Author's Note - An all-new season of Voltron legacy starts right now! I'm hoping to get alot of new readers to check out this series, because it's absolutely fun to write. I do want to thank the two most important women in my writing life, my muse KathDMD and my good friend selena devargo. I hope you all enjoy! I do want to warn everyone, i will be pushing the MA-17 rating. Especially this episode. Cover the kids' eyes. LOL!
Theme Music : "This Is How We Do" by Katy Perry
Disclaimer - Voltron and all associated characters are the property of WEP. Space Marshall Lenora Hawkins and associated characters are the property of KathDMD. Lieutenant Lysette Fabrere and associated characters are the property of selena devargo.
Episode 79 : "This Is How"
"So, when are you making all this, ya know, official?" Tails asked, batting her eyes at Roxy.
"Make what official?" Roxy asked.
"You know exactly what I mean!" Tails huffed. "You and JC have been sneaking around here the last couple of weeks, and don't think I haven't taken notice! I didn't get you two together to be nothing more than friends with…."
"You can stop right there, McGovern," Roxy said with a frown. "I'm no one's plaything."
"Oh?" she replied. "JC looks like he's a kid in a candy shop when he's playing with your…."
"Enough!" Roxy huffed. "Ugh, could you just clean it up for more than five seconds?"
"That's what SHE said," Tails replied. Roxy clenched her fists and chased Tails around the room until she ran into the bathroom and locked the door. Roxy threw her hands down in frustration, then turned to see Dariana staring out the window again. "Hey Dari, you alright?"
"Yeah," she replied softly. "I've just had a lot on my mind lately."
"About Kovinx?" Roxy asked.
"About a lot of things," she replied. "I can't help but think so many bad things that have happened to us revolve around me and my ancestry. I know and understand what I am, but I don't know if this is what I want to be. I'm not some out of nowhere dark horse sent here to save the day. In the end, I am just like Kovinx when she was little….just a little girl scared of the evil that keeps on finding me."
"It's not so bad," Roxy said, putting her arm around her. "We all have our problems. Heck, there's still a lot that even JC doesn't know about me."
"Like the fact that you're technically royalty?" Dariana asked.
"Hey," Roxy said pointing at her, "you can't prove that." She let out a sigh. "My dad was a Lion Knight. I don't know if I ever told you that."
"No, you didn't," she replied. "How well did you know him?"
"That's the sad part," Roxy said, hanging her head, then looking her in the eye. "I didn't. He died shortly before I was born. My mom said Zarkon's attacks were relentless, but until the day she died, I never really understood how bad it was."
"I saw the tapestry in the Castle of Lions," Dariana said. "Your mother painted that portrait."
"Yeah," Roxy replied. "Coran said that she was one of, of not THE best artist in all of Arus. She painted that when she was twelve."
"I wonder if she ever knew Kovinx," Dariana pondered as she looked out at the sky again.
"I don't know," Roxy replied. "But I'm sure if she did, the two would get along well." Dariana turned to her and smiled, but then tilted her head.
"Roxy," she said, "is something else bothering you?" Roxy sighed.
"Tails pokes fun at the time I spend with JC," she replied. "I mean, we kinda have this weird kinda love going on, ya know? Since I lost everything, I was scared to let my heart out of my sight….I don't trust anyone. I want to trust JC…but I'm…"
"Afraid," Dariana finished. "I understand. Roxy, we're all a family. That was the first thing that brought meaning to me since coming to the Academy. The five of us place so much trust in one another. I know if there's anyone in this world that trusts you more than himself, it's JC."
"But can I trust HIM?" she asked. She then sighed and slumped to the floor, looking out at the sky with Dariana. "I hope someday I can….because Dari….I really do want it."
"We all do," she replied, and they continued to look out at the night sky.
"I just got out of a conference with the Supreme Council on the UltraWave," Kala said, walking into Wade's office. "Lord Kanji is not happy with our progress."
"He has the ear and the might of the council," Wade replied, "but while he has ambition, he doesn't calculate and execute." He stood up and walked up to Kala. "And speaking of execution, how is our little surprise going?"
