Chapter Two: Ancient Aliens

Hana tries to take in as much as she could of this new world they were entering. As far as she could tell it looks exactly like Earth, right down to the plants. According to the screen in front of her it read that they had maximum oxygen levels to sustain human life on the planet.
If there was human life.

"I think that's its home." Lance points to what looked like a castle on the horizon. The first thing Hana notices were the ruins and collapsed bridges connecting the surrounding area to the castle.
Lance lands the Blue Lion safely on the bridge in front of what she assumes is the main entrance, judging from the elaborate gold gilded doors. The team clambers out of the Lion and just as they were inspecting the area, it sat on his haunches and lets out a roar that made the hairs on the back of her neck stand up.

"Oh my God, it's going to eat us!" Hunk yells covering his face with his hands.

The gold doors swung open.

"Oh…I guess he's not going to eat us." Hunk says calming down considerably. Hana shakes her head trying to keep the smile off her face, "I thought we established that he's friendly?"

"He?" Keith echoes.

"You know what I mean, he's like a…a giant pet." Hana glances over her shoulder at Blue that was sitting exactly the way a cat would. Pidge nods, "She's not the only one. There's something about the Lion that…has a connection with Lance. You said that never happened before whenever you visited the caves, right Keith?"

"Yeah…"

"Yes! This just proves that Iverson was wrong about me, I'm totally meant to be a pilot." Lance grins. His voice echoes off the walls and fills the empty corridors. Hana winces, "I don't know if we should announce our arrival. We don't know if these guys are friendly."

"They created a giant lion that could've eaten us by now but hasn't, how bad could they be?" Lance continues.
"Hana's right, we should still be on our guard." Shiro said. Hana makes a face in Lance's direction behind Shiro's back which he reciprocates. Eventually they ventured into a high-ceiling control room. The windows were covered with a sheet of metal that Hana assumed was controlled by a switch somewhere.

From the ground two cryo-pods emerges emitting thick cold clouds of vapor across the floor. Hana jumps backwards realizing that the nearest one, has a person in it.

"Do you think they're alive?" Pidge asked. Lance was tapping at the surface, a quizzical look on his face, "I don't know. There's no way-…whoa!"

The cryo-pod deactivated, its thick screen separating them and the figure inside disappears and whoever it was falls out, straight into Lance's arms. Long flowy hair the color of stainless steel, Hana recognizes her as some form of royalty. No one else would wear that elaborate headpiece encircling her crown. She also couldn't help noticing that the figure has pointy elf ears.

"Father!..." The figure exclaims and pauses, her face registering shock as she realizes that the people around her clearly weren't the same ones she'd been addressing. "Who are you? What are you doing in my castle?"

Before anyone could reply her, their attentions were taken by a loud yell from the other side of the room. The second unfrozen figure had started attacking Lance.

"We were brought here by a blue lion." Shiro explains ignoring the ruckus behind them.

"Coran! Stop, let me think." The lady yells. Immediately the second figure, a male with a thick head of ginger hair and a full handle-bar moustache, backs down. "You're lucky that Princess Allura doesn't like bloodshed, or you would've been at my mercy." He boasts.
Lance raises an eyebrow, folding his arms. "Oh yeah? Well you're lucky because I would've totally kicked your butt, like this." He proceeds with a series of complicated jumps and karate chops through the air. Coran eyes him, "How could you possibly do that, when I would have done this before?"
It was Coran's turn to make a bunch of weird noises and jump through the air.

"Wait…did you say blue lion? Voltron…" Princess Allura murmurs.

"Voltron? That's the word I kept hearing on the radio." Pidge said.

"Yes, my great-grandfather built it a long time ago as a way to protect to the universe against any evil that threaten peace." Princess Allura explained. "I must find out how long we've been asleep." She rushes forward towards the control panel, eyes wide and robes of robin's egg blue swishing behind her.

Hana didn't know how to react, standing there amongst the others as they all got assigned a lion.
Everyone except her.

"I'm sorry Hana, there were only five paladins that existed." Princess Allura said. Hana's gaze catches Coran nervously playing with the ends of his moustache looking as if he was on the verge of saying something.

"It's okay Hana, you can be my co-pilot." Lance grins. Hana glances at him, "I think I'd rather stay here. Help Keith. I'm sure two minds are better than one."

"What? I think you'll be more useful with Hunk and I." Lance said. Hana shrugs, walking away from the hologram. "I'll be in my room. Whenever someone needs me."

She half expected someone to follow her and exhales in relief whenever she glanced over her shoulder and found no one there. Hana wasn't sure where she was heading. Not that it mattered. Once more she found herself in a situation that had everything it needed.
Everything except her.

Out of the frying pan and into the fire.
Hana gives the nearest wall an involuntary punch. A metallic clang startled her.
She hated allowing her auto-pilot defense mechanism take precedent whenever her emotions got the best of her. Hana glances around trying to figure out which part of the castle she accidentally ventured in. The walls were made of the same metal alloy as the rest of the castle but were ivory instead of robin blue.
It wasn't difficult to find the source of the noise: a rectangle sheet of alloy laid on the ground revealing a safe.

Frowning, Hana examines the seal noticing the same Altean script that had been on the holograms. To her utter surprise the writing starts to glow an intense white similar to the way the blue markings in the cave had for Lance. She pulls out the faded parchment paper. It looks so old Hana wondered when it had last seen daylight. Her frown deepened, realization dawning that she wouldn't be able to read the curious map despite the rapid heartbeats tattooing a pattern in her ribcage and her fingertips got that warm tingly feeling it did before a bracing match.