~Broken~

Sapphira- The Astreans, The Throne & The Generals

"That was a lot better and easier than I thought." Emperor Lotor claimed, walking casually along side her as he spoke.

"Yes, I thought it'd be a bit more..." Sapphira trailed off, trying to find the appropriate word in front of Lotor. She wasn't as close to him as Team Voltron, so perhaps saying some thing like crazy or horrific would be considered offensive.

"Chaotic?" Lotor suggested, chuckling slightly.

"Something like that." Sapphira stated, half smiling. Perhaps it would be ok. After all, he did suggest the word she was thinking. Of course, some one interrupted her thoughts

"Emperor Lotor"

Sapphira looked up, despite the fact the person was not speaking to her. She silently gasped when she saw the figure. The figure turned out to be a woman with pale blue skin, blue eyes (yellow sclerae) and dark blue hair. Her hair is cut short, with longs bangs swept over the left side of her face. Closer to the back of her head were four short black horns. She also had pointed ears, similar to Lotor's. She also wore the same patterned armour as him.

"Acxa." Lotor stated, standing opposite from the woman.

"Who is this?" Acxa asked, indicating Sapphira.

Sapphira was about to introduce herself, it was the right thing to do. But Lotor was quicker to speak than her.

"This is Sapphira of the mer folk. Why does it concern you?" Lotor responded, firing back a question.

They know eachother. Acxa is, or was, one of his generals, Black mentally whispered to Sapphira.

She mentally thanked him and watched the awkward reunion. Suddenly, a colourful figure with the same armour appeared next to Acxa.

Ezor, Black noted

"Get on with it." Ezor complained, perhaps the most cheerful voice for a complaint that Sapphira had ever heard.

"This isn't personal." Acxa stated.

Then, out of nowhere, Acxa pulled out a gun. The last thing Sapphira remembered was the laser effect of the gun firing at Lotor and herself.

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You will not get away with this!

Sapphira jolted awake. Who was that screaming? Sapphira looked at her surroundings. She was in a prison cell. There were strong metal bars with a metal door, but outside the bars was a green force field (like the cell that Lotor was once held captive in, in the Castle Of The Lions but the force field part is green and there's metal bars behind the forcefield). She was sat on the stone cold floor. So she scooted forwards towards the bars and forcefield, but was stopped just as she reached the bars, by something tugging on her ankle. It hurt. Sapphira turned to see what was holding her back, it was a shackle.

A guard walked past and shoved a red tiger into the cell opposite her. The guard was a woman with dazzling violet eyes and two blonde pigtails. The stunning part of the guard was the teal markings under her eyes that were identical to an Alteans. Sapphira gasped at the sight. The guard mouthed 'sorry' then walked off. Suddenly Sapphira had a realisation about the tiger. In the tales of Voltron's second form, it mentioned how the Tigers could transform into actual tigers. Could that be Red?

Yes, you're catching on quickly, Red confirmed, her tail swishing in annoyance.

"Where are we?" She asked, taking another look around.

In a Prison. It's apart of the Astrean Empire's system. They have there prison at the heart of the Empire. Red explained

"What's an astrean?" Sapphira asked

They're a race. Like the Alteans, they're actually identical to Alteans, now that I think of it. It could be like the Hoolio. An undercover name for an Empire. Altea was destroyed, and not very altean was home at the time, so it could be possible. Red answered, pondering on the thought.

"Where's Lotor?" Sapphira questioned, attempting to crawl closer to the bars, but failing.

Red paced around in the cell, the shackle on her hind leg clearly making it difficult.

I saw him on the way here, he should be here soon. Red claimed

Soon enough, Lotor was brought in by two guards. The guard that dragged Red in  and a man with chestnut brown hair, pale icy blue eyes and dark blue astrean (altean???) markings. The guard uniform was white with an aqua glowing star symbol on the chest piece (the area the blade of Marmora glowing chest parts are, but in the middle). Lotor was brought into the same cell as Sapphira and was shackled. They obviously took his weapons away. Sapphira realised they took her mermaid dagger as well. The guards stood outside the cell at the entrance to their cell's corridor

"This is not how I imagined spending my time after being crowned Emperor of the Galra." Lotor stated, his face remaining emotionless as he sat by Sapphira.

"Soon enough we'll have Tron, the Paladins and the coalition crawling at our feet. We can lock em up and torture them until they cry mercy." Some one outside the entrance said.

The guards nodded, although in their eyes they seemed resistant, like they were regretting their work. The guards and the figure walked away, their loud boots clunking along the floor.

"What's Tron?" Sapphira whispered, curiosity obviously flooding through her voice.

"Tron is what Voltron's second form is called. The first form is Vol, the second is Tron. That's why it's Voltron" Lotor quietly responded.

Sapphira sighed and leaned against the back wall. If only she had stayed behind.