a simulator." Pidge said, "Well, that's good. I always wreck the simulator." Lance replied before pushing one of the controls forward, causing the lion to open its mouth and unleash a bright beam of light that ran down the hull of the ship— exploding in impact. "Let's try this." Lance pulled back on the controls, bringing the lion toward the ship and using its claws to leave an exploding trail. "Nice job, Lance." Shiro said, "I think it's time to get these guys away from our planet." Lance replied as he piloted the lion away from the ship.

"Lord Zarkon, the escaped prisoner and his people found the lion." The ship's commander informed an armored alien with violet eyes through a video transmission, "It attacked us and is heading out of the system." "Follow that lion and alert all ship in the area to intercept." Zarkon ordered, "Capturing that lion is your first and only priority." "Yes, Your Majesty." He closed the transmission, "Full power after the lion!"

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Shiro's POV

"Oh, no!" Hunk cried when he looked back— only to realize that the alien ship is chasing after us. "They're gaining on us." Pidge said, "It's weird. They're not trying to shoot us. They're just chasing." Lance said as he glimpses back for a brief second. "Okay, seriously, now we think having aliens follow us is good?" Hunk asked, "I am not on board with this new direction, guys."

"Where are we?" Keith asked as I looked out the lion's window to see a familiar moon, "Edge of the solar system. There's Kerberos." I answered. "It takes months for our ships to get out this far. We got out here in five seconds." Pidge said, sounding somewhat impressed. And that is when we noticed something forming in front of us— an iridescence blue ring that seems to be made of an energy that gives me a nostalgic feeling. "What is that?" Hunk asked, "This may seem crazy, but I think the lion wants us to go through there." Lance said. "Where does it go?" Pidge questioned, "I don't know. Shiro, you're the senior officer here. What should we do?" Lance asked me, sounding unsure. "Whatever is happening, the lion knows more than we do. I say we trust it, but we're a team now. We should decide together." I replied sincerely, having a feeling that I can trust this 'lion'... maybe I've trusted it before, but where? "All right. I guess we're all ditching class tomorrow." Lance said before guiding the lion into the energy.