Voltron New Beginnings-Book 2- Next Generation Chapter Nine, a voltron fanfic

Voltron Next Generation

Chapter Nine

Voltron's new Look

BY: Cindra

(Over a year later)

Andy was now fully recovered from her confrontation with Khan and was teaching herself how to use a whip. Her hand was almost as good as new, except for a twinge of pain now and again. But that was because she had undergone months and months of physical therapy, so she would be able to use her right hand again. The only evidence that anything had ever happened to her was the scar, that she refused to have removed from, around her wrist. She fingered the velvet choker around her throat and smiled. Eric hadn't been joking when he'd told her that he was going to chain her to him.

If she tried to leave or went anywhere that she wasn't suppose to, the choker would gently persuade her to turn around, and she would forget what she'd been planning to do. Eric however was always within a few feet of her.

"Pay attention, Andromeda! You almost nicked my leg with that!" Eric frowned at her.

Andy smiled at him and blew him a kiss. "Wouldn't want to damage such gorgeous merchandise now would we," She teased.

"Come here, brat." He growled, as he pulled her to him for a long kiss.

"Yes, sir." She winked at him, "Eric. You still owe me an explanation and I think that over a year is enough time for me to be able to handle what you and Ashley were hiding from me that night." She pleaded with him to tell her the truth.

"Andy, if I tell you this then you have to promise me that you're not gonna go off and do anything stupid." Eric's playful mood vanished in an instant.

"Hey, I've got this around my throat remember. How far can I go?" She teased, but then saw the sadness in his lion gold eyes. "What brings such sadness to those beautiful eyes of yours?" She placed her hand against his cheek, so he would look at her.

"When you were hurt by Shaitan do you remember bleeding anywhere?" He asked softly.

"You asked me that before and I recall answering the pain was too great to remember if I had been bleeding or not." Andy wasn't so sure that she wanted to relive that day again.

"Close your eyes and listen to my voice, when I count to three you will feel relaxed and be in a deep relaxing sleep." Eric put her into the trance that he'd been using on her whenever she'd woken up in agony or from the reoccurring nightmares that plagued her dreams.

"Andy?" He asked softly.

"Hmm?"

"I want you to think back to that terrible day again, but remember that you're safe and that no one is going to harm you."

"Okay."

"Now when Shaitan was hurting you do you remember if you were bleeding or not?"

"A wet sticky feeling…" She frowned. "That's not right my armor should be protecting me from something like that."

"So you were bleeding."

"Yes, I was but why?!"

"Calm down, baby, when I count to three you will be totally relaxed. One…Two…Three…" Eric was holding her trembling body in his arms.

"Eric!? Why was I bleeding! My skin was only chafed!" Andy grabbed him by his sweatshirt and demanded an answer.

"Its okay, love, you're perfectly fine. The only reason that you were bleeding was because at the time you were carrying our baby without even being aware of it and your body chose to save you instead of our eight-week old fetus." Eric's voice grew hoarse with unshed tears, as the loss hit him once again.

"I was pregnant when all of this was happening to me!?" Andy fell to her knees, as the shock of her loss hit her.

"Yes, but you couldn't have known, it was almost too early to detect." Eric cradled her in her arms.

"A baby? I lost a baby and you didn't tell me when I woke up after my surgery?!" She wrenched herself away from him.

"You were so weak, Andy. You wouldn't have been able to stand the shock." Eric tried to reason with her.

"Who else knows about this besides you and Ashley?!" Andy screamed in fury at him.

"Your parents know, because I was a walking zombie when all this was happening." Eric tried to hold her again, but she flinched when he touched her.

"How could you keep this from me for over a year?!" She accused him, hurt shinning in her amber eyes.

"Could you have handled this until now? Look at me and tell me the truth, Andromeda Marie!"

"No! I couldn't have taken this, but a baby!? Eric! They took our baby, a life that we didn't even know that we had!" She threw herself into his arms and broke down into tears.

"I know, Andy…I know…"

"I hate all of this!" She sobbed. "I killed an innocent life! This isn't worth it anymore!"

"You couldn't have known, Andromeda. They only detected it after they saw that you'd been bleeding." Eric took her face between his hands and forced her to look into his eyes.

"I don't care, Eric! I was too involved with fighting the bad guys that I blocked out a life that had been forming inside me!"

"Andy! If you had to do all of this all again, go through all the pain and the agony, would you do this again!?" Eric snarled angrily down at her.

"Yes! Damn you! Yes, I would do anything to protect my sister!" She beat her fists against his chest in frustration.

"Lilly wasn't a factor until you entered the throne room. You wanted Khan's head and the only thing that prevented you from getting killed was Lilly's kidnapping!" Eric was going to make her see the truth whether she wanted to or not.

"All right! I wanted revenge for my grandfather's death and Lilly ruined everything!"

"It's because of Lilly that you went through hell, that and your hell-on-wheels attitude to go charging into situations without thinking!"

"I don't want to hear this anymore!" She tried to break free of him, but he had an iron grip around her waist.

"That's tough, because it's about time that you faced facts, Andromeda! You are one of the best in the universe, but and I stress this you are not perfect and can make mistakes! One very big mistake is rushing into situations alone regardless of your safety! This time all that you lost was a hand and our baby! Next time it could be your life! A hand can be reattached, we can always have more kids, but you can't live if you lose your head!" Eric vented what he'd been keeping in check at her.

'I killed my grandfather, nearly killed myself, endangered my baby sister, lost my hand, and a child that I had no idea had been growing inside me! I know that I'm not perfect, Eric! I haven't worn that costume in over a year! The only reason that I'm even adding a whip to my list of weapons is that I never want to go through that again! I said something to you and I meant every word! I need you as my shadow! Do you have any idea what it took for me to finally admit that?' She tried to take her aggression out on him. The result was him pinning her to the grass with his body.

'I know you better than your parents or even yourself, because I'm that missing part of you! That part which almost destroyed you when you thought that I had died! I am your conscience, and your lifeline! You go wherever I go and right now you and I are going to see the new cats.'He pulled her up to her feet and tossed her over his shoulder.

"I don't wanna see anything, Eric! I don't want to fight anymore!" She protested, as he carried her to the speeder.

"You haven't seen the new robots yet, Dromi. I know that you'll change your mind when you see them." He smiled down at her furious face.

'I have made up my mind, Eric! I'm quitting the good guy business!' She hissed at him.

'It's in your blood; you couldn't do that if you tried, my love.' Eric laughed at her.

'I can too! Just watch me!'She huffed angrily, as they past through several high security gates before entering the main dry dock area.

She saw the first of the new robots and blinked her eyes at the size of the robot Red Tiger.

'Wait! I want to see that!' She protested, as they past the first robot.

The next robot was another huge cat, but this one was a Green Leopard.

'Stop this thing, Eric! I wanna see them!'She shouted in his mind, but he kept on going.

The third was the Yellow Cheetah.

'Eric, stop!' She turned so she was facing him and her body straddled his.

Still he didn't stop. Although, there was now sweat beading his brow and he'd gone from smiling to gritting his teeth, because she refused to sit still. He did however stop in front of the last two cats a Blue Panther and a newer much larger Black Lion.

'Is that mine?!' She asked excitedly, as she looked at her new ship.

'Andy, please stop wriggling around!' Eric growled hoarsely.

'Let go I wanna check out my new Panther!' She pouted at him.

'Come on, brat!' He threw her over his shoulder and carried her towards Black Lion.

'Put me down! I want to see my Panther!' She pounded her fists against his back.

'Behave!'He swatted her on her rear, stopped at the main hatch of the lion, and went through a series of security measures before he was allowed entrance to his lion.

"They scratched me! Hello, princess! How do you like your surprise?" A voice growled from somewhere inside the lion.

"Sorry, Blacky. I'll make sure that it doesn't happen again." Eric answered back.

"Put her down, Captain. Her face is turning red. That and she's really mad at you right now." The voice chuckled in amusement.

"Eric? Is it me or is Blacky talking out loud?" Andy wasn't so sure that she wasn't hearing things.

"Oh, he's talking all right. You should have heard him after he was finally reactivated. He really let us all have it." Eric set her down on her feet.

"I'm sorry that I hurt your family, Blacky, but I didn't have much of a choice." Andy apologized for hurting the other lions.

"I wasn't upset at you for hurting my pride. I knew the reason that you had to do that. I was upset that I was deactivated for so long. How the hell can I protect this planet if I can't move!?" Blacky growled.

"Do all of you have the ability to talk now?" Andy ignored Eric, who was currently exploring her neck with his mouth.

"Yes, princess, all of us have our various personalities. Jetta, formerly Blue Lion, takes after you and has the gentleness of your mother. Cora, formerly Red Lion, takes after her former owner Lance. Neo, formerly Green Lion, takes after his former owner and is extremely intelligent. And lastly but not least Ty, formerly Yellow Lion, is now not only strong, but extremely fast as well." Blacky explained with pride. "I believe the Captain wants some quality time with you, so I will shut down and give the two of you a little privacy."

"Thanks, buddy. I owe you one for that." Eric pulled her against him and claimed her mouth with his own.

"Don't mention it, Captain. I live to keep the princess happy and smiling." Blacky sighed before he shut down locking them in so no one would disturb them.

(Castle of lions)

Three year-old Jessica sat in Keith's lap while he worked on something on the computer in his office. "I help, Grandpa." Her curious little fingers tried to help her Grandpa with his work, only her help kept erasing his files.

"No, Jessie! Don't push anymore buttons." Keith groaned as three hours of work was deleted from his computer. "That does it! We're going to go find your Mommy and Daddy, so I can finally get some of this work done." He stood up and carried the little girl under his arm.

"I like, Grandpa! This fun!" Jessie giggled, as she enjoyed her little ride. "More, Grandpa! More!" She squealed.

"I think we need to find you something that doesn't involve hitting any buttons." Keith swung her up into his arms and kissed her on her cheek.

"Want Mommy!" Jessie kissed him back.

"Yes, Jessie, we're going to go find your Mommy." Keith chuckled.

(The Castle Lawn)

Jasmine chased the butterflies across the castle lawn.

Allura had her hands full watching Lilly and Shawn swim, and making sure that Hunter and Jasmine stayed out of mischief.

"Pretty!" Jazz laughed, as she chased after the butterfly.

A dark figure was watching from the shadows, as the little girl chased after the little creature. He could sense that this little girl was as special as her mother.

Jasmine stopped and stared at the stranger holding her butterfly in his palm. "My pretty!" She frowned, her tiny bow shaped mouth formed a disapproving pout.

"Would you like this, little one?" Khan arched a brow at the little imp standing before him.

"That be mine!" She made a grab for the insect.

"Is that right, little one? Don't you want it to be free?" Khan knelt in front of her.

"I wants the pretty fly!" She pouted, pleading with him with her expressive golden eyes.

"What a determined little child you are." He laughed when she lunged for it again and he let it fly free.

"No!" She cried in protest. "That was my pretty fly!"

"Don't cry, little one. I can give you this instead of your butterfly." He pulled out a shiny gem and placed the jewel in her tiny palm.

"My sparkly!" She squealed and raced to show her Nana.

"Yes, little one, what is my future queen's is also mine." Khan vanished from the forest.

Allura had gone in search of the little girl. "Jasmine Elizabeth! Where are you?" She called, sighing in relief when Jazz ran up to her.

"Look, Nana!" She held out her gem. "My sparkly!" She smiled up at Allura.

