A/N: Hello, everyone. Just to let you know, after having watched the Season 8 finale of Voltron, I can't help but feel that there were a few things missing in this. And one of them is Lotor. That's why I've decided to take the time to announce that after this story is fully edited and complete to your specifications, I am making a TRUE Series Finale Story (comprised of Seasons 7, 8, and an additional 9th) called 'Fall of the Defenders'. Season 9 will take place before the epilogue and after the battle with Honerva in Season 8, though I can't tell you how it'll end. I hope you'll enjoy this chapter. It was a real tearjerker for me to write. Most importantly, I hope your opinions will make it all worth it.

Chapter 52: Defender of the Multiverse

In outer space, Lotor faced Voltron and its White counterpart while the Violet was in its Lion form before Keith looked to Lapis and spoke.

"Lapis, can you transform yet?"

"I wish I could, but it still hasn't recovered yet."

"Then just hang back and make sure everyone gets to safety. I'm sending the others your way."

"Got it."

"Coran, you've got incoming."

With that, Keith sent Jenny, Belle, and the comatose Kuron in a pod as they took off for the Castle before the Violet Lion followed suit as the two Voltrons stood against Lotor who prepared a purple orb of Quintessence in its palm before firing it as a laser, forcing Voltron to block as Keith gave a command.

"Shield!"

As Voltron blocked it, the White Voltron lunged at Sincline, only for it to block its punch, which was according to plan as Keith spoke to Hunk.

"Hunk, form cannon!"

"You got it!"

As Hunk slammed his bayard into the key, Voltron created a cannon on its shoulder before it fired a blue Quintessential laser from it, urging the Sincline to shove Alphus away before boosting up away to prevent from being hit as it then flew another direction while Voltron kept its cannon on. But unfortunately, the Sincline was still evading the cannon as it proved much faster than the pace Voltron could manage to turn as Lance spoke to Keith.

"He's too fast!"

"Then we'll have to get in close. Form sword!"

With that, Keith slammed his bayard into his key, urging Voltron to form a sword before Sincline to form two scimitars in preparation as it dashed towards its foe before it collided its swords with Voltron's, creating a residue of a fusion of Light and Dark Quintessence as Lotor spoke.

"Now we will see how Alfor's legacy stands against the new Altean Defender."

With that, Lotor didn't hesitate to move in and attack Voltron as he motioned Sincline to force Voltron back before it prepared to slash at him, the action which Keith took notice of before he spoke up.

"Move!"

With that, Voltron was fortunate to have moved as when it did, Sincline sliced through a meteor, causing it to come apart before it sought after Voltron, who looked around for any sign of Lotor before finding itself under siege, only for Alphus to block Lotor with the dual naginata it forged as it and the main counterpart began to duel with Sincline, making it use one sword for each of the Voltrons. During the clash, Sincline blocked their attacks before spinning and using his tail to whack the Paladins away as Keith and Alphus groaned before the main Voltron was about to be besieged again.

"Shield up!"

Although they were able to block just in time, the tremor from such a speedy and equally strong foe shook them as much as the ion cannon would've done on impact before Keith spoke to Pidge.

"Attack!"

With that, Pidge took the opportunity to strike back as she lodged on the lever, making the Green Lion fire a laser, knocking Simcline back before it retreated as Voltron took fire at him before Sincline, after its many evasive maneuvers used one of his scimitars to block the blast before the White Voltron took its turn to clash with its naginata against his scimitars before in the end, Sincline used its tail to smack the White Voltron into its main counterpart before Pidge, Hunk, Ayame, and Keith spoke up.

"We can't touch him. He's too fast."

"We need to stop him from moving around so much. Back him into a corner or something."

"We could try using one of the debris to give us an opening. We just need the right timing."

"Hunk and Ayame are right. We need to eliminate his speed advantage. Limit his movements."

At that moment, they spotted a perfect crater with the necessary angle to achieve it as Keith shouted.

"There!"

As both Voltrons took off towards the crater, Alphis grew concerned about the plan's benefits as she spoke to Keith.

"Sincline's after us. Now what?"

"Now we lure him in close."

As they stopped at the crater of their interest, Lotor assumed they intended to use it as a smokescreen and halted before instead using his chest laser on them. As it drew close, Alphus grew anxious and both Voltrons used their shields to block the incoming Quintessential blast before Sincline attempted to get at the Voltrons from one side, only to hit the asteroid instead. With that, it tried to attack them with the laser from their other side, only to miss them as well. That's when it hit Lotor. They were using it as another shield. This didn't strike him as significant, however, as he was more than certain that Sincline would do away with them soon. With that, he began to charge directly in front of the two as Keith spoke of the signal.

