Hellllloooooo My Paladins and Warriors! So, This was a pretty fun episode to write! So much action and adventures and so many funny things! And... Only four more episodes in this season after this. Then onto season 2! So much more character development in season 2, and three so much action and adventure and so much of the ninja and Oh my god I cant wait for season 5 to come out. Also, January 13... It was (Hunk) Cole's birthday. Now on March 1st we will be Celebrating (Shiro) Lloyd's birthday. My babies grow up so fast. -Cri- I love them so much XD. Ok I am going insane.

Ok, So Lets get going with the shoutouts. HUGE MEGA AWESOME SHOUTOUTS TO MY AWESOME WARRIORS, MNC, MoC, LOKI, RD AND NORA AND HUGE MEGA AWESOME SHOUTOUTS TO MY AMAZING PALADINS, MNC, LOKI, RD, NORA, PIXELATED NINJA'S (Sorry if I spelt it wrong, pls correct me if I did), COOKIE MONSTER AND LEGONINJAGOKAI! So, I hope you enjoy episode 9.


Episode 9:

Return of The Balmera


After what seemed like hours of drifting in Space, they finally were able to see the majestic creature known as the Balmera. The Castle of lions was heading towards it to save its inhabitants. "We'll be arriving at the Balmera soon. Liberating these these Balmerans from Garmadon's grasp will not be easy." Aiko stated as they continued forward. "So whats the plan? We go in there and just, POW POW POW! And free the prisoners?" Jay asked as he made laser gun noises and made guns with his hands pretending to shoot. "What was that noise?" Kai asked in confusion and annoyance. "Laser guns." Jay replied smiling at Kai. "No Jay, I think you mean..." Cole said just before he made his own version of laser guns moving his hands like a giant cannon. "That sounds like fireworks." Jay said looking at Cole. "Technically there more like, Ba-cho, ba-cho, ba-cho!" Max said as she made her two hands into a tiny gun and pretended to fire. "Okay, enough with the bad sound effects." Lloyd said, acting kinda like a dad. "Besides, Its more like BLAM BLAM BLAM!" Lloyd said as he joined in with the fun. And everyone disagreed with what Lloyd had said.

"Paladins Focus!" Aiko ordered. "Besides, we cant just shoot at the Galra. This Balmera, its like, alive. and from what we've seen it doesn't look very good." Cole said looking at the scan of the Balmera on the giant window. Only its core was healthy. The Crust was Dead and crumbling. "Yes, Its an atrocity what the Galra have been doing to this grand Beast." Orchis said sadly. "Stealing its crystals. Its very life force without ever preforming the energy rejuvenation ceremony to heal it." He said zooming in on the Balmeras surface. "After seeing Kiki's people enslaved, it made me realize how bad Garmadon really is. And we're the only one who can stop him." Cole said to his friends. "Okay, so we cant go into the tunnels guns blazing. Plan B: We figure out how to draw the Galra up to the surface and battle them out there." Lloyd explained.

"Wait! I know! If we attack all this big mining stuff on the surface, the Galra troops will have to come out to defend it. Then we beat them up, head down into the tunnels, Voltron saves the day." Cole explained to Lloyd. "But how will we know how many are left down in the tunnels?" Kai asked. "We can track the Galra an the Balmerans using Bio Thermal Life Indicator Point Technology." Aiko explained as she pulled up a hologram of a small device. "Oh! BLIMP Tech!" Max said looking at the hologram as she adjusted her glasses and As Aiko looked at her in confusion. "Its an Acronym." Max said as she Looked back at the Princess. She then stood back up straight and smiled excitedly. "One of you will have to fly around the Balmera and drop sensors into the shafts on each side. Then We'll be able to see where the Galra and the Balmerans are. There are already sensors built into your suits." Aiko explained as she pulled up a huge map of the Balmera. "I can do it. I just modified the Green Lion with the invisible mazes cloaking ability. I should be able to fly around unnoticed." Max said to the team. "Thats their main power generator!" Orchis said as he pulled up an image of the Generator on the Balmera. "If you take the down it will severely weaken their defenses."

