"Stevonnie. Just take a moment to think of just flexibility, love and trust. Everything will be okay, we all have faith in you. Believe in yourself"
Garnet
"We need to lead the Dreadnaught away from Earth right now! Everyone into the lions." Shirogane directly ordered both groups.
"Hold on, we can't leave Earth." Pearl objected to the human's decision. "What if the Galra decide to take it over while we're gone?"
"As I said before, the Galra Empire is composed of fanatics." Keith restated to the pale Gem. "Zarkon wants the lions more than anything; they'll ignore Earth to go after us."
Garnet adjusted her visor slightly as she quickly checked her Future Vision for all the alternative scenarios that could play out, before turning her attention to Pearl. "He's right. They do desire the lions more than anything."
"But Garnet…" Pearl commenced. "This is our home…"
"Pearl, I don't enjoy the idea of le aving the Earth undefended either." Garnet understandingly told the slender woman. "But if we don't lead the Galra away; thousands, if not millions of humans will lose their lives."
"Then it's settled," Shiro declared. "Matthew, Katie, and I will go with Keith in the Red Lion. The rest of you go with Stevonnie in the Blue Lion."
The Crystal Gems nodded in similar agreement as the humans ran to join up with their Galra ally. "Amethyst. Pearl. Peridot. Get into the Blue Lion, while I grab our Lion." Garnet ordered her fellow Gems.
"Roger that," Peridot exclaimed as she and the other two Gems made their way to Stevonnie. "Yo, Stevonnie! Let us in!" Amethyst shouted to the human Fusion, who hastily jumped back inside the Blue Lion. The alien vehicle lowered its head to the ground and opened the entrance inside its mouth. Amethyst and Peridot make their way inside of the lion, while Pearl stayed behind to wait for Garnet.
The powerful Gem Fusion picks the still slumbering Lion off the ground and hauls him over her head as she runs like hell to the sizeable, blue vehicle. "Let's go!" Pearl exclaimed as the Crystal Gem's leader entered the mechanical beast with Pearl following right behind her.
The Crystal Gems all make their way to the Blue Lion's cockpit where they find Stevonnie sitting in the pilot seat. "Is everyone here?" The human Fusion asked.
"We're all ready to go." Keith's voice affirmed over the Blue Lion's communicators just as the Red Lion arises and delivers a robust roar.
Stevonnie scanned over their control panel and found a blinking red light, which they assumed will allow them to speak with Keith and the others and pressed it. "So, how far do we have to go until we lose the Dreadnaught?" They asked.
"I do not know," Keith responded in an uncertain, yet strict tone. "We'll discuss getting you all home later; right now, we have a job to do."
"Right," Stevonnie hesitantly spoke as they hoisted the Blue Lion's head up. None of the Crystal Gems wanted to fly from their home, but they knew they had to if they wish for any hope of protecting it and its people. The Blue Lion bellowed a proud roar; which was followed by a similar one from its red counterpart as they both commenced soaring out of the Earth's atmosphere. The clouds passed by Stevonnie's front view visor like white blurs, as they followed behind Keith; with both pilots eventually leaving the Earth's atmosphere into the blackness of space.
The last time Stevonnie, technically Steven to be exact, was in space; they went to the moon on a mission to find the location of the Cluster and never really had a chance to discover or appreciate its unique beauty. Outer space was as beautiful as Stevonnie imagined it to be, seeing all the flashing star lightyears away created a feeling of awe that couldn't be described. However, that awe turned into dread as they gazed upon the Galra Dreadnaught closing in on their location. Hundreds of smaller fighters were launching from the sides of the massive vessel and charging head first towards the Blue Lion.
"Take evasive action!" Keith shouted over the communicator.
Stevonnie shook their head and seized the Blue Lions' controls. "Hang on, everyone." The human Fusion announced as they swerved out of the oncoming fighter's paths and maxed out the thrusters on the ship.