Keith and little Jessica entered the dry docks in search of her parents. He stopped by the guard post and fired off his questions. "Have you seen my daughter?"

"Which one, sire?" Lt. Link frowned. "Princess Alexandra and her husband are checking out their cat and haven't left yet. Princess Ariel and her husband are also here checking out their new ship. Princess Andromeda and her husband are also here."

"Who else is here?" Keith frowned.

"Prince Matthew and Jenna arrived ten minutes ago and…Sire?" Lt. Link called after Keith.

"I'm not hearing this!" Keith scooped up Jessie and sprinted over to the Leopard. "Jenna Michelle! Matthew Alexander! Get out here now!"

He could hear the two of them panicking, as they made sure that they looked as if nothing has been going on.

"Uncle Keith! Jenna and I were just…" Matt began to explain.

"Save it, Matthew! I know exactly what the two of you were doing!" Keith barked at him.

"Uncle Keith, we weren't…what I mean is…" Jenna blushed from her head to her toes.

"I want you at the castle now!" He growled.

"Yes, sir!" They both ran for their lives.

Jessica had crawled out of Keith's arms and was walking towards Black Lion. "Mommy! Daddy!" She called in her tiny little voice.

"Jessica, get back here!" Keith ran over and scooped her up in his arms.

"Want Mommy and Daddy!"

"I have to check the situation before you can go see your parents." Keith rocked her in his arms. "Eric! Andy! I suggest the two of you get dressed and come see your daughter, before she disturbs the rest of you lovebirds!" Keith shouted up at the lion.

"Mommy! Daddy!"

Inside the lion Eric and Andy lay in each other's arms in blissful contented peace.

"Why is it that you always get your way?"

"Hmm. This is better than arguing with each other isn't it?" He pulled her closer against him.

"Can't I just retire and raise our girls?" Andy pouted at him.

"Not a chance. You couldn't retire for nine months. What makes you think that you could just quit cold turkey?" Eric rolled so she was pinned underneath him.

"I love you, Eric."

"Do you hear someone?" Eric frowned.

"Daddy is calling us." She frowned. "What's Daddy doing here? He and Mom are watching the twins?"

Andy and Eric both got dressed.

"He doesn't sound happy." He growled.

"Get down here right now!" Keith bellowed.

Jessica had once again gotten free of her Grandpa and had toddled under Andy's panther.

"What's the big idea, Dad?" Eric glared at him.

"Jessica! Deleted three hours of work and acted like it was fun!" Keith snarled at him.

"Sorry, Daddy." Andy apologized. "Where is Jessie anyway?"

"Jessica?" Keith looked around for his grandchild.

The two parents of the little munchkin were now standing on the ramp outside Black Lion.

"Not again!" Keith groaned.

"Where is my daughter, Dad?"

"Jessica Raven Lawson! You are in big trouble, young lady!" Andy shouted.

Jessie had wandered off towards the panther. Jetta was watching the little intruder and carefully scooped her up into her mouth.

"Jetta just found our little runaway." Andy grinned and ran over to her new ship. "Thanks, girl, I owe you one for that." She ran up the ramp and accessed her cat.

"Is little miss curious yours?" Jetta asked with amusement.

"Guilty as charged. So do you like your new look?" Andy asked.

"Yes, Princess, but I missed you. You've been away from me far too long. Are you well now?" Jetta asked.

"I know and I missed you too and yes I'm as good as new again. Would you please let Eric have Jessie, she doesn't understand." Andy asked softly.

Jetta lowered her head and let Eric take Jessie out of her mouth. "You and the Captain have your hands full with your little ones." She chuckled.

"You have no idea, Jetta." Andy sighed.

Fawn and Allura tried to find out where the little girl had found her gem. "Jasmine Elizabeth, where did you get this from?" They asked.

"My sparkly!" Jazz made a grab for her new toy.

"Jasmine, this is not a toy." Fawn handed her a plush bear.

"Want!" Jasmine threw down her bear and reached for the gem. "Mine!" She screamed.

"Sweetheart, this is very valuable and not a toy." Allura tried to explain.

"My sparkly!" She wailed at the top of her lungs.

"Jazzy, here's teddy." Lilly handed her the bear.

"No!" She screeched.

"What's going on in here?" Andy, Eric, and Keith entered the nursery with Jess.

"Jasmine found this." Allura explained and handed her the gem.

"How did she get that?" Eric took the gem out of Andy's hand and let out a low whistle.

"I haven't the faintest idea, but she does seem to be quite fond of it." Allura sighed.

"So that's the reason she's screaming." Andy picked her up and sat down in the rocker.

"This didn't just appear, someone had to have given this to her." Keith growled.

"Who would give that to Jazzy?" Andy frowned at them.

"Khan." Eric snarled.

"He doesn't know about the twins." Andy frowned.

"He does now." Eric cuddled Jessie in his arms.

"Why now? It's been so peaceful here." Andy held Jasmine closer.

"He's been waiting until you were fully recovered." Keith growled.

"But, I don't wanna fight him anymore." Andy sighed in frustration.

"Don't worry, angel. We'll be ready if he tries anything and we'll have the dome up at all times." Eric growled.

Andy got to her feet and set Jasmine into Allura's arms. "Can you and Daddy keep the twins tonight?"

"Sure, honey, you know that we adore watching them. Are the two of you going prowling tonight?" Allura frowned at her.

"Yes, I believe that we are." Andy smiled at Eric.

"So much for early retirement," Eric winked at her.

"It was only a thought anyway." Andy sighed in defeat. "Oh and darling. I won't be needing this anymore." She threw the velvet collar at him. "I hope Shadow will be able to tear himself away from Bella and the cubs."

"He sure has changed since Bella had those cubs." Keith grinned.

"Yes, now that he's a proud father and has cubs of his own, he understands why I treated him the way I did around the girls." Eric and Andy both grinned at each other.

Khan held a crown in his hands and set it back down onto a velvet pillow. "Soon, Andromeda, you will sit beside me as my queen." He smiled to himself.

"Do you really think that it'll be that simple?" Kane frowned at his brother.

"She fears me now, Kane, she will be putty in my hands." Khan grinned at him.

"Her husband is a far deadlier opponent." Kane reminded him.

"He's nothing more than her bed partner and I bet that he's inadequate in that area as well." Khan mused.

"Khan, I've seen him fight and he's not just a common Captain." Kane wouldn't let the subject drop.

"Do not concern yourself with this, Kane! I'm sick of your constant pestering! Now get out of my sight!" Kahn ordered the teen.

"I hope that you eat your words one day and that I get to watch!" The eighteen-year-old was glaring murderously at his brother. "You don't treat me like a brother! You treat me like a slave!" Kane stalked from the room in fury, only to have a whip wrap around his throat, and be pulled back towards his brother.

"No one acts like that around Khan and lives!" Khan began brutally disciplining the teen.

Eric and Andy suited up for their nightly activities.

"I feel so weird in this." Andy clenched her right-gloved hand over and over again.

"It's all right, love, this is gonna bring back memories of that night." Eric pulled her into his arms.

"I can handle this, Eric, as long as I have you with me." Andy fought back her fear. :When you fall off the horse you have to get right back on or your fear will consume you.:Her father's words echoed in her mind.

'He's right you know. The sooner you get back out there the easier this will be.'Eric easily read what she was thinking.

'I'm not afraid, Eric, just a little wary that's all.' Andy frowned at him.

"You, my beautiful wife, are scared out of your mind, but Shadow and I can help you conquer that fear." Eric made her look at him.

"You're right. Eric, I can do this." She took a deep breath and headed for the speeder.

"That's my girl." Eric and Shadow were right behind her.

(Arusian forest)

"You are worthless to me, boy. I should have disposed of you years ago. You are a flaw in the flawless line of my ancestors." Khan dumped Kane's battered lifeless form in the forest.

"You will no doubt be a meal for some forest creature." He growled down at the boy. "

"You could have been my heir and now you are nothing." With those final words he vanished into the dark shadows of the night.

Eric, Andy and Shadow were approaching the area where Kane lay abandoned and near death.

Shadow, sensing a wounded animal, jumped from the speeder and went hunting.

"Shadow, get back here!"

"Well, let's go see what set him off." Eric followed the cat.

"Shadow!" Andy finally found him sniffing a lifeless body.

"My Gods! He's found a dead body!"

"I recognize the face, but barely… He looks like he was beaten to death, and then left to die." Andy felt to see if he had a pulse and he still had a very weak one. "He's alive, but hanging on by a thread, we need to get him to Ashley."

"This is Khan's handy work." Eric pulled out his Com to contact the Castle. "Nate? It's Eric. I need you to get in a hover car and bring Ash with you. I want you to meet us at my place."

"Not a problem, buddy, but what's the big emergency?" Nate frowned. "Is Andy hurt!?"

"We found a person in need of Ash's help. I'll explain the rest to you later." He broke off the transmission.

"Whoever he is Kahn sure did a number on him." Andy gave him some temporary first aid. "This kid is lucky to be alive"

"You said that you recognized the face, so who is he?" Eric growled.

"I don't know the name, but he challenged me right before I entered Khan's throne room." Andy frowned. "Why would Khan hurt him like this?"

"Maybe he disliked his teenage opinion." Eric kept a close watch on the boy's vital signs.

"Maybe, he decided to rebel against Khan." Andy sighed.

"I'm here! Now would someone please tell me why I'm out here at 3am instead of on watch at the castle?" Nate landed Cora and ran over to them.

"Because, I happen to outrank you and that makes me your boss." Eric grinned.

"Who did a number on the poor kid?" Nate helped get Kane onto a backboard.

"Nate? Where's Ashley and why are you flying your new cat?" Eric frowned at him.

"Ash is with Fawn at your place and this is faster." Nate waited until they had him in Cora then took off.

"We'll meet you back at our place." Eric told him. "Shadow! Get over here we're going home!" He called to the cat.

Khan sat in silence, as he meditated in his new base an abandoned mountain monastery.

A lone figure stood in the shadows with a sword raised to strike a fatal blow.

"Hello, little sister," Khan growled. "How nice of you to join me."

"You don't have the right to call me that after what you did to our father!" Sheena snarled at him.

"He was a weak old man! I just put him out of his misery." Khan snarled back.

"You murdered him right before my eyes!" Sheena hissed at him.

"That was not supposed to happen, Sheena. He was going to meet his fate alone. You decided to crash our meeting and that is why you saw what you saw!"

"What I saw was my fourteen-year-old brother killing our father in cold blood and to a ten-year-old that was enough to destroy me!" Sheena screamed at him.

"Wasn't it kind of me to plant Rand as a double agent during your first few weeks as Captain of Oran's forces? You were what sixteen at the time." Khan grinned at her.

Sheena was helpless, as the memory of that forbidden romance flashed through her memory. "He wanted me to turn against my family and join him! When I refused he vowed that I would regret throwing away our future. His idea of a future was him conquering everything in sight with me beside him cheering him on." Sheena spat out bitterly.

"He loved you, Sheena, but he was loyal to me and my empire. I told him to drag you with him against your will, but he wanted it to be your decision. When you refused him you altered his feelings towards women for life and he turned into the cold-hearted man that he is to this day. Not even Kari can melt the ice around his heart." Khan watched the emotions, as they played across Sheena's face.

"Leave Andromeda and her family alone." Sheena glared at him.

