Ophelia felt the bed under her. The scent of fresh moss, petrichor and metallic filled her nose. She didn't want to get up. A few days ago, she had lost someone she had forgotten. Someone who was so close to her, was only ripped away from her after she had found him. She couldn't imagine seeing shiro or pidge taken from her or anyone
Rolling over, the space beside her was empty but the space behind her wasn't. Her cub was sleeping against her stomach now, even though the cub was growing bigger, she still tried to make herself look a bit smaller to fight.
It amuses ophelia to see her cub like that. A light smile on her lips as she carefully stroke the furless creature back gently with only two fingers. Earning a loud but lazy purr of happiness while it slept against her stomach.
She must of spent the night in shiro's room. Mourning over ulaz in her sleep. She hasn't even dare touch her Marmora suit. That was her suit. It was similar to ulaz's suit. Rolling onto her back, she touched the empty spot that was on her other side. Taking a deep breathe in, she was able to smell shiro's scent once more.
Opening her eyes, she looked around in shiro's plain room before spotting her clothes on the end of the bed. A small smile only formed on her lips slightly before she pulled the pillow close to her chest, buring mostly her nose and mouth into the pillow as she curled around it. Truth be told, she hasn't ate much or showed any will in fighting after the lost of ulaz.
She needed time to grieve for her lost. Shiro, pidge and everyone knew that. Brown lion had refused to let her in because of her grieving. The sound of joyful yelling caught her attention as she moved to sit up, walking to the window. She could see some sort of ice like snow in space as her eyes caught the paladin's through them.
A small smile form, watching them enjoy their play time. Sometime, she shows very little interest in. Turning away, she saw the paladins come in as she changed out of her sleep wear and into her normal, casual clothes. With a painful sigh, her heart still ached. Turning her head to see her relection in the window.
She gritted her teeth, grabbing her swords, watching them shift back to their normal dagger form. She gathered up her hair into a long pony tail before she brought her dagger up and under her hair, pulling it against her hair as the sound of it cutting through.
The door hiss open, her eyes looked at shiro to see his eyes widen in shock as she racked the dagger through the last bit of her hair before she dropped the large amount of strains of hair onto the floor. Her hair wasn't as long as it was now, it was back to being it's short hair, enough to make a short ponytail.
" Ophelia.. You.." Shiro breathed, walking toward her before looking at her hair in concerned. " Why did you cut it? " He asked, frowning a bit toward her while he carefully brushed his fingers through her hair.
Ophelia cased her eyes down, closing them. " When my hair grew to the middle of my back, ulaz and i always cut it. Weather it was for training or a mission, it didn't matter really. It was short and light on my head." Her voice creaked a bit at the mention of the memory when she was little and looking up to ulaz.
Shiro eyes suddenly soften toward the mention of ulaz. He didn't want to pressure her anymore as his arms wrapped around her shoulders, pulling her close. Ophelia relaxed against him, laying her head against his shoulder. Her eyes closed to the stroking of shiro's hand against her head. He knew there was no words to help ophelia think any less of ulaz or to give her comfort. She needed to find that on her own.
Ophelia hands raised up, gripping the side's of shiro's vest. She felt like a child that needed someone comfort. Her eyes slowly opened, looking up toward shiro. Searching in his eyes for something that would eventually hurt her but when she saw nothing but love and comfort in his gray eyes.
She leaned up until her nose touched his. Shiro's cheeks flushed red before he leaned the rest of of the way. His arms moved from her shoulders to her waist, pressing his lips against her's. Capturing her soft lips. A breath only hitched long enough for them to hold the kiss. Ophelia arms moved from shiro side's to his neck.
She wanted this one moment to last. She felt her body being lifted up into shiro arms. A startled squeak came from her lips. Her arms wrapped around shiro neck as she opens her eyes a bit to see shiro smirking toward her.
Oh, is that how it going to go? She thought to herself with a playfully smirk before she leaned forward once more, nipping shiro lip as the door behind shiro slide close with a click as the lights turned off. Leaving the two alone in their own privacy.
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" The signal came from olkarion, home to the olkari. A proud class of engineers, builders of vast cities that could change shape at the whim of their creators. " Coran said proudly, pinching his mustache before bringing up an image of the olkarion city.
Big buildings appeared infront of them as they view it calmly. Ophelia gazed it quietly, admiring the work down to it. She could see towers and triangle like homes. Some buildings were shape with long towers with a hexagon box on top.
" They had a seemingly magical ability to manipulate solid metal. With just a wave of their hand, they could build a computer inside a block of steel." Allura said calmly, a smile graced her lips..
It impressed ophelia, even pidge was amazed. Ophelia slowly stood up, moving behind pidge and wrapped her arms around the younger hold. " Whoa." The two holts said together, eaching a glance at eachother before they smirked with amusement, wanting to laugh at their combined voices.
" An olkari once gave me this!" Coran turned around, pulling out a box that had a thin line glowing around the middle of it. It looked a bit familiar to her.
"What is it?" Lance asked, leaning a bit closer to look at the box.
"Uh, hello? " Coran looked like he wanted to scoff with a deadpanned look on his face, while his left eye brow raised. " It's a floating cube! " Coran straighten up, crossing his arms as he laughs softly. " Oh, this guy. And watch. " Coran looked at the cube, raising his other eye brow. " My name is coran and i'm a gorgeous man. " Coran stated toward the box.
The box lit up, making a beeping sound that sounded like it recorded his voice. " My name is coran and i'm a gorgeous man" It replayed coran exact words perfectly in coran own voice. That was truly amazing to both pidge and ophelia.
Pidge eyes began to sparkle, her eyes widen with amasement as she clenched her fist and raised them up. If ophelia wasn't leaning against pidge's back, her sister would have been bouncing on her feet to get to it but she couldn't stop pidge from poking at it.
" Why would a society full of literal tech wizards use spores to send a distress signal?" Keith asked with a pointed question, his eyes concern on the box.
"Who cares?" Pidge set her hands on her hips after admiring and poking at the box before looking at keith before opehlia straighten up, turning to shiro with pidge. " When do we get to see that city?" Pidge asked quickly, her interest in the technology hasn't changed yet.
Maybe this was something ophelia needed. Her eyes looked at shiro with a pleading look. But to her annoyance, shiro shook his head at the two of them before allura looked toward the map to see where the signal was coming from. " Actually, pidge, the distress signal isn't coming from the city. It's coming from.. " Allura pulled up the image of the forest. "..The forest." Allura stated.
To both opehlia and pidge's disappointment, they slouches their shoulders as their face grew dull and annoyed with disappointment. With a gently huff from ophelia while pidged pouted infront fo her. " Thank's for getting out hopes up." Ophelia grumbled a bit with a shattered hope in her eyes.
"But, it would be a good place to teach your new founded pet, ophelia." Coran stated, seeming to move his eyes to the corner of the command room where the light grayish-purple alien like feline was curled up, happily content with playing with it's own tail by nipping and budging it's back paws against it's tail while at the same time, holding th tip with it's front paws.
Ophelia followed coran eyes. A small smile made its way on ophelia's face before her eyes gazed toward the terrian of the forest image. " He's right. " Pidge bounced to ophelia side quickly, her eyes filled with curious and interest. " We don't need to make it a weapon but a protector for civilians when we're off saving planets. You, keith and shiro seen first hand what these creatures do in a group." Pidge stated, adjusting her glasses with a happy smile of interest.