"We've been monitoring it from a distance," Kala replied. "It was difficult to patch through the Alliance satellites, but we were able to achieve a satisfactory image." The viewscreen activated, showing the scattered remains of the major battle a few months earlier. They watched as small pieces began to move and merge together, combining into bigger pieces which then also tried to merge back together.
"This is why I had Maahox splice our DNA into that beast," he replied. "With enough dark energy, it will slowly graft itself back together, and once again hunt its prey."
"I hate to bring up bad news," Kala said, "but won't the Voltron Force destroy it once again?"
"That's why we are headed for the home planet of the Fourth Kingdom," Wade replied. Kala took a gasping breath.
"What are you planning?" she asked. He turned from her and walked back to the window.
"I believe a certain general owes me a great debt," he said, "and it's time they paid up."
Commander Stormclaw entered the Space Marshall's office, briskly walking up to her desk as she was looking over some recent paperwork sent to her from Security. She looked up, noticing his entrance.
"Commander," she said, "what brings you here?"
"I wanted to brief you in person on the cleanup progress at the South Gate," he replied. "Most of the debris has been accounted for and has been recycled or incinerated in accordance with Order 952 signed into law by you, ma'am."
"Good," she replied. "The High Council thought it would be best if we complete the cleanup operations as quickly as possible. It's best that the rest of the world, as well as the entire Alliance, see us able to spring back from such an attack quickly. Appearances are important, Commander."
"Absolutely right, Space Marshall," he replied. He was about to leave, but turned back to her quickly. "Space Marshall, I noticed I haven't seen your husband around in a few days. Is he alright?"
"Jon's at home with the twins," she replied. "Our nanny, Maria, is out on vacation this week, and he's looked forward to spending some bonding time with them."
"Absolutely understandable," he said. "And I'll keep you informed of the cleanup progress."
"Thank you, Mike," she replied. He gave her a salute, and left the office.
Hearing a knock on the door, Tails walked over and opened it. She smirked.
"Hey there," she said. "What's up?"
"Commander Stormclaw wants us to meet in the Control room in an hour," Seth replied. "Have you seen JC?" Tails let out a giggle.
"I think I might have seen him," Tails replied, trying to contain herself. "But it may have been just his butt. I'm not a hundred percent sure…."
"Well, if you see his face, tell him to get his butt down to the control room, ok?" Seth said. "How's Dari doing?"
"Napping at the moment," she said. "She was talking with Roxy last night until JC showed up, then spent quite a bit of time staring out the window at the night sky. She kinda does that a lot."
"I know," Seth said. "Let her know I stopped by, OK? I'll see you guys in the control room."
"Okie Dokie, Sergeant!" Tails replied with a mock salute. Seth laughed and shook his head as he walked away.
As Garrison soldiers continued to clean up the area, large chunks of debris began to merge together. At first they didn't notice, but as the debris began to get bigger and bigger, some of them began to point it out.
"Captain Stebbins," one of them said, "something's happening. Look!" The captain looked on as he watched whatever it was slowly piece itself back together. He waved down the rest of the crew.
"Everyone back to the shuttle!" he shouted. "You, get on the com and alert Garrison Headquarters. Send them footage. We need the Voltron Force out her!"
"Yes, sir!" he replied with a salute, and they all took off running.
Roxy gasped for breath as a wave of pleasure washed over her entire body, and shook as the waves slowly subsided. She slowly opened her eyes, staring into the ones above her and breathed heavily.
"You're amazing, you know that?" JC said with a smile. She flashed a smile back at him, trying to recover from the intense feeling, still feeling the pulsing from it.
"At least we know…..if your Garrison career doesn't work out….you have another talent….to fall back on," she replied between breaths.
"That was all you," he said, looking into her eyes. Although her body was beginning to calm down, her heart was speeding up, beating so fast and hard she could hear it.
"Jon?" she asked.
"Yes, Roxy?" he replied.
"All of this that's been going on has been great," she said, "but I've gotta ask….is this all there is to us?"
"What do you mean?" he asked.
"I mean," she replied, "is what we have just some physical relationship? I know we've said a lot of things to each other, and I care about you a lot. I guess I just want to know how you feel."
"I wouldn't be here right now if I didn't feel something," he said. She suddenly tensed up.