The Galra attack vehicles turned the other way and began chasing after the Blue Lion, firing lasers at it. Stevonnie did their best to avoid each blast, as they barrel-rolled and left and right. "Keith, we have some fighters on hour tail!" Stevonnie informed their fellow pilot. "And I can't shake them."
"Just keep your distance from them, I'll take out the Erto's!" Keith announced as the Red Lion made one-hundred-eighty degree turn to the Blue Lion, and fires bolts of flaming energy beams from its mouth; destroying the pursuing fighters behind.
Stevonnie began hyperventilating; while Steven and Connie are not strangers to conflict, they've never been in a scenario where the lives of organic beings must be taken; even if they are the enemy. Stevonnie began glowing a bright pink, about to separate back into their two main components.
"Stevonnie!" Garnet exclaimed as she made her way over to the human Fusion. "Calm down; you can't fall apart right now."
"I know, Garnet." Stevonnie panicked as they continued breathing at an unhealthy pace; with the rosy light glowing brighter. "But I don't know if I can do this."
"Stevonnie. Just take a moment to think of just flexibility, love and trust." Garnet comfortingly rhymed to them. "Everything will be okay, we all have faith in you. Believe in yourself"
The light stopped and reformed into its natural shape, as the human Fusion began breathing at a calmer pace. "Thank you, for believing in me." Stevonnie thanked the lead Crystal Gem.
"Stevonnie!" Keith shouted over the communication device. "Red is in a dogfight with some Djalg's; we require some assistance!"
"I'm on my way!" Stevonnie informed Keith as they turned the Blue Lion to follow his coordinates. The Red Lion continued firing its flaming lasers at the tiny Galra ships, but they began cornering Keith with their overwhelming numbers. Stevonnie had the fighter's in their sight; but since they've never had to kill before, they were hesitant if they could pull the trigger.
Trust.
Stevonnie heard the lion's voice speak to them again; it probably sensed the human Fusion's anxieties and was trying to verify it was okay to pull the trigger. Although they faltered at first, Stevonnie decided to pull the trigger on the Blue Lion's weapons; firing a brilliant ray of cyan energy from the vehicles mouth at the Galra ships. However, instead of destroying them as Stevonnie worried they would, the beam alternatively froze the enemy vehicles in crystalline ice.
"Nice shot!" Keith complimented the human Fusion.
"Guys, can you hear me?" Pidge asked into the Red Lion's communicators.
"What is it, Pidge?" Stevonnie replied to their friend.
"Matthew saw the Red Lion's scanners picking up an increase in negative energies and exotic matter near the edge of the solar system," Pidge notified. "And those energies can only come from one thing out here…"
"A wormhole." Both Pidge and Connie's side of Stevonnie said simultaneously.
"Exactly." Pidge reaffirms.
"And what does any of that nerd talk have to do with our current situation?" Amethyst loudly asked into the communicator.
"I think Pidge is suggesting we go through it." Shirogane surmised up.
"Are you crazy?" Pearl questioned the human male. "We don't know if we would survive going through one or not."
"There have been other races who've been able to travel through wormholes with less advanced vehicles," Keith stated. "Besides, wherever it transports us, it'll be far away from Earth; the Galra will pursue us."
"Garnet, what does your Future Vision say?" Pearl asked her leader.
Garnet remains silent as she gazes into the infinite possibilities before her eyes, finally answering with "I don't know."
"What do you mean, you don't know?" Pearl worriedly asked.
"I can't see what would happen if we do go through the wormhole," Garnet responded. "But I do see a future where if we stay here any longer, the Galra will capture us. We're going through the wormhole."
"Roger that," Keith acknowledged back to the Crystal Gems. "Stay close to Red, follow my lead, and watch out for those fighters!"
