With the help of the Blade of Marmora they are able to chase off the rest of the men. Once they were back at the castle they all sat in the main living area. All taking in Zarkon having a kid let alone a half Altean child. And now they have to face against him.
"Man that's a lot to take in." Hunk sighs heavily slumped over.
"I can't believe he had an Altean wife. And that the Quintessence can poison someone." Pidge fixes her glasses as she takes down the info. "Why doesn't it affect all of you like that? And how come Nau seems to be able to take it in?" she looks jots down everything.
"I think there are bigger questions that should be an answered." Keith, in his stealth gear, stares at Nau a bit sharply. "WHY didn't you hit him? And why did Lotor kiss you?"
"Keith!" Shiro shouts over to him.
"Actually… I really want to know too." Lance looks over at his friend hoping for an answer.
"It's a long story." Nau's ears droop.
"We got time." Keith keeps his arms crossed.
"We played together as kids. He was different like me so we got along pretty well. Aside from Allura, Lotor was my closest friend. Actually I was closer with him." Nau starts her story.
"So you're what? Childhood friends?" Lance looks at her with a lifted brow.
"We all were and thought he was on our side. That is until…" Allura grips a fist unable to finish.
"Until?" Pidge looks over at the three silent on the couch.
"Until he tricked me into being a prisoner." Nau breaks the silence.
"It took us two months to realize something was wrong. And another one to find her. By then… they made a machine to drain the quintessence from her." Coran explains looking down at the floor.
"Two months? Why wasn't everyone in a panic looking for her when she was suddenly gone?" Hunk's eyes widen.
The other two look over at Nau, who's ears can't droop any lower. Keith and Shiro both get it first.
"Because they didn't think anything was wrong. They thought you two ran off together. Didn't they?" Keith nearly snarls.
"Keith!" Shiro shouts again.
"Didn't they!?" Keith didn't listen this time.
"YES! Yes alright!? I went with him willingly! I ran away! I did it! ME!" Nau stands as she motions to herself with teary eyes. "I trusted him and I…" she runs off.
"Not cool man." Lance stares at him sharply.
"She was hiding it. They've all been hiding things." Keith points at Coran and Allura.
"Says the guy that left us to join a SECRET society." Pidge huffs with crossed arms.
"No he has a point. You deserve to know what happened." Coran sighs shaking his head a bit. "It's just… these memories are hard." He looks down at the ground sadly.
"What happened? Why did Lotor try to drain Nau?" Shiro looks confused and worried.
"To tell you that we have to go back. Back to when Rex and Rue first came to Altea." Coran takes a deep breath looking at everyone.
They all take a seat to listen to what will most likely be an interesting tail to say the least. And also the history of Voltron. Coran closes his eyes and starts to think back to what happened.
Ten thousand years ago on a bustling and thriving Altea. Alfor is out in the castle garden with his pregnant wife, Melenor, Coran looking after them. He was holding her close and patting her stomach when they hear a boom and a streak of light goes by followed by the land shaking for a moment.
"Coran please go see what that was with the guards." Alfor looks over at his deer friend.
"Yes sir." Coran salutes heading out.
A while later at the still smoking crash site.
"Is this a ship? I've never seen one like this before." The royal guards explore the recidge.
"We found someone!" A medic yells.
"Dear lords someone's alive after that?" They find a badly banged up Rex in the cockpit.
"He's alive but barely. We'll have to get to a healing chamber quickly." The medic louds him on to a floating stretcher.
"Go, we'll keep looking." The head guard sends him off.
"What's this?" One of the men picks up a holorecorder.
"Rue, I know you'll be upset with me. But it was the only way to make sure you and our child would live. Please forgive me. I love you." Rex's hologram relays then fades back into the box.
"Check the ship for a stasis pod! I will bring this to king Alfor." The head guard declares.
"Sir!" The men spread out.
'He has a wife and child?' Coran looks around as well with shaking eyes.
Looking about he finds a still completely in tacked hibernation chamber. Wiping some of the dust off of it he finds a pregnant half cat and human inside.
"Over here!" Coran shouts.
"She's alive. But the stress of whatever they were facing would have affected her. We should get her back quickly as well." A medic looks over her pod.
"I'll go with you." Coran heads for the hospital with them as an escort for these refugees.
Hours later Coran stands next to Alfor as he's looking over Rex in a chamber. He was in there to heal and be treated.
"His DNA is like nothing I've seen before. He's got no illnesses and an ability to adapt yet his aging was sped up." A dark skinned woman looks over her data.
"Was?" Coran looks over at her.
"Yes. I was able to use the baby's embryo stem to treat it along with a few other things." The golden eyed woman nods.
"And the baby? How is he/she? And the mother?" Alfor looks at the purple haired Altean.
"The baby is a healthy girl and the mother is in a deep sleep at the moment. But she's resting peacefully." She smiles at her king.
"Thank you Honerva." Alfor pats her shoulder with a soft smile.
"My king." Honerva gives a small nod before heading off to check on things.
"All those scars. What did you face my friend?" Alfor places a hand on the pod looking at the sleeping man sadly.