Author's Note: This chapter has a battle scene in it, which is not something I do well. Feel free to add your own mental images if you need to.
E.M. – Allura has one more level to fall, before she starts to get up! But nothing ever keeps our heroes down!
Lotor Attacks
Larmina was still wound up as she got into Blue, who sensed everything right away. 'You Aunt knows that you have mate, and she is not happy' Blue thought to Larmina. She was powering up the Lion and thought back 'that is the understatement of the year!' Blue roared as they left his cavern, pushing to the surface of Lake Arus.
Once airborne, they joined the other lions to go find the robeast. Keith was on the com link talking to Daniel "Our immediate scans are not showing anything. What about the long range ones?" Daniel replied back "The robeast is 500 heximeters out from Arusian airspace, coming in from the northeast."
Larmina saw a private text message come across her screen, from Pidge. 'Don't worry Mina, it will be all right! I love you!' She texted back at the same thought to him, and then heard Blue in her brain 'he is right, it will be fine. Your Aunt will come around; she won't have any choice.' Larmina thought 'you know what she is like when she digs in her heels about something!' Blue sighed heavily at that thought.
Lance's voice was on the com link "Hey that was some show we just had!" Hunk laughed and said "Pidge, you should be glad Allura didn't have her crossbow on her!" Pidge replied back "She is probably sharpening the arrows right now, for when I get back!"
"Enough with the chatter! I am getting the robeast on my sensors now! Scan to the left fourth quadrant, and you should be able to pick it up." Keith said in a loud voice. He wanted everyone to have their full attention on defeating the robeast.
"That is one ugly robeast! What is it supposed to be?" Lance asked, and Vince, who was riding with Pidge, replied "A Griffon, I think." Larmina asked "What is a Griffon?" Vince replied "In ancient earth mythology it was a cross between a bird and a lion."
Vince was surprised that he could remember anything at all. It was the first time, since the event, as he referred to it, that he had been in close quarters with Pidge. He had not gone to breakfast the next day, after what he had seen, and since Pidge never came to lunch, he was able to put off being around Pidge for almost twenty-four hours.
He had not looked at Larmina at all, at lunch, and when Pidge came striding into dinner with the pleased look he had most of the time, Vince busied himself talking to Hunk about a new type of laser drill. Over the next couple of weeks, he blocked out most of what he saw. Sometimes he would still look at Larmina in shock, that she had been such a willing participant in that kind of behavior.
Now, being in the tight quarters of Green Lion, with Pidge who had just stated his intentions about Larmina, in no uncertain terms, Vince had no idea what to say to his idol. It didn't help that he was picking up some weird vibe from the lion, but he didn't understand what it was.
Green wouldn't talk to Vince, even with his special powers, because Vince was not his pilot. Because of those powers though, Vince was more tuned into the lions than Daniel or Larmina before she got Blue. Green might not talk to Vince, but he knew what was in his mind. He was upset that Vince had watched his pilot and his mate in a private moment. Green knew how scared the physical bond was for his pilot, and he felt protective of his pilot and his mate. On a certain level he was enjoying Vince's mental squirming.
When Pidge sat down in Green, the lion thought 'you have angered the queen lioness and Pidge thought back 'we knew it was coming. Larmina knows I love her and will stand by her.' Green gave an approving roar and thought 'as it should be'.
Now, as they were maneuvering around the robeast Pidge could tell that something was bothering Vince. Knowing that Vince needed to be totally focused on the battle, Pidge asked "Is everything all right Vince?"
Vince wasn't quite sure how to explain that he knew way more about Pidge's sex life than he should, and that he was both appalled and jealous at the same time! Daniel didn't help, acting like every male wanted to have sex all the time. Vince held the female species in high awe, and the fact that they wanted to have wild sex was too much for him to understand.
He appreciated that Daniel had even tried to explain it in terms of biology and procreating the next generation, but still! Pidge was his idol, and Larmina the woman of his dreams! The fact that the woman of his dreams enjoyed the kind of sex that she did was more than he could comprehend.
Vince looked at Pidge in the overhead mirror and said "That whole scene back there was rather intense, and a lot to take in!" He thought it sounded plausible, since Allura had been shrieking like a banshee for most of it.