"We'll stay in cloud cover and give tactical support. With the Castles defenses weakened from Cryptor's crystal, we wont be of much help to you." Aiko said scanning the Ship again as the map of the Balmera disappeared. "I'll take out the power Generator. Kai, Jay, Cole: You take out these big mining rigs around the area." Lloyd ordered. "YEAH! Okay lets do this! Lets go kick some alien butt!" Cole said excitedly. The castle descended into the Balmeran atmosphere as the Paladins got to their hangers. Lloyd got into his lion and grabbed the controls as he looked out to the small light. The Hanger shoot lit up, signaling that they were ready to launch. Jay got a few of his controls ready and smiled. "You think the balmerans will have a parade for us after we've freed everybody?" Jay asked as a screen came up wit Kai in it. "Its not about the glory, Jay. Its about freeing prisoners from Garmadon." Kai said to Jay. "Oh, I know, I know. But still-" Jay said just as he was cut off with his lion flying though the hanger. He still ant used to it. They flew out of their hangers and down to the Balmera.

The Paladins flew down through the clouds and soon the alien mining rigs started shooting at them. The the massive star-shaped one charged up and shot star shaped shots at the paladins. They quickly dodged the blasts. "This is it. Get your heads in the game!" Lloyd ordered his team. "Remember: The Balmera is a living creature. Make sure you pinpoint only the Galra installations and not its surface!" He reminded the paladins before they split up to fight. Max quickly started to fly over the Balmera. "Initiating Cloak." She said as she turned on cloaking on the Green Lion. She dropped the sensors into the mine shafts and they started to scan the Balmera. Jay quickly flew towards the rigs firing his tail cannon while he was in a spiraling motion. He hit most of the Rigs while Cole rammed into the ones Jay shot. Lloyd was flying over a ravine looking at the cannon. "How do I take this thing down?" He asked himself. And The Black Lion answered. A screen showed up. "Whats that?" He asked as the screen showed a blade in the lions mouth. "Jaw Blade? Okay. Lets do this!" He said smiling as he pushed both levers forward. The lions yellow eyes glowed and a blade formed in the lions mouth. He flew towards the rig and started to slice the laser cannon ones. He flew up before they all exploded.

Max soon finished dropping both sensors into the Caves. "Sensors delivered!" She reported to the Princess and her advisor as a scan of everything and everyone on the Balmera came up.

The Giant cannon kept firing at Kai and he dodged every shot. He was about to fire his mouth cannon at it, when the lion shot fire out of its mouth, hitting the middle of the, melting it. Kai smiled. "Whoa did you guys just see that?! I've got fire power!" He said smiling, excited with his new power. "Hey I want that." Jay whined. But the Balmera still wasn't safe yet. The cannon started to fall towards the Balmera. "Oh no." Kai said. Cole quickly flew underneath the cannon to push it up. He put his thrusters on full. "Hey! We cant let this thing hurt the Balmera!" Cole reminded. He was struggling to keep it upright. "I think my lion knows what to do!" Jay said as he let the lion do its thing. The Lion opened its mouth and shot a ray of ice, covering the cannon and keeping it upright. Luckily Cole got out of the way, not to be frozen over by the Ice. "Aw snap! These rays are super cool, just like me!" Jay said laughing.

"Great job team!" Lloyd said to his team as they landed on the ice. "Where are all the troops? They're not coming to the surface." Kai asked. "Yeah. I remember seeing a lot of Galra guys down in the mines." Cole said as a screen of him showed up on Kai's dashboard. "We've located a hanger full of Galra fighters just below the surface! Someone has to take those out before they can launch." Aiko reported to the Paladins as she looked at the scan. "They're luring us down, but we have no choice. Kai, Jay: You guys hit the hanger. Cole: head to the prison and rescue Kiki and the other Balmerans. Max and I will track down the Galra soldiers." Lloyd ordered as they took off to complete their next mission.

"Yes Sir!"

"Ten four!"

"On it!"

"Lets do this!"