Ophelia pinched her chin lightly in thought. Her eyes lingered on her cub that contined to play with it's own tail. The cub was smaller, like it was a surviving runt of the litter. Stepping toward the cub, she kneels down and moved her hands under the cub as she picked it up while she stood up.
The cub made a tiny purr at ophelia's attention. It's tail sways from one side to another like a whip. It amused ophelia so much when she first saw the adult creatures of this cub. How hungry and scary they were. Those red eyes scared into her yellow eyes. Even more so, it amused her how innocent this cub really was.
" It'll need a name too." Allura spoke up, looking toward ophelia and the feline creature. " Afterall, a pet needs to know it's name along with the command." Allura pointed out calmly, her eyes soften up toward ophelia and the cub.
" I'll think of something along the way." Ophelia stated, holding the cub close to her chest. Her thumbs lightly stroke the back of the cub's neck, getting a much louder and content purr.
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The brown lion finally allowed her in. Only to allow her for missions alone as six lions flew down toward the forest. Her brown lion refused to have her pilot him so he remained on auto-pilot. Her gaze looked at the window, staring at the mountains. Watching the city disappear from behind the mountains.
Her cub rested on her lap. Seeming to be very content and happy where it's comfortable. Even though her hands were on the feline back, brushing her thumb against the feline cub's spin and hearing the happy purr coming from it. She was just glad it was comfortable and resting.
:: Why doesn't anyone ever send a distress signal from a cool place?: Pidge asked, holding that annoyed look on her face. Her tone was disappointed and pouty as well. :: I hate the outdoors. Nothing but sunburn and poison oak.:: Pidge added in her hate for trees
Drawing a slight smile on ophelia face, she looked at pidge's video feed. " Pidge, it's peaceful out here and it drawns in light. I know my brown lion would love it here." Ophelia said calmly, carefully rubbing the dash board infront of her.
Keith video feed pop up with him smiling peacefully at the sight before him. :: I like it out here. It's Quiet.:: Keith stated calmly before his eyes widen, watching mini arrows fly past them.
Ophelia raised an eye brow, watching each arrow fly past her brown lion before she saw one arrow stuck onto each lion from under the jaw, pulsing a blue light. :: Uh, what was that?:: Ophelia asked, seeming a bit unsure what was going on.
She felt her cub sat up, it's red eyes open wide while it's lips curled back in a snarl. Baring those baby shark like teeth. It's tail lashed out as if it was trying to show how dangerous it really was. But the cub remained on ophelia's lap, protecting her from the flying arrows.
:: Are we being attacked?: Keith asked a bit unsure with a single sweat dorp.
She felt her lion jerk a bit as she watched the sky slowly leaving her sight. " S-shiro! P-pidge! My lion being pulled down!" Ophelia said quickly, tugging on her controls but her lion wasn't going to aloud her to take any control.
:: Something dragging our lions down to the surface.:: Shiro stated with a flash of concern, looking toward everyone screens.
:: Yeah, something pulling blue down, too.:: Lance said calmly with a cautious look on his face.
Spotting an armor infront of them as their lions slowly landed onto the ground calmly. The gently thud jolted ophelia a bit in her seat. Her cub leaped off her lap, landing on the ground before taking it's seat beside her chair. Ophelia frowned a bit as she stood up, walking out of her seat as she watched the secret hatch open up, showing her marmora suit. Frowning a bit, she watched the communications cut off.
With a sigh, she changed out of her casual clothes and into her marmora suit. Hangin her jacket up, she looked at the flower pin on the small shelving. Her almost seemed to drop when she remembered her time in the cell of zarkon ship. Closing her eyes shut, she exhaled a shakily breathe.
Lowering her head, she adjusted her suit sleeves on her arms before fixing the glove fingers lightly. The biolight of purple shimmered lightly against her face, gently brushing against her closed eyes. The image of ulaz flashed in her mind before a ping of pain entered into her heart.
Closing her gloved hand tightly, listening to the glove to strain from her grip before exhaling lightly. " Your death wont be in vain, my uncle." She muttered to herself as she opened her eyes. The loud purr from her brown lion was heard in her mind as she smiled slightly.
The cub stood up, bouncing toward ophelia with a curious. It's red eyes stared up toward ophelia before lightly headbutting her leg. Ophelia could only smile down toward her cub. Lifting her head up, she looked at the marmora mask.
Opening her hand, she raised her hand up and grabs ahold of her mask, slipping it onto her face before pulling the hood onto her head, covering her shorten, silver pony tail. The lights of her mask flashed on before she picked her double short swords, turning away from the secret closet and walked toward the ramp that lowered for her.
Heading down the ramp, she made a gently click of her tongue. The cub leaped after her, running down the ramp after her. It's tail straightening out to hold it's balance on instinct while it follows behind ophelia, trying to keep up to get to her side.
She swung her sheathed swords onto her back, feeling the sheathes latch onto her back gently with a click. There was a few mutteres surrounding her. Calmly, stepping onto the grass, she raised her head up as she spotted the paladins lined up. Eyes filled with worried and concern for her.
" Could it be? " The women crimson eyes widen with wonder, stepping toward ophelia before holding her hands out, taking ophelia hands into hers. Ophelia could feed the old touch to her hands, thumbs gently rubbed the back of her covered hands. " It is, our chxy has return." The women turned to her people. " Praise Lubos!" The women said softly in relief.
"Lubos!" The tree people cheered toward her and voltron. Her eyes only widen even more in confusion behind her mask but her hands tighen around the old women hand tightly to show how confused she really was.
" Come, child." The women pulled ophelia forward, walking through the trees while paladins folled behind her. Sharing glances toward ophelia in confusion. " There is much to discuss since you have been gone." The women held so much trust and love toward ophelia, it only caused more confusion.
Ophelia could only watched the cub stare up her in curious before she walked with the women. Her cub followed right beside her as it's head turned every now and then to catch a different scent or two.
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Walking up the slop toward the balcony. Ophelia eyes widen toward the civilation of towers within the trees and around them. Buildings hidden among the trees. " When the galra last attacked, Chxy was only a child, fighting against them and managed to chase them away by herself. But now, they came back and attacked. Only a few of us escaped the cities. We were forced to flee into the forest." The wise women said softly, her eyes filled with pain and fear.
" Wise one, i'm confused. I fought the galra here?" Ophelia asked, stepping toward the wooden railing and gently placed her hands on it. " Even as a child?" She added in, her brows furrowed in confusion.
Her eyes shifted to the cub, making sure it didn't wonder from her side while the cub was busy inspecting the green leaf. Jumping back every time the leaf brush against it's nose as it let out a playful squeaky growl to it.
" Yes, when word got out that our savior had disappeared. We fear you may never return." The women turned to the paladins. " But here you are, with the paladins of voltron now. You have returned." The wise women said softly, softening her eyes up a bit.
"How long have you lived like this?" Shiro asked, stepping up toward her side before setting his hand on ophelia's shoulder. Gazing at the wise one's eyes in concern and worry.
" Many decafeebs." Staring down to the city within the trees. She soften her eyes to see how well the civilization has managed to last. " But, as you can see, our people are resilient. We never stopped evolving. " the wise one looked at ophelia with a slight smile. " Instead, we adapted our skilled to the environment. Just like you have." Wise one said clamly.
