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

Let me know what you think of the story so far... Enjoy Chapter 4

Mertz

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Keith slowly awakens to the sound of voices surrounding him. He groans and tries to put his hand to his head only to find he can't move. He opens his eyes, fury filling him, as he struggles against the bonds to find Allura's concerned face peering down at him, "Keith?"

He snarls up at her, "Release me now!"

"Take it easy Yank…you'll give yourself a coronary."

Keith twists his head to the side, furious, to see a beautiful red head speaking to him, "Who the fuck are you?"

Cat lifts an eyebrow at him as she saunters forward, "My…such language from the King of Arus. Your subjects would be shocked. Since you obviously don't remember me, I'm Caitlin."

Dismissing her, Keith switches his gaze from Cat back to Allura, "You knocked me out, how?"

Allura moves her hand to the side of Keith's neck, "Pressure points Keith; you taught me how to take someone down with them."

Keith stares up at her flabbergasted, "I taught you…"

Allura nods at him, "I couldn't let you hurt Lance Keith. You would never forgive yourself." She turns her face away from him as the door to his room opens and several men enter the room.

Keith studies them as they surround his bed and study him, the one from before looks at Allura and speaks, "Does he remember?"

Allura shakes her head at him, "No Lance…he doesn't."

Keith loses his temper, "Who the hell are you people? Why are you holding me prisoner?"

Lance moves his gaze from Allura to Keith, "Keith, I'm Lance." then goes around the room introducing Sven, Pidge, Hunk and Coran. He moves his gaze back to Keith, "We are your friends Keith."

Keith glares up at him, "Do you always keep your friends tied down to a bed?"

Sven starts laughing, "Well…he hasn't lost his sense of humor…"

Lance raises an eyebrow at Sven then looks back down at Keith, "Only when they have lost their memory and are as dangerous as you are Keith. We couldn't risk you attacking us before we could make you listen to us."

Keith glares up at him, "Release me."

Before Lance can answer the door opens and Keith watches a man dressed as a doctor enter the room. Dr. Gorma looks up from his chart to see all the people in the room before his gaze drifts down to Keith, "Ahh…your Majesty. I'm glad to see you are awake at last." He consults his chart again, "There are no drugs in your system, heart rate is normal, blood pressure normal…" he looks back at Keith, "Based on the still healing scar on your upper temple I'm guessing you had head trauma when you crashed your lion which might explain your lack of memory."

Keith stares at the man flabbergasted, "Why did you call me Majesty?"

Keith shifts his eyes to the older gentleman, named Coran, as he speaks, "Because Majesty, you are the King of Arus, married to Allura, Queen of Arus." gesturing to Allura, the woman who claimed earlier to love him.

Keith shakes his head, "No…Queen Merla told me…" stopping when Allura reaches down to touch his cheek, "She lied to you Keith." Confusion fills Keith as he looks around at the faces in the room before he lays his head back against the pillow closing his eyes.

Allura looks up at Lance briefly then reaches down and starts undoing the buckles to the restraints holding Keith down. He opens his eyes and watches her as his arms are released. Keith moves his arms, watching the men in the room move to a guarded stance. Keith sits up and looks around him as Cat catches his eyes, "Easy Yank…no quick movements. While we are your friends we won't hesitate to take you down if you try something."

Recognizing the dangerous look in Cat's eye, he nods and moves slowly as Allura finishes unbuckling the restraints on his legs fully freeing him. Allura looks into his face and then takes his hand, pulling on it, "Come with me Keith."

As Keith stands Lance clears his throat, "What are you doing Allura?"

Allura looks back at Lance, "Taking him to our bedroom. I'm hoping the surroundings will trigger his memory."

Lance nods to her then looks over at Cat who smiles at him, "I'll go with them love…"

Keith raises his eyebrow at them, "You are going to have a woman guard me?"

Lance smirks at Keith, "Cat isn't your average woman Keith. She is probably the one person in this room who could take you down in hand to hand combat alone."

Keith's gaze moves back to Cat reassessing her as Cat smiles dangerously at him. Allura shakes her head at the lot of them then pulls on Keith's hand once more and gets him to leave the room with her, Cat following.

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Keith studies the hallways Allura pulls him down, his hand still tightly held within hers. They finally stop before a door and Allura enters in a code causing the door to open. She walks through it pulling Keith along, Cat after them.

