Team Alpha Omega
Chapter one
"Derek's Angel"
By Cindra
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Notes: I put colons between conversations denoting silent thought between two characters.
' Is what I call the Heartlink or private communication between a two characters usually a couple. Or in rare cases parent to sibling.
( )Twin link can't be heard by anyone but the other twin…or only if someone is extremely strong in his or her mental abilities.
or italics That represents thoughts of the characters.
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One year later
(Earth: Galaxy Garrison Edward Island Base)
Commander Angelica Sinclair was currently taking her frustrations out in the holo-suite on the base. She wore her protective cyber armor that protected her from her head to her toes. She had programmed the computer to recreate a traditional martial arts tournament and had worked her way up from the easiest level to the most difficult one. "Finally Iris I thought that you were never gonna come up with a challenge for me." She attacked her opponent.
"Getting yourself killed will not make the Major very happy with you, seeing as you are suppose to meet him sometime this afternoon." The voice of the computer program answered back.
"I could careless what Major Knight thinks." Angelica wasn't looking forward to meeting the new head of the Garrison's new elite force.
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Major Derek Knight stood outside of the holo-suite. "Iris state program in progress." He growled.
"Lethal Combat, Commander Sinclair's personal program is in progress." The computer answered.
"State the level of the program." He was curious to see just how far she had gotten level wise.
"Level 200 is her current score." It reported back again.
"Two hundred! She'll get herself killed." He tried to enter the holo-suite, but the door refused to open.
"Access denied Major. You are not properly dressed for this program."
"I'll take my chances now open the bloody door!" Derek could careless that he was dressed in his black sweats and sneakers.
"Cyber armor is required for this program access is denied."
"Damn it Iris open the damn door!" Derek hated cheeky computer programs.
"Access is still denied. The Major can however end the current program."
"Then end the program at once!" Derek snarled.
Angelica was just about to finish off her final opponent when the program was ended. "Who the hell turned off my program?" She stalked over to the control panel. "Iris state reason for ending my program!"
"Program was ended by Major Knight."
"I should have known!" She fumed, as the door finally slid open to reveal Derek standing in the doorway waiting for an explanation.
"Would you care to explain to me why you were in there trying to get yourself killed!" He glared at her.
Angelica said nothing.
"Well Commander, I want an explanation and I want it now!" He was not in the mood to be ignored.
Angelica whipped off her helmet, her braid hung down past her waist, and emerald green eyes held the fire of her temper in them. "Who the hell do you think you are Knight? I was perfectly safe and you ruined my highest score!" She snarled at him.
"LISTEN COMMANDER SINCLAIR! I EXPECT MORE THAN A FIGHTER ON MY TEAM! YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE INTELLIGENCE TO QUIT WHILE YOU'RE AHEAD!! THIS IS NOT THE KIND OF INFLUENCE THAT I WANT THE YOUNGER MEMBERS OF THIS TEAM TO FOLLOW! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR COMMANDER!?" He roared at her.
Angelica became even more furious with him. "I'M ON MY TIME MAJOR AND I'LL DO WHAT I WANT WHEN I WANT TO!"
"You remind me of Andromeda, only she learned her lesson the hard way." Derek glared at her.
"Listen Captain!! I could careless about Andromeda's lessons!! I am here because I am damn good at what I do and how I do it!" She hissed at him.
"Lady if you achieve half of what Andy has learned then maybe I would feel safe having you as a first officer, but until then I expect you to follow my orders!" He went one step above that. "Iris lock down all of the lethal combat programs then activate my personal program."
Angelica couldn't believe what he had just done. "Are you saying that I have a chip on my shoulder!?" She wanted to claw his eyes out for acting this way around her and shoving her arch rival into her face again after all these years.
"Yes I am now if you'll excuse me I have a lot of reading to do." He dismissed her and entered the holo-suite.
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Fawn having recently found that she was three months pregnant was on cloud nine. "Isn't the ocean glorious Kane." She sighed happily.
"Yes angel, the ocean is beautiful." He glanced over at his wife and then back to what he was doing, as he flew their ship over the Caribbean. "Fawn we're going to be entering the underwater entrances to the base soon are you strapped in?"
Fawn nodded. "Would you relax you strapped me in yourself." She gasped in delight, as the ship dove into the sea. "Look at all the fish, Kane. The sea here is absolutely breathtaking."
"Fawn, Arus had oceans and sea life too and most of them were also spectacular." He reminded her. He hadn't gotten used to her happy mood swings yet.
"Yes, but everything seems better. I don't know more lively in this sea for some reason." She tried to explain her feelings to him.
Kane rolled his eyes and silently prayed for the patience to survive this without going out of his mind. "I understand that love, but every single object can't be beautiful Fawn." He sighed in frustration.
Fawn's eyes narrowed at her husband's words. "Is there something wrong with how I'm feeling!?" She hissed at him and was on the verge of bursting into tears.
Kane's eyes widened as her mood changed drastically. "I didn't mean to upset you angel. Just close your eyes and relax while I dock in the underwater bay."
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Mark, Jeff, and Felicia watched from the observation deck, as Kane docked The Stingray his personal ship.
"Kane looks like he's ready to pull his hair out." Mark chuckled, as he watched his oldest son help his wife out of the craft.
"Poor kid he has no idea of the hell that he's in for." Jeff sympathized.
Felicia glared at the two men. "We only do this to you to make you pay for the joys of childbirth!" She stalked down the hallway to greet her son and daughter-in-law.
"Nice going Jeff. I'll be sleeping on the couch for a week now." Mark groaned.
"She sure was touchy about that wasn't she, Mark." Jeff arched a brow at his friend.
"Jeff you aren't suggesting that she's…well you know what I mean." They were following behind Felicia, so there was no way the he was going to say the word that described what Jeff was implying.
"Well she doesn't normally react like that Mark. You know it and I know it." He reminded him.
"Maybe she was just giving her opinion on the subject." Mark hissed back. "Then again I would love to have a miniature version of her to cuddle." He now had a silly grin on his face, as he pictured himself holding a little girl in his arms.
Felicia frowned at Mark's expression. "I wouldn't smile if I were you, because you are on the couch mister." She hissed.
"Never sweetheart." He pulled her to him for a nice long kiss.
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(Later on that afternoon)
Derek was relaxing on the deck of his home. Teddy and Bear his twin six-month-old panther cubs were playing on the sand, while Nala, Kane and Fawn's cat snoozed at his feet. "Commander Angelica Sinclair, expert in weapons, self-defense, and an ace pilot." He read the data file out loud. "She's a match for Andy, no wonder she was furious with me. Man she graduated second in her class with Dromi at the academy and just missed matching Andy's scores." He continued to read her file.
Angelica found her afternoon run interrupted by two very playful panther cubs. "Where did you two come from?" She laughed as they ran circles around her in the sand. She was dressed more casually now in shorts and a tank top. Her jet-black hair was put up in a ponytail genie style and her feet were shod in sneakers.
Derek watched from the deck, as he drank in the view. She was just as breathtakingly beautiful as Max said she was, only she wasn't even tempered and gentle, more like quick tempered and fierce as a she-cat. "Hello again Angelica. Would you care for a glass of ice cold orange juice?" He offered her the juice as a peace offering.
"Are these two yours?" She arched a brow at him.
"Yep, they were a gift from a friend of mines twins." He smiled.
"This friend of yours wouldn't happen to be Princess Andromeda would it?" She asked.
"As a matter of yes and I would think that you would have put your past behind you." He sat back down on one of the lounges.
"I have Derek." She stalked up the stairs of the deck to retrieve the glass of juice from the deck railing. "I just don't appreciate her being thrown in my face after all of these years."
"I had the computer unlock all of your programs. I read your file and I admit that I may have overacted." He narrowed his eyes at her.
"Yes Major you did!" She snapped.
"Look Commander. I have literally gone from hell and back over this past year and I don't need to tend to someone's wounded pride. I am however your superior officer, so get used to it." He glared at her with fiery aquamarine eyes, his tone showed her that he meant every word.
Angelica's emerald green eyes blazed with defiance. "It's a pity that my brother and his wife are the best at what they do." She muttered out loud.
Derek slammed his fist into the beautifully carved redwood table and sent wood splintering, as it broke into several pieces. "Listen to me pet. Don't challenge someone unless you know who you are up against." His tone was deadly quiet as snarled out the words.
Angel's eyes widened in fear, "You don't scare me, Major. I don't care how many years that you were Khan's number one. You still don't seem very impressive to me." She continued to pull on the tiger's tail.
Derek rose to his feet, a full six inches taller than her five foot ten inch frame. He was becoming angrier and deadlier by the second. "LISTEN BRAT! I HAVE KILLED PEOPLE FOR SAYING LESS AND YOU BABE ARE PUSHING IT!!" He was barely holding his temper in check. "YOU WILL FOLLOW MY ORDERS AND LEARN TO LIKE IT!!" He was deadly serious. "WHEN I SAY JUMP!!! YOU WILL ASK ME HOW HIGH!! DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR COMMANDER?" His roar echoed down the beach, even his cubs were cowering behind Angel's legs.
Angel knew that she was in over her head, but she wasn't about to back down. "And if I don't?" She challenged.
"Well then sweetheart, you will definitely find out that I never bluff." He walked over to where she was standing and reached down to run a finger along her jaw.
Angelica squeezed her eyes shut. She couldn't describe the feeling that one touch from him had done to her. It was like a kind of electric current had zapped her and that wasn't all, she could feel that Derek was now somehow linked with her mind. "This can't be happening to me... Not him..." She whimpered shakily.
Derek had felt the same sort of electric current, and he knew the instant that they had heart linked. "Of all the females in the far galaxies you had to end up being my soul mate." He groaned and collapsed onto the lounge.
"Don't say that Derek! This is ridiculous!!" She took off running down the beach in terror.
'Go ahead and run Angel, but fate has chosen us to be together.' He chuckled.
"NOT IN THIS LIFE TIME DEREK!! AND STAY THE HELL OUT OF MY MIND!!!" She shouted at him from where she was standing at least 500 yards up the beach.
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(Planet Avalon)
Planet Avalon home of Fawn's biological parents King Draken and Queen Marisa. Fawn had been raised by Drake's parent's the former rulers of Avalon, who had lived in hiding until Rand had found them and killed them, but he had kept Princess Fawn or Falon as her parents had named her as a gift for his son. Rand had no idea whom he had captured, so they never knew until Drake and Marisa had seen her wedding live one GNN and wanted their daughter and the child she was carrying back.
"Kane Hunter is Khan's son?" Drake couldn't believe that the kid that he had helped raise had betrayed them all.
"That's true, but he betrayed his father and dishonored his family name." Marisa wasn't anymore pleased at the news than her husband was.
"Isn't it ironic how Falon and Kane married just as we planned when Falon was born?" Drake arched a brow at his wife.
"It's a pity that he was found by our enemies and then made to see the lighter side of life, but that doesn't matter now. We will first concentrate on turning our daughter to our side and then focus on Kane." Marisa was formulating a plan in her mind one that involved them pretending to join the Galaxy Alliance.
"I shall take great pleasure in personally killing the traitor who betrayed Khan." Drake sliced the head off of Derek's statue in the great hall of the palace.
"What a waste." Marisa sighed.
"Come my darling we must prepare to leave for Earth. After all, we do have a meeting to attend." He pulled her to him and kissed her.
"Hopefully my plan turns out as brilliantly as your idea of sending our son to train with Killian and his family on Mars." She kissed him back.
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(Edward Island Base)
Kane slammed his fist against the table. "Avalon is my father's nest egg! The ruling family is in his back pocket and you are telling me that the Alliance wants to be friends with them?" He snarled at his mother.
"Khan's being transferred to an Ultra Security prison." Felicia tried to remain patient with her son. "I saw to that personally. Why is this upsetting you so much?"
"Yes, son what's your point?" Mark frowned.
"The point Dad is that none of you know how my father works. Uncle Derek knows what he's capable of!" Kane snarled. "Where is he anyway and where is Angelica?" He frowned at his parents.
"Derek is going over all the files on your team members and Angelica is off duty. This isn't a mission briefing Kane." Felicia hadn't expected this kind of reaction from her son. "Fawn is going to represent Arus on the council now and I was merely going over the new members for her."
"Avalon is known for its current success in cloning the human life form. My father has been cloning soldiers for years and I seriously doubt that Khan was even the one that was sent to that prison." Kane filled in the blanks for them.
"Are you saying that this could be some sort of trap for one of our council members?" Jeff was beginning to understand what Kane was trying to tell them.
"All that I'm saying is that yes it could very well be a possibility." He nodded. "Drake and Marisa's parents were exiled to Planet Nexus, a planet similar to Earth, and in order to make sure that they never had second thoughts about taking over the monarchy their daughter Falon was taken and was never seen again."
Fawn's face went ghostly white, as she listened to what Kane was saying. "Where were his parents taken to?" She asked shakily.
Kane instantly became concerned with the look that Fawn was giving him. "Angel? Is something wrong?" He pulled her out of her chair and onto his lap.
"Just answer the damn question!!" She snapped at him.
"Planet Nexus was the planet. What does that have to do with what's upsetting you?" He felt like panicking when she burst into tears.
"They had a daughter Kane!! Where was she taken!!?" She dug her nails into his arms.
"I don't know Fawn! I've told everyone all that I know!" He pried her hands off of his arms. "Talk to me damn it! Why is this doing this to you?"
Fawn felt like her whole life was caving in. "I'm Falon!!! Kane!! I'm their daughter!!!" She wasn't taking this news well at all. "Nexus was my Planet until Rand and Shaitan murdered my parents! No my grandparents and spared me as a gift for Jace!"
"Drake and Marisa are your real parents? I grew up on Avalon. Hell Drake was almost like a surrogate father to me. I worshipped him until I watched him enslave his own people and his wife isn't much better. They aren't people that you would want on the council." Kane rocked her in his arms.
Jeff walked over to his niece. "Relax Fawn. Keith and Allura are the ones that love you. We all love you and Kane would kill anyone that hurt you." He handed her some tissues.
"I know that Uncle Jeff, but I have to see them myself." She whimpered.
