Season 7, Episodes 12 and 13: Lions Pride, Part One and Two
Hey! Not nearly a year long hiatus this time lol. I combined these two into one chapter because they're very action-heavy episodes, and very "inside the lion" episodes, so there's less physical comedy to work with, and line screw ups can only be used so many times before they're not funny.
Anyway...welcome to 2021, I suppose lmao. It's gonna be a hell of a year.
Lions Pride: Part One
Griffin removed his helmet, shaking his hair out and turning to the engineers at his right. "The manifold in the left fucksun assembly – that isn't right."
The engineer snickered. "No, definitely not."
"It felt loose. Fix it."
Alfor sighed and accepted his coffee mug from Bradley, taking a long drag. "It's gonna be a day."
"Lieutenant Hepta is not responding."
"Then you are now acting lieutenant," Sendak informed the soldier. "Status report."
"The cannons are fully charged and moving into position. They should be ready to fire in 15 doboshes. However, if the enemy ship continues to peruse us into the atmosphere upper…I was not trained for this position."
"You're fired," Sendak said between snickers.
"I know because I gave it to them. When I was enslaved, the Galra had me working on particle emission amplification."
"Goddammit Sam."
"Shiro!"
"We know they're being controlled by Sendak," Keith noted, looking up from his dashboard. "So let's take him out."
"Like for dinner? Cause I don't think he'd be down for that."
"Hunk!" Alfor whined.
"I'm just saying!"
"Leifsdottir, give me a battle stratagem," Griffin ordered.
"We attack the base and try to destroy it before it destroys us."
Griffin sat back in his seat, stunned. "O-Oh. I thought you might have some…mathematically advanced insight. Or something."
"No, we are fucked."
"Cut!" Alfor lowered his head to his clipboard very slowly. "Are you guys…trying to get on my last nerve today?" he whispered.
Bradley patted his shoulder. "It is a very action packed episode sir, they aren't moving around a whole lot today. They're bound to be more irksome with their lines than usual."
"Why me?"
"Okay, we're going to strafe and burn," Griffin informed the group. "Watch for crossfire and-"
"Destroy that base!" Rizavi shouted.
Kinkade sighed. "And she's already engaging."
"Everyone, follow Rizavi!"
"It's always 'everyone follow Rizavi,'" Ryan muttered, twisting his steering controls. "No one ever says 'listen to Kinkade and stay put.'"
"Now you know how I feel," Hunk said from off set.
"Ryan, I will hire someone to replace you," Alfor grumbled.
Behind the Scenes
"Okay, Shiro, so you're going to jump from the door of the Atlas to this piece of debris, then to another, and then you'll hit the ship," the head stunt coordinator, Archie, explained, pointing across the green screened room.
"With the ropes, right?" Shiro confirmed.
Archie nodded. "Yeah, exactly. The jumps are too long even for a trained double, so there's no point in bringing them in for this."
"And…no one has let Pidge in here recently, right?"
Archie smirked and held up his lanyard full of keys. "Shiro. Dude. We've got nine different locks on this room's door. No one is getting in without me."
Shiro frowned, squinting at the key ring and then glancing back over his shoulder to where Pidge and the others were standing, going over their scripts for later. She looked up and gave him a devilish smirk, and he turned back to Archie.
"Yeah, don't trust it. Have someone check the rigging please? I refuse to get stuck upside down again."
"The Lions have defeated all of the cannons!" Veronica declared.
"Atlas, this is Griffin. MFE's have successfully neutralized our final target," Griffin said over the comms system.
Veronica tapped away at her holo-screen, frowning. "The only remaining hostile is Sendak's ship," she informed the crew. "It's free-falling towards Earth's surface. It's already hit terminal velocity!"
Sam scowled. "Shiro's still in there!" he shouted.
"Well, fuck," Veronica snapped.
Lance whooped as Alfor face palmed. "Hell yeah, that's my sister baby!"
Veronica cheerfully flipped him off and Alfor looked at Bradley wearily, who was watching with an amused smile. He held out his coffee cup and Bradley took it with a laugh. "Rum and coke this time, sir?"
"It's only 2 pm, Bradley."
"Gotcha. I'll make it a single then."
"You!" Sendak shouted.
Shiro spun, facing him, a scowl dragging over his features. He gritted his teeth as Sendak raised his arm and fired. Shiro dove, tucked, and rolled, only to get covered with a face full of silly string and glitter. He gagged, spitting the glitter out, and then shot a look over to Pidge, who was snickering madly and high fiving Hunk and Keith in the corner.
Sendak, who had gotten the backlash of the glitter, just sighed and helped Shiro up. "Nice somersault though."
"Gee, thanks."
Sendak stood, the dust parting around him slowly as he stared down at Shiro. His teeth gritted, jaw clenching, and he grunted as he straightened.
"Victory…or death," he hissed.
A pause, and then he spun as Keith fell from the sky and dragged his sword through his body. Sendak froze and then hit the ground knees first, falling face down into the dirt.
Keith stood and turned, a smile flickering on his face. "I choose death," he declared.
Lance stuck both fingers in his mouth off screen and whistled shrilly. "HELL YEAH BABE, that was HOT!"
"We can't keep it," Alfor muttered, though he was trying not to smile. "But it was very cool. Thanks for not messing up the rest of the scene, Keith."
