Voltron the Next Generation
Chapter 3
Lotor Returns
By Cindra
Rated PG13
Notes: I put colons between conversations noting silent thought between two characters.
' Is what I call the Heartlink or private communication between two characters usually a couple. Or rarely parent to sibling. (This is usually the way that soul mates talk to each other when they don't want anyone to know what they are saying.)
( )Twin link can't be heard by anyone but the other twin…or only if someone is extremely strong in his or her mental abilities.
** or italics That represents thoughts of the characters
Alexandra glared at her prince, as he prepared to leave for some much needed rest and relaxation on his home planet.
"Why are you glaring at me, Lex? It's only for a few weeks and I honestly do need the time away from everyone." He frowned at the beautiful girl looking at him as if he was leaving her forever.
"Everyone…" She tried to keep the hurt from showing in her voice. "Do you really find my company so disturbing?"
"No, Alexandra Danielle, you know that I care very deeply for you, but I also have a family that misses me terribly back home." He explained patiently.
"I'm going to miss you terribly too." She sniffled.
"Alexandra. What's wrong? My Dad sent a royal decree that I was to come home for a visit. Mom is expecting again and wants to see her firstborn." Chris pulled her into his arms.
"I just know that you're going to end up in the arms of some femme fatale on your planet. While I sit here and do nothing, while you're away." She pouted, her azure blue eyes pleaded with him to stay.
"Why, Lexi, I didn't know that you cared, so strongly about me." He grinned down at her.
"You are such a jerk to make fun of my feelings for you!" She tried to wrench herself from his embrace.
"Why would I make fun of your feelings, when I feel the same way about you?" He tilted her chin, so she was looking up at him, and then lowered his head to give her a tender kiss.
"Then why are you leaving me here all alone!" She burst into tears of frustration.
"I am a prince and I will not take advantage of an innocent young woman." He growled into her ear.
"Christophe, you could never take advantage of me, unless I allowed you to." She whispered into his ear and Chris took a step away from her.
"Are you saying what I think your saying?" He asked in a hoarse tone of voice.
"What I'm saying is that I love you and I don't care who your biological father is." She placed a gentle kiss on his cheek.
"Will you be my betrothed and come with me to my home, so they can meet their future Queen?" Chris got down on one knee, took out a small velvet box from his pocket, and opened it to reveal a beautiful diamond sapphire engagement ring.
Alex eyed the ring and then stared down at Christophe. "Are you asking me to marry you?" She whispered softly.
"I have loved you since the moment that I first saw you. When I found out that Lotor was my biological father you defended me to your father, making a horrible time in my life bearable. You believed in me when others have hesitated because of my bloodline. I truly believe that together we can mend all the hate and start some memorable moments of our own." He brought her hand up to his lips and kissed it.
"You have nothing to prove to anyone, Chris. You happen to be the bravest, most heroic, and most loving man that I have ever met. I fell in love with you when you asked me what a beautiful treasure like me was doing alone by myself in the castle gardens." She smiled up at him.
"You sure didn't act like you were in love." He chuckled, as he remembered that day in the castle garden.
"No, I sure didn't. I believe I asked you what business was it of yours." She giggled.
"And I told you that it was my sworn duty as a Crowned Prince to make sure that all beautiful princesses were always kept happy."
"I told you that I had no interest in talking to a member of the Voltron Force, no matter if you happened to be a prince or not."
"You felt so left out that day, when I became the final member of the next generation of Voltron Force." He pulled her back into his arms.
"For the first time in my life, I felt abandoned by my sisters, and you filled the place where I longed to fit in."
"You hated anything to do with fighting and did anything to get out of your training."
"I resented Andromeda and felt like a fool struggling to master what came so natural to her."
"So the day that I earned my spot on Voltron was the day that you realized that you could never be like your parents and you felt as if you had let them down in someway."
"My instant attraction to you made me feel like I was betraying myself, so I put up all of my barriers, and made you fight tooth and nail as you tore them down one by one." She admitted how she had felt to him.
"I've been walking as if on glass around you, so that I wouldn't hurt our fragile friendship in any way, and you have been in love with me?" He growled down at her.
"Yes." She whimpered. "Are you angry with me now?"
"I love you more than anything in this universe and now that we've finally revealed our true feelings towards each other, I will ask you one more time. Will you come with me to my planet and be my future Queen?"
"Yes! Yes! A million times yes!" She threw her arms around his neck and kissed him.
Chris slipped the ring onto her finger and then pulled her to him for yet another kiss. 'Shall we go tell your parents our news?'
'I have an even better idea. I say we go for a long relaxing swim before leaving, it's not often that we have the lake all to us.' She winked at him.
'A swim with me alone, are you sure that it's safe?' He gave her a heart-stopping grin.
'Who wants to be safe, for once I'm going to be a little reckless.' She pulled out of his arms and breezed out of his room.
*What is she up to now?* Chris wondered, as he went to change into his swim trunks.
Keith, Allura, and Lilly were chatting with the newlyweds who were on week two of their honeymoon.
"So are you enjoying your honeymoon?" Allura smiled at her daughter, who looked radiant and very happy.
"This place is so beautiful and Farla makes sure that no one disturbs us, so we really are in paradise." Andy smiled.
"She and I are so happy that we've forgotten all about what happened before we left." Eric pinned Keith with a glare.
"We're sorry for misunderstanding the situation." Keith frowned at Eric.
"Next time ask before you go jumping to any major conclusions." Eric lectured Keith, who stood there silently fuming, while Allura smiled in amusement.
"Since when do you go around wearing black ninja attire, instead of your usual uniform?" Keith shot back.
"I'm a ninja and it's only natural to dress like an enemy when rescuing someone from an enemy base." He shot back at Keith.
Andy and Allura burst out with laughter, "Sweetie, you… um… sliced the base in half with Voltron's blazing sword."
Eric's face turned red with embarrassment.
"And I beat him all by myself!" Lilly chimed in.
"Yes you did, angel. I'm so proud of you." She crooned at her sister.
"I miss you, Dromi." She whined.
"Oh sweetie, I miss you too. Are you getting the little presents that we've been sending you?" She asked.
