Voltron: Universal Defender
Fanfiction by: Spirit Reader and Serpentdragon
Voltron created by: Toei Animation, World Events Production, and DreamWorks Animation
Chapter 1: Beginnings – Part 1
Space: the Final Frontier. Throughout the entire history of the human race there's been one question that's always plagued the mind. What truly lies beyond our border? In order to solve that question, planet Earth has spent the last several centuries studying and gathering the resources necessary to head out into space and finally discover what really resides out there. It's through this drive to discover the unknown that culminated in Earth's primary organization for space exploration; The Galaxy Garrison.
First formed during the mid 1950's, the Galaxy Garrison is a collection of the Earth's most brilliant and skilled individuals, all of whom come together under the shared goal of exploring and understanding the universe. It's through their combined effort that they not only achieved the goal landing a man on the moon, but also being able to land a man on another planet; Mars. The feats that the Garrison was able to perform were incredible and, as the years passed, they continued to further themselves and the rest of humanity to even further heights. Still, despite all their accomplishments, there was still one question that they have yet to answer. Is there truly life outside of Earth?
The thought of extraterrestrial life has been a long talked about debate that has lasted almost as long as the desire to get a man out into space. Many claim that there's no such thing as aliens, while just as many claim that they do in fact exist. In order to help solve this long debated question, the scientists of the Galaxy Garrison have spent countless resources in order to find clues that could possibly lead to the discovery of alien life. Unfortunately, none of their efforts managed to result in anything concrete. Still, mankind refused to give up and continued their search for the truth.
This eventually resulted in the Galaxy Garrison to perform its most daring and dangerous mission yet; traveling to Kerberos, one of the moons of Pluto. The voyage is the first of its kind and required not only the best ship in order to reach the moon, but also the best crew as well. This 3-man crew consisted of Dr. Thomas Mitchell, his assistant Amrita Punjabi, and their skilled pilot Marcus Robinson. The voyage was a long and difficult one, but with their hearts and minds set on their goal, the crew was finally able to reach Kerberos after nearly a year.
Upon first landing on the moon, Dr. Mitchell decided that the first thing that they should do was collect a few samples in order to bring back to Earth. To that end, he and Marcus brought out a giant digger and had it drill a hole into the moon's surface. While they did that, Amrita was busy watching the monitor, making sure that their efforts weren't putting any unnecessary stress on Kerberos. Once the process was complete, Amrita proceeded to slowly remove a piece of ice from the digger, her eyes marveling at the mere sight of it.
"Amazing…" She said with a smile on her face. "I know it's just ice, but still…"
"I agree…" Dr. Mitchell followed. "It may not look like much on the surface, but this ice may contain secrets that exceed our highest expectations. Just of that has my heart racing in anticipation. What do you think, Marcus?"
"…It is pretty impressive," Marcus answered. "But I think what's even more impressive is what we did in order to get these ice samples."
As Marcus took a moment to look up and take in and bask in the vastness that is outer space, a huge smile slowly appeared on the young man's face. When both Amrita and Dr. Mitchell saw that look both of them immediately understood where Marcus was coming from and why he felt that way.
Even as a little boy, Marcus has always had a strong desire to one day head out towards the stars. This stemmed from his parents, who were two of the most gifted space explorers that not only graced the Galaxy Garrison, but the entire Earth as well. Wanting to follow in their footsteps, Marcus trained both his body and mind vigorously, which not only enabled him to enter the Garrison, but also become the youngest to successfully lead a mission into space, doing so at the age of 19. It was an amazing accomplishment, but Marcus continued to strive for even greater heights. So, when Dr. Mitchell personally requested that he be the pilot for the Kerberos mission, Marcus immediately jumped at the opportunity.
Now that he was here, Marcus was once again convinced that he made the right decision in his career path and he was even more determined to see what other mysterious he can discover while out in space. To that end, he eagerly continued gathering more ice samples and, upon seeing his enthusiasm, was soon joined by an equally eager Amrita and Dr. Mitchell. Eventually, after gathering up enough samples, the crew prepared themselves for the next stage of their mission.
