Note: I do not own Sym Bionic Titan, it belongs to Cartoon Network and Genndy Tarkakovsky. Also this happens BEFORE 'A Family Crisis' and AFTER 'Under the Three Moons'.

The Heart of a Warrior

It was the middle of the night in Feburary. The only one awake in the Lunis house was 'Mr. Lunis' or Octus. He lay quietly in his bed, scanning the perimiter of their home. Ilana and Lance were both sound asleep, and so was the rest of the neighborhood. In fact, the whole town was quiet, which he thought was strange. Usually there are at least somepeople up. Octus looked at his clock. 1:27 p.m. And right then, the rift gate opened. Octus sat up. He needed to wake up Illana and Lance imediatly.

Ilana was having a wonderful dream. She was back at Galaluna, with her father. She was home, in her palace, with Hobbes, her bodyguard. It was a perfect summer afternoon, not a cloud in the sky. There was no war, and no Mutraddi chasing them. Why, even Lance was there, and she was even showing him her gardens. He seemed to be enjoying it, because he smiled the entire time. Octus was there too, assisting her father, the king of Galauna. Everyone was happy, especially her. She wished she would never wake up.

Lance, on the other hand, was not having the best dream ever and was more than happy when Octus finally woke him up. He was in the middle of battle, Mutraddi surrounding the army. He had already slayed dozens of the monsters without breaking a sweat. Soldiers near him fell dead to the ground, but he stood and fought these ugly beasts that dare challenge him. For he, Lance, was not afraid of anything.

Lance then saw Ilana in the distance in the clutches of the Mutraddi's leader, a fish-like creature with six arms and green scaley skin. He started to run toward her, slaying every monster in his path. "Ilana!" He shouted, only 20 feet away from her. Then unexpectedly, a tall boy with blond hair and a long nose around his age jumped out in front of him. "Going somewhere Lance?" He asked, pointing his gun straight at the princess's face.

"NO!" Lance shouted, unable to stop the laser that shot out of Baron's gun.

"Lance! Lance! Wake up!" Octus said, now in his robot form. Lance awoke, damp from sweat. His dream had really freaked him out. He's had dreams before when he was in battle and Ilana was in danger, but Baron has never been there, ever. Lance shook his head. It was only a dream. He told himself.

"What is it Octus?" He asked, rubbing his eyes.

"The rift gate as opened. I think we better go and check it out." Octus answered, standing by Lance's bed.

Lance gave a quick sigh and got up. "Okay. I'll get dressed. Have you woken Ilana yet?"

"No, but I will." Octus said as he left the room.

"And this is my favorite flower, It's called Stargleam." Ilana said, pointing to a periwinkle colored flower to Lance. They were still in the Palace Gardens, Ilana was in her favorite summer gown, a pink and yellow dress with a light fabric. Lance was still wearing his Earth clothes, strangly. But, Ilana didn't question it.

"It's beautiful." Lance said, examining the flower. "And you grow these all by yourself?" He smiled up at her.

Ilana blushed. "Well, sometimes my dad helps. But usually its just me." She looked at Lance, "What do you want to do next?"

Lance took her by the hand, "Whatever you want."

"Ilana! Wake up!" Octus said to the sleeping princess. Ilana opened her eyes, annoyed by Octus's wake up call.

"Not now, Octus." Ilana said to the robot, closing her eyes and curling up to go back to her dream.

"But, Ilana, the rift gate has opened. I think we should go check it out." He said.

Ilana sighed and sat up. "Fine," she said, "Give me two minutes to change, then we'll go." Octus then left her room. She did get up and looked down at her flowered pajamas, wishing she was inher summer gown. It was just a dream. Ilana thought, A wonderful dream...

They arrived at the site in twenty minutes. Ilana had changed into a denim jacket with a purple t-shirt and her favorite pair of jeans and sneakers. Lance was wearing his usual, his blue hoodie and black pants. Octus was scanning the forest area while Lance and Ilana walked behind them in their armor.

"Any Mutraddi?" Lance asked after a while of silence.

"I'm not if it's from Mutraad, but there is a life form about 4 miles northeast from here." Octus said. So, the three of them went in the direction he said. It only took them a minute and they were there.

"What the-" Ilana whispered. Sitting in a crater in front of them was a space pod similar to the one they arrived in. After a few moments of confused silence, Ilana asked, "Didn't Solomon take our pod?"

"Yes, so I'm not sure where this came from." Octus said while scanning the area for the life form. Then, Lance saw in the woods a silhouette lurking in between the trees. He also noticed this silhouette was holding a weapon.

"Stop!" Lance shouted at it, aiming his armored arm full of missiles towards it. The silhouette looked at him for one second, and then the next was a flash of light, and Lance found himself staring at a Manus armor aiming his missiles at him.

It was like looking in a mirror for Lance. He wasn't sure what to do, so he said, "Who are you?"

"Who are you?" The other Manus armor asked. Lance was sure he heard that voice before. "I am a soldier of the Galalunian army."

Ilana gasped, "You're from Galaluna?" she asked excitedly.

"That's what I said." said the Manus armor. "Now who are you?"

Ilana switched off her Corus armor and said, "My name is Ilana, and this is Octus." She said gesturing toward the robot. The Manus armor lowered his arm, but Lance did not.

"The Princess?" He asked. Lance was sure it was a male voice. And then the Manus switched off, revealing a young man around Ilana and Lance's age with blondeish-white hair and a long nose. He also had on a red and white Galalunian military uniform.

"Your Highness." He said, bowing to Ilana.

Lance had slowly lowered his arm and was in complete shock. Oh my God. He thought. Baron.