"Those two are coming here for you! I am not going to put you in danger and that's final!" Kane snarled.
Fawn glared up at him. "If you love me you will let me do this! You of all people should know how I'm feeling right now!" Fawn jumped out of his arms and ran out of the Situation Room is tears.
"Yes, but they were on our side." Kane got up and went after her.
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Derek decided to go back to the base, so that he could bring Nala to Fawn. He stopped by the holo-suite to see if it was in use and saw that Angelica was back at trying to beat her highest score. "Great, Angel's in the holo-suite and she's made it to level 250." He sighed in defeat and headed to the main Training facilities of the vast base.
Nala had other ideas and took off running for her mistress.
"Nala get back here!" He chased after the snow-white panther.
Angelica emerged from the holo-suite in a green bodysuit instead of her cyber armor and had a fresh cut that ran up the side of her arm. "Next time I won't override Iris and wear my Cyber suit or better yet I'll quit while I'm actually winning." She winced in pain and headed for the Medical Section of the base.
Derek winced as pain shot up his arm and stopped chasing the cat, which was obviously seeking her mistress. He instead went in search of the cause of this instant pain in his arm. "This had better be a false alarm, because I sure as hell don't want this to be an everyday experience." He muttered to himself. "Or I will just have to pound some since into her thick skull." He headed towards the entrance to the Med-bay.
Angelica was not happy that her baby brother, a young medical officer who was stitching her up, and had yet to notice that Derek was glowering at her from the doorway. "Ouch easy with that needle Justin." She hissed at her younger brother. "Why can't you just laser stitch it?"
"You're lucky that I'm doing this and not our parents." Justin scowled at her. "What were you doing in the holo-suite without the cyber protection required for that program anyway?"
"Yes, Commander. What were you thinking of besides getting yourself killed." Derek walked over to the Med-table and glared down at her.
Justin eyed Derek then his sister and knew that something was happening between the two of them. "Is there something wrong with your arm Major? If so I can take a look at it after I finish with my sister." He noticed that Derek kept unconsciously rubbing his left arm.
"Call it a sympathetic reaction Justin, otherwise I'm fine." He frowned at him.
Angelica tried not to be amused at the situation, but she couldn't help herself and smiled up at him, as if nothing were wrong. "Problems Major?"
"Yes, but I intend to take care of the problem and very soon." He looked down into her eyes. 'You ask for it Angel.'
"Oh really and how do you propose that you're going to do that?" She arched a brow at him. 'I have no idea what you're talking about and would you kindly stay out of my mind.' She sent back to him.
"It's a simple solution really from now on you will report only to me. Consider me your shadow." He growled down at her. "I want to see you in my office in one hour." He turned to walk out of the room. "Don't be late Angel or I'll come after you and believe me that won't be a pleasant experience." He vanished from the room.
"I can't believe it! My sister has finally met her match." Justin grinned at his sister, as he finished stitching up then bandaged her arm. "Wait till Mom, Dad, and Max hear this one."
"I have not met my match baby brother! He happens to be the most infuriating man that I have ever met!" Angel stalked out of the room.
"Deny it all you want big sister, but you don't have a chance." Justin chuckled amused that he was going to have the pleasure of witnessing the fall of the ice queen. "Man Max you were right when you told me that she was going to meet her downfall." He went back to work.
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Jeff had decided that it would be in his best interest to fill Keith in about the current situation that had come up, about Fawn finding out about her parents being alive. "Fawn's parents are still alive; in fact their planet has optioned to join the Alliance." Jeff wanted to test his reaction first before giving him the rest of the facts.
"That's wonderful news Jeff, but why are you telling me this instead of Fawn?" Keith's eyes narrowed. "What's the catch to this wonderful news?"
"They happen to be from a planet that Khan considers his home. The Planet is called Avalon. The reining monarch's Draken and Marisa enslaved their people and exiled the former rulers. They also happen to be Fawn's real parents. Avalon has also been invited to attend the next main meeting of the council." Jeff braced himself for Keith's reaction.
"RETIRE JEFF BEFORE I DO SOMETHING THAT I WILL PROBABLY REGRET!!" He roared at him in fury.
Jeff gulped in sheer terror. He knew that Keith meant every word of his threat. "I only control the military forces! Felicia handles the diplomatic end of the chain of power! I had nothing to do with this decision!" He pleaded for his life. "I've got Ginger and the kids!"
"Does my daughter know?" He had calmed down a little, but he was still not at all pleased.
"Yes, that's how we found out about Draken and Marisa. We were discussing different council members with Fawn when Felicia mentioned Avalon becoming a member of the Alliance and all hell broke loose because Kane lost it and well you know the rest." He sighed in defeat.
"FAWN DOESN'T NEED THIS KIND OF STRESS NOR DOES SHE NEED TO BE ON THE COUNCIL, UNTIL AFTER THE BABY IS BORN!" Keith's temper was back tenfold.
"She's perfectly safe with Derek, Kane, and my forces…" Jeff noticed that Keith was not alone in his office and that Eric looked even more furious than Keith did.
"I think its time for all of us to go on a vacation." Eric looked over at Keith.
"Yes, I agree a vacation on Earth sounds like a very good idea." Keith grinned.
"NO!! STAY THERE! EVERYTHING'S FINE HERE!" Jeff didn't need this added to the situation. "ANGELICA IS HERE AND I HAVE NO NEED FOR A CAT FIGHT BETWEEN TWO OLD RIVALS. DEREK AND ANGELICA ARE ALREADY AT EACH OTHERS THROATS AND THEY JUST MET!!" Jeff shouted in frustration at the blank screen.
"Daddy? Why you screamin' at nothin?" Jeff's youngest daughter Melanie toddled into his office.
"Come here pumpkin Daddy needs a hug." He smiled at her.
"I hug Daddy!" Melanie raced over and hopped onto her father's lap. "Is better?" She hugged him as hard as she could which wasn't very hard seeing as she was only five-years-old.
"Yes munchkin that's much better." He smiled.
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Kane found Fawn sitting on the beach watching a beautiful sunset and that Nala was keeping watch over her. "We need to talk." He growled softly and sat down next to her on the sand.
Fawn looked over at him. "This is my choice. I have to meet my real parents." Her voice was cool towards him.
"This is our choice Fawn. There happen to be three of us now and I need for you to understand how I feel about this." He tried to keep his temper in check as he talked to her.
"The child happens to be growing inside of me Kane. I understand more than you know." She narrowed her eyes at him.
"Don't go all icy on me princess. I feel the life growing inside you as well." His tone was now just as cold as hers was towards him.
"Why can't you use your gift to feel my side of this?" She broke down into tears of frustration.
"Listen to what I have to say for a few minutes and I just may change my mind. Why now after all of these years, Fawn? Why are they reaching out now? Is it because you are a member of the most powerful family in the far universe? Draken loves power and baby you have that now whether you like it or not. Angel you are nothing like them. Your soul is pure and your mothers, well, I doubt that she even has a heart let alone a soul. Your grandparents loved you enough to keep you away from them. Don't you think they would have told you the truth if they had thought that there was even a chance of their son changing his ways?" Kane laid out all the facts for her.
Fawn knew that he was right. "I want to at least see them." She whimpered softly.
"Very well angel, but not alone, and keep Nala with you at all times when I'm not here with you at home." He reluctantly agreed to let her see them.
Fawn jumped into his arms and kissed him. "I love you so much."
"I love you to princess." They both fell back onto the warm sand.
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(Meanwhile nearly three universes in away)
There is a legend that has been told for centuries about an evil force, which conquered the three universes, until he was finally stopped by all three Voltron's and a secret enchantment used by Keith and Allura's ancestors. However, everyone will soon realize how very real that legend was because the sleeping force was about to be awakened. A stray comet had recently slammed into a lifeless planet splitting it in two and had released a cocoon of metallic origin to float freely into space. The metallic prison contained a being so powerful that it could easily destroy entire planets and it lies in wait for some curious spacecraft to discover it.
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(Back on Earth)
Jeff was just finishing explaining the current situation to Derek, who was just getting used to his new office.
"I must have been blind to not to have noticed the resemblance!" Derek threw a throwing star at a target on the wall.
"What are we up against?" Jeff needed more answers than that.
"Anything Jeff, those two are ruthless! Hell all they really care about is power!" Derek threw another star hitting the target dead center.
"Could they honestly just want to meet their own daughter?" Jeff arched a brow at him.
"Five years after Khan had Fawn taken from them…I went to Drake and offered to find their child, but Drake felt that finding her would interfere with their lives. So I went to Marisa and she told me that a child would only interrupt her lifestyle. After that she attempted to seduce me into her bed, so no I don't believe that their coming here just to meet their child." He narrowed his eyes at Jeff. "My niece is nothing like her parents thanks to Dane and Athena, her grandparent's teachings."
"I had to tell Keith about this. He and Eric immediately decided that all of them needed a vacation, so we should expect to see all of them very soon." Jeff sighed in defeat.
Derek's eyes widened, as he took in the news. "Angelica's not gonna like this. I made the mistake of comparing her methods to Andromeda's and she nearly took my head off for it." Derek frowned at Jeff.
"Those two never could get along with each other. She wanted to date Eric during their academy days and Andy didn't like anyone trying to date him. Every time Angelica tried to ask him out, Andy would ruin it by making sure that he was busy doing something else with her." Jeff remembered all to well those days when Dromi had attended the academy.
"She had a thing for Eric?" Derek narrowed his eyes at him.
"Every girl at the academy was after Eric, Nate, or Christophe and Andy kept score when it came to anyone attempting to catch her man." Jeff chuckled. "I'll leave telling Angelica about their arrival in your capable hands." He left the office just as Angelica walked in.
"JEFF!" Derek shouted after him, but it was no use he was gone.
"Tell me what Derek?" She frowned at him.
"Promise me that your not gonna overreact." He eyed her warily.
Angelica bristled instantly at what he had just said. "Why Derek what's going on now?"
"It seems that Fawn's real parents are the delegates from Avalon and that their intentions were not entirely aboveboard. So Fawn's adopted family is coming here to Earth to make sure that she is safe." He reluctantly told her the news and she reacted by reaching for something to throw at him.
She hit her target, his head, and poor Derek went down for the count.
"OH MY GOD!! DEREK SPEAK TO ME!!" She cried and raced to his side. She felt his head for any severe injuries and was relieved to only find that only a bump was beginning to form on his forehead. "Ow my head feels like its splitting in two." She winced in pain. "Please wake up."
Derek remained unconscious.
Angelica sprang to her feet and raced over to where Derek had an automated bar. She got some icy cold water, so that she could throw it at his face.
He however didn't even flinch as the icy liquid melted on his skin.
"This is so not good." She bit down on her lower lip and checked him for any other serious injuries.
Derek slowly forced himself to wake up, as icy water hit his skin. Which was being explored by gentle probing fingers? His head was pounding from the blow to his head caused by the woman currently exploring him for injuries and his blood was beginning to heat in anger as well as in desire.
Angelica ran her hands down his chest and felt his muscles clinch under her fingers, to her relief she found no injuries and that his heart was beating incredibly fast. "Maybe he hurt his back when he hit the floor?" She reached under him only to have Derek snake his hands around her waist and easily flip her underneath him. "Derek!" She gasped in surprise.
Derek glared down at his captive. "Do you mind Angel, I really hate cold showers." He wasn't surprised that she fit perfectly underneath him.
"I was checking you for injuries! Now let me up!" She struggled underneath him.
Derek gritted his teeth, as she continued to try and get free. "Will you please be still!"
"No I want up Derek and I want up now!" She wasn't unaffected by the nearness of their two bodies or how well they seemed to fit.
"You asked for this Angel." He cut off her next protest by placing his mouth over his own and kissing her. This in turn caused them both to become lost in the kiss.
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(The Explorer)
The Explorer was currently taking Rand, Shaitan, Kari, and Khan to the Ultra Security prison on Ziare and had come upon the floating metallic cocoon. The ship pulled the cocoon into its massive shuttle bay and they were attempting to try and discover what it contained or decipher the ancient writing etched all over the metallic surface.
"Sir we can't open it. Nothing that we have can even cut into it." One of the chief science officers frowned.
"Can you read what's inscribed on it?" The Admiral frowned.
"No sir, the writing is to far gone on it, but it's written on the capsule repeatedly." The scientists replied.
"Very well, maybe further testing should wait until we can scan its contents on Earth." The Admiral had a very bad feeling about this.
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Drew and Tony stood on the flight deck and stared at the capsule. "This is so weird it's like something was sealed in there or something." Tony frowned.
"I think that this was an extremely bad idea. I don't care if they can't read what's written on it." Drew shrugged "I just have this really bad feeling that something very evil is inside there."
"It's just an old space capsule used long ago by our ancestors." Nichelle explained.
"I say that we put it back. This thing gives me the creeps." Phillippa shivered.
"It's harmless and I'll prove it." Tony walked up to the capsule. "See." He hit the capsule several times with his hand.
The capsule began cracking open like a hard-boiled egg.
"TONY GET AWAY FROM IT!" Shell shouted in fright.
"Nice going hot shot!" Drew grabbed his twin by his arm and the four of them raced for the main doors. "You never listen to me Anthony and it always gets us into trouble!!" Drew snarled at him as he sealed off the shuttle bay and activated the ships main alarm system.
"How was I suppose to know that it was gonna crack open like that!?" He snarled back at his twin.
They could see what was happening from the main observation deck. Whatever it was had to be over seven feet tall, was wearing a long black hooded robe, which it had thrown back with its gray talon like hands to reveal an orange red mane of hair, its skin was gray, and it had glowing red eyes.
"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TONY!?" Andrew exclaimed in terror.
The thing disintegrated his prison with a wave of his hand when some sort of electric energy shot from his fingers and then there was nothing left of the capsule.
Tony's eyes widened in terror when the creature looked up at them. "I SUGGEST THAT WE ABANDON SHIP!"
"What the hell is going on here?" The Admiral glared at the twins and then down into the shuttle bay. "What the hell is that?" He pointed at Saurian.
"I don't know sir and it seems very hostile and extremely deadly. I say we give him the ship and flee for our lives." The twins answered in unison.
