Destiny: Ch. 13/?
Destiny
Ch. 13/?
By Arus
Disclaimer: Voltron, Defender of the Universe, Voltron 3D, and its characters are copyright © 1984 & copyright © 2000 by World Events Productions, Ltd. and Toei Animation Company. This story is for entertainment purposes only. Original characters and storyline are property of the author, please do not use, reproduce, or repost without permission.
Website: http://www.arus.org
"We will rest here," Xue stated as he looked around.
"Are you sure you will be able to find this Alex guy?" Lance asked as he came to stand near him.
"I can sense his presence," he said. "It has grown stronger since we landed."
"Question is, if we can locate this Alex, before its too late." Keith said as he turned to Xue.
He then fell silent and the entire group turned to him with expressions that matched his own.
Keith felt the familiar steel hardness of a muzzle of a laser rifle in the small of his back.
"Well, whoever it is you're looking for will have to wait," the voice behind him said. "Now turn around slowly and tell your friends to drop any weapons they have."
Keith slowly nodded as he reached for the laser on his hip and then dropped it to the ground. His friends did the same as he slowly turned around.
The man who had him at gun point slowly stepped back, thought he was clothed in a dark cloak. A young woman then appeared from behind him, also aiming a gun toward them.
"Now's tells us who you are and give us a reason as to why we shouldn't waste you right now?"
"We are not your enemies," Keith started.
"You wear strange uniforms, and anyone who wear uniforms are not to be trusted," the man stated. "You working for the Barron and that bastard Kelar?"
"We are trying to get our princess back from the Barron," Keith started.
"Princess?" the man asked. "You mean that funny Lion ship that landed here last night?"
"Yes," Pidge said as he stepped forward.
The woman was quick to react as she aimed her gun toward him. Keith lowered one of his arms to hold Pidge back.
"Then you've seen the ship that was stolen from us," Keith asked the man.
"Is it one of Kelar's new weapons?"
"We were the ones who defeated Kelar on Vallis," Keith said. He then turned to Anala who stood close to Xue. "She is Queen Anala of Vallis, and she has come here to return her people to Vallis."
"Queen?" the woman asked as she slowly lowered her gun. "Then, are you the daughter of Princess Lyana?"
Anala slowly nodded. "Yes," she said.
"Alex, you have to believe them," she said as she lowered her gun and turned to the man in the cloak.
"Alex?" Keith asked. "You're Alex?"
The man in the cloak slowly lowered the hood down as he also lowered his gun. He then stared at the strange group meeting their surprised gazes.
"You know who I am?"
Anala nodded as she stepped forward and handed him a small disc. "We received this disc," she said. "You were the one who made this recording?"
"Then that traitorous wench made it to Arus?" he asked. "Are you the Voltron Force?"
"Yes," Anala stated. "You knew she was traitor?"
"We intercepted a transmission originating from Arus," he said. "Anri was the one who received it; when we monitored it, we found that she was the traitor in our faction."
"Well she is no longer a problem for you," Lance stated.
Alex then stared the group over and his gaze came to rest on Xue who had stood silently through this.
"So are you a clone as well?" he asked.
"Clone?" Xue asked.
"Anyone….everyone on Lysia is either a clone or displaced Vallusian," he explained. "Are you a displaced clone?"
"No," Xue stated. "I'm from Vallis as well."
"Then, why do you…"
"Long story," Anala interrupted as she stepped forward. "What did you mean that everyone is either a clone or a displaced Vallusian?"
He turned to her. "The people of this planet are all clones," he said as he shouldered his rifle. "The Lysians died out a millennia ago."
"What?"
"Come, its not safe out here," he said. "We have a base near here. We'll be safe there."
Allura suddenly awoke, breathing hard as she clutched the bedcovers to her chest. She let out her breath as she looked around, seeing that she was still trapped.