Meanwhile in the Galra Empire, a commander was waiting for good news. "Commander Udrik. We have word from the troops on Balmera X-95-VOX. The informants were right. Voltron is there." The Lieutenant said to his commander. "Excellent. Everything is going according to plan." Udrik said smiling. "How do you wish to proceed? Should we inform Emperor Garmadon?" The Lieutenant asked. "Contact Sub-Commander Bruik. His fleet is awaiting my command. Tell him its time to attack. I will update the Emperor." The commander said smiling. The Black Lion landed on the surface of the Balmera in the mine shaft. Lloyd went into his pod and went into the tunnels as the Lions particle barrier went up to protect itself. Kai and Jay made it to the hanger and got out of their pods. They were just above it so they wouldn't be seen. "The entire hanger is only being guided by a few sentries." Kai said just before he took out his bayard and it formed into a sword. "Lets go."

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold your jets Kai!" Jay said as he pulled Kai back and he just looked at Jay annoyed. "Don't you remember all that stuff about this Balmera thing being a sensitive animal." Jay said looking at Kai. "Oh right." Kai said knowing that Jay had a point. He tried thinking of another plan. "Yeah. So we cant just blow things up like a phyco!" Jay said. "Oh you've got a better idea?" Kai said annoyed. "I do." Jay said smiling. We sneak into the control room to shut the bay doors. That'll try the ships in." Jay explained knowing he was right. "That-" Kai was about to protest when he realized that Jay in fact had a better plan. "Actually... is a better idea." He finished. The two slowly and silently walked across the beam connecting the cave wall to the control room. As Kai and Jay were shutting down the Bay doors, Cole was going through the tunnels looking for the prison.

"Aiko, Orchis. Whats my location? All these tunnels look the same I cant remember where the prison is." Cole said to the two Alteans in the castle. Orchis looked at the map of the Balmera and found Coles yellow dot. "Your on the right path. Turn right at the next tunnel. Once you get there you'll have to disable the energy doors. Be careful: It looks like its heavily guarded." Orchis instructed the Yellow Paladin. Kai and Jay were now in top of the control room getting ready to continue with their plan. "No, No! Its over here!" Jay whispered angrily at Kai. "I Know what I'm doing." Kai quickly shot back at the Blue paladin. He got out his sword and cut a circle above the Sentry. it looked up just before Jay slammed down on the metal crushing the drone underneath him and the circular pice. "Keep an eye out for those guards. lets see if I can figure out a way to shut the hanger doors." Jay said as Kai jumped down.

Kai went over to the window while Jay looked at the control panel. "Uhh... Nope... Maybe..." Jay said as he looked at the buttons. "Uhh..." Jay just started pressing random buttons now. "I don't know what I'm doing here. Its all Galra gibberish." Jay said as Kai went over to the panel. "Let me see." He said as he pushed Jay away from the panel. H looked at it and Placed his hand on the handprint. it instantly started to shut the hanger doors. "Whoah! How'd you do that?" Jay asked looking at Kai. "I just put my hand on the handprint." Kai replied. Cole was speeding down the tunnels looking at his map that Aiko and Orchis had sent him. He finally came to the energy door and the sentries started to fire at him. He jumped out of his pod and got out his Bayard. It formed into the Giant yellow cannon. He shot back and with only a few shots he destroyed the sentries. "That was Way too easy. I definitely don't have a good feeling about this." Cole said to himself. He picked up one of the Sentry arms and placed the hand on the scanner. The door powered down. He ran through the tunnels searching and he found Kiki's family. He opened the door with the sentry hand and Kiki's family looked up and saw him. "Cole! You have returned!" Kiki's father said as the family got up to greet him. "I promised I'd be back. We're here to help. Where's Kiki?" Cole asked. "Our life may not have been perfect but our family was whole. Your arrival has left us imprisoned and torn apart. As soon as your attack started they took her away to the core of the Balmera. For all we know. She could be gone for good." Recx said angrily still sitting down as Cole looked at him in worry.

"Paladins! Are you there. The Galra troops are moving down the tunnels. It looks like their going down towards the center." Aiko said as she looked at the map and saw the Galra symbols near the center. "They must be heading to the Core of the Balmera. Thats where their holding Kiki." Cole said as he quickly ran to his pod with Kiki's family looking in worry. "Their drawing us into an ambush. But we don't have a choice if we want to save Kiki. We have to follow." Lloyd said as he was speeding down the tunnels in his pod. "Jay. Kai. Get to the core. I think were gonna need everyone together to get through this fire fight." Lloyd ordered the two. "Copy that! We're on our way!" Jay said through the coms. They got up and just before they left, Kai sliced the control panel and ran out. once the two were out and the door was closed, Jay shot the scanner to get in, like in the movies hue always used to watch. They soon were heading to the core in their pods.

