I hope you like it! I changed it a little, but at the same time kept it
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Sakura screamed in fright when a hand landed on her shoulder. "Sakura, it's me!" Shiro's voice calmed her down.
"Damn." She breathed, leaning back in her chair.
"We need to find the others." Shiro said as his eyes scanned the area through the windshield.
"And how, dear brother. Are we gonna do that?" Sakura asked with her arms folded as she continued to lean back in her chair. "Walk?"
"Love the sarcasim sis." He grumbled.
Suddenly White Lion roared, before what little power came back on. "Alright, we got power." Sakura smiled as she straightened herself and grabbed the handles.
"But remember, all the Lions don't have full power." Shiro reminded as White Lion flew low to the ground.
"Yep, yep, yep." She nods. "Don't worry, I got this."
Rolling his eyes, Shiro tried the comlink again. "Keith! Lance!"
Static.
"Over there!" Sakura calls, the siblings saw a tractor beam beaming down, White Lion got close.
"That beam has the others pinned down!" Shiro exclaimed. "Watch out!" He cried when a different beam came down and slammed into White Lion, making the siblings cry out as the beam was pushing down on White Lion.
"I ... can't ... move!" Sakura cried out through gasps. "What's happening!?" She cried and looked out the windshield and saw the tractor beam pull all the Lions up. "Who are these Galra!?"
White Lion let out a loud roar, and Sakura suddenly disappeared.
Shiro grunted when White Lion and the other Lions landed with heavy and loud thuds. He groaned before he looked to find Sakura had vanished. "Sis? Sakura, where are you?"
"I'm here." Sakura said as she stood up. "I'm right in front of you." She frowned when he shook his head.
"No, you're not."
"When my Lion roared it must be trying to save me." She realized.
"Then you can save the rest of us." Shiro said, before the hatch of White's head opened and some Galra came in, guns at the ready.
"No sudden moves, Black Paladin." The one of the left said.
"Where's the White Paladin?" The other Galra demanded. "You expect us to believe that you've been flying this Lion with only one arm?"
"It's just me." Shiro said. "There's no one else in this Lion besides me."
"You expect us to believe that, Paladin!?" The first Galra demanded.
"Look around if you don't believe me." Shiro said, the two Galra looked at each other, before the second one turned and walked out, after awhile he returned.
"There's no one here." He said. "Where's your friend?" He demanded, charging up his gun.
"She got hurt!" Shiro told them. "She's knocked out cold, so she's worthless to you!"
Sakura wanted to say something, but with her being invisable, she didn't want to risk the chance of them hurting Shiro or the others.
"Fine!" The first Galra hissed. "Move it, One Arm."
Sakura could only watch as Shiro was taken away, she followed.
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Once out of the White Lion, Sakura had to clamp both hands over her mouth to keep her gasp muffled. The others stood around, all cuffed.
"Where's Sakura?" Keith asked Shiro in concern.
"We got seperated from the group." Shiro answered. "She's hurt."
"Is she alright?" Pidge asked with just as much concern.
Shiro nods. "Yeah. But she's knocked out cold."
"Alright Voltron!" One of the other Galra stepped forward with his gun still aimed at the ready. "You obay, and come quietly, and we don't hurt the White Paladin."
"And how do we know that you won't hurt her!?" Keith demanded.
The Galra smirked. "You don't."
Keith growled. "You touch her, lay a finger on her, I'll."- He's threat is cut off when the butt of the Galra's gun slammed into his stomach, and he doubled over as he grabbed in pain.
"Keith!" Krolia cried, they all watched as he fell to his knees.
"Get moving!"
Sakura watched as her friends were taken away, once they were gone. She became visable, and hurried over to Black Lion.
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Climbing into the Black Lion from the hatch, Sakura looked around. Keith's wolf is by the storage door, lying down and whining. She hurried over to it.
"You poor thing, you're hurt." She walked over and knelt down to gently scratch the wolf's ears.
A pounding nose is quickly heard. "Hello! Can you hear me!? Let me out!"
Sakura blinked. "Coran? Coran, is that you!?" She called as she placed a hand on the doors.