She quickly got out of her bed and walked over to the window, hoping that she could get a glimpse of what Lysia was like. It was still dark outside, but she could make out the form of her Blue Lion sitting in the distance.
She seated herself on the ledge of the bay window and stared out of it again.
'Please come soon.' She thought to herself.
"You have to excuse us," Alex stated as he showed them around the small headquarters. "Our numbers have dwindled since Kelar's return to Lysia."
"Have you seen him?" Anala asked.
"No, but the soldiers who guard the Baron are our spied," he stated.
"Can you explain to us about this clone business?" Lance asked.
Alex nodded as he showed them into a small conference room and had them seat around the table there.
"Kelar brought the technology with him when he first came to Lysia," Alex began. "He happened upon this planet by chance, seeking a place where he could explore his new found technology and use it to his advantage. He brought along with him the greatest scientists from Vallis and they created the civilization on this planet. We are all clones."
"But how was he able to perfect that technology?" Pidge asked. "Cloning was an unstable science to begin with."
"He was seeking a way to extend his own life, and he figured that through cloning he could figure out life itself," he said. "But he soon began to give up on that science and he returned to Vallis to take it over."
"And in that process, he was able to develop an entire society?" Pidge asked. "Where did he get the DNA samples to make clones from?"
"All over the galaxy, where he could get them," he stated. "The scientists continued with there cloning until they too decided to return to Vallis; and that's when we started to receive the Vallusians."
"And this Baron?"
"Some dignitary that was booted from a distant planet," Alex went on. "He offered to keep an eye on us, while Kelar went on his rampage on Vallis."
"So everyone here is a clone?" Anala asked again.
"Everyone," he said. "The Vallusians were also being cloned once they arrived. You have seen the twisted experiments they did personally."
"Anri?" Lance asked.
Alex nodded. "That was one of the reasons why Kelar stopped the cloning," he said. "Their manipulation with nature on Vallusians caused them to be born with out their natural born ability to fly."
"All Vallusians?"
"We are no longer Vallusians," the woman who was with Alex started to say. "We belong to Lysia now."
Anala could only nod as she understood what had happened on Lysia.
"You must forgive Elia," Alex said. "She was one of the first to be cloned as well."
"What happened to the Vallusians who were brought here all those years ago?"
"They are here, my queen," Elia stated. "But you will find that they are unwilling to return to Vallis."
"Even if they knew that Kelar is no longer in rule."
"This is their home now; all they've ever known for the last 15 years," she said. "We have fought hard to maintain this much. We don't plan on giving up what we have."
"Has the Baron done anything before Kelar's return to harm your people here?'
"The Baron isn't who we are afraid of, Anala," Alex started to say. "Kelar is the one we all fear."
"The Baron has been somewhat turning to our side of what we belive, but he is still under the watchful eye of Kelar."
Anala slowly nodded as she turned to Xue. "We must help them to defeat Kelar, here, so that they can live in peace here."
"My queen, do you understand that your people do not wish to return to Valis?" he asked.
"Kelar has hurt more lives than one can imagine, Xue," she said. "I will not put myself in a position to cause them more harm."
"We have similar ships to that one by the palace," Keith said as he stood from his seat. "Combined with your efforts, we may be able to bring Kelar's rule over Lysia to an end."
"Can you guarantee that he will no longer plague us, so we can live in peace?" Elia asked.
"His tyranny will end here," Anala stated.
Alex turned to Elia and slowly nodded.
"I will see about notifying the outlying settlements," she stated. "Im sure we can build a big enough army to take the palace by morning."
"In that short amt of time?" Pidge asked.
"You'd be amazed at the things one can do when under siege, young one," she said. "If you will all excuse me."
The group watched as the young girl left the room.
"Pidge, see if you can work with one their tech engineers to see if they have an updated map of the palace we can work with," Keith requested. "Hunk, you will be needing to see what kind of weaposn they have here, and see if any need to be modified for their usage."
"Will do," Hunk and Pidge stated in unison.
