Frozen Away

Day Seven: Memories

Today started out like any other day in the castle. Pidge was off working on whatever tech they got their hands on now while Hunk was off in the Kitchen, organizing and cleaning. Allura was in the control room with Keith, going over the latest news on the Galra.  Coran was away cleaning the castle and checking the various systems for issues and today was my turn to go around with him today. We were currently in the engine room as he ran one of a few diagnostic tests to make sure everything was in working order. I was set to cleaning the floors and we were chatting back and forth to pass the time.

"Sooo... there's no chance of a random system take over again right?" I joked as I moved to my last part of the room.

"That's correct my boy, and hopefully there will never be a second time." He hummed and closed out of the system. "Once you're done, you're done for the day."

"Sweet."

I quickly finished my task and left the room with him, holding some small talk until we made it to the main floor. We said our goodbyes and split off into different directions. I decided to go up to the control room to see how our mighty leaders were doing when I almost ran into Allura at the door. 

"Ah! Lance, I'm glad you're here. I was about to call everyone!" Allura clapped her hands together happily as a smile slipped onto her face. "Please, come in, I'll fill you in when the rest get to the control room."

As she walked away, I made my way over to Keith. He was staring at the map that was being displayed in the center of the room. We chatted briefly about the mission that was coming up until Allura came back in with the rest of our crew. It was about a distress signal we had received from a planet in a system near by. Galran forces were slowly closing in on the planet and they sent out a call for help for whoever would hear it. Sadly, by the time we had made it to the planet, Galra forces had already surrounded the planet so we made a quick plan to force them to return to their ships so we could wage the larger part of the battle away from the planet. The plan worked for the most part. We had managed to move a majority of the forces into space, but we couldn't get them all. Allura and I had moved to the planets surface to flush out the rest of the forces as Hunk, Pidge and Keith kept the ships busy. On the surface, we were the dream team. Allura would draw the enemy out and I would snipe them as they came into range, providing cover fire for her when we found any locals.

"How's the stars captian?" I slid under a cross beam while shifting my rifle to blaster mode, catching up with Allura.

"Not the best, but we're holding out. How are you two doing?" Keith quickly replied as we could hear an explosion through the coms.

"There is only a handful of soldiers left," the sound of Allura's whip filled her voice as I watched her hook one. "We should be up in a tick."

I jumped down from the ledge I was currently on, shooting the two that had tried to come up behind Allura. Landing, I quickly rolled out of the way as she flung the last solder onto the ground, joining me as we ran back to our lions. The native took to the streets, looking for any remaining Galra while cheering us on as we made our way to help with the battle in the sky. Right as we broke through the atmosphere, we were greeted with the sight of Hunk and Pidge destroying the smallest of the three cruisers.

"Nice one guys," Keith called through the video feed as he took out some fighters, "now lets form Voltron and finish this battle out!"

We call yelled our agreement in unison, slicing down the two remaining cruisers with ease, but not before the main ship fired at the planet. We rushed over and shielded the planet from the blast, but the force of the impact tore our lions apart, sending us flying apart with the flood of remaining fighters swarming us. Red and Blue recovered the fastest, being the furthest from impact, and we rushed to provide cover for the others.  Slowly, we all managed to get back to the fight, but due to the damage we had received, we were fighting a loosing battle. Yellow had the least amount of damage due to her armor, but her paladin was not fairing as well. Green was in the worst shape due to being at the center of impact, and Black wasn't in top shape either. Hunk helped Pidge get back to the Castle as the rest of us provided cover fire for them. Once they were in the ship, we were to follow behind but Allura and Keith didn't go back.