Once word had reached everyone else that Lance had returned with his father, everyone gathered in the throne room. Shiro and Allura sitting on their thrones and Keith standing in front of the stairs where Blaytz was kneeling on one knee in front of him. Keith was dressed in the same outfit he wore when he went to cheer Lance up.

"My boy Lance must have been born under a lucky star to find such a treasure," Blaytz said with a smile as he stood up.

"You are most definitely Lance's father," Keith said with a smile in Lance's direction.

"It must have been dreadful, trapped by the Forty Thieves!" Shiro exclaimed as him and Allura walked up.

"And for so long," Allura said with a frown. Lance and the others tensed up in fear that the secret might spill.

"Uh oh," Hunk said quietly.

"I try to block out the memories," Blaytz said as he placed a hand on his forehead.

"Say no more, not another word on the subject!" Shiro said with a slice of his arm.

"Yes, let's turn our attention to happier thoughts. The blessed union of our children!" Blaytz said as he drew Shiro and Allura into a hug.

"It worked Hunk! They love 'im!" Lance exclaimed to Hunk who smiled and bowed tipping off an invisible hat.

"It's the hat. Nothing does the trick like a smart chapeau."

"It's more than that. All he needed was a second chance."

Meanwhile, down in the dungeons, Kolivan's men had finished locking the last of the thieves into the last cell. The thieves faces were pressed against the bars as they glared at Zarkon, who was standing outside the cell.

"You'll pay for this! You sold us out!" one of the thieves yelled angrily towards Zarkon. Zarkon slammed the window of the cell closed and glared towards the wooden door where Kolivan was.

"He's not in there!" Zarkon growled and slammed open the door, the guards with Kolivan flinched upon the door slamming open. "You didn't capture the King of Thieves?"

"Because he was not at the hideout," Kolivan stated as he turned from the guard he had been speaking to.

"He had to be there, where else would he be?" Zarkon asked in anger.

"Apologizes, Captain Kolivan," a young guard said as he stood at the doorway. Both Zarkon and Kolivan turning towards the young man.

"What?" they yelled at the same time. The young guard flinching before he continued with what he was going to say.

"Well, The King said he won't be able to sentence your prisoners until tomorrow."

"What's more important than sentencing the most wanted criminals in Altea?" Kolivan asked in annoyance.

"Why the wedding! Prince Keith and Lance are finally getting married!" the guard stated with a smile on his face.

"Lance? You didn't capture him with the others?" Zarkon asked with a glare towards Kolivan.

"Why would he be with the Forty Thieves?" Kolivan asked with an annoyed roll of his eyes.

"Because his father is the King of Thieves!"

With Lance and his father back, the wedding was able to go on. No rich nobles, no huge crowds, no huge celebration, and no elephants. Just a small wedding with friends and family.

Keith and Shiro were outside in the hallway. Both dressed in their wedding garments and waiting for the cue to walk down the aisle. However, there had been no sight of Lance's father anywhere, and without him, the ceremony couldn't commence.

"Oh, where could he be? I do hope nothing's wrong. Perhaps we should dispatch a search party?" Shiro muttered to himself as he paced back and forth in front of Keith. The prince finally had enough of the pacing and grabbed his father's hands.

"Now Father, I'm sure he's... on his way."

Inside the throne room, everyone was in place. The lions stood to the left of the altar with Allura and Pidge, Lance and Hunk were on the right side of the altar. Everyone dressed in their dresses and suits.

"Where is he?" Lance asked as he glanced around, seeing no sight of his father. Hunk shrugged and placed a hand on Lance's shoulder.

"My guess is he wants to make an entrance."

"But that doesn't explain why Sendak is also missing," Lance added with a sigh.

Meanwhile, Lance's father had just disappeared for no reason. He along with Sendak had made their way down to the treasury of the palace.

"Here are the monkey's lockpicks," Sendak said as he landed on Blaytz's shoulder and dropped the lock picks in his hand. "You know how to use 'em?"

Blaytz bowed down and carefully picked the lock, the lock clicking as it was unlocked. Blaytz then opened the doors to the treasury and walked in. The Oracle's staff right in front of his eyes.