Max was going through the tunnels when she came across a tunnel that was too small for her speeder. She swerved so she wouldn't crash into it. She opened the roof of her pod and looked at the tunnel. "Looks like you're in an are where the tunnels are too narrow for your speeder." Aiko stated to the Max. "Yea. Proceeding on foot." Max said as she jumped out of her speeder and ran into the tunnel. She was walking through the runnel when she heard footsteps. "Someone's here." She said as she hid behind the turn. "Looking into it." Aiko said to Max. As the shadows got closer and the footsteps became louder she got out her bayard. She was about to attack. "MAX NO! THOSE ARE BALMERANS!" Aiko shouted as Max saw who the people were. It was a group of young children. She sighed and put her Barad away and held up a hand showing that she was not going to hurt them. But then the ground beneath them began to shake. The kids ran but one tripped and Max saw that a rock was going to fall onto of her. Max ran and jumped at the Balmeran pushing her out of the way and using her jet pack as a booster so neither her or the Balmeran would get crushed. She helped the Balmeran to her feet as she was hugged by her brother and sister. "Don't worry." Max said to them reassuring them.

"Hey team! Be careful! The Balmera is VERY unstable." Max said to her team as Kai and Jay were running through the tunnels. They came across some sentries which started to fire at them. They quickly jumped out of the way and behind two rock pillars. They could hear the moans of the Balmera as the lasers hit its surface. "Their shooting and destroying the Balmera! We've gotta do something!" Kai said to Jay. Jay was nearly shot by a laser himself. "Well we cant shoot back! It'll only make it worse!" He replied to Kai. Jay looked at the sentries and saw that their were beams running across the top and there was a space big enough above them to fit someone. Then he saw a ladder behind Kai. He started making these weird sounds as he pointed to Kai then the sentries. Kai just shrugged in confusion. He looked at the Sentries, then at the beams and then behind him. He pointed to the ladder before climbing up it. Jay was just annoyed at this point. He stepped out where the sentries could fire at them. "NA-NA-NA PO PO!" Jay taunted. The sentries fired as Jay hid behind his shield. As the sentries were distracted Kai jumped down bringing out his sword. He destroyed the sentries and threw his sword at the last one destroying it. Jay smiled and gave a thumbs up.

Cole ran through the tunnels with his bayard screaming. He finally got to the core. He saw Kiki hanging from her wrists from the ceiling with a muzzle. "Kiki! Your alive!" Cole said thankfully. She looked up and tried to shout but the muzzle stopped her. Cole shot at the ropes tying her wrists to the ceiling. She fell and Cole caught her and using his jetpack to lower both of them to the ground as The other paladins ran in. "Where are the Galra? If this is an ambush, thy should be here waiting for us." Lloyd asked as Max ran in. The doors closed behind him and Max. And Just as Jay and Kai walked in the doors closed. "Not an ambush. More like a trap." Cole said looking around as Kiki took off the muzzle. "Whatever it is, keep your guard up." Kai said as they used their jetpacks to jump down safely. "The Galra. They gained Knowledge that you would return to the Balmera." Kiki explained to the paladins.

"How?" Max asked the Balmeran. "I know not. But they set this trap just for you. I was the bait." Kiki said sadly. "Who could have possibly known that we were coming her to save Kiki?" Lloyd asked Kiki, wondering if it was a Balmeran. But Cole realized it could have been only one person. "Ronin. Those liars must have told Garmadon." Cole said angrily. "We have to figure out how to get out of here." Lloyd said to his team. "Wait! We have a giant castle-ship hovering in the sky! Aiko, can you please come get us." Jay said to the team. "How do you expect her to do that, genius." Kai said angrily to Jay. "I don't know! Maybe they've got teleports or something." Jay replied to Kai's statement with another thing he remembers from an old movie he used to watch. "We're quiet occupied at the moment!" Aiko said to the team as they castle shook. Fighters were shooting at the particle barrier. "We're completely surrounded by Galra ships and are under heavy fire." She said as an alarm blared. "Princess! Our particle barrier wont last much longer!" Orchis said to the Princess. "Paladins! You need to get out of there as soon as you can!" Aiko told the group.