"Wait for him. Let him build up speed."

As he barreled right at the Voltrons, Lotor had his scimitar ready to cut them down before Keith saw the moment to move and shouted.

"Now!"

With that, both Voltrons went out of the way, making Sincline crash onto the crater before they both used their lasers to push him down, thus giving Sincline an immeasurable amount of damage, much to Lotor's frustration as he attempted to give his creation a boost before it got out of the way and it pierced through the crater, splitting it in half before Hunk realized Sincline had disappeared.

"Where'd he go?"

When they turned around, Alphus gasped and chimes in the location of their foe before Keith spoke to Hunk.

"He's behind us. How did he get through that?"

"Hunk, hit him with the shoulder cannon."

"On it!"

With that, Voltron began charging its cannon with a big blast while Lotor found it insignificant as he tapped in the controls to pull another trick up his sleeve as Keith shouted.

"Fire!"

With that, Voltron fired its shoulder cannon at Lotor before he gave a smirk towards it as the laser neared him. At that moment, however, Sincline vanished just before the laser could hit it making Lance and Hunk confused while Ayame became worried.

"Did we get him?"

"I don't know."

"I think we got him."

Pidge had evidence to point to it as the energy cannon had missed its target before she and Lance spoke before Ayame voiced her doubts.

"It looked like he just disappeared."

"Yeah! We got him."

"I'm not so sure about that, guys."

At that moment, Sincline reappeared, coated in a blue-purple aura around it before landing a punch to Voltron, sending it back before the White Voltron turned with Alphus glaring at it before she yelled out and urged it to fight Sincline as she shouted at the top of her lungs.

Meanwhile, in the castle, Kuron was placed inside a sleeping chamber with Belle, Jenny, Krolia, Adea, and Coran watching over his body before Jenny heard a collision and ran out of the hall. When Jenny reached the main hub, she arrived just in time to see the White Voltron combat Sincline who teleported repeatedly while the main Voltron was down, making her widen her eyes as she tensed her fists. For whatever reason, seeing her friends hurt like that with her powerless to do anything made Jenny more angry than despaired. With that, she immediately ran back out, determined to help her friends any way she could.

As the White Voltron had difficulty fighting Sincline and it's repetitive teleportation, Keith checked the status of his group.

"Is everyone okay?"

As an answer, he only heard Pidge and Hunk's answer in the form of questions.

"How is he moving so fast?"

"How can he just disappear like that?"

As Allura watched Alphus combat the brutal Lotor in vain as he kicked her before he sledgehammered her and teleported before he kneed the White Voltron and punched it down again, she came up with a very unfortunate answer.

"He's... entering the Quintessence field at will."

This made Hunk and Pidge concerned as they spoke.

"Didn't we blow up the gate?"

"How is he entering without it?"

"Because I gave his ships the ability."

As Alphus was forced back by Sincline, Lotor spoke proudly of his newfound strength.

"Unlimited power is mine! All realities will fall to the new Altean Empire!"

As Lotor prepared its chest beam and fired it, Alphus couldn't do anything to block it before the main Voltron moved in between them and blocked the laser with its shield, pushing the both of them back before the resulting equilibrium from the collision caused a detonation that knocked Voltron and its White counterpart out as Lotor took his deep breath before he received an alarm, stating he needed more power. Fortunately, he knew just where to find some: the Quintessence field. Seeing this as his victory, Lotor teleported into the field, leaving Voltron and the White Voltrin alone as Keith grunted from the collision while Alphus could barely stand after such brute force as he spoke first.

"We have to go after him. Getting power from the Quintessence is the only way we can match his strength."

"And how... do you suggest we do that?"

This raised questions from Hunk and Pidge as they chimed in.

"Can we do that?"

"If he can do it, Voltron can. Can't we?"

To be frank, Allura hadn't considered the possibility of what they'll do once they do get there. The Quintessence field was said to be corrosive of the soul, and that was a risk she did not want to chance on.

"My father did it once before, but it's extremely dangerous."

Lance and Keith thought differently as they spoke.

"Do we have a choice? We need you, Allura."

At that moment, they heard Jenny's voice as she spoke while riding in a mini pod.

"Don't forget me or Alphus."

