Chapter 10: More Secrets Revealed
As everyone took a seat, Jun Lin was sitting with her family and Eric was sitting next to Hay Lin, while Nigel was sitting next to Taranee, who was sitting with her family. Matt sat next to Will, who was sitting with her family, and much to Irma's surprise, Stephen was sitting next to her as she was sitting with her family. Sam was in his hover wheelchiar sitting next to Jun Lin. As for Angelo, Leonas, Malcom, and Marcus they left to take care of something but promised to be back soon. Will and the girls had changed back to normal to get more comfortable. As for John, he was sitting in a chair facing all of them, ready to tell what needed to be told.
"Okay. I guess I better start from the beginning.", John said. "I'm going to tell it to you all the same way it was told to me. So not jokes."
"I make no promises.", Irma said before getting a nudge from her father. "Ow! Dad!", she wined.
"No jokes, youing lady.", Tom said hushing his daughter and getting some giggles out of the girls. "Go ahead and tell your story, John."
"Thanks.", he said with a grin. "Okay.", he said before clearing his throat. "As all of you know, there are worlds out there, in the universe, that have life. And among those worlds, is Kandrakar. Now for centuries Kandrakar has had a Council of the Known Worlds, which consist of a representative from the many worlds that are in alliance with Kandrakar."
"We all ready know this, Uncle John.", Will said.
"But what you don't know is that not every world is in alliance with Kandrakar.", John said surprising the girls. "Some of the worlds pulled out after they realised something."
"And what's that?", Taranee asked.
"That Kandrakar first helps fight threats that also pose a threat to Kandrakar. Every other threat had to wait for aid from Kandrakar and the Guardians no matter how bad it was", John said getting stunned looks from the girls. "You may not like hearing it, but it's true. Ask your Oracle the next time you go to Kandrakar. Rumor has it that there's a new one in charge, but they'll have the knowledge from past Oracle to tell you what I'm saying is true."
"B-B-B-But the new Oralce is different!", Hay Lin said thinking of her grandmother.
"Maybe so.", John said. "But if that's the case, then why hasn't the new Oracle sent you girls to help fight enemies like the kind we just fought two hours ago?"
"You may not like to hear it, Hay Lin, but it's true.", Jun Lin said. "I remember mother tellung me and Chen stories about the Guardians when we were kids. Once I joined the Voltron Force and heard about Kandrakar, I put two and two together and realised that mother was a Guardian."
"What did you do then.", Joan questioned.
"I confronted her about why Kandrakar did things the way they did them.", Jun answered. "She then told me that Kandrakar has their way of doing things. Then I told her that I was a member of the Voltron Force, which surprised her big time. But she accepted it. In time."
"So why didn't you tell me?", Chen questioned with a hint of anger in his voice. "First, mother keeps her secret life from me! Then, I find out the my daughter has been living the same life for the last few years!", he said making Hay Lin wince a little. "And today, I find out that my little sister has been living a secret life as well! Am I some big cosmic joke, or something!"
"I kind of see his point.", Dean said in agreement. "I mean with some of us, it's just one member of our family that's been living a secret life."
"While with Chen it's was his mother, his daughter, and his sister.", Susan finished.
"I'm sorry, dad.", Hay Lin said sadly. "It's just that, when this all started I was afraid that you and mom would worry about me to much."
"We're your parents, Hay Lin.", Chen said. "There's a part of us that worries about you when you go to school. It's our job to worry about your safety."
"He's right.", John said. "You can't stop your parents from worrying about you. And college is coming up for you all."
"And that's when the real worrying begins.", Harold said getting a laugh out of the adults.
"Not to intrupt, but what happened to the worlds that pulled out from Kandrakar?", Cornelia asked.
"Well, the leaders of those worlds all decided that if Kandrakar wasn't going to be there for them when they needed them, then they were going to work together and fight for themselves.", John continued explaining. "So a Galaxy Alliance was formed on planet Unity. And together with many other world, and their combined knowledge and advance technology, the alliance maintained peace and helped any world that needed it. Even those that were either allied with no one or allied with Kandrakar. Granted the Alliance wasn't welcomed on the worlds that were allied with Kandraka very much. But they still helped when they could."
"So, all was well with the Alliance around.", Will said.
"So where does the Voltron Force come in?", Matt questioned.
"Well after a long period of peace, and I'm talking a few centuries here, a new horrible menace rose up and began to attack the Known Worlds.", John said. "The threat was, believe it or not, pirates."
"I'm sorry.", Irma said. "Did you say pirates?"
"Yes.", John said. "Pirates."
"Wow!", Chris said in amazment.
"Space pirates?", Peter questioned with a scoff. "You've got to be kidding me."
"Who do you think attacked us at the beach?", John questioned shutting Peter up. "They rose up decades ago and have been causing trouble ever since."
"And that's where, this Voltron thing, comes in?", Taranee questioned not sounding impressed.
"Yes.", John said ignoring Taranee's adittude. "Seeing that the battle fleets the Galaxy Alliance had couldn't be everywhere, even with the ability to open large folds, groups of scientist, engineers, mechanics, technicians, architects, builders, pilots, and soldiers from many of the Known Worlds gathered together on Erutana and bagen to build this palace as well as build five special ships that would have the ability to battle the pirates and their fleets as well as the giant mechs they had."
"Five ships?", Cornelia questioned. "That's all?"