"Just 'something'?" she asked.
"What's wrong?" JC asked. "You're upset, I can tell. Talk to me." She pushed him off her, then got up and hastily began putting her clothes back on.
"You just don't get it," she said as she pulled up her panties and began putting her bra on.
"Get what?" he asked. "Roxy, I just want to know what you're feeling." She snapped on her Voltcom, and it formed her jumpsuit uniform around her. She immediately turned, forming the gun in her hand and pointed it right at JC.
"That's what I want to know," she said through gritted teeth. He blinked a few times, at first unsure what to say.
"Roxy," he said, "put it away and talk to me."
"That's what SHE said!" a voice came from the other side of the locked door. Roxy let out a defeated sigh.
"Get bent," she said through gritted teeth again, pulling back her arm. The gun vanished, and she walked to the door and unlocked and tore it open, almost pulling it off the hinges and left. Tails peeked in and gave a little wave.
"Um, JC," she said, "Seth was looking for you." She gave him a look, which prompted him to pull a pillow in front of him. "Nice…." She walked away, and he groaned, beginning to gather his clothes as well.
Commander Stormclaw opened the com when an urgent transmission came into the Control Room.
"Commander," Stebbins said, "we have a situation at the cleanup site."
"What's going on?" Stomclaw asked.
"It appears the pieces are moving and combining together on their own," Stebbins replied. "It looks like a robeast is pulling itself together! We need Voltron!"
"Understood, Captian," Stormclaw replied. "I'll dispatch the Voltron Force immediately. Take your men and find cover."
"Thank you, Commander," Stebbins said and ended the com. Stomclaw hit a red button, and alarms began to blare. Seth and Dariana ran into the Control Room.
"What's happening, Commander?" Seth asked.
"It appears one of the robeasts that were defeated a few months ago is starting to pull itself together again," he said. "The Lion Force on Arus has seen this before. I remember writing up a report on it for the Space Marshall, as the beast in question contained a part of Marshall Wade's consciousness."
"His consciousness?" Seth asked.
"It's the work of Haggar," Dariana replied. "The beast was created by combining their DNA."
"The beast had the uncanny ability to pull itself back together," Stomclaw said. "If that's what's happening, we need to get it off the planet and find a way to destroy it."
"We'll do our best, Commander," Seth replied. "Dari and I will go on ahead. The others will be here shortly."
"Very well," Stormclaw said. "Get moving!" Seth and Dariana saluted him, then ran for the chutes. Landing in the cockpits, they placed their keys into the slots, and the engines fired up. Blue and Yellow zoomed out of the hangar, heading for the site.
"Dari," Seth said, "do you see what I see?"
"It's exactly as we feared," she replied. "The Lider robeast is reforming."
"Can we take it out while it's pulling itself together?" he asked.
"We can try," she replied. "You try and freeze the pieces that are trying to combine. I'll see if I can take out the completed monster."
"Be careful, Dari," he said. "You don't know how powerful that thing is." The jets quickly crossed paths and flew in to attack. Seth pulled the weapons console, and a crossbow cannon formed on top of it, firing frost bolts at the moving pieces, trying to stop them in their tracks. Dariana few around the beast, and pulling her weapons console, formed a pair of cannons on the wings of the jet, firing shock blasts at the robeast, trying to break it apart. It swung at Yellow, but Dariana was able to dodge the attacks and come back for another round of blasts.
"It's working," she replied, "but not well enough. Are the components freezing?"
"It's not holding them," Seth replied. "Destroying them isn't working either."
"We need to figure out a way to get it off the planet," Dariana said. "We need to figure out a way to permanently stop it."
"For that, we'll need Voltron," Seth said. And on cue, they saw JC, Roxy and Tails approaching in their jets. "Speak of the devil."
"Not in the mood, Derringer," Roxy replied. "What's the situation?"
"Lider robeast," Seth said. "It's pulling itself together."
"Then let's rip it apart!" Tails said.
"It's not that simple," Dariana said. "We need a permanent solution."
"Well, we need to ready ourselves before that thing reaches full strength," JC replied. "Ready to form Voltron! Activate interlocks! Dynotherms connected! Infracells up! Megathrusters are go!"