"VOLTRON IS IN THAT SHUTTLE BAY AND I REFUSE TO GIVE ANYTHING LIKE IT THAT KIND OF POWER!" The admiral glowered at them.
"And how do you suggest that we handle something that shoots energy beams from his fingertips?" Andrew snarled back.
"You two are Keith's sons. Find away to stop them!!" The admiral ordered them.
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Saurian stretched out his stiff muscles, as he gazed around at his new surroundings. "Those look vaguely familiar." He noticed the ships in the shuttle bay. "Ah fear I haven't tasted it in eons." He looked up at the dark glass of the observation deck. "And evil I sense a great amount of darkness in the center of this vessel." He moved towards the sealed doors and they blew open with a force that rocked the entire ship. He eyed the two young men hanging onto the railing of the collapsed observation deck. The admiral had been flung to his death onto the flight deck below.
Drew and Tony let go of railing and landed not two feet from where Saurian was standing. (Now what genius…that made him even angrier!) Tony snarled at his twin.
(Would you rather die?) Drew snarled back as they dodged another bolt of energy in an attempt to get to their ships.
(We can't fly all of the ships! This is a stupid plan!) Tony glared at him.
( We won't have to Tony! The rest of the team is arriving from grandfather's planet any second now!) Drew reminded him.
(That thing will blow up their shuttle before it gets to land!) Tony rolled his eyes at him.
( Then we'll just have to keep him distracted. He won't be able to hit what he can't see.) Drew vanished.
(Good plan bro! Let's just hope that he doesn't have some weird vision and can see us!) Tony followed along with his twins plan and vanished.
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Khan, Rand, Shaitan, and Kari were free and not very happy with their jailers.
Nichelle and Philly were trying to help evacuate the ship. "Everyone get to the escape shuttles!" They shouted at the panicking members of their crew.
"There's no reason to panic just get to the shuttles and leave the ship." Shell felt someone tap her on her shoulder.
"I'd say that there's a reason to panic wouldn't you?" Khan growled into her ear.
"Well, well what do we have here? Look big brother it's Merla's little angels." Shaitan eyed the twin's elfin faces.
The twins reacted by screaming in terror and kicked them in the groin.
"They are going to pay dearly for that!" Khan and Shaitan chased after them.
(This is just great Shell! We're heading back towards the shuttle bay!) Philly hissed at her twin. 'Drew help me!'
(I'd rather face that monster than get mauled by those two!) Shell sent back. 'Tony I need you!'
Drew and Tony heard the girl's pleas for help in their minds. (Tony head over to the railing now!) Drew hissed to his twin.
(Where are the girls!?) Tony did as he was told.
(Just get ready to catch them!) Drew sent back.
Saurian was tiring of this game of cat and mouse. "You two are only postponing the inevitable!"
Shell and Philly ignored the fact that the observation deck was gone and jumped over the mangled bar and into the arms of their boyfriends.
'Nice of you to drop in.' Tony set her down on her feet and they raced towards the ships.
'Very funny, Anthony Andrew Edwards!' Shell hissed.
'Hey if I don't joke I'll lose my concentration!' He winked at her.
"The shuttle is landing!" Philly shouted.
"Everyone get out of the shuttle and into your ships!" Drew ordered the rest of the team and everyone raced for the ships.
"Sorry to leave and spoil your fun, but we're out of here!" Tony shouted at Saurian before entering his ship.
"No one defies Saurian and lives!!!" Sparks of electricity flew across the entire bay, as the team of Voltron one barely made it out of the hanger bay and safely into space.
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(Earth)
Everyone was on pins and needles, as they watched Arus's new flagship The Narnia land in the ocean. Angelica and Derek were still in shock over what had occurred between them in his office two days ago. Kane and Fawn however welcomed the sight of their family. Keith & Allura, Eric & Andy with little ones and cats in tow, and Max & Ashley who was holding one and a half year-old Allison in her arms, all waved at them as the hovercraft reached the island.
Fawn raced into the arms of her parents. "I'm so scared." She whimpered.
Keith hugged her closer to him. "I won't allow them to hurt you or my sixth grandchild to be."
"Sweetie are you feeling up to this?" Allura didn't like anything happening to her babies.
"Mom we're both fine." She smiled at her.
Eric & Andy let the twin's race into Derek and Kane's arms.
"Go see your Uncles my little darlings." Andy laughed when Michael squirmed in Eric's arms.
"Want down Daddy." He protested loudly.
"Who is that with Derek? She looks awfully familiar." Andy frowned, as she tried to place where she had seen Angel before.
"That is Max's baby sister and your old rival." Eric grinned at her.
"Angelica and Derek?" Andy eyed the couple curiously.
"Behave darling we're here on official business." He growled into her ear.
"Michael see that pretty lady over there by your Uncle Derek?" She took MK from Eric and whispered into his ear.
"Uh huh." MK nodded.
"That's Allison's Aunt Angel." She smiled down at him.
'What are you up to?' Eric frowned at her.
'Nothing Lion…nothing at all.' She smiled.
"A real angel?" MK stared wide-eyed at his mother and then looked over at Angel.
"That's right now why don't you go ask your Uncle Derek if he will introduce her to you." Andy set him down on his little feet.
"Ok." MK raced over towards his Uncle.
"Dromi just leave well enough alone." Eric growled.
"Why? It's obvious that those two have already heart linked. I'm just pushing them in the right direction." Andy grinned at him.
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Max & Ashley held Allison out to her Aunt, who immediately scooped her up into her arms. "Max she's absolutely precious! Wait till mom and dad see her." She smiled down at her niece.
Ashley eyed Angel as she kept glancing over at Derek, who was swinging Jazzy high into the air. "So how are you and Derek getting along?" She arched a brow at her sister-in-law.
"Derek and I are getting along fine. Why did you ask me that?" Angel frowned.
"I was just wondering." Ash grinned.
Max was also watching his sister's actions. "I'm surprised that the two of you haven't tried to kill each other yet." He teased.
"I can handle any male big brother, so drop the subject." She snapped.
"Derek keeps staring over here and he seems to be watching you with Allison." Max wasn't about to let up with his teasing.
"You are imagining things big brother." She rolled her eyes at him.
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Derek felt someone tugging on his pant leg. "May I help you?" He smiled down at the three-year-old little boy.
"Is she Angel?" MK asked him.
Derek set Jasmine down and knelt next to MK. "Who?" He asked him seriously.
"Her." Michael pointed to Angelica.
Derek saw whom the little guy had pointed to and chuckled. "Maybe Michael. Why don't you go and ask her yourself."
"I like angels. They pretty like her." He chattered.
"Angel? Come here for a second please." Derek called over to her.
Angelica blushed when her brother gave her this all-knowing look and then went over to Derek. "Yes?"
"Michael wants to ask you a question." He grinned.
Angelica looked down at the adorable little boy with his daddy's eyes and hair. "Hi I'm Angelica and you must be Michael Keith." She smiled at the toddler.
"You pretty." Michael smiled shyly.
"Why thank you Michael."
"Are you a real Angel?" He finally asked her his question.
Derek's eyes dared her to say yes.
"My nickname is Angel, so in a way that makes me an angel's helper." She took him from Derek and cuddled him in her arms.
"Oh." MK nodded in understanding. "I won't tell anyone." He whispered.
Angelica couldn't help, but laugh and fall for the little three-year-old. "Thank you Michael." She whispered back and then kissed him on the top of his downy haired head.
Michael blushed. "Welcome." He said shyly.
Allison began to whimper in Ashley's arms when she saw Angel kissing her Mikey. "MINE!! MIKEY!! MINE MIKEY!!" She wailed.
Michael blinked at Angel and then looked over at Allison. "Ally sad want down now." He squirmed in her arms.
Angelica let him down and watched as Michael ran over to check on Allison. "Am I missing something?" She asked Derek.
Derek winked at her. "MK and Allison have a special friendship." He explained as he pulled her into his arms.
Angel blinked up at him. "We talked about this remember and we both decided that this wouldn't be a good idea." She gulped he was just too close.
'It's not going to go away Angelica and we are going to deal with this.' He kissed her before she could pull out of his arms.
Everyone around them began to applaud their kiss.
"Now see what you've caused!!!" She broke free of Derek and ran down the pier in frustration.
"I don't believe it Derek has met his match and it's Angelica!" Andy teased her friend.
"Derek my sister isn't like normal woman. She puts up a shield and keeps everyone at arms length and you my friend are the first to ever crack that shell." Max frowned at him.
"It's more than that Max. Derek and Angel are heart linked." Andy grinned.
Before Derek could say anything Mark and Jeff interrupted them with some very solemn news.
"Khan and the others have taken control of The Explorer and have blown a planet out of existence. The planet was Zaire and we haven't been able to contact Voltron One either." Jeff felt like tearing something in half his son and Keith's sons were on that team.
Keith felt his blood beginning to boil, as the news of what had happen sunk in. "EVERYONE GONE?! HOW?! THEY DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF TECHNOLOGY!!" Keith roared in fury, as tears streamed down his face.
"They do now Keith. I can tell you this though. Whatever destroyed Zaire didn't come from the Explorer or Khan and the others. They have a new ally something that we've never gone against before." Mark snarled.
Andy and Allura had fainted from the shock of hearing about this devastating news. Eric and Max were tending to them.
"My parents are on Arus watching Lilly and the rest of the family is on Arus visiting, but Hunk & Sheena and Kitty were all on the planet…and all of those people…gone because of what!!?" Keith wanted to hurt something so bad that he could scream.
"How could Khan murder his own sister!" Eric felt pure rage pouring through his veins.
"A whole planet gone!" Kane felt sick that his father had done this horrible deed and he pulled Fawn to him.
Fawn felt the area around her begin to go all dark. "I can't handle this…" She whimpered and fainted in his arms.
"FAWN!? MAX!! SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH FAWN!!" Kane panicked.
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(The Explorer)
Khan had enjoyed watching his former home world blow up into tiny pieces and had made Sheena watch along with him.
"YOU MONSTER!! WHY DID YOU MAKE ME WATCH THAT?!" She screamed at her brother.
Khan shrugged his shoulders. "To show you how I deal with traitors."
"I haven't done anything to you for a very long time. Why enact revenge when I haven't done anything to cause it?" She felt numb inside her family was gone.
"You haven't, but your friends have and you live on an enemy planet." He narrowed his eyes at her. "Take her to her room." He motioned to Rand. "And don't even think about touching her!" He snarled.
"Let's go Sheena." Rand led her out of the room.
Saurian turned around to face Khan. "Humans are so very fragile." He frowned in disgust.
"Only on the outside Saurian, but on the inside you will find that our minds have changed over the last 3000 years. We possess what early humans called ESP, power over our minds, objects, and the ability to communicate mentally." He eyed his new ally.
"Ah, at last something to challenge me." Saurian was pleased with this news.
"Voltron still exists although in separate units, all of which possess immense power. Earth, Tara, and Arus are each protected by special domes and the Galaxy Alliance." Khan continued to fill him in.
"Galaxy Alliance? The universe is at peace?" Saurian's eyes narrowed. "We shall soon correct that." He growled.
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(Earth)
Drew & Tony radioed for permission to open the dome. "Voltron One Air, Land, and Sea teams requesting landing clearance to Edward's Island base."
Keith's voice was the one that answered their request. "TONY!! DREW!! YOU'RE ALIVE!!!" He shouted over the air.
"Yeah Dad we're still alive. Sorry about the Explorer. We kind of ran into some major trouble." Drew tried to explain.
"This guy is weird looking, gray skin, red eyes, claws for hands, orange hair, is over seven feet tall, and calls himself Saurian…" Tony gave him a description.
"Explain when you land there's something that we have to tell you." Keith cut off his son.
"Like why you guys are on Earth and not back home?" They asked in unison.
"Just land and for once just do as I say!" Keith snarled at them.
"Jeez Dad chill already! We're landing!" Drew snarled back.
"ANDREW, DON'T START WITH ME!" Keith lost it completely.
"Yes sir! Your majesty!!!"
(Lay off Dad, Drew, something is wrong. Dad's control is completely gone.) Tony sent to his twin.
(I wonder what Dromi did this time.) Drew rolled his eyes heaven ward.
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Eric was in one of the guestrooms, in Kane and Fawn's home holding Andy in his arms. "I'm going to make whoever did this pay." He vowed.
"SHEENA! HUNK! THE KIDS AND MILLIONS OF LIVES LOST IN LESS THAN AN HOUR!! HURTING THEM WON'T BRING ANY OF THEM BACK! WON'T BRING MY BABY BROTHERS AND THEIR TEAM BACK!! WHO'S NEXT? YOU? MY PARENTS? OUR CHILDREN? I AM SO TIRED OF THIS ERIC! WE PUT THEM AWAY AND THEN THEY ESCAPE AND HURT ONE OF US. THEN IT REPEATS LIKE AN ENDLESS LOOP AND THIS PAIN IS BECOMING UNBEARABLE!" She screamed at him in frustration, pounding her fists against his chest.
Eric grabbed hold of her wrists. "This isn't your fault Andromeda! The man is insane and we underestimated just how far he would really go." He tried to get her to see reason.
Andy struggled to get free. "NO! HE WANTS ME, ERIC! MAYBE I SHOULD JUST GO TO HIM!"
Eric lost it. "YOU BELONG TO ME! JUST AS I BELONG TO YOU! I DON'T SHARE WHAT'S MINE WITH ANYONE. I POSSESS YOU MIND, BODY, HEART, AND SOUL! SO FORGET ABOUT EVER SURRENDERING TO HIM!! UNDERSTAND!? THAT IS NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN YOU ARE MINE!!!"
Andy glared up at him then felt her brother's presence on the base, "They're alive!!" Andy threw her arms around her husband and kissed him.
"Who?" Eric was confused by her sudden mood change.
"Drew and Tony! They're here on the base!!" She smiled at him. "Let's go see them!" She got out of bed.
Eric eyed her in nothing but a lacy red bra and panties. "Andy look at what you're not wearing." He arched a brow at her.
Andy looked at what she was wearing and blushed. "Maybe I should put something on." She walked over to their luggage and pulled out a electric blue bandeau top and matching shorts. "I refuse to wear black." She tossed him her bra and put on her top.
