Sendak grabs the right arm of the Blue Paladin, his armor torn in various places, and the upper body taking most of the damage. He is slightly disappointed that the bomb Haxus planted did not deal much damage, but the drone did its job. It brought down the power of the Castle, which was all they needed to sneak into the mostly undefended Castle. He is sure if the Blue Paladin wasn't injured that the place would be deserted as he throws the body onto the floor in the command deck. Haxus is setting up their crystal into the Castle systems that he procured from their fallen fleet.

He readies his arm when the Champion rushes at him with the prototype Haggar graciously made glowing with purple quintessence. He smirks, honestly the combatant is ignorant to the true art of combat, so what if he managed to escape from the Arena? The Galra on the ship are not even combat ready as others of Zarkon's fleet, like his own. Pure loathing courses through him as he strikes at the insolent prisoner playing the hero. The Champion falls to the floor and he grabs him.

"Can't you see that you are helpless Champion? Pathetic, weak, barely even a threat to the Galra Empire," he emphasizes each word by slamming the male into the walls. He hears the Champion grunt in pain and his lips curl in sadistic pleasure. "You joined a fallen icon meant to stop our cause, yet that fails you as you lay defeated at my feet." He drops the human to the floor.

He keeps an eye on the human and turns to his companion. Haxus is already starting up the launch, and he can already feel the promotion from Commander to General from securing all of the Voltron Lions. He will be ahead rankings from his position, and he will be a close advisor to Zarkon, even as close to the Emperor as the Witch.

Sendak spots something odd on the comatose prisoner's right arm. He grasps it in his claws and brings it closer to his face.

"Get away from him!" The Champion yells as he manages to raise himself from the floor.

"What is this." He means it as a statement, he is a Commander of the highest caliber, higher than others in his same rank in this quadrant.

He notices the human snarling when he picks the Blue Paladin up by grasping his arm with his non-prosthetic arm. He drags his claw underneath the string of symbols on the arm, and he is displeased that he cannot hear the pained sounds from his prey. He allows himself to be satisfied by seeing how frail and thin Blue is compared to the Champion. Are all humans this pathetic? Blue and the other Paladins are dirt compared to the Champion, who are like those disgusting insects that were as tall as his knees.

He was happy that day when he slaughtered the tribes of the Pekobians. Nasty creatures who are not worthy of durable shells that was hard to penetrate with their guns. He had fun gutting their soft undersides lining in between the shells.

"They are our soulmarks." The Champion gasps as he shifts his feet to balance himself.

His hand is already glowing and he cannot help but feel amused at such a simple word.

He drops Blue, "Tell me what exactly does it mean? It sounds foolish."

Soulmark. What garbage, marring the fur of a superior race. It sounds like an identifier, with the mark root in the word. It's nothing like the nobility of a soulbond that a Galra feels to their equal who will be beside them as their partner. An inferior race broadcasting what the universe has bestowed upon them means the race has drawn the short plasma sword from the armory.

"It shows us the first words we hear from our soulmate." The Champion retorts as he runs toward him.

'Just as I thought.' Sendak extends his arm, quintessence stretching as his metal prosthetic claws are reaching toward his target.

He hears Haxus saying he's ready to take off.

"What a useless thing to have," Sendak taunts as his claws form a fist.

"They are not useless! They," The Champion dodges his fist as he moves to the right, "are words of hope everyone feels once you hear them." The Champion weaves around his arm and gets close enough to strike him. "They are a reminder that we are not alone! That we can get through our darkest days!" The Champion manages to strike him on his shoulder where his prosthetic is docked onto his body.

The Castle got off the ground for a tick before it crashes back down. He crashes onto the floor, and the Champion manages to loosen the dock before he threw the human away. He gets up and turns to his officer, who is cursing as the panel is smoking.

"Get that insolent whelp Haxus!" Sendak orders, indignantly spitting at the Galra to halt the Green Paladin from causing more trouble for him and the robots.

While Haxus deals with the stray cub, he'll deal with the one here.

"Champion, when I am done with you, you will wish you were back in the Arena."

A/N: Posting this even I'm not even halfway done with the actual chapter. Might need to have a friend look over Chapter 10 because I'm branching out two different beginnings. She'll choose which one actually is good.

Some background info on Keith's side and explanation of how Galra finds their soulmates:

The shack in Arizona is where Keith's dad, Elek, met his mom, and they don't visit it that much because she left. She was Keith's dad's soulmate, but she doesn't have words. Galra's vision suddenly flash to intense shade of grey when they meet their soulmate, the only color left is around their soulbond, and it recedes quicker when they are around them. Soulbond is what Galra call their SO. It's completely romantic.