"Yes, she has and I would like you to start sending toys instead of candy." Allura gave her daughter a stern look.
"Sure, mom, no more candy, only toys, got it." She nodded.
"Well? How are things going at home?" Eric decided to change the subject.
"Nate and Ariel took the boys to Dad's for their next term at the academy. Almost everyone else is on Pollex on a camping trip. That leaves Alex and Christophe, who is taking a trip home. Surprisingly without your sister, who was last seen pouting in her room. Did I leave anyone out?" Keith got them both up to speed.
"Why doesn't she just go with him?"
"She's too stubborn."
"Chris is a gentleman and he's also Alex's very own prince charming." Eric grinned.
"Well, your highness, what do you think you are now that you've married the Crowned Princess?" Keith smirked.
"Well... I didn't really think of it in that way… Oh shut up, Keith!" He snarled when Keith began to laugh at him.
"Don't insult the head of the throne, you might find yourself on graveyard when you get back." Keith warned.
"Well, could you both do me a favor and tell, Lexi, that I miss her and that she should go to Dreul with Christophe. Bye, love you." Andy hastily ended the call before her father and Eric started at each other again.
Alex was standing on the shore in her robe.
Christophe was making his way towards her, but stopped in his tracks when she dropped her robe.
"Alexandra Danielle, put your robe on right now!" He ordered, as he gaped at her in a pink string bikini.
"Why? Don't you like it?" She turned around in a circle to show off her suit.
'What are you up to?' He took a reluctant step towards her.
'Nothing, I just wanted to swim. Is there anything wrong with that?' She blinked innocently up at him.
'No, I don't think there's anything wrong with going for a swim.' He scooped her up into his arms, walked into the lake until the water came up to his waist, then dumped her into the water.
"You beast! How dare you drop me into the water?!" She sputtered when she surfaced a few feet away from him. She was unaware that she had lost the top of her suit and that it was floating over towards where Chris was standing.
"Beast, huh? Would a beast tell you that your...hmm...how should I put this...uh...top is showing more than you want me to see." He growled hoarsely, willing himself to remain where he was standing.
"Give me my top!" She blushed crimson with embarrassment.
"I don't know, Princess, after all I'm a beast remember." He held up her swimsuit top.
"Christophe!" She shouted at him.
"Come and get it yourself." He challenged her.
"I can't Christophe!" She hissed from where she was treading water.
"Now is not the time for shyness." He continued to swing the top around on his finger.
"You are not acting like a gentleman!" She fumed.
"A lady keeps her clothes on her person." He shot back.
"If I come and get my top will you promise not to attack me?" She whimpered.
"Alex, come here!" He was noticing that they were starting to draw a crowd. "On second thought, stay put and I will come to you." He swam over to her.
"What are you doing?" She jumped when he surfaced behind her.
"Stay perfectly still, Alexandra." Chris muttered as he tried to carefully put her swimsuit top back on her.
"This is not a good idea!" She squeaked when his hand accidentally brushed against her breast and she tried to move away from him.
"Alexandra, stay still." He growled hoarsely and securely tied her bikini top in place, before turning her in her arms. "Open your eyes, love." He gave her a tender kiss on the temple.
"I am so embarrassed!" She buried her face against his chest.
"I think that you've had enough swimming for one day." He carried her out of the water. "Come on, we've got some packing to do."
(On Chris's home Planet Druel)
Hazar's evil cousin Lotor was planning a devious plan to get back his son.
"Everything is ready, my lord. We will intercept your son as soon as he arrives at the space port." One of his lackeys informed him.
"Have they taught him nothing? The young princess should have accompanied him." Lotor snarled in disappointment.
"Sire, the young master has a second passenger with him."
"So the boy does have what it takes! Don't just stand there, you idiot! Go get them and bring them to me!" He ordered his men.
Hazar ordered his men to find Lotor with orders to shoot to kill.
"I don't want any excuses! Find him and Chris is not to hear of Lotor's escape!" Haz barked at his aide.
"He needs to know, sire, because he has brought Princess Alexandra with him." His aide told his sovereign.
"This is not good." Hazar sighed in frustration.
"I will have the guards around the prince tripled at once!"
"No one lets either of them out of their sight and I want no mishaps at the space port!"
"Yes, sire!" His aide bowed and then raced from the room.
Alex sat next to Chris on the shuttle, still fuming over her father's conditions that she would have to follow to go with Chris to Druel.
"What, may I ask, is so bad about having to continue your training while you're away with me on my planet?" Chris frowned at her.
"I need a break that's why." Alex glared up at Chris.
"Look, Alex, you have to finish your training whether you want to or not."
"Why is it so important that I finish my training?"
"Because, it's for your own safety and this will teach you how to complete what you start."
"I just can't be as good as Andy. Why should I even try to complete my training?" She muttered under her breath.
"Who is your father?"
"Keith Michael the ruler of Arus and Master of the Shadow Warrior's skill." She frowned at him.
"And your mother?"
"Allura Danielle the queen of Arus and a Shadow Master."
"See, my love. It's in your bloodline, so just let the energy flow through you, and it will guide you on your way to success."
"That's easier said than done."
"Alexandra, are you so blind that you can't see what we see when we look at you?" He sighed in frustration.
"All that you see is a frail beautiful princess, who shutters if she even breaks a fingernail." She mocked him.
"Only a fool could ever think that and I am no fool." Chris pulled her onto his lap.
"What do you see when you look at me, Christophe?" She asked quietly.
"I see a beautiful, intelligent, and brave young woman. You also so desperately want to fit in with your sisters." He tilted her chin, so she was looking into his eyes.
"How can you know so much, when I try so hard to hide my feelings?" She whimpered and a single tear fell down her cheek.
"You are my heart, Alex, and no matter how hard you try to hide your feelings, you can never hide them from me." He bent his head down and kissed her.
"Sire, your son is now arriving and the space port is now secure." Valen reported to Hazar.
"What about my cousin? Have you captured Lotor or not!" He snarled down at him.
"Not quite yet, sire, he seems to have vanished." He answered.
"If you want to keep your head on your shoulders, I suggest that you find him!" Hazar snarled down at him, as Merla walked into the room.
'Darling? Why are you threatening Valen?' Merla frowned at her husband.