"The weapon supply is on the other side of this complex," Alex stated. "The guard outside the door will be more than happy to show you where they are."
"Thanks!"
Keith nodded giving them the signal to go ahead and carry out their order. Soon, it was only Anala, Xue, Keith and Lance who was left in the conference room.
"So, we now come to the important questions," Alex stated as he rounded the table and came to stare at the strange man who looked like him. "So are you the one whom I was cloned from?"
"Me?" Xue asked. "I am sorry to disappoint you, Alex, but I'm not even human."
"Not human?"
Anala smiled. "He is from an ancient race on Vallis; an immortal being who can take any form he wishes to suit….a masters needs."
"A slave?"
"Hardly."
"Xue is one of the last of his people," Anala continued. "Actually, we do know who you were cloned from."
"Oh?" Alex asked. "
Anala slowly nodded as she stood and slowly pulled out a small locket she wore. She unfastened it from around her neck and handed it to him.
"Long ago, my brother and I lost someone we never had the chance to know," she said. "We thought we would never see him again."
Alex slowly opened the small locket and his eyes widened when he saw the small picture within.
"Our father was murdered by an assassin sent by Kelar all those years ago," she said. "It seems the assassin brought back a sample of our father's DNA, and he used that sample to make you; to create you."
"I see," he said as he closed the locket and handed it back to her. "Please realize that I am neither your father nor a reincarnation of him. I myself am no older than you; we were all born; we all grew up. We may be clones of those of lost loved ones, but we have our own souls."
"We understand that fully," she said. "But do know that no matter who you are, you are related to us; and we intend to help you in every way possible."
"Your mother, was this Lyana?" he asked.
"Yes," she said.
"She must have been a very brave woman to challenge Kelar," he said. "I am sorry to hear that he took away someone you could have loved. But there is nothing we can do to change the past. Though we can find a way to make sure, he never does it to another living soul again."
"And this time, we hope that this will be last time we have to deal with the likes of him."
Destiny
Ch. 13/?
By Arus
Disclaimer: Voltron, Defender of the Universe, Voltron 3D, and its characters are copyright © 1984 & copyright © 2000 by World Events Productions, Ltd. and Toei Animation Company. This story is for entertainment purposes only. Original characters and storyline are property of the author, please do not use, reproduce, or repost without permission.
Website: http://www.arus.org
"We will rest here," Xue stated as he looked around.
"Are you sure you will be able to find this Alex guy?" Lance asked as he came to stand near him.
"I can sense his presence," he said. "It has grown stronger since we landed."
"Question is, if we can locate this Alex, before its too late." Keith said as he turned to Xue.
He then fell silent and the entire group turned to him with expressions that matched his own.
Keith felt the familiar steel hardness of a muzzle of a laser rifle in the small of his back.
"Well, whoever it is you're looking for will have to wait," the voice behind him said. "Now turn around slowly and tell your friends to drop any weapons they have."
Keith slowly nodded as he reached for the laser on his hip and then dropped it to the ground. His friends did the same as he slowly turned around.
The man who had him at gun point slowly stepped back, thought he was clothed in a dark cloak. A young woman then appeared from behind him, also aiming a gun toward them.
"Now's tells us who you are and give us a reason as to why we shouldn't waste you right now?"
"We are not your enemies," Keith started.
"You wear strange uniforms, and anyone who wear uniforms are not to be trusted," the man stated. "You working for the Barron and that bastard Kelar?"
"We are trying to get our princess back from the Barron," Keith started.
"Princess?" the man asked. "You mean that funny Lion ship that landed here last night?"
"Yes," Pidge said as he stepped forward.
The woman was quick to react as she aimed her gun toward him. Keith lowered one of his arms to hold Pidge back.
"Then you've seen the ship that was stolen from us," Keith asked the man.
"Is it one of Kelar's new weapons?"
