"So. How are you feeling?" Keith asked as he laid on his back on Sakura's bed, she's lying across his stomach with the side of her head resting on his chest.

"If you're asking about the current events, then you know the answer to that." She said with a sigh, and she felt him nod.

"Yeah. I mean't in general."

"Oh." She closed her eyes, then sighed heavily. "Keith, we started this adventure together, and now it does not feel right that we're not."

His hands gently roamed her back, soothing her nerves. "I know. But I'm learning a lot from Kolivan, and the rest of the Blades." He said gently as he slid his hands under her shirt and she closed her eyes.

"So, you're being a good boy?" She teased.

He grinned. "I am."

She moved a little, and his smile faded. "Why?" She asked. "Why would be willing."- She trailed off.

Keith gently took her face. "To save you, save my friends. Voltron. The galaxy? I'll do it again if it means my favorite girl gets to live."

Tears glittered in her eyes. "But I do not want to go back home without you." She whispered.

He pulled her face down and kissed her gently. "I'll try and be more careful in the future, ok?" He offered.

Sakura smiled. "You better."

Keith suddenly rolled them over and she was now pinned under him.

"This is what caused me to get into hot water with Shiro." She comments as she locks her arms around his neck with a smile.

"Shiro can jump in front of a bus." He said before claiming her mouth in a deep kiss.

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The Lions of Voltron flew towards the coordinates that the team had gotten from Lotor.

"That's our target." Shiro informed. "The moon of Tragoch. The base is up ahead, and according to intelligence. Provided by Lotor, this is where they build sentries for the empire. Cutting this supply will cut down their numbers."

"How do we know this isn't a trap?" Lance asked.

"Yeah! Good question Lance!" Sakura said.

"All the intel's checked out so far." Shiro answered. "Everything's exactly how were told it'd be. Including preparing those those!"

Drones quickly intercepted the team, blocking the entrance for the base.

"Pidge?" Allura questioned.

"I'm sending you the signal to interfere wiith the drones." Pidge replied.

"Signal acquired." Allura said after a moment, then she moved ahead as she summoned the Blue Lion's sonic cannon. "Broadcasting." She blasted the drones off line once the signal hit them.

"Let's take them out before recalibrate and report our approach." Shiro ordered. "Form up on me. We're going in." He flew inside the narrow base, followed by the others. "We have five minutes before the base realizes their drones aren't responding." The tunnel grew red as the heat increased. "Be careful to stay in formation and don't touch the sides!"

Sakura tried to fan herself at the increase of the heat as she flew White Lion, suddenly a loud bang is heard from behind her.

"Uh oh!" Hunk screamed soon after Yellow Lion slammed into the side.

"Hunk!" Pidge cried when he came rushing forward and knocking into her.

"I think I may have nicked the side a little bit." Hunk informs, as lava followed after the team and getting closer.

"Let me through!" Allura exclaimed, and the team let her through, and she shot a barrier of ice at the lava. "We better hurry, that patch won't last long."

The team continued through the narrow tunnel.

"The lava's gaining on us!" Hunk exclaimed. "We can't out run it!"

"There's an opening up ahead." Shiro said. "Follow me!"

The team hurried faster after Black Lion, and came out in three. Taking the top, that ended up as a dead end.

"Oh no!" Lance exclaimed. "We're trapped!"

The lava had melted through the ice and was gaining on the team, illuminating the the tunnel in a red hot glow.

"No we're not!" Shiro called. "There's only one way! Form Voltron!"

Once Voltron was formed, Red and Green Lions began to fire lasers at the machines - exploding the facility. Pillars that were once filled with lava are now incinerated by their own heat. The whole base crumbled that Voltron caused.

XxXxXx

"Oh man!" Hunk said as he stretched his arms. The team is now back at the castle and in the lounge, in regular clothes. "Going on missions is a lot easier when somebody gives you the information you need before you you get there."

"And yet, you still managed to run your Lion into a wall." Lance retorted as he was sitting next to him.

"Yeah, information is one thing." Hunk replied. "Ability is something completely different."

"Hunk has a point." Sakura states as she plays with her necklace that Keith had given to her. "That tunnel was tight!"

