Voltron: Heroes across the Multiverse

by HeroCollector16

The Multiverse is a mysterious place outside the universe and the galaxy, in planet earth a teenager named, Keith Kogane suddenly develops mysterious powers that transforms the same powers as Voltron. When he meets Natsu Dragneel, Mega Man, Mario, Pac Man, Sonic, Tracer, Batman, Ironman, Rey, Daenerys, Team RWBY, and Mutant Turtles, Keith realizes that they are not from this world.

4. Episode 1: Regretful

Regretful

"That's our target, the moon of Tragoch." Shiro said as he and the rest of the paladins approached the moon. The moon looked like a big glowing blemish, with purple and light yellow veins wrapped around the surface. The metallic architecture clasped around the moon like a claw.

"According to our latest intelligence, that's where the Galra building their upgraded sentries." Allura said.

"Taking out this base will mean the Galra won't be able to resupply their bases and ships for months."

"How do we know this isn't a trap?" Lance asked.

"All the intel's checked out so far. Everything's exactly how we were told it'd be. Including preparing us for those!"

Instead of fighting galra ships like all time, large stalagmite snapped drones came in zooming out from the opening in the center of the moon, aiming directly at the paladins

"Pidge?"

"Allura, I'm sending you the signals to interfere with the drones." Pidge said.

"Signal acquired. Broadcasting." The Blue Lion's sonic cannon manifested on its back, emitting a high-pitched sound wave at the drones. Their lights shut off and they floated around worthless.

"Let's take them out before they recalibrate and report our approach." Shiro and the Paladins spread out around the moon. Each with their own jaw blades, as they sliced through the metallic surfaces. "Form up on me. We're going in. We have five minutes before the base realizes their drones aren't responding." Shiro let the team inside the moon, down to a long metal pathway, large enough for all their Lions. "Be careful to stay information and don't touch the sides!"

"Don't touch the sides. Don't touch the sides. Don't touch the sides." Hunk anxiously repeated to himself. His nerves got even better of him and he rammed his Lion into the wall, creating a very large dent. It broke apart, and lava begins to pour. "Uh-Oh!

"Hunk!" Pidge exclaimed when Hunk's lion collided with her own.

"I think I may have nicked the side a little bit."

"Let me through." Allura turned around and her lion shot a beam, sealing the lava up with an ice wall, which is already beginning to crack due to the pressure. "We better hurry. That patch won't last long."

The lions hurried out, but just as Allura had predicted, the ice wall broke apart and the sea scorching hot lava was close enough to their tails.

"The lava's gaining on us! We can't outrun it!" Hunk exclaimed.

"We should be directly underneath the Galra base." Allura said.

"There's an opening up ahead. Follow me! Shiro led the others out of the tunnel, but there was no opening for them to escape.

"Oh no! We're trapped!" Lance exclaimed. Just as they seem to be doom to burn alive.

"No, we're not! There's another way out! Form Voltron!" Shiro gave the command to form Voltron. The paladins took down what remained of the factory machines, shooting lasers all around until there was nothing left to the sentries or the factory. The Galra workers escaped in their pods and Voltron flew out of there before the final blow.

---

'The Castle'

After the final blow at the factory, the paladins all sat down except for Shiro was taking a break from their attack.

"Oh, man! Going on missions is a lot easier when somebody gives you the information you need before you get there." Hunk said.

"And yet, you still managed to run your lion into a wall." Lance joked.

"Yeah, information is one thing. Ability is something completely different."

"There's no doubt about it, we haven't encountered a single problem." Shiro said.

"I must admit, we took down a vital target today." Allura said.

"And we made it look pretty easy, except for the getting buried in lava part." Pidge said, not liking one bit that they almost got burned up from the lava.

"It may be time to consider taking the next step." Shiro said.

The atmosphere became cold and tense, but for a completely different reason.

"I'm still not comfortable with this. It just doesn't feel right." Allura said.

---

"Loner."

"No, you're thinking of yourself because you're too scared to do what's right."

"What's wrong with you?"

"Why are you so angry?"

"This isn't a request Keith!"

"He's too withdrawn."

"Why can't you just make friends, I can't stand him."

"Look who finally decided to show up."

"Why did we accept him!?"

"He's so quiet, such an unfriendly child, useless."

"The Mamora can go on without, they have a thousands of years."

"What a burden."

"You selfish ungrateful child!"

"Voltron cannot. We cannot."

"He thinks of himself, as usual."

"Is he slow? Stupid."

"You'd better stay away from him, GO HOME!"

"Thinks he's better than everybody just because he can fly."

"Questioning someone's leadership. Seek how you left us."

"What's with him?"

"He's so quiet."

"You left, ran away, and you should've stayed away."

"He thinks he's so smart, What an arrogant jerk!"

"No way that's his score, he's a cheat!"

"Drift off by yourself mister lone wolf."

"Weirdo."

"What a freak!"

"You fight like a Galra soldier."

"I see you."

"I can do whatever the [Beep] I want."

"I made myself into a monster, because that. Is what the world needed."

"We are not here because we're free."

"Now God. Bends to my will."

"You will know the power of the dark side."

"Open up your eyes."

"I am the darkness."

"HAHAHAHAHAHA."

"Gah!" Keith wakes up in his bedroom and from whispers from his childhood & his days during the garrison, "What was that some kind of dream or a nightmare," He had nightmares before with Zarkon, and when he learned he's half Galra, but the other nightmares were somewhat new, "Maybe it's just my thoughts?"

During the past days and months, he has been stressed and alone since he left Voltron including saying goodbye to Ember... It hurt saying goodbye, he cared for her and took care of her like anything out of the universe, but more importantly, the pain still haunts him, everything he cared about, Voltron, his dad, Allura, and Ember, were gone there were his family, his home.

But something's been bothering him, seeing new dreams and memories of the past that he almost saw the future or visions.

---

'With Shiro'

"Champion."

"Why bother fighting?"

"When you can join us."

"We're connected, you and me. Both part of the Galra Empire."

"You've been broken, and reformed. Just look at your hand."

"It's the strongest part of you. Embrace it. The others don't know what you know. They haven't seen what you've seen. Face it, you can't defeat Zarkon, he has already, defeated you."

"Did you really think a monster like you could be a Voltron paladin?! You can't run from it. You never could and you never will!"

"You saw how broken I was Shiro, now I'm going to break you!"

"Your brother fights like a Galra soldier."

"I see you."

"I can do whatever the [Beep] I want."

"I made myself into a monster, because that. Is what the world needed."

"We are not here because we're free."

"Now God. Bends to my will."

"You will know the power of the dark side."

"Open up your eyes."

"I am the darkness."

"HAHAHAHAHAHA."

"Ah!" After Shiro and Allura were inside the elevator, Shiro snapped from some nightmare or a dream he had leaning at the elevator. Thinking about the dream he had, it was a mystery at first but he didn't think it be real or just a dream.

"Are you alright Shiro?" asks Allura in concern.

"I'm fine," says Shiro. "Just a dream."

---

'With Lotor'

"I said enough!"

"You are an insolent boy! You may be the prince but I am your Emperor."

"You may be a prince, but you're not Emperor yet."

"I don't know. With a scrawny body like that, who knows if he ever will be!"

"What was that prince thinking."

"I love you too, my prince."

"He fights like a Galra soldier."

"I see you."

"I can do whatever the [Beep] I want."

"I made myself into a monster, because that. Is what the world needed."

"We are not here because we're free."

"Now God. Bends to my will."

"You will know the power of the dark side."

"Open up your eyes."

"I am the darkness."

"HAHAHAHAHAHA."

"Ah!" Waking up was the Galra Prince Lotor in the cell, where a week later he saved the Voltron Coalition and the Galra Marmora Soldier(Every Galra Warlords are calling him that), even since his talk with Black Paladin and the Princess while cuffing him they suddenly started hurting him for some reasons he, like saying about joining the Mamora and judging him when he was about to sacrifice himself, but always wondered why the Paladins hurt him or pushed him away.

*Flashback One Week Ago*

Coran walks up to Keith in relief and sadness as he hugs him, while Keith lowers his head in shame.

"What's got into Coran?" asks Lance as Hunk was holding his shoulder while Pidge accessing her laptop until her brother Matt came along.

"Guys I need your help."

"What's up, bro?"

"Well, I need to punch Keith, But I don't have that level of familiarity with him yet." says Matt as he acted seriously and angry at the same time, "One of you will have to do it." Lance's expression changed into an angry frown as Hunk's expression turned into sadness, he never wanted to hurt his best friend.

"I assume you must have some reason to want that?" Question's Pidge, "What did he do?"

"Well, you see, before Lotor arrived-"

Coran placed his hand on Keith's shoulder for being alright until suddenly Lance punched out of nowhere to everyone's shock, but not Lotor, he was confused for some reason. Keith touched his cheek from that punch that Lance gave him, looked at him in anger but Coran and Hunk didn't get angry but they were in sadness.

"What the heck Keith?!" Lance yells.

"Joining the Blade is one thing, but this- What in the world, has your brain stop functioning all together!?" yells Shiro. Lotor looked amused and confused while Allura however seems sad to Keith even though he almost sacrificing himself.

"I… Just wanted to help…" Keith says sound depressed.

"This wouldn't have been 'Helping'!" Lance yells as Pidge calms him down when Hunk quickly hugs Keith. "This guy will be the end of me."

"Hunk?"

"Please..." Hunk's voice started to sound depressed, "Don't do that again man..." Keith looked at Hunk as he hugged him back. Keith looks at Pidge, also angry.

"Don't look at me like that," Pidge's expression changed also into a frown while Lance tries to calm himself, "We'll have to talk about it after I punch you too. Just- Give me a moment… Deep breathes Lance."

"Sorry." Keith says feeling regret and sorrow.

*Flashback Ends*

Lotor got up on his feet as he sat back down, but he still doesn't understand why they would do such a thing to the Galra Soldier or more importantly why did the soldier leave Voltron. But another thing that came into his mind is strange dreams about the future including his fate and in Voltron, but more importantly, he's starting to feel like something changed over time or maybe like he's not the only child.

His train of thought was cut off short when he sees the Black Paladin and the Princess walking towards his cell.

"Your intel checked out." Shiro said.

"You still feign surprise," Lotor replied. "All of the information I have given, proven correct. Every target I've provided, easily dispatched. Yet, you still look at me-"

"As if you were the leader of the most bloodthirsty race of murderers this universe has ever known." Allura said Coldly

"Can people not change?" Lotor says reasoning with them, "Is it so hard to believe that I wish to return to the Galra Empire to a bygone era of peace or can you not change for that Galra Soldier you should've befriended with or should've helped him stand up?"

Allura widened her eyes from Keith's title but also still feels sorry for him, but every time she hears his title or his name she gets the feeling that her heart was lonely and sad at the same time.

"Our fathers were friends once, long ago. There must be hope for us."

"I guess we still need convincing." Shiro says.

"The facts speak for themselves. The Galra Empire is completely reliant on quintessence. Serve that need peacefully, and you have a complete paradigm shift, a new dawn for the old empire."

"And you're the man to make this happen?" Allura said evidence of a scoff sprinkled throughout her question.

"My plan from the beginning has been to find a way to harvest quintessence without resorting to the barbarism of the Komar. Extracting quintessence from entire planets at the cost of every living thing? I think not."

"And your solution was to send Voltron to do your dirty work?"

"Only Voltron could retrieve the tans-reality comet. So, yes, I'm afraid to be a bit duplicitous in effecting its retrieval."

"But if the paladins were killed, that would be fine for you, too." Shiro said. Nothing Lotor said was convincing them he wasn't trying to appease them to their better nature.

"It was a calculated risk, I'll admit that. But I knew they'd come through without a scratch. And since recovering the comet, I haven't been in the least bit aggressive."

"What about your generals?" Allura asked.

"A simple misunderstanding. I had no idea our paths would cross in the Ulippa System. What would I gain by fighting you? My sole focus has been finding a way to enter the zone between realities."

"Sounds like you are your father's son."

The two would give Lotor this much, he was very was good at keeping his emotions check throughout their entire conversation. However, the moment Allura compared Lotor to Zarkon, it seems as if a nerve was struck down to their veins. He rose from his seat, narrowing his eyes intensely at the princess.

"It was your father who led the scientific exploration that discovered quintessence. An exploration, I might add, that resulted in the creation of Voltron. This isn't a zero-sum game. Meeting the needs of the Galra Empire meet bringing peace to the universe. That is the future enlightenment brings us, one prosperity for all. Surely Princess you would have a future for the Galra Soldier."

Shiro gave a quick glance at Allura, lowering her head of regret after Shiro turning his attention to Lotor, keeping his guard up.

"What kind of world would all of the rejection towards him including our bloodlines, when I saved your lives and capturing me and then all of you said some things to him."

If they refused to admit it about Keith, Lotor's words would be true.

"I saved your lives and the lives of all your comrades even the Galra Soldier. I have given you target after target in the Galra Empire, and all of them have been dismantled or destroyed at no cost of life to you."

And now this made Allura froze from the inside. Even though she witness it including (maybe) seeing Keith's sacrifice, but if it failed she could almost hear the cries of the rebels being blown, or if Keith sacrifices himself she would never be the same.

"All I ask is to be judged by my actions rather than your preconceptions of my race and bloodline. If that is beyond you, then perhaps you should just finish me and get it over with. Clearly, Princess, you are not ready to end this war."

There was nothing left to say or anything else as Lotor and the Altean Princess stared at one another for a few tics(or seconds).

"I know what's at stake here, but I would advise not to underestimate us." Allura warned. She's not sure if that threat made him shiver around his spin, but still refused to leave the final words.

A few minutes inside the elevator, Allura folds her arms as she thinks about what Lotor said, but she still doesn't have a good feeling about it.

After another few minutes out of the elevator, the Princess goes to the control room waiting for the meeting, but she can't stop thinking about Keith and how they pushed him away.

"Oh, Keith I'm sorry."

*Flashback*

After the argument with Lotor about the plans of the Galra, Allura runs to Keith, as he was about to leave until then she hugged him sobbing on his shoulders.

"Keith! Oh, thank goodness you're alright! I was scared I thought I never see you again!" The princess wailed which left Keith in shock. He didn't think that the princess would come and heal his pain or something.

