Coran looked at the monitor in front of him "It appears that all of the planets we've engaged have been pacified, if not totally liberated. A warning light started to flash and beep.

"Wait. There's another Galra battle cruiser approaching Naxzela."

"Sector Zar Niomofor is clear" Matt called "Let me see if I can get a line on that battle cruiser." suddenly the room flashed red followed by sudden darkness, losing power Matt knew the Zaiforge cannon was down, he called over the com "Zaiforge cannon Senfama, are you still operational?"

"Negative" Keith sighed.

"That incoming battle cruiser must have shut them down remotely." Coran summed up

"Sorry, Shiro." Keith said "That's if for artillery support. What should we do about that cruiser?"

"That cruiser's gonna be too late. Naxzela's almost secure. We need to take out the last of the heavy artillery." Shiro said "On our left! Shield up!" He called

Pidge put the shields up just on time for a blast the hit it. Voltron fought hard against the power strike sending it back to the Galran cruiser blowing it to peace's

"Stop the ship and hold this position. We're close enough to Naxzela now." Said the druid.

"Close enough for what? Voltron has captured the planet. There's no way for us to attack from this distance." scoffed the Galran general, apparently still bitter about Haggar's decision of putting the druid in charge.

"We need to gather every available ship and get ready for the fight of our lives." Said the first officer, who sounded just as bitter.

The druid completely ignored them both walking out of the room and down to the place that Haggar instructed him to go too.

Upon reaching the door, there stood another druid. "Make sure no one disturbs my ritual until Naxzela is destroyed." He said as bold as he could manage.

"Vrepit Sa" was the reply

The door shut behind him putting him in the dark. He walked to the center of the room; the floor lit up under his feet.

"Let us begin," he instructed as he put his hands to the floor the four other druids mimicked him. He stood uprising his hands to the ceiling "Awake, Naxzela!" He shouted the room flashed purple, spreading to the rest of the ship

He could feel his power being drained way into Naxzela's core, the witch had lied to him, and he knew it too late, he felt his quintessence leaving him, and it was over just as quickly as it stated, the lights went a bright purple then died away as it went into the core of the planet.

He crumbled to the floor motionless

"Whoa! did we cause that earthquake?" Lance asked.

Team Voltron had just set down on the surface of the planet when it started to shake.

"I don't think so!" Pidge called back; there alarms started beeping as the ground continued to shake

"Guy," Hunk called to his team "look over there!"

Voltron watched as a giant pillar rose up from the ground. They continued to watch as more popped up from all directions.

"Uh... guys, what are those?" Lance squeaked

"We've never seen anything like this from the Galra before." Pidge noticed

"Are they weapons?" Hunk questioned Pidge

"They look like some sort of generators." She told him

"Stay alert." Shiro ordered

"I say we get outta here." Lance suggested, "Pidge, plot a course for our escape."

"Hold on! We should find out what these things are." Shiro said

Suddenly, all the pillars flashed a purpled energy connecting from component to component creating a force field that covered all of Naxzela, closing over the top of Voltron trapping them on the inside.

"This can't be safe." Hunk barked

"Do you feel that? That wave of darkness?" Allura asked her team

Without warning, strong energy clung onto Voltron

"I can't move Red!" Lance cried

"Yellow won't budge, either." Hunk groaned as both Yellow and Blue buckled causing Red and Green to fall forward to support the weight. Voltron was on their hands and knees, while the paladins desperately tried to keep panicking.

"This energy field is holding us down! Gravity levels are spiking!" Pidge called

"We have to get outta here!" Shiro grunts "If we stay here, we'll be crushed. Everyone, we have to focus. Give everything you've got, and maybe we can fight through this energy field. Ready?"

"Ready!" Calls the paladins

The paladins knew what they must do, Allura forced her loin to go into a half stand while Shio activated the blasters. For a split moment, hope wove through the paladins, but it was quickly crushed when Voltron lost power and went tumbling towards the surface of the planet.

They spun out of control going down. Pidge heard her friends screaming through the coms and quickly realized she was also shouting, 'We are going to die.' that was her thought, they where a bug being squashed under a giant foot.

The sound of metal creaking could be heard as they hit the ground.

Hunk was the first to stop screaming "Is anyone else able to move around?"