"Why, Sheena, I'm shocked by your request! She's perfect for my needs and will make a wonderful queen to rule by my side." Khan scoffed at his sister.

"She already has her king and that's Prince Eric Anthony Lawson, her husband, and soul bond."

"Her soul mate is, Eric? I don't think so, Sheena. Eric is nothing more than a toy to her. He isn't even her equal." Khan laughed at the thought that his sister believed this dribble.

Sheena began to laugh hysterically at her brother and Khan didn't like that one bit. "You males are all alike! Khan, I suggest that you run for your life, your testosterone level has blinded you." She grinned at him.

Khan slashed his whip at her in a rage.

She was ready for that and sliced it in half with her Katana blade. "I trained Andy, big brother. I'm not ten anymore, so your tricks won't work on me!"

"I knew that I saw father's teachings in Andromeda." Khan frowned. "Father hadn't quite mastered the mind before I killed him."

"Neither had you, Khan! Andy had Darian and Keith to teach her to master her mind! Who taught you!?" She sneered at him.

"From various sources and from a dark and ancient breed of creature," Khan flicked a switch and Sheena was now hanging from the side of an open pit.

"No! Khan, please! Don't do this! I have a family now and my children need me!" She screamed in terror when she began to lose her grip.

"Do tell, baby sister." Khan's curiosity was now peeked. "Did you say children?"

"Did I say children? Forget it, I would rather die than have them meet you!" Sheena let go, but Khan used his whip to pull her back up.

"Oh no, baby sister, I have plans for you." He growled and before she could even blink knocked her out cold. "Oh yes, Sheena, do I have plans for you."

Fawn stood in the shadows while Ashley checked over Eric and Andy's charge. He seemed quite harmless and the she wondered why someone would want to hurt him like that. *Who was this person?*

Andy watched her little sister as she took in what was happening around her. "Fawn? Do you like what you see?" Andy whispered into her ear and the poor girl jumped in surprise.

"I'm not looking at him." She denied what was obvious to her older sister.

"Come on, Fawn, it's okay if you think that he's handsome." Andy gave her a playful nudge.

Fawn glared at her and stalked from the room with her nose in the air. "You're imagining things!" She hissed.

"Forget it, Dromi." Eric growled into her ear.

"What?" She acted innocent.

'I know what you're plotting, Andromeda, but this guy is a known felon and Fawn is an innocent doe.' Eric turned her around so she was facing him.

'He's young and probably misguided at that. We gave Jenn a chance, Eric, besides that we don't know the whole story.' Andy pleaded with him to see her side in all of this.

'All right, Andy, you win, but until I know the whole situation he'll remain under house arrest at the castle.' Eric could never win against the looks that she gave him with her big amber brown eyes.

"No, not a chance, he stays here with us. Daddy might hurt him." She shook her head at him.

"Who would I hurt?" Keith growled from the open doorway.

"Daddy! It's the middle of the night! What are you doing up?" Andy squeaked at her father.

"I went to check on you sister and she wasn't in her room, so I put two and two together and came here. Oh and Nathan? Next time have someone relieve you before you run off to help these two." Keith growled.

"Sorry, Dad." Nate muttered under his breath, glaring at Eric.

"This was my fault, Dad." Eric took the heat off Nate.

"Yes, Daddy, this is his fault blame him." Andy echoed her husband and he turned on his heel to glare daggers at her.

"And what do we have here?" Keith walked over to where Ashley was treating Kane. "Who's the kid and what happened to him?"

"Khan did a number on him, now about who he is, the only thing that we know is that he used to be close to Khan." Eric briefed him on the situation.

Keith didn't need to hear anything else and immediately contacted Liam "I need an air ambulance and ten of your men to take a suspected terrorist to the castle Medical-wing." Keith ordered his head of security.

"Not a chance, Daddy! I won't allow you to hurt this boy! He's barely eighteen if that and Khan was probably all that he had." Andy hissed at her father.

"I say that he goes to the castle under armed guard and what I say goes! Do I make myself clear, Andromeda Marie?!" Keith glowered down at his daughter.

"Then you are going to have to go through me to do it!" Andy stood her ground.

Keith, in less than a split second, had her thrown over his shoulder. "You never could take me, Andy." He gave her a good spanking.

"Daddy, put me down! Eric! Help me!" Andy screeched.

"Sorry, Andy, but he is your father and you were asking for it." Eric knew when to stay out of Keith's way.

Shadow prowled into the room, with Midnight tagging along behind him, saw what was happening, and snarled at Keith.

"Good, Kitty, now kill Daddy!" Andy commanded her cat.

Midnight had decided that he wanted to climb all over Keith and was currently climbing up onto his shoulder.

"Shadow, you hurt me and Midnight gets hurt too." He pointed to the kitten that was now lounging across his other shoulder.

Shadow immediately backed down.

"You traitor!" She hissed at her cat.

"Now, I am going to set you in here until the boy is safely out of your home and under guard at the castle and there he will remain until I know exactly what's going on." He set her in the closet and locked the door.

"Let me out of here!"

"Look, Dad. She only wants to prevent this kid from turning into another Khan." Eric explained why she was being so stubborn about this and winced when he heard her trying to kick the door open.

"Even she needs discipline every once in a while." Keith watched as his men arrived to get their prisoner.

"She'll be fine as soon as all of us leave. It's a shame the twins are still at the castle, because she's really gonna lay into you when she gets out of there." Keith left the room and dragged Nathan out with him.

"Darling. Calm down." Eric tried to reason with her.

"Eric, you're a dead man!" Andy hissed at him through the door.

"Come on, Sweetheart, I didn't put you in there." Eric pleaded his case.

"And you didn't prevent it from happening either!"

'Your father scares me at three in the morning.' Eric growled.

"Nice try, but you're still dead!" Andy kicked at the door as hard as she could. "Ow! Are you happy now! I think I broke my foot!" She wailed in pain, as she hopped around on one foot in the closet.

Eric immediately opened the door and swept her up into his arms. "No. I'm not happy, Andy. I hate to see you in pain." He carried her into their room.

"I hate you." She sniffled when he set her carefully down on their bed.

"You love me, you're just mad at me right now." He gently removed her armor.

"Oh sure take advantage of me when I'm unable to hurt you!" She pouted.

'Relax, angel, I have a headache.' He continued to check on her foot while she pounded her fists against the mattress in frustration.

'Always with your mind in the gutter, ' Andy hissed.

'You're the one that made the suggestion, not me.' Eric massaged her foot.

The minute his fingers touched her ankle she instantly felt pain shooting up her leg. "Dammit, Lion, that hurts!" She yelped in pain and tried to push him away.

"Andy, lie still or you're gonna make your foot even worse than it already is." Eric gently pushed her back down against the pillows.

"It looks like we're gonna have to pay a visit to Ashley. Next time, don't try to break down a door reinforced with steel." Eric took off his armor and replaced it with jeans and a sweatshirt, before he scooped her up into his arms and carried her out of their room.

(Castle of Lions)

Keith came back home to find the whole castle was now awake and his wife waiting for him.

"Darling? Hunk needs to talk to you. Fawn has locked herself in her room, and Eric just called to tell us that Andy hurt her foot while trying to break out of a closet." Allura shot him a puzzled look. "Why was she in the closet to begin with?"

"I put her in there after she told me that I couldn't remove a prisoner from her home. I tossed her over my shoulder, gave her a good spanking, and then set her in the closet."

"So that explains how Andy got hurt, but why is Midnight attached to your shoulder?" Allura giggled when Keith rolled his eyes in frustration.

"A stowaway," Keith winced, as he carefully plucked the cub from his shoulder. "Your father isn't gonna be happy with me." He held the cub up and looked him in the eye.

The cat mewed at him and licked Keith on the nose.

"How cute, Keith. I think Midnight has grown quite attached to you." She giggled.

"Great, now Shadow will have me for one of his late night snacks." Keith groaned, as the cub began to purr continently in his arms.

Allura kissed him on the cheek and then left the room.

"Allura! What am I suppose to do with him!" Keith shouted.

'Don't ask me, Keith, he's your new pet.' Allura giggled.

'Aren't mice and a dog enough?' Keith sighed in defeat.

'Consider Night yours, the boys and Lilly have Sugar, and I have my mice.' Allura made the decision for him.

"Did Eric tell you that Max was transferring to Arus?" Andy started up a conversation with Ashley.

"What!?" Ashley exclaimed, as she examined her ankle.

"It was approved over a month ago, so he should be here any day now." Andy winced, as Ash moved her ankle.

"Please tell me you're joking with me, Andromeda! I don't want Max here! He's arrogant, self-centered, and always thinks that he's right all the time!" She scanned her ankle with her Med-scanner.

"I'm not joking. You left out that you used to be head over heals in love with him and still are even if you won't admit it to yourself." Andy ignored that Ashley was causing her pain and didn't drop the subject. "What happened that broke the two of you up, Ashley?"

"He found someone else. I went to his apartment to tell him about my transfer and found him in the arms of another woman. I chalked the whole thing up to me and my luck with men and came here to take care of you." Ashley was about to set her broken ankle. "This is gonna hurt like hell. Do you want a shot for the pain?" She asked then gave her the shot anyway.

"Ashley, this is me that you're talking to, you can't hide anything from me. I know how much that seeing Max in the arms of another woman hurt you, but Max has a sister my age. In fact, she was second under me at the academy. She's this striking brunette with emerald green eyes, about my height, the guys would say that she's drop-dead gorgeous. Is that who you saw?" Andy watched her friend for any reaction to what she was telling her.

"His baby sister?" Ash finished wrapping Andy's foot in a cast.

"That's right, my friend, his baby sister." Andy nodded.

"Yes, Ashley Monica. Not my new girlfriend, but my little sister. She was helping me prepare a special dinner for you." Max walked into the room with Eric and smiled warmly at Andy. "Hello, Dromi."

"Hi, Max! I'd get up and hug you, but I broke my ankle." She beamed at him.

Max was six foot four inches, had amazing emerald green eyes, striking jet-black hair, and was incredibly handsome. "How did you manage to do that or do I even want to know?" Max ignored Ashley and took over wrapping Andy's ankle.

"Daddy and Eric are the reason that I broke it." She answered sweetly.

"She broke it by trying to kick open a reinforced door, after telling her father that he couldn't take the kid back to the castle." Eric glared at her.

"What happened to that poor kid? He's lucky that he's still breathing." Max had just come from checking on Kane.

"Khan happened to him, I speak from experience." Andy frowned.

"I want you to stay off that foot that means no Nightshade, and no Jetta." Ashley finally managed to get a few words in.

"But, Ashley! It's a walking cast, so I can still fly Jetta!" Andy protested.

"Sorry, Andy, but that's how it's gonna be." Max growled.

"I'm gonna take her home now. You two, try not to kill each other when we leave." Eric scooped up Andy and left the room.

"Let's go someplace where we can talk."

"I have nothing to say, Max."

"That's tough because we're gonna talk." Max growled. "Either come quietly or I will carry you out."

"You wouldn't dare!" She hissed.

"Try me, Red." He took a step towards her.

"Stay away from me! Maximilian Sinclair!" She took a step backwards.

"I warned you." He had her thrown over his shoulder in seconds.

"Put me down! Maximilian, this is not funny!" She pounded her fists against his back, as he carried her out of the Med-wing.

Max chose to ignore her shouts of protest and continued down the corridor.

(Khan's)

Sheena lay half out of it in one of the rooms of his vast compound, while Khan asked her questions about what had happened after he had left.

