Paladins of the past.

Chapter 35:

Chapter 35: The Black Paladin.

The group rushed to the bridge, Shiro started barking orders as soon as they entered, "Pidge, scan the download from the ship. Find out where Zarkon's central command is. Allura get ready to wormhole."

"On it!" Pidge called as she slid into her seat, she looked confused briefly by the additional information but ignored it for the moment in favor of finding Lance's coordinates.

Coran walked up to Allura as she stood at the castle control, her hands shaking slightly, "What happened? Where's Lance?"

"They captured him," Keith spat out as he started to pace.

Coran gaped at him for a moment before turning back towards the princess, "How is that possible?"

Shiro moved towards Coran, gripping his shoulders tightly in a form of comfort, "I'm sorry things didn't go as planned but we can't focus on what went wrong. We've got to figure out how to make it right." Shiro said, turning to Pidge who stared at her screen looking hopeless, "Pidge, anything?"

They shakily nodded, as they upload the screen up front for everyone to see, "Yeah, look at this."

The all gasp as the screen zoomed out to capture the entire ship, "Look at the size of it!" Coran whispered horrified.

"I think we should go in right away. Every minute we waste gives Zarkon time to prepare for us." Pidge stated.

"But how, we have no idea what we're walking into. The only person who could know is on that fucking ship." Keith shouted, Allura subtly flinched feeling as if this was her fault.

"Um, do you guys not remember the Balmera? We could barely take out one fleet. But this... a base this size could hold a thousand fleets!" Hunk argued, gesturing the size of the center. Shiro watched the group argue, not knowing what to do.

"Or maybe we shouldn't go on this mission at all," Keith muttered bitterly, making everyone stare at him gobsmacked, "Think about it. We'll be delivering the universe's only hope to the universe's biggest enemy."

Hunk made a sound of disgust, "Keith, that's cold, even for you. It's Lance, we can't just leave him? He wouldn't leave you."

Keith crossed his arms, his knuckles going white from how hard he was gripping his arms, "I'm not saying I like the idea. I'm just thinking like a paladin."

"No, you're thinking of yourself because you're too scared to do what's right!" Hunk snapped at him.

"Lance knew he was going to get captured, that's why he gave Allura Blue! He wanted us to be able to form Voltron!" Keith shouted back, "Fuck sake, I don't want him gone! I need him! But this is obviously what he wanted!"

Pidge stood up, moving between the two, "Okay, we're all upset because we lost Lance." She said trying to get everyone to calm down.

"No, Allura lost Lance!" Keith argued, gesturing to Allura, who glared at him.

"ENOUGH!" Shiro bellowed, hands clenched at his sides, "This isn't helping! ?Bickering isn't going to do anything! The longer we stand here and argue, the longer Lance is Zarkon's hands, Zarkon who Lance thinks is from the future." Shiro revealed, making everyone who didn't know gasp. Shiro took a deep breath, "Let's focus. How are we going to get Lance?"

*With Lance*

Lance kicked and punched at the figure who held him by the neck, managing to knock of their mask to reveal a grotesques face. From the corner of eyes he saw Allura manage to escape, before the ship lurched forward as hyper-speed was reached.