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Enemy My Friend
Arus
arus-dot-geo-at-yahoo-dot-com
Voltron and its characters are owned by World Event's Productions.
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Chapter 6
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-----Arus-----
Pidge looked over the roughly sketched starmap that was in the book and Allura pulled up the one that Anala had sent her. Pidge compared the two maps together and then stared up at the view screen before him of the known system around them.
"Neive, what else does the book say about this planet?"
Neive looked through the book deciphering the hand written passages. "The visitor did once try to show me, of where he came from, the unknown planet called Argos," he read. "To the night sky, one autumn evening, he pointed to a faint star, low on the horizon, nearly a span in distance from the brightest, known as Aranadine; on that one clear night, he spoke very little of the planet he once called home."
"Aranadine?" Neive asked.
"Why does that name sound familiar?"
"Well, he did mention, low on the horizon, right?" Pidge asked. "In Arus' autumn?"
Neive nodded as Pidge then typed furiously at the panel before him.
"We'll let the computer figure this one out, since we are looking at 2400 years ago, some of the stars and systems have moved or disappeared."
They watched the view screen before them shifted the planets in accordance with the young boy's calculations.
"Where did you say that this book would have been kept when it was written?" Pidge asked.
"The city of Modena, but it doesn't exist today," Neive stated.
"What hemisphere was it in?"
"Arus' northern hemisphere, near the Great Sand Lake," Neive said.
Pidge typed in the new information and let the computer compute the placement of the planets.
"Now this would represent what we would have seen if we were already in space," Pidge stated. "Now, we apply the information from this map as if we were looking from Arus to the sky, around where Modena was."
The screen changed, to mimic the night sky. He then fed the computer the names of the planets that were used in the book and then used that to tell the computer to give their present day names.
The name of the planet mentioned from the manuscript was clearly labeled and soon, as the computer recalculated Pidge's information and bring the map up to present day status, the name of the Planet then blinked in red.
Allura stood up as she stared at the small blip on the screen.
"Planet Doom."
Suddenly, the door to the study slid open, flooding the dimly lit room with the light that came in from the hallway. Coran stood there, wearing an expression as if something wrong had happened.
"Princess," Coran stated. "Incoming emergency call from Vallis, it's Queen Anala."
"What is it?" she asked.
"She's been kidnapped."
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-----Control Room-----
"Im trying to get it back up."
Keith stood over the shoulder of the Arusian guard who was trying to re-establish communications with Vallis.
"Whatever you do, try not to lose the signal," Keith stated. "We have to find out what happened."
"I'll do my best, sir," the guard stated.
The doors to the control room slid open as Allura quickly ran up to the control panel to see what was going on.
"We just lost the signal with Vallis," Keith stated.
"Sir, the signal is bouncing back to us," the guard reported. "It's as if some kind of electrical field is preventing any type of communication."
"What?" Allura asked.
The doors to the control room slid open again as the rest of the Voltron Force and the Beta Team entered the control room.
"Sir!"
Keith turned back to the guard as he answered one of the signals from the control panel.
"Detecting an unauthorized presence in the lower levels," he stated. "It's moving fast."
"What?" Keith asked as he leaned over the guard. "Where is it headed?"
"Straight here, sir," the guard answered.
"Guard the doors!" Coran ordered.
The control room doors started to slide close as four guards prepared for any intruder that would try to enter. But before the doors closed completely, something zipped pass them, and whatever it did, the four guards were now lying on the ground before them.
Keith stepped away from the control panel, as he stood before Allura as whatever had entered the room could not be seen. Lance reacted by withdrawing his weapon, but Keith ordered him to holster.
"Sir, signal to Vallis is finally coming through," the guard behind him announced.
Xue's frantic face filled the view screen of the control room as the members of both Voltron Force scanned the room for the unseen intruder.
"Keith, whatever you do, protect the princess!" Xue nearly yelled before the screen exploded before them.
Keith shielded Allura from the flying debris, as sparks rained down on them. He then slowly stood as everyone then stared to the middle of the room where a lone figure stood, wearing a dark cloak.
Allura got to her feet as she too then noticed the cloaked stranger.