"You look lethal in black, Andy, but this is nice to." He winked at her.
Andy tossed him her hairbrush. "I need to relax before I see my brothers." She felt the urge to cry hitting her again.
Eric pulled her down onto his lap. "You are such a fake." He kissed the top of her head and began to brush out her long tresses. "Not that I mind doing this. I absolutely love your hair." He purred into her ear.
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Keith and Allura ran to their sons when they walked into the Situation room.
"Thank Arus that you two are all right." Allura pulled them both to her.
"What's happened Mom? Why are you so upset?" Tony frowned.
"Planet Ziare was annihilated by Khan and we thought that you two had been killed when they took over the Explorer." Allura broke the news to them.
"Uncle Hunk, Aunt Sheena, Kitty, Zach, Jason, and all of those innocent people? They're all gone?" They cried in unison.
"Zach and Jason had extended leave, so they never made it back on the shuttle." Shell and Philly whimpered in unison.
"Yes they were still on the planet, but your grandparents are watching Lilly and the rest of the family are also safe on Arus. I'm sorry that I yelled at you, but it's been a long day." Keith apologized to them when the twins hugged him.
"We shouldn't have left Dad. This is our fault." Andrew growled hoarsely.
"THIS ISN'T YOUR FAULT ITS MINE!! THIS HAPPENED BECAUSE OF ME!!" Tony lost it went to go some place where he could break down and cry.
"Tony!! Wait!" Shell ran after him.
"What is going on here Andrew? Why is he saying that this is his fault?" Keith frowned at his son.
"We found a strange object near Ziare and brought it into the ship. No one could cut it or even read the inscription that was written all over the metallic shell. Tony and I were on watch and the girl's thought that the thing was scary looking, so Tony walked over to it and banged on it to prove that it was perfectly harmless. The next thing we know this thing begins cracking like an eggshell. So the four of us sealed it off in the bay and went to observe what was happening from the observation deck. I hit the ships alarm and Admiral Grant came to see why we'd hit the alarm. This thing is huge and shoots energy from his fingers. He blew open the bay doors and the Observation Deck collapsed. The Admiral fell to his death and we were barely hanging from the railing, but decided that this thing was not going to get his hands on Voltron one. Tony and I jumped down to the bay floor and played a game of cat and mouse with him, while the girls helped evacuate the ship. Khan and his friends got loose and went after the girls, but they made it back to us and just in time as the shuttle carrying the rest of our team landed in the bay. We just barely made it out of the landing bay with our lives." He filled them in on the entire story of what had happened.
"All that matters is that you made it back here in one piece." Jeff looked over at Drew. "And you acted selflessly without even a moment's hesitation."
"Selflessly and for what Uncle Jeff? They destroyed an entire planet!" Drew snarled trying to blink back the tears burning in his eyes.
"That was not our fault Andrew! We saved lives today and that counts for something!" Philly narrowed her eyes at him.
Andy and Eric finally made themselves known. "Come here little brother." Andy held out her arms to him.
Drew rolled his eyes in defeat, but went over to Andy. "I can explain what happened…" He started to say something, but found himself being hugged by his sister. "Aren't you angry about this?" He frowned down at her.
"Yes I am, but this isn't yours or anyone's fault...Since when are you taller than me?" She frowned.
"Weird isn't it?" He grinned.
"Aren't you out of uniform?" Jeff eyed what she was wearing.
"Eric is still Galaxy Garrison. I happen to be on vacation." She narrowed her eyes at him.
"You are a Galaxy Garrison Captain, so I expect you to be in uniform." Felicia returned her look back at her with one of her own.
"I resigned a long time ago, right after Khan showed up!" She snarled.
"Sorry darling, but it went to your grandfather and was destroyed when his armada blew up." Eric reminded her of that little fact.
"That uniform is so not me and its hot outside. I like what I'm wearing it's cool and comfortable." She pouted at them but saw that they weren't going to give on this particular detail so she gave in. "Fine I will wear it, but I can be a real bitch when I'm forced to do something that I don't want to do!" She stomped out of the room.
"That was way too easy." Keith and Eric replied in unison.
"No that was my daughter." Allura smiled at them. "She won't be forced into anything, so don't' be surprised if she does something to make the uniform more to her liking. Now as for you Andrew go and get your brother and bring him back to us." She ordered her son.
"Sure Mom, but he's really upset about this." He shrugged his shoulders in defeat. "Come on Pippa let's go find them.
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Andy stalked down the corridor until she reached the room where they created the uniforms. She called up the program on the computer and began to design her own style of uniform. At least it was standard for all female officers to wear royal blue uniforms with gold piping, instead of the horrible blue-gray, army green, or pure white dress uniforms. She started with the skirt and added a thigh high slit along the side of the ultra straight skirt. Then she went to work on the top of the uniform and designed it so that the cut of the uniform flattered her figure and that it was comfortable to wear. "Perfect." She smiled as she looked over the final product.
"What have you done to that uniform?!"" Angelica gasped in horror.
"I altered it Angelica. Do you have a problem with that?" Andy challenged her with her eyes.
"As a matter of fact I do! Andromeda Marie Lawson! It is a matter of pride to wear that uniform and you've destroyed it!"
"Listen Commander Angelica Elizabeth Sinclair! I don't care what you think! I have been in the field since I was fourteen and have faced the universes worst and only lost once! I get the job done when it's needed and it has nothing to do with pride, protocol, or fabric!!" Andy snarled at her.
"You are a spoiled stuck up Princess, who dishonors the Galaxy Garrison every chance that you get!" Angel was not about to back down.
"I've beaten you at everything Angelica and I did that when I was fourteen and you were sixteen, so do yourself a favor and don't push me! I am having a very bad day!!" She was about to take all her frustrations out on her old arch rival.
"What's wrong princess can't get your way today or did you and Eric have a fight?"
"I won't allow you to get to me Angelica! I won! I got Eric and you didn't! I bet that seeing us happy with children is making you so jealous that you want to claw my eyes out!" She lashed back.
"I have better things to do than play house!"
"It keeps me warm at night, but then nothing could ever warm the Ice Queen not even Derek!"
Angelica's temper flared even more. "I can have any man that I want Andromeda! I don't need someone to hold me on a leash!"
"Leash!? Why you…" Andy launched herself at Angelica and the two of them went at it in a major catfight. "I have a husband who can save the universe, make love to me, give me three wonderful children, be a perfect father, and my best friend! If that is what you call being leashed then I wouldn't have it any other way!! I feel sorry for you Angelica, because by closing Derek out of your life you happen to be missing out on something wonderful!" She stopped fighting her rival, stalked over to grab her new uniforms and left the room.
Angelica chased after her. "I don't want your pity! Little Miss Perfect Princess!" She went to attack her again.
Andy dropped her uniforms, blocked every one of her moves, and then reversed one on her, so that she had Angel's arm bent behind her back. "I said not to push me Angelica!" She applied even more pressure to her arm.
"Go ahead and break it Andy!"
"My Aunt and Uncle and their family were blown sky high with planet Ziare! Khan is loose along with Rand, Shaitan, and Kari! Now I have to wear this and deal with your petty jealousy!! The hell with you Angelica! You aren't worth it anymore!" Andy reversed the hold that she had on Angel's arm and sent her flying down the corridor.
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"Fawn is at home resting. Her parents are due to arrive in four hours and now my father's wrath. This is turning out to be a red letter day." Kane sat down in his seat.
Derek read the report on Saurian aloud to the others. "Saurian is part of a legend that dates back over three thousand years. He conquered the three galaxies in his reign; however the three Voltron's combined with Arus and Zaire's rulers managed to take him down. He wasn't known for destroying whole planets just conquering them."
"So we can assume that Khan wasn't happy about being sent to prison and decided to take his anger out on Zaire." Jeff growled.
"He destroyed everyone in Grandfather's armada just to teach me a lesson." Andy was dressed in her new uniform, even her hair was braided according to the dress code.
"Told you so." Allura grinned at the others then nodded at her daughter in approval.
"I like the way you improved the uniform." Felicia winked at her.
"Thank you Aunt Felicia. Is everyone happy now?" She arched a brow at the others.
"Let's just say that this new look is definitely more you." Eric who was dressed in his whites walked over to take her to her seat.
"I still think that its skill and intelligence and not looks or uniforms that makes a good Galaxy Garrison officer.
"The point of a uniform is to be able to actually get some work done. Not have every male in the room distracted by what you're wearing." Keith rolled his eyes at her.
"Andy could wear a paper bag and still distract people." Eric smirked.
"An officer should be allowed to wear a more comfortable and flattering uniform and any male staring at a superior officer could find that male on report." Andy was in full princess mode. "Did any of you have the brains to contact Uncle Rohan and ask for information on this Saurian?" Andy arched a brow at them.
"Actually no…we kind of…forgot his age difference." Eric had never felt so stupid in his entire life.
Andy got up and walked over to the computer consul. She slipped a small laser card through a beam and E's face appeared on the large screen.
"I hope that this is urgent!" E glared at her.
"Leave Rora alone Einstein!" Andy snapped.
"I was winning in a chess game against Hal." E pouted.
"I need you to search all known data-banks for information on a creature known as Saurian." She snarled at her cyber creation.
"Would you like a visual oh patient one!" He snarled back.
"Yes E that would be very helpful." Andy sighed.
"Saurian, height 7 feet 10 inches tall, hair color flaming orange, eye color glowing red, complexion gray, features humanoid with talon like hands, location hidden planet, condition under sleep spell for over three thousand years, and lastly he has extreme mental powers and the natural ability to shoot energy from his hands." E smiled at his mistress. "Was that to your liking mistress?"
"Amazing." Mark and Felicia had never seen E before.
"Thank you Einstein. Does everyone there know about Ziare?" She asked softly.
"Yes…its very quiet in the castle today. Your grandparents are with Shawn and Lilly at your home, while the rest of the family is all over at Darian's" He solemnly reported. "I am so very sorry mistress."
"Thank you Einstein…" Andy blinked back the tears that were threatening to overcome her again. "Will you please connect me to Uncle Rohan's castle now?"
"At once." He did as she asked and Darian's concerned image appeared on the screen.
"I've felt your rage clear across the two galaxies little blossom. I am so sorry." He growled softly.
Keith now stood next to his daughter. "How are the others?"
"Cassie is in shock. Myria is curled up by the fire. Lance is outside shooting at targets. Patrick is in my lab, the kids are outside playing in the courtyard, your parents, Lilly and Shawn are at Andy's home, Nate, Ariel, Alex, Chris, Jace, Christy, Matt, and Jenna are manning things in the castle. Who did this and Why?!" Darian wanted answers just like the rest of them did.
"Khan and a new ally named Saurian." Andy answered bitterly.
"Not possible Saurian is still sleeping inside the core of a dead planet." Darian frowned.
"Not anymore he isn't. Something happened and now he's awake." Keith growled.
"It's going to take Derek, Kane, Eric, Allana, Myria, Keith, Andy, and myself to stop him." Darian frowned. "And that's if we are lucky enough to actually catch him off guard. If only Michael was about ten years older he could take him on all by himself."
Andy did not like hearing her baby being anywhere near any kind of fighting and ended the call. "Not at ten or sixteen Michael isn't going to fight!!" She snarled. "I've been at this for years now and I am tried of being hurt both mentally and physically and hunted for my children or because of who I am!" With that said she stalked out of the room.
"Just what we needed a royal temper tantrum." Angel rolled her eyes in disgust.
"You try withstanding everything that she's gone through and then say something like that!" Eric glared murderously at Angel and then got up to go after Andy.
"That is enough Commander Sinclair!" Derek snarled at her.
"SHE IS A SPOILED BRAT! WHO ALWAYS GETS HER WAY!!" Angelica shouted at Derek.
"I said that is enough Angelica and I meant it!!" Derek was close to seriously losing it.
"I refuse to believe that the far universe rests on Andy's shoulders!!" Angel wasn't about to stop.
"HER LIFE EVER SINCE SHE WAS A CHILD HAS CONSISTED OF BEING KIDNAPPED, NEARLY RAPED, AND SHE HAS SEEN DEATH MORE TIMES THAN I HAVE! SHE WAS HUNTED DOWN, BECAUSE SHE WAS CARRYING MK! SHE ALMOST LOST HIM, BECAUSE SOME MANIAC WANTED BOTH HER AND HER SON'S SOULS!! SHE ALSO LOST A HAND TO KHAN, HAD A MISCARRIAGE BECAUSE OF BEING BRUTALLY WHIPPED BY SHAITAN, AND I AM JUST GETTING STARTED!!" Keith roared at Angel.
"She's also what your brother calls a Homo-superior human being, uses over 90 of her brain, and can really cause you great pain without even lifting a finger. So I would watch what I say if I were you. You and Andy are grown women and you are acting as if you're a teenager and she's your main rival! News flash Angel! She won! Now just swallow your pride and try and get along with her or else! Do you understand me Commander Sinclair!!!?" Derek dared her to keep this up.
Angelica only glared at him.
"COMMANDER YOU ARE DISMISSED! I WANT YOU TO GO HOME AND COOL OFF! I WILL NOT ALLOW YOUR RIVALRY WITH CAPTAIN ANDROMEDA LAWSON TO CONFLICT WITH YOUR DUTIES AM I CLEAR COMMANDER!" Jeff roared at her.
"Yes sir!" Angel saluted Jeff and then stalked out of the room.
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Sheena was lost in what seemed to be an endless dark void and found that she liked the comfort that the darkness gave her. "Let someone else live! I don't want to live without Hunk and my kids!!"
Dark evil laughter echoed around her. "You weak little fool! That brat Andromeda cast us away and you let her! You deserved to lose your husband and children!!" It taunted her.
"No!! That's not true! I tried to kill her and she let me stay with my family!! For once I was truly happy and at peace!!" .
"They were killed because of big brothers obsession with her!!" The voice snarled.
"Leave me alone!!!" Sheena tried to black out the voice.
"Never again I will emerge and you will be locked away like I was all those years ago!" Sheena was now staring at a darker version of herself.