"So how many kids do you have?" He asked.

"Three. I have two boys and a girl."

"Excellent. How old are they?

"Zach and Jason are eight and Kitty is five."

"Twins! This is better than I could have hoped!" Khan left her to sleep off the drug that he'd given her.

Rand, who had been standing in the shadows of the room, walked over to the bed. "Did you love me?" He asked, sitting down next to her.

"Once a longtime ago," Sheena had no choice, but to answer his question.

"Why didn't you join me all those years ago? I would have done anything for you!" He snarled bitterly.

"You asked me to betray my family. If you loved me, Rand, you would have understood that I couldn't do that!" She hissed.

"I was never meant to be a good guy. I should have listened to Khan taken you with me whether you wanted to go or not!" Rand growled.

"I would have escaped."

"We could have raised the next generation to rule the universe."

"No. Rand, you murdered an innocent life when you fought me three months after you became real to me!" Sheena had tears of hate in her eyes.

"I came back to force you to come with me! You're the one who…" Rand's face went white, as her words finally sunk in.

"Who would never have let you corrupt an innocent life. Unfortunately, the stress of our battle caused me to lose my baby!" She felt the tears stream down her face, as the past came back to haunt her.

"We had a child together!?" Rand gaped at her in shock. "You were willing to have our baby?"

"You hurt me, Rand, but I didn't hate you until that very moment. I had this insane idea that you would actually try to change if we had the baby!" She sobbed, as those long ago forgotten memories flashed in her mind.

"I still loved you, dammit! I was hurt and angry, but I still loved you!" She screamed at him.

"Why didn't you tell me? I would never have put you or our child in jeopardy!" He grabbed her by the arms and shook her forcibly.

"I was hurt and too proud to tell you about the baby! You showed me your true colors that day. I was so young and bullheaded that in all my fury I forgot about the baby and fought you! All it took was the stress of our battle and a few moves that I couldn't block." She spat the words in his face.

"They had to carry you from the battle. Liam defended you and prevented me from taking you with me!"

"He lost an eye because of you!" She snarled, trying to deck him.

"I don't think so, Sheena!" Rand easily had her pinned to the bed.

"Let go of me!" She pushed against his chest, but he was too strong.

"We were one once and it will happen again." He silenced her protest by crushing his mouth down against hers.

"Never again, Rand! Let me go!" She tore her mouth away from his.

"No, for once I am going to do something that I should have long ago! You are mine, Sheena, and always will be!" Sheena was helpless to fight him off, because she was still half under the influence of the drug that Khan had given her.

(Castle of Lions)

Fawn snuck by the sleeping guards and entered the dimly lit room.

Kane lay on a bed with bandages on different parts of his body.

She crept silently to his bedside and sat down in the chair next to the bed. "Why would someone hurt you like this?" She whispered, as she reached out to brush the bangs out of his eyes.

Kane lay in the strange room and listened to the soft voice that was talking to him. He felt her fingers brush his forehead and forced himself not to open his eyes and frighten her. "My head…" He groaned out loud, causing Fawn to jump in her chair.

"Are you in pain?" She asked worriedly "I can go get Ashley or Max."

"No. I'm all right… please tell me where I am." He opened his eyes and looked at her for the first time. *My god, she's the most beautiful vision that I've ever seen!*

"You are in my home, the Castle of Lions. My sister and brother-in-law found you and brought you here." She stared at him with expressive doe eyes. *He's gorgeous! And he seems so nice, maybe Daddy is wrong about him…*

"Do they know who I am?" Kane groaned.

"You're obviously not one of the good guys, because Daddy has you under around-the-clock guard."

"Then they do know." He tried to sit up and pain shot across his chest.

Fawn jumped to her feet and pushed him back down to the bed. "No! Don't try to get up. You need to lie still."

Kane obeyed her and stared up at her face, "You have the most beautiful face, it's like I'm looking at an angel." He growled softly relaxing against the pillows. He liked the feel of her hands pressing against his chest. "Are you an Angel that has come to rescue me?" He whispered, his face was just inches from her own.

Fawn forced herself to look away from his mesmerizing gaze and jumped back away from him when she realized that she was still pressing him down on his back. "Is there a reason for those guards?" She asked softly.

"Once, maybe, but never again," He stared her directly in the eyes and she knew that he was telling her the truth.

Andromeda had managed to ditch Eric and snuck in to check on the boy. "So our young survivor is awake." She looked at Fawn and then at Kane and frowned.

"If Daddy catches you in here you'll be lucky to see the light of day for the next few weeks." Andy told her sister.

"I wanted to see him! He isn't what Daddy thinks he is!" Fawn hissed at her.

"There is a reason for those guards out there, little sister. Kane was very close to Khan!" Andy hissed back.

"Was close to Khan! Look at what he did to him!" Fawn snapped.

:Fawn, it's late and Daddy's being a grouch, so please just go to bed. I promise that I'll talk Daddy into letting you see him again.: Andy didn't want Kane to hear what she was saying to Fawn.

"I'm sorry, but I have to go." Fawn ran from the room.

"We meet again." Andy sat down next to his bed.

"The name is Kane, Princess. Now why did you save me?"

"We're the good guy's, kid. It's our job to help others. Why did Kahn work you over and then leave for dead?" Andy narrowed her eyes at him.

"I have a mind of my own and he decided that he didn't like the idea that I could think for myself." Kane snarled bitterly.

"That's enough for now. Rest well, Kane, because tomorrow you face my father." Andy grabbed her crutches and went to leave.

"Wait! Who was the girl that you chased away?"

"She's my adopted little sister and has been through hell and back. She's a very special young girl and we're very protective of her." Andy glared at him.

"I have no family, so she and I have something in common. I don't intend to hurt her. She's like no one that I've ever met before. I will tell you everything that you want to know about Khan. I've learned my lesson and will never go back to that way of life again." He was deadly serious.

"You've never been allowed to go along with any of Khan's schemes have you, Kane? He kept you hidden away and out of sight."

"I've been schooled and trained to do many things, Princess. But I have never sunk as low as Khan has." Kane frowned. "Does that help matters any?"

"Yes, Kane. Daddy might actually let you near Fawn." Andy winked at him.

"Fawn?"

"That's her name…goodnight, Kane." Andy left the room.

Hunk paced the Sit Room while Keith patiently listened to what was bothering him. "I don't get it! Why wouldn't she have told me about Khan being her brother?"

Keith took a deep calming breath before even trying to say anything to calm his friend. "Listen, Hunk, first you need to try to calm down, she's doing this because she wants to avenge Master Shey's death. Now as for her not telling you about Khan, well, that one is simple he ceased to be her brother when he killed their father."

Hunk slammed his fist into a nearby console. "I don't care! I want my wife back!" He roared, as he threw one of the chairs into the door in sheer frustration.

"Knock it off, Hunk, or I will use a tranquilizer gun on you!" Keith lost any patience that he had with Hunk and landed a flying kick to his midsection, sending him sprawling to the floor.

"We have to find her, Keith! Rand always hangs around Khan!" Hunk had tears of frustration shining in his eyes.

"She's a pro, Hunk, and knows how to handle Rand." Keith frowned.

"You don't understand, Rand will hurt her!" Hunk exclaimed in frustration.

"She's never lost against Rand. Why do you think it will happen now?" Keith growled.

"Once…she lost once a longtime ago." Hunk growled hoarsely.

"She's never told me about losing to him…" Keith sensed there was something else to this whole situation and he was going to find out what it was.

"It isn't something that she wants to remember!" Hunk broke down and told Keith the entire story about Rand and Sheena's past.

Andy hobbled her way towards the Sit Room, but found herself being swept up into Eric's arms.

"I'm still mad at you!" She pouted.

"Where are your crutches and why did you ditch me?" Eric growled down at her.

"I hate crutches, so I chucked them. I ditched you, because I'm still mad at you! Now put me down!" She hissed.

'Sorry, Angel, you are staying off that ankle, and if you won't use your crutches then you'll just be stuck in bed until that ankle heals.' Eric carried her past the Sit Room just in time to hear Keith and Hunk talking inside.

"Why is my uncle here?" Andy frowned.

"Sheena is missing. She went to confront Khan." Eric narrowed his eyes as he looked down at her. 'No way, Andy! I'm taking you home!'

'Please! I want to at least find out what's going on!' She pouted.

'You win, but then we're going home!' Eric entered the Sit Room.

Keith turned to look at them, when he saw the cast on his daughter's ankle, a look of pure guilt flashed across his face.

"How long has she been missing?" Andy asked, after Eric settled them both in his chair.

"Too long." Keith growled.

"I did that for your own protection. Why did you have to go and try to break the door down? Eric was going to let you out eventually." Keith sat down beside Eric.

"Kane is completely harmless, Daddy! You overreacted for no reason and I happen to hate closed in spaces!" She hissed at her father. "So, of course, I tried to break the damn door down! I wanted to get out!"

"Sorry, Dad. She won't go home and rest until she hears the entire situation." Eric glared down at his wife.

"She's my daughter, Eric. I'm used to this remember." Keith sighed in frustration.

"Don't tell me the two of you are going to rescue Sheena? Oh please, Daddy! You're so out of practice that you couldn't hit a target if you wanted to!" Her voice oozed with sarcasm.

Keith's face turned a frightening shade of red. "Andromeda Marie! You and I are going to have a long talk in private!" Keith got to his feet and snatched her out of Eric's arms.

"Let me go. Daddy!" She screeched in protest. "Eric! Do something!"

"Not this again! Dad, leave her alone!" Eric stood to his full height, a full four inches taller than Keith.

Keith narrowed his eyes at him daring him to try to stop him with his eyes. "I may be in my early forties, but I can take on any of you any day!"

Eric stood his ground, but Hunk wasn't in the mood for any of this. "Leave those two be, Eric. He and my niece need to talk." Hunk held Eric back as Keith carried Andy out of the room.

Max carried Ashley outside where they could talk in private. He didn't stop until they were at the center of the garden maze, where he sat her down inside the gazebo.

"You've wasted three years of our lives, because of a misunderstanding! Now you're going to sit there and listen to what I have to say!" Max glared at her.

Ashley glared murderously at him, her emerald eyes blazing with fury. "What do you want, Maximilian!"

"I want you! I love you, Dammit! You never gave us a chance! I'm not Ryan! I didn't cheat on you! Angel was helping me fix a special dinner for you! Hell, I was going to ask you to marry me!"

"I've never had any luck when it came to finding the right guy! When I do they end up falling for someone else! I just assumed that it had happened again and I wasn't about to stick around and watch!" She gasped when she was pulled up against him.

"Does this feel like I want anyone else, but you?!" Max kissed her until she was clinging to him and answering him kiss for kiss.

Tears streamed down her cheeks, as she gave into the feelings that she had kept hidden for the past two years.

"You are my heart. The only thing that's kept me sane was, because I knew that we still had a chance." He kissed away her tears.

"I love you too, Max, but I had to see if I could make it on my own." Ashley loved being in his arms again.

"You already were one of the best, but now you've more than made a name for yourself." Max smiled at her and pulled out a little ring box out of his pocket. "Marry me?" He asked her softly.

"Yes!" She threw her arms around his neck and kissed him.

Allura crawled out of bed and frowned when she saw that Keith had never even made it back to bed.

Midnight lay curled up on Keith's pillow and was continently snoring in his sleep. She reached down and scratched the cub behind his ears.