"Who are you?" Coran demanded. "How dare you.."
The stranger then lowered the hood of the cloak, to reveal a young tanned-skinned woman with eerily cold grey eyes. She turned to Coran, who now stood speechless.
"Malora telvin Ayate Allura?" she asked.
Neive suddenly stepped forward. "Malora telvin?" he asked.
"What is it?" Katherine asked.
"She's speaking Arussian," he stated. "She just asked where is Princess Allura."
The woman then turned to him as she kept her gray eyes on his.
"Melte vuniz wynet iiuve alesr mednea trise," she said.
"I am here to deliver a message," he said.
"Ayate Allura."
"To Princess Allura."
"What business do you have here?" Lance demanded. "Why do you attack us?"
The woman then turned to him. Without so much as a change in her expression, she held out her arm in his direction, cupping her hand and slowly lifted. The action was met with Lance's own gasping as he was suddenly lifted 2 feet off the ground as he struggled to breathe.
"Hwewve kyuupi nevare mentela nieve," she said.
"Do not attempt to anger me further," Neive translated.
"Fellars kepu, keputai ni philar nemte kilarme nisen ihiand loadic," she said.
"You must be subjected to a trial, to determine your worth," Neive again translated.
"Our worth?" Katherine asked.
"Stop it!"
Allura stepped forward as the woman then turned to her. "I am Princess Allura, and this is my castle that you have invaded."
The woman's grey gaze then met with hers as she continued to hold Lance by an invisible force.
"Monea idaodia ndiald ialdiah mduand oaldnai. Dialnai oldaic ialidt laocnio ciiola," the woman stated. "Alamnte kilaris kdal Ylren."
"Your planet has not been tested as of yet. Your bravest of knights must be tested," Neive translated. "And so does the power of...Ylren?"
"Ylren?" Keith asked.
The woman then turned to him. "Vir'ase, Ylren." she stated.
"What did she just say?" Katherine asked.
"I dont know," Neive said. "She's not speaking Arussian."
"" If you are trully, Ylren, young one, you will understand what I am saying. ""
Keith looked at her in shock. She smiled. "" So it is true, you have returned. ""
"Keith," Allura said.
He held his hand up to her as he again faced the strange woman.
"What have you done with my sister?"
"" She will be fine, "" the woman stated. "" But in order for you to see her again, you must come to Argos. ""
"Argos?" Keith asked.
The woman then released Lance as he crumpled to the floor. Neive and Hunk rushed to him as they helped him to his feet, coughing to breathe again. She then reached into her robes and pulled out a silver tube, and tossed the object toward where Allura was standing. Keith instead caught the message as Allura continued to stare at the woman.
"Follow the message, Princess of Arus," the woman stated. "You must be on Argos, by sundown of the next Arusian day."
"Argos?" Allura asked.
The woman then disappeared, catching them off-guard, but soon reappeared near where Katherine was standing, and immediately grabbed her and held her by her neck.
"You have 1 day to comply."
She then brought her cloak up and soon, both were gone.
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-----Doom-----
Zeya leaned against the pane of the window as she sat on it's sill as Lotor read over her report.
"Are you sure?" was all that he asked when he finished.
"It didn't take much to get this information," she said as she stood. "They are a race of angels as it seems."
"That is putting it mildly," Lotor stated.
"And also that incident with the Captain 3 months ago," she said. "It was so detriment to him that Galaxy Garrision put him on extended leave, until he returned," she said as she grabbed the report from him. "And now, they've sent a discharge request."
"Discharge?"
"Some human rite to say they will not be a part of military service anymore," she stated. "He would become just an ordinary citizen, of any planet, should he choose."
"And why would the Galaxy Alliance want to request a discharge?"
"I think it has to do with the added responsibilities he's suddenly earned, that is, after learning of his true birthright," she stated. "If anything should happen to his sister, he would secede to the throne of Vallis."
Lotor looked up at her and then stood from where he was sitting.
"This does complicate things a bit, doesn't it?" he asked. "If both siblings are lost, who would rule Vallis in their place?"
"Their mother, it would seem until, at which point, the people would vote in their next leader."