"Why?" She asks after calming herself, "Why would you try something like this?"

"Because I don't belong here," Keith says as his voice trembles in sadness, "You have five paladins, and I'm just an ordinary foot soldier for the blades. Besides, I don't have anyone anymore and I'm just a lone wolf." Allura pulled back to look at him. Her dazzling blue eyes had some emotions as if he could even put it together, "Allura?"

"Oh Keith, you're not alone you have me and all of us," She says trying to confront him, but Keith was on the verge of tears, "Keith?"

"Allura please, you don't understand anything," Keith's tears began to create a waterfall uncontrollably, "Don't just say that just because all you think that was stupid for letting me sacrifice myself for the greater good knowing that you really don't mean it from me but it would only make me feel worse then if you did."

"I know it was a bold sacrifice take but if you would've done that then…" Allura's voice begins to tremble as her voice starts to crack, "We would never see you again, including me."

"Why?" Keith's mind went through so many questions on would Allura feeling sad and guilt if he made that sacrifice.

"Because..I...I-" Allura was cut when she heard Lance's voice on her coms.

"Princess, where are you? Lotor told Shiro where the next Galra Base is."

"I am on my way." Allura calms herself as she looks back at Keith, "I… umm."

"It okay," Keith tears rolled a few as Allura cup his cheek, wiping the tears, "You should go." Allura nodded as she and Keith crossed their paths as they walked, but turned her head one last time, running back to Keith.

"Keith, wait."

He turned his head back at Allura, suddenly hugging him one last time which much to Keith's surprise as he hugged her back.

"I know one day you would forgive us and I hope one day you'll make us proud when the war is over, you'll come us, right?"

"Don't worry, I will."

*Flashback End*

The princess would still lonely if Keith would've to sacrifice himself, she would've still told him about how she feels about him, but that part led to a sting there because during the old age of Voltron, Zarkon and Honvera were married then twists and turns didn't turn out to have a happy ending.

Her mind was cut short when she heard the doors opened, with Lance coming in.

"Princess? The meeting's about to start."

"I'm almost ready. If I'm expected to lead this, I need to know what I'm talking about."

"Yeah but no one expects to memorize everything. We can have a script-screen or you could jot notes down on the inside of your hand. I mean, I do it all the… uh, time." Allura turned at Lance with the worst script ever. "I'm kidding!"

The moment was cut when Pidge appeared on the screen.

"Princess, everybody's ready."

---

'Galra fleet'

Sitting on the throne was the Emperor of the Galra, ever since he declared his son, Lotor a fugitive to the Empire and order to hunt him down.

"Zarkon." A mysterious voice pops out of nowhere as he looks around finding out where the voice is coming from.

"Who are you, who's there?"

"I am someone you know of a long time ago."

"Which is?"

"Don't tell me you're forgetting everything, did you?" The Lord of the Galra Empire was confused and annoyed by this child's actions.

"Enough games child, who are you?"

"Fine, the name's Louis, happy now?" Zarkon groans from not being patient and for a reason what kind of child would have powers and mind abilities, only his witch is capable of such magic, "Listen Zarkon, I can see your future and the fate of Voltron."

"What do you mean?"

"During your war and conquering stuff should I tell you about what's happen to you and Voltron?"

"Why should I listen to you?"

"Because you died and then your kid, Lotor becomes Emperor and then in the future Voltron becomes a Tragedy." The Galran Emperor was shocked or not shocked either way if you wanted to believe if that's true or not, "Believe me it does."

"Tell me more."

"I'll tell you if you want to capture someone."

"Who?"

"When you captured the princess, you battled the red paladin, but now was once the black paladin, he's now one of the blades of Marmora and he's all alone in a dreadful pain, suffering, and loneliness because of Voltron."

"Little galra soldier, I remember now, what about him?"

"The paladins rejected him including you so did your so-called champion, also he's a half-human and half-Galra, but more importantly I know Voltron's weakness and it's Keith Kogane."

"How do you propose?"

"To break Voltron."

"Why?"

"Do you really want power for this? Think about Voltron and wanting for power is the reason why you failed and the reason why you lost but I can help you get that chance." Now Zarkon seemed interested, but he's not sure if he's willing enough to trust him or he's not sure if the Galra Soldier who was once a paladin now a blade, will break Voltron. As emperor, he would want that offer to get back Voltron and become more powerful than ever, "Agreed or no?"

"Agreed, how do you expect Voltron will break and how will you capture the Galra Soldier?"

"Don't worry I have someone on the case and then we'll meet in person to talk about Voltron's fate."

---

'The Coalition'

Allura stood before several of the planetary leaders whom the Paladins had long since recruited to join their coalition. Their faces lit up when the princess walked into the room alongside the paladins.

All eyes were on the princess as she addressed the leaders, including Kolivan and Keith, which by the Allura is happy to see, she took deep breaths and courage to speak with the leaders.

"As of today, our rebel forces have taken control of one-third of the former Galra Empire. But we cannot grow complacent. The Galra Empire is still the dominant force in the universe. (Me: Well not for long.) However, the tide is changing."

"The rebel coalition is winning because of you, Princess Allura. You and Voltron." One of the leaders said, "Mere cycles ago, I felt that my race would breathe its last in Galra chains, but then Voltron appeared on the horizon, and our lives changed forever!"

"This bid for liberty is only possible because of all of our sacrifices, and we still have a long way to go before the entire universe is free."

"We'll be behind you every step of the way."

"Thank you. We will reconvene soon. Until then."

One by one, the screens with the leaders vanished, leaving only Kolivan and Keith.

"Did you complete raids on the targets we sent on our last communication?" Shiro asked.

"Yes. The information we've received from Lotor has consistently checked out."

"With all these successful missions taking place in such a short period of time, it won't be long before the Galra realizes we're using inside information." Pidge said.

"That's true. We should expect the enemy to change protocol soon."

"Then we need to act fast and hit as many targets as possible." Lance said determinedly.

"We'll talk to Lotor and see if there's anything else he can give us." Shiro said.

"I can't stop thinking that we might be an unwriting part of a much larger ulterior motive." Allura said.

---

'Blade of Marmora Base'

In the hall, after the Coalition meeting, Keith sat by himself, still in pain and sad from his farewell to little Ember, he took care of her, not like a brother but more of a father since she was also all alone like himself but no mom or dad, also since his friends pushed him away even Shiro from trying to make his sacrifice, but not Allura, she seemed to know his pain and sadness.

His moment was cut off when the creator of the blades of marmora came in.

"Hello, Keith."

"Oh, Hi Marmora." The creator of the blades sat right next to him as she comforts him.

"You seem stressed since you said goodbye to your longma."

"It's a little bit like that but my friends said I wasn't helping when I was making my sacrifice to save them."

"I see," Marmora hated seeing one of her soldiers in a bad place, "What made you leave Voltron?"

"Isn't obvious I left because I didn't balance from being a paladin and blade, but all Shiro did was lead, but more importantly how can I become the leader if Shiro is always one step ahead?"

"I understand, and yet you still feel pain and loneliness correct?" Keith nodded, "I used to feel the same way when I exiled myself, striving not to be like my family, even if my brother is okay."

"You didn't tell me you had a brother?" Keith felt like if he's not the child if he had a sibling, he's not sure what his reaction will be, "What's your brother's name?"

"If I did tell you his name you would probably know since you and your paladin friends have been chasing him ever since you became the black paladin." It almost took moment for Keith to realize what she was talking about since he was the black paladin until he joined the Mamora... leaving his friends.

"Wait, Lotor!?" Keith says in shock as Marmora nodded her head.

"I knew you would say something like this."

"Wha-since when did Lotor have a sister?" Keith really wanted to know since he and his friends keep losing or not from Lotor's tricks.

"Apparently 4 sisters, me the creator of the Blades, Yurak, Varina, and the eldest Luxor, not sure what happened to them but I'm sure they might be okay." Keith shook his head in surprise, but part of his gut his telling him that he's not the only child. Why would think he's not the only child I mean if he did then he would probably not be alone from the pain, some of the memories are still foggy but he could still feel that he's not the only child.

His mind was cut off when he hears the doors slide open as Zuri, Jadai, Ria, Yura, Eryn, and Dekstra entered.

"Greetings, soldiers." Marmora greets her soldiers, as they greeted and bowed to her.

"Hello, Mamora."

"Hey, Keith."

"Hi ladies, what are you doing here?"

"We came here to help you." says Jadai.

"Yeah, we're here for you." Zuri said.

"Why help me when I'm barely in the mood right now." Keith lowered his in regret as Mamora placed her hand on Keith's shoulder.

"Keith, should I let my soldiers help you?"

"I.. uh."

"All right, I head off with Kolivan forming our plans while you have your chat."

"Uh, Okay." Marmora got up and walked out, leaving with Keith and the galra ladies as they all sat with Keith.

"So Keith how are you feeling right now?" asks Yura, as Keith lowered his head in sadness.

"Stress after I said goodbye to Ember."

"Oh, I see." said Dekstra, feeling sorry for him remembering how painful it was to say goodbye to someone you care about and to someone you love.

"Yeah, I just hope she's okay."

"Don't worry she'll be alright." Ria says. But that made Keith even more exaggerated.

"Are sure she might be safe? I mean what if the Galra finds and what they might-"

"Keith!" Zuri caught him off guard when she hugged him, "She'll be alright, she's with her kind and she will have protection."

"Zuri's right, she'll be fine, besides we are all here for you, all of us together." Jadai says as she joined in so did Ria, Yura, Eryn, and Dekstra, hugging Keith helping move forward, and helping people so they can free themselves from the pain, suffering, and the lost ones.

"Thank you guys, I really need it."

*Boom*

The sound of explosions came out nowhere.

"What the!?" Keith exclaimed as Kolivan and Mamora grabbed their swords.

"What's going on?" Yura asked.

"We're under attack!?"

"But how by who!?"

*Boom*

The explosion came to the door as Keith and his friends prepared for battle as the Marmora soldiers prepared for battle as well. The smoke cleared as revealing a woman, with dark pink skin, wearing middle age armor, pointy ears that reached from her hood.

"Who are you!?" Marmora asked coldly.

"I'm Sylvanas Windrunner," She said, drawing her sword, "Where is Keith Kogane!?"

---

'With Lotor'

"Every lead I've provided you so far has been unerring, exact, and relatively easy to accomplish. Anything I would give you now would be somewhat more... perilous in nature."

"We're listening." Said the princess.

"I have some information I believe you would consider important on a more personal level. There is a prison formerly under my control. It houses a special inmate."

---

'With Pidge and Matt'

After the Naxzela mission, the rebel ships required some upgrades and fixing on various broken parts. And these were some of the luckiest ships to return.

"Thank you for helping us get the fleet back in order." Nyma said, "They were banged up after the invasion."

"No problem." Pidge said.

"We re-booted the entire targeting system in this one," Matt said, turning to one ship with yellow-green lines across the surface. "Pidge wrote a patch that will increase accuracy by a power three."

"Yeah, well, Matt overhauled the thrusters on this one." Pidge nodded to the ship colored red and green. "It can pull out of a six-g dive and not lose thrust."

"That's Newton's gravitational constant, of course."

"Duh! What would she think, 9.8 meters per second squared."

The Holt siblings laughed, while Nyma tilted her head in confusion.

"But we saved our best work for last." Matt stepped to his right, revealing Beezer. A shining new Beezer beeped happily, moving his mechanical 'Ears' up and down.

Nyma gasped with delight and happiness as she hugged the little robot. "He looks brand new! I can see myself in his chest plate."

Rolo stepped out of the rebel ship, "Pidge you got a message incoming."

Pidge, Matt, Beezer, and Nyma went inside with Rolo, as Shiro and Allura appeared on the screen.

"Hi, guys." Pidge greeted them with a smile and a wave.

"Pidge." Shiro's voice grew concerned when she detected seriousness inside of him.

"Is something wrong?"

"We have a lead on commander Holt." Shiro said, looking worried, "Your father."

"Our father?" Pidge repeated, turning to Matt. She was positive she heard him right.

"Lotor gave us information on his whereabouts.."

"Where is he?"

Allura's eye's shifted from the floor then back to Pidge in a blink. She would worry about Pidge's reaction to what she was about to say.

"Because your father was considered a valuable scientific asset, he was moved to a remote prison with others like him. They're being forced to work for the Galra Empire."

"According to Lotor, he's still in prison," Shiro continued, "But he could be transferred at any moment. As soon as the teludav is repaired, we can all head over there."

The Holt siblings shared a look, and in a blink, their decision was made.

"Send us the coordinates," Pidge said, with Matt already well on his way towards the Green Lion. Pidge followed soon after.

"Pidge, Matt!" Allura cried out, stepping closer to the screen, "If you wait for us, we'll be able to provide you with backup."

"Hey, don't worry." Rolo said confidently, "We'll make sure they got the backup they need."

"Bring them back safe. Good luck." Allura said right before the call ended.

---

'With the Blades'

Keith can barely breathe when some unknown foe comes out of nowhere and starts attacking the blades, even the base. But somehow Keith thought of her appearance, she almost looks like Altean but with the marks under the eyes.

"What do you want from me?"

"To destroy," Sylvanas's voice almost sounds like the witch Hagger but different, "Corporate and you might just survive."

"Why would you take one of our own?" Kolivan said coldly wanting to know why would an Altean look alike take one of his soldiers.

"No questions needed." The dark lady came charging at a quick speed, knocking two soldiers to the ground, coming after Keith before Marmora block her way clashed swords as Kolivan joined as well, Sylvanas jumped drop-kicking them and jumping the air higher landing on the ground, shooting her arrows at Keith.

"Keith!" Torrid and Vesper came out nowhere grabbing him to the floor, saving him from the arrows.

"Are you alright!?" Vesper asks as Keith got back on his feet.

"I'm fine. Let's take care her down." Keith grabs his blade charging the dark lady with Torrid, Zuri, Jadai, Ria, Yura, Eryn, Dekstra, and Vesper joined in, releasing their swords formatting as they form a circle. Then attacking the dark lady one at a time, dodging their blades from reaching her, knocking them down one by one the wall. Keith jumped in the air swinging his sword at Sylvanas, blocking it.

