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Celestia closed her eyes and she glowed, forcing Admiral Sanda to let her go. Celestia turned to her as she continued to glow and opened her eyes, causing Sanda to take a step backwards.
"That was a mistake Admiral. The Lions know when I'm in need. But lucky for you, the Lions are busy with their Paladins trying to protect your planet from Sendak."
"I'm trying to protect my people."
"I understand that." Celestia growled, as White Lion landed just outside the hanger door. "Just because you're the Admiral, no one else gets a say in what to do?"
"Listen to her, Admiral." Piper's voice had the two turn to see Piper walking over to them.
"Doctor Griffin."- Sanda started.
Romelle walked around the corner, but stopped when she saw the three standing near the open hanger, Romelle took a step backwards and continued to watch and listen.
"You killed Adam!" Piper accused. "And all those other lives."
"Don't talk back to me in that tone, doctor!" Sanda narrowed her eyes. "Sendak wants all the Lions, he will leave Earth once he gets them."
Piper growled, marching forwards and decks the Admiral in the jaw, startling Celestia who stared at her.
As Sanda fell to the floor of the hanger, Piper moved her hand to her chest and held it close.
"Nice punch, Piper." Celestia smiled as she walked over to her, her eyes landed on her friend's fist. "Let me heal your hand." She places both her hands above Piper's hurt hand, the hand glows and after a few minutes Celestia moves her hands, and Piper's hand is healed.
Piper moves her hand and stares at it as it no longer hurt. "Wow." She looks at her Celestia. "Thank you."
"Enough!" The Admiral yelled, she grabbed Celestia's arm. "This is my planet!" Her grip on Celestia's arm tightened. "I'll decide on how to defend it!"
White Lion growled. "Get your hands off my Princess you mean human!" White continued to growl.
"It's ok, Nya." Celestia tried to reassure her Lion. "I'm ok."
"Sendak is getting the Lions, now!" Admiral Sanda shoved Celestia towards White Lion, then reaches for Piper and shoves her forwards.
White Lion growled. "Do not let that mean human in here." As soon as she said that, the barrier appeared around the Lion.
"What the hell?" Sanda growled.
"My Lion does not like you." Celestia told her, finally noticing Romelle who was still watching the scene from around the corner. "Find Shiro." She mouthed to the Altean, who nods, the blonde turns and rushes off.
"Get me up there, now!" Sanda ordered, pulling out a gun and aiming it at the Princess, who still had her back towards her.
"Princess!" White Lion cried.
Celestia turns to see the gun and her eyes grow.
"Sendak is waiting for me. This is my planet, I'll decide how to defend it!"
"What about the Paladins?!" Piper demanded. "Keith, Hunk, Lance, and Pidge! This is their home too!" She gasps when the Admiral turns with the gun towards her, aimed at her chest.
"Don't hurt her!" Celestia rushed up to stand in front of Piper. "Nya, we don't have a choice."
White Lion growled. "Fine." The barrier came down. "But I want her as a snack."
"You can't eat the Admiral." Celestia told her. "She would be too bitter."
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As White Lion took towards the sky. Shiro, Romelle, James, and both Commanders Holt and Iverson rushed over to the open hanger.
"Shiro, what do we do!?" Sam asked, turning to him. Romelle had came rushing into the Atlas, finding Shiro and grabbing his human arm and tried to pull him as she didn't make sense cause she had been rambling and talking too fast as she tried to explain. But Shiro was able to calm her down, she explained the situation in the hanger.
"We have got to get the Atlas launched!" Shiro answered. "Now!"
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Celestia groaned as she slowly started to wake as she heard muffled voices. Her eyes fluttered open, at first everything was blurry as she pushed her upper body up with her shaky arms. As her vision cleared she looked around to see the gray walls of a cell.
"Celestia!" Keith's muffled voice yelled as she hears banging from across her cell. "Lance! Hunk! Pidge! Allura!"
"I'm here." Lance groaned.
"Yeah, me too." Hunk added. "How long we been out?"
"It's looks like we lost about an hour." Pidge answered.
