Vrepit Sa

Chapter Three

"Now let's see the face of our intruder." Lance, keeping his bayard positioned at their chest, readied to pull off the mask-

  "Lance! You got him!" Hunk laughed, reaching him first and patting his back. "Awesome job!" Lance grinned up at Hunk and let out a chuckle. "Of course I got him, dude. Like I was gonna let Keith get all the glory of capturing-"
 
  "Great job, Lance." Keith approached them and lay a hand on his shoulder for a moment, frowning down at the Galra still beneath Lance. "Let's bring him to Allura." Lance's face warmed slightly and he shrugged off Keith's hand. "Um. Thanks, man."

  Lance stood as Keith and Hunk grabbed the Galra soldier by the arms and hoisted him up. "Did you say- Did you say Allura? As in Princess Allura of Altea?" Lance glared at him, "What do you know about her??"

  The soldier laughed, "Well quite a bit, her and I go pretty far back-"

  "Save the storytelling for Allura herself." Keith interrupted, pulling him along with Hunk in tow, and Lance following behind.

  The walk back was quiet, and once they entered through the doors, Allura quickly approached them. "Hunk, Keith! You captured him!" Lance cleared his throat and stepped to the side, from behind Hunk. "Actually, Princess-"

  "Come now, let's find out who this mystery Galra is." Allura helped to secure the soldier in hand and ankle cuffs before Hunk and Keith released them into a kneeling position. "He claims to know you, Princess." Keith spoke.

  "Yes, well, if he's one of Zarkon's I imagine he would know of me. Now let us see," The Princess removed the Galran soldier's helmet, and almost immediately dropped it, bringing up a hand to cover her gaping mouth. "Lotor??"

  Lotor looked up at the Princess from where he kneeled, a faint smile on his lips. "Hello, Allura."

  "Whoa, wait, so you actually know each other?" Hunk questioned, looking between the two. Fury was burning in Allura's eyes. Instead of answering Hunk, she raised the helmet in her hands above her head, ready to bring it down across Lotor's head. "You-!"

  Lance was quick to intervene, grabbing the helmet from Allura's grasp. "Hey, whoa, Princess! Wait!" Allura turned on Lance, fire in her eyes. "Lance! Do not stop me! You don't know how foul of a creature he is-"

  "Was."

  Allura turned her attention back to Lotor, who hadn't flinched or made to move away, seemingly not afraid of the Princess. "What?!"

  "I was terrible, many thousand years ago, and, although I can't immediately make up for all the trouble I've caused you, you must believe me, Allura, that I am so sorry. I was horrible to you, as well as others. I realize now, I was so heavily influenced back then by my father, and other negative influences. I had thought then I was in the right, but I was so very much in the wrong."

  Allura held her glare. "Do you think that coming to me now, after so long. After my home world has been destroyed by your father and his men-!"

  "His father?!" The other paladins spoke simultaneously, Allura ignored them. "Do you know what kind of pain you caused me?? What tears were because of you?! You- quiznacking- Ugh!" She turned back on Lance, who stood in stunned silence, still holding Allura's initial weapon, the helmet. "Lance! Give me back the helmet!!" Lance quickly backed up, looking around to the others who still stood motionless, as shocked as he was at the confrontation. "I don't think that's a good idea-"

  "Give it back to me now!" She took a step forward to which Lance scrambled further back, nearly tripping over his own feet. "Beating him to death isn't going to help anything! W-We still don't know why he came all the way out here- Just to apologize for being a dick ten thousand plus years ago??" He know stood behind Coran and Pidge at the control panel, as Allura took more steps towards him.