"Corporate or be free."

"Never, I won't quit." Keith clashed against her as if they were in a sword battle. Keith dodges one of Sylvanas' arrows and blocking with his blade.

"Kogane, have you ever heard of the multiverse."

"No! But why do you like an Altean!?"

"What's an Altean?"

Keith, Marmora, Kolivan, Zuri, Jadai, Ria, Yura, Eryn, Dekstra, Torrid, and Vesper were shocked and confused she looks like but without the marks under the eyes. But the real question is where did she come? Where is she from? How did find the Blades? How can she survive in space? Who is she working for? Why does she want with Keith?

"But what do you want from me and how do you know my name!?" Keith wanted to so badly since the dark lady attacking his friends.

"Corporate."

Suddenly out of nowhere, a red dark shadow entity appeared in front of Sylvanas', showing Louis. It was shocking enough that Keith, Marmora, Kolivan, and the Galra ladies to someone appeared like magic.

"Hi, how are you?" said Louis giving a dark smiling at the group.

"What the, who are you?" Keith asked.

"My name is Louis," He says offering a hand to Keith, "Join us Kogane so you can be free from the pain that Voltron has caused you or else." Louis grabbed Keith's hand getting electrocuted, screaming in agony.

"Ahhh!"

"Keith!"

"And remember suckers, this isn't Voltron."

Zuri came charging for Keith's aid before Louis and Sylvanas used their magic to disappear including with Keith, "NO!"

Keith and the enemies vanished in thin air, Zuri cried in tears for the man he fell for. When she met him, he kind of a hothead until then he was bravely handsome, for her safety and for anyone in the blades. The creator of the blades walked to her soldier putting her hand on Zuri's shoulder.

"Don't I'll get him back." Marmora said.

---

'The Green Lion'

With Nyma, Rolo, Beezer, and Matt, Pidge drove the green lion to the coordinates the Paladins sent her. Pidge could hardly believe it after all those past months and months of searching, after long late hours of searching for clues and finding leads, they were finally going to find their father.

Pidge had always hoped he would still be alive, but hearing it inside the Galra Prison, being forced

"What if something's happened to him, Matt? What if-" She stopped when Matt touched her shoulder.

"We're gonna bring Dad back, I promise."

The prison was stationed on a small planet. They didn't see any Galra ships keeping on the watch, but that didn't mean there wouldn't be security.

"Approaching the prison."

"This place is gonna have security. We're gonna go headfirst into that?" Rolo pointed out.

"That's why we got cloaking." Pidge says cloaking the green they head towards the prison.

The moment they headed towards the prison, drones surrounding the outer atmosphere glowed green and a green holographic wall appeared, yet it didn't stop the lion. They flew right through as if it were invisible, but once they made it to the other side of the lion's cloaking shut off.

"How did it detect us?" Pidge says, seeing the alarm on the dashboard.

"Doesn't sound good."

"We've hit some sort of barrier! We've lost cloaking!" Pidge yelled, which caused Beezer to start beeping panically. Galra fighter ships came at them and Pidge shot her Lion's mouth beams, striking one of the ships, and flew right past them.

"Change of plans! I'm gonna have to drop you off. Hold on!"

The group headed to the lion's hatch on the Green Lion's chest. Once opened, everyone jumped out one by one.

"Go get him, Matt." Pidge said before going off to fight the ships.

"Everybody, fire jet packs!" yelled Matt, as Rolo and Nyma activated their jet packs, and Beezer used his own installed in his programming. But Matt's wasn't responding, "Something's wrong! My pack's not working!"

"Matt!" Nyma cried out as Matt screamed as he fell. Beezer was alarmed as he activated his techno vines as he caught Matt pulling him, as Matt held on to Beezer.

Once they land safely, Matt was still holding on to Beezer, shivering and whimpering from the fall.

"You know, you can let go of him now."

"I'd rather not."

A few minutes later the group snuck their way towards the entrance. Rolo and Matt had their rifles out and ready, hiding behind the rock.

"No guards." Rolo said.

"Security and defense systems in this prison are completely automated." Matt explained, "Override codes should shut everything down."

Nyma took a peek at the prison's main entrance, "Uh, looks like everything is shut down."

Rolo and Matt looked as well and, to their surprise, the sentries were already dealt with. Their disembodied remains scattered around.

"What's going on?" Matt asked.

The group made their way inside, despite the sentries being taken down, they would still be careful.

---

'The Green Lion'

Pidge continues to fly away from the Galra ships, trying to dodge one of them until she gets hit, grunting.

"Come on, girl!" Pidge yelled confidently as she circled around her lion summoning a cannon firing at the ships, one dodging then the other getting then turning into roots, the other ships continued to shoot at the Green Lion, "Stay with me, Green!"

Pidge continues to fly dodging the blasts, thinking fast as the green lion jaws on of the ships and swinging at the other ships, crashing into each other.

"Huh?" Pidge was cut short as she heard an alarm beeping in her dashboard as more Galra ships appeared, firing at her. In frustration, Pidge flies Lion while dodging the blasts.

---

'With Matt'

As the group went further deep inside the base they were shocked to see even more destroyed sentries laying on the floor.

Until they found a room filled with a variety of alien species, each one working in a confined space with tables, desks, and computers.

Rolo quality crawled on the floor of the catwalk above but stopped when he spotted a pair of legs, which belonged to an elderly alien. Rolo smiled awkwardly at their blown of cover. Before the man could scream, Nyma quickly covered his mouth. The elderly man's panicked muffles were enough to warrant the attention of the other prisoners.

Rolo stood up and held his hands. "Everyone relax." He said while Nyma released the old man, realizing he was another prisoner. She smiled awkwardly with her hands behind her back. The rest of the prisoners hid behind their workplaces, trembling like little mice.

"Don't hurt us!"

"No one's here to hurt you." Nyma said.

"You're not with the scary lady?"

"No, we're here to rescue you." Rolo said, "Wait, what scary lady?"

"She told us to stay inside. If we went out, we'd be hurt."

"Well, no one is here now." Nyma said. "Come on, we're leaving."

Matt's eyes searched everywhere from the prison. He saw aliens of all shapes, sizes, and colors, but not one resembled him and his sister.

"Is this everyone?"

"No, there are others back in the cells." One of the prisoners pointed his long blue finger to the backside of the room to a pair of closed doors. Matt ran towards them.

"Everyone, hurry up and come with us." Rolo ordered. Nyma and Beezer aided the prisoner.

Matt hurried inside and called out, "Hello? Dad? Dad, are you here?"

Several prisoners poked their heads out, their faces a mixture of confusion and fear.

"Has anyone here seen Sam Holt?" Matt went further on asking the prisoner if they have seen his dad, "A human like me. Is-is there another human here?" But none of them replied, they were only occupied on leaving the prison.

Matt made a turn and spotted other cells, which were still closed. One by one he opened them. Each one empty. His anxiety grew with each whooshing of the doors, to the point he couldn't even count how many he opened.

His dad had to be here, he just had to be. It's like his whole mind was playing tricks on him. But with one cell left, he opened it...

A few minutes later one of the prisoners all gathered at the entrance.

"Pidge, we're ready for pick-up," Nyma said, contacting Pidge.

I can't come to get you! It's still too hot!" Pidge grunted in frustration while dodging more of the infuriating Galra Ships, "If I fly down to pick you up, I'll be leading all of these ships there. You'll be sitting ducks!"

Pidge continued to fly at fast speed while dodging the blasts.

"We have to come up with some other way to get the scientists off the planet." Nyma looked at Rolo in concern, trying to figure it out away.

"Pidge, what if I brought the group to you?"

"And how are we gonna do that?" Nyma asked.

"I've got an idea. Follow me."

Rolo's plan was to have all of the scientists in one escape pod and take them to the green lion directly.

"These pods are only meant to carry five passengers." said one of the prisoners. "We'll be lucky to break through the atmosphere."

"Yeah, yeah, I know." Rolo replied, starting up the ship, and making the poor scientist even more nervous than he already has.

Nyma and Beezer stood at the pod's opening. "Come on, Matt. Where are you?" Nyma muttered to herself, while Beezer beeped anxiously.

They saw Matt running out from behind a wall and he jumped into the pod. "Let's go." He said in an uncharacteristically cold manner.

"But where's-" Nyma began, only to be shut down when the human boy snapped.

"Let's go!" Matt felt like crying, but he willed his tears to revert back rather than expose themselves. Nyma hugged his arm comforting him, Matt's eyes softened as he looked at the female yellow alien's hurt face. He thanked her kind gesture as if he was holding her hand. He didn't know how he was going to tell Pidge.

The pod took off, with Rolo at the helm, taking them up as far as the pod would go. The further they went up, the rockier the flight became, their thrusters were already starting to fail. The prisoners held one another, already preparing themselves for the worst.

"Something's wrong." Matt says in concern as he was still holding Nyma's hand.

"The thrusters are maxed out!" Rolo exclaimed, even though he was aware this might happen, "Pidge, we're about as high as this overloaded escape pod'll take us. We could use pick-up."

"On my way!" Pidge shook the remaining Galra Ships off her tail and speeded towards the others.

The thrusters finally gave way, "Engines are failing!" Rolo alarmed as the ship began to fall. Everyone braced for impact as the ship came falling down.

"Hang on tight!"

Pidge's Lion came bursting through the clouds, spiraling and opening its hatchet, allowing it to drop safely inside the green lion, flying up out of the planet's atmosphere.

"Cloaking back online." Once they were out of the planet, Pidge activated her cloaking again, which allowed them to escape the remaining Galra Ships undetected.

"Matt! Matt, did you find him?" Pidge practically flew out of her seat when she saw her brother entering the cockpit of her lion.

"I'm sorry Pidge."

Her excitement slowly evaporated when Matt carried a look of regret and sorrow in his eyes.

"No! Dad! Dad, where are you?" She called out, trying to get past her brother, but Matt held her in place with her arm. He hung his head low.

"He wasn't there. He was already gone."

The word 'No' kept repeating itself in Pidge's brain, but she couldn't will herself to say a word out loud again.

She wanted to deny Matt's words, she wanted to deny everything out of logic and reason. But every bone fragile body kept screaming as if there was nothing she could do. Her will to stand was gone and sunk to the floor, crying with her brother holding her in his arms.

"Don't give up, Pidge. We know Dad's alive. We'll find him." Matt promised.

Pidge didn't know how long she had been crying as if it led into hyperspace.

---

'With Zarkon'

The hunt for Lotor and Keith (Galra Soldier) carried on. Zarkon's anger towards his son grew with every tic pieces inside. But he still wonders what the future holds for him and Voltron since an unknown child or a being told him that. But still wonders why he feels like the Galra Soldier would be a perfect weapon to the Paladins than the Champion.

However he sees a portal opening, as he sees a child with black pants, black sneakers, shirtless, messy spiky hair, and wings of black darkness.

"Hello, Zarkon." The Emperor recognizes the voice, it was the same voice that spoke to him about Voltron and the little less of the future.

Zarkon turned as he saw the Galra Soldier knocked out, but when he looked at the new person, she looked like Altean but without the marks and the ears, but has dark red eyes, black eye shadow, light pink skin, wearing a hood, and armor from old ages.

"Who's she?"

"This here was on the case my man, of capturing Kogane, her name is Sylvanas Windrunner and she is from another universe. And so am I."

"Another universe?" Zarkon was either shocked or surprised about another universe or another dimension.

"Yes, from another realm," Sylvanas said as she gazed around the area. "This place looks like it was forged for a thousand armies."

"I know what you're thinking, why am I a kid? Well, let's just say I've been taught and trained well." Louis says as he smiles menacingly, "Oh, and let him wake up."

Keith groaned as he was almost awake. He opened his eyes as he saw the two people who were trying to capture even worse hurt his friends, he gazed away from them as he recognized the armor as the size of the Emperor.

"Galra Soldier."

The voice sent chills down his spine as he widened his eyes as he recognized that voice.

"Zarkon!?" Keith was held in cuffs as he looked around, he was inside the Galra fleet with Voltron's number 1 enemy.

"Glad you could join us."

"What do you want from me?"

"To destroy your enemies and destroy your Paladin friends."

Destroying his friends, his family, he would never join the Galra Empire and hurt his family, including the Blades.

"Why?"

"Your Paladins betrayed you, even the Black Paladin himself hurt you, didn't they?"

Keith didn't know what to think of himself either to say something or tell them the truth about him leaving Voltron and joining the blades.

"Tell him Kogane." Louis said in an acrimonious manner.

"I… I-I had no choice but to let Shiro become the leader."

"Nonsense, your friendship between the paladins betrayed and left you to rot, which leads you vulnerable to them."

Keith didn't know if they come to rescue him or abandon him like what he did to them when he joined the Marmora, but more importantly, his mind kept going about little Ember and how it changed his life, he felt like he wasn't alone anymore and meeting new Marmora soldiers and meeting the creator of the Mamora.

However, the moment was lost when received a call from one of his son's generals. Keith looked at the screen, it was the one he rescued from the giant worm alien and fought, Keith looked at the diamond eye beauty but looked away from regret.

"Emperor Zarkon."

"What do you want?"

"We have something in our possession we think you'd be interested in. We are willing to trade it for safe passage back into the Galra ranks."

"It would appear your son's generals had turned against him." says Sylvanas as if she was pleased.

"And they have something that could work against the Paladins and with Kogane as well."

"Let her speak."

"I'm listening." Keith lowered his head in pain as if this was the worst day of his life.

---

'Castle of Lions'

The castle was silent after Pidge and Matt returned. They successfully saved the imprisoned scientist, but they were unsuccessful in bringing back their missing father. Allura's instinct was to console cheer her up to her fellow paladins, to remind her she wasn't alone. Allura was about to speak when surprising enough when Pidge ran to her and hugged her waist.

In the bridge, Pidge kept to herself in the corner, with just Matt at her side. The others respectfully give her space in a smaller confront zone. A beeping sound caught everyone's attention. The Castle was receiving an incoming message. Once Allura answered, Pidge rose from her seat. The Paladins and Coran glared at the person on the screen.

Emperor Zarkon.

"Paladins of Voltron."

"Zarkon." Shiro whispered.

"I am making a one-time offer. I have someone of value to all of you."