"Alright you guys…" Dr. Mitchell said. "For the next step we should…"
Before he could continue explaining, Dr. Mitchell stopped talking when he suddenly felt the ground shake beneath his feet. As the shaking gradually grew more intense, both Marcus and Amrita started to feel it as well and wondered what was going on.
"Seismic activity…?" Amrita questioned. "But what could be causing it?"
"I'm not sure," Marcus replied. "But we better head back to the ship. It's not safe out…here…"
While looking out into the distance, Marcus eyes widen in disbelief as a cold sweat started too developed while within his spacesuit. When they looked in the same direction as him, both Amrita and Dr. Mitchell were also just as shocked. Somehow, from completely out of nowhere, a giant spacecraft appeared and was hovering just above Kerberos. The mere sight of the craft was something to behold. Unfortunately, instead of excitement, the crew could only feel a strong sense fear coming from the ship as it towered over them.
"This…can't be." Dr. Mitchell spoke.
As they continued to look on at the craft, Marcus was the first to notice that a light started to glow from the top of its Bow. Although it took him a second it realize it, Marcus was horrified to realize that the spacecraft was about to fire something at both him and his crewmates. Because of that, he quickly grabbed both Dr. Mitchell and Amrita by their arms and started racing back towards their own ship.
"Quick! We got to get out of here now!"
The crew raced off as fast as the possibly could, trying their best not to be slowed down by Kerberos's lesser gravity. Unfortunately for them, the mysterious spacecraft finished charging its weapon and proceeded to fire it upon the moon's surface, right on top of Marcus and the others. However, what they were hit with was not a lethal weapon, but instead some kind of tractor beam, the force which was quickly pulling them towards the ship.
"No…Ah…Ahhhh!"
Upon being brought onto the ship a sudden darkness enveloped Marcus and his crew. Before any of them could process what was going on they were then suddenly knocked out by an unknown force. In the moments following, Marcus started drifting in and out of consciousness, barely able to comprehend what was happening. All he was able to notice in that state is that something was dragging himself of somewhere.
Eventually, as he was slowly beginning to wake up again, Marcus noticed that he was in a highly advanced control room, the like of which he could hardly believe. He also noticed that both Amrita and Dr. Mitchell were lying on the ground next to him, both of whom still had their spacesuits on. However, before he could determine if his crew was alright, something more urgent immediately caught Marcus's attention.
To the young man's shock, Marcus saw an alien standing in front of a giant display screen. He had dark purple skin, piercing yellow eyes, and sharp pointed ears. Just looking at him both frightened and amazed Marcus as this was the first time he's encountered alien before. Unfortunately, any amazement he felt immediately turned into utter horror as he listened to a conversation that the alien was having.
"We found these primitive scientists. I don't think they know anything useful."
"Take them back to the main fleet for interrogation. The Druids will find out what they know."
Upon hearing that conversation, Marcus immediately understood the situation that he and his crew were in. As a result, he quickly stood up and attempted to get the alien's attention.
"Wait, Please!" He called out. "We mean you now harm. We come from a peaceful planet and we wanted were-"
Before Marcus could finish his plea however, the young man was suddenly knocked from behind by a robot. After he fell to the ground, the alien turned around slightly and glared at Marcus with a look of utter disgust. He then turned his attention over towards the robot.
"Take them away."
Without even a word, the robot complied and proceeded to drag Marcus out of the room. Shortly after that, two more robots appeared and went on to do the same with both Amrita and Dr. Mitchell. Once all three of them were gone, the alien turned his focus back towards the display screen.
"Continue with your search," The voice from the screen ordered. "Bring me Voltron!"
"…Vrepit sa!"
1 Year Later
"Galaxy Garrison Log: 5114. Preparing descent to Kerberos for rescue mission."
These words came from the mouth of Antonio 'Tony' Martinelli, a skilled pilot from the Galaxy Garrison's cadet program. Together with his engineer, Kevin Peterson, and science officer, Felicia Daniels, Tony was leading a simulated mission to Kerberos in the hopes of finding out what really happened on the moon one year ago.