Shiro stood in front of the team, his arms folded. "Well, there is no doubt about it. We haven't encountered a single problem."

"For now." Sakura turned to look at him. "I believe that it's still gonna back fire on us."

"I must admit. We took down a vital target today." Allura admitted.

"And we made it look pretty easy." Pidge added. "Except for the getting buried by lava part."

"It maybe time to consider taking the next step." Shiro commented.

"I'm not comfortable with this." Allura said. "It just doesn't feel right."

"We at least have to hear him out." Shiro replied. "Give him the benefit of the doubt. He did save our lives."

XxXxXxXx

After sometime with Shiro and Allura talking with Lotor, they made their way to talk with the coalition.

"As if today, our rebel forces have taken control of one-third of the former empire." Allura informed. "But we cannot grow complacent. The Galra Empire is still the dominant force of the universe. However, the tide is changing."

"The rebel coalition is winning because of you, Princess Allura." One of the leaders spoke. "You and Voltron. Mere cycles ago, I felt that my race would breath in Galra chains, but Voltron appeared on the horizon, and our lives have changed forever!"

"This bid for liberty is only possible because of all our sacrifices," Allura stated. "And we still have a long way to go before the entire universe is free."

"We'll be behind you every step of the way." The leader said with a smile.

"Thank you." Allura smiled. "We will reconvene son. Until then." The screens of the leaders disappeared, and Keith and Kolivan appeared on the bigger screen in the center.

"Did you complete the raids on targets we sent on our last communication?" Shiro asked.

"Yes." Kolivan confirmed. "The information we've received from Lotor has consistently checked out."

"With all these successful missions taking place in such a short period of time, it won't be long before the Galra realizes we're using inside information." Pidge stated.

"That's true." Kolivan agreed. "We should expect the enemy to change protocol soon."

"Then we need to act fast and hit as many targets as possible." Lance added.

"We'll talk to Lotor and see if there's anything else he can give us." Shiro said with his arms folded.

""I can't stop thinking that we might be an unwitting part of a much larger ulterior motive." Allura told Shiro.

"Me too!" Sakura waved her arm like in a classroom and the kid that the teacher ignores. "That's why we need to be careful how we carry our our missions and sending scouts to check possible Galra base locations." She lowered her arm and folded her arms.

"Agreed." Kolivan said. "We can't risk losing more soldiers. Our numbers have been thinned as it is."

"You guys be safe out there." Sakura wish, looking up at the two.

"And you do the same too." Kolivan returned.

XxXxXx

After the meeting, Sakura went to her room and fell onto her bed, she hugged Keith's jacket close as she fell asleep, she had made sure to tell Hunk that she was going to be taking a nap.

After awhile, she was being shaken awake. "Sakura! Wake up."

Sakura was pulled awake, and she slowly opened her eyes to find Lance shaking her. "Lance?" She sat up and yawned. "What happened?"

"Pidge is back." He explained that there was a possible location for Commander Holt and Pidge had taken off, and now Pidge and Matt had returned.

Sakura pulled on Keith's jacket. "Let's go!"

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Pidge, and Matt returned to the castle with grim expressions. A clear sign that the Commander is no longer where the enemy said he was. Pidge tried and failed to hold back her tears, Sakura walked up to her and hugged her, in which Pidge returned the tight hug, and soon the two girls were lifted off their feet when Hunk joined the hug. He lowered them back down and Pidge walked over to her station and sat down, pulling her knees up to hug her legs. Matt soon joined his sister, standing next to her and a hand on her shoulder.

The older Paladins stood in the front of the room, analyzing the next course of action. Suddenly a transmission came through and Allura opened it to reveal Zarkon, who is a menacing purple gaze, wearing an iron mask with cylinders on his back.

"Paladins of Voltron." Zarkon began in a monotone voice. "I am making a one time offer. I have someone of value to you." He stepped aside to reveal Commander Sam Holt on his knees with his wrist chain in front of him. He looked up with a sad gaze, his features looked warn out.

"DAD!" Pidge screamed.

"I will hand him over, and in exchange, you give me my son Lotor." Zarkon demanded. "Bring him to me and the prisoner is yours. Meet my demands if you to see the Earthling alive." The transmission ended.

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