The Emperor stepped to the side, revealing three of Lotor's generals, a kid holding a baseball bat covered in chains, one prisoner, and a mamora soldier with their heads down. The prisoner wore the same ragged purple uniform almost all Galra prisoners were forced to wear. But, the paladin's focus wasn't on his clothes, but on his face including the marmora soldier.

He was a human with spectacles and messy graying hair and a bushy mustache. His eyes were the same shade as Pidges. The Holt siblings were paralyzed.

"Dad!"

The marmora soldier was human, had his mullet hair, and was covered in bruises and beatdowns. The others were paralyzed much to their shock, including Allura.

"Keith!"

"I will hand them over, and an exchange, you give me my son, Lotor. Meet my demands if you want the earthling and the Galra Soldier alive."

"Meet his demands suckers or I'll bash Keith's head until his eye pops out to make him bleed in his skull." The kid laughed like a psychopath, "Or back to it." The kid turned at Keith, swung his bat at Keith's head making him scream in agony.

"Ah!"

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Lotor's generals were shocked to the core, they were trained to never be afraid of anything but a maniac that turned out to be a kid but never twisted side like never seen before.

Allura was horrified and shocked to see a twisted child monstrously hurt Keith. Why would a child hurt one of his beloved comrades and go hurting? This one was different from Zarkon and Hagger. Even Shiro, Hunk, Lance, Coran, and Matt were shocked as well.

The call ended snapping everyone around including Pidge.

"He's alive! Our dad's alive! We have to get him back!"

"We're going to." Matt said before turning to the others, "What's the plan, Shiro?"

"And what about Keith, they have too and a kid bashed his freaking head!" Lance yelled in anger, not like the guy hurting his mullet friend.

"What are we going to do!?" Allura said in concerned more worried for Keith's life and rescue.

Shiro didn't know what to do. He was shocked and horrified that they have Keith, but he couldn't make a mistake if he wanted his brother free.

"I don't know but we can't rush into anything. We have to think this through."

"What to think though!?"

"Keith just got hit in the head by a maniac we don't know who it is?!"

"We have to help Keith before something terrible happens to him!"

"And my dad's there! We're doing this!"

"Guys, I want to bring Dr. Holt and Keith back too, but we need to operate under the assumption that Zarkon will try to double-cross," Shiro said compassionately, but his gut tells him he is still worried for Keith's safety from an unknown kid, who literality hurt him from a baseball bat.

"We have Voltron! We can do anything!"

"Pidge," Matt tried to reason with her, but Pidge swatted his hands away.

"No! We can't let this opportunity slip away! We're too close! Our father is too close!"

"That includes Keith as well." Allura spoke in an assertive tone, which carried softness for Keith hoping nothing happens to him.

"If we do this without thinking, then we could put both your father, Keith and everyone at risk." Shiro says worrying something bad or worse might happen.

"And not to mention, we all know Zarkon wouldn't miss the chance to get our lions." Hunk said.

"And as much as I hate to say it but he could be using Keith and your Dad as bait to get what he wants."

"So handing over Lotor won't be easy to fix," Lance said disappointedly. "Quiznack."

Pidge wanted to scream and yell, punch something, or tell everyone to back off. Her father was so close she could feel his arms within him.

Allura wanted to judge over Keith and an unknown stranger or child that tortured him. She felt like she should've told him about her feelings towards him.

The entire team felt like a sting towards them, even remembering that one week where they said some things they probably shouldn't say or hurt him in the first when he joined the Marmora, Allura felt like they pushed or send him away, they feel like something worst might happen to their friends, their family, including their loved ones.

A single tear came from Allura as wiped it away, still worrying for Keith, and Pidge also wiped the tears away from her wrist. "Fine, what do we do?"

Shiro signed. Judging by the look on his face even though wasn't happy about it.

"We need to tell Lotor."

---

With Keith and Holt'

In the prison cell, Keith was coughing and groaning from the pain of that baseball bat, it hurt so hard it felt as if his eye might pop out. Sam Holt was here to aid him. It was horrifying for Holt to someone beaten up right in front of him, but most importantly, Louis seemed familiar to him, but he's not sure why.

"Are you alright?"

"No, I've been worse than this." That voice did not sound like a good thing.

"Are you sure?"

"A little," Keith continues to feel more pain from the head, "So your Pidge's dad right?" Keith knew since Pidge has been stubborn enough to find her family even her brother and dad ever since they disappeared.

"Yes," Sam nodded.

"She was stubborn enough to find you."

"I know," Sam knew her daughter might risk her life to save him so they can be family again, he looked at the boy as if he was friends with her daughter, "You're friends Pidge, right?"

"Yeah until I left."

"Left?"

"It's a long story."

The moment was cut off when Louis appeared on the door.

"Hi." Louis said smiling. Sam knew what he was going to do to him since he witnessed it.

"No don't," Sam blocked his way, "He has already suffered long enough from you-." Before he could say anything Sam felt his head was in a deep sleep, until that he passed out. Louis walked towards Keith, glaring at him.

"What hurts more man, A?" Louis gave Keith a dark smile as he swung his bat at Keith making it less painful, "Or B?"

"Ow!"

"Don't worry man, your friends will come for you very soon." Louis said smiling like the devil.

---

'With the Paladins'

Lotor didn't so much as he lay an eyelash when the Paladins told him the news. They all felt like they shouldn't have been surprised, but they still were.

"My father has held the universe in a death grip for millennia," Lotor said while tightening his fist dramatically, "but he sees it slipping from his grasp because of your efforts and because of mine. With our forces combined, we would provide the greatest threat Zarkon has ever faced and that new foe. He knows we could topple his empire, so this is his attempt to tear us apart. But united, we could forge a new path, open doors to new worlds, and crush the tyrannical ways of an old regime."

"A regime you ran." Pidge pointed out. "We can't listen to him. He just wants to save his own skin."

Lotor hung his head, trying to look more sympathetic. "It's true. If you return me to my father, he would surely see to my demise. And with his most legitimate threat to the throne removed, he would only grow stronger."

"One less threat to Zarkon and the new guy is one less threat to us." Pidge said coldly.

Lotor wasn't surprised at all but he was also disappointed at the same time. After everything he's done for them, they still refuse to see things another way. But most of all he was surprised that Galra Soldier was captured as well. But something in his gut tells him that he was the green paladin's father only, why would he think that it's not he saw the future.

Lotor turned at the princess. If anyone could reason with him it should be her. Besides Lotor knows the princess has feelings for Galra Soldier, he could tell because of what happened last week. But what's surprising enough was an unknown child torturing the Galra Soldier.

"Your father, King Alfor, once stood side by side with Zarkon and protected the universe from harm. There was no foe the paladins of old couldn't defeat. Sadly, that time of peace has been lost, but, together, we can find it once more. Princess, imagine, a new generation that could lift the mantle peace. The children of King Alfor and Emperor Zarkon, you and I, a royal alliance between Altean and Galra. Including you and-"

"How 'bout we don't imagine that!" Lotor was cut when suddenly Lance appeared beside Allura and glared at Lotor. First of all, Lotor was going to say something about Keith and Allura before the look on Lance's face was jealousy, he thought he was mentioning about Lotor and Allura, but he was a misunderstanding.

"Lies!" Pidge exclaimed. "Every word is a lie!"

"And what about Zarkon and the child's words? Do you think he'll return your father and the Galra Soldier as he says? Do you think the corrupted leader of a ruthless empire will be true to his word? He wants more than just me."

"You'll think Zarkon and the kid will double-cross us?" Shiro asks.

"I think he'd do anything to rid himself of me and claim the Lions of Voltron. But I'm not sure what the child wants with the Galra Soldier, but I'm certain he might be torturing him or much worse."

The paladins lowered heads deciding on what to do, first Pidge's father and Keith too, even a psychopathic kid, they were all worried for their friends, but Allura however was more concerned than anyone else here, she was scared and worried about Keith's suffering and much worse was his torturing of pain.

Allura pondered on what Lotor was saying. Her heart was telling her they needed to do everything they could to prevent the Empire from taking any more innocent lives including Keith's life for hers.

Just like the Blades of Marmora, during the past, Allura was allowing her anger and hatred towards Zarkon clouding her judgment. Her bond with Keith seems obvious but she never got the chance to tell him about his feelings towards him and say sorry to him, thus learning more about how the Galra treated their own children.

She could've learned more about Keith's life when she joined the Mamora for the first time and what he has been through over time even the other members of the blades that she met. Lotor felt right about something, the princess and Keith were like two species at war with each other, well not. Allura finally made her decision.

"An alliance with the heir to the Galra throne... could end the war."

"What!?" Pidge exclaimed in anger.

"It's not ideal, I didn't like trusting the Galra before. I know it's not ideal, but it could be our best option."

"No!"

"Pidge, think of the lives we could save," Allura said, and Pidge knew she was not like this. "Think of the countless worlds we could free."

"Think of my father!" Pidge exclaimed as Lance joined her in the argument.

"I'm with Pidge. Let's get this guy out of here, pronto. Right Hunk?"

The yellow paladin scratched the back of his neck, "I don't know. I mean let's not forget about Keith, if this dude is on our side like he says he is-you are saying you're on our side, right? Couldn't he lead the Galra toward peace from the inside?"

Pidge should be thinking more clearly,

"We are turning him in and getting my dad back! We have Voltron to bring peace to the universe!"

"And we're getting Keith back as well!" Allura yelled in anger.

"Don't play into Zarkon and the child's hands!" Lotor yelled, more desperately.

"That's enough!"

All eyes landed on Shiro. The normally calm and level-headed former Paladin had reached his limit with all of this animosity. Nobody knew what to do, nobody knew who to trust, yet they made up their minds on what they wanted. They all wanted to stop Zarkon and the new guy, bringing back Sam Holt and Keith. Shiro wanted nothing more than to have his old mentor and his little brother back in one piece, but it wasn't simple. Should they really trust Lotor or not?

---

'With Keith'

Keith layed on the bed of the prison feeling left out, alone, and with the painful bruises that Louis caused. He wished this was in a dream, but no this was a nightmare of torture, weakness, and suffering. He wishes he should've never got captured in the first place but more important he likes the silence of no people around him.

But what came into his mind was his friends at Blades, his Voltron family, and little Ember, the memoirs of his sad and tragic life being left alone and the scared little boy with no friends, only rejection, getting bullied, into fights, and being alone, but what changed his life was Ember, he took off her like a dad, he loved everything about the kiddo, she was just a sweet little creature with a pure heart, but what sad about was he had to return her home to her kind and the two had to say goodbye to each other.

And now it's back to where he started all alone with no one to help and what's more painful is a psycho beating him up.

"Hello?" Keith turned his head as he saw one of Lotor's generals, the one he looked at was the diamond eye galra woman.

"You?"

"Are you okay?" Acxa asks as she walks to him bandaging him.

"What are you doing?"

"What does it think genius, we're here to heal you." says Ezor, grabbing medic supplies as they aid him nicely.

"Ow!"

"Take it easy."

"Why are you helping me?" Keith said wanted to know because ever since he became the leader of Voltron, he and his friends were always chasing after Lotor then came across one of his general's then, the diamond eye beauty, "And also why did you join Lotor in the first place?"

"Because..." Acxa almost forgot why she joined with Lotor in the first place. So they can be free from this war and shadows of their pain, until a new enemy who 10 minutes later knocked one of the blades. She never felt scared in her life when Louis appeared. But why would she feel scared of him? "It's because we wanted to be free. Free from this war... and free from our pain."

"I know that feeling."

Keith thinks he might able to assist because of their understand ever since he made some Galra friends back from the Mamora and met the creator of the blades, who had their lives messed up. When Keith met Zuri, the daughter of Ulaz. She was just as lonely as he was until he opened up to her, making sure she wasn't alone. Jadai, the daughter of Thace. She was stubborn enough to do things on her own when Keith helped her stay strong. Ria, however, was a mystery to him, Ria was shy, kind, even brave to stand up for herself. Yura, she was brave, kind, gentle, even messing around with him, but she also had compassion for him. Eryn, she, however, disliked him at first, she got used to him ever since Keith left Voltron, Eryn thought friendship failed until Keith took Ember and everything changed for the blades, even the soldiers. Dekstra, she may be a beauty, but Keith may have flattered but somehow she encouraged him to the right thing and never give up. Torrid, she was Kolivans' trusted friend and when she first met Keith, he kinda thought he wouldn't trust anyone when he joined the blades until she showed up and taught her everything how to take care of yourself for others, but somehow, everything changed for the blades when Keith had Ember, and it gave their courage to bring her back to her kind.

"But still ever since I helped with your problem when you abandoned Lotor, why help me?" Keith asked.

"Because you owe us." Keith didn't know what to think, since he first got capture by a psychopath. But somewhere around he might just help the other Galra when he was in the Mamora.

"I can help you be free."

---

'With Zarkon'

The emperor himself was sitting on his throne while Louis standing in front of the window.

"Tell me," Zarkon really wanted to finally know about the future since now he met the child and captured the Galra Soldier, "What does the future hold for Voltron and the paladins?"

Louis was now finally here to tell the galra emperor about the future of Voltron and his fate, his son, even about the universe and the multiverse. Including why Louis came here in the first place even the dark lady and why capture the little galra soldier.

"Alright, somewhere around the exchange, Lotor will defeat you, claiming to rule your empire. Then Lotor will betray the paladins by lying to him about the Altean colony, then creates his Voltron and tries to defeat them but failed and lost his life. Finally, the paladins went back to earth and defend it from Sendak's invasion. But here's where things tide for the worst, the princess falls in love ridiculously with McClain, who was once a Blue paladin, now the red paladin. When Allura sacrifices her life for the universe, even for Voltron and some of the other paladins are left broken and happy."

Zarkon was left speechless even if the future holds true to his word, and Louis kept it.

"But things have changed now because I changed it into a whole new level because a new Voltron will appear."

"Another Voltron?" A spoil of rage went into Zarkon's vein.

"That's right, the White and Shadow, and other different colors, but they'll come to us soon when the time is right, but theirs another thing, the paladins and Lotor went to another reality with Altean's conquering peace into slaves, but there will be a Voltron their when it comes and then I'll give them a show for my friends I have, my bad guys."

