Ok, so no one's commented on the last chap so I'm worried that that means that the chap was so bad that nothing can be done to fixed it. That's not a nice feeling. Please just leave a small comment saying if the chap was good or not, like if it was written well. Also, I'm thinking later on, either later when this story is almost done or when it's finished, of doing a fantasy\wizard AU. What's your thoughts on it? Are there any characters you'd want to show up or anything? Thanks, back to the story!

XXX Three and a Half Weeks Later(present time) XXX

Thace looked around on the hologram of the Balmera's surface. They arrived in the Balmera's system yesterday after taking the last prisoner who wanted to go home, home. They were able to use a wormhole but couldn't get very close. They stopped well away from the planet and had to fly for a week before they reached the system. They arrived at a small planet next to the Balmera and landed there. Kirk and Sam were in the cockpit wit Thace while the other prisoners that didn't have anywhere to go where resting in the cargo hold.

"That looks like more security than what they had at our mining colony," Sam said and the other two nodded agreement.

"They probably knew we would try breaking your son out, Sam," Thace replied and Sam hung his head. "But that won't stop us. We will rescue your son," he continued determinedly.

"We will," Kirk said placing a thin, long-fingered hand on Sam's shoulder. "It just might take more time to do so," he said reassuringly.

"Thanks again," Sam said to the two of them.

"No problem," Kirk said and turned to Thace who was squinting at the holoscreen.

"There may be a problem," he said after a little and they looked at him. "Not only is the security doubled, but they also have a Battlecruiser and…" he hesitated on the next part and they urged him to continue. "Commander Sendak is there. He was the one who did bad things to Shiro, he put your son and Shiro in the arena," he said and Sam's eyes widened.

"We may need help," Kirk said and Thace nodded reluctantly.

"I can turn the distress beacon on and make sure it's on a frequency that the Empire won't notice," he said and the two nodded. "Hopefully, that'll bring Voltron and they can help us," he continued before typing away

"And you could finally see your son in person," Kirk said and Thace turned to him.

"Maybe," he said and went back to typing before leaning back with a sigh. "Now, we wait."

XXX Castle of Lion's XXX

"Paladins come up to the bridge immediately. We have a distress beacon," Allura's voice echoed through the Castle and everyone looked up. Soon everyone was up and Willa looked at Pix and Arrow before shrugging and following the other's as they ran through the Castle. They soon arrived in the bridge and both Allura and Coran turned to them. "A distress beacon was recently turned on, on a planet near a Balmera that's under Zarkon's control. We have no idea why it's on considering the planet should be abandoned and it is in the Empire's control," she said.
"It could be a trap," Keith said and Shiro gave a slight nod.

"Could be, but we can't leave them there if it's not," he said and Allura nodded in agreement. "Where is this Planet?" they all looked at Allura as she brought up a map.

"It seems to be near the outer edge of Zarkon's Empire. And the beacon itself seems small, like a beacon from a crashed ship," she said and they nodded.

"So, in theory, we could go to this beacon without much trouble since it's at the edge of Zarkon's Empire's reach?" Pidge asked and the princess nodded.

"Yes, in theory, we should. But we should all make the decision to go or not," she looked at each of the Paladins and then looked at Willa, Luna, Pix, and Arrow. Slowly, one by one, everyone nodded agreement. "I guess it's decided. We're going to the planet," she said and Coran nodded, putting the coordinates for the wormhole.

"We should arrive in a day or-" he got interrupted by a beeping. Everyone looked at him curiously as he pressed a few buttons and a voice came through.

"Paladins, if you're coming to help us, be warned, there are many Galra soldiers and sentry droids along with a Battlecruiser ship all by the Balmera. A Commander that you might also dislike is also there, so be careful should you decide to help," the message turned off and Willa had her mouth covered by her hand, eyes glistening with unshed tears. She and the twins knew the voice that came through in the message, for it was the voice of the Galra soldier that had helped them long ago before he disappeared.

Everyone looked at her in confusion, especially Keith and Shiro. "What is it, Willa?" Keith asked and she turned her gaze to him.

"That was Thace, the man that helped and cared for me when I was with the Galra," she said quietly and both Shiro and Keith's eyes widened.