"What in the world?" She muttered aloud when she heard voices coming from the other room.

"Mother!" Andy shouted her plea for help, as she tried to escape her father.

Keith laid her across his knee and gave her another spanking.

"Daddy, that hurt!"

Allura stood in the doorway with her hands on her hips "What on Arus is going on out here!?" She wasn't at all pleased with either of them.

"Nothing, love. Our daughter and I are going to talk." Keith looked down at Andy and dared her to say anything.

"Mother, help me! Isn't it bad enough that I have a broken ankle?"

"What did you do now?"

"I told father that now that he's retired from fighting that he should stay home and let us get Aunt Sheena back."

"I'll handle this, Keith, just make sure that she doesn't escape." Allura narrowed her eyes down at her daughter.

Keith winced, as Night climbed up his back and onto his shoulder. :Don't move or I'll give you another spanking.:

:Mother! How can you take his side about this!?: She pouted.

:Silence!: Allura completely lost her temper.

"Your father came to this planet brought us Voltron and freed our galaxy from Zarcon's evil grasp! He is also the most respected leader of the three galaxies and an exceptional life mate and father! He can easily handle any situation and has not retired! Am I making myself perfectly clear?!"

"Yes, mother… I just don't want Daddy to get hurt like I was." Andy whimpered. "I'm sorry, Daddy. I guess that I've been taking you for granted lately."

"You have always fought me every step of the way, Andromeda. Now I am putting my foot down with you. You will go home and stay off that ankle and I don't want to hear another word of protest about this." Keith cuddled her in his arms like he used to do when she was little.

"I love you, Daddy." Andy sniffled.

"I love you too." Keith kissed her on the top of her head.

Hunk entered Kane's room. "Wake up, kid, I need some information." He snarled down at the teen lying unconscious on the bed.

Kane blinked open his eyes and focused on the face staring down at him. "What do you wish to know?" He croaked hoarsely.

"Here, kid, drink this and then tell me the location of Khan's base." Hunk poured him a glass of water.

"Thanks." Kane downed the glass of water and told Hunk what he wanted to know. "The entrance to the base is an old monastery near the summit of Mt. Alder."

"Thanks, Kid. One more question is Khan alone?" Hunk growled.

"No, he has his army, Rand, and Shaitan." Kane yawned sleepily. "Hey! Where did the big guy go?" He opened his eyes Hunk was gone.

(Khan's base)

Rand glared at Kari, as she continued to pace his quarters. "Go back home, Kari. You aren't needed here."

"I go where I want to. You know how I hate sleeping alone." She slinked up against him.

"I don't have time right now, Sheena, maybe later." Rand growled.

"Sheena!" Kari hauled off and decked him. "You just called me Sheena!"

"That was just a mistake, love. I meant to say Kari. I just keep hearing Khan mentioning her name all the time and that's the only reason that I said that." Rand covered his tracks by coming up with a quick lie.

"Why is Khan so interested in Sheena?" Kari hissed.

"Sheena is his little sister."

"I feel sorry for Khan. Sheena is such a bitch."

"The only bitch on this base is you." Rand muttered under his breath.

"What did you say!?" Kari snarled at him. "You bastard! You still love her!"

"No, Kari, I love you." Rand pulled her to him and silenced her with a kiss.

Khan entered his sister's room and found her huddled under the covers. "I'm surprised at you, baby sister. You usually aren't one to cower about anything." He walked over and touched her on the shoulder.

Sheena flinched at his touch. "Don't touch me!" She cried out as if he had struck her.

"What the hell's going on with you, Sheena?" Khan snarled.

"You've got a hell of a nerve to say that to me, big brother!"

"I haven't laid a finger on you. I left you in here so you could sleep off the aftereffects of the drug! Why the hell are you acting like someone attacked you?" Khan demanded.

"Rand was in the room! I told him everything!"

"He was told to stay the hell away from you!" Kahn roared.

"Well, big brother! Rand raped me!" Sheena screamed in frustration and anger.

"Then he's going to pay for that mistake with his life!" Khan stalked from the room.

Shaitan barged into his brother's quarters, causing an interruption during a crucial moment.

"This had better be life-and-death or you, little brother. Are a dead man!" Rand snarled.

Shaitan threw Rand his clothes. "Get out of here, big brother, before Khan liquidates you!"

Rand pulled on his clothes and glared at his brother. "Why? What would make him do that? After all, I'm his creation! He trained me."

"He's seeing red at the moment and isn't in his right mind." Shaitan hissed. "He just left a certain room, if you catch my meaning."

Rand grabbed his brother and they both vanished from the room.

"Men!" Kari fumed in frustration.

(Castle of Lions)

Fawn decided to bring Kane his breakfast and brought Night and the twins with her as chaperones.

"I'm bringing him his breakfast." Fawn put on her best princess act in front of the two men guarding Kane's room.

"Sorry, little one, but your father gave me strict orders no unauthorized visitors." Sushi growled.

To get what she wanted Fawn instantly turned on the waterworks, "I'm only feeding Kane. It's not like I'm trying to help him escape or anything! He's in traction where could he possibly go!?" Big wet tears steamed down her cheeks.

"'Aunt Fawn," Jessie whimpered.

"You bad made Aunt Fawn cry!" Jazz glared at Sushi.

"Now, Princess, don't cry. I'll let you in. Just please just stop crying!" The man begged.

"Thank you…" She got in another good sob before she entered Kane's room with the twins and cub following along behind her.

Kane had been listening to what was going on outside his room and couldn't help but smile, as he heard her work her magic on the poor guards outside his door.

"Good morning, Angel." He gave her his winning smile. "Who have you brought to see me?"

Fawn couldn't help, but smile back at him.

*I'm in love!* She thought. "Are you feeling better?"

*She's so beautiful.* Kane sighed to himself. "Yeah, I'm feeling much better. I've been focusing on healing my body, so I'll heal faster." He explained.

"Owie!" Jessie pointed to his bandages.

"No touch!" Jazz babbled, as she shook her head of red gold curls.

"So are they yours?" He arched a brow at her.

Fawn blushed crimson, smiling shyly at him. "No Silly! These are my nieces Jessica Raven and Jasmine Elizabeth Lawson. My sister Andromeda's twins. I'm only sixteen and I don't think that Daddy would approve of his sixteen-year-old daughter having three year-old twins." She giggled. "So you're trying to heal yourself using the power of your mind? That's fascinating my big sister can do that too."

"You are intelligent as well as beautiful, my little angel." He smiled at her and her heart seemed to skip a beat.

"My name is Princess Fawn Angelica Edwards and you are my Father's prisoner. I also know all about Khan, Shaitan, and Rand. So don't try to impress me by putting on this prince charming attitude, because it won't work!" Fawn wasn't so sure that she should trust him yet, so she put on her best ice princess attitude.

"So, my angel, has a temper and well she should. I'm well aware of who I used to be. Rand and Shaitan were always around Khan, but I was rarely around any of them, and I can assure you that I'm not in any way friends with infidels like them." He was dead serious and his eyes never left her own.

Fawn's tawny colored eyes instantly warmed when she saw that he was telling her the truth. "I never want to be used or hurt like that again! Those people murdered my parents and then gave me as a present to Jace." She whimpered.

"Shall I dispose of them after I've fully recovered?" Kane had instant murder on his mind and intended on hurting those who had hurt his angel.

Fawn jumped back from his bed in surprise when she saw that he meant what he was saying to her. "I brought you something to eat." She quickly changed the subject.

His aquamarine eyes went from a dark almost emerald green to a soft tranquil blue in seconds. "Thank you, angel. I'm starving, but I can't exactly feed myself because of my arm." He smiled.

Fawn pulled a stool up to his bed and reached down to set Jessica on her lap. "Jessie, you can help me feed Kane."

"I help." Jessie picked up the spoon and watched as the eggs fell back onto the plate.

"This is really cute, Angel, but I would like to have some food actually enter my mouth." Kane chuckled at the three-year-old's look of sheer concentration, as a spoonful of egg got fed to Kane.

"I good!" Jessie squealed happily.

"That's wonderful, sweetie, now go join your sister, while I feed Kane." Fawn smiled at her niece.

"Okay, Aunt Fawn." Jess smiled.

Kane behaved himself while Fawn fed him his breakfast.

"Why did Khan do this to you?" She finally asked what she'd been dying to ask him, but didn't have the courage until now.

Kane paused, as if trying to think of how to correctly answer her question. "I dared to tell him what I thought of him and he made me pay for it."

"Why would a father do that to his own son?" Fawn was at a loss for what to say to him, as she picked up the breakfast tray.

"My father? No, Angel. He isn't my father. Khan is my older brother." Kane corrected her.

"That's funny…" Fawn frowned at him in confusion. "Aunt Sheena told me that Khan was her only brother." Fawn left him to ponder her words.

"My Father?" Kane frowned, not wanting it to be true. *Is it possible?! That my own father treated me like shit all of my life and then tried to kill me when I tried to speak my mind to him?!*

(Khan's Base)

Hunk used his hard-earned abilities to easily enter Khan's domain. He was dressed in a black uniform identical to the ones that Khan's men wore.

"You! Guard! Go to my sister's quarters and make sure that no one but myself enters her room!" Khan gave Hunk a direct order.

Hunk nodded and went to go get his wife back.

"Leave my room!" She shouted at Hunk the moment that he entered her room.

Hunk had instant murder on his mind when he saw his wife eyeing him in terror from the bed with the sheet clutched to her chin. "Who did this to you?!" He growled in silent fury, as he carefully approached her bed.

Sheena was too far-gone to recognize Hunk's voice and instead of answering his question she screamed in terror at him. "Stay away from me!"

*Please don't let it happen to me again! Hunk, where are you! I need you!* Her voice screamed in her head.

Hunk sat down on the bed and showed her that it was him by removing his mask. "Sheena, it's me." He pulled her into his arms.

Sheena looked at her husband and then buried her face against his chest. "Hunk, get me out of here." She sobbed against his chest.

"Who did this to you?!"

"Khan gave me a drug and then Rand waited for Khan to leave before he attacked me! How could he do that to me?"

"Oh Sheena, I'm so sorry that he did this to you." He rocked her in his arms. "He'll pay for this with his life!"

"I just want to go home!" She whimpered.

"Where are your clothes?" Hunk frowned.

"Rand tore them off me..." She shivered.

"Did he hit you?"

"No…I was still too out of it to put up any a fight and caught up with too many forgotten memories." She whimpered.

"What did Khan give you?"

"A truth serum…"

"Oh gods, Sheena, no wonder… I'm so sorry that this happened to you." He cradled her trembling body in his arms.

"I had to remember everything! I told Rand everything! I had no choice and then he lost it and decided to take back what he claimed was his own!" The fury was just starting to kick in.

"Put this on! I'm getting you out of here!" Hunk had found her a spare uniform to wear.

Rand raced into a high security room and activated something on the far wall, which created a portal in the center of the room.

*Here goes nothing.* Rand muttered to himself and then jumped into the portal, just seconds before the room exploded into flames.

"What the hell!" Khan snarled. "The fool blew himself up!"

His men raced to contain the blaze the explosion had just created, but there were two of them that seemed to be trying to sneak past him.

*I don't have any women in my personal guard? * He used his favorite weapon to snag Sheena by the arm and then pulled her to him. "Hello, little sister, leaving so soon?"