Ophelia raised up, straightening her back as she followed the wise one down the stairs. She felt her fingers move a biit before the intruder's fingers slipped between her's, intertwining them with his as she saw the blash and white shoulder pad pressed against her side. She knew shiro was worried for her. " What did you me by ' just like me' wise one?" Ophelia asked, tilting her head.
The wise one only soften her eyes even more toward her and shiro. " I can tell " The women chuckled lightly, looking toward shiro and the rest of the paladins. " You adapted well here just as well as you adapted to your new team." She stated playfully as she walked toward a root that held a glowing light.
Pidge bolted past ophelia, watching the younger holt race toward the green light that shined brightly. Watching a younger oklarion do something with a tree design before watching the thing fly out of his hand and toward pidge before flying away.
Of course the cub tried to chase it by jumping onto the root. Pawing in the air at it playfully while it's tail lashed from side to side like a whip. Eyes from the tree people watched the cub in amusement but curious. With a click from ophelia's tongue, the cub turned to look at her before bouncing toward her quickly.
Pidge smiled widely, watching it with amazement. " Coran was right, ryner. You're really are the most incrediable engineers in the universe." Pidge said with a wide smile. " To think, you knew that ophelia. Just seeing them be able to switch from working with precision machinery to a bunch of sticks!" Pidge spun toward ophelia with widen, amazed eyes.
Ophelia rubbed the back of her head. " I don't remember much, pidge. But," Ophelia could only chuckle toward her sister in amusement. " Your right, the engineering here is amazing and i couldn't disagree. " Ophelia agreed peacefully, this was defiently a change of pace for her that she needed for now.
" Nature's designs are superior to any that we could devise." Ryner said softly, looking down toward pidge with an amused smile before her crimson eyes watched the cub walk around her in curious before bouncing back to ophelia side. " Even the unknown can adapt to nature." She added calmly.
"No offfense." There was a smug smile on pidges face. " But, i'll take my computer over a tree any day." Pidge stated with amusement, raising her brows while her hand on her hip.
" Pidge.." Ophelia raised her hand, waving it as she sung pidge's name. That gave her a very worried look from pidge as she turned to see the most scaries grin on ophelia's face. " We're camping one of the days, just me and you, little sister." Ophelia stated with a playful tone, both hands now on her own hips.
Before pidge could protest, shiro cleared his throat for ophelia's attention. " You three can talk science and camping later. Let's assemble voltron and get rid of these galra invaders." Shiro stated calmly, narrowing his eyes a bit.
" It's not that simple, I'm afraid." Ryner turned to shiro with a worried look. " After chxy has left us to join the rest of her team. The galra came back and taken our leader, lubos. " Ryne said sadly, her leaf like brows lower sadly.
Everyone repeated lubos name sadly in synce. Causing ophelia and hunk to look at them in worried. Narrowing her eyes, she gritted her teeth. She had saved these people before, perhaps she could do it again and this time with her team.
" If you attack, who knows what they'll do to him." Ryner said, her eyes softening up in worried for her leader. Ophelia walked forward, touching ryner shoulder. Only to earn a very worried look from ryne.
"Then, we'll just have to rescue him." Ophelia vouched, nodding her head toward ryner as she moved to shiro's side as she intertwined her fingers with his fingers. She knew ryner was a bit upset by the decision but that trustful look was in her eyes.
" Then, come with me." Ryner said, walking past them as she head deep into the forest.
Ophelia shared a look with her paladins before following after ryne. It felt like this path was very familiar to her. She just didn't exactly remember why she felt like it was familiar to her. Her fingers still remain intertwined with shiro's but his only tighten around her's. Afraid to let her go any futhure from his side.
Her cub stalked after them quickly, weaving around the paladins to stick close to ophelia side. It seems the cubs instinct was starting to kick in and became a natural predator. One thing ophelia knew is that this cub needed a group to hunt in.
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Standing in the middle of the forest. The cub began to walk ahead of ophelia, nose to the ground while it's tail continued to flick from one side to another. Ophelia gazed around the middle of the forest until her eyes landed on the glowing tree infront of them.
"Um.." Keith looked toward ophelia before gazing at ryner. " Ryber, where are we?" Keith asked, his eye brows furrowed a bit in confusion.
Ophelia watched pidge slide to the side, adjusting her glasses. Her arms crossed against her chest before making another click with her tongue, watching the cub huffed toward the similar command before stalking back toward ophelia side.
"This is the armory." Ryner pointed out with a light smile. Watching one of the tree people reach out toward a flower planet as it glowed a bit, moving onto his arm before being aimed and fired with strange glowing trible markings on the plant.
Another touched a tree, watching that same markings stroll up the tree quickly toward a branch. Ophelia watched carefully as the glow wrapped aorund a nut, allowing it to drop down automatically before it landed in front of them, shifting into a armored mecha made of wood.
"Uh, can i get one of those?" Keith asked with an interesting look on his face.
Ryner walked toward a blue flower, waving her hand over it as it opened up on command. Five headbands were within that open flower, each holding it signature glow to it " Of course, you can each have one." She grabbed one of them, stepping toward them calmly. " Now, the key to operating it is understanding that the nanocellulose responds to electrical impulses from the neural pathways connected through this." Ryner said, handing each one toward the paladins.
Of course, a confused look appeared on lance's face with a raised eye brow. " Do what now?" Lance asked in confusion.
Hunk seemed to lick his, making a humming sound before smiling. " Makes my tongue itchy." He stated, looking at the headband in confusion.
"That's your interface?" Pidge asked, moving the headband onto her head carefully.
Ophelia looked at the headband, raising it up as she slipped it onto her head carefully. " What she means is that it's connected through emotions and brain wave activity." Ophelia taps her head gently " Electrical impulses from the neural pathways lance. We study this in the garrison." Ophelia stated in annoyanced, rolling her eyes.
Ryner hummed toward her in amusement, pleased to see that ophelia had not changed one bit. " Of course, all commands need to come as binary coded messages" Ryner said calmly, watching ophelia and the paladins calmly.
"So, like this." Pidge walked toward the tree. Raising her hand and pressing it against the trunk of the tree before closing her eyes. The glow from the headband lit up brightly before the same markings appear on the tree, heading toward one of the branches.
The nut above them glowed brightly before dropping down, landing beside pidge before it shifted and stood up. The cockpit opened wide for pidge. Ryner walked to her own, stepping into it before she smiled proudly. " Yes! Excellent! " She looked toward ophelia. " Why don't you give it try, chxy." Ryner said, gesturing toward one of the trees.
Ophelia let out a hum, stepping toward a flower pod then a tree. Curious looks from pidge and shiro watched her. Tilting her head, she looked toward the fern that stood above her as she reached out a few inches.
Bearly touching it with her finger tips, she closed her eyes to focus. She waited for a bit until the sight of the green glow appeared. Opening her eyes, she watched the same familiar markings appearing, covering the fern before it color disappeared, changing into a more yellow color.
Feeling the headband tighten on her head, the light spark from her hand appear before it flashed brightly enough to send her flying backwards into the ground, sliding a few feet away from the fern. The headband falling off her head.
" Ophelia!" Shiro called out with pidge, both black and green paladins rushed toward ophelia's side.
Feeling a hand on both her arms, helping her sit up and lean against the tree. Ophelia opened her eyes, raising her hand up to rub her head gently. She didn't know exactly what happened there. Everything was going smoothly then suddenly it just sent her flying away.
