For those of you who are tired of castle and court, we are taking the adventure, and the Lions, on the road – enjoy!

Adventures in Galena

It was early evening, two days following Allura's and Pidge's return. Keith looked at everyone gathered around the table, waiting to start the briefing. Pidge and Hunk were comparing notes on their tablets, while Vince was talking to Allura and Larmina. Lance and Daniel, Keith saw, were exchanging looks; he wondered what they were up to. "Ok, let's get this started, so we can get going." Keith said loudly. He had actually wanted to do this mission a week ago, but didn't want to take three novice pilots on a spy mission.

"Our intel reports suggest that Planet 3X, in the Galena system, is where Maahox and Lotor are stockpiling their reserves of troops and materials." Keith said, bringing up a map of the Galena System, with Planet 3X circled. "We are going to fly in stealth mode, and approach the planet from the back side; due to the position of the moons now, it will be dark." Keith was all set to say something else, when suddenly the Royal Anthem started playing very loudly.

Keith now knew why Lance and Daniel had been looking at each other; now they were looking expectedly at Pidge. Pidge looked over at Allura, and then at Keith. However, when he heard Daniel laughing with glee, he looked in that direction. "I get to fly Red Lion!" Daniel announced happily. "What was that all about?" Allura asked, looking puzzled. Daniel said "Lance made the comment that Pidge would have heard the anthem so many times, from the tour, that if we played it he would automatically stand up and salute. It was a bet, and he lost!"

Allura looked at Lance "You made a bet about that?" Lance said "I remember when I went on that tour with you several years ago; that song played non-stop. I figured it would get to Pidge too." He looked over at Pidge, and with an annoyed look said "Who told you?" Pidge gave Lance a cool look, and said "No one told me anything!" Lance was now annoyed about Daniel flying Red, and that he had not gotten to Pidge. He said "Well you probably had a much different time on the tour, than what I had. I didn't get a VALET to help me out!"

Hunk and the cadets were now looking with interest at Pidge. Keith looked at Lance, who had a sulky look on his face; he took satisfaction in telling him "I think I told you not to bet with the cadets, and not to bet piloting the lion. You did not listen to what I had to say." Keith stopped for a moment, and then said "Just like some people don't answer my emails!" He made of point of not looking at Allura, but she knew he was referring to her. She decided changing the subject was the best course right now.

"What is the plan once we touch down?" she asked. "Pidge has identified, from some long range scans a possible area where the materials could be." Keith said, and then "It is a large complex, with a number of buildings, situated on the northern coast. There are no other towns around it, so we are assuming it is a military outpost."

"We will land further south of the complex, where there is a canyon, so we can put the lions there. We will then make our way on foot, and scout out the complex. We'll divide up once we get there, to cover more area." Keith stopped, and looked at everyone around the table.

"Let's go Voltron Force!" all the members said together.

Allura and Larmina were in the Blue Lion, with Allura flying. She was glad to get back to flying, she thought. 'I really like the feeling up here, when I'm flying. It will be hard to give it up.' She knew she was thinking about that, to keep her mind off of Pidge. They had been back two days, and had not had any real time together. Pidge had come to her study yesterday, on the pretext of going over reports. In reality, they sat there and chatted and laughed; she had missed not being around him all the time.

The nights had been hard, since the one she spent with Pidge. Just thinking about lying next to him made her breathless, and started that ache in her core. She had taken the blanket with her, and would wrap that around herself before she went to sleep. She thought about how nice it had been, when she woke up in the middle of the night, he was there holding her. Her bed now felt too big, and lonely; something it had never felt like before. She wondered what it would be like to be with Pidge all the time. Shaking her head, she laughed to herself 'He hasn't even kissed me yet'.

Her thoughts were interrupted with the noise coming over the com system. She could hear Lance telling Daniel to slow down, to stop doing something, and not to touch that, while over the whole din, she could hear Hunk humming the Royal Anthem, with Pidge, Keith, Vince, and Larmina all laughing. She said to Larmina "Lance is getting what he deserves, but do you all have to enjoy it so much?" Larmina, glad that he Aunt was not going to scold her, said "You have to admit, there is some justice here. Lance should not have been so confident."