Stevonnie increased their lion's speed as they tried keeping up with the more experienced Red Lion. Both feline vehicles managed to barrel roll away from the laser fire behind them; picking up the pace as the Red Lion homed in on the wormholes coordinates. The Galra Dreadnaught turned from its current position and started following the lions; just like Keith assured it would. The monstrously large Galra cruiser began firing its own weapons systems at the two lion ships; who had an exceedingly harder time avoiding the larger laser rounds.
"I've spotted the wormhole; it appears to be on the verge of collapse!" Keith informed. It was a marvelous sight to behold, a bright white spiral of energy rotating in the middle of nowhere; Stevonnie would've basked in the radiance of such an event if they weren't being pursued right now. "Stevonnie, prepare to max out your lion's thrusters on my command. Five… Four… Three… Two… One… Now!"
As soon as Keith said "Now!" Stevonnie did as they were told and maxed the Blue Lion's thrusters, flying at speeds far higher than before. The Red and Blue Lion's drew closer to the mouth of the wormhole and entered the spiraling gap as it closed behind them with a mighty boom; shaking the entire solar system.
Castle Doom, Galra Space.
Emperor Zarkon let out a desirable moan in his throne room as he absorbed radiant energy into his body from a handheld canister. "This Quintessence… there is no other ecstasy like it." Zarkon blissfully said as he emptied the container dry; feeling his youth and strength returning to him in tenfold.
"My Lord." The witch, Haggar reverentially announced herself as she entered the throne room and kneeled before the Galran monarch.
"Haggar. I take it you are here to bring something of importance to my attention." Zarkon assumed as he directed his gaze to the alien enchantress.
"Yes, my Emperor. Prorok has failed in retrieving the Blue Lion." Haggar truthfully told her liege.
"What!?" Zarkon barked with anger in his voice as he rose from his imperial throne. "How did this come to be?"
"The Blue Lion was piloted away from Earth," Haggar informed without faltering. "I assume it was by one of the Earthlings that the Blades infiltrators helped to escape."
Zarkon growled at this news as his hand clenched into fists, but loosened them upon regaining his regal composure. "Speaking of the Blade of Marmora." Zarkon began in a milder tone. "What does our "guest," the one who calls himself Ulaz, have to say?"
"Even after his body had been burned with the flames of my occult science, he still refused to divulge to us what we desire," Haggar told her Emperor with utmost respect. "But he had one thing to say: 'The Galra Empire will never find Voltron."
"Said only, one Marmoran." Zarkon darkly replied.
"What shall you have done now, my Lord?" Haggar humbly asked.
"I'll deal with Prorok, personally." Zarkon began with a heavy emphasis on the last word. "For now, the Empire's priority is to find the Black, Green and Yellow Lions. Contact Commander Sendak and dispatch him to locate and pursue the Red and Blue Lions; with orders to end the lives of their current pilots. Voltron must not be formed against us."
"It shall be done at once, my Emperor." Haggar respectfully concluded as she rose.
"And Haggar." Zarkon began anew. "Your research into Gem Quintessence has bared successful fruit; do continue with your inquiries."
"Thank you kindly, my Emperor. You honor me." Haggar finally said as she exited her master's cathedra to carry out his will.
The Red and Blue Lion's emerge through the opposite end of the wormhole without difficulty; the journey wasn't like a warp pad or traveling through one of Lion's portals, it was more of an instantaneous trip. You're in one location at first. Then you're in another with no feeling or idea of how you got there in the first place.
"Is everyone all right?" Pearl asked the Crystal Gems, who check their bodies to make sure nothing was different about them.
"I think we're okay, P," Amethyst confirmed.
Garnet gave Pearl an assuring nod and thumbs up.
"How about you guys?" Stevonnie asked Keith and the others through the Blue Lion's communicator.
"We're all right," Takashi confirmed.
"No problems here," Matthew assured.
"I think we're okay," Pidge stated.
"Fine." Keith simply responded.
"So, where are we?" Stevonnie asked the teenaged alien.