"Sakura? Please! Let me out of here!" Coran called, banging on the door. "The mice are in here with me, and they're making fun of me!"
Sakura had to laugh. "Ok." She activated her bayard, then put it between the doors to try to force it open. It didn't work.
The wolf gently nudged her, in his mouth is a crowbar.
"Good idea!" She smiled as she took it and petted him. "Good boy." She deactivated her bayard, before slamming the crowbar between the storage door and pried the doors open.
Coran was quick to escape, along with the mice. Sakura removed the crowbar and the storage doors slammed shut.
"How did you escape?" Coran asked her.
"My Lion." She answered with a smile. "Watch this." She closed her eyes to concentrate and soon she disappeared.
"I have heard that White Lion could give special gifts to it's Paladin." Coran said in thought. "And you're the first ever Paladin that it's ever had."
The mice start to squeak, and the Royal Adviser give them an annoyed look.
"Stop making fun of me!"
Sakura reappears, and the mice scurry over to her, she knelt down and the mice scurry into her open hands.
"We need to do something." Coran quickly said, then a thought struck him. "I'll save them!" He exclaimed brightly as he puffed out his chest.
Sakura blinked. "What?" She asks as she stands up.
The Altean man nods happily. "Yes, yes!" He spins with an admired look on his face. "Me! Coran the hero!" He exclaims with stars in his eyes.
Sakura looked at the wolf, who just looked at her and cocked his head to the side.
"Alright." She decides. "We need to get out of here, and find the team." She starts to move towards the hatch.
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A Galra guard is standing guard near Black Lion. "Alright now." Coran said as he started to climb out.
"We need to think this through." Sakura warns him, the mice who had been on her shoulders quickly scurried down her arms and slid off Black Lion like they were on a slid, and landed on the guard, freaking him out.
The Galra danced in place as the mice ran along his body, then scurried down to the floor.
"Ok now." Coran said as he slowly moved. "We have to be stealthy now." He said as he waved his butt in the air as he tried to keep his balance.
"Coran, be careful!" Sakura warns, as he nearly lost his balance.
"Hey, hey now." Coran said. "I'm Mr. Hero now, my hidden talent is being stealthy." No sooner had he finished, he slipped and slid down Black Lion and screamed the whole way down, gaining the guard's attention and Coran fall on him - knocking the Galra out.
"Nice job, stealth man." Sakura deadpanned, climbing out of the hatch she then slid down Black Lion like she was on a snow skies, and landed gracefully on the floor.
Coran folded his arms and huffed. "Show off."
She grinned as she scooped up the mice, and they scurried up her arms to rest of her shoulders. Her grins fads when Coran grabs the guard's uniform. "What are you doing?"
"Well, we gotta blend in." Coran said as he puts the helmet on. "Let's go."
"Wait."
The voice had both Sakura and Coran quickly spin around, and found Acxa.
"You!" Sakura yelled, swiping her right arm down and her bayard appears in her hand. "What, do you want!?" She demanded.
"To help you save your team." Acxa answered seriously.
Sakura folded her arms. "What? I don't believe it."
"I know you don't like me." Acxa said as she took a few steps forward. "But the only way to save your friends, is with my help."
"Pfft." Sakura shook her head.
"Now hold on." Coran said, coming up to Sakura's side. "Maybe we do need her help."
"Fine." The White Paladin folds her arms. "She can be your side kick." She starts to leave. "Meanwhile." She disappears, along with the mice who are still on her shoulders.
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Sakura quickly made her way down a hall with ease, but slid to a stop when some Galra soldiers were walking down the hall, she moved to the wall and pressed her back against it as the soilders continued, they then turned the corner.
Sighing, Sakura turned and continued down the hall. Making her way down a different hall, she passed a room that looked like the main control room, she slid to a stop and peered into the room.
An alarm suddenly sounds off, the three soilders in the room look at each other before running out, Sakura quickly runs into the room turning visible again.
"Agh, I really wish I had paid closer attention in Computer Club." She groans as she looks around at all the moniters, the mice quickly scurry down her arms and runs over to a computer - they squeak at her as they point to the moniter. Sakura gasps.