" Are you okay, ophie?" Pidge asked, clearly worried over her while pidge examined the brown paladin's head calmly for any wounds.
" I'm fine." Ophelia let out a soft moan, moving her hand away from her head as she straighten against the tree. " Don't understand why that happen. It happened against hagger too." Ophelia said quietly for the two to hear, lowering her eyes to her hands.
Shiro frowned a bit, touching her shoulder gently in comfort. " Whatever it is, we'll figure it out." He said softly, placing a kiss on her temple in comfort.
Ophelia nodded and smiled, her eyes moved to ryner. She could see the troublesome look on her face before she smiled slightly. " Looks like your becoming one with nature pidge." Ophelia said a bit louder, wanting to change the subject.
Pidge snorted with a smile, shaking her head. " Not really, ophie. You know my allergies and pale skin don't mix with outdoor living." Pidge stated a fact there, running toward the small mecha and climbs into it to sit down.
" Don't believe that for a second." Ophelia said playfully, snorting toward her own amusement as she slowly stood up with the help of shiro as she lean slightly into him. " Pidge is our resident tech expect." She added in, looking toward ryner.
"Well, that explains it." Ryner sat down in her mecha, grabbing the controls and smiles. " Like the olkari, you understand that, at the deepest level. Trees, metal, you, me." Ryner looked toward pidge and shiro. " We're all made up of the same cosmic dust, all arranged by the law of mathematics." Ryner explained calmly, holding that knowledgable smile.
Pidge held a stoic look on her face, gazing at ophelia. " Does this mean i should start gardening?" Pidge asked, looking for the answer from ophelia. Ophelia only snickered at the younger holt look on her face.
"It means you're going to need to give your friends a ride." Ryner stated the obvious before looking toward ophelia as if she wanted to offer a ride.
Ophelia pulled her mask and hood over her head before she whistles. " I'm going to run on this one." she pointed out, pressing her feet against the ground. Her cub crouched down with it's tail flat against the ground. " Meet ya there." With the brust of her jets, she leaped off the ground and toward the trees.
Her cub maked a tiny roar before chasing after her quickly, disappearing through the bushes and thicket while leaping onto the fallen tress and rocks, following right beside ophelia's speed. She couldn't blame ryner for offering with that look. She needed on the ground with her cub.
Her eyes gazed at the cub beside her. The cub was so focus on learning, it made her feel happy and relieved she was doing something right. Pressing her hand on a tree, lifting her self over it while her cub slips right under it before they picked up speed toward a tree.
With a click of her tongue, ophelia used her jetpack to help he climb up the tree. Right behind her, the cub paced at the bottom of the tree. Trying to figure a way to get up there before it paws the tree trunk.
slowly pull it self up into the trees to catch up with ophelia as the brown paladin ran along the tree branch, leaping across it to another tree.
Her cub followed suit quickly, leaping acrossed it. Hearing the sound of engines eched through
Long claws digging into the bark seemed to give the cub the geniun idea. Ophelia looked down to see two nut shelled mecha's move under them. With a smirk, ophelia ran through the leaves, jumping from on branch to another with her cub right behind her.
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Landing on the lower branch, she crouched down. The light thud shook the branch as she gazed over to see her cub standing up on the branch. It's tail twitched in curious, a low growl bubbled up in it's throat. Reaching over, she touches the cub head gently in comfort.
Her free hand touched the side of her mask, watching the view before she zoomed in. Scanning the area, she was locating a few sentries. Zooming further into the city, she picked up a few more sentries. ::Their headquarters are imprenetrable from the ground, but there is one way in.:: Ryner said, point toward the tower. :: A small opening in the roof.::
Ophelia looked at ryner mecha. "If i'm right, ryner.." Ophelia held her hand out, allowing a screen to appear in her hand to show the view of the opening on the roof. " It goes all the way down to an open courtyard." Ophelia pointed out, furrowing her brows a bit.
:: That's quite a drop.:: Keith pointed out. Ophelia could tell he was frowning about it. The drop could cause some sustain injuries.
:: But there you will have total access to the building. The hard part will be getting onto the roof undetected.:: Ryner stated calmly, earning an amused look from ophelia.
Ophelia hummed a bit. " That wont be a problem." Ophelia said calmly, smirking behind her mask a bit. She continued to scanned the area while she felt the cub nudge against her arm for a bit.
::Hey, hey, what's that? Is that part of the building?:: Hunk questioned, bringing up the view of the black box. Small purple lines formed around it as she narrowed her eyes.
Ophelia stood up slowly, closing her hand. " That doesn't look like it suppose to be there." Ophelia muttered calmly, touching her chin lightly in thought as she closed her eyes.
::My Lubos, your right! It can't be:: Ryner said softly with a surprise tone.
::Hey! That looks like the cube coran gave me!:: Pidge said quickly, pulling out a cube that was blue instead of purple, holding it up to the video feed.
:: I haven't seen one of those in many decafeebs. We used to play with them as children. Even chxy used it to distract her enemies.:: Ophelia looked toward the cube, narrowing her eyes. :: But this.. Only king lubos could have designed one that size.:: Ryner stated with a slightly frown of confusion.
:: Why would he do that?:: Keith asked with a bit of concern and curious in his tone.
She stood up on the branch before leaning slightly as she pushed off the branch. She didn't need to listen anymore. She didn't need to hear anymore. She knew something was up now. King lubos wasn't being forced. If she was right, he allied himself with galra.
Dropping toward the ground, her cub fell right beside her, landing perfectly on the ground before she landed with a thud. She watched her cub come to her as she raised her hand up, rubbing her alien feline cub head gently before placing a camera like chip onto the cub head.
With a gently click, the cub turned away and ran into the bushes. Narrowing her eyes once more toward the cube. She didn't like the looks of it.
"My cub is currently on the prowl around the boarder of the city." Ophelia announced, crossing her arms against her chest. " If the galra spots it, she'll retreat back to my side in an instant."
Shiro nodded his head toward ophelia, his eyes narrowed calmly. Ophelia walked toward shiro side, holding her hand out while the holograph of the tower appeared in her hand. " First, we'll need to get to the top of the that tower." Shiro pointed toward the top before guiding his hand toward the middle of the tower. " Ophelia will go through here first, taking out any galra patrols." Shiro stated calmly.
Ophelia made a quick nod toward shiro." Once i'm in, i'll try and deactivate any or all sentries patrols within the tower." Ophelia said calmly, using her free hand to make a snapping sound.
The paladins looked a bit worried about her but ophelia sent a gently comforting smile. She gazed at shiro, nodding her head for him to continued. " Since the green and brown lion has steath capabilities, well be taking only one, pidge, you're the drop ship. You'll take keith, hunk, lance and me to the roof. Then drop back to the safe position." Shiro explained calmly, softening his eyes toward pidge.
Pidge nodded her head quickly, smirking a bit toward ophelia. She could tell that the hybrid shoulders sagged a bit in relief. She didn't want to see pidge get hurt and feel a bit better knowing pidge would be safe.
" After the drop, " Ophelia narrowed her eyes. " You'll use a sensor to scan the building for any olkari biorhythms, pidge will send in the report of any findings to you four while i am busy with the galra." Ophelia stated, closing her hand causing the tower image to disappear.
" Alright team, you know the plan. Let's move" Shiro said calmly, turning toward ophelia completely and smiled toward her. " Be safe." He added, his eyes filled with soften, worried and love while he touched her forearms gently with a light comforting squeeze.