"We were the ones who defeated Kelar on Vallis," Keith said. He then turned to Anala who stood close to Xue. "She is Queen Anala of Vallis, and she has come here to return her people to Vallis."
"Queen?" the woman asked as she slowly lowered her gun. "Then, are you the daughter of Princess Lyana?"
Anala slowly nodded. "Yes," she said.
"Alex, you have to believe them," she said as she lowered her gun and turned to the man in the cloak.
"Alex?" Keith asked. "You're Alex?"
The man in the cloak slowly lowered the hood down as he also lowered his gun. He then stared at the strange group meeting their surprised gazes.
"You know who I am?"
Anala nodded as she stepped forward and handed him a small disc. "We received this disc," she said. "You were the one who made this recording?"
"Then that traitorous wench made it to Arus?" he asked. "Are you the Voltron Force?"
"Yes," Anala stated. "You knew she was traitor?"
"We intercepted a transmission originating from Arus," he said. "Anri was the one who received it; when we monitored it, we found that she was the traitor in our faction."
"Well she is no longer a problem for you," Lance stated.
Alex then stared the group over and his gaze came to rest on Xue who had stood silently through this.
"So are you a clone as well?" he asked.
"Clone?" Xue asked.
"Anyone….everyone on Lysia is either a clone or displaced Vallusian," he explained. "Are you a displaced clone?"
"No," Xue stated. "I'm from Vallis as well."
"Then, why do you…"
"Long story," Anala interrupted as she stepped forward. "What did you mean that everyone is either a clone or a displaced Vallusian?"
He turned to her. "The people of this planet are all clones," he said as he shouldered his rifle. "The Lysians died out a millennia ago."
"What?"
"Come, its not safe out here," he said. "We have a base near here. We'll be safe there."
Allura suddenly awoke, breathing hard as she clutched the bedcovers to her chest. She let out her breath as she looked around, seeing that she was still trapped.
She quickly got out of her bed and walked over to the window, hoping that she could get a glimpse of what Lysia was like. It was still dark outside, but she could make out the form of her Blue Lion sitting in the distance.
She seated herself on the ledge of the bay window and stared out of it again.
'Please come soon.' She thought to herself.
"You have to excuse us," Alex stated as he showed them around the small headquarters. "Our numbers have dwindled since Kelar's return to Lysia."
"Have you seen him?" Anala asked.
"No, but the soldiers who guard the Baron are our spied," he stated.
"Can you explain to us about this clone business?" Lance asked.
Alex nodded as he showed them into a small conference room and had them seat around the table there.
"Kelar brought the technology with him when he first came to Lysia," Alex began. "He happened upon this planet by chance, seeking a place where he could explore his new found technology and use it to his advantage. He brought along with him the greatest scientists from Vallis and they created the civilization on this planet. We are all clones."
"But how was he able to perfect that technology?" Pidge asked. "Cloning was an unstable science to begin with."
"He was seeking a way to extend his own life, and he figured that through cloning he could figure out life itself," he said. "But he soon began to give up on that science and he returned to Vallis to take it over."
"And in that process, he was able to develop an entire society?" Pidge asked. "Where did he get the DNA samples to make clones from?"
"All over the galaxy, where he could get them," he stated. "The scientists continued with there cloning until they too decided to return to Vallis; and that's when we started to receive the Vallusians."
"And this Baron?"
"Some dignitary that was booted from a distant planet," Alex went on. "He offered to keep an eye on us, while Kelar went on his rampage on Vallis."
"So everyone here is a clone?" Anala asked again.
"Everyone," he said. "The Vallusians were also being cloned once they arrived. You have seen the twisted experiments they did personally."
"Anri?" Lance asked.
Alex nodded. "That was one of the reasons why Kelar stopped the cloning," he said. "Their manipulation with nature on Vallusians caused them to be born with out their natural born ability to fly."
"All Vallusians?"
"We are no longer Vallusians," the woman who was with Alex started to say. "We belong to Lysia now."