Following the incident, and the disappearance Marcus and his crew, the Galaxy Garrison began putting their cadets through extremely difficult drills and simulation in order to prepare them for any eventuality. The reason for this was rather simple. If someone as skilled as Marcus Robinson, who was widely considered to be one of the Garrison's most gifted pilots, can die out there in space, then anyone can. To that end, every cadet was thoroughly trained so that such an incident doesn't occur again. Unfortunately, for Tony and his team, things were looking rather difficult for them.
"Hey…Please be careful Tony!" A panicked Kevin said as he felt the ship that he was in shake from sudden turbulence. "You know how I get during these drills!"
"Oh calm down, Kev," Tony replied. "I'm just making sure I have a proper feel for the controls before we land. Now, things might get a bit hairy if I did something like…this!"
Pushing the controls to the ship down, Tony caused the ship to take a sudden nosedive for a few moments. This resulted in Kevin not only hitting his head on the control console that was front of him, but also feeling nauseous as well.
"C'mon Tony, please stop!" Kevin pleaded
"Could you morons please stop messing around and get to work!"
Turning their heads towards the left, Tony and Kevin saw that their crewmate, Felicia, was looking at them with a very angry expression on her face. It was obvious that the young woman was clearly not amused by what was going on and seemed like she was about to snap. Just as Tony was about to say something in response however, a siren started going off from within the cockpit.
Upon hearing it, Felicia quickly turned her attention back towards her dashboard and saw a signal was coming from surface of Kerberos. After triple checking the signal, she was able to confirm its sincerity.
"It's a distress beacon!" She declared.
"Alright then team, let's look alive!" Tony replied, getting himself focused. "Felicia, try and isolate that signal. Kev, prepare to initiate landing sequence!"
"Copy!"
As Tony began directing the ship closer to the moon's surface, Felicia began typing on her dashboard at an incredible speed. Unfortunately, while the two of them were doing their tasks, Kevin was trying his best not to lose his nerve. The constant shaking that resulted from Tony's piloting, combined with the pressure he was feeling due to him needing to position the landing gear just right, caused him to feel even more nauseous.
When Tony saw that the landing gear still hadn't been deployed yet, he quickly turned himself around and saw that Kevin was just about to vomit. Seeing this caused the usually confident pilot to start to panic, prompting him to unbuckle his safety harness and make his way over to his crewmate.
"C'mon man, you can't afford to throw up now!" He told him. "Pull yourself together!"
"I…I'm trying…" Kevin barely replied, trying his best to keep his vomit contained.
"Tony, what the hell are you doing?!" Felicia questioned. "Get yourself back to the controls or else-"
Before Felicia could finish talking, the ship suddenly started to take massive nosedive towards the moon's surface due to Tony letting go of the controls. This caused all three of them to fall towards the front of the ship as it eventually fell and crashed towards the ground. When that happened, Kevin could no longer hold back the vomit that he was containing and finally let it all out. Unfortunately for Tony and Felicia however, Kevin's vomit ended up getting on them, disgusting them both greatly.
Simulation Over, Simulation Over
As a computerized voice started repeating those words over an intercom, the three cadets sudden felt the ship automatically place itself upright. Once it finished doing that, the doors opened and all of them saw a middle aged man, wearing a grey and black uniform, staring at them with a stern expression on his face. He was Commander Iverson, one of the Garrison's top officers and head instructor of the cadet program. Behind him was a large group of Garrison cadets, all of whom were wearing a standard orange and white uniform.
Upon seeing all of them, Tony, Kevin, and Felicia immediately realized that they were in trouble and slowly made their way out the simulator. They then stood side-by-side as they watched Iverson slowly walk back and forth, not taking his eyes off each of them. Once he finally stopped however, the Commander turned his attention towards the rest of the cadets.
"Now," He started off. "Can someone please tell me what these three did wrong?"