"Let her go, Khan!" Hunk roared in fury and twenty armed guards tackled him to the floor, only to be sent flying in every direction when Hunk threw them off him.

"Secure him at once!" Khan roared at his men.

It took thirty men to wrestle him back to the ground and secure him with bindings.

"You, dear brother-in-law, may actually be of some use to me after all." Khan plotted his next move on how he was going to get his Queen.

"Let him go!" Sheena shouted angrily.

"No can do, baby sister. You see, as long as I have you, he has to do whatever I say." Khan grinned evilly.

(Hours later-Andy's home)

Andy slept soundly in her own bed, but then her dreams began to turn into semi-nightmares, as she watched various situations begin to unfold in her mind.

"What a weird dream!" She gasped sitting up in bed. She heard something in her daughters' room and went to investigate. "Ouch! Damn foot!" She snarled, as she grabbed her crutches.

"Mommy's coming, angels," She called to the twins.

She saw that her Uncle Hunk was talking to the twins. "Uncle Hunk? What are you doing here?" Andy frowned at him.

"Forgive me." Hunk shot her with a tranq dart.

"Why?" She whimpered as she fell to the ground. 'Eric! Help me!' She sent before she blacked out.

"I have no choice, but I won't let Khan touch you." Hunk carefully gathered her into his arms and vanished from the room.

Darian raced into the room to see why the twins were starting to wail and found Andy's crutches and the tranq dart. "Dammit! This is not good!" He used his wrist-com to contact Eric. "The kid is gonna stake me if something happens to Dromi."

(Somewhere in the Arusian Mountains)

"We should have tripled the guards around Andy!" He snarled when he heard her cry for help in his head and found that he had lost complete contact with her.

"Why! What's happened to my daughter?!" Keith demanded.

"She's been kidnapped by someone and that's all that I got from her before I lost contact. I can still feel her in my mind, but she isn't responding. They must have given her a really strong drug." Eric snarled in frustration.

"What the hell was Fang Face doing!? Sleeping on the couch!? He was supposed to watch over Andy and the girls!" Eric roared, as his Com-link started to beep at him. "What!?"

"Andy's missing. She went to check on the girls and then that's when they got her." Darian had a twin in each arm.

"How the hell did they get in through the dome? Only family knows the way in!" Eric snarled.

"Uncle Hunk went after Aunt Sheena…What if Khan had Aunt Sheena and has Uncle Hunk under his control?" Jenna frowned.

"She didn't seem to be afraid of whoever it was. She just asked them why they were doing this to her." Eric growled. "This is going from bad to worse! Darian, take the twins to the castle and make sure that everyone there is okay."

"Khan is a sneaky bastard, so be careful. He also isn't stupid, so watch yourself when you get to his base, and above all don't under estimate your opponent." Darian warned him.

"I won't."

"I don't like this, it screams set up." Allura frowned.

"We don't have much of a choice." Keith growled.

"I have a bad feeling about this." Drew and Tony frowned. They had tagged along with their parents, because they were on there second year at the academy, and now had some training under their belts.

"I just hope that Andy is all right." Ariel frowned.

"She's going to be fine, Ariel." Nate growled.

"She's okay, Ari. I'm not in any pain at the moment." Alex frowned.

"Alex, this is a bad idea, you should have stayed home!" Chris glared at his wife.

"I'm perfectly fine, Chris, and I don't plan on doing anything stupid, so relax!" She hissed back.

"If Kane is right then the base is just a few miles that way." Matt was the navigator and they were using speeders to get to Khan's base.

"Then let's go get everyone back." Eric growled.

(Khan's base.)

Andy awoke in a strange bed, not knowing where she was, and still half out of it from the tranq dart that someone had shot at her. "Where am I?" She whispered hoarsely and tried to make her eyes focus on her surroundings.

The room was fit for a queen; the furnishings were all priceless antiques.

She glanced down at herself to make sure that she was still in her nightgown and not one of those awful harem slave outfits. Then realized just how revealing that her nightgown was and pulled the sheet up to her chin to cover herself.

"So sleeping beauty finally awakens," A voice growled from the shadows of the darkened room.

Andy tried to sense who was in the room with her, but she was still to groggy from the tranq dart. "Who are you and why am I here?" She hissed.

The voice responded by laughing at her, "Come now, princess, surely you remember who I am." It chuckled.

Andy shivered, as she recognized the man's voice. "Why am I here?" She asked again.

"Because the lord and master wishes you to become his Queen. I however am much more suited for you." He walked out of the shadows and over to the bed.

"So you can what, Shaitan? Whip me again and cause me to lose another child!?" She was now fully awake and alert and mad as hell at the man standing beside the bed.

"That was unfortunate. No one knew that you were expecting!" Shaitan snarled at her. "Khan awaits your presence." He held up a red velvet fur-lined cloak. "Shall we go?"

Andy remained under the safety of the sheets. "No, Shaitan. I don't feel like it!" She glared at him in defiance.

"I suggest that you come quietly, although a tumble in bed with you does sound inviting." Shaitan eyed her with hungry eyes.

"Only in your sick minded dreams!" She hissed. "What makes you think that I'll let you live if I get out of this bed?"

Shaitan threw his head back roaring with laughter, "Because, hell-cat, Khan has Sheena and Hunk not to mention you have a broken ankle."

Andy gritted her teeth and threw back the covers. "You win, Shaitan! I will go see your master!"

Shaitan's eyes widened and his jaw dropped open at the sight of Andy dressed in a revealing negligee. "Have mercy…" He growled hoarsely.

"Eyes off, creep! I wasn't expecting to be kidnapped from my own bed!" She grabbed the cloak out of his hands and wrapped it around her. *Damn! I can't stand on my own! * She snarled to herself.

"Lawson is one very lucky man." Shaitan growled in envy. "Is there a problem, princess? Oh how stupid of me! You can't walk because of that cast on your ankle, so allow me to assist you." Shaitan swept her up into his arms.

'I hate this! I mean, I really, really hate this!' She sent to her husband.

'Hang in there, love. I'm almost there. Are they hurting you?' Eric sent back.

'No! Shaitan is carrying me and I'm on my way to see Khan! They have Aunt Sheena and Uncle Hunk! Are the girls okay?! You didn't kill Uncle Darian did you?!' She hissed back.

'Hold your temper, love; they won't hurt you as long as you still have that broken ankle. The girls are fine. I did not kill Fangs, and we know about Uncle Hunk and Aunt Sheena. Just sit tight and I will be there in a few minutes.' Eric remained calm, as he tried to calm her down.

'Hurry, I hate it here!' She whimpered.

(Castle of Lions)

Max and Ashley were all smiles as they made their rounds, until Darian ran into the castle with a twin in each arm.

"What's wrong, Darian? Where is Andromeda!?" Ashley instantly began to panic.

"Someone took her. Eric sent me here to the castle to make sure that all of you are safe. Did anyone try to take Kane?" Darian frowned at them.

"Everything is fine here. Fawn seems to be very attached to him. We just left his room and Fawn was napping in the chair by the bed with Night in her lap, while Kane seemed to be enjoying watching her sleep." Ashley was calm for a few moments and then let him have it. "Who could have gotten into the dome? Dammit! Darian, you were supposed to watch her!"

"Khan has Sheena, so we think that Hunk is the one who took her. You and I both know that her Uncle won't let anything happen to her. Eric is going to get her back." Darian tried to get Ash to calm down. "By the way, I'm Prince Darian Rohan McCloud." He smiled at Max. "You must be Dr. Maximilian Sinclair. It's nice to see Ashley smiling again."

"So you're Darian. It's nice to finally meet Dromi's favorite guardian and confidant." Max smiled at him. "My love has finally seen the light and has agreed to marry me." He winked at her. "Haven't you, my little flame?"

"Well, congratulations, you two. Andy will be thrilled when she hears the news." Darian grinned. :So he's the guy that you went running from? I don't think that he'll let you run from him again.: Darian sent to Ash and she nodded in response. "Well, I'm going to go look in on Lilly. I'll see the two of you later."

"Leave the girls with us. We'll watch them for a while." Ash took one of the twins and Max to the other. "Girls, this is your Uncle Max. Max, this is Jessica and Jasmine."

"Hi!" Jessie smiled.

"Hello there, little one," Max smiled at the little girl in his arms.

"Hello." Jasmine whimpered, as she clung to Ashley.

"It's okay, Jazz, everything is going to be all right." Ashley cuddled her in her arms.

"I know! Let's go get you two some ice-cream." Max smiled at them.

"Ice-cream!" Jazz's eyes lit up.

"Choca!" Jess chimed.

"Berry!" Jazz demanded.

"Well, I guess that answers your question." Ashley smiled at Max.

Kane watched his Angel snoozing in her chair. 'Is it possible that this is love at first sight?' Kane sent what he was thinking to her without even knowing it.

'You bet your life that this is love at first sight! Then again I'm only sixteen what do I know about love.' She frowned in her sleep.

Kane looked over at her sleeping form and frowned. She was still asleep, yet he could have sworn that she had just said something to him. 'I'm losing it! She looks so uncomfortable in that chair. I wish that she would let me hold her.' He sent again still unaware of his link to her.

Fawn squirmed around in her chair and tried to get more comfortable. 'Why don't you just ask me and yes this chair is very uncomfortable, but I don't want to hurt you by letting you hold me.' Fawn opened her eyes to look over at him.

"You are talking to me! I heard you loud and clear that time! This is so weird! I mean, I can speak using my mind that's as easy as talking to me, but this is very different like we share something special." Kane smiled at her.

"Were you thinking about love at first sight and then about you wanting to hold me?" Fawn frowned.

"And you answered me every single time." Kane nodded.

"I thought that I was just dreaming that, but it's okay if you want to hold me." She smiled shyly at him.

Kane made it so she could crawl in next to him. "See, this is much better than sleeping in that chair, besides this feels as natural to me as breathing." Kane covered them both up after he cuddled her against him.

"I agree." She smiled, as she drifted back to sleep.

'Sleep well, love. I will keep you safe.'Kane growled softly.

(Khan's)

Andromeda wasn't going to enter Khan's throne room being carried in Shaitan's arms. "Put me down. I can walk in there myself." She hissed.

Shaitan to her surprise was amazingly gentle when he carefully set her down on her feet. "Show me that you can walk and I won't carry you" He frowned at her.

"See, I can walk just fine!" She gritted her teeth and ignored the pain shooting up her leg. She entered the throne room like a Queen with her head held high as if this very meeting was disturbing her. "This had better be good, Khan! I have other plans for this evening!" She hissed in annoyance.

Khan marched over to her and scooped her up into his arms. "You stubborn, little fool! Why the hell didn't you carry her in!?" Kahn snarled at Shaitan.

"She wanted to walk, so I let her."

:I want you stay on that throne and behave!: Khan ordered her.

:As you wish, my lord.: Andy found that she was powerless against Khan's influence over her mind and she stayed where she was.

:That's better, now let me put this on you.: He placed the Tiara on her head.

:What the hell did you do to me!: She demanded.

:I've created a little device to block your mental abilities towards me.: He was amused when she glared at him.

:Are you afraid of me, Khan?: She taunted him.

:Be quiet if you wish to remain unharmed!: Khan order her sharply.

Andy continued to taunt him. "You're so low that you used your own sister as a pawn and my Uncle to do what you could never do yourself!"

"Silence!"