"I promise you bird, after this, I go straight," Blaytz said as he reached out to grab the staff.

"Straight to the dungeon!" Kolivan said as he stepped out from behind one of the lion statues. Sendak jumped in surprise and hid in Blaytz's cloak. Blaytz then grabbed a sword from one the treasure piles and pointed it towards the guard.

"We've been expecting you," Kolivan said with a smile as he snapped his fingers and guard emerged from behind other statues and pointed bows and arrows at him. Seeing how many there were, Blaytz knew he was outnumbered and would not win this.

With a grunt, he tossed the sword down on the ground and surrendered.

Much time had passed, and there was still no sign of Blaytz. Keith and Shiro walked into the throne room and regrouped to come to a decision.

"Do you think something is wrong?" Keith asked Lance with a concerned frown. Lance sighed and turned to Hunk.

"Hunk, can you find him?"

"I'll sniff him out," Hunk said as he turned into a yellow dog with a red collar and began sniffing the ground. "I need a scrap of his clothes or a lock of his hair," Hunk stated as he continued to sniff the ground, following a scent trail. "Or shoe, a shoe's good," Hunk said as he came across a shoe.

The group gasped as they realized who the show belonged to.

"Kolivan, what is the meaning of this?" Allura asked in anger as Blaytz's hands were revealed to be handcuffed and his arm being held by Kolivan.

"Your Majesties, meet the King of Thieves," Kolivan stated as he pushed Blaytz forward. Lance stepped away from Keith and went to grab his father.

"Dad!" Lance called out, but he was stopped by two guards who held him back.

"We seized him in the Treasury. He was after this, again," Kolivan stated as he held up the Oracle's staff.

"No," Lance said with wide eyes towards his father.

"And this is his accomplice," Ulaz stated as he held out a single handcuff which held Sendak in it. The group gasping once more in surprise.

"Big misunderstanding! It's a slap on the wrist and, uh, community service kinda thing!" Sendak said as he tried to help his case.

"Now I know why you really came back," Lance said as he glared at his father. Blaytz just sighed and stared sadly at the ground.

"Your father is the leader of the Forty Thieves?" Shiro asked as he walked up beside Lance. Lance flinched as he heard not only surprise and sadness in his tone but anger as well.

"Lance, did you know?" Keith asked quietly in anger but also sadness. Lance nodded softly and sighed.

"I thought I could change him, I had to try!" Lance said as with a frown. Keith sighed but pulled his fiancé into his arms.

"You can change my clothes Lance, you can't change who I am," Blaytz stated with a frown on his face.

"And the law is crystal clear on what we must now do!" Kolivan said as he pulled Blaytz back away from the group.

"Mom, Dad, isn't there another way?" Keith asked his parents as he held Lance close with a frown. Allura frowned and softly shook her head.

"There isn't, Kolivan's right, the law is crystal clear on these sort of thing."

"Take the prisoners to the dungeon," Shiro stated as he pulled Allura close with a sigh.

"Dungeon?" Sendak repeated in fear.

"For life," Shiro added.

"Life?" Sendak repeated once more before a cuff was placed over his beak and him and Blaytz were taken out of the throne room.

"I can't wish for them to be freed can I?" Lance asked Hunk in a small tone.

"There are some wishes that even I can't make come true," Hunk replied with a frown on his face.

As night came around, Lance left the palace and went back to his hovel. Green, Yellow, Blue, Hunk and Pidge coming with him. Still dressed in their wedding outfits, they sat in the hovel as Lance sat against the wall.

"The Oracle was right. My dad was trapped in the world of the Forty Thieves. Trapped by his own greed," Lance stated as he pulled off his coat and laid it on the ground. "I was so stupid to think I could change him."

"Trying to show him a better life wasn't stupid Lance," Hunk said with a smile. His turned his hand into a mini Hunk puppet and spoke behind Lance's back. "Leaving him alone with the parrot, that was stupid."

"Everything was perfect before he came into my life. I just want things the way they were," Lance said as he turned back to the group and sat down.

"Everything will be okay Lance," Blue said with a smile.

"Hunk, I need my father's clothes," Lance said as he turned to Hunk with a determined look on his face.