Keith bowed. "That's how it's done, ladies and germs."
Behind the Scenes
"Really. You're really pairing us up now," Allura said, waving the script at her father.
Lance's nose was wrinkled. "Yeah, for real, what the heck?"
Alfor shrugged. "I told you, the department wanted a romance for the end, or it was quits on this season."
Lance pinched the bridge of his nose. "Okay but you do get how that feels like I'm essentially kissing my sister, right?"
Lions Pride: Part Two
"Paladins, brace for impact," Keith ordered. He looked around, catching Hunk's eye. "Hunk! Help me with Shiro."
Hunk darted over and promptly slung Shiro onto his shoulders, making the man squawk in surprise.
"Cut!" Alfor called, and Hunk let Shiro down with a laugh. "Shiro?"
Shiro shook his head, jaw hanging a little. "Sorry," he squeaked, clearing his throat immediately. He gave Hunk a sheepish smile. "Sorry. I forgot he was that strong."
Keith ran through the cockpit of the Black Lion, grabbing onto the back of his seat and vaulting over it. "Hunk, get- ack!"
He shrieked as the seat toppled under him, leaving him in a disgruntled heap on the floor.
Alfor sat up in his chair. "You all right Keith?"
"Peachy," Keith grumbled as he detangled himself from the broken chair. "Just absolutely fucking peachy."
"Props!"
Behind the Scenes
"So when the bayard ports open-" Lance started.
"Anime scream?" Pidge finished, a grin on her face.
Lance grinned and lifted his hand for a high five, which she obliged. "Anime scream."
"It's destabilizing the molecular afllection frays! The…nope, nope, hang on," Sam muttered, frowning down at his console. "That was not it. Line?"
"This is literally one of your easiest lines today, how-?"
"I haven't had my coffee!"
"Bring us up," Shiro ordered. "Set coordinates for upper atmosphere."
"But Voltron!" Coran protested, spinning in his seat.
"Screw Voltron."
"Cut. Shiro!"
"Is that…the Atlas?" Lance asked breathlessly.
"Paladins, are you there?" Shiro called. "What's your status?"
"We're here," Keith answered, his voice full of awe. "How did you-?"
"I'm not exactly sure," Shiro admitted. "But we've got you covered."
Coran piped up in excitement. "Look guys! I'm the head!"
"You are…so lucky I can't recast you," Alfor muttered, taking a long drink of his coffee. He hummed appreciatively and handed it back to Bradley, lips curling upwards. "Double this time."
Bradley's eyes glittered. "Yes sir."
Behind the Scenes
"Oh I can't waiiittt I can't believe you got so many people to come back!" Lance said in glee, clapping his hands and bouncing on his toes.
Alfor was grinning. "Yeah, I'm surprised. But a lot of them really wanted to return. I'm giving you guys about half an hour to catch up before wardrobe and shooting, okay?"
The door opened and the first person in was Matt, who grinned in delight as Pidge bounced up to him and enveloped him in a massive hug. "Who missed me?" he yelled, spreading his arms wide and beaming.
Lance could only point in disbelief. "Who let you get so hot?" he demanded.
"Your boyfriend is right there, Lance," Matt said with a laugh.
Keith lifted his hand slowly, eyes glittering. "No, I concur. Who let you get that hot?"
"As you know, we spent months recovering the pieces of this creature," Sam informed Allura. "But we never found the power source. Until now."
They walked together up to the space ship, where two engineers turned away to reveal an Altean inside of the pod."
Allura gasped. "An Altean?"
Off screen, Pidge cupped her hands around her mouth. "No, a lesbian!"
The Altean inside the pod started chuckling. "Who said I couldn't be both?"
Behind the Scenes
"Great job on the season, everyone," Alfor said, clapping his hands. He was standing on a raised platform to address the crowd of cast and guest stars. "Even if we had some…shenanigans on set, you all did an excellent job. Now as you all know, next season will be the finale, so make sure you get some rest over the next few months and come back with new energy and…LESS shenanigans."
"You love our shenanigans!" Matt called from the crowd. "And you know it!"
Alfor held up a hand. "I admit to nothing."
"After party at Alfor's house!" Pidge whooped from next to her brother.
"No, absolutely not."
Allura held up her house keys with a grin. "After party at my dad's house!" she cheered, gripping the keys and leading the group out with a laugh.
Alfor watched them go with a sigh and looked at Bradley, who was smiling but trying very hard not to. "They do it on purpose, right? Like it's not just me, they're just this aggravating, right?"
Bradley's smile widened. "I certainly think so, sir."
Alfor let out a breath and wrapped his arm around Bradley's shoulders, giving him a gentle side hug before dropping it. "Well then, lets go make sure my house doesn't get absolutely destroyed then, shall we?"
"Absolutely, sir," Bradley said with a chuckle.
"And Bradley?"
"Yes sir?"
Alfor rolled his eyes. "Drop the sir. And thank you for all of your help."
Bradley's smile softened into something fond as he watched Alfor descend the steps of the platform. "Any time, Alfor."
Who missed Bradfor? Because I, shockingly, did.
Someone keep me accountable on this klance story I'm almost done with and have been working on for *checks watch* nine months (its very long). I want to post it by the 20th so people can have something to take their mind off of more politics.