Pidge laughed and said "I think Larmina is right, she really needs date, and a lot more!" Pidge laughed, and Vince felt very bad for Allura. 'Honestly, does every man think sex solves everything?' he thought to himself, thinking about Daniel, Lance, and now Pidge. Just then Daniel popped into his brain 'dude, women like to have sex as much as we do, they just like it dressed up a little more!'
Vince then heard "Form Black Center!" Keith stated, and once the formation was done he said "Form Blazing Sword!" They went after the robeast, who turned out to be very agile. It moved faster than Voltron, and its haggerium tipped wing took a hard swat at the giant robot.
"Those wings have something besides haggerium in them, and we are too big a target for it." Pidge said, and Keith agreed saying "We need the individual lions to fight this. Divide and conqueror." They broke apart and each took a spot on the griffon, to go after.
It took almost half an hour, but they finally had it on the run, and Larmina was all set to use Blue's ice arsenal, to keep it and Lotor from getting away. However, before she could launch the ice beam, the robeast did a flip in front of her, and taking its powerful wing swung hard and fast at Blue Lion.
She felt like a bomb was going off in Blue, as the wing hit the starboard side. Before she could recover, the robeast took another swat with its wing, and the whole ship shuddered as it was flung through space, toward Arus.
"Blue is getting hit!" Pidge shrieked into the com link, and all the other lions went after the robeast. However, it did another quick flip and with a burst of speed got away. "What the hell is powering that thing?" Lance screamed into the com link.
Pidge was running scans, and worried sick about Larmina. "It looks like a form of radizilon, but normally it is too unstable to use as a fuel source. Where is Larmina?" Keith said "I just heard from the ground forces. Blue has crashed, but they got there and are taking Larmina to the hospital at the castle." Before Pidge could say anything, Keith went on "That is all that I know. Let's concentrate and see if we can figure out where that robeast is heading back to!"
When Allura heard that Larmina had been hit, she went racing down to the control room. When the second hit sent Blue hurtling towards the ground, Allura was sure that she was going to be sick. She brought up a monitor, and saw that a medic unit had reached the downed lion. Just then Dr. Gorman came in to the room, on the way to sick bay.
"Your Majesty, I'm receiving the information from the unit right now. I won't lie; it is serious with several internal injuries. We will be doing surgery right away." Allura heard that, and managed to say "Thank you Dr. Gorman. I'll come down right now."
As she was walking to the sick bay, she got on her com link and issued several orders to the castle guards. Allura arrived just as Larmina was being wheeled in, and she shocked at how much blood there seemed to be. She also saw that the girl was unconscious, and when she tried to get closer to her, Dr. Gorman waved her away.
Once Keith had decided that the robeast was long gone, they headed the lions back to their dens. Pidge made it back to the castle in record time, but everyone else was right behind him. He went racing down to sick bay, but when he got there he saw that the doors were guarded by two members of the Arusian military unit that provided security for the castle.
Pidge went to enter the sick bay, but the guard stepped in front of the door, barring entry. Lance was right behind Pidge and said "What the fuck is going on?" Keith stepped up to, and said to one of the guards "What is the meaning of this?"
The guard said "Her Majesty's orders, Commander Kogane." Daniel had come down from the control room just then saying "I heard that Larmina is in surgery, and it is extremely serious! She might not survive the operation!" Pidge heard that, and was all set to go barreling through the doors, but the guards prevented him.
Hunk went over, and put his hand on his little buddy's shoulder, trying to comfort him. As they were all staring at each other, wondering what do to next, the doors opened and Allura came out of the sick bay. Pidge went racing up to her and said frantically "How is she?"
Allura didn't even look in Pidge's direction. She turned to the guards and said "Make sure that you follow my orders and don't allow anyone entry to sick bay. Especially Commander Stoker!" She turned back around and walked past them without saying a word.
Pidge looked like he had been run over by something, while everyone else was in shock at what Allura had just done. Lance said to Keith "Are you going to let her do that?" Keith sighed, and said "She is the Queen, we can't override her orders!"
Lance looked at Keith like he had three heads, and then looked at Pidge who looked ghastly. Hunk had his arm around his shoulders, and Vince was standing next to him. Lance looked at the guards and got a determined look on his face.
"She is a cold hearted bitch! Maybe you won't do something about it, but I will!" Lance stated and took off after Allura. Everyone but Pidge was wondering what Lance was going to do, and in shock at hearing him call her what he did. Pidge was too busy being scared and worried about Larmina to care about Lance.