"No you can't!!! I won't let you…." Sheena was cast into the dark endless void of her subconscious.
"Look out everyone because Leila is finally back in control!" Her darker half shouted.
Leila awakened to find herself in bed. She threw back the covers and went to see her refection. "WHAT?! No Black?! And this red hair has to go! Sheena had absolutely no sense of style!" She plucked at the red material of her suit. "And this long hair just gets in the way!" She left in search of some decent clothes.
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Khan contacted Draken and Marisa's ship. "Are you two developing a death wish? Kane and Fawn are to be left alone!" He snarled at Drake's image on his screen.
"We want our daughter back!" Marisa snapped.
"THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN MARISA. FAWN DOESN'T NEED THAT KIND OF STRESS! SHE HAPPENS TO BE CARRYING MY FIRST GRANDCHILD!" He roared. "LOOK YOU TWO I AM NOT IN THE MOOD FOR MORE ANY MORE DEFIANCE! I DESTROYED AN ENTIRE PLANET! I CAN EASILY DISPOSE OF THE TWO OF YOU!" He activated the self-destruct system in their ship. "You have one minute to make up your mind."
Drake and Marisa didn't make him wait long. "We agree and we will do whatever you think is best."
"I thought that you would see things my way." He turned off the timer. "I think I will let Fawn decide your fate. It's only fair seeing as you abandoned her."
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Saurian was amazed at how far advanced the humans had become. "Voltron has been split…excellent. There are a group of Arusian's single handedly keep the peace over the far universe? I see that my ally is not always on the winning side. He has a weakness for this princess Andromeda of the House of Lions. I think I shall take advantage of that." He continued to study the screen, as he rifled through The Explorers computer archives.
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(Elsewhere on the Explorer)
Leila had changed her hair color to midnight black, but found that something in her wouldn't let her cut her hair. She took off her wedding rings and had the computer change them into a wicked looking pirate's ring. "Perfect." She smiled. Then had the computer create something more her style. "After this I have a man to hunt down and reclaim as mine again and his pesky wife to dispose of."
Meanwhile Rand wasn't happy to find that she wasn't in her room. "Shit! I knew that she wouldn't stay put!" He snarled.
"Lose something?" Kari stood in the doorway.
"Go away Kari! I'm busy!" Rand snarled.
"Answer the question." Kari stalked into the room.
"Sheena's gone!" He glared at her.
"Good riddance. She should have died with her family." She smirked.
"I should have heeded Khan's advice and left you on the planet." He muttered under his breath.
"I agree she's more dead weight than Sheena was." Leila glared at Kari.
"Who the hell are you?" Kari snapped.
"I'm your worst nightmare. You could say that Sheena died with the planet and Leila her darker more deliciously evil side has emerged in her place." She shoved Kari out of her way and entered the room.
"Nice touch." Rand drank in the sight of this completely different side of Sheena.
"I made it from Sheena's tasteless wedding rings." She frowned. "I prefer much deadlier men in my bed." She eyed him like a huntress eyes her prey.
"Back off Bitch! He's taken!" Kari got between her and Rand.
"He wants me. I can feel it. He has always only had eyes for me." Leila's eyes never left Rand's. "I don't share what happens to be mine. Don't take this personally, but you aren't needed anymore." She fired her phaser at Kari and shot her. "No hard feelings. Kari." in seconds there was nothing left of where Kari had stood.
Rand eyed her warily.
This was not Sheena. It was someone totally opposite from her.
"What happened to Sheena?"
Leila glared at him. "I killed her."
"How?" Rand frowned.
"It was quite simple. Sheena didn't want to live anymore and I took control. I shoved her away so deep inside my subconscious that she will never escape." She smiled evilly.
"Why the new name?"
"It means darkness and I happen to be a dark dweller. I care only for myself and I loathe anyone who tries to stop me." She studied her blood red fingernails, as she answered his questions.
"Why the new look?"
"This is becoming really tiresome!" She snarled.
"Answer the question!"
Leila rolled her eyes at him in annoyance. "I love black and I happen to prefer tight fitting clothes to Sheena's tasteless ones. You are boring me perhaps your little brother would be better company." She went to leave the room.
Rand grabbed hold of her arm. "Why did you kill Kari?"
"She was my replacement and a terrible failure. She bore you two traitorous children and slept with anything that moved. She was never your equal Rand, so I disposed of her." Leila glared defiantly up at him.
"Sheena was my soul mate and you killed her." He snarled down at her.
"That isn't true Rand. Sheena was the good side of me and had to be taken care of, but I am still that same girl who you destroyed at the tender age of sixteen. I think like you, crave power like you, and want to crush Arus's royal family under my spiked heel." She ran a fingernail up his chest.
Rand crushed his mouth down against her own. "I also take what I want."
"I get what I want." She deepened the kiss and the two of them fell back onto the bed.
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(Earth)
Andy sat on the deserted beach bawling her eyes out.
Tony and Drew were sitting on the rocks of the pier throwing stones across the calm sea, as they tried to gather enough courage to go over to their older sister.
"She never cries like this." Tony frowned at Drew.
Drew got up off of his rock and headed down the pier towards his sister. "She puts up a good act around all of us. She needs Eric." He growled.
Tony followed his twin. "He's probably still at the base with the others. He should be with Andy! The hell with Saurian and the others! Our sister is having an emotional breakdown!"
"We'll see to our sister Tony, for once she can lean on us." Drew made his way down the beach.
Andy sensed them and became even more upset. She needed time alone to think. "I'm fine little brothers." She glared up at them with her wet tear streaked face.
"Try lying to someone who didn't grow up around you." Drew glared down at her.
"I need some space." She hissed at them.
"You need someone to lean on." Tony sat down next to her on the sand and pulled her into his arms.
"For once let us be the strong ones and you just cry on our shoulders for a while." Drew sat down on the other side of her.
"I wanted to make things right with Sheena... She sobbed. "How could he do this to me? Why didn't he take his fury out on me, instead of the planet of Ziare?"
Andrew felt tears running down his face. "Let it go Andy…this wasn't your fault."
"He killed grandfather to teach me a lesson!! This is just lesson number five!!" She pulled away from them and took off running down the beach.
"Andy wait!! Come back here!!"
"I wish that grandfather were here he'd know what to do." Tony snarled in frustration.
"That's it Tony." Drew frowned at his twin. "This opened old wounds that she's never faced about Grandfather's death."
"Angelica isn't helping by jumping down her throat all the time." Tony snarled in frustration.
"Let's go find the girls. I really need to hold Pippa right now." Drew sprang to his feet and they took off towards the base.
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(The Explorer)
Khan went to check on Sheena only to find that the lock to her quarters had been disabled. "What the Hell!!" He snarled and began pounding on the door. "Open this door now Sheena!!!"
:Go away big brother!! I'm busy!!: She stalked over to the door.
Khan slammed a kick into the door. :Open this door or I will blast it open!!:
"What do you want Khan? I don't wish to be disturbed right now." The door to the room slid open.
"Sheena?" Khan gaped at the raven haired woman standing in the doorway with a sheet wrapped around her in shock.
"No big brother Sheena's gone. I'm Leila her evil half and you are interrupting my fun." She glared at him.
Khan glanced over her shoulder and saw who was in his sister's bed. "Rand!!! I warned you what would happen if you ever touched her again!!"
"Back off Khan. I'm a big girl with a short temper and right now I want to get back to my fun." She pushed him back into the corridor and then shut the door in his face.
"Blowing up that planet might not have been one of my better ideas that girl is a loose cannon now." Khan stalked down the corridor and headed for the bridge.
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(Earth)
Michael walked out onto the deck. "Momma?" He called to his mother.
Allison toddled after him. "Mikey…no go." She whimpered.
Eric, who had been watching Andy from the deck, glanced over at his intruders. "I thought I told you that you were supposed to be napping." He frowned down at his son.
"Momma sad Daddy…I no can sleep." He blinked up at his father.
"Did you spring Allison from her crib?" Eric reached down and scooped Allison up into his arms.
"I no want Ally to cry." He pouted.
"Allison is supposed to be napping and so are you young man. So march your little feet back to bed, while I settle Ally back into her crib." He pointed to the screen door.
"You mean Daddy!!!" Michael began to throw a tantrum.
"Don't you start with me!! Michael Keith!!" He glared at his son.
Michael began to cry. "I want Momma!" He wailed.
Allison saw that Michael was upset and started crying to.
Eric marched into the house grabbed a bottle from the counter and set her back in her crib. "Allison you're okay now drink your bottle." He then stalked back to the deck to get Michael. His sobs were calming to hiccup's.
Andy climbed up the deck stairs. "Why is he so upset?" She frowned at Eric when her son ran into her arms.
"Because I caught him sneaking out to find you and little Allison was following after him." Eric answered quietly.
"Michael you were supposed to be napping." Andy frowned down at her son.
"You and Daddy loud! I no can sleep!" He frowned.
"Just use the fun game that your Uncle Darian taught you." Eric now understood the problem.
"I try Daddy…It no work." Michael was now able to fall asleep.
"Then your Daddy and I will try to keep our feelings under control." Andy smiled down at him, but he was fast asleep. "Put him to bed and then meet me on the beach." She handed him to Eric and walked back down the stairs.
Eric walked back into the house and found Fawn munching on a pickle. "You okay Fawn?" He asked softly.
"As well as I can be under the circumstances, relax Eric I'm fine. Go to Dromi. I'll watch over the babies. The twins are at Kane's Mom's; they wanted to go play with Timmy and Ryan." Fawn pushed Eric towards the door after taking Michael out of his arms.
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Andy sat on the beach and stared out at the sea. "I know how to defeat our new enemy." She had been trying to think of a way to stop this new bad guy and it always came back to one single solution.
"How? This guy is way to powerful." Eric sat down behind her and pulled her into his arms.
"We'll use the special poison that was only found on my father's home planet." She was deadly serious.
"How do you purpose we do that it was lost when the planet blew up." Eric frowned.
"I have some weapons that still contain the poison on them in my weapons case in Jetta. It's taken years, but I've made myself immune to the poison, so if I have to risk its effecting me I'll only fall into a deep sleep." She explained her plan.
Eric turned her around, so that she was looking at him. "What else have you been up to that I don't know about?" He was not at all happy with her.
"You're immune too." She winced when he glared murderously down at her.
"YOU'VE BEEN POISONING ME TOO!!" He roared. "HOW DID YOU KNOW THAT THIS WAS GOING TO WORK!!? YOU COULD HAVE KILLED US BOTH!!"
Andy blinked innocently up at her lion. "Ash supervised the whole thing, so I had very good back up."
"Who else Andromeda Marie Lawson?" He snarled.
"No one else just us and maybe Michael." She whimpered. "We've been immune since before Michael was born."
"Why baby? Why take such drastic measures?" He forced himself to calm down.
Andy became very quiet. "I never want to lose you Eric and all of those things kept happening to me…to us…and I've been having horrible nightmares about Khan killing you and all of my family." She broke down into tears.
"Why didn't you tell me? Was that why you needed to see Sheena?" He rocked her in his arms.
"Yes…(Sob)… I had this horrible dream just before we left. I saw a woman almost identical to Sheena only with midnight black hair...only this version was pure evil…" Andy shivered as she remembered her dream. "She was laughing at me and taunting me about killing Sheena and creating her in her place."
"Andy if this was bothering you so much then why did you hide it from me? I want know when you're upset. It hurts when you keep something from me." Eric pulled away from her and took off running down the beach.
"Eric!! Wait!! I didn't mean to…this is just great!!!" Andy ran into the ocean to swim off some of her frustration.
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Angelica was feeling restless and had decided to go for a walk. "Wonderful! I've walked all the way to Derek's and if that isn't bad enough right up to his front door." She muttered to herself.
The front door opened and there stood Derek fresh from his shower wearing nothing but a towel around his waist. "Hello Angelica." He smiled at her. "Come in I've been expecting you." He moved so that she could enter his home.
Angelica couldn't take her eyes off of him. "Derek this isn't…What I mean is that I stopped here to rest and then I'm going back to home." She seemed to be rooted to where she was standing.
Derek used her fear to his advantage and pulled her into the house. "See Angel, that wasn't so bad now was it?" He kissed her on the top of her head. "Dinner is almost ready. Feel free to use the shower in the guestroom to freshen up." He went to go dress for dinner.
Teddy and Bear followed after her as she wandered towards the guestroom. There was a beautiful red strapless crushed velvet gown lying across the bed. "I'm beginning to smell a rat." She frowned down at her two furry companions, as she closed the bedroom door. "Your master is planning something isn't he?"
Teddy and Bear blinked innocently up at her.
"Need any help washing your back Angel?" He called to her through the door.
Angelica jumped in surprise, bolted into the bathroom, and locked the door. "No I'm fine!" She turned on the shower.
Derek didn't hear her and went to make sure that she was okay. "Angel? You okay?" He looked into the room only to find her dress still on the bed and the cubs wrestling on the carpet. "Let's go guys. Let's give her some privacy." He could hear the water running from the shower, held back the urge to join her, and closed the bedroom door.
Angelica finished her shower, peeked into the room, raced to the bedroom door, and locked it. "It isn't like this is your first time, but this is different and it's scaring you." She muttered to herself, as she began to towel dry her hair. "He called to me somehow and I was drawn to him." She saw that there were matching undergarments to go along with the gown and began dressing for dinner.
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(The Explorer)
Saurian was curious about Arus's new protectors and the princess that Khan seemed to be so obsessed with. "My old foes future generations have been busy while I was sleeping." He mused.
"They are all very lethal Saurian. They don't need Voltron to defeat their enemies anymore. The princess and her prince are an unbeatable team." Shaitan briefed him. "There's immense power under her beautiful shell."
"She is also the only female that I want by my side as my queen." Khan walked onto the main bridge.
"She's a mere human…What makes her any different than the others?" Saurian growled.
"No she is Arusian and they are not mere humans. Her father was born on Ziare whose people are known for their mental abilities and ancient fighting techniques." Shaitan explained.
"She has a very strong will, is highly intelligent, uses almost 100 percent of her mind, and is lethal. Her husband is her equal, and her father freed the galaxies and has kept the peace for years." Khan growled.
