Heavens Flare

Razors edge

"Your father king Alford was a gifted alchemist, whose unique ability allowed him to infuse the voltron ore with alternate energy, granting it and the Paladins access to the quintessence field," Lotor brought up a screen from his arm guard as Allura worked her energy on the ship in the lab.

"You Allura now possess the same gift," he smiled at her as Allura had her back to him. Her eyes widen as blush spread on her cheeks as she looked down.

"Our visit to oriande has taught me more than I ever thought possible.. thank you," she smiled at him kindly as Allura held no more hostility in his eyes.

"No thank you princess, and lance told me what happened on the mission, you have no idea how much gratitude I have for you being there for him," Lotor grabbed her hand with both of his with a gentle squeeze.

"I don't know what I'd do without lance in my life now, thank you so much," he whispered to her with a kind grin.

"He's my friend, I'd never let anything happen to my team," Allura nodded as she tried to control her blush, his touch was warm but it faded when Lotor took his hands back.

"With your help we can finally supply the empire with quintessence, you are the key to bringing peace to the universe," Lotor told her with a calm voice.

"Peace," Allura breathed. "My father wanted that same thing when he built the lions, it is an honor to follow in his footsteps and continue his work... and to do so alongside you," Allura stepped closer to him.

"Like the days of long ago, our royal alliance will inspire others," Lotor nodded proudly as Allura pursed her lips a little with a smile.

"Hey you guys didn't call us?" Pidges voice interrupted the two making Allura jump away as Lotor smiled brightly seeing lance with hunk and pidge.

"You didn't think to call the engineers before you began building your inter reality quintessence field magical alternate alchemy super ship?" Hunk put his hands on his hips.

"You didn't think to call the engineers and the general who has been up almost every night with the emperor looking at those same quintessence field files?" Lance crossed his arms quirking a brow.

"Almost?" Pidge asked.

"He snuck out of bed to go back, finding this idiot sleeping on his desk again," lance narrows his eyes.

"I appreciate that you want to help," Allura let out a soft sigh. "Unfortunately there's not a lot for you to do,"

"Infusing the comet ore with alternate alchemy is quite different than simply building a ship," Lotor rubbed the back of his neck laughing awkwardly as his love gave him the look.

"Magic," pidge and hunk nodded.

"We'll certainly call you if we're in need of assistance, I'm sure Lotor has errands for you to run lance," Allura smiled innocently as her hands were behind her back.

"What..?" Lance made a face but was tugged away by his friends and away from his boyfriend.

"Oh well more time to integrate those galra shields with alternate tech," Hunk shrugged. "There's gotta be a way to do it..."

Lance looked back as Lotor and Allura were focused on the screen he pulled up for the blue prints.

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"It's amazing how the galra subroutines translate almost one to one with alternate axiom inhibitors," pidge messes with two cords that created a dome every time they touched as hunk was under the table.