Allura finally releases Keith's hand and watches him as he walks around the room looking around. He finally spots several pictures hanging on a wall and walks toward them to study them. Keith looks at them astounded. There are pictures of him as a younger man with the men he met in the hospital room. He continues to look from picture to picture, one of what was obviously his and Allura's wedding day, another of him and Allura laughing together with their arms wrapped around each other. The final one he stops at is a group shot taken in front of legs of mechanical lions.

Allura walks over to stand beside him as his gaze goes back over the pictures. She watches his face, his eyes beginning to have a look of panic in them, before she reaches back down and grasps his hand again. Keith looks away from the pictures back to Allura, "I don't understand."

Allura takes a step closer to him so their bodies are almost touching and uses her free hand to reach up and caress Keith's face, "You are Keith Kogane, Commander of the Voltron Force, King of Planet Arus and my husband. You came to this planet two years ago as part of a group sent by the Galaxy Alliance to free us from the terror of King Zarkon and Planet Doom."

Keith studies her face as she continues, "Seven months ago we were married Keith and three weeks ago you went missing after Black lion was attacked when you were out on patrol. We didn't know what happened to you until you came at me with a knife this afternoon."

Allura continues to study his eyes while moving her hand along his cheek. She finally closes the gap between them and pulls Keith into her arms, hugging him to her as she whispers in his ear, "I thought I had lost you forever." Keith pulls back to see tears in her eyes as her hand moves up to cup his cheek again, "I love you Keith."

Overwhelmed Keith pulls back from her, "I don't remember you Allura..." He walks around the room looking around before walking over to the bed and sitting down on it, "I don't remember any of this!" He wipes his face with his hand, confusion and anxiety warring within him, "I don't know who to believe or what I am anymore."

Allura nods to Cat, who nods back and walks out of the room as Allura walks over to Keith and sits down beside him. She takes his hand and holds it to her, kissing it. Keith shudders at the feelings going through his body as she takes the back of his hand and rubs it along her cheek.

He turns his face toward her, "Allura…" stopping only when he hears the alarms going off, "What's that?"

Allura jumps up and starts running for the door. She stops, turns back to Keith, grabbing his hand and pulls him along behind her to castle control. They enter the room and Keith stops, pulling back on Allura's hand, as he takes in the room, "What the…"

Allura leaves him by the door and walks up to the dais where everyone else is standing, "What's going on?"

Sven looks over at her, "Queen Merla's command ship is flying outside of the castle." Allura watches the monitors as several attack ships leave the command ship and begin firing on the castle, "Let's launch the lions." stopping when she hears Keith's yell of pain behind her. She turns back to see Keith grabbing his head as his body backs into a wall and he falls down, "KEITH!"

Keith holds his head, in pain, as Queen Merla's voice echoes through his mind, You promised me my love… You promised you would kill her… You must kill Queen Allura so you may become mine… He yells as the pain builds, "Get out of my head!"

Allura drops to the floor in front of Keith grabbing at his hands as he yells again. She looks back at the others that have gathered around them, "Get into the lions and get Merla out of here!"

Lance and Sven nod then run for the launch tubes followed by Hunk and Pidge. Cat and Romelle continue to watch as Allura sits astride Keith grabbing his cheeks, "Fight her Keith, close the door to your mind so she can't use you."

Keith screams as he pulls at his head and pushes up almost bucking Allura off of him as Queen Merla's voice continues to echo in his mind, Kill her Keith… Become my love… He stiffens when he feels Allura's lips on his while her knees squeeze his thighs and hips.

Coran looks away from the monitors as the lions continue to fire on Merla's fighters to see Allura astride Keith kissing him, "Really! Your Majesty!"

Allura ignores Coran and continues kissing Keith, one hand holding his head in place, the other stroking his chest as she gently moves her hips against him. Keith shudders as his body responds to Allura, the echo in his mind quieting until he can no longer hear Merla, but could only feel Allura as his arms wrap around her and he pushes his tongue into her mouth returning the kiss.

Allura sighs as she feels his arms go around her and the evidence of his desire against her groin. She pulls back from Keith, studying his eyes as she caresses his cheek, "Is she gone?"