"Or what? You'll beat me and throw me away like useless garbage, just like you did to your own son!?" She snarled at him. "Yes, Khan. I know who Kane is! You must really feel big trying to murder your own flesh and blood!"

Khan slapped her hard across her face. "I said silence!"

Andy wiped the blood from her newly cut lip. "Bad move, Khan, my Uncle saw that." She watched as her Uncle came at Khan.

"Guards, detain him at once!" Khan ordered.

"You will not hurt my niece again!" Hunk roared, as he plowed through anything in his path.

Sheena was beginning to slowly snap out of her dazed state when she realized that Andy was sitting on the other side of Khan. "Andromeda?"

"Aunt Sheena, are you okay?" She hissed at her so Khan would not hear.

"Not really, but I'll make it out of here." She mouthed.

Andy suddenly found herself between Khan and her Uncle. "Uncle Hunk, we need to leave!" She hissed at him.

"I can't leave, Sheena." He growled.

"She'll be fine once we get her out of here!" Andy snapped.

"Have a nice flight, Khan!" Hunk picked up Khan and threw him at his men. "Let's get you both out of here. Sheena, can you walk?" Hunk growled.

"Yes, I can walk why? What's wrong?" Sheena hissed back.

"Andy has a broken ankle and I'm going to have to carry her out of here." Hunk hissed back.

"How the hell did she do that?" Sheena frowned at her niece.

"Long story tell you later, now lets go!" Andy hissed back.

Eric, Keith, Allura, Nathan, Ariel, Chris, Alex, Jenna, Matt, Tony and Drew all converged on Khan's stronghold.

"Tony, Drew, I want you to contain the grounds outside and take care of anyone who tries to escape." Eric ordered the twins.

"No problem, Eric, nothing will get by us." Drew grinned.

"Yeah! We can handle this with no problem." Tony grinned.

"I want Matt and Jen to accompany you, just to make sure that you have no problems." Keith growled softly.

"Yes, uncle." Jenna sighed.

"This is punishment for getting caught in the Neo isn't it?" Matt groaned.

"Dad! We can do this ourselves!" Drew protested.

"Yeah, Dad! Let us do this alone!" Tony snarled in frustration.

"This is not a drill here, boys! There are actual lives at stake here!" Keith snarled at his sons.

"You're right, Dad. We're sorry." They said in unison.

"I know that you two are good, just show me how you work as a team." Keith grinned at them.

"Now that we have that settled. Ariel, Alex, Chris, and Nate will secure the ground floor. Keith, Allura, and I will find Andy, Uncle Hunk, and Aunt Sheena." Eric snarled in frustration.

"If you need back-up just yell into your Mic." Keith lectured the twins.

"Let's go people. I expect to successfully have this mission completed in no more than two hours." Eric growled.

"Why the time limit?" Drew frowned.

"Trust me, kid, you'll understand in a few more years." Eric grinned.

Inside the compound Khan and his men were trying to subdue Hunk.

"Take care of him now!" Khan got back to his feet.

"Uncle Hunk, take Aunt Sheena and go. I will take care of Khan." She hissed at him.

"What about you?!" Hunk snarled and swept Sheena up into his arms. "You can't fight him with a broken ankle!"

"I will be fine! Now get her out of here!" Andy snarled at him.

"No!"

"Eric is here! He will save me! Now go!"

"Good luck, Andy. I sure hope that you know what you're doing!" Hunk barreled his way out of the room.

"You are a fool, Princess Andromeda of Arus!" Khan now had his whip in his hands and was ready to teach her a lesson.

Andy forced herself to remain calm. "No you're the fool, Khan! I never used my mental abilities when fighting. I just discovered them a few years ago!" She hissed at him, as she got to her feet and let the cloak slip to the floor.

Khan's concentration vanished at the sight of her in near nothing. "No matter, you fear me now and that's all that I need to control you."

"I use my fear to work for me instead of against me." Andy forced herself to block out any pain from her ankle and kicked the whip out of his hands.

"You are one lucky female, Andromeda." Khan growled, as he clenched his hand in pain.

"I've only twice in my lifetime and the second time was because of you and your dirty underhanded evil ways! I don't intend for it to happen again!" She went on the attack.

Khan found himself challenged by her.

"Come on, Khan! Let's see how good you really are!" Andy challenged him.

Khan met her challenge. "Yes, let's see exactly how much you've learned!" He fought back, but to his surprise he found that even with her ankle in the cast she was able hold her own.

"My father was your father's greatest student and I happen to be his daughter! I surpassed my father when I was twelve. So you can't win against me in a fair fight!" She snarled at him.

"I don't fight fair." He grabbed her by her hair and pulled her head back.

"The hair is off-limits, Khan!" She kicked him across his face with the foot with the cast on it which sent him reeling backwards.

"I am only letting you play, because I wish it!" Khan used his mind on her.

"Get out of my head!" She dodged the whip, as he tried to use it on her.

"No, I happen to like your mind." Khan increased his control over her thoughts.

"Never!" She hissed, as her head began to pound.

"Submit to me and the pain goes away!" Khan snarled.

"Never!"

"You are powerless, Andromeda, and are now under my control." He now had complete control over her mind and she stood calmly by his side.

Eric gasped as pain overtook him, Andy's pain, and then he felt nothing. It was as if someone had shut her out of his mind. "Andy's in trouble!" Eric took off running.

"Eric! Get back here! She isn't herself! Khan has control of her mind!" Keith grabbed Allura and chased after Eric.

"Andy isn't in control!? She could really hurt Eric!" Allura hissed.

Eric ran into the throne room to find Andy sitting meekly next to Khan wearing only a nightgown and a crown. "Andy, let's go home." He growled.

She stared blankly at Eric. "Do I know him, my lord?"

"No, my darling, he is no one. Please be an angel and take care of him for me." Khan kissed her hand.

"As you wish, my lord," She rose to her feet and picked up Khan's whip.

"Andromeda. It's me Eric, your husband, the man that loves you!" Eric jumped out of the path of the whip.

"I live to obey my Lord Khan." She hissed, as she lashed at Eric with the whip.

Eric held up his protected arm and disarmed her. "You hate Khan! Look at your hand and remember all the pain that he caused you!" He used his voice to influence her mind.

"I…" She wavered her denial.

"You love me, Andromeda, kill him!" Khan snarled.

"I must obey, my lord!" She faced off with her soul mate.

"I can't let you kill me, lioness..." Eric blocked her move for move.

"Help me, Eric! I can't control my actions!" Andy broke Khan's hold on her mind and pleaded to Eric for help.

"Where did you get that choker?" Eric snarled.

"My Lord, gave it to me!"

"Remove it and you'll be free of his control." Eric was still only blocking her moves.

"Don't listen to him, love. Now do as I say kill him!" Khan remained in control.

"I must kill you…I must obey." She let Eric have it with a barrage of lethal kicks, which Eric barely had time to block.

Keith and Allura now entered the room. "Andromeda Marie! You will stop this at once!" Keith vanished then appeared behind his daughter.

"Let go of me! I must obey, Khan!" Andy couldn't break the hold that her father had on her.

"Andy, what is wrong with you!? Allura shouted at her.

"Let her go!" Khan snarled at Keith.

"Not as long as she's like this!" Keith glared at him. "Fight him, Andy! Remember your training!"

"I must obey, my Lord Khan!" She snarled in fury and kicked her feet at Eric.

"Andy, listen to me we have twins! Jessica Raven and Jasmine Elizabeth, they need their Mommy, you have to fight him dammit!" Eric took his knife out and tried to cut at the choker around her throat.

Andy finally freed herself from her father and tossed him at her mother's feet. "Stop this please! I can't handle being pulled in two directions at once!" She grabbed at her head and dropped to her knees in agony.

"I'll kill you for this, Khan!" Eric tackled him to the floor.

"You are nothing but a plaything for Andromeda. She needs a real man not a pet!" Khan snarled at him, as he struggled to get free.

"Plaything! You bastard! I'll show you who is the plaything!" Eric began to pound Khan's face in.

Shaitan leaped in and pried Eric off Khan and then threw a flash grenade filled with some new substance at Eric.

Keith saw what was going to happen and dove to cover him. The grenade exploded near Keith's face blinding him instantly. "My eyes!" Keith rubbed at his eyes when they started to burn.

"Keith! No!" Allura ran to her husband's side, only to be grabbed by two of Khan's men. "Let go of me!" She snarled. 'Keith!'

"You bastard! This wasn't your fight, Shaitan, but since you insist on fighting! Let's dance!" Eric kicked him, so hard that he went flying through a window. "Now it's you and me, Khan!" Eric faced off with Khan.

Andy stared at the man crawling towards her. "Help me please." She whimpered through her tears.

Keith blocked out everyone, but his daughter's plea for help. Although, blinded by the dust he reached his child, and then removed the choker from around her throat. "You lose, Khan." Keith snarled.

Andy was instantly back in control and furious with whoever had blinded her father. "Daddy, what have they done to you?!"

Keith hugged her fiercely. "I will be fine. I always did enjoy fighting Khan blindfolded when I was a kid." He tried to reassure her.

"I'll kill Shaitan for this!" She headed for the window, taking the two guards that were holding her mom out with two lightning swift blows. Her ankle injury was no longer a factor, but killing Shaitan was so she jumped out the window after her prey.

"Andy?" Eric frowned, as he continued to pummel Khan.

"Go after her, Eric. I'll finish Khan." Keith got to his feet and prepared to fight Khan.

'No, Keith, you can't!' Allura cried in terror.

"I understand, Dad, and good luck." Eric bowed to Keith.

"He'll need it." Khan growled.

Eric gave Khan a look. "I wasn't referring to, Keith. It's you who's going to need all the luck, because that's Andy's father and he was your father's greatest student." Eric grabbed Allura and jumped out the window.

Shaitan landed on his backside right in front of the twins.

"What did you do to our Dad?!" Drew snarled at Shaitan.

"Yeah!" Tony echoed.

"Well, well, well if it isn't Keith's two teenage wannabe's." Shaitan smirked at the twins.

"We can take on you and win…" Drew snarled.

"… With one hand tied behind our backs." Tony finished his twins challenge.

"Let's see you try and take me on." Shaitan growled.

"Let's get him, bro!" Drew attacked from one side.

"Let's take him down to avenge Dad!" Tony went at him from the other side.

"The only ones that are going down are the two of you." Shaitan promised the boys.

Tony kicked at Shaitan's face and was thrown off his feet when Shaitan hit him with a countermove. Drew threw punches at him that Shaitan easily blocked, before sending him flying with a counterpunch to his jaw.

(Man, this guy is good, Tony!) Drew got back to his feet.

(We can take him if we fight together as a team!) Tony flipped over Shaitan and landed next to his twin.

"You're both pathetic! I expected more of a challenge from the sons of Keith!" Shaitan sneered.

"Get him!" They hit him with and all-out attack, causing Shaitan to actually have to go on the defensive.

"That's more like it, now you almost resemble your father."

"What did you do to our father!?" Drew landed a kick to Shaitan's midsection.

"Let's just say that your father will probably never see the light of day again!" Shaitan laughed at the twins. "I'm bored with this fight." He threw Drew over his shoulder.

"Drew!" Tony shouted, only to find himself joining his twin. (He's way to strong for us! We need to go find Matt and Jenn!)

(I'm not stupid, Tony! Now run before he tears us in half!) Drew vaulted to his feet and they took off running.

"Get back here, you cowards!" Shaitan raced after the twins.

