A Galra sentry stood over Pidge and slowly raised his weapon to aim at her head. "Pidge!" she heard the others yell as they were too far away to do anything to save her. Out of the corner of her eye, a figure in full white shot forward and shoved a blade through the metal chest. Pidge stared in awe as the person easily dodged all attacks thrown their way. Although, one was lucky and was able to slice the side of their abdomen. They glanced down at it before swiping their blade and cutting off its head.

"Pidge!" Lance reached her first and helped her to her feet. "Are you okay?"

"I-I'm fine," she muttered. The stranger staggered a bit and their hand flew to their side to apply pressure to the wound. She ran forward and attempted to hold them up, but due to her lack of strength the two fell to the ground. "Are you okay?"

Shiro pulled Pidge back and stood over the person. "Who are you and what do you want?"

Their hand shook as they pressed a button on the side of their helmet to allow the glass to be see-through. Inside revealed a young girl with hazel green eyes, tan skin, and a strand of golden blonde hair falling in her face. "My name is Anna," she answered. "Hunk is my brother."

As if on cue, Hunk landed next to the group. "Pidge, are you okay?" He looked over at Anna and dropped his gun. "Anna?" he whispered. He carefully took a step forward and knelt down next to her. He placed his hand gently on the side of her head. "Is that really you?"

A tear slid down her cheek as a smile formed on her lips. "Yes!" she laughed in relief. Hunk pulled her into a hug and allowed himself to cry. "I missed you so much!"

"And I've missed you!" He suddenly pushed her away and held her at arm's distance away. "You're hurt! We need to get you to the Castle!"

Hunk sat in front of Anna's pod and stared at a small picture. When Shiro entered the room he stuffed it into his pocket. The older man took a seat next to him. "How are you?"

Hunk sighed and leaned back against the wall. "Okay, I guess. I just haven't seen her since she was, like…seven. I was at the playground, or something, and was hanging out with some friends when she ran up to me and said she wanted to show me something she had found and she was holding it behind her back. At the time, I was annoyed and yelled at her to leave me alone. I'd never been really mean to her so it really hurt her. She ran away into the nearby woods and I never saw her again. The Garrison had an investigation, but concluded that she had been murdered since there was a lot of blood." Shiro glanced at Hunk as he wiped away a tear. "The last thing I ever said to her was that she was the worst little sister in the world and that I hated her."

Shiro felt his heart clench in empathy. "Hunk…"

A laugh escaped his lips as tears streamed down his cheeks. "But she's alive! My sister is alive and she's with me again!"

They sat there a little while longer until Shiro noticed him drifting off to sleep. "I'll stay here; you go get some sleep."

"Thanks, Shiro."

Shiro leaned against the wall and took the time to study her features. Small scars littered her skin, but one stood out the most: on her right cheek was a long ragged scar that traveled diagonally from her forehead, over her right eye, and down to her chin. "Wonder what happened to her," he whispered to himself.

A few hours later, Anna's eyes flew open and landed directly on him. She stepped out and inspected her side. "Wow," she stated. "That's like what the Galra use."

Shiro tensed. "You've been in contact with that Galra?" he demanded, pinning her against the wall and allowing his prosthetic arm to glow. "Why did they heal you?"

She eyed his arm. "Yes, I have. I nearly died when they removed my arm to be like yours. I lost a lot of blood."

His eyes widened in realization. "You have a prosthetic Galra arm?"

She smiled softly. "I'll show you once I change, but yes; I do. There used to be a lot like us-those experimented on by the Galra Empire-but we were the only ones who either escaped or didn't fail during testing. We're experiments," she explained.

"Anna?" Hunk slid into the room, but lost his footing and fell to the floor. "You're awake!"

He ran forward and dove into her small form and tackled her in a hug. Laughing, she held him close. "I am! And I'm super hungry!"

Shiro helped the two of them to their feet. "I'll show her, Hunk, I don't mind."

"Thanks, Shiro! I'll see you guys soon."

"I'll get you some clothes on our way there," he explained as they turned right instead of left where Hunk had gone.

"So how did you meet my brother?" Anna wondered as she looked through the room with an array of clothes. "The two of you don't seem like the type to hang out."

"When I escaped my Galra prison I made it back to earth, but the Garrison wanted to run some tests. Hunk, Keith, Lance, and Pidge rescued me. After that, Lance got his Blue Lion, and shortly after everyone else got theirs."

"I wish I was a Voltron Paladin," she admitted. "But I guess it wasn't meant to be."

"You know about the Paladins?"

Anna chuckled softly while holding up a t-shirt. "Everybody in the universe knows. But I heard when the Empire was doing tests on me. Someone came in and distracted the scientists and I used the distraction to escape. "

Shiro smiled when she came out wearing a pair of sophie shorts that went to her thigh, tennis shoes, and a black jacket that ended just above her belly button. "That's really smart," he complimented. "How long were you held captive?"

"I'm not really sure: I escaped a lot, but when I was caught they would upgrade security which I would immediately bypass. I made friends with a few of the Galra guards only because the next time they saw me I was in worse critical condition." Shiro glanced over to see a muscle in her jaw clenching. "Some days I just wanted to die…to give up. But I had to get back and find out what happened to my family."

She went to enter the kitchen when Shiro stuck his arm out to keep her from moving. "What do you mean by that?"

She sighed and crossed her arms over her chest. "Hunk isn't my actual family; they took me in when my parents disappeared. I only have a few pieces of jewelry that used to be my mother's and an old watch of my father's. When I sued to escape from the Galra I would try to find anything on what happened to them."

"When Zarkon has been defeated I will personally help you find them," he told her gently. "I give you my word."

"Thank you. Now, I haven't eaten properly in months!" She dragged him inside the kitchen and took a seat next to the others. "So…I want to get to know you guys. Tell me about yourselves."

Lance leaned closer to her. "The name is Lance. I'm a pilot back on earth and I pilot the Blue Lion." He winked at her and went to pick up his drink, but his elbow landed on his plate and the food on it splattered onto his face. Anna suppressed a giggle as she gently used a cloth to wipe it off of him. "Thank you," he muttered.

Pidge looked up from her computer. "My name is Pidge. I'm the computer geek of the group. I've been trying to translate these Galra messages, but the Altean system can't figure it out."

"Oh, I know Galra," Anna smiled. "I can help you out!"

"Uh…yes!"

Keith eyed her up and down. "My name is Keith. I pilot the Red Lion. And to be honest, I don't completely trust you just yet," he told her.

"Keith," Shiro warned. "Be nice."

"What? I'm just being honest. Do you know any fighting?" he shrugged.

"I do actually." A small smirk appeared on her lips. "Want to spar?"

"Fine, but I'm not going to go easy. "

She stood up from her chair and shrugged her shoulders. "I should hope not."

Shiro-reluctantly-led the group to the training arena and told them the rules of the spar. "No weapons, dirty fighting, and absolutely no deaths."

He left to go stand in the control center with Lance and Pidge. "This should be good!" Pidge said excitedly.

Anna raised her arms to cover her face and circled the length of the walls while Keith did the same. He lunged forward and shot his leg out to kick her head, but she brought her arm up, grabbed his leg and swung him against the wall. She took several steps back and resumed her previous position. Keith staggered to his feet and sent a bone-chilling glare her way. "Nice one," he complimented.

"Thanks."

For the better part of ten minutes, Keith would send attacks her way only to have her block them and continue circling the room. "Do something already!" he shouted in frustration.

Shiro noticed the smirk appear on her lips and tensed involuntarily. "Uh, oh."

Anna shot forward and roundhouse kicked him in the head, immediately knocking him out. "Whoops."