Keith shakes his head to clear it, suddenly feeling exhausted, "Yes." as his head tips forward into her. Allura holds his head to her chest as she looks back at Coran and the monitors. Coran watches as the remaining fighters are taken out and the lions begin attacking Merla's command ship before it turns and flies out of Arus airspace.

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Lance and the others leave the launch tubes to find Keith still on the floor with his head buried in Allura's chest while she sits astride him. He raises an eyebrow to Cat who just smiles at him before he approaches them, "Is he alright?"

Allura turns her head toward him, "Yes, but he's exhausted from the mental battle with Merla."

Lance watches as Keith leans back against the wall away from Allura, his body almost totally slumped; he is having a hard time staying awake. Allura pushes herself up off of his lap, "Lance, can you get him down to our room and into bed please?"

Lance nods then turns back to Hunk, "Hunk, help me with him will you?"

Hunk nods and between Lance and Hunk they pull Keith up on his feet and drag him out of the room, Pidge and Sven following. Romelle hugs Allura before Allura turns to Cat, "How do we permanently break Merla's hold on Keith?"

Caitlin studies Allura before she shrugs, "I have no idea love. But your kissing him certainly worked to pull him out of it. How did you know how to do that?"

Allura sighs as she crosses her arms, "It was what I did to get him to stop in the meadow, although this time it took a lot more for him to break Merla's hold."

Romelle touches Allura arm, "Maybe this time Merla was pushing harder.

All three women start when they hear Coran's voice, "A better question would be how Queen Merla gained control of Keith's mind to begin with?" Coran stands and walks toward the women, "Keith is the one person whom I would have thought mentally strong enough that Queen Merla would never have been able to take over his mind.

Cat's emerald gaze locks with Coran's, "That is quite obvious, she took advantage of him just after he lost his memory and he had no defense against her."

Coran dips his head to her in acknowledgement, "Then it stands to reason that if Keith can regain his memory…"

Allura interrupts him, "He would be able to block out Merla."

Coran nods his head toward her, "Precisely."

Allura nods then starts out of the room, "I need to go check on him." Romelle and Cat look at each other then follow her.

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Allura enters her room to find Keith had been changed into his pajama bottoms and was now asleep in their bed, the men sitting around the room watching him. Lance stands facing Allura as she walks to the bed and sits on it, pushing Keith's hair out of his eyes while he sleeps.

Lance clears his throat to gain her attention, "Allura, are you sure you want to stay in here alone with him tonight?"

Allura leans over and kisses Keith's forehead before standing and facing everyone, "Yes, I will be fine Lance. Keith won't hurt me."

Sven makes a noise as he stands with his arm around Romelle, "The Keith we know and love wouldn't hurt you Allura. This Keith, with no memory, I don't have a whole lot of faith in."

Pidge nods, "Perhaps one of us should stay with him instead."

Allura looks around the room as Hunk, Lance and Sven all nod. She raises an eyebrow at them, "I take it the four of you were discussing this while I was out of the room?"

They all look at each other a bit guilty looking as Cat starts laughing quietly at them. Allura shakes her head, "If Keith was going to hurt me he would have done it in the meadow, instead of protecting me from those robots. He is still Keith, memory or no memory."

Lance looks at the others and rubs the back of his neck as he sighs and gives in, "Fine, but keep your communicator near you, so you can hit the panic button if needed Allura."

Allura nods and wishes them goodnight as they leave the room. Allura changes into her nightgown and sits on the bed watching Keith sleep. She grasps his hand and pulls it to her, kissing it, thanking every God known to man for bringing him back to her.

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Queen Merla paces her room swearing, "How did that little bitch break my hold on him?" She grasps the nearest object and hurls it across the room breaking a mirror. Her Lieutenant turns to face her, "Perhaps you were too hasty bringing him back to Arus before knowing for certain that you had full control of his mind."

Merla shakes her head, "No, I tested him thoroughly. He performed the merest suggestion without needing to be pushed. Today I pushed him very hard and he still broke free of my hold."

She picks up another object and hurls it across the room, "How long will it take to finish repairing my ship?"

The robot looks closely at the data pad in front of her, "Tomorrow sometime."

Merla nods, "Very well. Then we head back to Arus. I will regain control of Keith's mind and that bitch will die by his hand."