"This is it! We're gonna die in here! I can say bye bye to that parade." Jay said pretending to cry. "Get it together guys. Aiko, we'll get there as soon as we can." Lloyd said replying to the Princess. "Perhaps my people can help us get out." Kiki suggested. She placed her hand on the glowing orange thing in the center. "This is how we communicate. The Balmera senses our vibrations and sends a message to those in the tunnels." She explained to the Paladins. "Are you sure someones gonna be able to hear your...Hand... from all the way down here?" Kai asked Kiki. "The Balmera will deliver the message." Kiki said as she closed her eyes. The Paladins watched as the area below Kiki's hand started to glow gold. Kiki's family was walking through the tunnels saddened. But when They heard the Balmera Recx stopped and knelt down, placing his hand on the surface. "Its a message from Kiki." He said as his family turned around. "She's alive!" His father said thankfully. "The Paladins of Voltron went to the core of the Balmera to save Kiki. And Now they are all trapped!" Recx said knowing that it was his fault. "Then we are all doomed." His father said sadly.

"This is all my fault. I conspired against them and because of MY actions Kiki was imprisoned. The big yellow one was right. if we ever hope to be free, we MUST take action." Recx said to his family. "But how can we rise up against our Galra overlords?" His father asked Recx. "What choice do we have? They have stolen all of the Crystals from out Balmera. Our lives are worthless to them now." Recx explained to his father. "But Balmerans have never fought." His father said sadly. "You taught me, 'without family we are NOTHING'. The Galra have Taken Kiki! How can we do nothing while the Paladins sacrifice EVERYTHING to save us! We MUST do our part!"

Meanwhile in the Galra central Command, Commander Udrik was kneeling before Emperor Garmadon. "Lord Garmadon. I have news to report." Udrik said to the emperor. "News that will likely please you my emperor."

"Proceed."

"I have the Voltron Paladins trapper on a Blmera in the Jafino star system. I have ordered a fleet to capture the lions and destroy the Altean Castle." Udrik said to Garmadon. "You fool! You dare make plans without informing me." Lord Garmadon said angrily. "Forgive me Emperor. But I saw an opportunity and I took it. For the Glory of the Galra empire." Udrik said. "I suspect your seeking your own glory Udrik. But you do not realize Voltron's power!" Garmadon said to his commander.

The Ships kept firing at the Castle when Orchis saw a few leave and go down to the Balmera's surface. "Their heading down into the tunnels!" Orchis said wondering why. But then he realized. "Their going to steal the lions!"

The ships flew down into the tunnels. "Paladins! The lions are in danger! You MUST get back to them immediately." Aiko said to the Paladins. "Princess... somethings locked onto us." Orchis said, his voice having a hint of fear. Soon a giant battle cruiser came out of hyper speed coming face to face with the Altean castle. Aiko looked at it in fear. "Paladins do you copy? There's a battle cruiser locked onto us. If it fires with its Ion cannon. I don't know if we can survive." Aiko said to the paladins who were still trapped in the Balmera. "We're trying Aiko. Kiki's pressing her hand against the wall which apparently sends vibrations tp the other rock people who vibrate back or something. Hand talking? I guess the answer to your question is yes we copy." Jay said to the princess through the coms. "Kiki. Are you sure the Balmera is sending your message?" Lloyd asked. But Kiki didnt respond. Her family was outside of the doors. They placed their hands against the wall and the Balmera closed the walls crushing the door. The Paladins and Kiki looked to where the sound came from. They saw Kiki's family walk through where the door once was. "Recx!" Kiki said happily. "We must make haste! We know a short cut through the tunnels!" Recx said. The paladins followed the family. "Aiko stand by. We're on our way up." Lloyd said to the Princess.