"Good work, Zeya," he stated. "Who did you have to torture to get this information?"
"Not so much torture," she said as she looked at him. "I've had an informant on Vallis for quite a while now, and one in the top ranks of the Galaxy Alliance. With the right coercion, I was able to get the information I needed."
Lotor smiled. "Now, if we can use this information we have, we can develop a great strategy to get rid of the Voltron Force."
"Sorry, sire."
Zeya and Lotor looked to the door as a young slave girl stood there.
"Your father wishes to see the both of you." she stated.
Zeya looked to her brother. "Well that's a first," Zeya stated. "He has so much said all of ten words to me upon my return, and now he wants to see me?"
"Be happy; he has more than 1000 words to say to me on a daily basis," he stated.
"Well, let's see what the old coot wants."
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-----Doom Throne Room-----
Lotor and Zeya entered the throne room just as Zarkon stood. The old king then signlaed for the guards to open the doors to the throne room.
The strange old man that they had seen a couple of days prior entered, who was then followed by tow other younger people. Behind the three, two young women were escorted in by Zarkon's guards.
Zeya placed her hand on Lotor's arm as she stared at one of the women who was shackled.
"That's her," she said.
Lotor spied the young raven haired woman who was followed behind another girl, whom he had come to know as the commander of the Voltron Beta Team.
"That's Anala," Zeya insisted.
"Are you sure?" he asked.
"Yes," she said. "And that dark skinned man, I saw him on Vallis before I left."
"Roaman," King Zarkon greeted the older gentleman.
"King Zarkon," he answered. "I bring you gifts."
The Doom guards pushed Anala and Katherine foward, but tugged on the chains that held them which caused them to kneel on the ground.
"I believe you are familiar with Commander Katherine Leonhart," Roaman stated. "This is Queen Anala of Vallis."
"Vallis?" Zarkon asked then turned to Lotor as he and Zeya slowly approached. "Wasn't that the planet with that lunatic named Kelar?"
"A long time ago, it looks it," Lotor stated as he turned to the two women.
"What is this all about, father?" Zeya asked.
"With your permission, my king, we will be using them as bait to lure your enemies to their...demise," Roaman stated.
Lemille looked to him in shock. "Roaman.."
The older man raised his hand to her.
"Yes, yes," Zarkon stated. "It seems that everything is going as planned?"
Anala looked around the throne room as she struggled against the shackles around her wrists. She looked to the one called Lemille seeing that what the other man said did not seem to be what she had expected. She knew that all that was going on did not meet the approval of everyone there. Her gaze then shifted as she noticed Katherine working on her own bonds.
"We will depart tomorrow to Argos," Roaman stated. "All I ask is for a small garrison of your robot soldiers and the presence of your son and daughter."
"Lotor & Zeya."
The two siblings turned to King Zarkon.
"Do you agree to trust Roaman and his plan?"
"If it means the downfall of our enemies, we can only enthusiastically agree, father," Zeya stated.
"Good," the king said. "Escort our guests to a comfortable room."
"Yes, sire."
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-----Doom-----
"Damn my wrists are killing me," Katherine stated as the guards removed their shackles and then closed the door as they left. The audible sound of the door locking shut signaled that they'd be there for a while.
Anala nodded. "I'm sorry, that we were never..."
"Don't worry, your highness," Katherine stated, but she then smiled. "Actually, I should call you cousin."
"Cousin?" Anala asked.
"Your father, and my mother were brother and sister," she said with a smile.
Anala smiled. "Well, it seems that adventure does run in our family, Katherine..."
"Kit," she stated. "Only my friends call me Kit. Now, the only question I have is, what the hell is going on?"
"I don't know," Anala stated. "But whatever was said in that throne room, did catch 2 of our captors by surprise."
"The two younger ones?" Katherine stated. "Yeah, I noticed that too. It seems that this Roaman wasn't at all honest in his plans with them. They may have generally thought that by kidnapping us, they were indeed going to be set to a test."
"And what was that planet they mentioned?"
"Argos," Katherine stated as she walked over to the nearby window and let out a grunt seeing that it was barred up. "Neive was explaining to me that they were reading about a planet named Argos in that old book Keith brought back."
