Author's Note - Welcome to the Lion Force premier! Welcome back K/A fans, and I hope you enjoy the continuing story of your favorite Voltron Team (and of course the power couple of the franchise ;) )
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Theme Music : "Fight Song" by Rachel Platten
Disclaimer - Voltron and all associated characters are the property of WEP. Space Marshall Lenora Hawkins and associated characters are the property of KathDMD. Admiral Lysette Fabrere and associated characters are the property of selena devargo.
Episode 201 : "Awakening"
Malva blinked, then looked around her. The doorway that blocked her escape was odd looking now, a single trace beam that formed the field frozen in time. She walked closer to it and saw the guards outside stunned, and completely frozen in time. She looked down at her hand at the ring. It did nothing special, not even a glimmer, but she knew there had to be some connection. She carefully climbed through the opening in the doorway's forcefield, and creps past the guards.
"I feel….strange…" she said to herself. She still felt the effects of the haggarium poisoning, no mistake, but something was different. "I cannot hear Haggar's voice any longer. I don't hear any voices." She crept up the stairs, walking towards Defensive Control. As she came through one of the halls, she turned to see a portrait and gasped.
"King Alfor," she said softly, reading the caption. "This was the man I saw in the dungeon…the ghost that appeared to me…but how?" She continued to walk, coming up to the door to Defensive Control, slightly open as if it had been in the process of opening. There she saw Allura frozen in time, trying to escape the room, Larmina frozen as well in the middle of the room, poised to defend, and Kerza, also frozen, wide eyed and seemingly attacking them. She turned to see Coran getting up from the controls….he too frozen in time.
"This….is impossible…" she whispered. Suddenly, a strange voice finally broke through the silence.
"Awake," it said. "Awake, my bretheren, and behold the future!"
Lord Kanji walked slowly through the hallways of the Supremacy Capitol towards the throne room, Haggar not far behind. She hesitated at first to speak, but felt she needed to know more of what was planned.
"My lord," she said, "with the Old Ones awakening from their slumber, what is your first command? Will you be striking out at the heart of the Alliance?"
"I have been watching your efforts on Arus," he replied, continuing to walk without turning to look at her. "While some of it has borne fruit, progress is…less than satisfactory."
"I take it you have a plan, my lord?" she asked.
"Your plan to infect one of the Voltron lions has placed things in an interesting position," he said. "With Voltron at a disadvantage, we can strike without having much to worry about."
"The human prince-consort from Pollux yields a problem," she said. "He broke free of my control, and is able to fight against my control of the Blue Lion. This could pose a problem." Kanji stopped, but kept looking ahead.
"You are forgetting how much I know, Haggar," he replied. She gulped, still frightened by the amount of power she sensed within him. "He may be able to fight your control, but you realize the effort and focus it takes to do so. My plan will not only further distract the space explorer, but be strong enough to destroy Voltron, no matter how many pieces he is in." he continued walking, Haggar still following closely.
"How will you accomplish this?" she asked. "Are the Old Ones so eager for a piece of the mighty robot?" He snickered.
"I want you to return to your lab," he replied. "Once there, you will focus all of your energies in order to open the Dream Dimension. The first to awaken will return." She realized what he was suggesting.
"My lord," she said, "are you sure? King Zarkon himself could not control the Black Draco…"
"I am not Zarkon," Kanji replied. "I do not control the Empire on a whim…I control it through the sheer power I have over it. He will be honored to be the first to deliver a killing blow to the Defender of the Universe." He continued into the throne room with Haggar finally walking further down the hall towards the hangar. Nearby, around a corner, a dark figure peeked around the corner, holding a device, and watching their every move.
Allura and Larmina walked into Defensive Control. Kerza was sitting at the control with Coran. Keith and Sven turned to look at them.
"Allura," he said, "what are you doing out of Med?"
"I had to check on Alex and Rory," she replied. "And for the moment, Larmina and I are fine."
"Whatever happened to me seems to be gone," Larmina said. "I feel great."
"It is only temporary," Sven said. "The lion sleeps. While she sleeps, the connection is dormant."
"What do we do then?" Allura asked.
"Vince is trying to come up with something to purge Blue's systems," Keith said. "But it may take some time. In the meantime, we need to keep our eyes peeled for…" A wave of energy struck the castle, as a ripple in time washed over them. Time had stopped for a brief moment, however, no one was aware of it. As it subsided, Kerza stood up from his seat, a wild look in his eyes, Larmina was the first to notice, and stepped in front of Allura, her staff appearing from her voltcom. Coran began to stand up from his station as a figure appeared in the doorway.
"Kerza, no!" Malva screamed as she ran at him. She tackled him out of the way just as he was about to attack Larmina. Malva pinned him to the ground, her eyes glowing purple with haggarium rage. "This isn't you!" He fought against her as Keith and Sven ran to them.
"What is going on here?" Keith asked. "How did you get out, and why is Kerza like this?"
"I don't know!" she replied angrily. "Please! Help me restrain him!"
"Rise, bretheren!" Kerza shouted. "Our lord calls upon us to serve in the new Drule Empire! Rise up and crush the Alliance!" He pushed Malva off him, and got to his feet.
"Hey!" Keith said. Kerza looked over at him, then blacked out as Sven came up from behind and came down with a chop to the right side of Kerza's neck, causing him to fall unconscious.
"That should do it," Sven said, Keith and the others approaching.
"You need to teach me how to do that," Keith said. Sven smirked.
"What happened?" Allura asked. Larmina stood guard as Malva approached slowly.
"Something terrible has happened," she replied, holding her head, trying to get the rage, and the pain, to subside. "A voice….commanding all Drules to obey his command…"
"And you?" Allura asked.
"I don't know," she replied, eyes still closed and focusing. "I do not hear Haggar. I can only surmise she is preoccupied. And I…..I don't know why I hear the voice, but have no urge to obey."
"We can't take any chances," Keith said.
"I understand," she replied, and offered herself to be restrained as well. He bound her hands in restraints, and he and Sven took them out of Defensive Control.
"Coran," Keith ordered, "check on Vince and let me know what progress he's making."
"Yes, Admiral," he replied.
Haggar walked up to an altar, a glow of green from a pool of chemicals gently lighting the stone before her. She knelt in prayer and concentration.
"Spirits lost in days of old," she chanted, "darkness consumes and blood runs cold, maddening voices shriek and scream, create the portal from our dreams!" Flames shot out of the pool and swirled around her. She began to cackle and laugh, and Cova took cover and the flames grew bigger and brighter. In time, they engulfed everything, not burning, but consuming. The light focused into space, and the fabric of the universe, as fragile as it is, began to tear.
"Yes….yes!" she screamed. "Come forth, young dragonkin! Feel the power of Lord Kanji! Take his power, and use it to strike down your enemy! The Defender lives….and now is your time to strike!" The tear grew big enough for a metallic claw to reach out from the abyss….then two, pulling its form through the opening. Its head came through, and its eyes glowed red with rage. It let out a mighty screeching roar as it pulled itself from the abyss.
"Come forth!" she shouted. "Take your vengeance! Smite the Defender and become the ultimate ruler of the universe!" Others began to claw their way through….green followed yellow…..then red, and blue. It was then that the head of the Black Draco appeared, its eyes filled with vengeance, ready to seek its revenge on Voltron.