"Does she have any siblings?" He frowned.
"She is a triplet, so she has two twin sisters, has twin brothers, and a little sister." Shaitan answered his question.
"I believe her brothers and I have already met. Where is the rest of her family?" Saurian had quite a few enemies to take care of.
"Alexandra and Ariel are on Arus and so is Lilly. Anthony and Andrew are on Earth, as are their parents the King and Queen of Arus. Andromeda and her family are also on Earth as well as my son." Shaitan wasn't so sure that he trusted their new ally.
"Perfect! I'll deal with the ones on Earth and then take care of the rest of them on Arus." Saurian smiled evilly.
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(Earth)
Andy swam the length of the beach as she matched Eric's running stride on the sand, but would dive under the water whenever Eric would glance her way. She continued to do this for some time only this time when she looked over at the beach Eric wasn't there anymore. "Where did he disappear to?" She frowned.
Eric had decided to go fishing for his reluctant mermaid and was silently swimming towards her. 'Where do you think I went darling?' He purred in her mind.
Andy scanned the water, but saw nothing. "This isn't funny Eric!" She shouted.
'I'm not laughing dearest.' He growled back.
"Eric! I'm not in the mood for…" She began to shouting at him once more only to find herself being pulled under the water by strong arms and was instantly kissed by her husband.
"Shall we make mad passionate love here or on the beach?" He grinned down at her when they finally surfaced for air.
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Angelica walked into the walk in closet, opened some of the built in drawers, and discovering piles of neatly folded lingerie with all her favorite colors, and silk stockings to match. "I don't believe this!" She panicked, as she saw what else was in the closet. There were several dresses all one of a kind originals that she'd been dying to buy, as well as various other outfits. "What is this guy a walking bank?" She glanced down at the rows of matching shoes and accessories. Angel snatched up a red raw silk scarf and red velvet high-heeled slingbacks, before sliding the closet door shut and stalking over to the bureau. "What's in here jewels?" She opened up the antique jewelry case that was sitting on the bureau and revealed emeralds, rubies, sapphires, diamonds, and many other rare jewels set in the most beautiful jewelry that she had ever seen.
Derek easily managed to open the lock on her door and walked inside the room. "Are you okay Angelica?" He took in the view of her in the gown, as she stared down into the jewelry case. He walked up behind her. "Allow me." He growled into her ear and finished zipping her into the gown.
Angelica jumped in surprise and whirled around to stare at him. "How did you get all of these things? The clothes, dresses, and shoes all in my size...all of that jewelry?" She was so confused and it didn't help matters any that he looked devastatingly handsome in his tuxedo.
Derek smiled down at her. "I was exploring the city and our heartlink helped me make most of the decisions. Why? Don't you like them?" He kissed her on the nose. "And as for the jewelry, well, that's only some of it and its all mine. Money to me has always been a given and I wanted to buy you something and just couldn't make up my mind."
Angelica frowned up at him. "Are you saying that you are some sort of wealthy tycoon?"
Derek grinned at her and shook his head. "I'd just graduated from the academy and returned home just before my parent's newest ally had arrived. His name was Khan. Two ruling families Fawn's grandparents and my family governed the planet. I contacted General Edward's and became an instant covert agent. That jewelry belonged to my mother. I set it there to show you how much you mean to me." He bent down and softy brushed his lips against her own.
Angelica felt all of her defenses crumble. "I'm sorry I didn't know. All of this is wonderful, but why give them to me?"
Derek ushered her out of the room, towards the dinning room, and the candlelit table set for two. "Because I love you and what's mine is yours." He pulled out a chair for her to sit in.
"We barely know each other…how do you know that it isn't lust that you feel towards me?" She was desperately trying to regain control of the situation.
"When you hurt yourself in the holo-suite was the first clue. I felt your pain, as if it were my own, and when you knocked me out in my office you complained of an instant headache. Angel, everyone in the universe has a soul mate someone who you share this unbreakable bond with." He tried to get her to understand. 'Someone to share your pain, your joy, and your sorrow with for all eternity.'
Angelica felt his feelings coursing through her and they weren't even touching. "Is that why I keep coming to you like this? Because you are my life mate?" She was still confused by all of what was happening to her.
"Let's see…Your favorite meal is homemade lasagna with freshly made garlic bread, and white wine to clear the palette. You adore anything chocolate as do I, and like to indulge yourself with expensive clothes and lacy lingerie." He chuckled when she continued to gape at him in shock and fed her a bite of lasagna.
Angel closed her eyes and enjoyed the sensation of perfectly prepared lasagna exploding against her taste buds. "How can you know so much about me? You know my deepest darkest secrets, not even my family knows what you know." She downed her wine in one gulp.
Derek closed his eyes and opened the link between them even more. 'Relax love, you and I are heart linked. I know everything about you.'
Angel relaxed her mind and let herself enter Derek's mind and began to view his inner most secrets. Derek's eyes were no longer closed and aquamarine eyes met emerald green ones, as she continued to explore his mind. "This is so weird…it's like viewing a home movie."
Derek chuckled in amusement and ate while she continued to explore his mind. He fed her every other bite of his lasagna. "I can also freeze people with a mere suggestion, can cause a weaker mind to feel intense pain, and can do many other things with my mind." He explained.
"You haven't always been a good guy have you?" She frowned at him.
"No I wasn't. I was entangled in Khan's web of power for a while until Andy made me see the light by beating the crap out of me for caging Shadow and damaging her favorite sword." He remembered that day rather fondly. "After that I was in chocolate and junk food heaven."
"Why junk food?" Angel laughed.
"Because Khan hated anything that wasn't healthy for you, so I suffered for years without my junk food. I agreed to help Andy on the condition that she supply me with sweets." He grinned. "Although, I'd give up chocolate for you." He all but purred at her.
"We can't have that now can we, after all chocolate is my secret love." She leaned over and kissed him.
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Andy had a very bad feeling that everything was about to go from bad to worse, so she didn't give Eric an answer to his question. "Khan's here Eric we have to get to the Narnia." She tried to wriggle out of his arms.
Eric frowned down at his wife. "Earth has a dome around it. They can't blow it away." He reminded her.
"They also have the Explorer and the access codes!" Andy finally managed to get free of him and swam towards the shore.
"Andy? Where the hell are you going?" Eric swam after her.
"I refuse to allow them to blow up this planet!" She snarled.
"But how do you know that they're even here?" Eric snarled in frustration.
'Because Khan just gave me an ultimatum! I have one hour to get to the Explorer or this planet has the same fate as Ziare.' She ran for the base, not caring that she was still only dressed in her bikini.
'Get back here Andromeda! You can't go to the base in that!' Eric chased after her.
Andy raced passed her brothers, as she headed for the hovercraft that she needed to get to the Narnia. She didn't even notice that she was causing the men on the base to drop everything and stare at her.
"What the hell!?" The twins glared at the men who were attempting to follow their scantily clad sister.
"Can't explain…there isn't any time!" Andy shouted at them.
"Get back to your duties now!!" The twins snarled at the gang of uniformed soldiers.
Eric wasn't at all pleased with them either. "ALL OF YOU ARE ON REPORT FOR OGLING A SENIOR OFFICER AND MY WIFE!" He roared at them. "NOW GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY!!" He raced down the dock only to find that Andy had already taken the hovercraft. "Tony find Derek and tell him that Andy just went to give herself up to Khan in order to save this planet! Drew find your father and the rest of the gang and tell them the situation! I have to go talk some sense into my wife!" Eric ordered the twins.
"We're on it Eric!" They took off to do as they were told.
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Andy raced into the ship and headed straight to her and Eric's quarters. "I've got a surprise for you Khan." She threw her usual toys and cyber armor into duffel, but reached for one of her official princess gowns and all the royal finery that went with it. When she was finished she looked like a very proper crowned princess and not a bit like she usually dressed when she went to face Khan. She placed a tiny ear-bud in her earring and finished off the outfit by draping her hooded red velvet cape around her shoulders. "Perfect." She grabbed the duffel and headed for Jetta.
Eric had gone to get Shadow and was waiting for her next to Jetta. "This is your plan?" He frowned at her.
"He's expecting the real Andromeda…the lethal weapon. I'm also a crowned princess and the future Queen of Arus, so I'm just showing him a rarely used side of my personality." She explained why she was wearing what she was wearing.
"This isn't a good idea darling, but if you're going to go through with this then take Shadow with you." Eric pulled her to him for a nice long kiss. 'And remember that we have some unfinished business to take care of.' He deepened the kiss until she was clinging to him.
'Here take this…I'm wearing our Mic…so that we can still keep in touch with each other.' She handed him a tiny ear-bud and then her and Shadow entered Jetta. 'I Love you Lion and I expect you to follow my every move and as soon as possible.'
Eric watched Jetta leave the landing bay. 'I'm right with you baby.' He headed for his their quarters to get his gear.
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Derek and Angelica had finished dinner and were snuggling next to what looked like a roaring fire, only it was a hologram that was used in place of an actual fire. They'd piled pillows on the faux-fur rug and were enjoying exploring their new relationship further. Angel was working on his shirt and tie, and he his hands sought the zipper of her dress.
Derek wasn't in the mood to hear someone pounding on his front door and ignored his visitor. "Ignore it." He growled in Angel's ear.
"I agree maybe they'll take the hint and go away." She raked her nails up his back.
Tony didn't have time to keep pounding on the door; his sister was going up to the face that thing on the Explorer. He did the only thing he could do and kicked the door open.
"Derek!? We've got major trouble!" He headed for the living room and found them in a very awkward position. "Oh Shit!!! I am so sorry about this…I mean I thought that you were alone!" The teen blushed turning around, so that he was no longer facing him. "Khan wanted Andy to surrender or the Earth would become target number two."
Derek wasn't at all happy about this news. "Where the hell was Eric?" He snarled.
"He was chasing after her, but then they talked and he's forming a plan with Dad and Uncle Jeff." He'd never seen Derek angry and didn't know what to expect.
"WHAT IS IT WITH HER!!!!?" Angelica jumped to her feet and stalked to the guestroom to change.
"Sorry about this Derek…" Tony winced as a vase hit the wall in the other room. "What's with Angelica? Why does she hate my sis so much?""
"Angel and your sister go way back. In fact they happen to be old rivals." Derek walked out of the living room and headed for the den. "Follow me kid. I think we're going to need some of the new equipment that Andy and I worked on while I was still recuperating on Arus." He walked over to one of the walls that slid open to reveal his secret arsenal and the new prototype cyber armor.
"Wow Derek these are awesome." Tony grinned.
"Thanks Kid." He took two of the cyber suits then grinned at Tony. "Yours is first one on the left." He headed out of the room to go check on Angel.
Angelica was sitting on the bed fuming. "I finally find mister right and Andy ruins it for me again!"
Derek walked into the guestroom. "We have all the time in the world to get to know each other Angelica, but now we have a job to do and I have a friend to save." He stripped off his suit.
"How did you get this?" Angel could see the scars of his back.
"Khan broke my back, Max put me back together, and Andy forced me to walk again by giving me a goal to work for." He pulled on his jet-black body suit.
Angelica felt like a fool for being jealous. "I had no idea Derek." She whispered.
Derek turned to glare at her. "I don't want anyone to know Angelica. I refuse to be treated like glass." He stalked over to the walk-in closet and got her a green body suit to put on. " Put this on we need to get going." He snarled tossing the body suit at her.
Angelica knew that she had hurt him by what she had said. "Derek I care for you too much to ever pity you." She let her dress fall to the floor. "I just worry about you facing Khan again!" She stalked over into the walk-in closet and got some fresh under-things. She didn't know what to think now seeing that he didn't, so much as make a move toward her, and here she was walking around the room without a stitch on her.
Derek felt his blood pressure rise, as she continued to stalk around the room with nothing on and didn't give into the urge to pull her into his arms until she had put on some more underwear. "You my love are pure perfection." He purred into her ear. "I'm sorry that I snarled at you, but I'm just not used to having people care enough about me to worry." He turned her in his arms and kissed her.
"Get used to it Major, because I'm here to stay." She pulled out of his arms and went to finishing dressing. "I like this new armor it's like it was made for me."
Derek smiled at her. "I designed all of them that way."
"I'm impressed." She walked over to him and kissed him.
"Good because now we have work to do." They both left the room.
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Fawn had gotten restless at home and decided to walk to the base. She set Allison in her stroller and then let MK walk along side of her. "Let's go find your Uncle Kane. Something is up and I want to know what it is."
Marisa and Draken had just landed off shore and were on their way to collect their daughter. "Look love Falon is baby sitting the princess's little ones." Drake was watching from the shadows.
"Perfect! We'll bring Khan a present. That way he won't be angry about us taking Falon." Marisa walked towards her daughter.
Ashley and Max had been on their way to collect Allison when they spotted Fawn. "You should be resting." Ash frowned.
"I'll be fine, besides the exercise is good for me and the baby."
Michael pointed towards the Narnia. "Momma!"
Max blinked down at him. "No Michael she's at the base, not on the ship."
"You lie!!" MK glared at him. "There go Momma!"
Jetta took off from the Narnia.
"That does it! I'm going to go get some answers. Oh and Eric wants you two to keep an eye on Ryan and the twins." Fawn headed for the main base.
"Let her go Max. She'll be safe with Kane, besides MK wants his parents, and we don't want MK to have a tantrum." Ash hissed into his ear.
"Okay Fawn, but be careful." Max sighed in defeat.
"I'll be fine Max. We are after all on a secret military base in the middle of the Caribbean." Fawn continued on her way. Kane had given her a little beeper to call him if she needed him and it was located on the medallion that Darian had given her.
Michael stopped his chattering and became very quiet. "Aunt Fawn…bad people here." He looked around at the other houses.
"No Michael the bad people are up there." She pointed to the moon still showing in the late afternoon sky.
"NO AUNT FAWN! BAD PEOPLE HERE!"
Fawn looked around them but saw nothing unusual. "There is no one here MK."
Draken and Marisa were standing a few feet from the surface entrance to the base.
"Hello Falon." He growled softly.