"Lance, what did you wrap the turban too tight?" Hunk asked as the group watched in confusion. "Come on, why would you want to dress in the 'King of Thieves' ensemble?"

"I'm also curious, what is your plan this time Lance?" Pidge asked as Hunk made Blaytz's outfit appear and stand beside him.

"Might I suggest something that doesn't actually say (Wearing a prison uniform) "Arrest me!"?" Hunk said as he appeared in a black and white jumpsuit with handcuffs on his wrists.

"It fits. Good," Lance said as he finished putting on the outfit. He turned back to the group and pulled the hood of the cloak up.

"I'm seeing, I'm seeing, nothing for your future if you dress like this!" Hunk exclaimed as he turned into Alfor and then back to normal.

"I'm breaking my father out of the dungeon. The guards'll never know I was there," Lance explained as he pulled the cloth over his mouth and nose only to reveal his eyes. "Tonight, the King of Thieves will make his most miraculous escape ever... out of my life."

"It's the cape talking, isn't it?" Hunk said as Pidge stood beside him. The group watched as Lance walked out of the hovel and into the streets of Altea.

"Am I the only one who thinks this is a bad idea?" Blue asked with a worried look on her face.

"No you're not, he could get in big trouble by doing this," Yellow said with a shake of her head.

"We should really try and stop him from doing this," Green said as she played with the ends of her hair.

"Once Lance makes his mind up, there's not changing it," Pidge said with a sigh.

"That's why I'm worried for him," Blue said with a worried sigh. "I just hope he knows what he is doing."

Lance had made his way down to the dungeons of the palace. Upon hearing footsteps, he hid behind a wall and watched as two guards walked past.

"Since they captured the King of Thieves, there's no living with Bob," one of the guards stated with an annoyed tone.

"Well, it wasn't exactly easy living with him before," another guard stated just as annoyed. With the two distracted, Lance snuck up behind and stole the key from the guard's belt.

One of the guards turned around as he heard the jingle of the keys, only to find no one there. With a shake of his head, the guard turned back around and followed after his friend.

Upon hearing keys jingling, Blaytz glanced up from where he sat chained to the wall. The door opened and Blaytz stood up as someone walked in that wasn't a guard.

"Who?" Blaytz asked in confusion. The figure approached and it was revealed to be Lance, dressed in his uniform.

"I've come to say goodbye," Lance stated as he pulled the hood off and started to unlock the handcuffs.

"Why are you-" before he could finish, Lance interrupted him.

"We don't have much time. While the guards chase me, you get out," Lance stated as he finished unlocking the cuffs.

"I can't let you-" Blaytz started to say with a fatherly tone but Lance pulled away and interrupted once more.

"Forget it. They can't catch me," Lance said as he pulled the hood back on and tossed the keys to his father.

"He even sounds like me," Blaytz said with a proud smile.

Kolivan glared at the guard who had played a hand that was better than his. He couldn't believe that he was losing.

"Enjoy your happiness while you can Bob," Kolivan said with a growl. He looked up with a sigh but his eyes widened seeing someone familiar outside the doorway. Of course, the others backs were to the door so they couldn't have seen him.

"It can't be," Kolivan said as he rushed to the doorway. The confused guards following him. "He was here, I know it," Kolivan stated as he drew his sword out and glanced around.

What they didn't know was that Lance was pressed against the roof, waiting to strike. When the time was right, Lance dropped down and bounced off Kolivan's head. Lance landed in front of the trio of guards. Kolivan distracted by his now aching head.

"The King of Thieves!" one guard exclaimed.

"No man can escape that cell!" Ulaz said in disbelief.

"He isn't a man I say, he's a demon!" the guard exclaimed as Lance turned and ran up the stairs.

"I want him, dead or alive!" Kolivan stated as he quickly got over his headache.

The guards ended up on the streets of Altea. Following where Lance had last been spotted.

"Surround the block! He's close... I can feel it," Kolivan said as the guards split up.

"Which way did he go?"

"I don't see him!"

"Look over that way, hurry!"

