Voltron: Defender of the Outback

Chapter Two : Only Room in This Town for One of Us

"What?!" Austin's knees shot up and hit the table as he shouted out loud. "H-how long ago?" He added, quietly as people stared at him questioningly. He looked at Krolia nervously as he waited for the answer.

"Landed last night, not far from the garrison."

Austin sighed in relief, they somehow hadn't scensed Krolia's ship, but it did worry him that there was another alien on Earth.

"Alright, I can be there first thing tomorrow morning."

"Can you come any sooner? I feel like this would be better handled with you here immediately." Iverson stressed.

"No can do buckero. I have some important things to do tonight." He winked at Krolia. "So it will have to wait until morning."

"What are you even doing out there that makes you unavailable tonight?" Iverson chuckled, "It'd better be because you finally decided to do something besides mope around and get hammered."

"Well, I just have a new project to work on you could say." Austin said. "Now, I've gotta get going. I'll see you in the morning. Bye." He hung up and groaned softly.

"Who was that?" Krolia asked Austin, the worry clear in her eyes.

"An old friend of mine. He said that an alien craft landed last night, I think it may be one of your buds. He wanted me to come to help tonight, I told him I'd come in tomorrow."

"It's probably Kolivan." Krolia pinched the bridge of her nose, clearly annoyed, "He didn't want me to come to Earth alone, and even though it hasn't been long, my older brother has a knack of finding me and dragging me back home when I miss one check in."

"Family can be like that." Austin patted her back comfortingly. "But at least they care about you enough to race across the system to find you."

"I didn't want him to come here. I could handle this mission on my own, and now that I've mostly abandoned it, he will try to guilt me into leaving."

"Then don't tell him you abandoned the mission." Austin said simply, sipping his water.

"Well, it sounds easy when you find it that way." Krolia rolled her eyes. "But alright."

That night, Austin taught Krolia how to play poker before they went to bed then Krolia waited until Austin was asleep before sneaking out of the house.

"Kolivan, come in." She spoke into the radio as she sat on the chair out on the porch.

"Krolia, what is going on?" Kolivan asked.

"Please tell me you didn't come to Earth. I told you I could handle this."

"No, I haven't yet. Has another ship landed?"

This shocked Krolia a bit. He wasn't the one who came here? Perhaps it was just a fake ship since Earthlings seemed to joke about finding life outside their own system, or a innocent alien who crashed by accident.

"Krolia, check it out. It could be one of Zarkon's sentries looking for the lion. It is imperative that you find and exterminate the threat."

"It could be an innocent traveller Kolivan." Krolia hopped.

"You know how unlikely that is. Remember your training, take it out if it is a threat. Kolivan out."

"Wait." Krolia said hurriedly. "Don't go yet, I have an update."

"Yes?"

"The lion should be within a ten mile radius of my current location now, so I will update when I have found it." Krolia regretted telling him this, she should have made the distance bigger so then she could be here longer. Or she could fake her death, but Kolivan wouldn't fall for radio silence.