"From what I can tell." Keith began. "We are lightyears away from Earth; how many to be exact, I can't say for sure. But keep your guard up; just because we escaped one Dreadnaught doesn't mean there aren't more Galra around here."
Before Stevonnie could respond, the Blue Lion swerved off into another direction. "Stevonnie, what are you doing?" Peridot asked the human Fusion.
"This isn't me. The Blue Lion is doing this on its own," Stevonnie stated frantically, spotting the Red Lion also turning in the same direction.
"Red is doing the same thing too," Keith added in. "I can't control her."
"Up ahead!" Pidge shouted. "There is a planet coming up in front of us."
The Crystal Gems look out of the Blue Lion's front view and see a blue and green planet much like Earth ahead. "I think that might be the home of the Lion's?" Pearl assumed. "If they are sentient like Keith said they are; they must be wanting to return to their place of origin."
"Well, the planet looks similar enough to Earth to be habitable for organics." Peridot assumed as they drew closer to the planet.
"Brace yourselves; we're entering the atmosphere," Shiro warned as the Red and Blue Lion's soared through the clouds below them. The Crystal Gems grabbed onto anything that was bolted down as the Blue Lion rapidly shook upon descending. As soon as the clouds disappeared, Stevonnie and the Crystal Gems were introduced to the sight of breathtakingly lush landscapes of the like never seen on Earth. The glowing sun reflected off the crystalline water adding to the familiarly alien beauty. However, the real eye-catcher was a massive, white castle in the center of it all. Stevonnie assumed this was the home of the Lion's as they both drew nearer to it; with both alien vehicles landing right and lowering their heads right in front of the entrance of the structure.
"I think she wants us to get out," Stevonnie stated to the others as they stand up from the cockpit. The Crystal Gem all exited the Blue Lion; Steven's lion was finally waking up after all the excitement, letting out a lazy yawn as he follows behind his owner. Keith, Shiro, Pidge, and Matt all exited from the Red Lion as well to meet up with the others. Stevonnie glowed a bright pink as they separated back into Steven and Connie; much to the surprise of the formers.
"What is this place?" Steven asked as he gazed at the ancient, yet futuristic structure.
"As Pearl suggested, it could be the lion's home," Pidge suggested. "But the entrance way appears to be made for those of human height.
"I think we should investigate," Garnet added in. "The lions did bring us here for a reason."
"Agreed." Shirogane nodded to the tall Gem. "Steven. Connie. Keith. I think you three should check the entrance; if this place does have a connection to the Blue and Red Lion's, I think it'll respond to their pilots over the rest of us."
"Right." All three of them said as they ran up to the castle doors.
"So, what do we do?" Keith asked the humans for suggestions.
"We could try knocking," Connie suggested as she proceeds to follow through with her recommendation; knocking the classic, "Shave and a Haircut, two bits."
"I don't think…" Keith began, only to stop as the castle doors open inward with a sound of old metals rubbing against each other; much to his surprise. "I can't believe that worked."
"Okay guys, let's see what's inside!" Steven shouted back to the others.
Steven, Connie, and Keith entered the castle first with the rest of the group close behind as their footsteps echoed throughout pitch black room of the structure. "We could use some light in here," Pearl stated as she pressed the gemstone on her forehead; which emanated a brilliant white light forward in the same manner as a flashlight. Peridot did the same with her gem as well; emitting a bright green light ahead instead.
"I don't believe I'll get used to Gem stuff." Pidge whisperingly admitted to Connie.
"Take it from someone who's been involved with them for the past two, almost three years." Connie began. "It gets easier with time."
"This is remarkable." Peridot began as she examined the inner fortifications. "The architecture is primitive in design, by all visible accounts. But at the same time; it's as sophisticated, if not more than the designs of most Homeworld structures."
"Yeah, yeah. The wall's look pretty." Amethyst sarcastically stated. "But could we find some actual light in this place? Like a torch or big light switch?"
