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Team Voltron is gathered in the Black Lion cargo bay as Shiro rested inside a pod. "Is he gonna be ok?" Hunk asked.

Celestia had wanted to try to heal and try to figure out what had happened to Shiro, and it really had been the Galra arm that had taken over Shiro.

"With the Galra arm now destroyed, Shiro should be returning to normal." Celestia answered gently. "But it will take time for him to recover."

Pidge frowns "I've tried contacting the Voltron Coalition, but I can't get through to anyone. It doesn't make any sense. There might be some distortions I'm not picking up on. Maybe we need to get into the upper atmosphere for a better signal?"

Hunk turned his gaze to the youngest. "The Lions aren't going anywhere without recharging their power cords."

Allura turns to look at the healing pod, Shiro is resting in. "The battle with Lotor severely depleted them. If we had the Castle of Lions, we could recharge them but." She trails off.

"Is there another way to recharge them?" Pidge asked.

Coran folds his arms. "They can recharge naturally given enough time and ambient energy, but that might take phoebs."

Celestia turns to him. "We don't have that kind of time, Coran. Keith, Lance, Hunk, and Pidge want to return to their planet, to their families."

The royal advisor nods. "I know, but what else is there?"

Keith looked up from the healing pod to look at Allura. "There's gotta be something we can do."

Coran tapped his fingers on his arm. "Well we are on the Dalterion Belt - home to the element Faunatonium. We maybe able to use it as a temporary solution."

Lance turned to him with a confused look. "Faunatonium? How will that charge the power cords?"

Coran unfolds his arms and places his hands on his hips as he looked at Lance. "Well you see, it involves gluofield flatulence."-

"You know what?" Lance cut him off. "Nevermind. Magic or something. Sure."

Coran's eyes lit up. "Er not far off. We're going to use the element to expand the energy particles within the cords. But first, we need a yalmor."

Hunk's eyes grew. "Wait, wait, there are yalmors on this planet?"

Coran turns to him. "Well how do yeh think we find the Faunatonium? Those yalmors have a nose for the stuff."

"They're cute creatures." Celestia smiled, then it faded. "But don't scare them, you might regret it. My sister and I did once, Grams thought it was really funny."

Keith nods. "Ok, you guys find the yalmor and get this Faunatonium stuff. I'll stay with Shiro."

Allura turns to him. "I'll stay as well. I may have exhausted the limits of what I've learned on Oriande, but I still might be able to help in some way."

"Me too." Celestia nods. "After what happened with the yalmors all those years ago, I promised to never go near one again."

"Alright then, we're get start." Coran said as he turns.

"Wait, you just fought Lotor, defeated him, stopped an explosion that could have destroyed reality, and now we're simply moving on?"

Hunk turns to her. "Trust me. I'm always saying the same thing, but these guys like to move on." He and the other Paladins turn to leave the Black Lion's cargo bay.

Romelle shook her head, but hurried after them.

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Celestia paced back and forth, every once in a while she'd turn to look at the healing pod. She turns to look at Keith, who was leaned back on the cargo bay wall.

"Keith?" She walks over to the healing pod and sat on her knees, across from him. "Tell me about Piper."

He blinked at her, while both Krolia and Allura look from one to the other.

"How do you know about Piper?" He finally asked.

"Awhile back ago, I found Shiro looking at a picture of her."

"What did he tell you?"

"That they were to be wed, but he chose a mission over her heart."

Keith sighed, then ran a hand through his hair. "She did leave him."

Celestia stared. "He didn't tell me that."

Keith nods. "Yeah. He was devestated. Then five months later, the Galaxy Garrison sends out that damn broadcast about Shiro and the Holts being dead due to pilot failure." He looks down at the healing pod."

"Why did she leave him?" Celestia said as she looks down at the healing pod.

"Two weeks after Shiro accepted his mission, Piper's brother - James and I found out a secret that she begged and sworn us to keep."

"Secret?" Krolia asked. "What sort of secret?"

Keith ran a hand through his now slightly longer hair. "Five months after Shiro and Pidge's family disappeared, Piper found me." He began to explain. He stood up and sighed heavily. "Once we're home, Shiro is going to find out that he has a daughter."

Celestia, Allura and Krolia stare at him.

"A child?" Krolia gasped.

Keith nods. "Yeah. That was the secret that Piper sworn us to keep."

Suddenly the humaniod symbol glowed yellow as the lid disappears. Shiro coughed several times.

Keith fell to his knees and leaned over the pod. "Shiro!"

Shiro opened his eyes and focused on the Red Paladin. "Keith? I was dreaming." He swallowed. "Keith - you saved me."

Keith grabbed him into a tight hug. "We saved each other."

The door of the cargo bay opened just as Krolia and Celestia helped Shiro sit up.

"Shiro's looking better, alright!" Lance said with a big smile.

"Where were you guys?" Keith asked. "We couldn't get a hold of you."

"We were shrunk by a magic skunk, but we ended up using that sparkly dust to unshrunk ourselves." Lance explained. "So, ready to charge up the Lions?"

Shiro laughed. "It's good to be back."