This section gets a bit violent…if you have a squeamish stomach I don't recommend you continue reading this.

I make no claims to Voltron or any other WEP characters.

Enjoy Chapter 2

Mertz

Keith walks into Coran's office the next morning, "You wanted to see me Coran?" before noticing the other occupants in the room. Allura stands from her seat in front of Coran's desk and smiles at him, "Good morning Keith."

He begins to smile at her but stops when Prince Robert stands and places an arm around her before addressing him, "Commander."

Pushing down his anger, Keith nods, "Prince Robert." then dismisses him from his mind as he turns his gaze to Coran. Coran smiles at him, "Prince Robert has requested a tour of the country side with Princess Allura as his guide.

Keith nods, "Very well, how many of us would you like on the security detail?"

"None of you will be accompanying us Commander." Keith swiftly looks to Prince Robert as he continues, "As I have already explained to Coran, my security detail will see to our safety. You and the rest of the force will not be needed."

Keith narrows his eyes, "I am in charge of Princess Allura's security Prince Robert. She does not leave this castle without us."

Prince Robert steps away from Allura to glare at Keith, "Princess Allura is now my responsibility. As her fiancée I will see to her safety. I repeat, you and the rest of the Voltron force will not be needed."

Coran steps around his desk to interrupt Keith's reply, "Prince Robert, please, I would feel better if even one of the members of the force would be allowed to accompany you."

Robert turns away from Keith to glare at Coran, "This discussion is over, Princess Allura and I will depart after breakfast and we do not require any additional guards." He turns away and starts for the door before turning around, "Allura, come."

Allura raises an eyebrow at him, "I will be along in a moment Robert."

He glares at her before turning around and leaving the room. Keith walks up to her, "Princess, you can't…" stopping as she places a hand on his arm. She looks up into his eyes as she smiles at him gently, "I must trust in his ability to protect me Keith. As my husband he will be in charge of my security."

Keith wipes his face as his frustration builds, "You know this isn't a good idea…"

Shaking her head at Keith, she repeats, "I must trust him Keith."

Running his hand through his hair agitated, he relents, "Very well, but Princess I must ask you to agree to something."

Allura listens to Keith's request as her eyes go wide with disbelief, "Keith…"

He grabs her hand, "Please Princess, I've never asked anything of you. Do this as a favor to me out of our friendship. I just need to make sure nothing can happen to you."

Studying his eyes and noting the determination in them, she finally nods, "Very well Keith. But we will have to hurry or Robert will get suspicious."

Coran crosses himself as Keith leads the way out of the room.

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Allura sighs as she looks out the carriage window. Studying the country side she is dragged out of her thoughts as Prince Robert moves from his seat to sit next to her, "Princess Allura, the countryside of your planet is quite beautiful." as he takes her hand.

She smiles at him, "I'm glad you are enjoying it." He smiles ingratiatingly at her, "The only thing more beautiful is you…" He raises her hand and kisses it. Allura continues to smile at him as she gently pulls her hand away. She manages to subtly rub the back of it against her skirt as he leans forward and kisses her lightly on the lips.

Allura puts her hand up to his chest, pushing him away, "Robert, my Nanny did not come with us because you promised I wouldn't need a chaperone. Until we are married please refrain from pushing your attentions on me."

Coldness enters his eyes as he glares at Allura. He pushes himself away from her as he moves back to his own seat, his tone frosty, "You are twenty years old Allura…too old to have your Nanny following you wherever you go."

Refusing to rise to the bait, Allura smiles at him, "I am quite capable of taking care of myself Robert. That is why I agreed that she didn't need to come along as we get to know each other better on this outing."

Robert narrows his eyes, but before he can reply the sound of the horses screaming and the sudden lurch of the carriage interrupts him. Allura screams as she is thrown from her seat, Robert landing on top of her as the carriage tips onto its side.

Listening to Robert's soft moan of pain, Allura pulls herself out from under him as the door to the carriage opens and the face she hates the most appears in front of her, "Ahh…Princess…you seem to be in some distress." He grins wickedly, "Allow me to help you."

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Keith runs for castle control as the alarms blare, followed by Lance, Hunk and Pidge. He enters the room and yells at Coran before stopping, "What's going on?"

Coran turns around in his chair, "One of Prince Robert's personal guards used the communicator you gave him Keith. The carriage was attacked." He raises the dais, "Get out there and save them!"

Fear fills Keith as he runs for door number one and his lion.

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As the lions fly through the air, Keith is pushing Black as fast as he can to the location the help signal had come from. He lands Black near the overturned carriage and quickly jumps to the ground. Running to the carriage he spots several of Prince Robert's guards and servants milling around trying to account for everyone.

Keith stops before Prince Robert, who is holding a cloth to a wound on his forehead, "Where is Princess Allura?"

Prince Robert glares at Keith for his insolence, "You haven't addressed me properly Commander. You are to refer to me as your Highness or Prince Robert."

Keith grabs him by his shirt and hauls him up against the carriage yelling at him, "WHERE THE HELL IS SHE?" as Lance and the others stop beside him.