"What?" Anala asked.
"Some planet near Doom," Katherine stated as she wrestled with the bars on the window.
"I was just reading a book that was similar to the one that I gave back to Allura," Anala stated. "What is special about this planet?"
"Don't know," Kahterine stated. "But its gotta be important to set-up a trap for us."
The door to the room then slid open. The two women turned to the door as two guards entered.
"Queen Anala, you presence is requested," one of the guards stated.
"She doesn't go anywhere without me," Katherine said as she stood before Anala.
The second guard then rounded the first and pushed her aside as he took Anala by her arm.
"Anala."
"Kit, it's alright," Anala said as she turned to her. "I'll be fine."
"Anala..."
"It's alright," Anala stated. "I'll return."
Katherine could only watch as the guards escorted Anala out of the room.
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-----Arus-----
"And where is this Argos?"
"These are the only papers I could find that Anala was researching," Xue said as he laid them down on the table before him.
"We were able to determine from some of the cryptic passages in both books to get a general area to look in," Pidge said. "In our book, the author states that while looking at the night sky in the lower horizon, this planet Argos was a span in distance from the planet Aranadine."
"Aranadine is the alternative name to Planet Doom, as that is the only planet that hangs low on Arus' nothern skyline," Teri stated. "A span from where one would sit here, would cover these section of stars."
Teri circled a cluster of faint and bright stars in the vicinity of the area they were focused on. "Since Planets are pretty much stationary items along the night sky, I had the computer calculate these stars to figure out which one didn't move."
"And it brought up these three," Pidge stated as he zoomed in on the star map that displayed on the screen before them. "These two are over 80,000 light years away; there would be no way we could get there in a day's time..This one..."
Teri circled the last planet. "This is Argos."
"I continued to read the book where Anala, left off," Xue stated. "Compared with the book by your author, Allura, this one seems to relate a different tale."
"What does it say?" Allura asked.
"The ramblings documented within this book seemed to be that of someone who escaped Argos, before all life on the planet was destroyed."
"All life?"
Enemy My Friend
Arus
arus-dot-geo-at-yahoo-dot-com
Voltron and its characters are owned by World Event's Productions.
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Chapter 6
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-----Arus-----
Pidge looked over the roughly sketched starmap that was in the book and Allura pulled up the one that Anala had sent her. Pidge compared the two maps together and then stared up at the view screen before him of the known system around them.
"Neive, what else does the book say about this planet?"
Neive looked through the book deciphering the hand written passages. "The visitor did once try to show me, of where he came from, the unknown planet called Argos," he read. "To the night sky, one autumn evening, he pointed to a faint star, low on the horizon, nearly a span in distance from the brightest, known as Aranadine; on that one clear night, he spoke very little of the planet he once called home."
"Aranadine?" Neive asked.
"Why does that name sound familiar?"
"Well, he did mention, low on the horizon, right?" Pidge asked. "In Arus' autumn?"
Neive nodded as Pidge then typed furiously at the panel before him.
"We'll let the computer figure this one out, since we are looking at 2400 years ago, some of the stars and systems have moved or disappeared."
They watched the view screen before them shifted the planets in accordance with the young boy's calculations.
"Where did you say that this book would have been kept when it was written?" Pidge asked.
"The city of Modena, but it doesn't exist today," Neive stated.
"What hemisphere was it in?"
"Arus' northern hemisphere, near the Great Sand Lake," Neive said.
Pidge typed in the new information and let the computer compute the placement of the planets.
"Now this would represent what we would have seen if we were already in space," Pidge stated. "Now, we apply the information from this map as if we were looking from Arus to the sky, around where Modena was."
The screen changed, to mimic the night sky. He then fed the computer the names of the planets that were used in the book and then used that to tell the computer to give their present day names.
The name of the planet mentioned from the manuscript was clearly labeled and soon, as the computer recalculated Pidge's information and bring the map up to present day status, the name of the Planet then blinked in red.
Allura stood up as she stared at the small blip on the screen.
"Planet Doom."