Fawn's eyes widened at the sight of the handsome older man and what looked like her carbon copy standing beside him. "My name is Fawn Edwards Hunter. You have me mistaken for someone else." She fingered the medallion around her neck.
Michael glared up at the two strangers. "YOU BAD PEOPLE. NOT WANTED HERE! GO AWAY!"
Marisa bent down next to the small boy. "I don't think so little prince. We just got here and we're not leaving until we've gotten what we came for."
"Aunt Fawn?" MK frowned at her. "She grandma's not yours!"
"Enough Michael…lets go find Kane." She went to walk past her parents.
"I don't think so Falon you are coming with us and so is the little prince." Drake gave her a sedative and Marisa did the same to MK.
"Come Darling we have a ship to catch." Marisa was holding the little boy, Drake had Fawn, and they both transported back to their shuttle.
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"Andy's cat is approaching." Shaitan informed Khan.
"Right on schedule. Is she alone?" Khan growled.
"Yes except for Shadow her ever present guardian." Shaitan frowned.
"So she brought the panther with her did she…?" Khan was not pleased. "She's just full of surprises today."
"This is Captain Andromeda Lawson requesting permission to dock with the Explorer." Andy's voice echoed thorough out the bridge.
"Permission granted Captain." Shaitan answered her.
"Go and greet our guest and her furry friend." Khan ordered Shaitan.
"I'm on my way." Shaitan left the bridge.
"Okay Jetta here goes nothing." Andy reached down to leash her panther.
"I still don't like this…It feels like a trap to me." Jetta growled.
"I know that Jetta, but I don't have a choice. I'll be fine, besides I have a plan." Andy looked down at Shadow. "Shadow I want you to behave no matter what happens."
The airlock was being opened on the Explorer and Shaitan entered Jetta and took in what Andy was wearing. "Hello your highness my don't we look all dressed up this evening."
"Hello Shaitan, how does it feel to murder millions of innocent lives?" She answered coolly.
"I don't claim responsibility for one man's obsession." He glared at her.
"It showed me my proper place in life. I need to focus on my duties, as the heir to the throne, and on my family. I've decided that this fight of ours isn't worth my time anymore." She walked past him and into the Explorer.
Shaitan couldn't believe what he was hearing. "You've decided to what?!" He stalked after her.
"I refuse to play the game anymore." She rolled her eyes at him in annoyance, "Please try and pay attention it is so tedious to have to repeat myself."
"This is no time for games! Khan isn't in the mood Andromeda!" Shaitan stepped in front of her.
"I assure you sir that this is not a game and address me as your highness and not by my name." She was in full princess mode.
Shaitan decided to play along and went about how he treated any enemy that entered the ship and frisked her for weapons. "Fine Princess if that's the way that you want to play this we will!" He snarled.
Andy gritted her teeth and held back the urge to deck him when he frisked her more than once. "Are you quite finished? I have no weapons!" She glared at him.
Shadow didn't like the way that they were treating his mistress and was baring his teeth at Shaitan.
"Let's go princess Khan is waiting." He grabbed her by the arm and pulled her down the corridor with him.
Shadow gave Shaitan one warning roar to let Andy go.
Shaitan stopped in his tracks and glance down at his leg. Shadow's claw was about to slice into him. "Back off Shadow!"
Andy glared at her cat. "Enough Shadow! You don't know where he's been or what diseases he might have."
"Very funny Princess, but as long as you continue this charade of yours you'll be treated accordingly." He dragged her along with him.
"Khan wouldn't want me damaged." She hissed.
"When Khan sees the new you…he'll make you change your mind."
"You are hurting me!" She acted like a terrified princess.
"Here she is Khan." Shaitan dragged her over to where Khan was standing.
"HOW DARE YOU TREAT ME LIKE THIS!! I AM ROYALTY AND DEMAND TO BE TREATED AS SUCH!!" She shouted in outrage.
"Were you in the middle of a formal dinner?" Khan eyed what she was wearing.
"No I happen to be dressed like a proper heir to the throne should be." She glared at him.
"Are you trying to annoy me Andromeda?" He wasn't at all pleased.
Andy blinked innocently up at him. "I have no intention of annoying anyone. You called for me and I came."
"You hate all of this boring diplomacy and everything that goes with it." He ran a finger down her cheek.
Andy kept calm and her mind blank, as she stared back into his emerald green gaze. "I have no idea what you're talking about. I realized my place when you blew up Ziare. Thank you for opening my eyes."
"Why did I blow up that planet?" He growled softly. "It was meant to remind you of how I punish those who betray and defy me." He placed his hands on her shoulders.
Andy glared up at him. "You had me kidnapped from my home and took my one-year-old son Khan. You deserved a hell of a lot more than just that slap on your wrist!"
Saurian walked over to them. "Surely that isn't a very proper way for a Princess of the House of Lions to act." He scolded her.
Andy took several steps backwards, as she looked up at Saurian. "I forgot about you Saurian…I'm…in……way over my head this time." She fainted in Shaitan's arms.
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Leila was prowling around in Jetta. "Where's the royal pain?" She frowned at Rand.
"Shaitan probably took her to Khan and it looks like she wasn't dressed in her usual attire." He held up the duffel bag with all her gear in it.
Leila strode out of Jetta. "Let's go find big brother and the brat."
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Kane was talking to Eric when his Wrist-Com started beeping frantically. "WHAT THE HELL!? FAWN'S IN TROUBLE!!" He raced from the room.
"MICHAEL! IF SOMETHING HAS HAPPENED TO FAWN THEN MICHAEL IS IN DANGER TOO!!" Eric raced after him.
They arrived at the base's underground entrance, but all they found was MK's toy Black Lion laying on the ground.
"SHIT!! THEY TOOK FAWN AND MICHAEL!!!" Eric was in the mood to kill.
"They'll be heading for the Explorer. Andy is gonna kill them when she sees Michael." Kane slammed his fist into a small tree and it fell over.
"Any news?" Derek, Angel, and Tony arrived on the scene.
"They took Fawn and little Michael!" Kane snarled.
"Draken and Marisa were here?!" Derek was not at all pleased with this news.
"That's right and all hell is gonna break loose when Andy sees them or when I get my hands on them!! They drugged Fawn and my son!!" Eric snarled. "Let's go we have work to do!"
Eric and the others went back into the base.
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(The Explorer)
Andy awakened in a room dressed in her black bodysuit instead of her gown. Her duffel lay against the wall and her dress and jewels were stuffed inside it. "Who dressed me?"
"I did." Leila rose from where she was sitting.
Andy squinted at her. "Do I know you? You seem familiar to me?" Andy stretched out her aching muscles.
"You knew my sister Sheena." Leila answered coolly. "Excuse me my deceased sister."
"Sheena only had a brother." Andy frowned at her. "Who are you?"
"My name is Leila. Sheena and I were very close." She glared at her.
Andy looked into her eyes and took in her appearance. "Aunt Sheena?" She narrowed her eyes at her Aunt.
"No princess, I'm Leila. I killed Sheena and took her place." She hissed.
"Aunt Sheena was my friend! She never dressed like a two bit tramp!"
Leila slapped her in the face.
"Sheena was a weak minded fool! She should have killed you when she had the chance!" Leila snarled.
"AUNT SHEENA WAS NOT EVIL, BUT YOU ARE!!" Andy shouted at her.
"SHEENA WAS TOSSED AWAY WHEN SHE TRIED TO KILL YOU!! IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL FRIENDSHIP?" Leila shouted back.
"THAT ISN'T TRUE!! I GAVE HER A CHANCE TO BE WITH HER FAMILY AND SHE WAS HAPPY!! FOR ONCE SHE WAS HAPPY!!" Andy did not want to hear any of this.
"And where did her happiness get her? She lost her family in less than five minutes!!" Leila launched an attack at her.
Andy easily blocked her move for move. "Your brother did that! I was on Earth with Fawn!!"
"You are still guilty and the sentence is death!" Leila picked up her sword.
Andy vaulted over her and went for her bag. "Death? Listen old girl don't bite off more than you can chew!" Andy had her Bo staff in her hands.
"Old!! Listen brat!! I trained you and I can take you out!!" Leila paired with her sword.
"Aunt Sheena taught me not you and I beat her when I was eleven, so you don't scare me!" Andy used her metal Bo staff to easily keep her at bay.
"I'm not Sheena and I never play fair." Leila pulled out her brother's whip. "I know how you hate this weapon…especially my brothers whip." She used the whip to disarm Andy.
Andy winced as the whip bit into her hand. "I conquered my fear." She ignored the sting of the whip slashing at the material over her clothing.
"No Andromeda you only say that you're not afraid. Don't you remember how it felt to be tortured by this? What it cost you to lose and all those months that you suffered in pain caused by this weapon." Leila taunted her, as she slashed at Andy with the whip.
Andy saw the memories of that horrible time passing across her eyes. The pain and then finding out what she had lost. "NO!!! I WON'T LET YOU GET TO ME!!!!" Andy screamed, as she held up her arm, so that she could wrench the weapon away from Leila.
:But I am getting to you aren't I princess! It hurts to relive all of that pain again doesn't it!? Feel the pain Andromeda!!!: Leila used her mind to intensify what she was doing to Andy.
Andy held her hands over her ears. :I said get out of my head you heartless bitch!!: The force of her anger brought Leila to her knees. "I'LL FIND AUNT SHEENA IF I HAVE TO RIP HER OUT OF YOU!!!"
Leila reached for some throwing stars and threw them at Andromeda. "I prefer to keep my mind mine."
Andy's eyes had darkened to a shade of dark amber, she held up her hand, and sent the stars flying into the wall and two at Leila. "MICHAEL?!" Andy sprang to her feet and used the fact that Leila was temporally stunned to grab her duffel and vanish. "SOMEONE BROUGHT MY SON AND MY SISTER HERE!"
"GET BACK HER BRAT!! I'M NOT FINISHED WITH YOU YET!" Leila was not at all happy that two of the stars had marred her face and wanted blood.
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Marisa and Draken docked next to Jetta. "The little prince is so innocent looking isn't He." Marisa held the little boy in her arms.
"Yes as long as he remains asleep." Drake looked down on him. "Remember whose son he is." Fawn was still asleep in her fathers' arms.
Khan was furious with them and was waiting for them just outside the air lock. "I told you to leave her alone!"
Draken motioned to his wife to show him their gift to him. "Show him his gift darling."
Marisa walked over to Khan and placed MK into his arms. "He was with Falon."
Khan looked down at the toddler, who was angrily sucking his thumb in his sleep. "Angry are you, well little man you aren't the only one." He told him softly.
Draken remained calm and showed him no fear. "She is our child and we had a right to take her back."
"You forfeited that chance when you refused to collect her at the tender age of ten." Khan snarled at them. "I personally gave Derek the location and you declined the opportunity to reclaim your child."
Marisa bristled at his tone of voice. "Our life was already set. We had our son by then and had no use for another naive child to look after."
"I may have treated Kane badly, but I never reneged on how he was raised and educated! And now that Fawn has found a new family and is married to my son and is expecting a child…you decide to reclaim her!!! Was it because she married my son or because of her very omni powerful family!?" Khan was about to really lose his temper on them.
Shaitan snatched Michael out of Khan's arms. "Easy kiddo I've got you." Michael squirmed in his arms, but wasn't quite ready to wake up yet.
Khan stalked over to Draken and carefully took Fawn out of his arms. :Feel the pain that you have caused her!!: Khan's command had the two of them on their knees in agony. "Get them out of my sight before I have them thrown out the air lock!" He snarled at his men.
Shaitan followed after him. "We'll have company and very soon. If Dromi senses that these two are here all hell is gonna break lose."
"She's met my sister's darker side. That will keep her off balance for the time being." Khan growled.
Leila stalked towards them. "Who do we have here?" She eyed Fawn and the little prince.
"You know damn well who they are, so can the act Leila…Sheena …or whomever you say you are now!" Shaitan snarled at her.
Michael was now awake and looking around at his surroundings. "Ryan's Daddy?" He frowned up at the man who was holding him.
Shaitan looked down at the toddler. "That's right Michael, I'm Ryan's daddy. Did they hurt you?"
Michael didn't answer him he was to busy looking at Khan and Sheen. "Aunt Sheena?" He frowned at her.
"Sister of Sheena." Leila corrected him.
Michael glared at Khan. "You kill Aunt Sheena and the others! You be bad man!!" He was not happy with where he was. "And you be evil you no be Aunt Sheena's sister!" His eyes held his parents fury and Shaitan was grateful that he was currently unarmed.
MK's snarling at Khan and Leila awakened Fawn. "Where am I?" She whispered hoarsely.
Khan looked down at his daughter-in-law. "On the Explorer, your parents created an untimely family reunion."
Fawn's eyes widened in fear. "Michael!? Where is my nephew!?"
"Aunt Fawn?!" Michael looked around for his Aunt, but Shaitan had him where he really couldn't see her, so he climbed up Shaitan's shoulder. "Aunt Fawn?!"
"Michael! Put me down Khan. I'm not going anywhere." She hissed.
"Where would she go?" Shaitan shrugged his shoulders.
Khan set her down and she raced over to get her nephew. "Are you okay baby?"
Michael clung to his Aunt. "Can go home now?" He frowned.
Khan turned to look at his sister, but Leila had gone off to hunt her prey. "Where to young prince? There is nowhere for you to go." He chuckled at the toddler's determination to get off the ship.
Fawn held MK closer to her. "I haven't tried this in years…Oh well here goes nothing." She threw a silver ball onto the cool steel floor and the two of them vanished in a puff of smoke.
"Find them you idiot!!!" Khan went to slam his fist into Shaitan's face only to find that Shaitan was one step ahead of him.
Shaitan punched Khan. "You find them!!" He snarled back and then vanished from the corridor.
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Andy slipped her new gold cyber armor over her torn black body suit. "This isn't going to feel very comfortable." She bit down on her lip, as the armor brushed against her wounds. She wanted so much to curl up somewhere and lick her wounds, but she didn't have any time for that, so she closed her eyes, blocked the pain from her mind, and prepared herself for battle. "I need to find that computer, so that I can destroy that new machine and I don't care if I have to destroy this place to do it." She had crawled up into the ships ventilation shaft and was making her way towards the bridge. "E? I need you to give me a layout of the ships ventilation system." She hissed down at her wrist-com where a mini monitor was revealed.