Anala could only nod as she understood what had happened on Lysia.
"You must forgive Elia," Alex said. "She was one of the first to be cloned as well."
"What happened to the Vallusians who were brought here all those years ago?"
"They are here, my queen," Elia stated. "But you will find that they are unwilling to return to Vallis."
"Even if they knew that Kelar is no longer in rule."
"This is their home now; all they've ever known for the last 15 years," she said. "We have fought hard to maintain this much. We don't plan on giving up what we have."
"Has the Baron done anything before Kelar's return to harm your people here?'
"The Baron isn't who we are afraid of, Anala," Alex started to say. "Kelar is the one we all fear."
"The Baron has been somewhat turning to our side of what we belive, but he is still under the watchful eye of Kelar."
Anala slowly nodded as she turned to Xue. "We must help them to defeat Kelar, here, so that they can live in peace here."
"My queen, do you understand that your people do not wish to return to Valis?" he asked.
"Kelar has hurt more lives than one can imagine, Xue," she said. "I will not put myself in a position to cause them more harm."
"We have similar ships to that one by the palace," Keith said as he stood from his seat. "Combined with your efforts, we may be able to bring Kelar's rule over Lysia to an end."
"Can you guarantee that he will no longer plague us, so we can live in peace?" Elia asked.
"His tyranny will end here," Anala stated.
Alex turned to Elia and slowly nodded.
"I will see about notifying the outlying settlements," she stated. "Im sure we can build a big enough army to take the palace by morning."
"In that short amt of time?" Pidge asked.
"You'd be amazed at the things one can do when under siege, young one," she said. "If you will all excuse me."
The group watched as the young girl left the room.
"Pidge, see if you can work with one their tech engineers to see if they have an updated map of the palace we can work with," Keith requested. "Hunk, you will be needing to see what kind of weaposn they have here, and see if any need to be modified for their usage."
"Will do," Hunk and Pidge stated in unison.
"The weapon supply is on the other side of this complex," Alex stated. "The guard outside the door will be more than happy to show you where they are."
"Thanks!"
Keith nodded giving them the signal to go ahead and carry out their order. Soon, it was only Anala, Xue, Keith and Lance who was left in the conference room.
"So, we now come to the important questions," Alex stated as he rounded the table and came to stare at the strange man who looked like him. "So are you the one whom I was cloned from?"
"Me?" Xue asked. "I am sorry to disappoint you, Alex, but I'm not even human."
"Not human?"
Anala smiled. "He is from an ancient race on Vallis; an immortal being who can take any form he wishes to suit….a masters needs."
"A slave?"
"Hardly."
"Xue is one of the last of his people," Anala continued. "Actually, we do know who you were cloned from."
"Oh?" Alex asked. "
Anala slowly nodded as she stood and slowly pulled out a small locket she wore. She unfastened it from around her neck and handed it to him.
"Long ago, my brother and I lost someone we never had the chance to know," she said. "We thought we would never see him again."
Alex slowly opened the small locket and his eyes widened when he saw the small picture within.
"Our father was murdered by an assassin sent by Kelar all those years ago," she said. "It seems the assassin brought back a sample of our father's DNA, and he used that sample to make you; to create you."
"I see," he said as he closed the locket and handed it back to her. "Please realize that I am neither your father nor a reincarnation of him. I myself am no older than you; we were all born; we all grew up. We may be clones of those of lost loved ones, but we have our own souls."
"We understand that fully," she said. "But do know that no matter who you are, you are related to us; and we intend to help you in every way possible."
"Your mother, was this Lyana?" he asked.
"Yes," she said.
"She must have been a very brave woman to challenge Kelar," he said. "I am sorry to hear that he took away someone you could have loved. But there is nothing we can do to change the past. Though we can find a way to make sure, he never does it to another living soul again."
"And this time, we hope that this will be last time we have to deal with the likes of him."