Suddenly, the door to the study slid open, flooding the dimly lit room with the light that came in from the hallway. Coran stood there, wearing an expression as if something wrong had happened.
"Princess," Coran stated. "Incoming emergency call from Vallis, it's Queen Anala."
"What is it?" she asked.
"She's been kidnapped."
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-----Control Room-----
"Im trying to get it back up."
Keith stood over the shoulder of the Arusian guard who was trying to re-establish communications with Vallis.
"Whatever you do, try not to lose the signal," Keith stated. "We have to find out what happened."
"I'll do my best, sir," the guard stated.
The doors to the control room slid open as Allura quickly ran up to the control panel to see what was going on.
"We just lost the signal with Vallis," Keith stated.
"Sir, the signal is bouncing back to us," the guard reported. "It's as if some kind of electrical field is preventing any type of communication."
"What?" Allura asked.
The doors to the control room slid open again as the rest of the Voltron Force and the Beta Team entered the control room.
"Sir!"
Keith turned back to the guard as he answered one of the signals from the control panel.
"Detecting an unauthorized presence in the lower levels," he stated. "It's moving fast."
"What?" Keith asked as he leaned over the guard. "Where is it headed?"
"Straight here, sir," the guard answered.
"Guard the doors!" Coran ordered.
The control room doors started to slide close as four guards prepared for any intruder that would try to enter. But before the doors closed completely, something zipped pass them, and whatever it did, the four guards were now lying on the ground before them.
Keith stepped away from the control panel, as he stood before Allura as whatever had entered the room could not be seen. Lance reacted by withdrawing his weapon, but Keith ordered him to holster.
"Sir, signal to Vallis is finally coming through," the guard behind him announced.
Xue's frantic face filled the view screen of the control room as the members of both Voltron Force scanned the room for the unseen intruder.
"Keith, whatever you do, protect the princess!" Xue nearly yelled before the screen exploded before them.
Keith shielded Allura from the flying debris, as sparks rained down on them. He then slowly stood as everyone then stared to the middle of the room where a lone figure stood, wearing a dark cloak.
Allura got to her feet as she too then noticed the cloaked stranger.
"Who are you?" Coran demanded. "How dare you.."
The stranger then lowered the hood of the cloak, to reveal a young tanned-skinned woman with eerily cold grey eyes. She turned to Coran, who now stood speechless.
"Malora telvin Ayate Allura?" she asked.
Neive suddenly stepped forward. "Malora telvin?" he asked.
"What is it?" Katherine asked.
"She's speaking Arussian," he stated. "She just asked where is Princess Allura."
The woman then turned to him as she kept her gray eyes on his.
"Melte vuniz wynet iiuve alesr mednea trise," she said.
"I am here to deliver a message," he said.
"Ayate Allura."
"To Princess Allura."
"What business do you have here?" Lance demanded. "Why do you attack us?"
The woman then turned to him. Without so much as a change in her expression, she held out her arm in his direction, cupping her hand and slowly lifted. The action was met with Lance's own gasping as he was suddenly lifted 2 feet off the ground as he struggled to breathe.
"Hwewve kyuupi nevare mentela nieve," she said.
"Do not attempt to anger me further," Neive translated.
"Fellars kepu, keputai ni philar nemte kilarme nisen ihiand loadic," she said.
"You must be subjected to a trial, to determine your worth," Neive again translated.
"Our worth?" Katherine asked.
"Stop it!"
Allura stepped forward as the woman then turned to her. "I am Princess Allura, and this is my castle that you have invaded."
The woman's grey gaze then met with hers as she continued to hold Lance by an invisible force.
"Monea idaodia ndiald ialdiah mduand oaldnai. Dialnai oldaic ialidt laocnio ciiola," the woman stated. "Alamnte kilaris kdal Ylren."
"Your planet has not been tested as of yet. Your bravest of knights must be tested," Neive translated. "And so does the power of...Ylren?"
"Ylren?" Keith asked.
The woman then turned to him. "Vir'ase, Ylren." she stated.
"What did she just say?" Katherine asked.
"I dont know," Neive said. "She's not speaking Arussian."