The ships had the lions in their grasp. "Paladins hurry! Their taking off with the lions!" Aiko shouted. Lloyd yelled as he put his pod into full speed. The hatch opened up and he got into the lion. The Black Lion's eyes glowed red and the particle barrier vanished in what seemed to be an explosion, destroying the ships. He flew out of the mine shaft. "Guys? Did everyone make it to their lions in time?" Lloyd asked. The other four lions flew out of the mine shafts meeting up with Lloyd in formation. "Come on Lloyd." Jay laughed as the other lions flew in different directions. "Who do you think your dealing with? A Buch of Amateurs?" Jay said only to run into a pole.

"You really want me to answer that?"

"No..."

"LETS GO!" Lloyd said as they lions flew off to fight the fighters starting to shoot at them. Kai, Max and Jay all used their mouth cannons to destroy the fighters while Cole, he just rammed into the fighters making them explode. and Lloyd used his jaw blade. The whole sky seemed to be filling up with explosions. More fighters came. Kai used his magma ray while Jay used his Ice making them all explode as Cole flew through the explosions Grabbing a fighter, ramming it into three before throwing it so it could explode. He Looked up to see three fighters firing at him. "Cole witch out!" Max shouted as she blocked the fires with her shield on the lions back. "Gotcha covered!" Lloyd said as he sliced the ships with his jaw blade. Cole sighed in relief. "Thanks guys!"

The Galra battle cruiser started to charge up its ion cannon. "Its charging it's Ion cannon!" Orchis said looking at the battle cruiser. "Divert all Shields to the bow!" Aiko ordered. The barrier soon moved to the front of the ship. The Ion cannon fired at the Ship hitting the barrier. Alarms started to blare inside the castle. "PALADINS I NEED YOU IMMEDIATELY! FIVE MORE TICKS AND WERE FINISHED!" Aiko shouted to the Paladins.

"OKAY TEAM! LETD FORM VOLTRON!"

"YEAH!"

The Black Lion roared as it started to form the head of Voltron. The front legs fold into the body as the lion stood up straight. The Red and Green Lions legs folded in as they formed the Left and right arms of Voltron. The Yellow and Blue lions flew as they started to form the Legs. They folded up and formed the legs. Gears locked in. They were already. The Black Lions mouth opened revealing the face of Voltron. It made one final move to make sure all gears and machinery were in place. Voltron was formed.

Voltron flew up to the castle. They grabbed the battle cruiser and put all max power into the thrusters. They shouted as they used their strength to move the battle cruiser. Orchis looked up. "Right now's our chance Princess!" He said to Aiko. Air brought up the screens. "Full power on the blasters!" She said as she aimed the blasters at the cruiser. "LOCKED ONTO TARGET!" She shouted as she locked onto the target. "FIRE!" She said as she pressed the button. The Particle barrier disappeared. And a giant blue laster fired from the ship. Recx and Kiki watched as the laster flew through the sky. The paladins soon moved out of the way so they wouldn't be hit by the laser. It destroyed the battle ship. It exploded and destroyed all the fighters with just the shock wave. The Paladins cheered for the princess.

"YEAH!"

"NICE SHOT PRINCESS!"

"YEAH! THE PARADE IS BACK ON!"

"THE GALRA FLEET AND ALL SENTRIES ON THE BALMERA HAVE BEEN DESTROYED!" A Galra said over the PA. "NO! How could this be!" Udrik shouted as he heard the the plan had failed. "Lord Garmadon! I will do all that I can to recapture Voltron for the Galra!"

"SILENCE UDIRK! I have plans that you cannot comprehend."

The Paladins soon landed back on the Balmera after the fight. "Mission accomplished." Kai sighed happily. "And just in the tick of time. The Castles defenses are battered and will need to fully recharge." Aiko said as she typed something in. But then the Alarms went off. "Theres an unknown object incoming! its about to crash into the Balmera!" Orchis said to the princess and the Paladins. It soon crashed into the surface of the Balmera. "What the heck is that?" Jay asked as he looked at the strangely familiar object.

"Trouble." Lloyd replied.


Well I hope you enjoyed that! I certainly enjoyed writing that. There were many funny parts in that. Also (You don't have to) I challenge you to put your own imitating gun sounds into your own story! Ok. Thats all for now. The team and I need to get some rest. Also Keep watching th Olympics! Lets see who wins! Now I gotta fly! Take care! bye!