Ophelia nodded her head and smiled, she stepped back slowly as she watched shiro and the paladins make their way toward the green lion. " Being safe isn't really in my catagory, shiro!" She called out, amusement only flooded her tone while she chuckled lightly.
Watching the black paladin send a smile to her before disappearing into the lion mouth. Soon as the lion's mouth closes, it stood up tall before leaping into the air and flying off.
Turning around, she looked at ryner. She nodded toward her before she walked off quickly. She could feel ryner eyes watching her with wonder and amazement. Even though she truly never understood how she ended up here in the first place.
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Slipping through the vents of the tower. Crawling through them with ease while she makes her way toward the first light that lead to an opening. Squirming a bit to get her onto her knees before she pulled out one of her swords. Concentrating calmly, she watched it revert back to it's small dagger form.
Nearing the opened vent, she moved the dagger tip into the edge of the vent. Carefully pushing and twisting it a bit until the sound of a click was heard as the vent hatch popped open a bit. Slipping the dagger into it's sheath before pulling the vent hatch up all the way.
Squirming a bit more in the small vent before she dropped out of the vent with a light thud. Standing up slowly, she spotted the first two galra sentries walking toward the corner. Turning her head, she heard another approaching feet. She quickly accessed her cloaking ability before she slipped behind an open door frame.
Tilting a bit to watch the second patrol to walk past her. Taking her dagger out of it's sheath before she stalked up behind the two galra sentries. Twisting the dagger in her fingers, she swung forward before wrapping her arm around one of the sentries nech as she shoved the dagger into the sentries back.
Hearing a light hissed before the light in the visor flickered off. Of course, she watched the second sentry turn around as she moved quickly, watching the one she killed, fall onto it's back. Movingg toward the side quickly before she charged at it. But before she could strike.
Another found of feet were behind her. She turned her head, spotting two more sentries. Reaching up, she grabbed her other sword and pulled it slightly out of it's sheath but a hiss was heard.
The sound of paws rushed past her before the cub leaped up and latched down onto the sentries neck, pulling out the wires while clawing at the chest plate. Before the other two could shoot. Ophelia spun around, swinging her sword through the sentry neck while her cub leaped off the offlined sentry and attacked the last remaining one.
Watching the last two remaining sentries fall from the fatel attackes. Ophelia stood tall while her cub panted heavily, padding her way toward ophelia side. Making another hiss of warning toward the dead bodies. " Good, like we trained." Ophelia praised before clicking lightly.
Both her and the cub began to run around the corner to catch up with the other two sentries. She needed to make sure the galra stays off her teams trail. Making another turn around the corner before heading down the hall quickly.
Spotting a light ahead. Her cub sped up ahead of her before leaping into the air. Claws were out before beging dugged into the back plates off the galra sentries. Forcing one onto the ground while teeth being dugged into the neck. Ophelia followed right behind with a twist in her ankles.
She spun around, bringing her sword down onto the second sentry while the could of metal slicing through metal was heard. Slowly but surely, both sentries collaps onto their knees before falling over. The cub made a small squeak roar of victory before flicking her tail to the side like a whip.
"Whoa.." The sound of surprise caused ophelia to turned to see the paladin's hiding against the wall. Turning her eyes toward hunk who stood there with a surprise looked. " You taught that cub to attack like that?" He asked, almost gulping a bit in fear.
Ophelia nodded her head slowly, smirking behind her helmet. She could see shiro was kinda impressed but also worried when his eyes gazed toward the cub. With a click and a twitch of her two fingers, she turned around and ran back down the same hall. Her cub was right at her heels, following her quickly.
The sound of the paladin's feet followed behind her as she ran down the hall toward the door. She could hear the muffling sound of voice's. Reaching up, she lightly hit the button as the door slide up. Quickly, her and the paladins slipped into the room with the cub right behind them.
Kneeling down the wall, she looked around the corner with shiro as they watched lubos and his servent watch a cartoon show while there wa a hovering tray next to his chair. Watching him stuff his face with food.
Turning her head, she looked at shiro with a dumbfounded look before looking at the paladins. Hearing the sound of crying and a few muffled sad words toward the tv show. Holding her hand out, she stepped forward slowly before slowly nodding her head toward the paladins.
Shiro moves slowly beside ophelia, looking at her slightly before gazing at lubos. " King lubos?" Shiro asked, his eyes showed a bit unsurity toward the king. Even ophelia felt a bit off about him.
" Y-yes? Who are you?" Lubos turned around, dabbing his eyes a bit with a handkerchief before he sniffled a bit. " The jesters i requested?" He asked confusely, staring at them with sadden blue eyes.
Lance turned a bit, looking a little concerned with raised eye brows. "Um, " Lance looked toward ophelia for any answers but the brown paladin only shrugged her shoulders. " We're here to, like, rescue you?" He tried to question his own statement with that unsure tone.
Lubos eyes soon narrowed, the light click was heard but gone unnoticed by the paladins beside while ophelia watched his hand grip with a calm hum. The light flares on before the wall opened up with a hidden room.
Her cub bounced infront of her and the paladins, crouching down with a loud hiss while she watched the galra sentries ran in line beside eachother, weapons armed and aimed toward them but the one galra member stepped between the sentries.
Ophelia furrowed her brows, staring at the large round chin galra before her. Both his arms were prostetic like. His small, narrow eyes stared right at her mask. " You could have just said, no thanks." Hunk stated with a small while turned the king who stood up slowly beside the prisoner.
" Looks like someone came to rescue you, lubos." His deep tone was very familiar to her. His left eye was small and red and very noticable to her. She could tell he was a hybrid as well. " And it someone i dearly miss." The galra commander stated with a amused smirk.
Her cub let out another hiss of warning, her tail lashing out toward the side to show how dangerous she truly was. Ophelia turned toward the king lubos as she slowly raised her hand up toward her swords. " I knew something smelled foul." She warned with a cold tone, narrowing her eyes toward the galra commander.
"You turned your back on you're people to save your own skin?" Shiro stated more then questioned it. His tone was soft and cool while his eyes show anger then betrayal.
"I'm doing this for my people!" Lubos argued, pointing toward the galra squad beside them." They wanted to fight the galra, but they are too powerful! The Galra could destroy us!" Lubos tried to convince, fear in his crimson eyes.
" Do i really want to believe that?" Ophelia asked with a hiss, gripping her swords by the hilts before slipping them out of their sheathes before swinging them down infront of her, crossing the blades.
Lance eyes narrowed toward lubos, aiming his rifle toward the galra. " So, you helped enslave your people to build some super weapon?" Lance asked quickly, staring at lubo for the answer.
Lubos narrowed his eyes, leaning toward them. " Don't make me the bad guy! He forced me to do it!" Lubos snapped at them in anger, pointing his finger toward the galra commander.
" I don't think galra would treat you like royalty." Ophelia stepped forward, making lubos step back. " Not when you have free reign of food and shows." Ophelia stated coldly, pointing out the true fact.
Lubos had not answer, looking a bit stunned by the hybrid answer. " You are no king." Keith pointed out, taking a step forward. Lubos scamper back before making a turn and ran toward the galra commander with a whimper but the prisoner slammed his shoulder into lubos, sending him back. Keith shot forward, catching lubos. " Okay, we're walking out of here! Anyone tries to stop us and lubos gets it!" Keith stated plainly, his bayard held near lubos neck.
