As Shiro leaves Nau cleans up the helmet on her bed. Once clean she smiles at the familiar object.

-Flashback years ago:

'Daddy what is that?' A little Nau pulls on his shirt as he cleans the helmet.

'An old memory.' Rex smiles a bit sadly at it.

'Memory? I thought it was helmet.' The pup looks confused.

'It is. The memories are what it represents.' Rex chuckles.

'I don't get it.' The pup stares curiously and a bit sadly at not understanding.

'You will. When you're older. You will.' Rex pats his daughter's head.-

'Could you really be alive?' Nau looks at the helmet as she lies down.

Meanwhile in the halls, Shiro is trying to cool his head. Sticking his hands in his pockets he stops feeling something.

"Right the note." Shiro feels it in his pocket.

'I'll… give it to her in the morning.' Shiro turns a bit red again remembering her in her pjs and wet hair.

Shiro lies in his bed trying to cool his head. Reaching in his pocket he pulls out the letter.

"Soldier huh? What was he like?" Shiro ponders as he stares at the letter.

Closing his eyes he soon drifts off to sleep. Yet somehow finds himself in front of Black's door. Heading in he sees someone there in his Paladin suit staring at the large lion.

'Who are you?' Shiro calls a bit harshly but also curious.

'I was you.' Rex chuckles turning to face the new black Paladin.

'Y-you're…' Shiro stares wide eyed as the man nods. 'But how? I mean you're… dead.' He looks really confused.

'No I'm not.' Rex shakes his head. 'Neither is Rue nor Alfor.'

'How? Where? Why haven't you aged in…' Shiro starts wide eyed.

Rex holds up a hand to stop him. 'Please don't say the years. I don't want to know. Not until we get out of this loop anyway.' He sighs at the last part. 'As for how… let's just say there was an unplanned extraction. We're alive and safe. We're just stuck in between worlds and time.' He rubs the back of his neck at that.

'How are we talking like this?' Shiro calms some but still curious.

'The bond. I'm surprised Black and I are still so connected truthfully.' Rex turns to the lion a small smile on his face. 'But I needed to try and get a message to those girls. Let them know we're safe and are trying to find a way to them. Can you do that for me?' he turns back to the young paladin.

'I can.' Shiro nods.

'Thank you…' Rex looks at him realizing he never got his name.

'My name's Takashi Shirogane or Shiro.' Shiro explains.

'Thank you Shiro and please look out for our girls.' Rex smiles at him holding his hand out for his.

'Always.' Shiro shakes his hand.

Waking up Shiro stares at his hand for a moment, trying to decide if it was real or not. Looking at the note again he decides it was and goes to give his message to the girls.

"I-it wasn't a dream? They're really…" Nau stares amazed.

'Father.' Allura had tears welling up as she hand her hands over her mouth.

"He said they were stuck between worlds and time, trying to find a way out. Though he didn't say where." Shiro sighs at the last bit.

"B-but they're alive? And safe?" Allura looks with shaking eyes yet hope ringing in them.

"Yes." Shiro nods. "I'm sorry I wish I could tell you more." He looks to the side, feeling this isn't enough.

"Thank you." Nau hugs around his waist. "Thank you so much." Her ears are drooped but tail wags a bit as happy tears drip on to his shirt.

"Your welcome." Shiro almost whispers hugging her back.

The others stare amazed at this moment. The two see the others staring then see how they look separating quickly a bit red.

A few days later they're going over what bits of memory they had saved from their once captive Galran. They learned of a galactic station that is hidden. They then head for it to learn what could be there.

"We'll need to enter here, the central control building." Allura looks at the large hub.

"I'm sorry, Princess, did you say "we"?" Keith looks over at her confused.

"I'm going with you." Allura nods. "I've traveled through the Galra transportation hubs many times with my father before the war began. I know more about them than any of you." She explains.

"Princess, I'd rather you stay here. Both of you truthfully." Coran looks over at Nau.

"That makes no sense. I'm a Paladin too." Nau's tail twitches at annoyance.

"And I'm a part of this fight against Zarkon as much as anyone. I'm going. Does anyone have a problem with that?" Allura stares sharply.

The others look at Shiro to see what he has to say.

"Fine. Suit up." Shiro shrugs causing Coran to fall over.

With that they headed off. Arriving they take out a few guards and Pidge gets to hacking.

"We'll have all the information we need in a few minutes. Hunk and I have made some improvements since the last time I tried to download Galra info. We should get a nice, clean translation immediately. Hunk had a great idea about how to do it." Pidge works on her computer.

"Do you guys remember when we studied algorithms at the Garrison, and Mr. York told us that joke about the ghost learning symbolic logic and innumerably infinite sets?" Hunk gave a small laugh to this odd joke.

"Boring!" Lance calls keeping watch by the door.

"Right, yeah, totally, it was boring. Anyway, the joke goes-" Hunk is about to start it.

"Hey, guys, sorry to interrupt, but I think we got company." Keith stops him spotting a ship coming.

"Think we should get out of here?" Nau looks out at the large ship.

"We just need a few more seconds." Pidge continues working on the floor.

"Stay low. We need this intel." Shiro whispers.

As the screen turns on they all get low. Seeing he's not going Hunk takes a hold of the offline robot and uses it as a puppet to signal for the ship to go on.

After that they learn there's no intel on this hub. But the ship coming in his heading for Galra central after refuel here.

Allura then shows them an ability that Alteans seemed to have lost over the years. She grows taller and changes her skin color to purple. Shiro and Nau say they're coming as well. Shiro is needed to get the intel and Nau wasn't going to leave her princess without protection.

They're snuck on and start to work. Nau keeping her ears open for anyone coming as Allura keeps watch as Shiro tries to access the main frame.

Sadly they're spotted. They start heading for the others but there's no time for all of them to escape.

"Shiro get Allura out of here." Nau takes out her bayard, it changing into a bow.

"Nau no! I'm not leaving you!" Allura stares at her friend with shaking eyes.

"She's right. We're not leaving you." Shiro shakes his head.

"There's no time! Get out of here!" Nau force pushes them through the door.

They bang on it as she holds it closed. She mouths with begging eyes for Shiro to get them out of there. He doesn't want to but has no choice as she's being grabbed. He pulls Allura along to the castle, both looking back at a taken down Nau.