"What about little galra soldier?" Louis smiled at Zarkon.

"That part..."

---

'With Acxa'

After aiding Keith. She, Ezor, and Zethrid were at hanger with Keith and Holt waiting for Zarkon and him... but they were not sure on what to do, they wanted to join back the empire to survive but now a newcomer comes along tortures a blade who was once a paladin of Voltron. They have seen anyone this dangerous or insane. Zarkon was the emperor, but their question was why did he alliance with him or why did he come?

The hanger door opens with Zarkon and Louis coming in as they enter the ship.

Acxa lowered her head as she looked down holding her dad's stone that he gave to her when she was little.

"I'm not sure what to do dad, I'm sorry."

"Don't worry Acxa, we'll make it through this." whispers Ezor.

---

'On the Altean Pod'

Shiro, Pidge, and Matt entered the pod as they arrived at the coordinates to the spot where they would make the trade, "Are you sure this is the place?" Matt asked once the three of them stepped out.

"This is the place." Shiro replied. The meeting point was the flat surface of a random planet, nearly uninhabited. It reminded Shiro of that horrible planet he and Keith had been stranded on after their first fight with Zarkon. At least here the gravity was stable and no flying rocks were floating above Keith or hungry giant lizards.

"So, where's Zarkon?" Pidge asked.

"Whatever happens, we stick to the plan." Shiro said. After a few more minutes, the trio saw a bright purple flash of light in the sky. It was Zarkon's ship.

The two paladins and the rebel fighter stood their ground as the ship made its descent. The doors opened, revealing the new guy and the evil Emperor himself, completely clasped in metal armor, leaving very little of his biological body exposed.

The new guy or kid however looked like a 14 or 16-year-old, shirtless with strange tattoo markings, black pants, and behind his back were wings of a bird or an angel.

Shiro's pulse accelerated once he made eye contact with the guy, as he gave the black paladin a dark smile, Shiro felt his anger boiling on him because of how he witnessed his brother getting bashed in the head by a baseball bat.

"Who are you!?" Shiro questioned in anger.

"The names Louis, Shirogane." Louis replied. Shiro gasped in shock when the new guy knew his last name, even Pidge and Matt were shocked and speechless as well, how does this guy know his name?

"Show me Lotor!" Zarkon ordered.

"Show us, Commander Holt and Keith, first!" Shiro demanded. Zarkon was silent for a few tics (or seconds).

"All of you really want to see them that badly?~" Louis said, humoring them as he gave them a smile of a psychopath, Shiro and Pidge felt hot boiling steam running from their veins when Louis started acting insane.

Behind them, Ezor, Acxa, and Zethrid stood at the ship's opening, standing beside Sam Holt and Keith Kogane on the opposite sides. Sam looked up, locking eyes with his daughter, yet showed no visible emotion.

"Dad!" Pidge cried out as she attempted to run towards him, only to be held by Shiro.

"Holt is fine, but I'm afraid Keith had some… beatdowns~" Louis laughed like a clown of chaos. But Keith's appearance was much worse than anyone expected, he has a scar on his right eye leaving marks all over his body.

"Keith!" Shiro cried out, shocked to see Keith in a bad situation.

"Now," Zarkon continued, "Where is Lotor?"

---

'With Hagger'

The voice of the witch of the empire had kept tucked away within the depths of her mind finally won over. For several nights she could not shake away the desperate cries, plaguing her visions and the mystery of all, new memories. She could see them vividly in her sleep.

Faint lullabies hummed in her ears before and after every dream, day and night. From where she could never recall. If she was going to serve her Emperor and the empire, then she would need to face these visions. Face them without even knowing it.

The witch stood in the pool of glowing purple quintessence. It reacted to her touch, the energy wrapped around her, infusing her with its power. She concentrated on her visions, and for the first time, she unlocked the back door of her mind, allowing her visions to break free. Once she did, it pounced at her like a wild beast released from its cage. The witch screamed as her eyes glowed yellow. She fell to her knees and everything around her was in pure darkness.

She panted heavily, feeling as though her mind had been clawed all over. The voice was back, humming that strange tone. Hagger looked up to see a woman laying in bed, surrounded by Galra doctors clothed in full armor.

The woman had purple skin just like Hagger, and white unruly curly hair which stuck to her sweaty face. Her eyes were worn, and her stomach was swollen. A heartbeat was heard from the monitor next to her, but Hagger knew it did not belong to the woman, but to the infant still within her.

Looming over the woman was a dark figure with a cape so long its end dragged across the floor. "Can you save the children?" The mysterious figure said to the doctor beside him.

"We will try, Sire. There are many complications."

Hagger knew who this sire was. It was Zarkon, looking over this pregnant woman and speaking with a voice she had never heard him speak before. It didn't sound like him, but another person within his body.

She knew that voice. It was her husband's. The memory of him kept flickering in and out, she realized. She held tightly into that knowledge, refusing to let go.

Hagger spun around at the sound of babies crying. The infants had been born, perfectly healthy. One boy and three girls wrapped in blankets, wrinkled as their cheeks were stained in tears, begging for affection as a girl, who's older than them, she was sitting in a chair watching her younger siblings, as she comforts them.

Laughter startled the witch. One little boy and three little girls, playing and running, yet she couldn't see them. When the laughter died out that was when she spotted the infants, now the young lads with longer, short white hair and eyes of gold like her own.

They ran from her, and Hagger, against her own judgment, followed them. She stopped upon seeing them as the boy was now a man and the girls were now a woman. Their back facing her, but when they turned they stared her down with her own golden eyes.

The visions disappeared in a blinding white light, and the witch inhaled deeply. Her body was frozen in one place, she didn't remember having daughters but the only thing she remembered was having a son.

She had no longer locked away from the voice, but however this whole time. She was the voice.

"My son and... Lotor. My daughters… Marmora, Yurak, Varina, and Luxor?"

---

'Castle of Lions'

The castle ship was positioned just far enough from the planet's atmosphere, and the rest of the group watched the exchange unfold on the monitor. Images of both ships facing one another were highlighted purple and white respectively, as were the dots that represent Zarkon, Louis, and the generals and Shiro, Pidge, and Matt.

"Everything's going according to plan." Hunk said.

"I hope Keith's okay." said Allura concerned about her lo-friend.

"I still don't like it." said Lance, folding her arms to keep his hands fidgeting, though his foot kept taping, "This whole thing is like making a deal with the devil."

Allura heads over to the control panel, "Coran, I'm more worried about Keith's safety from... him."

"I'm with Allura because that guy or kid literally hit Keith with a baseball bat!" Lance said hating that guy.

"And laughed like a psychopath," said Hunk.

"Is it really closer enough?"

"Believe me, I would love nothing more." The Altean man slammed his fist against the panel. "I hate being so far out of range!"

"Zarkon's fleet is also out of range, but these are the terms we agreed on." As much as she hated these terms, but she would endure much more worried for Keith, including the rest of the paladins. "I'm still worried."

---

'With Shiro'

Lotor stepped out of the pod and stood beside the two Paladins. His hands were cuffed yet he still carried himself with poise and dignity despite his predicament.

"Send us Commander Holt and Keith!" Shiro ordered again.

"Release them." Zarkon ordered.

"Go." Acxa and Ezor ordered, feeling shame, as Sam and Keith walked out as they headed down.

Shiro turned to Matt, who gave him a subtle nod. He nodded in return and Lotor made his way.

"Stay alert." Shiro whispered. "If Zarkon and Louis are going to try something, now would be the time."

Everyone in the castle held their breath as they watched the respected dots of the prince, Sam Holt and Keith heading towards each other. Lotor kept his eye on the earthling prisoner and the Galra Soldier. The prisoner looked up to see his children, but the galra soldier did not look up to see comrades. There was something off about him. His skin was paler than what should've been considered normal. Even more disturbing, when they were finally within arm's reach, Lotor detected no breathing emitting from the soldier's nose or mouth.

Once they passed each other, Pidge couldn't pull herself together anymore. Her father was right here, just seconds away. Shiro barely pulled himself together when Keith was almost seconds away from them, but the worst part was that his whole body was covered in beatdowns and bruises, it felt like years ago when Keith was just a little pilot when it was the first time he messed up and got into a fight. He felt like he wanted to say sorry to him.

Pidge ran to her father as Shiro ran to his little brother, ignoring Matt's desperate cry.

"Guys, wait!"

"Dad!" Pidge's heart leaped at the same moment, armed her arms embracing his dad, finally, they were reunited.

"Kaite!" Pidge and Matt uncuffed their dad as the whole family was together.

"Keith!" Shiro almost lost his footing when his body went straight through him. He turned to see the hologram fizzle from existence. Pidge, Sam, and Matt were shocked to see a hologram of Keith flickering.

"What!" The black paladin's anger erupted when he faced Louis, smiling and the emperor. "NO!" He growled like a wild beast and watched as Zethrid walked with the Keith real into the view. Unlike the hologram, this one actually looked at Shiro. His eyes brightened once he spotted his one and only brother.

"Shiro."

"Did you really think we could just let you hand over Kogane," Louis held his bat as he walked over to Keith, "Nope. Because there are no exceptions!" He spun around and swung his bat down on Keith's head.

"Ah!" Keith screamed in agony as Louis laughed evilly.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!" Lotor was shocked to the core seeing it's true, Louis was a maniac acting insanely twisted, Acxa, Ezor, and Zethrid felt anger and fear around themselves which they felt before in their entire lives. Lotor looked at his generals giving into fear and anger not unknowing what to do. Pidge and Matt are now feeling anger boiling in their veins. Their dad was safe but not Keith.

Shiro felt hot boiling water rising in his chest, he just wanted to beat the living quiznack at him for hurting his little brother.

"No! No, we had a deal! WE HAD A DEAL!" Shiro screamed, "I'LL MAKE YOU PAY!"

---

'Castle of Lions'

From the castle, everyone gasped, "Lotor was right, Zarkon and that guy did double-cross us." Hunk said.

Allura was already on her way to the hanger. "Everyone, get to your lions! We're going in!" She was about to go before Lance grabbed her by the arm.

"Allura, we can't." Lance was surprised when Allura angrily removed her arm from his grip. Lance saw the rage in her eyes.

"Zarkon and that monster have Keith!" Allura yelled angrily.

"I know, if we go in, we might put Keith's life in jeopardy."

"Lance is right," said Coran, "If we move in, Zarkon's fleet moves in as well."

"Yeah, but without Lotor as our prisoner, we don't hold any cards. We're powerless. What do we do?" Hunk said.

"W-We hold our positions." Allura said as her voice cracked, lowering her head, feeling worried and concerned. "Keith, please be okay."

---

'With Hagger'

"Where is Zarkon?" The Witch asked as she approached the captain.

"The Si-Vim Quadrant on a hostage exchange mission to retrieve Lotor."

The witch froze. "Retrieve Lotor? No!"

The captain looked on in confusion as the witch ran out of the room. In her private study, she contacted two Galra in full body armor within a laboratory.

"High Priestess Hagger, how may we be of assistance?"

"Initiate stage 4, immediately." She ordered.

"Yes, High Priestess."

---

'With Shiro'

Shiro's visions became blurry for a few tics before suddenly becoming hazy as if he were standing in the middle of a fog of nightmares. He squinted his eyes tightly, hearing his friends calling out to him in worry. Their voices were drowned out by ringing in his ear.

As quickly as it came, his visions returned to normal as the ringing stopped.

"Shiro, are you okay!?" Pidge asked.

"I'm fine!" Shiro said as he looked back at Louis and Zarkon, "Give us Keith back!"

"If you want the Galra Soldier returned alive, you will forfeit Voltron to me immediately!"

"Or else I'll keep smashing his head so his eye can pop out from his socket and make it bleed or bash him up like a freaking pain-ata." Louis laughed again pointing his bat at Keith's cheek as he was preparing for another beatdown.

Shiro, Pidge, and Matt seriously and really wanted to beat him as their anger boiled in rage.

"We have to get Keith." Pidge said concerning, as well as her dad.

"Matt?"

"I don't know but most hold our position until the time is right, I hope?" Matt said in a low tone only he, Pidge, and his dad to hear.

Lotor's eyes looked down for a minute before slowly shifting towards his right, where Acxa stood. She turned his way, and while Lotor expected this, she nodded at him as well as Lotor including his generals.

"Bring the lions, now!" Zarkon ordered, already losing patience.

"OW!"

Zarkon turned as Louis yelled, seeing one of Lotor's generals knocking him down. Acxa uncuffed Lotor, grabbing the black bayard, jumping in the air, and the bayard took on the form of Zarkon's former large metallic whip. The impact formed a crater on the ground, pushing Zarkon several feet away.

"Was that the plan?" asked Matt, he and Pidge were shocked to see one of Lotor's generals fighting against Louis, or whoever he is.

"I guess so."

Zarkon stood upright and Lotor retracted the whip back into place, the wind blowing in his long white locks. His father laughed.

"So the time has come. This ends today."

Lotor transformed the bayard into a long purple glowing sword. Father and son charged at one another at the same time. The sword and Zarkon's fist clashed, creating a powerful shockwave of purple energy across the plane.

"We need to get Keith, Matt takes Sam back to the castle," Shiro ordered as Matt took his dad to the pod. Shiro and Pidge were about to activate their jetpacks before a blade blocked their way revealing it to be a galra woman with white hair and the same skin tone and hair as Lotor's.

"NO, I'll get Keith back. You'll need Voltron for this."

"What!?"

"But who are you?" Pidge asked.

"My name is Marmora, the creator of the blades and I'm Lotor's sister." Shiro and Pidge were speechless that Lotor... has a sister? How? When?

"Hold on, you create the blades and you're his sister!?"

"There's no time, I'll get Keith back."

The group was unsure if they were willing to trust her, even if she is Lotor's sister and the creator of the blades. But another way they could see that the Galra fleet was moving as well, maybe it is time to trust her and it is to form Voltron.

"Okay, make sure you get him."

Shiro gives Marmora his jet pack as Shiro, Pidge, Matt, and Sam head to the pod and flies away while Marmora activates her jet pack and hurries towards Keith. While Lotor's generals fought Louis, dodging their attacks. As for Keith lying on the floor of the ship consensus.