A guard approaches, "Commander, the Princess Allura was kidnapped sir."

Keith drops Robert to turn to the guard, "Lotor?"

Shrugging the guard answers, "Looked to me like Drule guards, but I could not be certain."

Prince Robert stands, "Guard! Take this insolent bastard into custody for assaulting my royal person."

Lance pulls a gun on the guard, "I wouldn't make any sudden moves if I were you…" as Keith shoves Prince Robert against the carriage once more, "You son of a bitch! She was your responsibility and you allowed Lotor to take her!" Keith hauls back his fist and punches him in the stomach.

Hunk and Pidge step forward, pulling on Keith to keep him from hitting the prince again. Hunk yells at him, "Stop it Captain! This won't get her back!"

Keith pulls away from them glaring at the prince as Lance asks, "How the hell are we going to find her? Lotor could have taken her anywhere."

Breathing deeply Keith turns his furious gaze away from the prince to answer Lance, "Her tracer."

"Tracer? What tracer?" Lance falls into step behind Keith as he walks toward the lions, "When the prince insisted that we not accompany them, I talked Allura into having a tracer put on her. It is hidden under the skin, near her hairline."

Pulling his communicator off his belt, Keith radios into castle control, "Coran, Princess Allura is gone. Lotor took her." He looks over at Lance then continues, "Activate the tracer on her now. Lance and I are going to follow it. Pidge and Hunk will return to the castle, Kogane out."

His fierce gaze falls on Lance, "Let's get going…I want to catch that bastard before he does something to her."

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Lotor pulls Allura close to him as she fights him, "Now my beauty we will arrive at our destination soon. We will wed upon arrival and then my sweet…I will make you mine!" he forces his tongue into her mouth as he kisses her. Allura bites down on his tongue and Lotor pulls back howling in pain.

Back handing her, he yells, "YOU BITCH!" before picking up a goblet near him and forcing Allura to face him again. He forces the goblet into her mouth, "Drink!"

Allura chokes on the liquid, but is unable to stop herself from swallowing it as it runs into her mouth. Lotor continues to dump the contents until it is all gone, "That will make you more biddable. Soon you will learn your place Allura."

As soon as he releases her, Allura falls to the floor, choking on the contents of the goblet. She glares up at Lotor gasping, "I hate you! I'll never marry you and I will never allow you to touch me!"

Lotor looks down at her as he begins laughing, "Soon you will be begging me to touch you."

A guard approaches, "Highness, we will land in two minutes. The bishop is awaiting you."

Yellow eyes fix upon Allura's face as he smiles evilly, "Your date with destiny awaits you…"

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Keith pushes Black as they follow the tracer's signal. He radios to Lance, "They aren't going to Doom…" Lance checks his maps, "Looks like they are heading for Rondak…"

Swearing under his breath Keith looks away from the map, "You're right… If I remember correctly, Doom has a fortress on that planet. We are going to have to be careful sneaking in."

Grimacing Lance checks his monitors again, "They haven't picked up on us at least."

Keith glares at the monitors as his anger builds, "They aren't looking for us Lance. The bastard thinks we will look on Doom for them."

"Should make sneaking in a bit easier…" says Lance as he adjusts his radar switches. He finally looks back at the video screen into Keith's still livid face, "We will be there in thirty minutes."

Keith doesn't answer as he looks away from Lance's face. He closes his eyes briefly as fear and anxiety fill him, I just hope we get to her in time…

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Allura stands before the bishop as the service is performed. She tries to focus her cloudy mind, I'm supposed to do something…where am I? She gazes about the area confused as the bishop asks her if she will take Lotor to be her husband.

Standing there staring at the man before her perplexed, Lotor leans near her, "Nod your head Allura."

She shifts her gaze from one man to the other and nods before going back to her thoughts, Why is my body so hot?

Ignoring the service Allura gazes absently around until the bishop announces them as man and wife. Lotor turns toward her and smiles, "Now you are mine!" He kisses Allura as she moans quietly, I don't understand…why does this feel so good, yet so wrong?

Lotor smiles evilly into her upturned face then smirks, Excellent!

He pulls on her arm and begins to lead her down several hallways. Lotor drags Allura into his bedroom suite, stopping before the bed. He pulls her in front of him, "Now my sweet…onto the festivities." and forces his tongue into her mouth as he kisses her. Allura whimpers but is unable to push him away as her body unwillingly begins to respond as Lotor's hand grabs her breast and squeezes it cruelly.

Stepping back Lotor grabs the front of her gown and rips it down to her waist, exposing her breasts. He admires them briefly before pulling the rest of the gown off of her and throwing her on the bed.

Down the hall a slave is cleaning the floors. Her head comes up as she hears the first scream coming from Prince Lotor's bedroom. She crosses herself, pitying the poor girl she saw dragged into that room yet thankful that it isn't her this time.

As the screams continue the slave closes her eyes as the tears run down her cheeks, wishing she was brave enough to try to help her. Unable to listen to the girl's pain anymore the slave gathers her cleaning utensils and walks down the hallway.