The only three paladins were stunned by keiths actions but ophelia was more amused then they were. Stepping beside keith, she raised her left blade toward lubos neck, tipping a bit where the blade's tip pressed against the chubby olkarian chin. " And i'll make sure the job is done." She warned a bit calmly, her eyes softening up as she watched the galra commander.
"Whoa, K-keith! O-ophelia!" Shiro called out with a shocked look on his face.
"That came out of nowhere." Lance asked rather then stated, trying to soften his widen eyes.
" La-sai, " Lubos looked between keith and ophelia before looking toward his servent. " What are you doing?" Lubos asked with shock in his tone.
Ophelia smirked behind her mask, nodding her head toward the skinny olkarian. " You betrayed our people. You betrayed what chxy gaved us. I can't live this lie anymore." La-sai stated calmly.
"You don't want us to hurt your genius engineer, right?" Keith asked, inching his bayward closer but she uses her sword to lightly tapped the bayward away.
There was that smirk on the galra commander face. " Oh, be my guest. " His voice filled with amusement. " His work is done. The cube is complete." He stated calmly, his arms tucked behind his back.
"What?" Lubos eyes widen in shock. " But- but i thought we had a deal!" Lubos stuttered like an earth chicken while he tried to argue.
" Guards, put them out of their misery!" The galra commander ordered from where he stood but before they could fire. A blue beam shot through the building and past them, cutting between them.
:: Your ride is here:: Pidge stated playfully through the communication link. Ophelia swung her swords back into their sheathes while her cub hissed toward lubos with a hungry look on her face.
" Engage the cube! Take down the lion!" The commander orderd. The sentries crouched down onto their knees, aiming their weapons as they fired their weapons. Shiro activated his shield while ophelia pushed the red paladin and the two olkarians forward.
Swinging her swords forward, she guided her blades into the blast shots. Ricocheting them back towrd the commander and his soldiers while she stepped back. The other's soon followed the red paladin toward the hole in the wall with shiro behind them.
Listening to each jet boost, she counted each one to before she spun around as she ran after the paladins but a blast shot flew past her shoulder, grazing her shoulder a bit. She bit back a hiss as she stumbled a little as she jumped toward the green lion.
Activating her jet packs, she slipped her blade's into her right hand as she reaches out. Shiro was quick to turn around and grabbed her left wrist and pulling her up onto the green lion. Right behind her was the cub.
The cub used all her strength to push off the edge and leap toward the green lion. Claws were extended before brushing against the metal. Ophelia moved from shiro before grabbing her cub's paw, pulling the small cub up as the green lion lifted and slowly moves away from the building.
"We've got to get back to the other lions and form voltron's team!" Shiro announced, opening the hatch into the green lion as each one slipped into the hull of the lion. Watching the cub squirm and jump into the hatch before ophelia followed suit.
:: On it:: Pidge said quickly, the loud blast was heard as the green lion flew toward the forest.
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Ophelia was the first to drag the traitor olkarian out of the green lion and threw him onto the ground. The light grunt was heard with dust flying slightly before he scrambled onto his knees, looking up toward his own kind. Words of lubos were mumbled through the crowd.
Ophelia stepped behind lubos, crossing her arms but her eyes landed on ryner's shocked but disappointed look. "What's going on?" Ryner asked, looking toward her and the paladins.
"While your countryman starved, King lubos was well taken care of by the galran." Watching lubos lower his head in shame. " He willingly helped them build that cube, willingly helped to enslave his own people." Shiro stated the obvious, anger was in his gray narrow eyes.
Ophelia could see the shock in the olkarian people. Soft gasp echoed through the crowd with a shocking tone toward lubos. " I know you're devastated, but it's time to be strong and use you're Olkari spirit. "Ophelia stepped up, clenching her fist as she raised it up. "To fight alongside voltron, to fight along side me and take back your planet as i have done before." Ophelia said with her head raised up.
She could feel the blood trickling down her right shoulder. Her right hand was still clenching her double short swords. Ryner eyes widen toward ophelia words before her eyes narrowed the slightest toward lubos. "Lubos, how could you?" Ryner asked, she wanted answers
"I.." Lubos raised his head with an apology look. "I was only trying too.." He didn't get the chance to finsh when ryner inturrepted him. She didn't want to hear anymore.
"Enough!" Ryner snapped, turning toward her people. "We must free our people!"Ryner stated, the cheers of the olkari was heard throughout the forest. The cub stepped forward, growling toward lubos but ophelia stepped infront of her cub.
With a click, she watched her cub stalk toward ryner. " My cub knows what to do, just click and she'll know." Ryner nodded her head and gazed down toward the cub. "Voltron, it's time!" Ophelia called out, stepping toward her brown lion.
Her brown lowered down, his mouth opened up for her. Welcome back, my paladin. Your will of fighting has return, did it? Ophelia stepped into her brown lion. She could tell her lion was purring in question about her temper.
Grieving over ulaz took a toll on her. But seeing these people again, even if she couldn't remember them. She knew she needed to put the past behind her this one time. Making her way to her seat, she slips into it.
"Ulaz wouldn't want me to sulk all the time." She reaches out as the gears shifted into her hands as she smirks. "So yeah, the fight is back in me." She muttered softly toward herself but she had to admit. It felt good to be in the fight.
Pulling the gears back as her brown lion roared loudly before leaping into the air with the five other lions behind her. Her brows furrowed with determind as she watched the five lions flew past her with the five colors trailing behind them before they disappear into the sky like a shining star.
::Form Voltron!:: Shiro commanded throught he communication lions.
Pushing her controls forward, her brown lion flew toward the transforming voltron before her own lion began to break apart. Watching the front legs then the back legs pull apart from the sockets. The chest lower down and shifting itself into a more body like figure.
The head of the lion angled itself like a normal person. The four limbs of the lion shifted into the limbs of a human. Two arms latching onto, watching the diagram of the first two arms attaching together. The paws shifted out and raised up to the wrist part as the hands slide out of the sockets.
The same thing happed with the back legs but the back paws shifted upward to the knees as the feet appeared out of the sockets before the legs attached itself to the lower half. Soon the mouth of the brown lion opened up, allowing the glow of the optics light up in a flash before she turned the controls, causing the brown knight to spiral around with the bo in hands.
Flying down from the sky, she could see voltron already flying into battle. Shield blocking the blast shots from the cube. Ophelia flew closer to voltron side before splitting off from voltron, she saw a purple beam fly between them and into the sky. Tightening her grasp the Bo, she spotted Voltrons shield forming in the green lion mouth.
Watching the red lion arm raise up, keith fired the blue laser at it. She pushed the controls forward, swinging her bo to create a blue boomerang shape light toward the cube. Watching it hit, ophelia narrowed her eyes.
The cube had asorbed their attacks before firing those two combined attacks at them. Ophelia pulled the controls back as she flew backwards while voltron moved infront of her mecha knight, blocking the hit from touching them.
::Did it just absorb our lasers?:: Pidge asked in shock, her eyes widen in disbelief.
::We need to increase firepower! Hunk, use your blaster.:: Shiro commanded, his brows were furrowing in anger.
::I'm not sure this is a good idea.:: Pidge tried to argue against shiro's ordered.
::Got it!:: Hunk said with a serious look, causing pidge to frown in annoyance. Soon the yellow blaster formed on voltrons shoulders as it fired the large blue laser toward the cube. Colliding into it, it created a blinding light. The cube was absorbing the blast fire, building a light blue ball around it ::Yeah, i think it's working!:: Hunk added happily.