Ariel and Nate had Khan's men piled in a heap in the main dining hall of Kahn's compound.

"That was way too easy, Red. I wonder how Eric and the rest of the team are doing." Nate frowned.

"Alex, munchies time is over! We need to go find Mom and Dad! Something isn't right!" Ariel snarled at her sister, who was munching on a sandwich.

"I'm hungry! So I fixed myself a snack! Andy's back in control and madder than hell at Shaitan for something that he did to Daddy." Alex ran over to the window.

"Did I forget to mention that Alex is expecting?" Chris winced when Ariel slugged him in the face.

"She's what?! And you let her come with us!?" Ariel snarled at Chris.

"I am not going to sit around while my baby sister is in trouble! Why are our baby brothers fighting Shaitan?" Alex shouted at the others, who ran over to see what was going on.

"I'll explain that when you explain why Andy is jumping out of that window in next to nothing!?" Nate and Chris both had their eyes glued to their sister-in-law.

"We quit explaining her actions when she was six." Ariel and Alex stated at the same time.

"Where's Eric?" Chris frowned.

"Right there and he has your mother with him!" Nate watched, as Eric jumped out the window with Allura over his shoulder.

"Why does he have my mother over his shoulder like that? Where's Daddy?!" Alex snarled at Chris.

"This means that Keith must be fighting Khan alone and he might need us to back him up!" Chris snarled, as they all raced out of the room.

Jenna and Matt were killing time waiting for the others by making out under a tree. There were dozens of men subdued and tied up in a nice neat pile on the ground beside them.

The boys were running in terror from Shaitan and on a direct course for Matt and Jenn.

Jace, was trying to sneak up on the two lovebirds, but stepped on a tree branch alerting them to his presence.

"Did you hear that?" She gasped, as Matt started to nibble on her ear lobe.

"Relax, Jen, we're alone and the guards are still out cold." He growled into her ear.

"My twin is nearby." Jenna frowned.

"That loser?" Matt chuckled.

"Loser!" Jace roared, as he pulled Matt away from his sister, and nailed him with a right cross to the jaw.

Matt retaliated by hitting him back. "Yes, Jace! You're a pathetic loser!" He snarled.

The two of them launched into all-out battle.

The twins raced by Jenna followed by a furious Shaitan.

"Get back here you, little cowards!" Shaitan roared.

Jenna tripped her Uncle and demanded some answers. "What's going on here!?"

Her Uncle spit dirt out of his mouth and glared at his niece. "I'm going to kill Keith's sons!"

"I don't think so, Uncle!" Jenna hissed and threw a handful of sand into his face.

"Why you, little brat!" Shaitan snarled.

"Jenna, go after the twins, and make sure that Matt is still okay. Shaitan is mine." Andy appeared before them.

"Are you sure about this? What about your ankle?" Jenna frowned.

"I'm fine! Now go!" Andy hissed at her and she took off running.

"Hello, Princess. I'm surprised that your night wear is still in one-piece." Shaitan squinted at her.

"What's wrong, Shaitan? Do you have something in your eyes?" She hissed.

"I can still handle you, Andromeda, so if you want me come and get me." He snarled.

"So are you ready to die?"

"Not really, but you can try and attempt to kill me if your heart is set on doing so." He taunted her.

"Why did you do that to my father?"

"You tell me, Andromeda? Why do you always interfere between your father and my brother?" He shot back her question.

"You are so dead, Shaitan!"

"What are you going to use to fight me with?" He laughed at her, as he drew his own sword.

"You can't fight what you can't see!" She hissed at him and vanished. Her gown was beginning to fall off her.

"Have you gone yellow? Has your fear of me finally surfaced?"

"In your dreams, Jerk! I just didn't want to give you a cheap thrill!" She hissed from somewhere in the shadows.

"I will find you eventually, brat!"

Eric set Allura back on her feet. "Why did we leave Keith!?" She punched him across the face.

"Look, Mom, he's going to be fine, after all he's still the best." Eric tried to explain, as he rubbed at his sore jaw.

Allura began to pace in front of the compound. "Where the hell is the rest of the team and where is Andy?!" She snarled.

"Up here, Mom." Andy hissed from her perch in one of the trees.

"What are you doing hiding up there?" Allura frowned.

"No time to explain! Get me Eric." She hissed back. Her nightgown was now gone and she was clad only in her bikini underwear.

"Get down here!" Eric stalked over to the tree.

'I can't, darling…um…you didn't by chance bring something for me to wear did you?' She hissed at him.

'This is no time for a change of outfits! You will just have to live with that piece of silk that you're wearing! How the hell did you get up there in the first place? You still have a broken ankle!?' Eric climbed up to get her.

'Eric, I lost my nightgown and I'm trying not to think of how much pain I'm in!' She hissed back.

'That's nice, love…You what!' He snarled.

'Quit drooling and get me something to wear!' She hissed.

'Put this on!' He tossed her a black bodysuit.

'Quit snarling at me! I wasn't expecting to be kidnapped out of my own bed.' She wailed in frustration. 'I was planning on seducing you!'

'We will continue this later. Are you sure that you can fight? Ash is going to have my head as it is, so it's okay with me as long as you can do this.' Eric handed her a metal Bo staff.

'I'm fine.' She lied through her teeth, but she wanted to kick Shaitan's tail bad enough to endure the pain that her ankle was afflicting on her.

Khan laughed in Keith's face. "You never could fight me."

Keith used Khan's voice to guide his movements. "I was never allowed to really fight you, because your father forbade it." He was calm and in complete control.

"He just didn't want his star student to get hurt!" Khan slashed his whip at Keith.

Keith ignited his sword and sliced the whip in half. "Try again, Khan." He growled.

Khan moved to a control panel and tried to activate the base alarms. "I am far from finished, Keith."

Keith expecting that and kicked at Khan's hand the minute he tried to flick the switch. "Khan, I'm blind not stupid!"

Khan felt his fingers break from the blow to his hand. "You're just itching to die aren't you, Keith?" He snarled through gritted teeth. He was now standing beside his throne.

"No, but if you aren't careful you will be." Keith threw ten stars at Khan's throne; all of them hit their target.

Khan began to sweat in fear. Keith was now staring him in the eyes and there was no fear just anger. "Games over, Keith!" Khan began fighting him with every move that he knew.

Keith easily blocked and then matched him move for move. "I'm really in no mood for this!" Keith then began to attack Khan, as if he intended to kill his opponent, and within the span of a few minutes Khan found himself defeated by a blind man.

"This isn't over, Keith! I will have this planet and then I will make your daughter my Queen!" Khan used his last ounce of energy to push Keith off balance and made his escape.

Keith stood on his feet furious, but unharmed except for the loss of his sight. *I will not call anyone for help! I can get out of here on my own!* He was not happy that he was blind.

Nate, Chris, Alex, and Ariel all watched the fight in silence.

Nate even used his holo-recorder to capture the master at work. "

"What did Khan mean by Daddy being blind?" Ariel hissed at Nate.

Nate watched Keith, as he fought Khan. "He doesn't know his surroundings."

"Something's wrong with Daddy." Alex whimpered, as they watched Keith take down Khan and then stand there and let him escape. "Why isn't he going after Khan?"

"I don't know, Alex, but I'm going to find out." Chris walked over to Keith and put a hand on his shoulder. "Are you okay, Dad?" He asked.

"I'm blind, Chris, but other than that I'm fine!" Keith snarled.

"Daddy!? What happened?! Who did this to you!?" Ariel and Alex ran over to their father.

"Shaitan did this to me; now let's get out of here!" Keith headed for what he thought was the exit.

"I'll help you, Dad." Nate started to guide him.

"I can do this myself!" Keith roared in frustration.

"No you can't! Chris and I are going to be your eyes." Nate and Chris each took an arm and guided him out of the base.

Andy gritted her teeth, as she landed on her feet in front of Shaitan. She flicked the levers on the Bo and blades popped out of the sides of the staff. "Now where were we?" She hissed.

Shaitan arched a brow when he saw what weapon she had chosen to use. "I was going to teach you a lesson."

Andy arched a brow at him and then glanced up into the tree. "Say that again." She hissed at him.

"Yes, please, repeat what you were planning to do to my wife!" Eric jumped down from the tree and landed on his feet next to her.

"What's wrong, Dromi? Can't you fight without Eric?" He sneered.

"I can, but then he is my partner for life, so I choose not to fight without him." Andy hissed back and her answer surprised both men.

"I love you." Eric smiled at her.

"I know." She disarmed Shaitan and then knocked him out with her Bo staff.

"Come here, you." He pulled her to him for a long kiss and she cried out in pain. "I knew that you were lying to me about your ankle." He swept her up into his arms.

"I had to focus on the situation, but now it's really catching up to me." She whimpered against his chest.

Jenna pulled Jace off Matt and then knocked out her twin. "I think that you and Jace were about even, but I really want to go home now." She smiled at Matt.

Matt frowned at Jace and then at Jenn. "He's good, maybe even as good as you, but I still think that you're the better twin."

Jenna shrugged her shoulders and grinned. "I'm the female twin, it is only natural that I be better, besides look at how Shaitan turned out and he's Rand's brother."

Allura and the twins joined them. "Eric and Andy have Shaitan. So where are the others?" She frowned.

"And where exactly did the two of you decide to hide?" Jenna asked the twins.

"We were protecting our Mom!" They shouted.

Allura sighed in frustration, but didn't deny their explanation. "Yes, well…Keith!" She raced over to her husband, who was being helped by Nate and Chris.

"I'm fine, angel." Keith hugged her and then kissed her soundly.

"You are not fine, but you will be when we get your eyes looked at." She sighed in relief.

"Let's go home." Keith growled.

Eric appeared with Andy sound asleep in his arms because of the shot that he had given her for the pain. "You heard the man, let's go home. Andy hurt her ankle even worse and Dad needs his eyes checked over." Eric growled.

Ashley put Keith through a battery of tests, all of which came to one conclusion, that his sight would be regained in time. "Good news, Keith. This condition isn't permanent, but it may take a week or maybe a month to get your sight back."

"That's just wonderful, Ashley!" Keith stalked out of the room.

Allura gave Ash an apologetic look and raced after Keith. "I'm sorry. He just doesn't know how to react about this."

Eric entered the room with Andy in his arms and Max carrying the twins. "That bad, huh?" Eric asked guilt laced his voice.

"He seems to think so, but he'll get his sight back. It's just going to take a little time for them to heal." Ashley sighed in frustration. "So what damage did she do to her ankle?" She asked Max.

"Nothing else was damaged. The cast protected her ankle." Max set the girls down and then went to pull her into his arms "It's okay, love. He's just upset and isn't mad at you.

"Eric, stop feeling so guilty. This wasn't your fault." Andy frowned at her husband.

"This sure feels like my fault." Eric muttered to himself.

"Now am I seeing things or are you two back together? And is that an engagement ring that I see on your finger?" She frowned at Ash and waited for an answer.

"To answer your question yes we are backed together and yes I agreed to marry him." Ashley smiled at her friend. "Now, I want you back home in bed and off that ankle!"

"Congratulations, guys!" Eric and Andy smiled.

"I was just about to take her home. We just needed to see how Dad was doing and get the girls." Eric grinned.

"I don't see you snarling at Alex for going on the mission and she's expecting twins." Andy pouted.

"Don't worry, Dromi, she'll snarl at Alex tomorrow when she sees her." Max grinned.

Next Chapter Ten

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