"" If you are trully, Ylren, young one, you will understand what I am saying. ""
Keith looked at her in shock. She smiled. "" So it is true, you have returned. ""
"Keith," Allura said.
He held his hand up to her as he again faced the strange woman.
"What have you done with my sister?"
"" She will be fine, "" the woman stated. "" But in order for you to see her again, you must come to Argos. ""
"Argos?" Keith asked.
The woman then released Lance as he crumpled to the floor. Neive and Hunk rushed to him as they helped him to his feet, coughing to breathe again. She then reached into her robes and pulled out a silver tube, and tossed the object toward where Allura was standing. Keith instead caught the message as Allura continued to stare at the woman.
"Follow the message, Princess of Arus," the woman stated. "You must be on Argos, by sundown of the next Arusian day."
"Argos?" Allura asked.
The woman then disappeared, catching them off-guard, but soon reappeared near where Katherine was standing, and immediately grabbed her and held her by her neck.
"You have 1 day to comply."
She then brought her cloak up and soon, both were gone.
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-----Doom-----
Zeya leaned against the pane of the window as she sat on it's sill as Lotor read over her report.
"Are you sure?" was all that he asked when he finished.
"It didn't take much to get this information," she said as she stood. "They are a race of angels as it seems."
"That is putting it mildly," Lotor stated.
"And also that incident with the Captain 3 months ago," she said. "It was so detriment to him that Galaxy Garrision put him on extended leave, until he returned," she said as she grabbed the report from him. "And now, they've sent a discharge request."
"Discharge?"
"Some human rite to say they will not be a part of military service anymore," she stated. "He would become just an ordinary citizen, of any planet, should he choose."
"And why would the Galaxy Alliance want to request a discharge?"
"I think it has to do with the added responsibilities he's suddenly earned, that is, after learning of his true birthright," she stated. "If anything should happen to his sister, he would secede to the throne of Vallis."
Lotor looked up at her and then stood from where he was sitting.
"This does complicate things a bit, doesn't it?" he asked. "If both siblings are lost, who would rule Vallis in their place?"
"Their mother, it would seem until, at which point, the people would vote in their next leader."
"Good work, Zeya," he stated. "Who did you have to torture to get this information?"
"Not so much torture," she said as she looked at him. "I've had an informant on Vallis for quite a while now, and one in the top ranks of the Galaxy Alliance. With the right coercion, I was able to get the information I needed."
Lotor smiled. "Now, if we can use this information we have, we can develop a great strategy to get rid of the Voltron Force."
"Sorry, sire."
Zeya and Lotor looked to the door as a young slave girl stood there.
"Your father wishes to see the both of you." she stated.
Zeya looked to her brother. "Well that's a first," Zeya stated. "He has so much said all of ten words to me upon my return, and now he wants to see me?"
"Be happy; he has more than 1000 words to say to me on a daily basis," he stated.
"Well, let's see what the old coot wants."
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-----Doom Throne Room-----
Lotor and Zeya entered the throne room just as Zarkon stood. The old king then signlaed for the guards to open the doors to the throne room.
The strange old man that they had seen a couple of days prior entered, who was then followed by tow other younger people. Behind the three, two young women were escorted in by Zarkon's guards.
Zeya placed her hand on Lotor's arm as she stared at one of the women who was shackled.
"That's her," she said.
Lotor spied the young raven haired woman who was followed behind another girl, whom he had come to know as the commander of the Voltron Beta Team.
"That's Anala," Zeya insisted.
"Are you sure?" he asked.
"Yes," she said. "And that dark skinned man, I saw him on Vallis before I left."
"Roaman," King Zarkon greeted the older gentleman.
"King Zarkon," he answered. "I bring you gifts."
The Doom guards pushed Anala and Katherine foward, but tugged on the chains that held them which caused them to kneel on the ground.
"I believe you are familiar with Commander Katherine Leonhart," Roaman stated. "This is Queen Anala of Vallis."
"Vallis?" Zarkon asked then turned to Lotor as he and Zeya slowly approached. "Wasn't that the planet with that lunatic named Kelar?"
"A long time ago, it looks it," Lotor stated as he turned to the two women.
"What is this all about, father?" Zeya asked.