---

'Inside the Castle

"Pidge, Shiro, Matt, and Sam are in the pod, but someone's on the move." Hunk exclaimed.

"Zarkon's fleet's mobilizing as well!" said Coran.

"What are you guys doing?" Lance said contacting them.

"We got Sam but a newcomer is going to get Keith."

"But who?"

"Her name's Marmora, she's the one who created the blades and she's Lotor's sister." Pidge said which shocked them.

"SISTER!?"

"Yeah no time to explain, everyone, get to your lions. We need to protect Mamora and get Keith." Shiro ordered as they nodded as the three ran out of the room, grabbed their armor, and flew off into their respective Lions towards the planet.

"Hang in there, Keith. We're coming for you." Allura knew that Keith was strong enough but she hoped everything might go back to normal and then she would tell his feelings.

---

'With Marmora'

The creator of the blades jumped higher enough to aid Keith before a shadow appeared in front of her, and it was the same woman who captured Keith and broke into the marmora base and attacked her comrades and her soldiers.

"You!"

"Hello." Marmora came charging at her as she pulled out her blade, as Sylvanas shot one of her arrows at Marmora before contouring and blocking their shots, the dark lady drew her sword as they clashed swords at one another.

"I'll make you pay for hurting my soldier!"

---

'With Shiro'

The group made it to the castle as Matt took his dad to the infirmary while Shiro and Pidge head to their Lions.

"Be careful Kaite!" Sam said as Pidge nodded.

"Don't worry dad."

Once inside their Lions and made their way out of the castle they joined with the others, as Allura, Lance, and Hunk continued fighting off the ships, but Lance noticed the cruisers ion cannon were about to fire. Just as he was about to warn the others, Shiro and Pidge came in for perfect timing, activated their jaw blades as they slashed the cannon.

"Thanks, guys!" Hunk called out.

"Thought you guys need backup." said Pidge.

"Alright, everyone. form Voltron!" Shiro ordered.

The five lions flew up high creating a rainbow as the light brightened up forming Voltron.

"Hunk, bayard now."

"On it." Hunk pulled his bayard, as Voltron activated its cannon as it blasted the ion cannon at the other ships, "Alright were clear."

"Alright team, we're coming down for Keith."

---

'With Lotor'

Lotor's sword was as tall as himself, but it didn't leave a scratch on Zarkon's armor. The emperor thrust his fist, sending his son flying across the ground several times, but the young prince came running back, swinging his sword. The young prince showed no signs of exhaustion.

Zarkon hurled a stone, twice as large as himself, but Lotor sliced it in two with the sword. The clouds overhead blocked the sun, creating a lone shadow over the opposing Galra royals.

"You want the throne? Even with the power of the black bayard, you're too weak. You'll always be weak. You have Altean blood running through your veins, poisoning your very being. Finally, my darkest shame can be wiped from the universe forever."

"You speak to me of weakness? You've become nothing more than one of the child and the witch's monsters. Do they control you as well?" Lotor said, staring at the glowing tubes on Zarkon's back. He immediately knew his armor was the witch's doing, but he also didn't know about a child whose pure evil and the laughter of a jester who recently tortured the Galra Soldier. "Tell me, what does it feel like to grow weaker and weaker? Does the memory of power haunt you? Is that why you strive for Voltron so desperately or why would you alliance with a child!? All see it clearly. Without that lion, without this bayard, you're nothing."

"Clearly you don't know, that child has powers beyond your comprehension and he will destroy Voltron."

"Don't make me laugh, why would you destroy Voltron even with your hunger for power?"

"Because he told me about Voltron's future and how it will become a tragedy."

"What!?" Lotor was confused and shocked for a moment, for somehow this child knew about Voltron's future, but the question was how did Louis know about the future of Voltron and how it will become a tragedy, but the most question was why would Louis want Keith or how will he battle Voltron. "How would you expect Voltron will become a tragedy and why would Louis want with the galra soldier?"

"He has shown me his power and he will torment the paladin's heart from him and he will die."

Lotor didn't know what to expect whether he's lying or telling the truth, maybe that's why they choose the galra soldier instead of the green paladin's father.

"I will not let that happen, you and Louis' regine will end today!"

"You want to see my power and his!?" The quintessence became infused into Zarkon's body, through his veins. His eyes and the outlines of his armor glowed intensely like a supernova. Even the very ground trembled at his might. "The strength of the empire flows through my veins, and you will feel its wrath!"

This time, Lotor's callous exterior fractured as the ground trembled when the Emperor rose again as his feet from the ground as it stood upon him, splitting into fissures at the might of the electric waves blazing around him.

Lotor knew power made him his father was arrogant and ruthless, but that doesn't explain how he would ally with Louis in the first place, but the real question is how would Voltron fall into despair under Louis' wrath.

Zarkon charged, and Lotor activated the bayard, transforming it into a whip again. He hurled at his father, but once he turned around he was gone. The dust hid him from sight, and the emperor ambushed the prince from behind. Lotor grunted in anger as he rolled on the ground. Lotor threw his sword, but Zarkon blocked it with a kick. The prince jumped high, swinging the weapon at his father's helmet. Zarkon surprised him by grabbing the sword and throwing the young prince over his head. The emperor skyrocketed into the sky and aimed at Lotor like a missile. The prince gasped and rolled away the moment Zarkon's fist smashed the ground, forming a crater.

---

'With Marmora'

Bask with the Galra ladies Marmora continues to fight against the dark lady.

Ezor and Zethrid faced Louis with help of Acxa, who headed towards Keith, who was still on the ground breathing from those beatdowns.

"Are you okay?" she asked as Keith shook his head bearly enough to open his eyes, Acxa felt sorrow when she felt like he was gonna die from those beatings, "Just hang in there."

"I... will."

Louis blocked Ezor's kicks and Zethrid's punches, it was frustrating however because the two see him as a monster or a maniac, but they caught off guard when Louis grabbed Ezor's leg and Zethrid's fist sending them flying to the ground.

Marmora blocks one of Sylvanas' arrows and dodging them at a fast pace, charging at her. Before she was about to strike against the dark lady, she saw a bright red light coming from Louis, which led to powerful energy surrounding the area, Marmora, Ezor, Zethrid, Acxa, and Keith were shocked to their minds and their eyes at someone new and unknown flowing much power.

"About this, I draw." Louis drew a card out of nowhere like a magic trick, "First I summon Dark Spirit Orbs," A portal came out of nowhere from the ground as it summons two red and black orbs, "And then I can summon out an Imaginary Crystal," What shows up was a strange crystal bow, "Since their both here I'm able to create something from the darkness of my imagination, and now," The group was confused for seconds until the orb and the crystal were circling around, Louis got on knees and looked at the group with his red and orange eyes acting insane.

"What's he doing?" Ezor asked, not having a clue of what's happening.

"I don't know." Marmora said. But Sylvanas knew what he was planning on.

"From the destruction of millions, a fury assassin of the Rogue machine that hunts for world domination, I call upon the destructive evil creation, I FUSION SUMMON! Obsidian Fury!" What came from the portal was shocking, it was the size of Voltron but more complex, its features were total black and grey armor and orange liners on the face, "HAHAHAHAHA, How do you like me now suckers!"

They didn't know what to explain if this was real or surprising, but it was more shocking than ever no one in the universe was capable of such power.

"How the heck!" Zethrid said in shock as Marmora, Ezor, Acxa, and Keith were left speechless.

"Voltron, where are you?"

---

'With Team Voltron'

The paladins of Voltron flew in the atmosphere as they were up against the Galra fleet trying to get their friend, Voltron slashed one of the fighter ships from the sky and destroyed the fleet.

"We're clear, now we need to get Keith." Shiro orders as Voltron head down to get back Keith back when Marmora contacts them.

"Paladins do you read me?!"

"We read you Marmora, what's the status?"

"We have a big problem!"

"What problem?"

"Guys LOOK!"

The paladins gasped as they looked in pure shock to see a robot, by the size of Voltron. Obsidian Fury was about to strike at Marmora, Keith, even Lotor's generals.

"NO!" Shiro couldn't risk losing his little brother like how he disappeared from their last battle with Zarkon, and worrying what might happen to the team.

"Keith!" Allura couldn't let this happen as Voltron charged at Obsidian Fury as they began to clash with each other throwing punches.

Marmora looked at the battle while she looked back at Sylvanas giving her a glare as Ezor and Zethrid joined her as they charged at the dark lady, battling against her. While Acxa aids Keith in recovering him.

---

'With Lotor'

The prince was shocked to see Louis' power and was able to summon another Voltron or Robeast, but how was that possible? How was Louis to have so much power? But the real question was where did he come and why did he come here in the first place?

"Now you see his power. Now Voltron and the paladins will suffer from anger and hatred for the galra's soldiers death."

"NO!"

Lotor charged at his father swinging his sword at him before punching it back, as Lotor jumped in the air before Zarkon quickly knocked him down on the rocky ground, and Zarkon coming from above. More of the quintessence powered him up, emptying the second tube. Lotor knew what to do next.

Lotor jumped out of the way when Zarkon crashed into the ground, then charged at his father, flipping him over, and slicing right between the tubes on his back. Once on the surface of the armor split, the purple liquids spilled all across Zarkon's back and dripped off the tip of Lotor's sword.

"Ahhhh!" Zarkon screamed in pain, but one scream wasn't enough. The emperor groaned and tumbled, falling to his knees, struggling to keep his balance, breathing haggardly. Then his armor stopped glowing. He had lost the power of his quintessence had given him. But they both know that their battle is not over yet.

---

'With Voltron'

"Sword!" Shiro ordered as Voltron pulled out its sword and came charging at Obsidian blocking the attacks before Obsidian throws his right arm at Voltron giving some serious punches before backed up and summoned missiles on the chest firing. It was surprising enough that the team that this thing was not like any other robeasts that they faced before a bright red light appeared in front of them.

"Now what!" Lance questioned in anger.

"Hello, Paladins."

Voltron stopped as the paladins looked in shock as the new guy, who beat up their friend, crossed his arms, showing his wings and what's angering them was his menacing smile showing his red, golden, and glowing eyes.

"You!"

"Who are you!?" Allura questioned in anger.

"The name's Louis, I'm here to destroy you and your pathetic robot and take control of the universe."

The paladins were not sure if he's willing enough to it but still, they were mad at him for capturing Keith and beating the living quiznack out of him. Shiro, Lance, and Allura feel like they fight this new end and so they could get their friend back.

"Not a chance. You're gonna pay for crimes."

"My crimes? Hahahaha, I just got here and we're just getting started."

"Started?"

"Yes, since you barely attack Obsidian Fury, I can record my size manipulation to the size of Voltron."

"Wait, what!"

"He can!?"

"What's that suppose to mean!?"

Louis laughed as he grew into the same size as Voltron showing dark red energy flowing through his veins.

"Be prepared guys, this is for Keith!" Shiro yelled as Voltron charged at Louis, grabbing Voltron's fist throwing it in the air, grabbing the leg, and throwing it to the ground as Louis flew in the air, as his glow red, firing lasers in his eyes. Causing Voltron pinned on the ground getting back from the ground as Louis opened his wings and flew up in the air.

Voltron got up and flying up in the air after Louis, releasing a sword as it's not of this reality. It was speechless for the paladins, the sword looks like it's made out of the darkness from another world. Shiro and the others wouldn't even care or say anything they just want their friend back. As of that Voltron charges towards Louis as they both begin to clash swords with each other. Shiro, Allura, Lance, Pidge, and Hunk never seen someone like Zarkon as evil or a powerful nut case, but Louis, however, was on a different level, he's like there were facing an entity or a being of infinite power.

"What kind of powers does this guy have!?" Hunk said. Seeing his powers for the first time.

"It's like he's from another dimension?!" Lance said.

"But how!?" Allura exclaimed. Since they went into an alternate reality but they still have questions on where he came from or why is he here?

"Shiro?" Pidge said in concern.

"I don't know, but we have to focus. Now!" Shiro ordered as Voltron charging at Louis, as two fists collide with each other.

---

'With Marmora'

Marmora jumped in the air swinging her sword at Sylvanas, blocking her attack as they clashed swords, Marmora countered her blade at the moment Ezor and Zethrid together with their fists, as Sylvanas quickly blocked them, as she quickly vanish from thin air. Appearing near Marmora shooting her arrows at her, thinking fast dodging, and blocking the attacks.

"So tell me why you join an alliance with my father?" Marmora asked. Sylvanas was a little less speechless even though she might not care, as Acxa, Ezor, and Zethrid were in shock seeing that one of the creators of the blades, was the daughter of Zarkon.

"It may be an alliance with your father, but we have other plans." Marmora, Acxa, Ezor, and Zethrid were confused and suspicious about this.

"What plan?"

"The plan, for the multiverse and their universes will bear witness destruction and darkness flowing through free worlds and others from other universes."

"Why?" Acxa says, wanting to know everything since the galra took her in since they destroyed her home and saw her mother and father, all she, Ezor, and Zethrid wanted was to be free from what they've been through over the years until Louis came in threatening her and her friends and warning them not to get in his way. "Why would come here to show yourself, battle one of the creators of the blades, and capture him for what!?"

Sylvanas did nothing but looked at the galra ladies giving them a dark smile. A cold and intense went shivering down theirs spins. Something tells the galra ladies that something dangerous is going to happen.

---

'With Voltron'

"Hahahaha!" Louis laughed having so much fun of a sword duel against each other as they begin sword battling, "This is what I wanted to see, more action, more anger, MORE! MORE! Even brutality!"

The paladins didn't know what to think about this guy, he's a psychopathic maniac wanting chaos out of nothing, but most importantly his motive was so unknown to them like, why was he acting like this and why was he so crazy insane?

Louis flies around them charging towards Voltron as he throws rapid punches at them knocking the paladins down on the ground, getting back as Louis came charging at them at a high speed, Voltron quickly jumped out there as Louis created a huge massive crater.

"Okay, this guy a psychopath!" Lance exclaimed. Struggling to fight back at him as he was flying around them like vultures hunting for their prey.

"I know and this guy really seems tougher and faster!" Exclaimed Pidge judging by his appearance, fast speed, even his wings are fast as eagles.