"Oh no reason, dearest, I'm just having a bad day." He drew her down onto his lap.
:What's wrong, Valen?: Merla frowned in annoyance.
"Your ex-husband has escaped." Valen blanched when Merla lost it completely.
"Do you idiots realize that Allura's daughter is with my son and that fiend Lotor, no matter how stupid he is, will not waste any time getting his hands on Chris and Alexandra!" She roared down at Valen.
"That won't happen, majesty! We have doubled the protection around the space port." Valen gulped
:Find him or don't bother coming back!:
"Yes majesty!" The poor man ran in terror from the room.
"Even in pregnancy you take my breath away." Hazar growled into her ear.
"Darling, I have news that should make up for your bad day." She smiled up at him.
"Yes." He arched a brow at her, waiting for her to tell him what she was dying to say.
"Our next child is a boy." She gasped when Hazar reacted by giving her a big kiss.
"A son! Oh this is wonderful news, my love!" He shouted happily.
"This way, your highnesses. Your parents are waiting at the palace." Vance, Christophe's personal guardian, bowed in front of them.
"Why the army?" Chris frowned at Vance.
"Nothing is too good for, his highness." Vance bowed.
:The truth and it had better be good!: Chris roared in Vance's mind.
"Yes, I haven't seen a place so heavily guarded since Rand was alive and after my family." Alex frowned at Vance.
"Yes, well, we do things differently here, your highness."
"Come on, Alex. Let's go to the most beautiful spot in the city." Chris led her out of the spaceport, only to be stopped by his father's men.
"We have explicit orders to take you directly to the palace." Vance frowned at a very furious Christophe.
:Move, Vance!:
"Sorry, your highness, your father left us orders to take you both to him." He raised his weapon and aimed it at the two of them.
"That does it, Vance! You are frightening Alex!" Chris disarmed him in one move.
"What is going on here? How dare you aim a weapon at us! I will inform my father about this as soon as we arrive at the palace!" Alex glared regally at the guards.
"That is not necessary, princess. We just feel that it is safer if the two of you come back with us to the palace." Vance told her.
:Where is he?: Chris grabbed Vance by his throat.
"Who?" He croaked.
"Lotor!" Chris roared.
"We don't know!" Vance was gasping for air.
"What do you mean by you don't know!" Chris let go of his neck.
"He escaped and then vanished! None of your father's men can find him!"
"Christophe, I want to go back home." Alex clung to him in terror.
"It's not safe here, princess. Come, we must get you both back to the palace." Vance led them out of the spaceport and to an air-Limo.
'You didn't tell me that Lotor was still being imprisoned on this planet!' Alex snarled into Chris's mind.
'That's because he was being held in a maximum-security cell and I didn't think that he was going to escape!' Chris frowned down at her.
'Well, he has escaped and he's probably after his son! Don't forget that I'm the exact replica of his obsession, my mother!'
'He won't get near you.' Chris vowed.
'As my sister always tells everyone, don't make any promises that you can't keep!' She glared out the window and ignored him for the rest of the drive to the palace.
"Well!"
"We have changed the plan, my lord. There were too many men at the space port." Lyle explained.
"Did I say that you could change the plan?" Lotor threw him into a far wall. "Now, I want you to get over to the palace and wait until the two of them are alone. Then I want you to shoot them with these tranq darts and then bring them here to me!"
"Yes, my lord." Lyle bowed.
"And, Lyle, don't fail me again." He warned his minion.
Chris and Alex arrived at the palace and neither one of them were in the mood to see or greet his parents.
"Hello, son. I trust that your voyage was uneventful." Haz went to hug his eldest child.
"Oh we were fine until we arrived on Druel!" Chris snarled at his father.
"Yes, being escorted at gunpoint isn't a nice way to welcome your son home." Alex snapped at Hazar.
"What! Vance, that was not necessary!" Haz barked at his son's guardian.
"He was going to leave, sire. I had no choice." Vance defended himself.
"Enough!" Chris roared. "Why wasn't I told of Lotor's escape?"
"It started out to as a minor emergency, so I didn't want to bother you." Hazar frowned at his son.
"I will decide what will bother me, father!"
:Was that really necessary, son? You frightened Alex half to death!: Merla scolded him.
"Hello, mother. I trust that you and the baby are well." His voice softened and he went to hug his mother.
"Christophe Alexander!" Hazar roared angrily.
"Father, forgive me. I lost my temper." He bowed in front of his father.
"Son, that temper of yours is going to get you into trouble one day and it isn't like you to frighten innocent young ladies like that."
Christophe walked up to the throne that Alex was curled up on, "Alexandra, did I frighten you?"
"I've never seen you this way before." She whimpered, as she eyed him with wary eyes.
"Oh Alex, you have nothing to fear from me. I would never harm you and will protect you with my life. Now come with me, my dove. I will show you my home." He pulled her to her feet and hugged her.
"I trust you, Christophe. It's just that this is the first time that I have ever seen you actually lose your temper." She buried her face against his chest.
"My anger was caused by fear that any harm might come to you, my beautiful dove." He led her out of the throne room.
"I trust you with my life, handsome. And I would love it if you would show me your home." She smiled at him.
"They are so in love." Merla sighed happily.
"The fates have given them an ironic chance at happiness." Hazar nodded.
"Yes, but are they ready for the consequences that they will face because of their love for each other." Merla worriedly bit down on her lower lip.
"They will begin a new generation of peace and finally stop the conflict caused by both of their fathers." Hazar could see the future for his son and it was a bright and happy one filled with laughter and love.
"But first they must confront Lotor." Merla hated to think of her son and Alex being anywhere near Lotor.
"Alex, don't be alarmed, but we are not alone." Chris growled into her ear.
"What!" Alex jumped into his arms.
"I will protect you, my dove." He whispered into her hair.
(Help me!) Alex called to her sister with a mental cry for help, reaching her sister who was half a galaxy away.
"Alexandra!" Andy cried out, sitting straight up in bed.
"What's wrong?" Eric grumbled sleepily.
"Sorry, darling, but the honeymoon is being postponed. Alex is in major trouble." Andy tried to crawl out of bed, but Eric had his arm locked around her waist, and wasn't about to let her go anywhere.