"These aren't any normal ships, Cornelia.", Harold said to his daughter. "They have a special something about them."
"And what's that?", Cornelia asked.
"Well when the ships were being built, one of the technicians was testing out the fold crystals he had attached to a device and opened a random fold.", Harold began to explain. "The fold had opened to Earth where there were a pack of lions relaxing under a tree. The technician moved the fold to and pulled five of the lions into Erutana. With help from the soldiers and pilots, the lions were caged for a while."
"For a while?", Susan questioned.
"Well, one of the scientist created devices where one could talk to animals telepathiclly and used it on the lions. The lions' devices were collars while everyone else's devise were shaped like headbands.", Jun explained. "After that, the lions helped the solders protect the contruction site where the palace and ships were being built. The lions worked well as a team. But as time passed by, the lions were getting old. Everyone knew that they would pass on soon. And when they did pass on, something amazing happened."
"What happened?", Hay Lin asked.
"The spirits of the lions jumped into the power crystals of the ships that were being made.", John answered.
"Hold up!", Matt said. "You mean to tell me that the ships that were being made each have a spirit of a lion in them?", he questioned.
"It may sound weird, but yes.", John said. "And because of that, the shipe were made to look like giant robot lions, in their honor. And they were painted the color of the collars they had. Yellow, blue, green, red, and black. Once the ships were finished, five pilots were picked to pilot them and fight the pirate forces."
"Couldn't all the pilots take turns riding the ships?", Will asked.
"If they were normal ships, yes.", John replied. "But because of the lion spirits in them, things went a bit different."
"Meaning...?", Will began to question.
"That the lions were picky about who piloted them.", Harold said with a grin. "Even to this day, they don't just let anyone pilot them. If they don't want you piloting them, they will actually spit you out."
"Really?", Stephen questioned.
"Before I became the pilot of Green Lion, I saw plenty of recruits get rejected by Green Lion.", Jun said. "I was surrprised when Green accepted me."
"And now, Angelo and his cousins are the newest pilots?", Nigel questioned.
"Yes.", John said. "They're the first all Human team of Voltron Force and they've done a good job working together and fighting the pirates. And their working together is the key to Voltron."
"The key to Voltron?", Eric questioned. "What do you mean?"
"The lions come together to form Voltron.", Harold explained. "A mighty robot. Loved by good, feared by evil."
"So, can we see these lions?", Will asked.
"If things go the way they're going, all of Earth may be seeing the lions in action.", John replied with a worried look on is face.
"What do you mean?", Lione asked.
"Now that the pirates have found Earth, they'll try and do to it what they've done to most of the worlds they've attacked in the past.", John said.
"And that is...?", Dean began to question.
"Set up a stronghold and take over Earth as well as add it's technology to their own.", John explained.
"What? No pillaging or plundering?", Irma joked.
"When you've taken over a world, you don't need to do all of that.", John replied. "These aren't your normal pirates. They're more like an army that works very well."
"Thanks to past members of the Voltron Force, the pirates have been ran off of the worlds they used to have control of.", Jun explained. "They took what they stole and returned to their own home world, but that hasn't stopped them from stealing tech from other worlds."
"So, Earth is next on their list.", Matt said.
"Earth and any other world they've ran into on their way here.", Harold replied. "If there's a world out there that has technology, a metal, or a power source they can use for their ships or mechs, they'll go for it."
"Maybe we should try and warn Earth about all of this.", Tom suggested.
"I want you to think about what you just said, Tom.", Harold said. "If we were to do what you suggested, you know what'll happen next."
"Me and the girls would get captured.", Will said.
"Which would lead to us getting experimented on.", Taranee added.
"Then they'ed want to mass produce the lions to form their own Voltron army.", John said.
"Is that a bad thing?", Peter questioned. "I mean, the more fire power the merrier. Right?"
"Not if someone tries to use said army to try and take over ther universe.", Theresa said surprising her son. "Look at our history, Peter. Someone makes something for good yet there was someone that found a way to use it as a weapon. China made gunpowder for fireworks yet someone found a way to use it for guns and cannons. If that's not a prime example, then I don't know what is."
"Your mother's right, son.", Lione said. "All it takes is for the wrong country to get a hold of the technology here and use it to try and take over the world. And that includes the US."
"Which is the reason why only a select few from Earth have been picked to join the Voltron Force.", John explained. "Whether they become pilots of the lions, regular ships, security force, scientist, engineers, mechanics, technicians, or medical staff. Every being here is a member of the Voltron Force. For they all play some kind of role in protecting the universe."
"Wow!", Stephen said. "That's just... Wow!"
"Yeah. It's a lot to take in.", John said with a smile. "But we all proudly do our job."
"Question.", Will said. "Was Grandpa Joe a member of the Voltron Force?"
"Yes. He was. He was the pilot of Red Lion.", John said. "And it was during his time that something big happened."
"What happened?", Matt questioned.
"Kandrakar tried to take Voltron for themselves!"
Everyone looked towards the doors to see an elderly African-American man with brown eyes with black hair with gray streaks in it. He was dressed in black pants and a grsay shirt with black shoes. On his wrist were voltcoms and in his right hand was a wooden cane with a lion's head made of metal on top.
"Hey, dad.", John said with a smile knowing that there was another story to tell.
A/N: Well, the girls and their families kow the origin of Voltron. But know they're about to hear another story from John's father. This should be good! Read on to find out what happened next!
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