"Are you sure?" Shiro asked while Keith looked over at Coran and to that extent the message and back to Willa who nodded. "Well, then this also makes us more determined to help him, for you two," he said placing a hand on both Keith's and Willa's shoulders. Willa slowly nodded agreement since she knew Thace cared about her and was potentially her actual father, not a father figure.

"What are we waiting for then?" she asked and Shiro smiled along with Coran and Allura. Allura nodded to Coran who nodded back before pressing some buttons. A wormhole then opened up in front of them and they went through, now on their way to help Thace.

"We'll be there in no time," Coran said cheerfully and everyone watched as the streaks of blue and gray went by. They all then walked through the halls toward the Castle entrance where they could exit the Castle when it landed via a lift of sorts, the one they used when they helped Rolo and Nyma all those months ago. Even though it took two days to get to the beacon, it only felt like an hour or so to everyone on the ship.

Soon, they felt the ship land on what they assumed was the planet and Allura and Coran came down. "From the scans of the planet, the planet's atmosphere is breathable," he continued and they nodded while placing their helmets on to look the part of Paladins. Willa, Pix, and Arrow just stood waiting since they didn't really have anything to put on since they weren't Paladins, just wearing the clothing they got from the team.

Coran then pressed a button and the platform went down, taking it's occupants down to the ground. They then touched the ground and looked around until they saw three people standing in front of a cargo ship. One was tall, a Galra, another was a human that looked like Pidge but older and male, the last one was a humanoid alien that was tall and lean with long, thin arms and legs, colored a blue-gray color with deep blue eyes. Pidge took her helmet off and peered at the human and the human looked back at her.

She then cried out in joy and ran toward him while Shiro took off his own helmet. "Katie!" the man shouted and ran forward and caught his daughter when she launched herself at him. He caught her with ease and spun her around. "I missed you," he whispered and Shiro walked forward. Sam settled Pidge on the ground and looked up at Shiro smiling. Shiro smiled back and placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Hey, Sam," he said and Sam nodded back.

"It's been awhile, hasn't it?" Sam asked. He knew he's been gone for a while but he didn't know how long exactly.

"It has," Shiro said and looked at the other two people there. The humanoid alien was watching them with a smile, apparently happy and the Galra was looking back at the group, specifically Willa and Keith. "Who are the other two?" he asked and Sam nodded his head.

"Of course," he said and pointed to the humanoid behind and to the side of him, "this is Kirk, he was a prisoner like me. He's a friend, we helped each other during hard times," he then pointed to the Galra. "That's Thace, he rescued us and twenty-three other prisoners and got them home, well all except for three who's home planets got destroyed," he said and they nodded. Shiro turned to Thace and held his hand out and Thace gripped it.

"You have my thanks," Shiro said shaking the hand firmly.

"It was nothing," he replied. "And if your wondering about the beacon, well, I turned it on so that the Galra wouldn't get it since I'm a fugitive and so are the prisoners, and because I was planning a rescue," he explained.

"What rescue?" Allura asked stepping forward.

"We decided," he pointed to Kirk and Sam who still had his arm around Pidge's shoulders, "to free everyone on the Balmera since it's only fair. We originally were only going to save his son, Matt, and anyone with him, but when we found that the security had been upped, we decided to free everyone but that we were going to need help," he said and Shiro nodded.

"We'll help," Shiro said and everyone nodded. "So, you helped those three when they were with the Galra?" he asked pointing at Willa and the twins. Thace nodded. "We have your thanks," he said. "We were also wondering something."

"Wondering what?" Thace asked though he and his two companions had a feeling they knew where it was going.

"Are you Willa and Keith's father?" Allura said for him as the two in question stepped forward, one looking hopeful the other looking suspicious. Willa bit her lip as she waited for his answer, hoping beyond hope that he was their father while Keith was curious but didn't bring up his hope since he didn't want it to break if the ex Galra soldier said no.

"It is true. They are my children."

XXX

BUM! Cliffy! Well, not really since well, you can probably guess why. Also, sorry if this isn't as long as you;d hope but I just wanted to get this out since I had a feeling that if I didn't it'd take a LONG time before I would because of all the crazy going on in my life. Yeah, fun. So, please tell me what you think about my questions from the first notes! Remember, you can contact me and see updates on this story or anything else on my Tumblr: rangerwilla. Luv ya!