"Whoa there, love. Alex is fine and you were only having a bad dream." He pulled her back down into his arms.
"No! I heard her cry for help." Andy protested.
"She's fine. Now come here and let me chase those bad dreams away." Eric cut off any other protest with a long soul-searing kiss.
(On Druel)
"Alex, don't be afraid. He isn't going to harm you." Chris tried to reassure her.
"Why do you say that?" She hissed.
"He wants me."
"So he wants me too!" She shot back.
"Consider this your final exam." He grinned down at her.
"Very funny!" She hissed, "Ouch!" She winced when a tranq dart hit her in the arm.
"Alex!" Chris cradled her in his arms.
"Come quietly, your highness. Your father wishes an audience with you." Lyle motioned for his men to take Alex from Christophe. "On second thought, I don't want to take any chances." He shot him with a dart.
"Let's go, we mustn't keep Lotor waiting."
"Sire! The Prince and his princess have been taken by Lotor's men!" Vance raced into the throne room.
"So the final test for our son has begun."
"Yes and let us hope that they are both strong enough to survive." Merla was curled in Hazar's lap.
"He's our son, love. He can do anything." Haz cuddled her in his arms.
Vance gaped opened mouthed at the two of them. "Chris will no doubt have words with you when he gets back."
"Vance, there comes a time when everyone must face their demons and this is their time." Merla sighed.
"By-your-leave, majesties," Vance bowed and left without saying another word
"Excellent." Lotor grinned evilly, as the two were carried in on stretchers. "She's the very image of her mother." He ran a finger down Alex's cheek.
"Your son, my lord," Lyle bowed, motioning to the young man lying unconscious on the stretcher.
"So like his mother, yet he has my eyes and hair." Lotor frowned down at his son.
"Sire, your son also has your fiery temper and stubborn spirit." Lyle growled.
"We also desire the same breed of woman. The fair princesses of Arus." Lotor growled.
"Shall I make our guests comfortable, my lord?" Lyle growled.
"Yes, take my son to his new quarters, but leave the fair princess here with me." He watched as his son was carried from the room.
"Where am I?" Alex moaned softly.
"So sleeping beauty has decided to awaken," Lotor looked down at the young woman.
"Lotor!" She screamed in terror and tried to run, only to find that her legs couldn't hold her up.
"Now, Alexandra, is that anyway for a princess to behave, where are your manners?" He caught her in his arms to keep her from falling flat on her face.
"What are you going to do with Chris? What do you want with us!?" She tried to free herself, but Lotor was too strong.
"Oh don't worry, my pet. You are perfectly safe. I have big plans for you and my son." He swept her up into his arms and carried her out of the room.
Christophe awoke and began prowling his quarters.
"Great! I always wanted a portrait of my grandfather!" He snarled sarcastically at Zarcon's life-size portrait, only to see the portrait move and Zarcon appeared from a secret passageway in the wall of the room.
"So you're my son's offspring." Zarcon growled at the young man eyeing him in fear.
"This isn't possible you died with Planet Doom!"
"Can a dead person do this?" Zarcon threw his staff at Chris and grazed the side of his head.
"Why are you here?!" Chris snarled at him, his teeth gritted in pain.
"Your father may be an idiot, but he is still my son and I won't allow him to be imprisoned!" Zarcon snarled at his grandson.
"What are you up to, old man? What do you get out of all of this?!" Chris glared defiantly up at his grandfather.
"I get your firstborn son."
"Never! I will die before that ever happens!" Chris ran at his grandfather.
"That can be arranged for you and for your young kitten." He grabbed Chris by the neck and threw him into a table.
"Don't make me mad, old man!"
"Oh! I'm really scared." Zarcon laughed at him, highly amused.
"I want to see Alex and I want to see her now!"
"In time, brat. If you're a good boy. I've been told that you are pure of heart, is this true?" Zarcon snarled angrily down at him.
"Yes I am, but you're missing one important detail." Chris grinned at him.
"And what may I ask is that?" Zarcon growled sarcastically.
"While you've been in seclusion, Keith regained his true place in life. He and Allura had for their firstborn children, three baby girls, one of which is Andromeda. She was born with the same abilities as her father and that makes her ten times the threat that her father was to you." Chris filled him in on some of what he had missed.
"I have no interest in those fool Space Explorers!" Zarcon roared at him.
"Then you are a fool, Grandfather, because I am a member of the Space Explorers and Voltron Force!" Chris roared back at him.
"What?!"
"That's right, grandfather! I despise everything that you and Lotor stand for! And I will be damned if I let my firstborn son follow in anyone's footsteps, but mine or my father Hazar's!" Chris found that it wasn't a good idea to say those things to Zarcon and was knocked senseless by his grandfather.
"You are as beautiful as your mother." Lotor growled softly at the young woman huddled on the large bed.
"You don't know when to quit do you! My mother never loved you!"
"I would be very nice to me if I were you!" Lotor stalked over to the bed.
"You wouldn't hurt me, Lotor. I'm your son's future wife and he would kill you if you harmed me." Alex hissed when Lotor sat on the bed.
"I wouldn't dream of harming a treasure like you."
"Then leave!" She tried to crawl away from him, only to be pulled back next to where he was sitting.
"Such delicate bones and flawless skin, I bet that you bruise very easily." Lotor grabbed her brutally by her wrist.
"You're hurting me!"
"You may look like Allura, but I can see that you don't take after her fiery spirit, but you are very much the proper princess." He forced her to look at him.
"You want something from Chris and me. That's the only reason that you would try something like this!" She glared at him, defiance shining in her azure blue eyes.
"You, my delicate little kitten, are going to give me a grandson."
"The only grandson that I'm giving anyone is to Hazar or my father! You could never claim any of our children as your own, no matter if you are Christophe's biological father or not!" She hissed at him and found herself thrown across the huge bed.
"I would not say such things if I were you!" He had her pinned to the bed.
"Get off me!"
"I think that I'm going to teach you a lesson." He kissed her brutally on the mouth.
"No!" She tried to fight him off.
"If you won't cooperate about giving me a grandson, then maybe I will make it so you give me a son instead!" He snarled down at her.