"With your permission, my king, we will be using them as bait to lure your enemies to their...demise," Roaman stated.
Lemille looked to him in shock. "Roaman.."
The older man raised his hand to her.
"Yes, yes," Zarkon stated. "It seems that everything is going as planned?"
Anala looked around the throne room as she struggled against the shackles around her wrists. She looked to the one called Lemille seeing that what the other man said did not seem to be what she had expected. She knew that all that was going on did not meet the approval of everyone there. Her gaze then shifted as she noticed Katherine working on her own bonds.
"We will depart tomorrow to Argos," Roaman stated. "All I ask is for a small garrison of your robot soldiers and the presence of your son and daughter."
"Lotor & Zeya."
The two siblings turned to King Zarkon.
"Do you agree to trust Roaman and his plan?"
"If it means the downfall of our enemies, we can only enthusiastically agree, father," Zeya stated.
"Good," the king said. "Escort our guests to a comfortable room."
"Yes, sire."
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-----Doom-----
"Damn my wrists are killing me," Katherine stated as the guards removed their shackles and then closed the door as they left. The audible sound of the door locking shut signaled that they'd be there for a while.
Anala nodded. "I'm sorry, that we were never..."
"Don't worry, your highness," Katherine stated, but she then smiled. "Actually, I should call you cousin."
"Cousin?" Anala asked.
"Your father, and my mother were brother and sister," she said with a smile.
Anala smiled. "Well, it seems that adventure does run in our family, Katherine..."
"Kit," she stated. "Only my friends call me Kit. Now, the only question I have is, what the hell is going on?"
"I don't know," Anala stated. "But whatever was said in that throne room, did catch 2 of our captors by surprise."
"The two younger ones?" Katherine stated. "Yeah, I noticed that too. It seems that this Roaman wasn't at all honest in his plans with them. They may have generally thought that by kidnapping us, they were indeed going to be set to a test."
"And what was that planet they mentioned?"
"Argos," Katherine stated as she walked over to the nearby window and let out a grunt seeing that it was barred up. "Neive was explaining to me that they were reading about a planet named Argos in that old book Keith brought back."
"What?" Anala asked.
"Some planet near Doom," Katherine stated as she wrestled with the bars on the window.
"I was just reading a book that was similar to the one that I gave back to Allura," Anala stated. "What is special about this planet?"
"Don't know," Kahterine stated. "But its gotta be important to set-up a trap for us."
The door to the room then slid open. The two women turned to the door as two guards entered.
"Queen Anala, you presence is requested," one of the guards stated.
"She doesn't go anywhere without me," Katherine said as she stood before Anala.
The second guard then rounded the first and pushed her aside as he took Anala by her arm.
"Anala."
"Kit, it's alright," Anala said as she turned to her. "I'll be fine."
"Anala..."
"It's alright," Anala stated. "I'll return."
Katherine could only watch as the guards escorted Anala out of the room.
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-----Arus-----
"And where is this Argos?"
"These are the only papers I could find that Anala was researching," Xue said as he laid them down on the table before him.
"We were able to determine from some of the cryptic passages in both books to get a general area to look in," Pidge said. "In our book, the author states that while looking at the night sky in the lower horizon, this planet Argos was a span in distance from the planet Aranadine."
"Aranadine is the alternative name to Planet Doom, as that is the only planet that hangs low on Arus' nothern skyline," Teri stated. "A span from where one would sit here, would cover these section of stars."
Teri circled a cluster of faint and bright stars in the vicinity of the area they were focused on. "Since Planets are pretty much stationary items along the night sky, I had the computer calculate these stars to figure out which one didn't move."
"And it brought up these three," Pidge stated as he zoomed in on the star map that displayed on the screen before them. "These two are over 80,000 light years away; there would be no way we could get there in a day's time..This one..."
Teri circled the last planet. "This is Argos."
"I continued to read the book where Anala, left off," Xue stated. "Compared with the book by your author, Allura, this one seems to relate a different tale."
"What does it say?" Allura asked.
"The ramblings documented within this book seemed to be that of someone who escaped Argos, before all life on the planet was destroyed."
"All life?"