KathDMD - David does tend to take a backseat to the story at times. This chapter will show him break away from the Strait man routine...but for a good cause. And Tetsuya and Luxina...I'd definitely keep an eye on those two.

Author's Note - Hoping anyone who took the time to look through Albegas episodes on YouTube will get a kick out of this part of the story. Enjoy!

My muse is gone.

Theme Music - None

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 211 : "Final Warning – Part II"

"What's happening?" Tetsuya shouted as he and Luxina ran into the Control Room.

"The team engaged the fleet," Kelly replied. "Alpha took a hit from the command ship, and we've lost contact with Gamma."

"And Beta?" he asked.

"Sergeant Rackens is holding them off, but without backup, I don't know how long he and Feld can hold out." He thought for a moment.

"Luxina, come with me," he said. "I might know something that could buy them some time."

"I can't have you going out there with all this going on," Kelly said. "All Terran civilians have been evacuated from the city."

"Good thing neither of is Terran," He replied, grabbing Dari's hand and running out the door. Kelly smacked her forehead.

"I'm the admiral of a circus," she said to herself with a defeated sigh. She turned to her officers at the controls. "Prepare all long range weapons. Maybe now that the civilians have been evacuated, we can give Dalloway and his team some cover fire. Hopefully Jin doesn't pull a Dalloway…"

"What's happening?" Taye shouted, jerking the controls violently.

"We're being pulled under by something," Hotaru replied, checking the scanners, trying to determine exactly what had them. They burst through the ceiling of an underground cavern, and crashed to the ground.

"Where are we?" Taye asked. Gamma slowly tried to get up.

"At least a thousand meters below the surface," Hotaru replied. "Maybe more. Whatever grabbed us and dragged us down here, it's not alone. I just detected several more closing in."

"Then we better get up," Taye said, still truing to get Gamma to its feet. "I'm guessing shielding is down?"

"Oddly," Hotaru said, "while power is near critical, I show us taking a charge. It must be something in the cavern."

"Let's hope it's enough to deal with whatever these things are," Taye said. As Gamma got to its feet, it's head turned to look around. Taye and Hotaru caught sight of what pulled them down.

"They look like mechanized drill-bots," Hotaru said. "They're humanoid….but only a third as big as Gamma."

"Then we should have no issue taking them out, right?" Taye asked.

"They outnumber us," Hotaru said. Taye reached for a lever and pulled. Gamma swung, knocking one of them away. Another jumped on his back. Gamma reeled backwards as the bot drilled into them.

"Damn bots are starting to tick me off," Taye said, electrical feedback coursing through the hull.

"The feedback," Hotaru said. "Draw your weapon."

"Alright," Taye replied. He connected his Voltcom, and hit the weapons console. Gamma held out his hand, and a staff appeared.

"No one knows Gamma as well as I do," Hotaru said, frantically working on the secondary console. "If I reroute your voltcom's power through the hull, and match the frequency with the feedback…" Gamma arched back, a blast sending the bot on his back flying. Gamma swung the staff around, and a drill bit appeared on the end of it.

"What's that?" Taye asked. Without thinking, he lunged forward, causing Gamma to swing around and stab the end of the staff through one of the bots, slashing it into and through the rock wall. "Whatever it is, I like it!" He swung again, knocking out one and stabbing another. The remaining ones ran at one another and locked on to one another, forming a bigger mechanoid.

"That….doesn't look good," Hotaru said. Gamma poised to defend against it.

"Dammit, Dalloway!" Morgan screeched. Alphs fell to the ground with a thud, skidding to a halt. Beta recovered, and blasted an approaching fighter, and ran to cover Alpha.

"Bloody things have switched targets," David said. "It's almost like we've walked into a trap."

"I'm not detecting power coming from Alpha," Morgan said. "Aidan's not responding." David pulled the triggers on his yoke again, destroying several most fighters.

"I'm making a run for Alpha," he said. "I need you to cover me."

"You won't be able to diagnose Alpha," Morgan protested. "I should go…" David interrupted, pressing a big red button on his console.

"Sorry, Love," he said with a wave, "you're not getting a choice in the matter." His seat dropped out of the cabin instantly, and her seat slid forward into the piloting position. Her face dropped in anger, but after shrugging it off, she grabbed the yokes.

"You are so gonna pay for that when we get home," Morgan said, pulling the wepons console. Beta's guns dematerialized, and Beta reached back and pulled out a chain whip, cracking it once. "Cover this." Beta swung, lashing one ship, then violently swinging it at the others, sending them flying to the ground. Later fire came at it, and it swung the chain around, deflecting the blasts. A door in Beta's heel opened, and David ran out. He tapped his Voltcom, and his armor and helmet formed and sealed around him, navy blue. He took off running towards Alpha. Before he reached it, two of the machanoids that had dragged away Gamma popped out of the ground. David dove out of the way as they both opened fire. He rolled to his feet and tapped his Voltcom, a high powered laser rifle appearing. In split seconds, he fired, and each shot hit the control module and weapons array of one of the bots, causing it to crsh into the other. As they fell, David once again ran for Alpha, the rifle vanishing back into the Voltcom. He entered Alpha and made his way to the cockpit, finding Aidan passed out.

"Dalloway," he said, shaking his commanding officer. "Wake up!" Aidan moaned. "Bloody hell," he whispered. "Dalloway, the girl's here with your bottle of one fifty one." Aidan's eyes opened, and he jumped up.

"Over here!" he shouted, half out of it. As he gained his bearings, he turned to David. "Dude, not cool."

"Neither is getting your robot arse handed to ya," he replied. "Morgan said there's no power."

"Nah," Aidan replied. "Just need to reboot the systems."

"Shouldn't have gone off my yourself," David said.

"Sounding like your wife, Rackens," Aidan snarked. "How was I supposed to know they had their shield up?"

"Just do what you gotta do to get this thing back on its feet," David said. "Morgan's holding her own, but Beta can only take so much."

A hover car blazed down the streets heading towards the Academy.

"Where are we going?" Luxina asked.

"The Academy," Tetsuya said. "An old friend of ours might have something we can use to help the others."

"What is it, a weapon?" Luxina asked. "Why haven't you mentioned this before?"

"It's been used before against the Derinja," he replied. "I don't think any of ya took it seriously." She gave him a weird look. They pulled up to a large warehouse. As he and Luxina got out of the car, a heavy set man came around the corner and approached them.

"Tetsuya Jin," he said. "I haven't seen you in years. What's with the Derinja girl?" She glared at him.

"This is Luxina Dari," he replied. "Look, the Voltron Gladiators are in trouble and…"

"And you need my help," the man replied. "I know, I know. Say no more. The incredible Goro Kumai and his amazing…."

"Ego," Tetsuya snarked. Luxina let out a snort of her own. "Look, we need to know if we can borrow your robot."

"No one pilots Gori-Robo but me," he insisted. "If you want my robot, then I'm going too." Tetsuya and Luxina looked at one another, defeated.

To be continued….