"No! I'd die first!" She clawed at his face, trying to get free.
(Arus)
"Alex!" Allura woke up terrified, as she felt her daughter's terror.
"Allura, what's wrong?" Keith pulled her into his arms.
"Lotor has our daughter!" Allura cried in terror.
Keith closed his eyes and focused on finding his daughter. "I'll kill Hazar for putting them into danger like this!" He threw back the covers, grabbed his robe, and stalked out of their quarters.
"He must have escaped just before they got to Chris's home planet!" Allura raced after her husband.
"Then why the hell didn't Haz tell me the kids were missing!" Keith placed a call to Hazar.
"Because, I didn't want you to worry and I did have the situation under control." Haz growled at him from the screen.
"How the hell could you let this happen?!"
"It was not intentionally done, Allura." Hazar frowned at her.
"The hell with your having to face your worst enemy, to live a long happy life, Druel right of passage, bull shit! Lotor is insane and capable of anything! We are coming there to get the kids back!" Keith ended the call.
"Call Andromeda." Allura clung to her husband in fear for their child.
(Planet Lera)
The two honeymooners were enjoying a nice long shower when the Tele-com in the bedroom began beeping at them.
"Eric, we have a message coming in on our Tele-monitor." She gasped, as he continued to ravish her body with his mouth.
"Let them wait." He growled pressing her back against the shower wall.
"This could be important." She tried to wriggle out of his arms.
"We're off duty, let someone else handle it." Eric growled against her skin.
"Something is wrong or they would have given up by now." She stumbled out of the shower, pulling on her robe, before answering the incoming call.
"Dromi!" Eric pulled on his robe and stalked after his wife. "You can't flee that easily." He pulled her to him for a long kiss, just as Keith's image appeared on the screen.
"Sorry to spoil your fun, but the honeymoon has been put on hold as of now."
"What's wrong, Daddy?" Andy frowned at her father, ignoring that Eric was nibbling on her earlobe.
"This had better be an emergency." Eric looked like a kid who was being deprived of his favorite dessert.
"Alex has been kidnapped by Lotor and some unknown ally." Keith growled.
"How did that happen? Wasn't Christophe with her?" Eric frowned at Keith.
"Yes and he was also taken by Lotor's men."
"We will meet you on Planet Druel and remember to bring us all of our special toys." She told her father ending the call. "Let's go, darling. We have a sister and a best friend to rescue." She dropped her robe, letting it fall to the floor.
"Yes, but first we finish where we left off." He scooped her up into his arms and headed back to the shower.
(Planet Druel)
Chris was thrown into the room, just as Lotor was about to attack Alex. "Well, son, did you come to watch me claim your woman?" He laughed evilly at his son, who was being held back by his grandfather.
"Get the hell away from her, you monster!" Chris roared, trying to break the hold that his grandfather had on him.
"Hello father. This really isn't the time for a family reunion. I'm kind of busy at the moment." Lotor growled at Zarcon.
"Help me, Christophe!" Alex screamed, only to get hit in the face by Lotor.
"I am going to kill you for that, Lotor!" Chris roared at his father.
"So the young fool has a temper." Zarcon grinned.
"I said get off her!" His temper went meltdown and Zarcon went flying over his shoulder.
"So, the little one, wants to play," Lotor got off Alex and went to deal with his son.
"Alex, run get out of here!" Chris ordered her, as he ran at his father.
"No! I won't let you get yourself killed!" She ran over to him.
"Alex, don't argue. Leave before you get hurt anymore than you already have!" Chris threw Lotor into the far wall.
"Where do you think your going, kitten?" Zarcon grabbed her by the arm.
"Zarcon!" Alex screamed in terror.
"Christophe, if you truly want Alexandra to keep breathing. I would suggest that you quit strangling my son." Zarcon snarled.
"Chris!" She screamed, as Zarcon's staff was pressed hard against her throat.
"You win, Zarcon, just let her go." He threw Lotor's unconscious body onto the bed.
"Smart move and now I, being the guy that I am, will allow the two of you to have some quality time alone." He threw a barely conscious Alex into Chris's arms, before carrying his son out of the room.
"Chris! He was going…!" She whimpered against his chest.
"Not as long as I still breathe." He held her closer to him.
"I was so frightened!"
"Alex would you do me a favor?" Chris growled into her ear.
"What is it?" She pulled away from him, so she could look at his face.
"Your grandfather gave me this when I graduated from the academy." He fished in his pocket for his Swiss-army knife.
"Yes, but what does that have to do with a favor?"
"It has some scissors on it and I want you to cut my hair so it looks like my father's."
"Is this really the time for a haircut?" She scowled up at him. "We are in major trouble here!"
"Yes! Now use this and cut it all off." He pulled out the knife.
"Are you sure about this?" She hated that she had to cut his silvery mane of hair, but began to cut it nonetheless.
"This is my way of letting go of my final tie to that fiend." He snarled bitterly, as his hair fell to the floor.
"I don't blame you for what happened to me, Chris. So stop punishing yourself!" She hissed into his ear, as she finished cutting his hair.
"How can you stand to be near me?" He muttered under his breath.
'Because, I love you and you are nothing like that monster. If you had me cut your hair, because it might remind me of Lotor! Then I just cut it for nothing and I loved your mane of hair!' She glared up into his eyes.
"I'm so sorry, Alex. Did he hurt you?" He pulled her back into his arms.
"Will you quit feeling guilty!? I'm fine! He didn't assault me, because you saved me!" She hissed angrily at him.
"Why are you so angry with me?" Chris frowned.
"You made me cut your hair, because of a guilty conscious!" She screamed at him. "Quit feeling guilty and help me find a way out of this mess!" She slapped him hard across the face.
"I love you, Alex." He pulled her to him and kissed her.
'I sent Andy a message, so all we have to do is stall them until help arrives.'
'Then let's make like Shadow Warriors and vanish.' Chris grinned at her.
"I have to make some alterations to my dress, before we go anywhere." She used the scissors to cut the skirt of her gown until it fell just above her knees. She then tore off the billowy sleeves and used the material to tie her hair back into a high ponytail on top of her head.
"Nice legs." Chris grinned.