Larmina, seeing that her Aunt was happy, and glad that they were alone, took a chance. "It is because of Pidge that Andre is helping out, right?" She asked. Allura replied, "I think so. Coran had Andre helping on the tour, and I guess Pidge realized how much Andre missed not working in the castle." Larmina said "He knew my Father." Allura looked at her in the mirror above her console, and with Pidge on her mind, remembered what he had said, about wanting to know about his birth parents. With a deep breath, she asked "What did he say?"

"He told me how he was hired because Uncle Lennalt and my Father were both going off to the Royal Military Academy. Uncle Lennalt was going because he was Crown Prince, but my Father ended up going because of his skills." Larmina stopped, and looked at her Aunt. Allura smiled, and said "Yes, they were a year apart, and very close."

Larmina said, "But you know so much more about Uncle Lennalt, than you know about my Father." Allura looked at Larmina in the mirror, and suddenly felt bad for her, not having all the memories that she had. "What did Andre tell you about your Father?" Allura asked, rather curious herself. Larmina lit up and said "He said that my Father could out ride and out shoot everyone else. When they would go hunting he shot more than anyone else." Allura laughed, and said "I remember that, it would really bother Lennalt when that happened."

"Why were you so close to Lennalt, and not to my Father?" Larmina asked, in a quiet voice. "Reynaud was not interested in playing with a little girl, Larmina. He was very social, and was always off somewhere else, or at a party. It used to make Father crazy, the way Reynaud ran around. " Allura told her, and went on "Lennalt always came up to the school room every day, and never minded playing tea party, or tag in the garden. They had different personalities, but I loved them both."

"Aunt Allura, I know the whole story; what he did and why he was in the Southern Hills." Larmina said, and Allura, who was all set to lecture her, heard a note of sadness in her voice, as she continued on "I don't understand why he was what he was?" Allura realized that she had been doing Larmina an injustice; the girl was more mature than she had known. "Larmina, I don't think even Reynaud knew why, and we never will." She paused, and then "What you need to remember about your Father, besides his skills and talents, is that he loved your Mother, and you, very much. He married her according to the custom of our religion, no easy feat in the Hill Country, and he had no reason to. The Hill people have different customs, so he was not forced to do it."

Allura hoped that Larmina would understand the significance of that. "Thanks Aunt Allura, that makes me feel better." Larmina said, sounding more cheerful. Just then, Pidge's voice came over the com system "According to the Nav System we are approaching the dark side of Planet 3X." Larmina said to her Aunt "The housemaids all think he is good looking." Allura raised her eyebrows and said "Your Father?" Larmina laughed and said "No Aunt Allura, Pidge!" Allura smiled into her console, glad Larmina could not see her face. Now she said "Well don't tell Lance that, he is very proud of his standing with the housemaids." Up until then they had been talking in low voices, so as not to be picked up by the open Com system. Now, they both bust out with loud laughter.

"You girls sound like you are having too much fun in Blue" Lance said, hearing them both laugh over the com system. "Everyone, we need to be in stealth mode, so stop the chatter." Keith's voice said, in a serious tone. After entering the atmosphere, they flew over to the canyon, and touched down. Keith was waiting for them at the opening of the canyon. "We are going to split up, to cover more ground." Keith paused, and then went on "And, the cadets are staying here." Upon hearing that the cadets started to protest, but Keith held up his hand "Quiet! We need to know the Lions have not been discovered, and are ready to go at a moment's notice, understood?" The cadets nodded, but not happily. Keith finished telling the others what the plan was.

Half an hour later, as Allura was prowling around the dock area, she realized that the Intel had been right. She had already seen a large plant facility, running non-stop, as well as massed amounts of what she knew to be flight ready troop transports. She was in the shadow of a warehouse, when she heard a noise coming behind her. When she realized it was Pidge, she relaxed, remembering that he had the other part of the dock area to scout. Pidge motioned for her to head over to the next building.

Pidge was standing between two buildings, with his back to a narrow alleyway. As she came over to him, he was all set to say something, when they heard the movement of a large group of soldiers coming. Pidge grabbed her hand, and backed into the narrow alley, moving all the way to the back. It was so narrow that Allura had to stand in front of him, with her back to him. She didn't think she had ever held so still, or held her breath for so long. When the troop battalion had finally passed, she exhaled and relaxed, leaning against Pidge as she did so.