"I agree." Matthew approved as he looked around for anything that resembled what the purple Gem was looking for. Suddenly, the ground beneath the group begins glowing a bright mixture of reds, blues, greens, yellows, and blacks; lighting up the inside entirely and flowing down the hallway in a straight line; gathering around a circular platform with what was assumed to be a control terminal near the end of the hall. "Something tells me we're meant to go there." Matthew guessed.
Pearl and Peridot deactivate the lights from their gemstones as they and the rest of the group followed the lights on the floor. As soon as they stepped into the central circle, the multicolored lights faded away, to be replaced with proper lighting in the room; revealing the larger-than-life white inner construction of the alien fortress. "Woah." Steven, Connie, Amethyst, and Pidge all said at the same time with stars in their eyes. Garnet, Peridot, Matthew, Shiro, Pearl, and Keith were left awestruck and speechless at the actual, visible sight of the castle's interior.
A dozen hatches surrounding the inner circle slid open as multiple white pods with sea green all rose from them; three of which had the obscure figures of humanoid people. Two of them began glowing as the glass seemingly disappeared; revealing the individuals inside.
One was a beautiful adult female with dark skin and long lustrous hair; with pointed ears like that of an elf and had a pair of pink markings on her cheeks just beneath her eyes. Her attire was that of a blue and white gown with a regal design like that of a fairytale princess.
The second individual was a handsome teenager like Keith; he had light brown skin, clipped lustrous hair, and elf ears like the woman. He also had markings on his cheeks too, but his marks were blue instead. His attire consisted of a blue, long-sleeved jerkin with a white undershirt, and blue trousers with white boots; his clothing shared a similar regal design as well.
Both humanoids unconsciously fell forward from their pods. Steven, Connie, and Matthew ran to her with the latter catching the unknown woman; while Pearl caught the young man before either of them hit the flooring. The woman was gradually becoming conscious as Matthew and Connie helped set her down near some steps. "Are you okay, Miss?" Matt asked the lady as her eyes began lavender-blue eyes slowly opened.
"Where… where am I?" The woman asked as she looked around, eventually looking at Matthew, and inched away from him. "Who are you? Also, what's wrong with your ears?" The lady asked curiously.
"My ears?" Matthew asked, somewhat embarrassed as he touched his lobes.
"I'm Steven Universe." Steven introduced himself. "This is my friend, Connie. And this is Matthew." Steven further introduced.
"I am Princess Allura of Altea." Allura introduced herself with some, understandable, hesitation. "How did you all get into my castle?"
However, before anyone could answer; Lion walks up to and startles the Princess. "Oh… I'm sorry your highness, this is my pet lion, Lion." Steven apologized.
"Don't worry; he's friendly." The Connie added in an assuring tone. The pink lion then laid on the ground next to the alien woman and purred like a kitten. Allura nervously raises her hand towards the massive beast but eventually relaxed as she stroked his mane.
"Aw. He likes you." Steven said in a cutesy tone.
The teenager in Pearl's arms began coming to as well, with his darker sky-blue eyes slowly opening; before they widened with surprise upon seeing the pale Gem. "Are you okay?" Pearl asked.
The silver-haired teens look of surprise then transformed into one of relaxation as he gave the Crystal Gem a charming, self-confident smirk. "I'm better now." He flirted.
"Who are you?" Pearl asked him in a casual tone.
"I'm Prince Lance." The alien introduced himself. "And you… are gorgeous." Only to be dropped on the floor by the mildly annoyed Pearl. "Ow." Lance groaned as the teenager sits up and massages the back of his head, grousing to himself as he took in his surroundings. "Geez, you try to compliment a woman and they…" Lance began to grouse but stopped upon spotting the silver-haired woman. "Allura." He said out loud which garnered the woman's sight; her eyes widened with surprise as she stood up and rushed towards him.
"Cousin Lance!" Allura joyfully shouted as she knelt to hug the teenager; with tears in her eyes. "It's so good to see you."