"Thank you." She winked at him. "Now let's go."
"So far I'm giving you an A on your final exam."
"What else do you have hidden on your person?" She asked curiously.
"Oh, a few smoke balls and some pretty stars."
"I love you." She stood on tiptoe and kissed him.
"I know." He kissed her back and the two of them vanished from sight.
"Sire, we have visitors." Vance announced as Keith, Allura, and Lilly ran into the room.
"Uncle Haz!" Lilly ran into Hazar's open arms.
"Well hello, little flower." Haz smiled cuddling the little girl in his arms.
"Have you found them yet?" Keith asked Merla.
:Yes, they're in an old compound with miles of underground rooms and tunnels.: Merla told him.
"We have two other members of the team that should be arriving soon." Allura frowned.
"Actually, they arrived three hours ago." Haz set Lilly down and she ran over to her sister.
"Dromi!" Lilly jumped into Andy's arms.
"Lilly! I missed you so much!" She cuddled her sister in her arms.
"Hello, squirt. Did you like all the stuff that Andy has been sending you?" Eric grinned at her when she jumped into his arms.
"I love Candy!" She giggled, as Eric tossed her into the air and then caught her.
"So? Did you bring me my toys?" She smiled at her father, as he walked over to where they were standing.
"Yes we did. Are you ready to go get your sister?"
"I was almost ready to go without you and mom." She began to equip herself with her arsenal.
"You're only my back up, Andy. I don't need any help handling Lotor." Keith set down who was leading the mission.
"I'm no ones back up, Daddy! I quit tagging along years ago and I saved your neck when you fought against Rand. So never call me back up!" She snarled at her father.
"Don't use that tone of voice with me, young lady. Did it ever occur to you that you may have someone to protect besides yourself." Keith growled in frustration.
"What are you getting at, Daddy?"
"Oh dear, I never even thought about the circumstances." Allura gasped when the realization struck her that Andy could be expecting.
"Holy! I mean... I never thought... Now that we're married..." Eric felt as if a bombshell had been dropped in his lap.
"Now wait one minute! I am not pregnant! So quit jumping to conclusions!" She fumed at the three of them, throwing a flash ball on the ground and vanishing from sight.
"Andromeda! Get back here!" Eric took off after his wife.
"Excuse me, but I have two daughters to rescue." Keith grabbed Allura and they vanished.
"So, angel, let's see if we can find you some toys." Haz set Lilly up onto his shoulders.
"I like squishies!" She squealed happily.
Chris and Alex continued to play cat and mouse with Lotor, Zarcon, and their goons.
"Have we lost them yet?" Alex hissed at him, trying to forget how high up they were.
"Just watch your step." Chris growled, as they walked across a narrow beam.
"How the heck did we end up here?" She moaned when she looked down.
"We borrowed some things from Lotor. Have I told you how fabulous you look in jewels?" He grinned at her.
"Well, it serves him right. How dare he steal my planet's treasures?" She smiled up at him just as an explosion shook the base.
"Christophe!" She screamed when she lost her balance.
"Alex!" Chris grabbed her arm and began to pull her back up.
"Don't let me fall!" She screamed, as the guards began to fire up at them.
"I've got you." He pulled her up and into his arms.
"What is going on?!" She shouted, as the building shook from yet another explosion.
"Lotor is under attack!"
"Oh my, I think Dromi is really upset about something." Alex winced as the building shook again.
"How dare they say that to me?" She threw another explosive into an empty room.
"Lotor! Come out, come out wherever you are!" She shouted for her enemy to appear.
"Is this a mood swing?" Eric looked at Keith and Allura.
"Well, son, this isn't your normal temper tantrum." Keith winced as the rooms behind him exploded.
"We can't stop her can we?" Allura sighed.
"From doing what? Killing Lotor or getting all of us killed!?" Eric frowned.
"Go get her, son!" Keith grinned.
"We'll find Alex and Chris." Allura and Keith vanished.
"Wait! Don't leave me alone with her!" Eric cried out in protest then vanished so he could get ahead of his wife.
"Who dares destroy my home?" Zarcon roared.
"Let me take a wild guess. She's almost six feet tall, has raven black hair, and her parents are Keith and Allura." Lotor winced as another explosion rocked the base.
"A female is doing this!" Zarcon bellowed.
"This is not your ordinary female. She makes Merla look like a kitten and you look like a common alley cat instead of a full-grown dragon." Lotor explained and his father grabbed him by the neck.
"You lie!"
"You will find out soon enough!" Lotor wheezed.
"Who dares?" Zarcon roared when a barrage of throwing stars attacked him.
"Zarcon!" Keith jumped through a shattered window and attacked him.
Lotor hit the floor and crawled out of the room.
"Alexandra!" Allura walked into the room, "Christophe!"
"Mom!" Alex cried from their hiding place, as Allura took out the guards.
"Where are you?" Allura called.
"Up here!" She answered.
"It's safe now, so come down here before you both fall!" Allura ordered them. "My god, Alex! What did they do to your face?" Allura eyed her daughter's battered face.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Alex frowned at her mother.
"Alex, calm down." Chris held her in his arms.
"Mother, give me one of your throwing stars." Alex used it to look at her reflection. "I'll kill him for this!" She screamed in fury, as she looked at what had been done to her face.
"Alex, this will help with some of the pain." Allura opened her med-kit and pulled out a hydro syringe loaded with a painkiller.
"I don't need a shot, Mother!" Alex tried to wriggle free of Chris.
"Alexandra, stop this at once." Allura snapped and gave her the shot.
"Who's destroying the base?" Chris asked.
"Andromeda had a little disagreement with her father." Allura explained.
"About what?" Alex sniffled.
"Keith suggested that she be his back up, because of the possibility of her being pregnant." Allura sighed.
"So these explosions are because of a mood swing." Alex winced as Allura worked on her arm.
"That is a major possibility." Allura frowned, as another explosion rocked the building.
"I almost feel sympathy for Lotor and Zarcon." Chris frowned.
"Zarcon?!"
"Yes, he's alive and stronger than ever." Chris growled.
"He won't be when Keith gets to him." Allura sighed in frustration. "Not that it would be a bad thing to rid this galaxy of Zarcon once and for all."