"But what about that thing and the galra fleet!?" Hunk said, pointing out at Obsidian Fury who came flying in the air as well, and some of the galra fleets as well, as they were about to be prepared for the attacks, a laser from above at Obsidian, dodging the lasers as for more lasers blasting at the fleets as they were destroyed. Looking up, the paladins cheered seeing the Castle ship, surrounded by the particle barrier, making its descent to join the fight.

"CORAN!" The paladins called out.

"Thought you could use a little help." Coran slammed the one controls as the castle fires more lasers at Obsidian, as it was activating its shields. "This thing is new."

Voltron charged as Louis continuing their battle.

---

'With Lotor'

Lotor stood on the ground for as long as he could, admitting to himself that he was growing from exhaustion. Zarkon had thrown him against a massive rock, creating a small shape of Lotor's body as a result of the collision. Lotor groaned in pain, sliding down and yet again, landed face-first to the ground.

At least the emperor was losing strength as well. However, this time Lotor made the foolish mistake of allowing his grip on the bayard to loosen and he dropped it. Zarkon spotted the bayard at his feet. It felt like he was powerful again with the bayard in his hands, turning it into an arm cannon, Zarkon prepared to end his pathetic son's life once and for all. But even on his knees, Lotor still had his bite.

"Your fleet has been destroyed." said the prince. "It's over."

"No. It's over... for him."

Lotor gasped as Zarkon aimed his cannon at a far point to Keith and Acxa. The prince feared that this might be the plan all along.

"No!" Lotor regained the strength in his legs and grabbed a sharp staff-shaped stick nearby. He aimed at his father from behind, using the thrusters on his ankles as momentum. He unleashed a mighty battle roar striking the blade at his father...

*BOOM*

Before an unknown person blocks his blades creating an explosion, blasting both Zarkon and Lotor making the explosion so huge.

---

'With Voltron'

The paladins of Voltron continued their battle against Louis they heard the explosion not far from the battle. But Louis however sensed the presence of his rival. "Kyle?"

"What was that!" Hunk said.

"It came from Lotor!" says Allura.

"But what caused it!?" Lance said.

The team was caught off guard when Louis decreased his size back to his normal size as he flies towards where Lotor and Zarkon are.

Lotor was caught on the ground again, this time he looked up and sees another new foe. But just like Louis, the new foe wheres grey pants, a black jacket, and black gloves, cat ears and a tail. Lotor looked at him with glowing yellow eyes, with no sign of fear.

"Who are you?" Lotor asks as the new foe smiles.

"Fear."

That voice sent chills down the prince's spine. He had trained over the years with no showcase of fear that voice he just was like something from the universe that was unseen or never told forgotten story if people were too scared to write about it.

Louis came landing near Zarkon, wear was getting back up on his feet as he saw the newcomer standing in front of Lotor.

Voltron land on the ground as they too see the newcomer.

"Who the heck is this guy?" Lance asked. The new guy quickly looked at the paladins showing them fear like no other. "Or do we have another psychopath!?"

"Who are you?" Shiro asked.

"My name is Kyle and I'm here to strike fear into the hearts of possession." The voice also sent chills down their spine from hearing that dark voice. It was nothing compared to Zarkon, Hagger, nor Louis.

"Kyle?"

"Possession?"

"Hold the phone what is going on here!?" Lance questioned ran from the train of thought. First, Keith gets captured by a new enemy who tortured him, then Zarkon alias with him then somehow another enemy appears out of nowhere. This here just got confusing. Not until Obsidian Fury tackled Voltron ground, getting back as the two mechs flew in the air battling.

"I didn't expect you to be here." Kyle turned to look at Louis.

"Neither did I," Kyle says turning his head towards where Keith and Acxa are, "So this is Kogane."

"Yup."

"Alright, time to kill." Kyle grabbed his weapon, which is a sword not what the Lotor had, but it was not like any other weapon, the sword was glowing yellow and extra blades on the handle. Kyle charged at Acxa and Keith before Ezor and Zethrid blocked his way. Kyle quickly dodges their moves. Sylvanas came charging Mamora and Acxa as they begin to fight.

Keith finally recovered as he got back up as so did Lotor, but somehow it felt like their plan failed to try to end Zarkon's reign.

"Kogane!~" Keith turned as he Louis carrying a red sword, smiling creepily at him as he charges at him. Before Lotor blocks his way knocking him down, sending him flying through a boulder. "Ow-chiwawa, man your good. But too bad that the darkness hasn't infected you, Kogane, and Shirogane yet, right?~ HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

More earthlings!? If there was one thing Lotor wasn't trained for was a twisted child or whatever he is. But most of all, Lotor might be able to finish him and his father, and second what does he mean by the darkness infecting him, Keith, and the black paladin? "What kind of sick twisted child would cross a path from your twist emotions!?" Lotor exclaimed.

"Because... I'm your best friend~" Louis said giving a very wide smile. Lotor didn't know what to think either he's lost it or has gone through a dark path.

Lotor charged at Louis gripping his sword to strike at him before Louis grabbed the blade with his bare hands, quickly throw his arm at him, giving a punch to the face sending him flying near Keith, crashing into the ground.

"You're next Keith!~" Louis opened his wings as he charges at Keith, he didn't know what to do either just stand there or do something about it. When Louis drew his sword striking before Keith in a fast speed released his blade striking his blade at him before a quick speed, Keith swings his arm with his blade as his blade strikes at Louis's chest leaving a scratch on him, making it bleed. "Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Ha. Haaaaaa." Louis laughed... strangely and slowly, wiping out the blood on him.

Zarkon got back up as he watched the battles.

Keith and Louis charged into battle as they clashed swords, with one at another. Voltron charges at Obsidian Fury dueling swords at a fast and rapid pace. Mamora and Acxa battled against Sylvanas while Ezor and Zethrid fought against Kyle with their bare hands.

"Most impressive." He was impressed by the skills that the galra soldier has even for Louis, Kyle, Sylvanas, and the Obsidian Fury.

Keith jumped in the air, spinning and swinging his sword, landing near Louis striking him before he quickly shifts away opened his wings flew up in the air then flew down, then straight towards Keith grabbing his head then throwing him into the air sending him down the ground rolling around.

Voltron flew in the air charging at Obsidian Fury as released his sword gauntlets arm the arms. By then the two mechs battled, going all out on each other. The sword and the cannon.

Marmora ran to her right towards Sylvanas striking her blade with her right hand before the dark lady at a fast speed dodge the blade, then dodged one of Marmora's fast speed trying to slice her in half but failed. By then Sylvanas released her sword knocking the blade down as Sylvanas was ready to strike her down, then Marmora quickly dodged the sword from right to left, one by one, with a quick reflex. Acxa joined as she shoots her gun at the dark lady before dodging them, as she vanishes then reappears behind her then Mamora blocked her way as then both galra ladies and the dark lady battled.

"So who the heck are you!?" Zethrid exclaimed trying to crush Kyle with her bare fist but no bruises from him as he continues to dodge the attacks when Ezor jumped in the air as she swings her leg at Kyle as he blocks the kick with his arm.

"My name is Kyle, power of fear." Kyle pushed Ezor and Zethrid farther almost ten inches away, as they got back up.

"Power of fear, gimme a break." Zethrid grunted.

"Yeah, pretty boy and why are you here in the first place?"

Kyle pointed directly at Keith, Lotor, and Voltron. Ezor and Zethrid suspicions grew around as if what was going on here, first new faces arrived and powers they have never seen before in their life, they've had been trying to do what's right until they're free from the galra. But most of all why in quiznak would these newcomers come here?

"To show Voltron what it means to fail for those they love." The voice was back again as suddenly yellow strange substances surrounded Kyle from the ground as it starts to erupt like a volcano, but somehow they felt their pressure intense and scared as Kyle's eyes glow yellow, during the training of the Galra Empire they've working showcase of no fear, but somehow the two are now fearing him out of horror.

Then suddenly two shadows appeared between him as the two emerge out as the shadows as two figures appeared, they were female. One wearing a black coat with red ribbons on the hips, orange-red eyes, and long black with a ponytail, including another red ribbon. The other female is wearing black jeans, a black coat with a red T-shirt, horns on her head, black-red eyes, and short black hair.

Sylvanas jumped backwards landing near the two females as Acxa and Marmora came running towards Ezor and Zethrid.

"Ezor, Zethrid, who are these people?" Acxa asked seeing other new faces.

"I don't know they just appeared from the shadows." Ezor said. Marmora and Acxa looked at the new faces appearance, it seems like more people from earth.

"Who are you?"

"I'm Victoria and this is my good friend Ava." Marmora, Acxa, Ezor, and Zethrid looked at the female with long black ponytail hair.

"We are here for destruction." Ava pulled out what appears to be a black modern age sword. The galra ladies were prepared for anything dangerous. "Monstruos Malvados Destrozados!" Ava let go of the sword as it fell backwards, stabbing the ground, then a portal from the sky appeared which grabbed Voltron and Coran's attention.

"What's going on?!" Pidge asked.

"You morons will find out!" Louis yelled as he opened his wings and flew where Zarkon, Kyle, Ava, Victoria, and Sylvanas are, including Obsidian Fury.

The paladins and Coran flew where Louis and Obsidian Fury are heading now. When they arrived they found Keith and Lotor running where Louis heading, but most of all they found the evil emperor and new faces. Keith, Lotor, Voltron, and Coran were shocked to see the portal opening as swarms of unknown energy spread around the air like a river until it forms into a creature.

*Boom*

The paladins, Coran, Keith, Lotor, Marmora, Acxa, Ezor, and Zethrid were speechless and shocked seeing a creature with comics skin, but something about seems familiar. It felt familiar when Coran told the paladins about how the legend began and how the war started and how Zarkona became pure evil.

"Hang on?" Coran looked at that familiar creature from the old days when Voltron was first formed.

"Coran, what is it?" Shiro asked.

"It's those rift creatures, the ones that attacked Daibazaal!" The Paladins, Keith, Lotor, Marmora, Acxa, Ezor, and Zethrid were shocked and frozen to their core.

"Exactly!" Louis yelled as he flew in the air laughing psycho. "And now this will blew you away crush you into pieces!" The rift creatures surround the area, around the heroes, as the three rift creatures formed into a somewhat like demon. The stomps gave huge cracks as Voltron stood outnumbered by three rift creatures.

"Lions."

The voices sent chills down their spines. Those creatures spoke, for the first time in their life they have never seen before.

"You foolish think you would win."

"But you're wrong!"

The second rift creature fires his hands at Voltron knocking it down far to the ground as Obsidian Fury joined the battle. As Keith, Lotor, Marmora, Acxa, Ezor, and Zethrid looked back at the villains like the evil emperor Zarkon who was still carrying the black bayard. Lotor prepared himself as he was ready to face his father again, including Keith, Marmora, Acxa, Ezor, and Zethrid were prepared to face Sylvanas, Louis, Kyle, Ava, and Victoria.

They all charged at each other, once they clashed, it created a shockwave.

Voltron was struggling to fight against four on one at the same time, as Allura released her red bayard putting it into place as Voltron release its sword, swinging it around but the rift creatures deformed into a shape like floating water, causing to create an overflowing tornado surrounding Voltron.

"Now what do we do?!" Hunk exclaimed. The paladins were unsure of what to do from the tornado that the rift creatures created. Until blast cannons hit the tornado as it deforms back into demons. The paladins saw the collation of the rebels and the blades.

"Hi, Pidge."

"Matt!?"

"Thought you need some backup, and I brought some friends."

The rebel ships fired at the rift creatures but still didn't do any damage. The blades along with Kolivan came running to where Keith's battling as they joined the fight. As the battle began the three rifts creatures approached Keith, Shiro(In his lion), and Lotor creating tornados around them, struggling and grunting, until that the tornado and the rift creatures disappeared out of sight.

"Keith!?" Concerning Zuri and her friends for Keith.

"Are you alright?"

"Are you okay Shiro!?" Lance asked in concern.

"Lotor?" Marmora asked concerning her brother.

"I think?" said both Keith, Shiro, and Lotor, they felt nothing at all, it was almost as something came into their minds, brain, or their body, but they felt nothing when that happened, absolutely nothing.

"Think bigger morons!" The paladins, Coran, the collation, Keith, the blades, Lotor, Marmora, Acxa, Ezor, and Zethrid looked at Louis smiling with the evil emperor Zarkon, Kyle, Ava, Victoria, Obsidian Fury, and Sylvanas. It was the first time they see new faces, but most of all the dark lady looked like an altean, even Allura and Coran were shocked.

"An altean!?"

"Who are they?"

The blades recognized the dark lady that attacked their base even capturing Keith.

"Just who are you!?" Shiro yelling at Louis, Kyle, Ava, and Victoria. These four are the new faces they have never seen but most of all their eyes looked like their eyes were filled with rage, fear, greed, and death. Ava was the one to walk first as she glared at them.

"Your doomsday." Ava said as she drops her sword down pinning it on the ground, but then eyes started to glow orange, "Espíritus malignos del nuevo mundo, escúchame!"

*Boom*

A giant portal appeared on top of Ava as another rift creature appeared, but this one is different than the three. This one was had yellow color eyes even worst was it looked evil.

"HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

The rift creature laughs evilly as it looked at the heroes.

"Useless mortals believe you would win!" The rift creature transferred his entire body into Obsidian Fury changing shape and size, the arm was formed monstrous arms, legs, and head.

Keith looked at it in shock as it created a tornado surrounding the Voltron Collation pushing everyone away. Ava smiled menacingly as she pointed out to his friends who are being attacked by a rift creature so evil that fused with Obsidian Fury as it was more demonic and more sinister.

"What are you going to do Kogane?" Louis said behind Keith.

Voltron charged at Obsidian Rift Fury as it's arms grew more sizable than Voltron.

"Oh great, now what?!" Hunk said.

Shiro looked at Louis and Ava as they were standing there watching them fight.

"I have an idea, let's get Louis and Ava," Shiro command as Voltron released its sword as they charged past Obsidian Rift Fury towards Louis and Ava, "Now!" Voltron swing its sword at them, but it did nothing.

(Playing: Jay Vincent - Build to Protect)

"Hahahahaha." The evil rift creature laughed at how Voltron think Louis was the source of the power, but the evil emperor Zarkon walked inside a portal, with the black bayard, even the dark lady.

