Disclaimer: Voltron belongs to WEP Entertainment and anyone else who owns it. I'm just having fun.

Notes: Unbetaed

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Allura hated waiting, she wasn't a patient person. She stood by the full windows at the observation deck looking out at Earth's moon, it was crescent shaped and beautiful, stars bright in the sky. There were Galaxy Alliance Rogue class ships doing drills, flipping and free falling in the sky. Watching it made her miss her lion, made the unhealed wound in her heart burn with a brighter flame again - this was often the case. She usually channeled it into target practice, martial art training, or flying an Arusian Inferno ship.

If only she was home, on Arus. But she wasn't, her presence had been requested at the Induction & Peace Week on Earth by Sky Marshall Wade. Three planets were joining the Alliance, and more than 100 planets peace treaties with Earth, including Arus's were up for renewal. There were to be open discussions of the contracts, it would save time and all planets would be on the same page. Allura just prayed it went smoothly.

She watched as one of the Rogue ships kept trying to fire on another one, the other one barely moving yet maneuvering its way out of the blast zone. She smiled, recalling Lance doing the same to her during her first days as a member of the team. He'd been hard on her, harder on than any of the others. She'd learned the most from him because of it, because he hadn't been soft on her because of who she was. Because of it she'd been able to stay together and pull herself out of tight situations and be the fighter she was today.

"Watching your man do his thing, are you?" a female voice said from behind her.

Allura turned and gave a sincere smile of hello to Lieutenant Erica Thrace and forced herself not to roll her eyes. "I was just remembering being trained by him myself."

"Were you?"

"Well they all had a hand it," Allura said. "He was the toughest."

"Scuttlebutt says his classes are hardcore but worth it. I think he's the most popular teacher the Academy has ever had. Kids are always pissed when I end up subbing for him."

Allura nodded. "He just got back recently, I know."

"Yes, oh there is Sky Marshall Wade, I have something I need to report to him."

Allura didn't move, she was still waiting, she watched via the window's reflection Erica stride over to Sky Marshall Wade with military efficiency. Erica was a good young woman, a good pilot but she agreed with Wade's politics without question. It unsettled Allura that she didn't question Wade.

"Princess, sorry to keep you waiting," Coran said as he walked up to her. "I kept getting cornered by the representative for the planet Paxial, she's quite a talker."

"Is that one of the new allies?" Allura asked.

"Yes, oh my that poor cadet isn't doing very well at all - I think they all slacked off when Lance was on assignment." Coran said, his eyes taking in the drill going on outside the window.

Allura turned back and saw that the Rogue that hadn't been able to hit Lance had gone into a spin. Lance was in a dive going after it, none of the cadets who were idling on the side were doing the same. Allura looked at the spinning aircraft, it's possible trajectory and realized it could hit the glass roof of the flower park two floors below where she stood. It would cause a complete pressure system breakdown of the station they were in. Looking around she saw a console, she ran up to it and typed in her security code, luckily her clearance was rather high. She quickly figured out how to do what she was looking for and put a tractor beam on the spinning ship just before it crashed into the flower park.

Breathing out in relief, she looked up to see Coran looking at her with pride. Then there was a beep. "Hey, whoever you are, thanks for that save, was about to have to get under him bump off course which could have ended really badly. That was some good quick thinking."

Allura grinned even though she knew he couldn't see her. Hearing his voice felt right though, she hadn't seen or heard from him over two months. "You're welcome."

"Allura?"

"It's me, I'm sending him into Cargo bay two per instructions I'm getting on this console,"

"Yeah, I see them too, I'll see you in a bit."

"Soon."