"You too," Lance replied as he embraced his cousin with tears in his eyes as well.
Princes of the kindom of Altea.
Allura
Lance
After breaking from the hug, Allura stood to help her relative off the ground; before they turned their attention to the others. "So, who are all these guys?" Lance asked his cousin.
"These three are Steven Universe, Connie, and Matthew." Allura introduced to three humans, who gave both sovereigns slight, respectable bows.
"Steven… Universe?" Lance quietly giggled under his breath, only to get elbowed by his cousin. "Wait. you are humans, from the impire of Mankind?". (1)
"¿Empire of mankind?" Connie asked looking between matt and Shiro who denied knowing about it.
"Oh... that's a relief" Lance makes a dramatic gesture of relief. "We thought that if any other species besides humans of the empire would find us it would be the Tau or the Eldar Ehehehehe... in the worst case Tyranids or Orkz". (1)
both Steven and Connie looked at each other without khowing what the young man was getting to.
"I am Pearl, of the Crystal Gems; your highness." Pearl respectfully addressed the Princess with a bow of her own.
"Gems, as in the race?" Allura asked.
"So, you've heard of us?" Pearl asked back.
"Only stories," Allura stated. "You're not as intimidating as Nanny Hys made you out to be."
"I'll take that… as a compliment." Pearl said as her cheeks flushed a deep blue.
"Anyway, how did you all get into our castle?" Lance demanded from the group of strangers.
"We arrived here in blue and red lions." Steven summed up. "And discovered you in these weird pods."
"Wait, you have the Blue and Red Lions?" Allura asked with disbelief.
"Yeah, you know of them?" Matthew asked the alien Princess.
"Yes, but if you have them, then that means…" Allura began but stopped upon spotting Keith within the group. "Galra!"
Allura charged forward past the Crystal Gems and humans to a caught off-guard Keith; seizing him by the throat and pinning his back to one of the empty pods.
"Woah, lady! What are you doing?" Amethyst shouted as she summoned her whip.
"You have a Galra in your group!" Allura answered back as she held Keith in place; with the purple alien struggling for air. "He must've followed you here to assassinate us."
"Let him go; he's our friend," Steven begged the Princess.
"Whatever he's told you, they are all lies." Allura fiercely stated, believing the young teenager to be naïve.
"They're not lies. He is our friend, honestly!" Connie intervened.
"Why are you defending a quiznacking Galra?" Allura asked the humans.
"Excuse me." Keith began as he struggled for breath. "This quiznacking Galra piloted the Red Lion here."
"What." Allura's eyes widened with surprise; she subsequently drops Keith onto the ground, who took long deep breaths. "How do you have the Red Lion?" The Altean hostilely asked the teenaged Galra.
Keith took in his final deep breath before looking at the Altean. "I stole it from the Galra Empire a couple of years back," Keith answered, before pointing his finger at Steven and Connie. "And those two just started piloting the Blue Lion a few hours ago."
"Wait, those two piloted the Blue Lion?" Lance asked in disbelief. "How did their tiny arms, and legs manage to do that?"
"But if that's true, then that means their Paladins are..." Allura began with a gradually sinking tone, but couldn't find it in herself to carry out the sentence. Instead, she runs over to the control terminal and places her hands on two pads.
The computer-like device glowed a brilliant blue before a robotic voice is emitted from it. "Welcome, Princess Allura. Today is the Eighteenth Quintant of the Seventh Phoeb of the Altean Deca-Phoeb 22,016."
"What!" Allura exclaimed with pure shock in her eyes.
"Is my hearing going bad or did it just say 22,016?" Lance asked his cousin in disbelief; the expression on his face was praying what he heard wasn't the truth.
"Lance, according to this. We've been in those pods… for 10,000 years." Allura skeptically concluded.
