The five Lions of Voltron zoomed through space as they approached the Castle of Lions; Shiro led the way in the Black Lion, followed by Keith in Red, Pidge and Peridot in Green, Stevonnie in Blue, and Amethyst in Yellow.
"Castle of Lions, this is Takashi Shirogane; are you there?" The Black Paladin asked through his comms device.
"We read you, Shiro," Matthew informed over his comms.
"We're glad to have you all back," Allura added in over her communicator. "How did the mission go?"
"We were able to save the people, and there were zero casualties," Shiro told the Princess. "I'll disclose the rest once we're docked."
"Say no more; I'll have the hangar opened for you any tick now," Coran assured Shiro. "And it's done."
"Thank you, Coran. Black Paladin, out." Shiro said as he deactivated his communications to the castle and opening one to the rest of the Paladins. "All right, everyone; form up for a landing."
"Roger!" A cluster of voices responded; Shiro recognized Keith, Stevonnie, Pidge, and Peridot; but he did not hear Amethyst sound off.
"Amethyst, are you there?" The Black Paladin asked. "Amethyst?"
"Oh... uh... yeah... I'm here." Amethyst replied in a rushed; disinterested tone. "What did you need Chief?"
"I didn't hear you sound off when I said we're going be landing," Shiro stated. "Is everything okay?"
"Um... yeah... I'm fine; I didn't hear you... is all." Amethyst quickly answered; which Takashi caught notice of. "I'm ready for landing."
"All right then, group up with the rest of us," Shiro ordered.
"Roger!" Amethyst responded as she did as she was told. Shiro knew something was bothering Amethyst, but now wasn't the time to ask her; he also knew pushing her into talking won't help. Hopefully, it's just a matter of needing some rest; but whatever happened down there with Jasper affected Amethyst, and he sincerely does hope that she's okay.
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Matt, Lance, Coran, and Allura, who was holding the Space Mice in her hands, stood in the hangar as the five lions entered and landed; the Paladins exited the lions and walked over to greet their fellow teammates.
"I'm glad to see you all in one piece," Allura said to Shiro. "Did you encounter the Gems?"
"Like Peridot suspected; the Homeworld Gems were there to repair their ship," Shiro stated. "They took the locals hostage and threatened to destroy the town. But we were able to stop them."
"Plus, we fought and beat Jasper!" Steven's side of Stevonnie exclaimed with excitement.
"It just shows how far we've both come in our training." Connie's side of Stevonnie further stated.
"Oh, Garnet and Pearl are going to be so proud of us when they can come back," Steven said, like a little kid who wanted to tell his parent's good news.
"They definitely will," Shiro told the two teenagers with a smile, before returning his attention to Allura. "Anyway, we stopped the destruction and Hoarfrost has agreed to give us aid with repairs whenever we are nearby."
"That's a reasonably fair deal," Coran added in. "The castle could always use new improvements."
"And, what of the Homeworld Gems?" Allura asked.
"They escaped," Shiro stated. "However, we made sure no one was hurt."
"That is good to hear," Allura said with a nod before she caught sight of Amethyst; who was outside of her Paladin armor and sporting a white top instead of a black one. "Amethyst..."
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Defenders of the Universe - SU/VLD (Adopted by jorge.Fuentes18)
FanfictionThe Cluster has been bubbled, and Steven Universe has returned to Beach City; only to find himself thrown into another adventure with his friends and family, after agreeing to help a new girl in town find her brother and father who disappeared two y...