Ophelia shook her head. She didn't agree with hunk's positivity but she couldn't say it to hurt hunk. She watched the blast fade away, being absorbed into the glowing cube that returned to it's solid black color. A purple light shined form the cube before the middle of the cube began to glow.
"Move!" Ophelia called out toward her team, pushing her controls forward as she flew her mecha knight into the blast. Raising her Bo, she spun it right infront of the blast that collided into her bo staff. Pushing against the blue laser while she flew slowly backwards toward voltron's shield.
But the blast grew stronger, she knew it was hunk's power and it grew stronger, sending her into the shield as it pushed both voltron mecha forms back a few feet. Another bright light engulfed them before feeling her mecha's feet were frozen a bit to keep them steady.
:: It's giving back whatever we fired into it, like coran's echo cube.:: Shiro pointed out, his brows furrowed with a serious frown on his face.
::Thats what i was trying to tell you guys! It's learning! Making it's own version of our weapons to use against us!:: Pidge explained quickly, narrowing her eyes as she clenched her teeth tightly from the powerful push.
Ophelia felt another blast erupt through the beam. She knew the cube was putting everything into this one blast to stop them. Clenching her jaw tightly as she kept her eyes close to avoid the brightness.
::We can't just sit here. We've got to move!:: Lance stated quickly.
Ophelia nodded her head quickly toward shiro's video. She knew she could see until she pulled her controls back, lifting her mecha into the air while Voltron was guided toward the side, letting the blast fly past both of them.
However, the blast followed voltron rather quickly as it hit the back of voltron, sending them flying. All ophelia heard was their screams as she opened her eyes. Looking toward the window, she saw voltron laying on the ground, a few feet away from the cube before they slowly stood up.
Ophelia shifted the controls as she flew down toward the cube quickly. She allowed her Bo to deterize from her mecha's hands as she swung her mecha fist into the cube, sending it flying into the ground.
Watching it bounce a few times before it raise up to hover over the ground before the middle of the cube lit up on both side's, sending two beams at both her and voltron. Her mecha leaped into the air with the beam follow as the second beam chased after voltron.
Once the two beams missed and faded. Her mecha flew toward voltron witht eh cube chasing them. ::How do we beat it?::Hunk asked quickly, watching his video feed appear on her left bottom screen. She could see the concern look.
Lance video feed followed right above hunk video. His face held a bit of confusion and wary. ::Maybe, if we form our sword, we can cut through the surface and hack right into the center thinking point place?:: Lance asked, raising a eye brow.
::Can't be any worse than what's happening now.:: Keith stated as his video feed appeared on the lower right side. She could see the sweet drops on keith face while his eyes were narrowing with furrowed brows.
She wanted to argue but she didn't. She frowned a little in thought. The cube learns how to shoot. Maybe it'll learn how to form it's own weapons. Nodding her head with lance's idea. "I suggest trying it, shiro." Ophelia said with a agreeable tone.
Shiro looked at her, nodding his head as well. "Alright. Let's do it. Form Sword!" Shiro ordered but ophelia could tell he was unsure about the idea. It wasn't every day lance came up with a plan but she was impress of the idea.
Raising her mecha's hands up, she pulled out the single swords out of her mecha's sheath while voltron began to form the sword. Hitting the boosters, she flew toward the cube as she swung her swords into the purple lasers that were being fired at her.
She looked slightly behind her, noticing voltron was following after her with the sword in hand. Dodging from one side to another with voltron following her lead. Flew forward first as she swung her mecha's swords forward, slicing through the cube first before voltron did the same before looking up at that cube.
Watching it spark a little before the visable slide appear, tearing the cube apart before it flared lightly like it healed itself. " Still operational guys." Ophelia called out, narrowing her eyes.
::Re-engaged!:: Shiro ordered, watching voltron leap back into the air, slicing through both half cubes, only to create four more. She blinked a few times as she began to think to herself, leaning back against her seat.
::We did it! They're going down:: Hunk stated happily, but soon as the cubes lowered down, they lit back up to that famous purple glow.
Pushing her controls forward, she flew up to stand behind voltron. Holding her sword up in defence as she narrowed her eyes. "It's like a snake. You cut off one head, it grows two more. Cut off two heads, it regrows four more." Ophelia informed them, twisting her sword as she spun her blade around.
Voltron raised it's shield up, blocking the first two set of beams while ophelia's blade blocked off the second set of beams from behind. Fliping away from the stray shots as they avoided each shot. ::We got to move! Move!:: Shiro commanded quickly.
Breaking off from voltron, two of the cubes followed after her. One blocked off her escape route as she swung her sword as it fired a blue laster at her blade, sending her back as the second cube appeared behind her, shooting her mecha's back as it sent her flying down toward the ground.
"Shiro, we can't fight them like this!" Ophelia warned, shifting her controls as she gained her balance once more, perventing her from hitting any of the trees.
::We need to split up! Back into lions!:: Shiro ordered. Voltron began to glow brightly as it shifted back into five lions. Watching each lion seperate and quickly dodge each blast from the four cubes.
Her knight mecha shifted back into it's brown lion form. She watched the blue lion fire a ice beam into the cube. Smirking as the cube turned to ice but soon her smirk faded once the ice shattered before the cube sent the same beam into the blue lion.
::Oh, no!:: The blue flew backwards with a frozen head. ::So cold, So cold!:: Lance said with a shivering tone. Once the blue lion hovered next to the red lion, keith fired a fire blast into the blue lion head, melting the ice enough for the blue lion to shake it off. ::Oh, oh. Thanks keith!:: Lance added with a thankful tone.
::You got it.:: Keith stated before flying off with the blue lion next to him.
Ophelia flew her brown lion around the cubes, trying to figure out a weak point to them all. She narrowed her eyes. :: Shiro, ophelia, what are we going to do?:: Hunk asked, as his video feed appeared on the top left screen.
::There doesn't seem to be anyway to stop them, but we can't let this weapon get into zarkon's hands!:: Shiro stated, flying past the lasers as his black lion flew next to her.
"They aborb anything tossed to them. I can't find a weak point at all. We need.." A scream caught ophelia attention, turning her head as she saw the green lion sparking as it fell into the trees. " Pidge!" Ophelia called out, pushing on the controls as she flew down after pidge.
Chasing after the green lion, she flew through the trees as she landed her brown lion on the ground, running after pidge green lion. Catching up with the green lion, she watched it slide down the hill to a stop.
Stopping her lion, she climbed out of the lion quickly as she ran toward the green lion. Her fear build up for pidge. Spotting ryner, she watched the old olkarian raise her hand up, touching the lion head before her other hand raised up and touched ophelia forehead.
"Pidge, can you hear us?" Ryner asked softly, her eyes closed as she focused on them.
Ophelia relaxed when she heard ryner voice in her mind. She realized that the olkarian had a telepathic mind connected to everything. "Are you alright, little sis?" Ophiela asked in concern, looking at the green lion.
::Yeah, i'm fine, ophie. Wait.:: There was a few second paused there. It must have dawned on pidge's. Too bad, ophelia was disappointed in not seeing her look. :: How am i hearing you both?:: Pidge asked in confusion.
"That's not important right now. We need to get your lion back up and running. I think we can heal your lion's body, but you must bond with its spirit if it is to fly again." Ryner stated the obvious. She didn't know each lion had their very own way of bonding.