When the two Voltrons noticed her, they grew surprised as Lance spoke up.

"Jenny? What took you so long?"

"It wasn't easy setting up Kuron in the healing chamber. That guy's heavy. Anyway, I heard what you guys said. That's why I'm here. Alphus, can I join you in the White Lion?"

This made Alphus concerned as she raised her eyes.

"What? But your connection—"

"Isn't all that strong, I know. But I can't just sit by and let my friends get hurt. I have to try. We all do."

As Jenny said this, the pod entered the White Voltron's chest before Jenny went to the cockpit where Alphus was as Allura spoke up.

"Alright. The three of us may be axle to guide us in, but we'll need you all to focus your energy."

With that, the main group of Voltron closed their eyes and took deep breaths as they found themselves entering the Voltrons' minds pace before Allura opened her eyes and saw through Voltron's eyes the point to enter while Jenny and Alphus did the same with the White Voltron, seeing the same entry point as the main paladins before Allura spoke up.

"Form sword."

With that, the main Voltron used a blazing sword while the White Voltron used a dual naginata before they took off for the entry point and stabbed at it, causing a crack in space time before the rift expanded to let them in the unknown realm.

In the Quintessence field, Keith and the others opened their eyes in awe as they took in the sight around them before meeting Sincline in front of them far away as he spoke.

"I underestimated you, Princess. You, Alphus, and Jennifer. I will not make that mistake again."

With that, Lotor motioned his Sincline to attack them as the three titans clashed with each other with Alphus blocking Lotor's tail swipe and scimitar as they quickly flew about, spinning around before Sincline hit the Voltrons' swords, sending the three of them back before Pidge spoke up of a surprising fact as Hunk stated a reason for this.

"We took a major shot, but I feel fine."

"All this quintessence is keeping us at full power."

At this moment, Alphus spoke up as she and Jenny heard voices all around them, making the youngest tear up after having been denied its voice for some time.

"It's more than that. Can you hear your Lions talking to you?"

"Now that you mention it... I think I do."

"This proves it. These Voltrons are capable of more than we ever imagined."

With that, the White Voltron's chest began to glow brightly before firing a blast while the main Voltron shot blue Quintessence from its eyes, both forcing Lotor back as he grunted before engaging Sincline to fight again as he went towards them while the VoltronForce charged as Keith shouted.

"Attack!"

With that, all seven of the Paladins that entered the Quintessence field shouted at the top of their lungs as they charged before they clashed again with the speed on both sides increasing as did their brutality as Lotor laughed before he went above them as Pidgr shouted.

"See if you can dodge this!"

With that, Voltron immediately shot the Green Lion's head at Sincline, forcing it back as it could only manage to dodge it before it went back to Voltron while Lance prepared a lightning laser from the Red Lion's head.

"Come and get some!"

With that, it struck a major blow to Sincline before Lotor grunted and groaned in frustration as Allura took a deep breath before Pidge, Lance, Hunk, and even Jenny began to give in to their nature to fight to the end.

"Let's end this!"

"Finish him!"

"Make him bleed!"

"Let's destroy that guy!"

However, it was at this moment that Allura realized what was happening to them as she spoke before Ayame grew worried on the meaning of it.

"We have to get out of here."

"What are you talking about?"

"This is exactly what happened to Zarkon. Exposure to all this Quintessence turned him into a monster!"

As Allura said this, Jenny spoke up about what she had just said and regretted it.

"Oh, no. I can't believe I actually said that."

At that moment, Lotor took off his helmet and laughed maniacally as he spoke.

"Poor Allura! All the power in the universe at your fingertips and you still fear using it."

As Lotor moved in to attack, Lance and Pidge spoke up about the situation.

"Allura's right. We're out of control!"

"All of our systems are overloaded."

At that moment, Ayame noticed Lotor closing in as she spoke.

"And here comes Lotor."

As he moved in, the Voltrons were forced to flee as Jenny spoke worriedly to Alphus.

"We're being chased like a dog here!How do we stop this?"

As Jenny looked to her, Alphus saw a flash of her older before she spoke to the others.

"Guys, stop running."

"What?"

With that, the Voltrons stopped and stood in front of Lotor before she answered.

"Allura, you know what we have to do?"

Allura nodded as she spoke.

"Yes. If Lotor wants all that power, he can have it."

With that, Jenny got the message and widened her eyes in realization.

"Oh. Right. I hope this works."