"Is everyone ok?" Celestia asked as she pushed herself up on her knees, and rubbing the back of her neck.
"I'm ... fine." Allura answered weakly. "What happened?"
"We're on Sendak's ship." Keith answered. "Admiral Sanda ... she sold us out."
Celestia's eyes grew.
"How could she!?" Pidge asked.
"Her own people." Celestia added.
"He said he'd leave Earth if he had the Lions. But he lied to me." Admiral Sanda's voice sounded hurt, betrayed and regret. "Is this all my fault. I wanted to protect my people, and now I've doomed them. I've doomed them all. I'm so sorry."
"I tried to tell you!" Piper's voice came next. "But you refused to listen!"
"Piper!?" Keith's voice is shocked. "Piper, what are you doing up here!?"
"I forced her." Sanda answered.
There was a sound like somebody either started kicking or slamming their shoulder into their cell door. "Admiral, if she's hurt, I'm gonna."-
"Keith, I'm ok." Piper tried to reassure him. "I promise."
There was quiet for a long time, then Keith's voice.
"Admiral, what is Sendak's plan?"
"Sendak is ... moving the Zaiforge cannons into position." Admiral Sanda answered. "He's going to destroy Earth. Please, you must know ... I wanted to save Earth."
"Admiral." Celestia took a few deep breaths. "All Sendak does is lie! His king and prince are just as horrible as him. You cannot trust him."
"Princess Celestia, Princess Allura, I'm sorry for what I said to you." Sanda apologized.
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Piper leaned on a wall and slid down to the floor, pulling her knees up to her chest as she hugged her legs. "Keithy, what do we do?" Her voice shook as she tried to whip her tears.
"I don't know." He answered, his voice sounded defeated.
Piper hugged her knees tightly, lowering the side of her head onto her knees, she closed her eyes against her tears.
After sometime, the ship was suddenly jolted and she fell to her left side.
"What was that?!" Lance asked.
"The Garrison is mounting a counterattack." Keith answered.
"My dad!" Pidge exclaimed brightly. "He launched the Atlas!"
"We need to get out of here." Keith said. "The Atlas can't win this fight alone!"
The ship rumbled again as it again was jolted.
"Guys, I have a thought." Hunk said. "Remember how we were able to call the Lions to us on Earth? Well, can't we do that now? They might be able to break us out."
"Calling the Lions to us and having the Lions break us out are two totally different things." Pidge replied.
Celestia sighed. "We have to get out of here somehow."
"I'm not saying it'll be easy." Hunk replied. "I'm not even saying it's possible. But we have to at least be willing to try. Think of our families. Think of Earth."
"Paladins, close your eyes." Keith said. "Connect with your Lion."
Piper chewed on her lower lip as she continued to hug her legs and rocked. After sometime, the ship shook violently and Piper fell to the cold floor again, as she did her door fell open.
Keith ran into the cell. "Piper!" He ran over to her and helped her up.
"Keith." She cried, tears sliding down her cheeks as she hugged him tightly.
"Come on, we're outta here." He said as he lead her out into the hall, when he met up with Celestia the two hugged.
"Doc, are you ok?" Hunk asked concerned as he looked at Piper, who was hugging Keith's arm tightly.
"Yeah." She nods. "I'll be ok."
The team came up to Admiral Sanda, who was lying on the cold floor. Multiple gun shots is clearly seen on her body. Piper let's go of Keith to let him knelt down and lift her up a little.
"Admiral." At Keith's voice, she managed to open her eyes and painfully looked up at him as he cradled her.
"Do what I couldn't. Save Earth." She breathed in a whisper, before closing her eyes.
Piper turns to Celestia. "Can you do something?" She asked, and the Princess turned to her. "You healed my hand."
Celestia turned back to the Admiral. "I, I can try." She knelt down, placing her hand over the Admiral's heart, but she felt no life at all. Celestia withdrew her hand. "There is nothing to be done. Her life force is gone." She stood up. "Her aura is no more."
Keith lowered the Admiral down, then stood up, he opened his eyes with a look of determination. "We will."