"No, that can't be true," Lance said to himself as he felt his knees grow weak; stepping back to sit on the steps behind him. "Because that would mean…"
Allura clenched her fists and her teeth with anger as she continued to stare at the data presented on the panel. "Altea is gone… this is all Zarkon's fault."
"Zarkon." Shirogane and Matt said simultaneously.
"He's the Emperor of the Galra and the monster responsible for the destruction of our world." Allura summed up.
"And countless others," Shiro stated. "Matthew and I were his prisoners."
"But that's impossible." Lance intervened. "That would make him 10,000 plus years old."
"Whether it's impossible or not, the fact remains Zarkon is still alive," Keith stated as he rubbed his sore neck. "And he's seeking other lions like Red and Blue."
"That's because when combined, the Lion's will form a weapon that will either expand Zarkon's reign of terror. Or end it." Allura informed everyone.
"How many of these lions are out there?" Pidge asked the Princess.
"There are five of them," Allura answered. "Since you all have two, that means there are three left, and it is paramount we get to them first."
Suddenly, the third pod opened; revealing an adult Altean male with orange hair and a bushy mustache of the same color, clothed in dark blue attire with long grey pants and dark blue boots. The older gentleman steps out of the pod to stretch his arms and legs then screams out loud upon noticing Keith.
Advisor of the Altean royal family.
Coran
"An Enemy!" The man shouts as he leaps into the air to perform a diving kick to the teenaged Galra; who merely takes one step back to dodge the attack completely; causing the orange haired man to kick an empty pod instead; hurting his leg. The man screeched in pain for a few moments as he held his injured leg, before glaring at Keith. "You're fortunate I have the case of the wobbly knees, or I'd be giving you some of this right now." The man said as he performed poorly looking martial arts moves in hopes of intimidating the unintimidated, mostly confused, teenager. "Ha-ha! Your silence shows you are afraid of the skills of the great, gorgeous man known as…"
"Coran!" Both the Prince and Princess shouted with glee at the same time, as they ran up to hug him.
"Princess Allura. Prince Lance. I thought I'd never see the two of you again." Coran happily said as he accepted the hugs. "But I must ask, who's this colorful cast of characters?" Coran asked the two young sovereigns.
"We'll explain everything," Allura assured the man. "After that, we have work to do."
Sendak sat in the command chair on the bridge of his Dreadnaught, as scientists finished adjusting his cybernetic eye and limb to their maximum efficiency. One of the primary guards stepped forward to the commander and gave his superior a respectful salute. "Sir, we are receiving a transmission from Castle Doom."
"Put it through." Sendak orders as he rises from his chair.
The Galra guard did as he was told and accepted the transmission, with the holo-screen before them projecting the image of Haggar. "Commander Sendak." The witch addressed with militant respect.
"Haggar." Sendak addressed in return with equivalent amounts of reverence. "Of what do I owe the pleasure."
"Our Emperor has ordered me to assign you to your newest task." Haggar began. "The Red and Blue Lions have escaped our grasp, and you have been proudly chosen to retrieve them."
"Consider the task done," Sendak responded with a proud salute.
"There is another matter to be brought to attention," Haggar added in. "Recently, I felt a resurgence in Altean Energy originating from the Planet Arus. Alfor's bloodline still exists."
"How is that possible? Our great Emperor saw to the extinction of all Altean scum." Sendak declared.
"I know not how they were able to survive for this long, but she may be the key to the locations of the remaining lions, and how to bend them to our will," Haggar stated. "You are to bring her back to Castle Doom alive with the Red and Blue Lions; with direct orders from our Lord to exterminate their pilots as well."
"After I send all who oppose us to hell, the Galra Empire will be unstoppable." Sendak proudly said with a smirk as he gave Haggar his final salute. "I will return victorious, or I shall die with honor. Vrepit Sa!"
(1) Yep, as they rea in that part of the chapter. I am going to implement elements of Warhammer in this story BUT, they will not have an important role in this story except for one and that I will leave them as a Secret.
Farewell.