With that, Jenny, Allura, and Alphus closed their eyes before both their chests flowed brightly and fired a large stream of Divine Quintessence at the charging Lotor as he grunted or a moment before he yelled out, using his scimitars to block the rays, only to be overpowered before being knocked away. Despite this, he still pressed onward as he lurched forward at them. As he got closer and closer, it became more difficult to resist the blast before he yelled out again, adding more thrust into his Sincline, determined to overpower them as the Paladins looked on at the scene apart from those initiating the attack before they expanded it, making Lotor scream out in deranged determination before he was finally overpowered with the leftover Quintessence surging on what was left of Sincline before the pilots of the White Lion took a deep breath before complications began to arise with the Voltrons as Keith, Pidge, Jenny, and Hunk spoke.

"Let's grab Lotor and get out of here."

"No, we can't. We have to leave now."

"But we've got to try!"

"Pidge is right. We stay in here much longer and Voltron is done for."

As they grunted, Allura still felt concerned about Lotor as she spoke.

"But we can't just leave him!"

As Allura braced the shocks, Lance and Keith spoke to her while Alphus looked back to Lotor as she realized the White Voltron was closest to him.

"Allura, we gotta go now."

"Lotor's made his choice. Let's get out of here, Allura."

At that moment, she remembered Lotor's words when he had the edge.

"It didn't have to end like this, but you've made your choice."

With that, Alphus gave a determined look as she spoke up to the Paladins.

"Let me make mine."

With that, as Jenny grew confused, Alphus motioned the White Voltron to grab Sincline and hold him tight as she jumped out of the cockpit, scaring Jenny as she spoke.

"Hey! What are you doing?!"

To answer her, Alphus turned her bayard into an Altean broadsword as the others tried to convince her not to do this.

"Alphus, stop!"

"There's not enough time!"

Alphus didn't care about that as she raised her bayard with a bellow before she stabbed through Sincline's eye and tried to pry it open as she grunted with a yell before revealing Lotor unconscious in the cockpit before she grabbed him from the Sincline and placed him on her shoulder before Jenny spoke up.

"Uh, you mind hurrying this up? White can't last much longer in here, either."

As electrical surges struck around the White Voltron, Alphus had a tragic realization as she spoke.

"If I don't get there soon, we'll both be lost."

Then, it was at that moment that Alphus looked at her right hand and saw a longer flash of her covered in moss as she looked back to Jenny, who appeared to have grown much older to about her age before she gave a teary smile and spoke to herself.

"Jenny... please forgive me."

With that, Alphus jumped towards the White Voltron before pushing Lotor into its path before Jenny caught him as she noticed Alphus going away, much to her increasing worry as she shouted.

"Alphus, what are you doing?! We can't leave without you!"

"Yes, you can. I have to stay."

"No! There's gotta be another way! There has to be! I can't pilot it! I lost my connection!"

At that moment, the White Voltron shut its chest on the two of them before Alphus, whose eyes are now glowing bright blue, held her hand out to it and motioned it to face the main Voltron as Jenny banged on it, trying to break free and bring Alphus with her before she spoke.

"I'll be with you, Jenny... now go!"

With that, both Voltrons took off without her as Jenny screamed at the top of her lungs for her.

"NO! ALPHUS! YOU CAN'T DO THIS!"

As they faded away, Alphus floated by herself inside the Quintessence field as she laid inside the cockpit of the Sincline, her final resting tomb as she said goodbye one last time with tears flowing in her eyes.

"Jenny... I'm sorry. It was my destiny..."

Outside the Quintessence field, both Voltrons with the addition of the now comatose Lotor inside the White Voltron, Jenny beat her fists on its chest, crying hysterically at her loss of Alphus as she shouted.

"Alphus! Come back! You have to come back! You have to! You have to—"

As Jenny began to sob uncontrollably, Allura heard every sound of agony from her as did Lance as he spoke.

"I'm sorry, Jenny. It's what she wanted."

"Lance is right. She knew if we'd stayed in the Quintessence field, we would've kept fighting until we destroyed ourselves. She wouldn't wish that fate on anyone. Not even on Lotor."

Jenny didn't find that comforting in the least as she shouted again before Lance spoke up.

"But it's not fair! She shouldn't have to do that! I want her back!"

"We all do. But Alphus knew it had to be done. We couldn't change her mind even if we wanted to. But I'm sure she saved you for a good reason. She knows you'll gain its trust again. With or without her, Jenny, you are one of the the most caring person in the universe any of us have ever met. If anyone deserved that chance, is you. Alphus knew that right away. She wouldn't want you to make her sacrifice be in vain."

