Because of a new order in my state. And because this whole month is special to me, the new order has just turned my day into a gloomy and raining day. So I decided to get a new chappie in.
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Sakura was sitting in White Lion, leaning back in the chair with her eyes closed. But she opened them when the door of her cockpit opened to reveal Shiro.
"Sis." He smiled, knelling down next to her. "Thank God you're ok."
She turned to him and threw her arms around him, nearly sending him backwards when he lost his balance, but was able to regain it as he hugged her tightly.
"That was so scary!" She cried, and he frowned as he felt her shaking.
"It's ok, you're ok now." He told her gently, he tried to pull away but she clung to him more. "You're safe now Sakura, you don't have to go back into Honerva's mind." He tried to reassure.
She finally pulled away from him. "Don't make promises you can't keep." She tried to smile, but couldn't.
He wrapped his arm around her. "I'm keeping this one!" He looked around with a smile. "And thank you White Lion for keeping my sister safe."
White Lion purred.
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"Sakura!" Romelle smiled brightly when the Shirogane siblings walked into the bridge.
"Thank the Lord you're ok!" Sam also smiled. "Are you alright?"
"I'm ok." Sakura smiled as Veronica stood up and guided Sakura into the chair. "I always said that that mission was foreign territory." She sat back and placed a gentle hand on her stomach.
"What's Honerva up too?" Shiro asked.
Sakura was quiet for a long time, looking down, she only looked up when a hand touched her shoulder and looked up at Veronica.
Sakura sighed heavily. "Honerva is looking for the perfect realality." She explained. "Where she can live a life with Zarkon and Lotor."
"What?" Romelle asked, surprised. "That's impossible! Zarkon and Lotor are dead."
"In our realality yes." Shiro said with a nod and a concerned look on his face. "But in other realalities." He trailed off, then cleared his throat. "Do you know what happened to the original Paladins?"
Sakura took a deep shaky breath. "Zarkon killed King Alfor." She looked at Shiro's shocked face.
"What?"
His sister nods. "He killed Allura's father." Her voice shook, and Romelle gasped with her hands flying to her mouth. "With no regret or remorse."
"And." Shiro hesitated. "The others?"
"Honerva killed them!" Tears glittered in Sakura's eyes. "With no hesitation and no regret!"
Shiro was shocked speechless as he just stood there.
"But I thought this Zarkon just wanted the Lions." Iverson said as he scratched the side of his head.
"After Zarkon killed King Alfor, he demanded the other Paladins to hand them over." Sakura answered as she explained. "When they refused." She took a deep breath and swallowed hard. "He stepped aside, letting Honerva." She trailed off, turning away.
The bridge was so silent that you could hear a pin drop. When the computer beeped, it made everyone jump and turn their attention to it.
"What was that?" Sakura asked, getting up so Veronica could have her seat back.
"A wormhole." Shiro answered, before turning to the com link. "Paladins, to the bridge!"
Sakura stood with Romelle, both watching as Shiro pulled up a map of the universe and the lack of Honerva's whereabouts on the screen.
"What's going on?" Keith asked as the Paladins walked into the bridge.
"Honerva's been off the grid since we left Oriande ... until now." Shiro began. "We just detected a wormhole signature at the coordinates beta-four-ex-seven. Unfortunatly, without Allura's ability to wormhole, we'll never get her back."
"We can't let this opportunity go to waste." Keith told him.
"True. Let's call the crew to gather in the conference room." Shiro replied.
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Keith and Pidge stood in the front of the room.
"We now know why Honerva retrieved Lotor's mech." Keith began. "Since it's made of the same comet as Voltron, it has the ability to pierce through realities. Honerva is gonna to use Lotor's mech to find her verson of a perfect reality."
"A perfect reality?" Romelle repeated. "Does that even exist?"
"She's searching for it right now." Lance solemnly answered. "And if it exists, she'll find it."
"The problem is the trans-reality has been traveling between realities for millions of years." Pidge explained. "And it's naturally occurring phenomenon. What Honerva is doing is facing the process to happen, which could have catastrophic side effects on this and any reality she travels through."
"So, what's the plan?" Hunk asked. "Maybe we can, we can make a giant tractor beam? Sam, you could do that, right? Make a giant tractor beam? We could pull her to us and then blow her up with a star bomb! Pidge, a star bomb?"
"There is no plan, Hunk." Lance said as Sakura placed a gentle hand on the big guy's shoulder. "We know what Honerva wants to do, but we can't get to her. And even if we could, she could, she has the ability to wormhole away. Without Allura we can't chase her and we can't form Voltron."
Everyone was quiet for a long time, thinking of what to do next.