Almost immediately, nearly all of the cadets raised their hands at the same time, each of them eager to point out several of the trio's faults. Eventually, Iverson spotted a female cadet in the front and decided to choose her.
"Sir," The cadet began. "To start off, Cadet Martinelli was acting completely out of line and not focusing on the task at hand. Secondly, Cadet Peterson was too wrapped up in his fear that he wasn't able to respond in time and activate the landing system. And finally, Cadet Daniels decided it would be better to argue with her crewmates than to help calm down the already faltering situation."
"Excellent observation, Cadet." Commander Iverson responded with a nod. He then turned his focus back towards Tony and the others. "She's exactly right. I don't know what it is about you three, but you seem completely incapable of working together. What do you think would happen to you if that wasn't a simulation? Huh? All three of you would be dead…and you would have no one to blame but yourselves!"
After Iverson lay into them like that, Kevin cringed his face and started to look down in disappointment. Tony also felt pretty bad about what happened, although he tried his best not to show it while everyone else was looking at him. As for Felicia however, the young woman didn't really seem to care at all and simply looked on with an indifferent look on her face. Iverson noticed this sign of disrespect, but decided to let it slide as he continued his speech.
"Here at the Galaxy Garrison, it's my duty to train the next generation of space explorers. But I can't do that if none of you are willing to work together. Do you want to end up like Kerberos crew?! It's was because of their lack of unity that all of them died on that mission!"
"THAT'S NOT TRUE!"
Immediately, Iverson turned his head towards Felicia as she was the one who just spoke out of turn. She was looking at him with an angry expression on her face, obviously upset about what he just said. He was about to make his way over to her, but stopped when he saw Tony quickly make his way over to Felicia and proceeded to cover her mouth.
"We understand completely, sir!" He said while putting a fake smile. "I promise that my team and I will do much better."
As Iverson gave Tony a stern look, Felicia was busy trying to get the latter's hand off of her mouth. Unfortunately, Tony refused to let go as he had no desire to get into any further trouble to her anger. Eventually, Iverson made his way over to Tony as he said the following to him.
"Don't get any wrong ideas, Martinelli. You may be talented, but the only reason you're even here is because the best pilot in your class was expelled due to disciplinary problems. Don't ever forget that."
Although a bit shocked after listening to that, Tony managed to keep his composure and silently nodded his head in response. At the same time, Felicia finally managed to calm down somewhat, prompting her crewmate to finally let her go. As for Kevin, the young cadet simply kept quiet as he watched what was going on. When Iverson turned his attention towards him, he attempted to keep calm, but failed miserably at it. Just seeing that caused the Commander to let out a sigh before turning away from him.
"Alright people," Iverson said, turning his focus back towards the rest of the cadets. "That'll be all for today. Remember, your final exam is at the end of week. Now, I have no doubts that all of you will successfully pass. However, for those you who do happen to fail, well…you might want look into a different career path. Until then…Dismissed!"
"Yes sir!"
With that said, all the cadets saluted Commander Iverson before leaving the room and heading back towards their quarters. Before Iverson left too he turned around and faced Tony, Kevin, and Felicia, still standing in front of the simulator. Just looking at them caused him to let out another sigh before finally exiting the room, leaving the 3 cadets all alone in the room.
As they all stood in front of the simulator, contemplating on what they should do, Felicia silently gritted her teeth before turning around and heading back towards her quarters. This was shortly followed by Kevin, who wanted to wash up and get the vomit off of his clothes. This left Tony the only one left inside the room and his attention was still fixed in front of the simulator.
While continuing to stare at it, the young man started clinching his fist in frustration as he remembered what Iverson told him earlier. Although he didn't want to admit it, Tony was well aware that his position in the class was only given to him due to another student's failure. To make things even worse, despite how hard he's work to improve his piloting skills, it was still apparent that his abilities still paled in comparison to his predecessor. That realization angered Tony a great deal and it motivated him to continue improving his skills so that he could finally prove Iverson wrong.
