His Beautiful Nightmare 》Voltron [Voltron WA 2017]

Chapter 52

The alarm blared, snapping the both of them out of sleep.

"Paladins, get to your lions!!", Allura commanded over the intercom. Azalea shot up and was about to fly out of the door, if Keith hadn't grabbed her arm.

"No, Azalea ", he said sternly, "You're staying here."

Azalea stared at him in shock.
"What?! No! I'm not letting you guys fight my brother alone!"

Keith gently shook her shoulders.
"And I'm not losing you!", he pressed, "Ferin wants you to go fight. Stay here, and we'll handle it."

"He's a hybrid, Keith! You're going to get yourselves killed!"

Keith hugged her tightly, knowing that it would calm her nerves a bit.
"We won't die", he promised, "We've fought worse things than your brother. Just stay here, please? Watch over Piflin, and I swear I'll be back."

With his thumb, he brushed a tear off her cheek.

She put her forehead against his, holding him, afraid to let him go.
"Don't let him hurt you please", she pleaded.

"I won't..."
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"Keep moving!", Shiro told the others, "Azalea was right, this is the biggest fleet we've faced so far!"

"Allura, what should we do?", Lance asked.

Allura voiced back immediately.
"There's hundreds of battleships and drones, but only one command ship. Disable the command ship, and the fleet will fall back."

Shiro nodded, "Alright then. Pidge, use your cloaking device and sneak in. Hunk can follow close behind. Shut down the ship from the inside. We'll hold up out here. Ferin wanted a fight, so he'll most likely be out here too. Get in. Get out."

"Got it", Pidge agreed.

Lance blasted a ship from the underside, drawing attention to Shiro, Keith, and Lance.

Hunk and Pidge snuck off.

"Keith! Lance! Keep them distracted!", Shiro ordered.

"On it", they both said.

Shiro blasted ship after ship, them never seeming to end. He kept a watchful eye on his surroundings, willing himself not to be caught off guard.

Where are you, Ferin?, Shiro mentally asked.

Come out and fight you coward.

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Pidge hopped out of the vent, followed by Hunk.

"We're in", he whispered.

He pulled out a GPS attached to his bayard.
"The control room is three sectors west of here."

Hunk nodded, holding his bayard tightly.

Why is it so quiet?

A troop of sentries marched around the corner and began firing.

WHY DID I HAVE TO JINX IT

Hunk fired his cannon, destroying all the sentries.
He wiped the sweat off his brow and turned around, expecting Pidge to be behind him.

But no one was there.

"Pidge?", Hunk whispered into the headset, "Where are you?!"

A scream ripped through Hunk's ears from the headset.

"Pidge!?", he shouted in alarm, running down the hall, "Where are you?! Buddy?!"

The screams abruptly stopped.

The only thing Hunk could hear was the pounding if his own heart.

And the footsteps behind him.

Pidge?-

Something knocked his bayard out of his hands and threw Hunk down the corridor.

Hunk hit the wall at the far end of the hallway, knocking the breath out of his lungs.

He struggled and fought to stand up and breathe.

Who is-

Hunk was punched in the jaw, causing him to stagger backwards into the wall again.

His breath hitched when the cold edge of a dagger traced his throat.

Faded jade green eyes gleamed menacingly from under the hood of a dark cloak.

"Oh Hunk", the creature puured, having a distinctly feminine voice, "I've heard so much about you."

That was the last thing he remembered.

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Okay Jake here. Honestly, I don't even remember writing the last chapter bc I was half asleep, and I'm kinda surprised with myself XD

Anyhoo. Yup. The end of the book is closer than you think.

Where's Ferin?

Can Shiro, Keith, and Lance really take on the fleet?

What happened to Pidge?

Who took Hunk?

Only the next chapters will reveal ;)

ADIEU
~JM