"Already done mistress and please do be careful." E was worried about the readings that he was getting about her vitals.
"I always am my friend. I always am." She whispered back.
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Fawn and MK had also decided to hide in the ventilation system. "Well kiddo can you feel your Mommy yet?" She whispered to the toddler.
Michael nodded his head, "Mommy in here." He whispered back.
"I just knew that you were gonna say that and I hate closed in places." She reached down and covered the vent.
"This is fun…we play hide and seeks." Michael chirped happily, as they crawled down the shaft.
"This is not fun Michael Keith! We are in a lot of trouble." She hissed at him. "We have to find your Mommy."
Michael was only too eager to help and did the worst thing that he could possibly have done. "MOMMY!!!!?" He shouted and his voiced echoed around the ship. "WHERE YOU BE MOMMY!?" He continued to call for her.
Fawn began to hurriedly push the little guy along. "Please be quiet MK that isn't what I meant by finding your mother."
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Shaitan eyed the vent in the main computer center and could hear the sound of fists pounding against the cold steel, right after Michael's well heard call to his Momma. "Hello Andromeda." He grinned, as he opened the vent and climbed in just enough to grab hold of her boot and pulled her out of the vent.
Andy winced in agony, as she slid across the smooth metal of the vent and into Shaitan's arms. "Let go of me or I shall enjoy watching you die a very painful death." She snarled at him her teeth with gritted in pain and she had dug her nails into his arms.
Shaitan was no fool and let her go. "Your little lion has a nice set of lungs." He grinned at her. "What happened to your new look?"
Andy patted the pouch that she had attached to her belt it contained her crown jewels. "It was a flop, so I ditched it. Ryan misses you very much Shaitan, but I refuse to tell him that his father is a bad guy. So to him you are just on a very long mission." Andy adjusted something on her wrist and aimed it at him. "I have no time for this, so you're just gonna have to chill for a while." The blue beam hit him and he was no longer able to move.
"What the hell did you do? I can't move now!" He was not happy with her at all.
"I know!" She winked at him. "It's one of my new toys." She walked over to the main computer and got to work. "E? I need you to deprogram all of the ships systems and then when you get my signal set the ship for self destruct. I want you to erase all the plans for the planet eliminator and then make it inactive. Oh and scan the ship for Leila and beep me the second that she is within two feet of me." Andy gave E his orders.
E eyed her with concern. "Patrick is here with me and my sensors indicate that you are in a great deal of pain."
"I'm fine E…tell Uncle Patrick that he can help you. Although, we both know that you won't need it. Don't look at me like that! I'm fine now just do as I asked okay." Andy rolled her eyes at him.
"The Major is on his way to you, so you'll be having back-up in about five minutes or less." E frowned at her.
"Thanks pal…I'll check in with you in a bit." Andy vanished from the room.
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(The Narnia)
Eric paced the bridge as they approached their target. He was feeling some of what Andy was experiencing. "Shields up!! Fire a warning shot across the Explorers bow, so that they know that we've arrived!"
Derek grinned at Angel. "Wake up old man! Because you've got company coming."
"The Explorer seems to be having technical problems. Her systems are going haywire." Kane grinned at Eric.
Keith leaned over and kissed Allura on her cheek. "Andy's fine."
Allura nodded. "For now anyway."
"I think that it's time to try out our ships new systems…Everyone to the teleporter." Eric was ready to go get his family back. "Dad wait no more than 45 minutes and then get us all out of there."
"Be careful and good hunting." Keith growled.
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Andromeda found Leila near Jetta. "Looking for someone?"
Leila turned to eye her opponent. "Are you ready to die?"
Andy arched a brow at her in response to her question and said. "No not especially…Are you ready to die?"
"All the power and skills in the universe won't save you, because I know your every move." Leila snapped.
: Fighting isn't always my style Leila. I prefer to use a variety of methods. One of which your brother uses all of the time, control over an opponents mind. : Andy glared at her.
"I told you to stay out of my mind!" Leila ignited a laser sword.
Andy used her mind to disarm her.
"It won't work! Sheena is gone!" Leila began to all out attack Andy.
Andromeda ignored the pain, as she countered her opponent move for move. "YOU MURDERER!!! YOU TOSSED HER AWAY!! I CAN'T EVEN FEEL HER!!" Andy sent a mind blast at Leila and the woman went flying against the walls of the ship.
Leila vanished only to appear behind Andy. "You're blind Andromeda in more ways than one!" She threw blinding dust into Andy's face.
Andy's eyes felt like they were on fire, but she ignored the pain. "I learned how to hone my senses, when I was blinded for two months! So this is nothing to me!" She continued to stand on her own against Leila.
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Eric decided to take out Saurian and had them transport him, so that he appeared on the bridge of the Explorer. "I expected to be impressed, but I'm not." Eric eyed Saurian, who was trying to get the ship back online.
Saurian's eyes blazed with fury. "Must you humans learn everything the hard way?" He shot a bolt of energy at Eric.
Eric dove out of the way. "So I hit a nerve did I? I hate to tell you this Saurian, but humans also throw tantrums, and this is what I call a one hell of a tantrum!" Eric dodged all of the blasts until there was almost nothing left of the Bridge.
"You can only dodge me for so long and it seems to me that you have run out of places to hide!" Saurian narrowed his eyes at Eric. "Now you will feel what real power feels like!"
Eric barely had enough time to dive out of the way and caught an energy blast in the leg. "I've felt worse!" He fell to his knees in front of Saurian.
"Oh, but the best is yet to come." He sent even more energy at Eric.
Eric crawled towards Saurian and with his last ounce of strength stabbed the creature in the leg with his poisoned blade. "That may be true but I win…" Eric growled hoarsely, as everything went black.
Saurian felt his insides beginning to burn from the poison blade. "NO!!!" He roared. "THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE!! HOW DID HE KNOW!? I DESTROYED THE ONLY PLACE THAT CONTAINED THAT POISON!!!" Saurian roared in agony, as he fell next to Eric's lifeless form.
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Andy felt Eric's pain and instantly got her second wind. Something was desperately wrong with Eric. She could barely feel him with her anymore. "Fun's over Leila!" Andy stunned her opponent with her stun beam.
"No!!! I have to kill you!!!" Leila snarled.
Andy punched her several times in the face before throwing her into Jetta. "You fight dirty, well I fight even dirtier."
"Princess you're badly hurt!" Jetta scanned Andy for injuries.
"Jetta return to the Narnia!"
"No!! You need medical attention!" Jetta growled.
"Now Jetta! I'll be fine just do as I say!" Andy hopped out of the cat, which did as she was told, and then headed for the main bridge. "Please let him be okay."
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Fawn and Michael found themselves in the front of the ship. "Kane where are you? I need you." She whimpered.
"DADDY!!!" Michael saw his father and panicked. "DADDY HURT BAD!!!" He used his mind and sent the ventilation screen flying off its hinges.
"ERIC!!?" Fawn and MK raced over to Eric's lifeless form.
"DADDY NOT MOVING!" Michael sucked on his thumb, as he looked down at his father.
Fawn was about to check Eric for injuries when Andy raced onto the bridge with Shadow on her heels. She looked like she'd just been to hell and back. "Andy? Are you okay?" She asked.
Andy was too busy checking Eric's pulse. "Eric! Talk to me!" She forced herself not to lose it. "Please move something for me! Don't die on me damn you!! I can't live without you!! Fight this come back to me!!" Tears streamed down her cheeks.
Kane ran onto the bridge. "Keith this is Kane. I've found Fawn, Michael, and Shadow. They seem to be fine, but Eric is in really bad shape and Andy isn't any better. Have Aurora transport everyone back to the Narnia. The twins have already got Drake and Marisa, but father is gone. Derek and Angel have rounded up the rest. I think that Andy also rigged the self-destruct so we have one minute before this ship is history. I say we all go home."
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(The Narnia)
Andy would not let go of Eric's hand. She was exhausted and in need of medical attention, but she couldn't bare to leave him. "Leave me alone!" She glared at Max, Ashley, and her parents.
Max felt Andy's forehead. "You're burning up and Eric needs you to allow us to save his life." Max pried her hand out of Eric's weak grasp.
"I am not." She whimpered and tried to go after them, as they took Eric away.
Derek stepped in front of her and made her look at him. "Let us help you. You need to calm down." He gave her a gentle shake.
"DON'T TOUCH ME!!" She cried out in pain.
"What the hell!" Keith carefully removed her armor and saw that she was indeed very badly injured. "What else happened to you?"
Andy squinted at the blurred image of her father. "I had something thrown into my eyes..." She passed out in her father's arms.
Ashley took one look at the readings that she was getting on her medical scanner and immediately took action. "She's going into shock." She motioned for two of her Med-tech's to take her from Keith and set her down on the gurney. "Let's move it people." They took her into the sickbay.
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Fawn stared at her parents, who were currently locked up behind bars. "I was happy until you decided to reclaim me! Why now!?" She glared at them.
Marisa eyes her daughter. "We wanted to wait until you were easier to control."
"EASIER TO CONTROL! I AM NOT A PET! HOW DARE YOU SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT TO ME!" She shouted in outrage.
"Falon that is enough! I will not tolerate this kind of a tantrum from you!" Draken glared at his daughter.
"Tolerate! You aren't my father and she isn't my mother! So Back off!" She hissed. "My name is Fawn not Falon! So stop calling me that!"
Nala began to snarl at Fawn's parents.
"Your name is Falon. You were named after a bird of prey and my parents changed it to that of a weak baby dear!" Draken snarled.
"That's because they were good people and raised me to be fair and kind. Instead of cold, cruel, and heartless like the two of you!!" tears of anger streamed down her cheeks.
"They ruined you by raising you to care!" Marisa sneered.
"I LOVE THE FACT THAT I CAN CARE! I STILL WOULD HAVE GROWN UP TO CARE! I WOULD HAVE FOUGHT YOU EVERY STEP OF THE WAY!" She screamed at them.
"At least you married Kane as planned. Although, we hadn't planned on his having a good side or him turning on his father." Draken growled.
"I can't believe that I'm hearing this! I was betrothed to Kane!" She snarled at her father as Kane walked into the room.
"What the hell is going on in here!?" Kane glared at Draken and Marisa.
Fawn glared at her husband. "You lied to me!" She slapped him across the face.
Kane glared murderously at her parents. "What did you tell her Draken!?"
"That you had married, as we had planned." Draken glared at him.
"YOU AND MY FATHER MAY THINK THAT YOU HAVE CONTROL OF US, BUT REGARDLESS OF WHAT WAS TO BE…I LOVE FAWN AND SHE LOVES ME AND WE FOUGHT LIKE HELL TO GET WHERE WE ARE TODAY!! NO ONE IS GOING TO TAKE THAT AWAY FROM US!" Kane roared.
Felicia and Mark entered the brig. "You are both free to go, but if you ever try anything like this again…war or no war. I will send our team onto Avalon and take down your little empire." Felicia had them deactivate the cell.
"What the hell are you doing mother!?" Kane was not at all pleased by this turn of events. "They kidnapped Michael doesn't that count for anything?!"
Fawn eyed her now free parents. "I always felt that you would love me for who I am and be proud of what I had become. I liked you better when you were dead to me."
"You were taken from me when you were six-months-old. I never had a chance to love you and any love that I had left in me died from that day on." Marisa stared into her daughter's eyes.
"You and my father seem to be able to rule an entire planet. Was it to much trouble to search for me or were you afraid that raising me would show you how to feel?" Fawns voice was as cold as ice.
"It was a very complicated situation. I had an empire to build and Khan was always watching our every move. I don't expect you to understand. We will however finish this when you are not with child." With that said he and his wife left the brig.
Kane glared at his parents. "Now we'll have Khan and her parent's after her and the baby! Are you both happy now?!"
"We had to Kane! They have diplomatic immunity. Charging them for anything could have caused a war." Felicia tried to get him to see reason.
"I know that this really sucks, but we had no choice." Mark growled.
Felicia walked over to Fawn. "I'm sorry that you had to go through all of this. Are you okay?"
"I want to sleep for a week, but other than that I'm fine." She yawned.
"I know how you feel." Felicia yawned. "I've been feeling exhausted lately and all of this hasn't helped."
"Are you okay mom?" Kane sensed that something was up with his mother.
"She happens to be pregnant." Mark grinned.
"Mark! I was going to tell him when he had calmed down!" Felicia sputtered in protest.
"That's wonderful news!" Fawn hugged her.
"I'm sorry that I went off like that…I didn't known…Are you okay?" He was instantly worried about his mother.
"I know that son and yes I'm fine…a little stressed out but fine." She gave him a hug.
"Just think Hon you and Fawn are both going to be pregnant together. While Kane and I try and stay out of the line of fire." Marked grinned and two pairs of eyes narrowed at him.
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Andy awakened in bed next to Eric's sleeping form. They had both been patched up and she had bandages over her eyes. Everything hurt and her skin burned when she tried to move. "Lion? Are you okay?" She whispered into his ear.
Eric felt like hell…everything hurt…Saurian had seriously fried his body. "No I feel like hell." He moaned and shut his eyes in pain and then realized that she was laying next to him on the king size hospital bed. "How about you did they hurt you?" He looked over at her and saw that she was as patched up as he was, only she had bandages over her eyes.
Andy ignored her pain and reached over and placed her hand over his own. "I'll survive…all I had to fight was Leila and she was only Aunt Sheena's darker side." Andy yawned and snuggled closer to him.
"Sheena? Didn't she die on Ziare? Did she do that to your eyes?" Eric growled. "Dromi? Ah hell I hurt too much to think right now." He drifted off to sleep.
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On to Chapter Two
This wasn't too bad on the new team, but next time things are really going to get tough for them when they face a new enemy and suffer the loss of two of their own…
Until next time
Cindra©1999-2007
DISCLAIMER I in no way own any of the original characters in this story and Voltron is the property of World Events Productions, ltd. (So nobody sue me okay ;) The new characters on the other hand are mine and under no circumstances are they to be used without my permission.