To that end, Tony climbed back into the simulator after making sure no one was watching him. Once he was back inside, the young cadet activated it and placed it on its hardest setting. Once he did that, he began his training, all the while thinking of one thing.
"This isn't the end. I refuse to be you're number 2…Sasuke!"
"Lights Out! It's time for Lights Out! All cadets must return to their rooms immediately. Repeat, all cadets must return to their rooms immediately."
As the announcement continued to relay all throughout the Garrison, all the cadets proceeded to head back to their respective rooms and get ready for bed. However, while that was going on, 2 cadets decided to disobey the rules and sneak out. These students were none other than Tony and Kevin, who were both standing behind a nearby wall so that they wouldn't be seen by anyone else. Once it was sure that no one was in the hallway, the two boys made their way through into another section of the Garrison.
"Tony, what are we doing out here?" Kevin said nervously. "You know we're not allowed after dark. If anyone sees us we can get expelled."
"So what man," Tony replied. "If we don't manage to pass our Final then we're kicked out anyway. Now c'mon, we need to head back to the simulator and redo that practice mission."
After taking Kevin by the arm, Tony proceeded to drag his teammate through the halls of the Garrison as they two of them continued on their way to the simulation room. With each step they took, Kevin was becoming more and more nervous as he really didn't want to be caught by his superiors. Unfortunately, the young man had no way of overcoming Tony's determination and thus had no choice but to go along with him.
Eventually, the two cadets finally made their way back to the simulator room and prepared to head inside. However, just as Tony was about to open the door, Kevin noticed that someone was coming and quickly pulled Tony back so that they wouldn't be seen. The boys then glanced back and were a bit surprised by who they saw.
"What the hell…?" Tony said. "Felicia…?"
Much to the boys surprised, the person who was walking down the hallway was indeed their teammate, Felecia Daniels. In her hand was both her laptop and headset and she proceeded to make her way towards and exit out a window. Then, after making sure that no one was following her, Felecia began climbing up a ladder, making her way towards the roof of the Garrison. Once she was gone, Tony and Kevin moved away from their hiding spot and began walking towards the window that Felecia exited out of.
"Where do you think she's going?" Kevin wondered.
"Don't know…But let's find out."
Without a moment's hesitation, Tony opened the window, exited out of the building and began making his way up the ladder as well. Now all alone, Kevin was contemplating on whether or not he should follow after them or simply head back to his room. However, before he could make a decision, the young man heard something coming from behind him and feared it could be one of his superiors. Because of that, Kevin also exited out the window and raced up the ladder as well.
Once the two boys finally made it to the top, they watched as Felecia was busy typing on her laptop while listening to something on her headset. From what they could tell, Felecia seemed to be really invested in what she was doing and didn't want to be disturbed. Because of that, Kevin contemplated heading back down and leaving her to her business. Unfortunately, Tony didn't feel the same way and thus began making his way towards Felecia, much to Kevin's worry.
Upon getting close enough, Tony down at Felecia's laptop and saw that she was looking at some kind of radio signal. Not only that, but she was also taking the time to glance at a report from a year ago that details the Kerberos mission. Seeing all of that caught the young man's interest, prompting him to question his teammate about it.
"So…" He said as he knelt down beside her. "Whatcha doin?"
At first, Felecia seemed too invested in her work to really notice that Tony was right next to her. However, as she reached down to grab a cup of water that she had with her, the young woman finally noticed him and immediately jump back from fright, causing her to nearly drop of laptop. Once she made sure that it was secure, Felecia angrily glared at Tony as she turned to face him.
"What the hell, you moron!" She angrily said to him. "What are you doing out here? Shouldn't you be in bed?"
"I could say the same thing to you," Tony countered. "What brings you out here so late at night?"
As she continued to glare at Tony, Felecia glanced over to the side for a second and saw that Kevin was out with them too. It was clear to her that the two of them was up to something, but she really didn't care what it was. Because of that, Felecia turned her attention back towards her laptop and got back to work.
"What I do is none of your business. Now leave me alone, I don't want to be bothered with you two right now."