Lance glanced up from his hiding spot and climbed up, just as a guard walked over to where he was hiding. Another guard joined him and they looked around trying to spot him. Lance had almost pulled himself up onto the rooftop when one of the pair spotted him.

"There, the King of Thieves, on the roof!" Lance ran across the flat roof and stopped at the edge of it.

"Get up there, now, now, now!": Kolivan yelled to the group as Lance glanced around to find an escape. Lance turned around and saw the guards climbing over the edge.

"Found him!" one of the guards exclaimed as they pulled themselves up. Lance fell backward and landed on an overhang.

"Lost him," Ulaz stated with a sigh.

Lance bounced off the overhang and grabbed onto a banner that hung from the palace. He started to climb up, praying the dark blue of the clothing would hide him from the guards who were now on the roof.

"Which way did he go? I heard him over there... no over there, over there!"

Lance climbed all the way up to the tower of the palace and turned back to the guards. Luckily, they were distracted. Lance jumped down, hoping to land safely on the bride. Before he could hand, a hand reached out and pulled him down harshly.

"The King of Thieves. Your charmed life is over, your majesty!" Kolivan stated as he raised his sword and went to strike down. Lance rolled out of the way, but Kolivan sword clamped down on a piece of the cloak and ripped. "You?" Kolivan exclaimed as it was revealed to be Lance.

"Yes," Lance said as he glared at the captain.

"Then, I guess I'll have to settle for the Prince of Thieves," Kolivan stated as he pulled Lance close with a glare. Which Lance returned. "We shall see if the King wants you in his family now." Before Kolivan could do anything, he was shoved from the side and knocked unconscious against the wall.

"Keep your hands off my son!" Blaytz growled with a glare towards the unconscious Kolivan.

"Dad?" Lance asked in surprise as his father helped him to his feet.

"Hurry son, we must move!" Lance glanced back to Kolivan before hurrying after his father.

The pair, on horseback, raced out of the city gate. The guards trying to chase after them, but were eventually left behind in the dust. They continued to ride until they reached a point where they stopped.

"Did we lose 'em?" Lance asked as he turned around.

"I don't know, but I did lose my lunch back there," Sendak said as he hung from the side of Blaytz's horse.

"They won't be able to pick up our trail until daylight. By then, we'll be long gone from Altea," Blaytz stated as he turned his horse around to keep going. "I'm sorry for what you lost, but you can't go back now, you know that," Blatyz said as he rode off, expecting Lance to be behind him.

Lance, however, stared at Altea. The palace windows glowing from the lights inside. Keith's balcony in clear view from where he was. He couldn't leave now.

"I can't leave," Lance muttered quietly as he got off his horse.

"What are you doing?" Blaytz asked as he turned around with a confused expression.

"I'm not going with you... I can't," Lance stated sadly.

"Well, you can't go back! The moment they saw your face your life in Altea was over," Blaytz said as he rode back over.

"I have to go back. Keith and my friends are there," Lance said as he turned back to his father.

"Kid, it's over, you're a criminal now," Sendak said as he landed on Blaytz's shoulder.

"I won't do what he did, I won't run away," Lance said as he grabbed the reins of his horse.

"I never ran away from anything in my life!" Blaytz said as he got off his horse and walked over to Lance.

"You ran away from your family!"

"I told you what happened. What else could I do, what else can you do?"

"The right thing," Lance said as he pulled out his father's dagger. "You should take this back," Lance said as he tossed the dagger towards his father.

"You can't!" Blaytz yelled in desperation.

"I won't walk out on Keith!" Lance yelled as he turned to his horse.

"Lance."

"I'm your son, but I can't live your life," Lance said as he climbed back on his horse.

"Lance, they'll lock you up!" Sendak said as he landed on Lance's horse.

"If there's a punishment, I'll take it," Lance said with a sigh to his father, who had climbed back on his horse.

"So be it," Blaytz said with a frown.

We have the Oracle, the treasure's just waitin' for us!" Sendak exclaimed trying to get Lance to come with them.

"The Oracle?" Lance asked turning to his father.

"I had nothing left to lose!" Blaytz defended with a sigh.

"Yes, you did," Lance said as he shooed Sendak off his horse and rode back in the direction of Altea. His father riding off in a different direction.