"Barely, but the gravitational pull is worse on Voltron." She grunted breathing deeply and closing her eyes 'Get ahold on your self, we can do this' She scolded herself then addressed the team once more. "Maybe if we go down to the surface, Hunk and I can figure out a way to interrupt the energy field."

"That sounds good, except for the zillion robot dudes still kickin' around down there" Lance deadpanned

"We're gonna have to stay in tight formation. Watch each other's backs. Let's move!"

Pidge exited her loin, activating her jetpack she bounced from place to place to regroup with the team. Her arm hurt from Hunk deactivating her tracker, blood leaked through her suit, leaving dry blood all over. She was scared she wanted to curial up in a ball and pretended it was all a bad dream. But she couldn't she had to keep moving for her team.

When the shooting from the Galra started that's when the adrenaline began to pump through Pidge snapping her out of her pains and sorrows.

They all stood there shield up supporting one another.

"Pidge and Hunk, do your thing and do it fast" Shiro pleaded

Pidge stepped back hesitantly lowering her shield; she had to trust her team they will protect her just like she will defend them.

"This rod seems to go all the way down into the planet's core," She said as she finished her scan. She knelt bringing up her small monitoring screen on her wrist. "But I'm not detecting any kind of energy source on the planet that could be causing all of this. "

"Then we'll need to follow it down to the core" Allura called

There was a light beep, and the door swung open. "It's open! Let's go!" Pidge said

They reached the bottom very quickly; there was a door at the end of the hallway they all entered.

"Whoa" Pidge cooed

Lance asked the question they all wondered "What is that?"

"This is Zarkon's witch's doing. The energy I felt... This must be the source."

Pidge shuttered as Allura spoke of the witch, bringing back the memory's that haunted her in her dreams.

"Allura, this facility... it looks Altean," Shiro said

Allura confirmed his observation "I'm afraid you're correct, Shiro... This is a decommissioned Altean terraforming plant. Somehow, the witch has been able to reactivate it remotely."

"Can you shut it down?" Shiro asked

"I can try." Allura reached out her hand to the energy ball in the center of the room. Light blue energy came from her hand glowing until the purple power overpowered hers sending a shock wave of pain through her. She screamed in both shock and pain as the energy grew bigger around her.

"Allura!" the team cried all at once, they all rushed forward trying to pull her away, electricities coursed through Pidge reminder of the pointy hunter, and her capture.

They all fall back as the connection is broken. Pidge fell on her back the world around her was fuzzy, her ears ringing, her mind's eye replying the same thing over and over. The time when she was venerable and so close to death. She slightly aware of Lance talking to Allura the problem was she couldn't hear what he was saying. She removes her helmet putting her hands over her ears and closing her eyes trying to break free from the horrors in her head. Suddenly Shiro was in front of her saying something but her ears wouldn't work; she leans forward into his lap, his warm, gentle arms wrap around her rubbing her back and hair. She takes several big breaths as hear hearing started returned "This soil is weird." She heard someone speak, who though? "It's so white and powdery, like ground-up rocks or earth. And heximite!" It was Hunk. She pulls away from Shiro. "Are you ok?" He asks looking worried "Yeah, thanks" She gives him a forced smile. She grabbed her helmet putting it on and just in time as the blast from sentries came flying at them. They all put up their shield dispirit to make it out alive.

"What is heximaite?" Lance shouted over the blasts. "Some of us may have slept through chemistry!"

"The whole planet is a bomb, one that's big enough to wipe out several solar systems," Pidge answered

"It's under increasing pressure, and when the pressure reaches a certain point, it's going to explode," Hunk added

"How long do we have?" Shiro asked

"Maybe 20 minutes," Hank told him as he started to return fire.

"We have to get off this planet and warn everyone!" Lance as he also stated to shoot.

"Anyone within ten solar systems of us is going to get blown to pieces," Hunk yelled

"They could take out Voltron, the rebels and the Blade of Marmora in fell swoop," Allura said

They dashed to the door.

"It's jammed! It won't open." Lance panicked

"Cover me!" Pidge pushed her way through the other paladins to examine the door. She went to the panel on the wall "It's damage" "Can you fix it?" Shiro asked, "I can find a workaround, but it's going to take time."

"Do it; it's our only way out!" Lance told her

She got to work rewiring the door; she was aware that the firing had stopped from behind. She looked back to see if the sentries were gone.

Looking back was a mistake.