The computer showed the team inside a cell. Zethrid, Ezor, and guards are in the room and Ezor had Pidge by the neck and has her off the floor and pinned to the wall.
"What corridor is that?" Sakura scanned the controls, as she did a Galra guard walked into the room.
"A Paladin!"
Sakura activated her bayard. "Wanna get run over? Or do we have to do it the hard way?"
The Galra charged at her, and swung his sword. She quickly dodged as she jumped backwards. She high kicked the solider in the chest, knocking the solider backwards, he quickly comes at her from a different angle, Sakura swings her bayard and nails him in the side of the face and he falls backward into a table.
The mice quickly squeak at her, pointing to a piece of paper.
"Give me a few minutes!" Sakura told them as the guard lunges at her, and swings. She ducks and grabs the arm, still holding his arm she thunder kicks him then throws him over her shoulder.
"Ok!" Sakura stands up, and hurries over to computers. She grabs the paper to find that its actually a blueprint, and the cell that the team is in is not that far away. "Nice going guys!" She cups her hands and the mice quickly climb in.
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Sakura is suddenly knocked down, and the mice sail off her shoulders and tumble down the hall before sliding to a stop. Getting up she turns to see a Galra soilder.
Jumping up, Sakura side kicks him, but he grabs her leg and swings her into the wall, she cried out, but then kicks him between the legs to loosen his hold on her. As he doubles over in pain, she thunder kicks him, but he stumbles back to his feet - when he started to charge at her - Keith is suddenly there and knocking the Galra into the wall.
"Keith!" Sakura breaths as he helps her up. "Guys!" She smiles.
"We need to find Coran!" Allura said with worry.
The team hurry down the hall and round a corner - to find a big creature and Coran. Allura grew to the pirate's size and punched the guy out, then shrank back to normal size with her fist still in the air. Coran groaned and his knees is about to cave on him, his face is covered in bruises.
Keith and Lance hurried up to him, just as his knees caved out.
"See? You got lucky." Coran muttered.
"Coran, where's Acxa?" Keith asked, making Sakura growl.
"I don't know. Where am I?" Coran answered in a drunken state.
"Are you ok?" Shiro asked in concern.
"Never better." Coran still acted drunk. "Now let's get our belmards and hayards."
"Don't worry. We got you." Lance reassured him with a smile.
Coran turned to face him. "Oh, thank you Princess Allura."
Lance frowned, but said nothing as he and Keith helped hold him.
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The team reached a room where the bayards and helmets were at, the team peaked inside: two Galra soliders were analyzing and talking amung themselves.
"Our bayards." Keith whispered.
"They have weapons, and we don't. Any suggestions?" Lance asked.
"Unhand those bayards, you scallywags!" Coran suddenly yelled, only for Lance to push him back and cover his mouth, the others took a hold of him to prevent him from shouting out again.
The pirates activated their weapons and made their way to the door.
"So much for the element of surprise." Pidge groaned.
Keith closed his eyes in concentration and his bayard appeared in his hand. He activated his shield and rushed in, taking down the guards swiftly. The whole team looked at him with shock.
Then quickly getting over their shock, the team ran in to take hold of their bayards and helmets.
"Alright!" Sakura cheered. "Let's get out of here."
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The team hurried into the main hanger, and soon were at the control panel for the bay doors for outside space. Lance pulled on the handle, the alarms blared as the doors opened.
"Everyone, out!" Lance yelled.
"Lance!" Sakura grabbed his arm, stopping him as he started to jump. "Where's Keith!?"
"He went to help Acxa."
She stared at him. "What?"
"I know you don't want to hear that, but he did."
Sakura started to turn. "We need to."- She's stopped when he grabs her hand, stopping her.
"Sakura, he gave me orders to stop you."
She turns to him. "Excuse me?" She then yelps when he pulls her close and tosses her over his shoulder, then jumps into the vacuum of space.
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"Sakura, she saved us." Shiro told her after a long while, as all the Lions now flew. A sudden noise made them jump startled and turn to see Keith's wolf and Acxa.
"Good boy." Sakura smiled as she reached over to scratch the wolf behind his ears. "I'm so glad your ok!" She cooed at the wolf.