"It didn't work?" Shiro asked now feeling hopeless.

"You humans are powerless against me." The yellow comics horror entity says it uses its tentacles, grabbing everyone around them including Voltron, the Castle, the Blades, Rebels, Marmora, Lotor, and his generals. Keith didn't know what to do but either stand there and watch friends die from a creature from another reality or do something about it, either way, it's not going to be easy.

"I don't know if I have a choice," Keith was still unaware of the new villains that arrive but that didn't stop to save his family from getting torn apart but a creature fused into another dimension, "I must take that chance!"

(0:50)

Keith ran on the top of the floating rocks as jumped one by one, reaching towards the creature. The rift creature fires at Keith dodging them, even try to strike him down but continues to dodge it. Once he made it there into the floating rock. He was afraid of many things, not for him, but for his family, Shiro, Ember, Allura, Zuri, Jadai, Marmora, Ria, Yura, Eryn, Dekstra, Torrid, and Vesper... including his little longma half-human Ember.

"Let my friends go!" Keith yelled.

"Never, all of you will cease to exist but for you," The rift creature looked at Keith, refusing to quit and to give in fear.

Keith ran and jumped from rock to rock as then he jumped up, grabbed his blade, and stroke it down to the chest of the creature.

"Your survival will be nothing!"

(1:38)

"Ahhhh!" Keith screams in agony as he let energy out towards the creatures as they began to swarm around like a tornado as one of them began to infuse with him. The paladins, Coran, Lotor, Mamora, Zuri, Jadai, Ria, Yura, Eryn, Dekstra, Torrid, and Vesper were speechless and in horror seeing their friends saving them but they believe his fate might change the paladins because they were starting to rescue Keith but instead more villains got in the way even Louis, Kyle, Ava and Victoria. The paladins started to feel like this is starting to get worse.

"KEITH!"

"GET OUT OF THERE!"

"What are you doing!?"

"Paladins, he saving us!" Said Coran as he sees Keith's sword stabbing the creature, but that made it worse when the creature started to glow.

"AHHHH!" Keith continues to scream in agony as the fire started to ignite in Keith's sword as when the creatures looked at him speechless seeing a rare mortal using magic or powers. The creature tried to get him out of his chest but a shield surrounds Keith, "I'm doing this for my family and my friends."

"WHAT'S HAPPENING, IMPOSSIBLE!"

"You all have to take cover!" Coran said warning everyone as they all ran away far from the creature. But the paladins refused.

"No!" Lance exclaimed.

"But we can't leave Keith behind!" Shiro said refusing, trying to save his little brother.

"We have no other choice!" Coran said.

"But-"

Until suddenly a huge bright can be seen as large heat started to expand around them.

"You guys must go now!" Keith yelled to his family.

"Not without you!" Shiro said in horror as his heart sank, trying to reason his little brother's safety. But the lions split apart.

"No."

"Shiro, I'm sorry... but we have to go." Pidge's voice cracked.

"Keith." Allura whispers as tears start to fall on her face.

(2:05)

*BumpBump*

Keith still holds on tight as his heartbeats, closing his eyes seeing his memories of the time, he and Shiro met as brothers. Where he and others laughed at the goo food fight with Allura and Coran. The part where everyone hugged Keith for the blades.

"We're really gonna miss you."

"Yeah, who am I going to make fun of."

"I know you'll make us proud."

Another memory shows Keith cladding on Lance's arms. Hunk encouraged Keith about being Galra. Pidge having a goo food fight. Keith and Shiro hugging like brothers. Keith having his moments with Allura in the blades and meeting Marmora, Zuri, Jadai, Ria, Yura, Eryn, Dekstra, Torrid, and Vesper. And the memory with Ember, of how she looked up to him like a dad.

"There's something special about you soldier."

"Papa!"

The next memory shows his adventures with Marmora and the other blades and with little Ember. He had great times with her as if he was Ember's little sister, but he became a father to her, and how she changed the blades for keeping each other safe, hugging, laughing, even helping her get back to her kind. It hurt saying goodbye.

"Please come back to us."

"I will."

With one last thought of memory of Allura embracing Keith, telling her she was so sorry for being misjudging the galra. Finally, Keith smiled proudly as he and the rift creature, tornado started to burst in overdrive.

"NOOOOOooooooo!"

*KA-BOOOOM*

(Music Ends)

The explosion created a huge crater blowing away everyone even the lions.

Everyone got back up seeing smoke around the area, the paladins got out of their lions quickly enough to see if their friend is okay, they searched the whole area looking for Keith. Even Coran, Lotor, Mamora, and the blades searched everywhere finding him, but when the smoke cleared out, Shiro only saw his blade pinned on the ground, but he also found his mask and half of the suit torn apart.

The paladins were speechless, horrified, and broken in sadness.

"No..." Shiro couldn't believe what just happened, his little brother was captured, sacrificed himself to save the ones he loved, "KEITH!" Shiro cried in tears as he fell on his knees. During the day he found Keith stealing money to get food, and took him in as a little brother. He knew Keith didn't have a lucky childhood. But he once told him he would never give up on him.

Lance felt his stomach is on fire taking control of him and started pounding the ground in anger, even grunting in frustration. He was rivaled with a hothead pilot back at the Garrison. Always trying to one-up on him. But he made a friend to have fun with it.

Pidge fell on her knees looking down in shame from tears. She couldn't bear to look at the blade even the broken suit. Even if she couldn't picture the image of death in her mind. Matt walked up to her, hugging from the pain. She never knew Keith back at Garrison, but sticking together as a team was one thing he said to her when Pidge was about to leave to find her dad and her brother. But she wished she would get to know Keith better.

Hunk removed his helmet in respect, although mostly he was crying too. He knew Keith back at the Garrison, he was a scary emo guy. But during that giant worm monster, Keith got him to snap out and helping to encourage him to find a way to not be afraid.

Coran lowered his head from where everyone is. Coran adored Keith like his own son, of how brave and strong he was.

Mamora got down on her knees respectfully knowing that Keith would be at peace. But a part of her felt broken. During the time where she believes knowledge and death were the answer. But ever since Keith found Ember, she and the other blades' lives changed forever. Because there something special about Keith that she didn't know of.

Kolivan looked away from the blade. When Keith joined the blades, Kolivan taught Keith so many things to not let emotions cloud their judgment but when Keith found Ember, he and the others changed their lives when she came along, she was like a spark that led them a path to peace and helping others.

"No. No. NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Allura shouted in sadness as tears started to fall seeing the one she has feelings for has suddenly died, her heart felt like sickness seeing his blade on the ground and holding the torn suit. When she first him, Keith was.. not most of a classy person. He was a fierce pilot with a heart. He was a fearless warrior without hesitation, even when started working as paladins and then the goo happened, it felt like it was fun for the first time in her life, she never what love was until she met Keith. Even the time on that space pod, but she was sorry of how she misjudged the galra, including the blades. Someone who has come to be one of her closest friends to have ever fallen in love with.

"It can't be." Zuri said, as tears running down her cheeks. She couldn't believe of what just happened, she admired Keith when he told her about Ulaz, her father on how he sacrificed his life to save Voltron, it hurt seeing her mourn for her father. But Keith helped her by not taking any struggles.

"This can't be real..." Jadai muttered, tears threatening to fall down her eyes. While she had a hard time with blades even making friends with others and mourning for the loss of her after, Thace. But she came across with Keith, even though she was cold, but she changed when Keith told her about her sacrifice.

"Keith..." Ria said, putting her hand over her heart while crying. Keith... he was such a unique person. Even though he was half galra like herself, but she grew fond of him and he was more than willing to help her get back on track.

"No..." Yura said, snarled in anger while looking away, as tears started falling. Keith was her first friend and he was just so kind, brave, and strong. He even protected her from the warlord, Nakson, and for that, she was grateful to meet him.

"Nooooo..." Dekstra muttered, tears falling from her eyes. Keith was a different kind of person when she met him, Keith had the courage to help her find the real person inside of her so that she can move forward.

"Impossibile..." Eryn said, staring at the blade in disbelief as tears fell. She and Torrid got along with Keith for that long, she admired Keith. Even though he told them about his sad past, it was heartbreaking to hear. But Keith manages to move once he met Ember, and it smiles at them.

"No, Keith..." Torrid whisper as she fell on her knees crying. While she admits it, she really cared about Keith when he joined, even though he was a loner, she came to him so he can never be alone. Keith was something else out of the universe.

"You dummy!" Vesper shouted, looking away as tears fell. She hates to admit it. She deeply really cared about Keith, even though she didn't get along with Keith, but he saved her life more times than ever. She wished she would spend more time with him.

Finally, Lotor bowed respectfully to Keith Kogane. The galra soldier where he once heard so much about. But most of all, they failed to kill the ruthless and evil emperor and saving Keith. Everyone mourned for their falling comrade and friend.

The smoked cleared revealing Louis, Kyle, Ava, and Victoria. Lotor gave them a stink eye on them more of all, he was angry to his core.

"You!" Lotor exclaimed as the others see them. "You're gonna pay for your crimes, and where's my father!"

"Us? Really? And your dad chooses wisely to join us."

"Why," Ava's glare turned into a dark smile, "Emotions are an object for love and rejection for your sweet little brother." Lotor grabbed his blade running towards her as he made it, he swings his sword at Ava-

*Cling*

However, Lotor's strike didn't touch Ava... but her finger caught it. The prince was speechless and shocked.

*Tap*

"Gahh!" When Ava's finger touched the blade, Lotor's blood was splatter all over his body like he was sliced four times. Lotor couldn't believe what just happened, but how did she catch it with one single finger? Is she really powerful than Voltron? No, it can't be.

"Well now." Lotor's breathability stood still, unable to move his body, "I thought I succeed in cutting you in half, but you manage to survive but I didn't strike deep enough." Ava's words might not have been true but she was this close to killing him.

"Lotor!" Marmora was shocked as well as she headed towards her twin brother.

Shiro got up running towards Ava, as his robotic arm activates as he was about to attack Ava-

*Swift*

She quickly vanished in thin air.

"Where did she go?" Shiro said.

*Swift*

*Slash*

Shiro barely saw Ava swift past through him, as he was mysteriously slashed on both shoulders.

"No.."

"Shiro!" Matt, Pidge, Hunk, and Lance rushed over to their leader. Allura was devastated seeing Shiro and Lotor were almost killed in cold blood.

"Why did you come here and why did you hurt Keith!?" Allura screamed in a boiling rage and sadness. Even Shiro, Lance, Pidge, Hunk, and Matt were glaring at the four villains. Louis's smile turned into a glare, as everyone can tell his eyes were pure rage.

"Oh man, why do you all continue to fight when you already won the war and why do you continue to fight for these puppets," Louis's words when through straight into the paladins feeling angrier, "And why did you know why to push your little brother Shiro, huh?" Shiro's anger stopped from hearing those words, "Was it because you were the leader or Keith Kogane? When you came back he was happy that your alive but then you on the other conflicted him between the blades and Voltron until all of you drove him away, and why did you make it so now he's dead because of all of you because you weren't there to help reach out his feelings, he was going to commit suicide, but during your battle on Naxela, he was going to make a bolding sacrifice, and now you all yelled at him like he was no part of your family." Those words crumbled before as tears instead of anger as it started to roll on the paladin's eyes, "You all did this to him, and who's next? Me? Or us? No, someone will," Shiro, Allura, Lance, Pidge, Hunk, and Matt felt their entire body trembling in sadness and despair, "It's gonna hurt all of you more than you know, it's time for a word of advice, suffer the pain that you caused your brother to die and for leaving the team, and costing to lose the people you all dared to love so much." Louis's voice became furious at them, "That's gonna regret everything you did for him ever since he's been switching side by side. Oh hell, I'm feeling it right now and so will you for the rest of your misery," Shiro, Allura, Lance, Pidge, Hunk, and Matt were down on their knees crying, "You said Voltron will bring peace to the galaxy? but it won't ever since daddy made it for his royal friends, and that's what got Zarkon and Honerva to be corrupted in the first place and what got daddy to be a coward," Allura's emotions went from anger to sadness as she was sobbing and wailing. As for Coran... was devastated from hearing his friend, King Alfor, "You failed as a leader and failed as a brother," To Shiro as he was clenching his fist, crying, "Failed as rivalries," To Lance, crying from the pain, "Failed to be friends," To Hunk, Pidge, and Matt as they shattered in tears, "Failed to be free," To Acxa, crying as Ezor and Zethrid were dead inside in rage, "Failed to embrace each other," To Allura, covering her mouth from sobbing and wailing, "And most of all you all failed as family."

Those words stroke everyone's mind in their shame and pride, because they failed to save their comrade and friend, Keith Kogane. Marmora and Kolivan were shocked and shamed, but Acxa, Zuri, Jadai, Ria, Yura, Eryn, Dekstra, Torrid, and Vesper, were sobbing from those words that came out of Louis's mouth. Ezor and Zehtrid glared at them as they came to comfort Acxa.

"Just... give up... because you already lost."

With those final words Louis, Kyle, Ava, and Victoria walked inside the portal leaving the paladins of Voltron trembling in sadness.

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'With Hagger'

The witch couldn't believe what she just witness in the first place. New beings from another dimension, broke the paladins and the blades from emotions of sadness and pain. But most of all she felt like her husband was going to die, but how, she can't just predict the future with magic, it's different.

She even witness the girl almost killing her son and the champion. Including her husband's disappearance. But a new question was known, who were they and why did they come here? But getting Lotor and her daughters back was the one thing she's doing.

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'WIth Sylvanas'

The dark lady looked away from the collation as she walked where the sun was setting as the wind blew her hair.

"It's time."

To be continued...

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Hi guys, sorry I took forever for this, and well that's because I had so many distractions and plans. Even spending time with my family. Also if you're confused please don't because I changed some stuff like, Allura is the Red Paladin and Lance is still with the Blue Lion. And if you're confused about the new characters, and the lore well, that's where the spinoff with Keith happens during season 4 where he was with the blades and it's another inspiration of The Mandalorian where Mando found Baby Yoda. And it's called Voltron: Blades of Marmora, with new characters of blades and creator, but these OC's belongs to them.