As she heard Lance's words, Jenny's sobs were lowering to a minimum before she tried to reply without breaking her voice.

"Lance... thank you."

With Jenny calmed down, Keith spoke to Allura about their power.

"What did you guys do in there?"

"We transferred the excess power from both Voltrons. It's a technique we learned on Oriande. Thanks to Lotor."

Hearing this, Lance looked towards the crater where they escaped as did Jenny before the heartbroken girl spoke her gratitude first.

"Thank you, Alphus. You saved us all."

"Not just us. The entire universe."

"Not even that... all of the universes out there."

At that moment, Coran saw that both Voltrons were now out of the Quintessence field as he spoke elatedly while Belle spoke up to Jenny, who replied determinedly, knowing that Alphus gave Lottie a chance for a reason in spite of the growing hate she has for him now.

"Oh, you're back!"

"What happened out there?"

"Lotor is unconscious, but he won't be a threat anymore."

At that moment, Coran pulled up a map to show the current condition that will escalate into a more serious result.

"Right. I'm afraid we face a bigger threat now. All of Lotor's jumping in and out of the Quintessence field has created multiple growing rifts in the fabric of time and space."

This made Lance worried as he spoke before Pidge told him the result of this.

"What does that mean?"

"It means unless we do something fast, those tears will continue to expand until all of existence as we know it has been destroyed."

This made Keith concerned as he spoke up.

"There has to be something we can do."

With that, Pidge and Hunk got to work on finding any solution that could solve the issue as Jenny sat by herself in the cockpit staring angrily at Lotor.

"Scanning the rift for any strand refabrication possibilities."

"I'm running a few different models now to see if there's any chance it can close on its own."

While Pidge and Hunk did this, they didn't find the results they desired.

"Nothing."

"Nope. Me, neither."

Keith then checked with Coran on the timing before Lance spoke up.

"How long do we have?"

"Well, based on the way those rifts are expanding, I'd say about 15 doboshes."

"Allura, you have to have a way to close it. Voltron opened it up, maybe we can... I don't know, but there's gotta be a way!"

"I'm sorry, but I just don't possess that level of alchemic knowledge."

With the others having no luck, Jenny began to suggest a very dark idea, even for her.

"Lotor caused all of this. Why don't we just toss him in the rift?"

Surprised by a dark response as she was, Pidge knew it wouldn't pan out as planned.

"That won't work. The only thing that could possibly pull that rift closed would be a source of gravity more powerful than a supermassive black hole."

As Lance tried to find a solution, Coran spoke of one.

"Any chance we can find one and tow it over here in 15 doboshes?"

"Wait a tick. The teludav."

This made Keith reply confusedly before Coran explain.

"What about it?"

"In order to make wormhole jumps, the teludav creates a brief flash of infinite mass. There might be a way I can overload the teludav reactor and seal the rift. If one of the flashes went off in the rift, it could do the job."

As Coran said this, they also dawned on another realization as Hunk spoke.

"But that would mean sacrificing the Castle of Lions."

Sewing as they had no other option, Pidge spoke up in favor of Coran's idea.

"Well, what choice do we have? The Castle will be wiped out with the rest of us."

"But still... it's been our home."

This gave Coran good for thought as he spoke.

"Oh, I hate to say goodbye to my grandfather's creation, the last piece of the real Altea."

With that, Allura became confident in what it is they have to do.

"Coran, Babak, begin preparations. Everyone else, start unloading the Castle. We need to evacuate immediately."

Later, Pidge, Jenny, and Lance were shown to be extracting the data from the teludav and shutting down the generator with Coran.

Later, it showed Krolia holding Kuron's pod while Xarnas held Lotor's pod as Xanthia looked at him and found herself sighing as she was accompanied by Adea, who placed her hand on her shoulder.

In Pidge's room, she and a few of the creatures she brought from her trip in the garbage galaxy by the wormhole after their first fight with Zarkon, moved her stuff out of the room before Lapis got her stuff out of the way with Luzria, Belle, and Atchiam helping her before Allura picked up the mice and noticed a hologram of her parents together before she took it.

In another room, Lance went in to help Jenny move stuff out of her room, only to see her holding a picture of her and her family before she began to shed tears before she noticed Lance and sob on him before he brushed her hair back in an attempt to provide comfort while Keith and Ayame were getting their stuff easily packed before he noticed her looking dismal as he placed his finger gently in her face and wiped away the tear that lingered before she smiled.

