Spirit of the Lioness (Keith x OC): A Voltron Fanfiction

Chapter 7: The Rise of Voltron, Pt 4

God, finishing this one episode is taking such a long time XD But this should be the last one, so bear with me here!

Nifa stood beside Allura on the bridge, watching from outside. The lions were all lined up outside the castle. Her eyes sought out the Red Lion in particular, where she knew her long-lost friend was inside.

"Keep him safe, Red Lion," she asked inside her head. "He's more important to you and me than you will ever know."

"Listen up, Team Voltron!" Shiro said to the others. "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?" There was a pause.

"...I'm nodding. Is everyone else nodding?" Hunk asked.

"YES," the other paladins replied in a slightly annoyed tone. 

"Let's do this!" Shiro said, piloting his lion into a running motion towards the fleet, the other four following suit.

"Uh, how?" Lance wanted to know.

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

"I'm not sure," Nifa admitted. "I don't even know what Voltron is supposed to look like."

"You WHAT?!" Lance sputtered, making Nifa wince. "What do you mean 'you don't know what Voltron looks like'?! You're our spirit guide! You HAVE to know!"

"Well, I don't!" Nifa countered, fighting to be calm. "Just hold your ground and keep a cool head. I'll figure it out."

"Well, can you figure it out faster?" Hunk begged. "I don't see a 'Combine Into Giant Robot' button anywhere on my dashboard."

 "UGH!" Pidge grunted in frustration as she narrowly missed a fighter jet's laser blast. "This is insane! Can't they just cease fire for one minute so we can figure this out? Is that too much to ask?"

"Young spirit guide, if Voltron is needed, we can transform on your command," the Black Lion spoke to Nifa. 

"Um...uh..." Nifa struggled to come up with a viable solution. "Combine!" she randomly shouted to her brain, to any lion that would hear. That lion ended up being the Yellow Lion, as it rammed into the Red Lion impulsively. 

"Hey!" Keith snapped.

"Okay, that didn't work," Hunk said matter-of-factly.

"What was that for?!"

"So-rry, my lion told me to do that! No, really!"

"Nifa, what's going on down there? Quit joking around!" Pidge said, destroying two fighter jets. "We could REALLY use Voltron right about now!"

"I said I'm TRYING!" Nifa barked back. "You think it's easy picturing a giant weapon I've never seen before in my head?! It's not!"

"Quickly, Paladins! Our energy levels are getting low!" Allura warned.

"Okay, okay, try flying in formation," Nifa suggested. "Maybe if you guys sync up just right, you'll just combine."

"It's worth a try," Shiro agreed. "Take off on my cue. One, two, three, Voltron!"

The lions took off and flew in a perfect "V" formation. However, the lions still remained lions, and nothing changed. 

"Hey, w-wait, wait, wait!" Lance suddenly exclaimed. "I feel something!"

"I do too. I feel it," Hunk added. "It's like we're all being pulled in the same direction!"

"Yes! It's working!" Nifa cheered inwardly. Perhaps she COULD do this after all. However, when she looked up, expecting to see Voltron formed, her smile faded immediately when she saw what was actually happening. "Oh, crap! GUYS! I think I know why you're feeling a tug! Look up!"