Tony watched as Felecia went back to work, still looking at those radio signals. As he did so, he noticed that whenever she glanced back at the report about the Kerberos mission, Felecia would get more and more irritated. This caused him to remember how angry she got when Commander Iverson mentioned the mission earlier today during class. Just thinking about that made Tony wonder about something that's been on her mind for while.
"So…what is it with you about the Kerberos mission? I mean, every time someone mentions it you get all defensive and angry. Just what is your deal, Felecia?"
Felecia glared at Tony again, clearly annoyed that he was still here and continuing to bother her. For a moment, she wanted to punch him in the face so that she would just leave her alone, but she decided against it. In the end, the young woman decided to just tell him, if only so that he would finally leave her be.
"…Fine," She said. "Do you know what the reports say about what happened of Kerberos?"
"Uh…yeah," Tony replied. "They say that the ship crashed due to a pilot error. What about it?"
"That's just it. The ship didn't crash because of a pilot error. The Garrison just covered it up in order to hide what really happened."
Somewhat surprised by what they just heard, Tony and Kevin looked at one another with a confused look on their face before turning back towards Felecia.
"Hide what…?" Kevin pondered.
"Ever since the incident on Kerberos, I've been suspecting that something wasn't quite right about what happened." Felecia explained as she began typing on her laptop again. "The crew on the ship were simply too skilled to go down just because of a simple pilot error. So I've been using my equipment to scan the system around Kerberos…and I've picked up alien radio chatter."
For a moment, the two boys remained silent as they began to comprehend what Felecia just said to the two of them. When the moment passed, Kevin looked like he was about to have a massive panic attack while Tony simply looked on at Felecia with a skeptical look on his face.
"Aliens…?" Kevin said nervously. "Wait…are you saying that aliens exist?"
"…You know Felecia, I've thought you were a bit strange," Tony said in lofty tone of voice. "But now I think you've gone crazy. Aliens…really?!"
"I'm serious!"
Typing a few more keys on her laptop, Felecia showed Tony several different radio charts that she's managed to collect or the last several months. Every chart showed that the signals that she's been tracking have been growing stronger and stronger with each passing month.
"I don't have all the details yet, but I know for a fact that aliens were responsible for what happened a year ago…and Garrison covered it up in order to save face!" Felecia then pressed one more key on her laptop, filling the screen with just one word in capital letters. "Not only that, but in all the signals I've recorded, the aliens keep repeating one word…Voltron."
As Tony continued to look on with skepticism, Kevin was becoming more and more freaked out by what he was hearing. Although it was common knowledge that the Galaxy Garrison's goal was to see what lies beyond the stars, the young cadet never once believed that aliens exactly existed. Just thinking about it made enter into a cold sweat, causing him to grab Felecia laptop and examine her data more thoroughly.
"So where are the aliens?" He pondered. "Are they coming right now? When will they be here?"
While Kevin continuing examining the laptop, Tony simply started shaking his head in disbelief. Not only has Felecia completely lost her mind, but Kevin has too. Things were getting out of hand. Eventually, just as Felecia managed to take back her laptop.
"I don't know if they're coming or not," The young woman said. "But the signals I've been picking up are the strongest I've ever seen."
"Oh come on, you two!" Tony said angrily. "What you're saying is complete bulls-"
Just before he could finish that statement, Tony was silenced when he heard a loud alarm echo throughout the entire Garrison base. Right away, the young man recognized it as emergency alarm and that it's only to be sounded when something serious is about to happen. As he wondered what that something was, he and his teammates listened as Commander Iverson started talking over the loudspeaker.
"Attention all Cadets! We are in Lockdown, Security Situation; Code Red! Repeat, we are in Lockdown! All Cadets are to remain in the rooms until further notice!"
After the announcement came to an end, Tony and the rest looked down from the roof and saw several Garrison personnel racing towards different locations throughout the facility. It was clear to all of them that something was going on, but they had no idea what. However, that soon began to change when Kevin looked up after noticing something from the corner of his eye.