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After a long while, the Lions landed on a planet and everyone piled out of their Lions. And the team decided to make a camp.
Lance placed a tarp over an entrance for keep the dust and other things out, Coran made a makeship fire. Hunk placed two sticks together and rubbed them, it took awhile but a fire was made, then he walked out to check on the Lions.
Keith walked over to Lance. "How's Sakura?" He asked.
"She's not happy that you left to help Acxa." The blue Paladin answered. "She's pretty furious with you."
Keith started to respond when Hunk walked back in.
"I just checked on the Lions and they're in worse shape then ever." The yellow Paladin informed.
"We should probably give them some time to recharge." Sakura said as she sat on the log. "We also need to recharge."
"Wow, a lot of things have really changed over the past few weeks." Lance commented.
"Weeks?" Acxa repeated, confused. "What are you talking about?"
"Don't play dumb with us." Sakura told her. "Last time we saw you, you were on Lotor's side!" She narrowed her eyes on the Galra, Keith walked over and sat next to Sakura.
"Kura, calm down." He said gently, then pulled her into his lap, she snuggled into him and at the same time gave Acxa a satisfied look.
"That was three deca-phoebs ago." Acxa responded. "No one has seen you since your fight with Lotor."
Sakura suddenly sprang to her feet, causing Keith to loose balance and fall backwards off the log and landed on his back with a loud thud.
"WHAT!?" Sakura shreaked.
"It's true." Acxa said. "After Lotor jettisoned us, we managed to make it to cover on a meteoroid. There we saw both Voltron and Lotor disappear. Eventually Voltron re-emerged ... alone. But then there was an explosion, and after that ... nothing. That was three deca phoebs ago."
"Whoa." Lance breathed.
"So, as far as everyone else in the universe is concerned." Allura voiced. "Voltron has been gone for three deca phoebs?"
The reality quickly sunk in on everyone, Hunk dropped the wood he'd been holding as everyone remained quiet.
Finally, Pidge found her voice. "That explains the discrepancies in the star charts in our Lions. "I thought they were off because our inter dimensional jumping which I guess they were in a way because when you think about it, that must have been the cause of the time slippage between our experience and that of the rest of the universe."
Keith sat back up onto the log, and looked at Acxa. "So how did you end up here, helping us?"
Zethrid, Ezor and I were marooned on the meteroid for days." Acxa began. "Finally, a Galra ship came to investigate Lotor's last known whereabouts. We took it over. With Lotor gone, it was clear that there was a power vacuum in the Galra Empire. Zethrid and Ezor wanted to exploit that for their own gain but I knew I had to find my own path." She looked at Keith. "And it led me to you."
Sakura grabbed Keith's arm and yanked him away from the Galra. "There are others here you can look at!" She growled as she now hugged Keith's head and shoulders like a pillow.
"Sakura." Shiro said firmly.
"No, she has every right to be angry with me." Acxa looked around at everyone. "You all do."
Shiro took a step forward. "Thank you ... for saving us."
Acxa smiled a little. "I hope that this makes up, in some way, for the wrong I've done. I realize now that Lotor wasn't the man I thought he was. He preached unity, but in the end, he sought only power."
Sakura had let go of Keith during Acxa's speech, but the white Paladin still hugged his arm tightly, keeping him close to her.
"I understand how you feel." Allura said as she looked down. "I fell for Lotor's lies as well."
Lance placed a comforting hand on her shoulder, she reached up and grabbed it as she accepted the comfort.
"I'll do everything I can out here to help the Voltron Coalition." Acxa spoke up firmly.
"I'll believe that when I see it." Sakura said.
"Sakura!" Shiro said, giving her a look, she stuck her tongue out at him.
"Wow, so everyone that was helping us thinks we're dead." Hunk said sadly.
Sakura blinked, and the sadness quickly sank in. "Oh no." She breathed. Keith wrapped his arms around her, pulling her close.
"Wait." Pidge looked up. "I haven't been able to get ahold of my dad on Earth or Matt and the Rebels. What's happened to them in the last three years?"
"And if Ezor and Zethrid became warlords in that time what else has changed?" Allura finished. "What else has changed?"