::But i thought we bonded already.:: Pidge sounded so confused and defeated at the very thought of her lion didn't bond correctly with her.
"Your bond must be stronger, pidge." Ophelia knew pidge remain quiet as she smiled. "Remember pidge, Lance is water. Keith is fire. Hunk is earth. Shiro is sky and i am light. Each has to bond in it's own way." Ophelia explained calmly, she knew she had to find some way to help pidge figure her bond out.
Ophelia opened her eyes, watching the light glow around the olkarian hand as she stepped toward, placing her hand beside ryners. "Remember what i said. You, the lion, The olkari. We are all made of the same essence." Ryner stated.
Ophelia watched the glowing circle formed around her hand as her eyes widen as the green light moved toward the vines around the green lion, making them glow as well as they were healing the body of the green lion. She didn't know what played through pidge's mind.
Focus ophelia. Light helps fire, water, earth, sky and nature. You are the reason why each guardians, each paladins are connected. Her brown lion purred in her mind. Praising her with his soft tone. She watched the green glow around her hand turn yellow but the rest of the green glow remain normal.
Stepping back, she watched the yellow glow faded as the lion stood up and roared loudly. Her brown lion roared along with the green lion. Nodding her head at ryner, she ran toward her brown lion and leaped into the air, using her jet boosters to land on the muzzle of the beast.
Slipping into her poliet seat as she took the controls. Leaping off the ground as she and pidged flew over the group of lions. Ophelia summoned her bayard as she watched the hatch open up. " I shall blind my enemies with this light." She muttered toward her self, slamming her bayard into the key pad.
Twisting it, she flew between the four cubes as she set off a blinding light around her lion. Giving pidge enough time for pidge to fly past her and into the air. Once the light dimmed down, the four cubes were locked on her.
Watching the green light shot into the first cube to her right as it absorbed the power, turning on witha green lion before vines began to grow out of it. ::Ophelia, round them up!:: Pidge called out as the three cubes began to fly after pidge.
"Got ya, little sis!" Ophelia said cheerfully, hitting the thrusters as she flew after the cubes. Sending a small short blast from her lion's tail, each cube stopped before absorbing her fire shots, only to launch them back at her.
Another green blast hit the second cube. Making it turn on with a green glow as vines sprout out of the cube. Ophelia continued to circle the other two cubes, making they fire at her as she flew past them with pidge above her, firing a third shot into the third cube.
Same thing happed to it with vines sprouting out, causing the them to wrap around that cube as it was sent flying down into the forest. Finally the last one was shot. Watching the same thing happen for the first time.
Flying toward pidge, she hovered her lion next to the green lion. "I'm proud of you pidge." Ophelia said calmly, earning a brightful smile from pidge video feed.
::Vines..:: Hunk chuckled lightly. ::Well that's not the way i thought a giant cube of death would go down.:: Hunk pointed out with a amused smile. Seem like he was relieved from the winning battled.
"Now if you excuse me, i got a galra commander to catch." Ophelia spun her brown lion around before she flew toward the olkari city. She could already see the explosion happening but she was to late to catch the galra ship.
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"I want to thank you all. You helped us get our home back. And for that, we will never be able to repay you" Ryner said with a smile on her face. Her crimson eyes soften up a bit.
Ophelia was kneeled down, pulling metal chunks out of her cub's paws. Watching the furless creature flick her tail happily. " Just promise me that when it's time to take the fight to zarkon, we can count on the olkari for help." Shiro said calmly, smiling toward the old wise one.
Ryner and shiro grabbed hands together, watching them both smile toward each other. " Now and forever." She turned to pidge, looking down at her. " And you, the spirit of olkari resides in you. The bond between you and your lion has grown stronger than ever." Ryner said, setting her hand on pidge's shoulder.
Pidge smiled before looking at her lion. " Without you, i would never have been able to unlock my lion's hidden power." Pidge admitted, her eyes soften toward her lion.
"And Chxy.." The wise one spoken up, looking toward her with a soft look. " You have done so much for us. Returning here and bring your new team. I am proud to call you an olkari." Ryner folded her hands together. "This new power in you is much different from ours and i hope, whatever it is, guides you down the right path as you have followed before." Ryner said softly.
Ophelia smiled toward her before petting her furless cub head gently. "Thankyou ryner. I'll return shortly, i promise and maybe when i do, you can show me how to be a true olkari." Ophelia said softly, holding her hand out toward ryner before they shook hands. "By the ways guys, i got a name for her." Ophelia added with a smile.
"Finally! We been waiting like decades for her to have a name." Lance state with a huff as his eyes eagerly watched her.
"So what is it, ophie?" Pidge asked, looking toward the furless creature.
"Kuuyra."Ophelia rubbed her furless creature's head gently. "That is her name." Ophelia said softly, listening the the soft purrs of the small cub.
Shiro seemed to nod his head in agreement even though his eyes were wary of the creature still. He had seen what it can do with ophelia and he was pretty impressed but also scared for her. Ophelia only sent a comforting smile toward shiro.
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Ophelia sat beside pidge, her arms wrapped around the green paladin shoulders as she smirked hapily with prideful eyes. " You did amazing." Ophelia said with a squeal of happiness.
Shiro nodded in agreement. " Nice job, pidge." Shiro said, smiling toward the two paladins with a proud smile.
"You know, it's weird. I've always been a tech junkie. That's how i connected with the world." Pidge eyes casted downward with a frown. " But, for the first time, i feel connected to everything." Her eyes suden grew wide before tilting her head a bit. " I guess it's like ryner said. We're all made up of the same cosmic dust." Pidge said with a shrugged as she smiled.
"So, that means we're all related. This ship, those stars, the olkari. Even the galra." Keith said while he turned to the side, smiling slightly while clenching his fist.
"Uh oh, i think keith just blew his mind." Hunk stated playfuly. Soon everyone was laughing while keith just stood there with a pout on his face like usual. "What?" Hunk added between his laughs.
"Well, that was a productive trip." Ophelia sent a glare toward that cube. " Look at all these cubes they gave me" She watched the cube being tossed into the air as it was split off into eight different pieces. "Coran, coran, the gorgeous man!"
"Coran, coran, the gorgeous man!" Each cube played the same thing in a hermonic tone at the same time.
"Ah, sounds pretty good." Coran said, noding his head calmly.
"Ah, sounds pretty good" The cubes replayed the same words over again.
Ophelia could see the smirk on hunk face as he played a farting sound. Which the cubes replayed again while shiro formed a 'really' look on his face. Ophelia only chuckled, shaking her head while the other's began to laugh.
Soon the red lights flared on as she stood up, running toward the window quickly as she saw the main galra command ship with Two fleets of galra ships besie each side. "Oh, no!" Shiro whispers softly in shock.
Only then the cubes repeated the same words once more.
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Not exactly happy how i wrote this but i can't really think of any way to re-write it. Anyways, im currently stuck on Season 2, Storm of the eye. I have a few idea's for it but none of them fits into it like they would for season three to six. So, if you have any idea's for it. I'll be happy enough to use it. As i stated before, My grammar, punctuation and spelling sucks. Without a beta-writer for this, your kinda stuck with me lol. So please, bear with me on this.
But last but not least, Ophelia missing memories didn't show in this one, so hopefully, another missing link will appear in the next or later into the story. Fav, Follow, Review, ^^ have a nice night.