"What the heck is that?!" He exclaimed.
When Felecia and Tony looked up as well, the two of them were stunned as something was falling down from the sky, heading right for them. At first glance, it seemed like the object was a fairly large meteor, but Felecia noticed that something seemed off about it. Because of that, she quickly grabbed a pair of binoculars that she had on ear and started looking through them.
"…Oh my god. It's a ship!"
"A ship?!" Tony questioned before rudely taking the binoculars away from Felecia. "Let me see!"
Upon looking through the binoculars, Tony was stunned as the falling object was indeed a ship. However, through closer inspection, he noticed that didn't have any familiar marking that were common for those made here at the Garrison. This immediately made him realize one thing.
"That ship not one of ours…"
"…No," Felecia continued. "It's one of theirs."
As the three cadets continued to look on, all of them watched at the ship flew past the Garrison base and crashed somewhere close by in the canyon. Immediately afterwards, several Garrison officers got into specialized rovers and began making their way over to the crash site. When she saw them do that, Felecia immediately put all of things into her bag and began to follow after them.
"I've got to see that ship!" She said to herself.
"Hang on!" Tony said as he followed after her. "I'm coming with you!"
After they both made their way down the same ladder that they came up on, Tony and Felecia quickly headed towards the crash site, trying their best to avoid being caught by the officers. This left Kevin all alone on the roof.
A large part of him wanted to ignore all of this and simply head back to his room like he was suppose too. At the same time however, Kevin couldn't bring himself to head back while his teammates were still out doing their own thing. Not only that, but the young man couldn't help but wonder about that ship too. Even if thought that it could really belong to aliens scared him out of his mind. So, against his better judgment, he reluctantly decided to follow after his teammates.
"Oh…I just have a bad feeling about this!"
Soon, shortly after Kevin finally managed to catch up with Tony and Felecia, the three cadets stationed themselves on top of a small mountain, one that far enough to avoid being seen, but also close enough to get a good look of things. They then looked on as several Security and Science officers were busy examining the fallen ship, trying to make sense of what they were looking at. Seeing all of this, prompted Felecia to pull her equipment back out, hoping that they would give her a better understanding of what they were all seeing.
Eventually, as the several groups continued to look on, they were all stunned when they saw the hood of the ship suddenly opened by itself. Not only that, but they also watched as someone, or something, was beginning to slowly walk out of it. At first glance, everyone assumed that it might be an alien, prompting Tony immediately grabbed Felecia's binoculars in order to see if it really was one. However, upon closer inspection, the young cadet was even more shocked by what he really saw.
The individual who exited the ship was human who seemed to be in his twenties. He had messy blonde hair and a fairly grizzled face, so it was clear that he hasn't tended to himself for a while. Not only that, but was also had a long diagonal scar over his left eye and was wearing a set of grey and black clothes that were visibly ripped up. Although he couldn't believe it at first, Tony immediately recognized the person he was looking at, someone he thought was dead.
"It's…Marcus Robinson."
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Somehow, Someway, Marcus Robinson has made it back to Earth after being missing in space for over a year. Unfortunately, the Galaxy Garrison isn't exactly ready to welcome him with open arms and has him locked up in Quarantine. Tony and his team are willing to save him, especially when they overhear something regarding the mysterious object known as Voltron.
Just what is Voltron and how will Tony and other manage to rescue Marcus? Perhaps the arrival of an unknown party may provide all the answers.
Next Time, Chapter 2: Beginnings – Part 2
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Spirit Reader: Hey guys, this is Spirit Reader, welcoming all of you to the newest story on my channel; Voltron – Universal Defender. This is the first story I'm actively collaborating with my good friend, Serpentdragon. Although he doesn't have a story of his own, Serpentdragon has been working and supporting me for years now on the various stories that I've been working on. So, when he came to me about working with him on this project, I figured that this would be a good opportunity to pay him back. It's my wish that this story of ours will be lots of fun for all of you as it is for us.
Well, that's it for now. Until next time, this is Spirit Reader signing off!