Meanwhile, Babak was having difficulty moving Kaltenecker onto the Red Lion as he grunted while Sapphire rode on her with Cilia giggling at the scene before it showed Sandra with Hunk packing all of the food goo before they looked to each other with hope, while in the Red Lion, Lance looked determinedly out front with Kaltenecker mooing before showing Pidge doing the same. In the Blue Lion, Allura was watching as the space mice got ready alongside Cilia, Sapphire, Xanthia, and Romelle, while Babak stayed with Ayame, Jenny, and Lotor in the White Lion before she spoke to herself.

"You said you'll be with me... what did you mean?"

In the Violet Lion, Lapis checked with her team as they got the items they needed before she smiled with Krolia and Xarnas accompanying them while in the Castle, Coran brushed his hand on it one last time before he spoke.

"Goodbye, old friend."

With that, he walked away before the alarms went off as all the lions took off before Coran showed to be in the Blue Lion with the others and Allura before moments later, the Castle's teludav generator self-destructed, instantly destroying the rooms as the Castle went inside the rift, triggering an explosion that shrunk the rift to a tiny ball before a supernova occurred shortly after as the Paladins had to brace the impact before the explosion was finally over as the light dimmed to a very small size with a twinkle. With the ordeal over, Hunk spoke to the others about the progress.

"It worked."

Hearing this, Allura turned to Coran and spoke to him.

"You did it, Coran."

At that moment, Hunk noticed something else as he propelled closer to it as he noticed a small crystal floating in space as he and Sandra spoke.

"Whoa. You seeing this?"

"Yeah. It's a diamond. The pressure crushed the Castle of Lions into this little diamond."

With that, the Yellow Lion opened its jaw and closed it once it entered before Lance spoke of their actions as Keith, Allura, and Pidge smiled while Jenny couldn't bear to smile anymore as she had lost all reason to with Ayame noticing.

"Well, we saved all realities everywhere. What do you guys want to do now?"

Keith had an idea as he spoke up.

"We need to find a good place to land and see if there's any way we can help Shiro."

With that, the Lions darted to a galaxy in front of them, hoping to find a place to do just that.

On a faraway planet, as Keith laid Kuron on his back, he had already explained the whole story to the others.

"This body is barely living, but Shiro's is alive. It's inside the Black Lion. I've heard him talking to me."

At that moment, Lance became saddened when he realized what Shiro was trying to say on Olkarion. And, regrettably, he didn't get the message in time.

"He... he tried to tell me, but I-I didn't realize."

With that, Lance ran to Shiro and knelt down before Belle joined him as he spoke.

"I'm so sorry, Shiro. I—I didn't know. I could've..."

As Lance began to sob, Belle placed her hand on his shoulder.

"There's nothing you could've done, Lance. There wasn't anything any of us could do."

At that moment, Allura smiled to the both of them, confusing them before she walked towards the Black Lion and placed her hands on the Black Lion before she tapped into its essence, which made its way around the whole body, making Ayame, Jenny, Lance, Belle, and the others surprised as the light went all the way to Allura before her whole body was coated in a purple light while her eyes glowed light blue, making Jenny gasp before she spoke.

"Whoa..."

With that, Allura placed her hands on Kuron's head as she coated his whole body with the essence before it went away from him and the essence faded from him, too, his hair turned completely white. For a while, nothing had happened before Shiro's eyes flashed open with purple before his irises returned and he sat up coughing as Ayame and Keith gave him the comfort he needed Egypt he groaned and leaned on him before the Lions roared in celebration, scaring Romelle while everyone cheered, including Babak, Cilia, Sapphire, Hunk, and Coran while Lance, Jenny, Xanthia, Adea, Lapis, Atchiam, Luzria, and the rest had tears of joy before Shiro spoke to Keith, Ayame, and Allura.

"You found me."

"We're glad you're back, Shiro."

"This universe wouldn't be the same without you."

"Rest."

With that, Takashi sighed as he closed his eyes before Hunk spoke up.

"So what are we gonna do? The Castle is destroyed."

Pidge had one idea before she spoke up.

"There's only one place that has the plans necessary to build a replacement for the Castle of Lions. Coran gave them to my dad."

Hearing this, Belle and Jenny widened their eyes before they spoke.

"Hold on."

"Are you saying what I think you're saying?"

Keith confirmed it with a smile as he spoke to them.

"We're going home."