"You are going to pay for your crimes, Zarcon!" Keith relentlessly attacked his enemy.
"Who is gonna make me pay…You?" Zarcon snarled.
"Yes, for all the innocent people that you slaughtered during your sneak attack on Arus while we defeated your empire!" Keith continued to attack Zarcon. "Surrender and I may let you live."
"You've changed, Captain."
"It's your majesty now, you monster!" Keith slammed him against the far wall.
"So things have changed since I was assumed dead!"
"Yes and now you're going to pay for your crimes!" Keith had him pinned to the wall.
"Dad! Andy is after Lotor. Do you need some back up?" Eric entered the room. "You!" He roared in fury when he saw who Keith was taking prisoner.
"Eric, calm down!" Keith ordered, but Eric had Zarcon in a chokehold.
"You killed my mother and father! My baby brother and sister were asleep in their cribs when the attack came. I was pulled out of the house by Nate's father!"
"He's not worth it, Eric!" Keith tried to get Eric to listen to him, but he continued to choke the life out of Zarcon.
"He deserves to die, Dad!"
"Yes, but he wins if you let him die this way."
"Fine, then he will suffer for the rest of his life!" Eric released Zarcon.
Zarcon made one last-ditch effort to best his opponent by pulling out a poisoned blade and running full steam at Eric.
Eric easily disarmed him and then spun kicked Zarcon in the middle of his back, causing him to fall flat on his face to the hard floor.
"I'm proud of you." Keith growled softly.
"Don't be!" Eric stalked from the room.
"I'm sorry, son. I promise that I will make it up to you." Keith now knew what Eric had never told anyone. The one reason he had trained so hard to be on Voltron was so what happened to his family would never happen to anyone again.
Lotor had crawled right up to Andy's feet and the girl was in the mood to tear him in half.
"Where is my sister, you creep?" She pulled him up to his feet by his hair.
"I don't know…" Lotor yelped in pain.
"Bad answer!" She punched him several times in the face.
"I told you that I don't know!" Lotor spat blood from his mouth.
"Did you hurt her?!" She threw him down the hallway right at Alex, Allura, and Chris's feet.
"He's mine, Andy!" Alex shouted at her sister.
"You're hurt!" She winced when her arm began to throb.
"Get up, Lotor!" Alex hissed.
"You can't harm me." Lotor vaulted up to his feet.
"No? Then what if I did this?" She kicked him in the face with her foot.
"Pure luck," He lunged at her, only to be nailed in the solar plexus by Christophe.
"Hands-off!" He snarled at him.
"You aren't fighting fair!" Lotor snarled at them.
"I'm not in the mood to fight fair." She nailed him five times in the groin.
"You bitch!" He howled in pain falling to his knees.
"Now, Lotor. I wouldn't call people names if I were you." Alex scolded him, as Chris pinned Lotor against the wall.
"Way to go, Lexi!" Andy ran over and hugged her sister.
"That felt great! No wonder you love being like daddy!" Alex smiled up at her sister.
"Who did that to your face!?" Andy was furious that someone had hurt her big sister.
"He did." Alex pointed at Lotor.
"Bad move, Lotor." Andy pulled a small blade from her belt and ran the dull edge of it along his cheek.
"Actually, at the time it was very pleasurable." Lotor snarled back.
"You don't remember this do you, Lotor." Andy held out the blade, so he could get a good look at it.
"Should I be afraid of a tiny little knife?" He sneered at her.
"Does Cassandra ring any bells?" Andy smiled.
"Your father destroyed that knife!"
"Did he?" Andy's smile widened even more.
"Don't look at me, Lotor. That's Andromeda and she's never listened to anything that we've told her. She did spend an awful lot of time with Oran." Allura mused.
"You're bluffing!"
"I don't bluff, Lotor." Andy slowly ran the tip of the blade along his cheek.
"Stop her!" Lotor pleaded with them.
"I couldn't stop her if I wanted to, besides she isn't in the mood to listen to anything right now." Allura smiled at Lotor.
"What's the matter, Lotor, it's painless unlike this." She punched him in the nose.
"You don't fight fair."
"Actually, I would really like to kill you, but you still need to pay for your crimes, and I want to make sure that you never get out again, until a suitable cage can be built for you." She cut his cheek with the blade.
"I'll get you for this." Lotor wheezed before he went limp in Chris's arms.
"I'll be waiting." She sheathed the blade.
"Was that really necessary, Darling?" Eric pulled her into his arms.
"Yes, Eric, it was. He needs to be in a deep sleep while they build him a better cell." Andy looked up at Eric and saw that he was clearly upset about something.
"Is Keith hurt?" Allura panicked.
"No. I had a run in with Zarcon." He pulled Andy even closer to him.
"Zarcon died! Daddy, Mom, and my uncles destroyed his empire." Andy gasped in surprise.
"Keith defeated him and I went temporarily insane when I saw him." Eric growled hoarsely.
"Why, Eric? You were too young to remember any of Zarcon's terrible deeds?" Andy frowned up at him in confusion.
"Zarcon's last attack came totally unexpected. Everyone was caught completely off guard. My parents were in the living room of our house when the attack came. I was in my room and my six-month-old twin baby brother and sister were napping in their cribs, when the entire city exploded into flames. Half of our house instantly caught on fire and the first rooms to go were the living room and the nursery. I screamed for help and Nate's father pulled me out of the house through the open window of my room. My parents and the twins died that night and I've never forgiven Lotor or Zarcon for that. It took me years to forgive the members of Voltron Force for leaving us defenseless." Eric had tears streaming down his face, as he finished his walk down memory lane.
"Oh, Eric. No wonder you're always at odds with Daddy all the time." She hugged him fiercely.
"I'm fine, Andy. Zarcon just dredged up some really bad memories." Eric growled hoarsely.
'Why didn't you tell me about any of this? How could you keep something like this from me?' She felt his pain as if it were her own.
'When I met you and your family it was as if I was instantly accepted as one of the family. I guess that it just faded into a dull ache every once in a while.' Eric growled softly.
"Why did you rescue me when I was eight?" She whimpered.
"It was like I was drowning when I saw your small form struggling in the water. I can't explain it, but you healed me from that day on." Eric ended the conversation by kissing her senseless.