"Well, we have to do something." Keith finally said. "We'll prepare for battle. We need to be ready to face Honerva."
"We've been tracking a Galra fleet within our vicinity." Krolia said. "Our intel shows they have a Zaiforge cannon. Maybe Kolivan and I can take a small team and commandeer the ship."
"Why don't you take Commander Lahn and try to recruit them to our side?" Keith suggested. "We don't want to fight more battles then we have to."
"In the meantime, Slav and I have been working on prototype upgrades for the Atlas' weapon system. Of course, we'll have to somehow find extra power for them." Sam replied.
"Always making the most amazing things in the universe, but never having enough power to run them." Slav said with a sigh.
"New weapons?" Pidge smiled. "I'll give you guys a hand with that."
"And I may know where we can get the extra power." Coran added. "There's a small Balmera in this territory."
"Alright! A little trip to a Balmera." Hunk said with excitement. "We'll take the Yellow Lion."
"And Romelle." Coran said. "I've been training her in Altean customs. She'll be quite helpful in communicating with the Balmera."
Keith smiled as the plan started to take off. "Good idea. Everyone, let's stay focused on what we can accomplish."
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Sakura stood in the White Lion's hanger, looking up at her Lion. The doors slid open to reveal Shiro walking in.
"You ok?" He asked, walking up to her side.
"It feels like just yesterday that I followed you into the Garrison." She wrapped her arms around herself. "I followed you everywhere. I looked up to you so much." She turned to face him as he looks at her. "My Captain America."
"I never tried to stop you from following me."
She nodded. "I know." She turned to look back up at White Lion. "Even though the Garrison is your world, I was making a name for myself inside the Garrison also. Or so I thought." She sighed. "After breaking news of what happened to you and the Holts. Everything just spilt and our world turned upside down." She turned to face Shiro again. "And then we landed here, so deep in space."
"Fighting off intergalatic villains." He added with a smile.
"You getting killed, your evil clone trying to kill all of us, your soul getting trapped inside Black Lion." Sakura listed. "It still feels surreal that you di." She trailed off, and he smiled.
"Think of how I feel. It feels strange to say it. Especially when I say it, and I try not too." He turned to look up at White Lion. "I don't regret nothing. But back then, if I knew then what I know now." He turned to look at her. "I would do it again."
Sakura smiled a little. "Keith and Lance are real friends now, instead of insulting each other and not trying to rip each others heads off, and not trying to one up each other."
"They respect each other now." Shiro had to smile, but it faded when he turned to her. "I know you're up to something."
Guilt appeared on her face. "How did you know?"
He turned to her fully. "You're my sister. We know each other all to well."
She turned to face him. "I'm not telling you."
"If you go out there by yourself, you'll get yourself killed." He told her firmly. "Kura, stay on the Atlas and don't do anything stupid."
"Stupid?" Sakura folded her arms. "I'm carrying a baby, why would I do something stupid that could hurt my baby or worse?"
Shiro ran a hand through his hair. "Sakura Ziva Shirogane." He used her full name with a heavy sigh.
"Forget it then!" Sakura threw her hands in the air. "I'll stay with this damn plan!" She turned and stalked off, out of the hanger, leaving Shiro alone in the hanger as he watched her.
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Keith sighed with relef once the door of his room opened, finding Sakura lying on her side on the bed. He walked further into the room and up to the bed.
"I don't want to talk about Shiro!" She growled as he sat down on the bed, and placed a hand on her lower back.
"Our plan is not ideal. But we have to try it out and somehow trap Honerva in a corner and take her out." He shifted and laid on top of her gently. "Babe. We have to try."
She nodded. "I know."
Keith rolled off her and pulled her into his arms, she clung to him tightly. "It's the only plan we've got right now, we have to try to make it stick." He felt her nod, before she pulled away.
"I'm scared." She whispered.
"We all are." He leaned to her and kissed her gently. "We are not going anywhere." He kissed her again. "None of us are."
Sakura cuddled against his chest, closing her eyes as she continued to cling to him.
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While everyone was busy, Sakura made sure she wasn't going to be missed. She quickly made her way to White Lion's hanger.
Once the doors opened, she holted to a stop with a gasp as her eyes grew.
The ghostly appearance of the Guardian stood there. "You're going down a dangerous path, child." He warns.
"I know." Her voice shook as she stood tall and stronge. "But it's the only way."
"Going down this path." Guardian paused. "You won't be able to return." He walked closer to her. "Keith will never be able see you ... or his child ... again."
"I know the risk." Sakura nodded. "I'm trying to save my baby's future, all our futures."
The Guardian was quiet for a long time. "Then I shall be by your side."
