Winged Light

Chapter 5

 A sudden alarm rang out.

"Huh?" Hunk questioned.

"Oh, quiznack! Sendak is entering the Arusian atmosphere. We need Voltron now!" ordered Coran, just before a large beam of light hit the castle, causing it to shake. The paladins, in their lions, and Nura, her wound bandaged, fly off to defend the planet Arus. While the ion cannon had yet to fire, there were smaller explosions surrounding the particle barrier. Soon, the larger cannon fired.

"Man, those Galra guys repair things fast." noted the large samoan.

"The barrier gets weaker with every blast. Once that shield goes down, the castle will be defenseless." Coran stated.

"I can give you cover with the castle defenses for a while, but you ust form Voltron now or we'll all be destroyed!" exclaimed Allura. As the five lions stood in a line, trying to figure out the best course of action, Nura flew off, destroying as many of the Galra troops as she could.

"Jeez, no pressure." commented Hunk sarcastically. Another large blast hit the shield, causing the ground to shake violently, and the paladins to grunt.

"Listen up, Team Voltron! The only way to succeed is to give it all you've got! This looks bad, but we can do this! Are you with me?" Shiro's orotund voice echoes through the comms, and the team responds, nodding. The moment of unity is interrupted by Hunk.

"I'm nodding. is everyone else nodding?"

They all sigh and deadpan, "Yes."

"Let's do this!" Shiro encourages. Then, Lance asks the obvious question.

"Uh, how?"

"Good question. Does anyone have any ideas of how to form Voltron?"

Hunk is the first to respond, "I don't see a 'combine into giant robot' button anywhere on my dashboard." He emphasized the word 'anywhere.' The lions had run out of anient bridge to traverse, jumping off the edge in sync.

"This is insane!" Pidge exclaimed. "Can't they just cease fire for one minute so we can figure this out?" She turned to destroy one of the pesky Galra. "Is that too much to ask?" The Green Lion jumped up, grabbing the ship by it's left wing and tearing it down, throwing it into another drone.

"we've got to do something." Keith's smoky voice rang out, just as the Yellow Lion ran into it from the side.

"Combine!" screamed Hunk.

"Hey!" groaned Keith. The Yellow Lion looked down in shame.

"Okay, that didn't work." The two boys run off in their large, mechanical felines to avoid getting shot. From the screen in the lions, Allura's face was shown.

"Quickly, Paladins! Our energy levels are getting low!" Another earthquake rang out, Allura groaning at it's force.

"Maybe if we fly in formation, we'll just combine." suggested Shiro. "Take off on my cue." The group approached a cliff. "One, two, three, Voltron!" They leapt off the edge, flying in a 'V' formation

"Here we go!" shouted Keith.

"Come on, come on!" pleaded Lance. The whole team was grunting from the effort of controlling their lions.

"Nothing's happening." Shiro noted.

"Hey, wait, wait, wait! I fell something!" Lance exclaimed

"I do, too. I feel it. It's like we're all being pulled in the same direction!" confirmed the Yellow Paladin. Shiro looked up, his eyes widening.

"Uh, guys, I think I know why. Look up." The others did as he suggested. They were all caught in a tractor beam.