Pidge, feeling her against him, automatically put his arms around her shoulders. He felt her move closer, and adjust herself against him. Suddenly he buried his head in her hair, barely stifling a groan as his erection rose hard and fast. Allura, at first not realizing what was happening, felt her body move to accommodate him. When she realized what was going on, a thrill of excitement shot through her, at the same time the ache in her core flared up. She willed herself to stay very still, even though her body wanted to move.

Pidge was in heaven and agony at the same time. He couldn't believe it when Allura moved to accommodate his erection, instead of pulling away, which is what he thought she would have done. He could tell that she was trying to stay still, but he could feel twitches in her rear end. He knew he should be glad she wasn't moving, but part of him wondered what it would feel like to have her press against him, and respond. His face was still in her hair, which even though it was braided back, smelled wonderful. He moved his face a little to the side, close to her neck, which looked very soft and kissable. He didn't know how long they stood like that, but finally Pidge whispered in Allura's ear "We should probably go meet the others."

Allura, noticing the rough edge to Pidge's voice, nodded her head in agreement. She thought it was a good thing, because she was not sure how much longer she could have kept her body still. She'd never experienced anything like that, the way her body wanted something her mind knew nothing about. When they got into the open, Pidge noticed Allura's eyes, and the look on her face. He realized that she was as aroused as he was; that thought sent an electric shock down to his erection. At this rate, he thought, I'll be hard all night. He put his hand on her arm and said "Allie, you might need to stay in front of me for a while." He saw her look at his body; notice the bulge, and smile, even as she was blushing. Pidge gave her a wink, which made her blush even redder, and they started walking.

When they met up with the others, Allura hoped she looked calm. On the walk back she made herself think of boring, mundane, stuff instead of what she wanted to think about. It was hard, because she heard his steps behind her, and knew why he was back there. Thank goodness it's dark, she thought.

They arrived at the rendezvous point at the same time as Hunk, so the waited quietly until Lance and Keith came back. Keith whispered "Let's get out of here, and we will have a briefing back at the Castle." Luckily, Keith was too disturbed about what he had seen at the airfield, to realize that Pidge and Allura were working too hard at not looking at each other. Hunk couldn't figure out why Pidge seemed not like himself, but didn't think too much about it. Lance was still trying to figure out if he was involved in what Allura and Larmina had been laughing about.

Later that night, after the briefing, the cadets were in the Lair. Daniel was talking about how exciting it had been to fly Red Lion "I could have gotten that thing really moving." He said, with a smile on his face. Vince shook his head "Well my flight was weird, let me tell you." Daniel and Larmina looked at him with curiosity. "Pidge flew on the way out, everything was fine, and we were talking like always." He stopped, and they looked at him "but on the way back, he had me fly home, and he didn't say a word." Daniel said "Maybe he was working on his report of what he had seen." Vince replied, "I don't know, he had a strange look in his eyes."

Larmina, thinking about her ride back with her Aunt, realized she had had the same experience. Larmina had to fly home, after her Aunt had said that she needed to write up what she had seen. Larmina was all set to make the observation to the boys, about her Aunt, when she stopped. She thought about the way she and her Aunt had talked. She treated me like an adult, thought Larmina, instead of a kid. Larmina remembered what she had seen that day, in the garden before the tea party. So, there is something going on between them! She took a deep breath and realized that her Aunt's privacy was more important than sharing gossip with Daniel and Vince. Instead Larmina said "Our flight back was normal; my Aunt said that the Intel had been right."

While the cadets were in the Lair, Allura was upstairs in her bedroom, trying to sleep. She had managed to get through the briefing, noting what she had seen. She was surprised that she was able to, considering how her insides were churning. She didn't dare look at Pidge, for fear of blushing. Now the memory of the bulge at the front of his pants, that she had caused, made her ache down in her core. Before she realized what she was doing, her hand slipped between her legs, and her fingers started stroking her crotch area, through the silky underpants.

It made the ache go away for a moment, and then it came back even harder. Several years ago, Nanny had explained to her what happens when a man and a woman were alone. At the time she had thought it sounded painful, and disgusting; she couldn't believe that she was supposed to let her husband do that to her. Now, as she stroked herself harder and faster, she felt her underpants going from damp to totally wet. She thought how easy it would be for Pidge to slide into her, and move with her. As she imagined that it was Pidge inside her, she pushed harder against her hand, and felt her breath coming faster. Just when she thought she couldn't take anymore, she felt an incredible welling up and then waves of emotional release. After her breathing calmed, she realized that Nanny had not told her the whole story.