(Later that evening at the palace)
Chris went to have a long talk with his parents. "How did Lotor capture us if you had the guards posted everywhere?"
"I'm not perfect, son. Lotor slipped through the palace defenses." Haz replied calmly as he faced his son, who now without his long hair, looked exactly like a younger version of himself.
"You don't make mistakes like that, father! Just so you know what almost happened, your cousin almost raped Alex, and Zarcon tried to kill me when we wouldn't give him a grandchild!"
"You fulfilled your destiny, by facing Lotor. I merely made you face your innermost fears and what did you end up realizing."
"What do you think, father!" Chris raked his fingers through his short locks in frustration.
"You are nothing like my Uncle Zarcon or my cousin Lotor and you never will be."
"That isn't even the worst part, Dad! My grandfather murdered my best friend's family during the final attack on Arus! And after what happened to her today, I don't even know how Alex can stand to be near me!" Chris broke down completely and his father held him in his arms.
"I'm going to tell you something that I've never told anyone, not even your mother. Before my father died he told me something that I vowed no one would ever find out about." Hazar growled, "When I was born Zarcon was incredibly jealous of what my father had and that was a son. So Zarcon had his witch Hagar create a clone using my DNA and that clone was Prince Lotor. Lotor is the darker evil side of me, so in truth you are my son and always have been.
"You're Lotor's brother?" Chris frowned at his father.
"No he's not my brother. He's more like my shadow."
"You're my real father?"
"Yes." He growled hoarsely.
"All of this time you've known what I've been going through and you couldn't face what's haunted you since before I was born? How could you even stand to be around a constant reminder of him?" Chris tried to understand.
"I loved your mother and I felt like you were mine while you were growing inside her. I even had some tests run before you were born and those tests proved to me what I had suspected all along. You are my son and from that moment on you have always been mine." Haz hugged him fiercely.
"That happens to be the best news that I have heard all day! All of this time I have wished that I'd been your son instead of Lotor's and because of Zarcon's obsession I really am!" He was so happy that he had to run and tell Alex.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Merla stepped out of the shadows.
"I was ashamed of the connection and at the time you refused to have anything to do with Lotor. I wasn't going to let anything destroy our relationship or hurt you in any way." Haz explained.
"My poor darling, nothing could have changed my love for you." She ran into her husband's arms.
Chris ran all the way to his wing of the palace.
Alex was crying out in her sleep, "No don't hurt me!"
"Alex, wake up." Chris called softly from the open doorway and then ran over to her bedside.
"Leave me alone!" She thrashed around on the bed.
"Lexi, wake up you're safe now." Chris pulled her into his arms.
"No!" She pushed at her attacker.
"Alexandra, wake up!" Chris had her pinned underneath him.
"Christophe?" She whimpered, as she woke to find herself in his arms.
"Yes, love, it's me and you're safe." He kissed her on the top of her head.
"It was so real and I couldn't wake up!" She sobbed against his chest.
"You're safe with me, Alex." He rocked her trembling body in his arms.
"Hold me and never let me go." She snuggled into his arms.
"I love you so much, you will be lucky if I let you out of my sight." He pulled her to him for a long kiss.
"Keep kissing me. The bad dreams are going away." She wrapped her arms around his neck.
'Alex, we're getting into uncharted territory here.' He pulled her even closer to him and deepened the kiss.
'This feels too good to stop.' She purred into his head.
'Alex, you aren't ready for this next step in our relationship.' Chris grabbed hold of her roaming hands and held them against her sides.
"I love you, Chris. I trust you enough to explore these new feelings." She kissed him as she spoke each word.
"Alex, don't you think that we should wait until we are married, after what happened to you a few hours ago?" Chris carefully rolled off her and went to tuck her back into bed.
"But I feel so much and I want to explore these feelings!" She protested.
"We need to take this one step at a time." Chris lay down above the covers and Alex cuddled up next to him.
"Don't leave me. I don't want to have those nightmares again." She yawned.
"I'm right here and I'm not going anywhere." He crooned against her hair.
(On Lera)
Eric and Andy were having a very emotional conversation.
"You're so strong that you hardly ever let anyone see how you're truly feeling inside." Andy looked up at the man holding her in his arms.
"I never wanted to relive that day ever again. Do you remember this?" He grinned at her, as he held out a small ninja star for her to see.
"I don't believe it! You've kept it all this time!" She had tears of love for him shining in her eyes.
"You were so adorable trying to act so tough, even though you were so miserable with your cold." He smiled, as he recalled the first of their many meetings.
"I was so mad at you that I threw my lucky star at you. That was my first present from Daddy." She held up the tiny star.
"That was the first time that we got caught sleeping together." Eric grinned wolfishly at her, nuzzling the nape of her neck.
"Yes and I believe that it earned you a black eye." She giggled.
"It was almost as if your father knew that we would fall in love with each other." Eric chuckled, as he rained kisses over her shoulder.
"I used to think that he was paranoid, but I really think that he knew that we would end up with each other." She got out of bed to get a Data pad from her stuff.
"What's this?" Eric read what was on the screen of the Data pad. "This is from your father's personal journal. He's known since you were five. No wonder he panicked whenever we were together. That day when we first spared against each other, we were finally tolerating each other, and we were wrestling with each other on the mat."
"Daddy ran out of that room so fast and he kept telling me that nothing was wrong." She giggled.
"Wasn't that when Keith confronted Kari for the first time?"
"How can I forget, that was a choking experience." She grimaced, remembering the feel of the collar around her throat.
"But, I came to your rescue."
"I was so furious with you." She wrapped her arms around his neck.
"And you used every waking second to make me pay for it too." Eric remembered being at the mercy of Shaitan and then being kept awake by a nine-year-old brat.
"That's true, but then I had to be your slave while you were recuperating." Andy frowned up at him.
"You wanted to cram that bell down my throat." He chuckled.
"I guess that I got even when I ended up giving you and Nate the chicken pox." Her eyes danced with impish delight.
"To this day that isn't a laughing matter nor is it funny." Eric frowned at her, scooped her up into his arms, and carried her into the bathroom for a long hot shower.
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