"Let's go Voltron Force!" they shouted. The jets flew in wing formation, then switched to star formation as the energy field took hold.
"Form feet and legs!" JC shouted. "Form arms and torso! And I'll form the head!" Voltron arched back as the energy field dissipated, its eyes lighting up with power.
"We need a way to get it off the planet," Dariana said.
"I'm open to suggestions," JC said.
"We may not need to destroy all of it, JC," Tails said. "If my calculations are correct, the beast is eighty percent complete."
"English, McGovern," Roxy said.
"It means if we can permanently stop the robeast as is, it shouldn't reform," she replied. "And the existing beast has limited capabilities. We can…." Suddenly, it lashed out and fired a web at Voltron, attaching to his right leg.
"Ack!" Seth shouted, feeling the jolt. "What was it you were saying about 'limited capability', McGovern?"
"It's pulling us down!" Roxy shouted.
"Then let's turn the tables!" JC shouted. "Transferring all power to the Megathrusters. Let's take this bad boy for a ride!" Voltron fired it's boosters, and took off higher into the air, pulling the beast up and through the atmosphere. As they reached outer space, Voltron turned and headed for a bright light.
"That's it!" Tails shouted. "The Sun! It can't reform if the parts are melted and altered on a molecular level!"
"Roxy," JC said, "are you ready to do this?"
"If you're asking me to do a job, 'SIR'," she replied, "yes." He let out s sigh as he pushed the controls further forward. Voltron pulled the beast closer and closer to the sun.
"How close are you gonna get, JC?" Tails asked. "The shielding won't hold if the temps get too high."
"That's up to Truvall," he replied. "Her ship is supplying the heat shielding. So tell me, Truvall, how close do you wanna get?" She was silent.
"Now's not the time for a lover's quarrel," Seth said.
"We're getting too close," Dariana said nervously.
"Dammit you two just flack and get over it!" Tails shouted.
"Now!" Roxy shouted.
"Form Blazing Sword!" JC shouted. Voltron stopped, and Red reached to Green at his left hip and pulled the energy beam, forming the sword. As the beast came at them due to inertia and the sun's gravitational pull, Voltron reached back and swung, slicing through the web, sending the Lider hurtling into the sun, disappearing below the surface with a poof.
"Are you done being mad now?" JC asked. Roxy hit her com.
"Grend, get bent," she replied, then turned off the com. Voltron put away the sword and headed back to Earth.
Seth walked into the apartment, and as usual, saw Dariana standing on the balcony, looking out at the night sky. He came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her.
"Are you still worried about Haggar?" he asked.
"That Lider robeast was nothing compared to what the Supremacy can hurl at us if we don't find a way to stop her," she replied. "But right now, I'm worried about our family."
"The team?" Seth asked. "Why?"
"JC and Roxy," she replied. "It feels like things are falling apart, both on a professional level, as well as a personal level. They love each other so much….but they get so angry." She turned to look into Seth's eyes. "Why is it so complicated, Seth? If they love each other…why is there so much hate?"
"Maybe they just need time, love," Seth said. "Maybe there's problems they need to work out before either of them can give in, ya know?"
"I know Roxy has been through a lot," she replied. "JC knows this. I feel bad for her, but if something doesn't give soon, I'm afraid we'll all fall apart." She wrapped her arms around Seth and buried her head in his chest.
"Don't worry, Dar," he said. "I promise, no matter what, we are a family, and will never fall apart." She looked up at him, and he leaned down to kiss her softly.
A Drule woman in military garb paced quietly in an office. Her pacing was interrupted by a knock on the door.
"Enter!" she shouted, as if giving an order to a subordinate. But when the door opened, and she set her eyes on who it was, her demeanor became one of disgust. "Marshall Wade. I did not expect to ever see you again. I had thought Lord Kanji would have exterminated you, if the Galaxy Alliance didn't execute you themselves."
"General Soltorn," he replied, "I am actually quite excited to see you."
"And why is that?" she said, becoming even more annoyed.
"It's funny you should mention execution," he said with a slight chuckle. She was slightly taken aback...Charles Wade rarely laughed at anything. "I was sitting aboard one of my ships close to Quantus, and I suddenly had a brilliant idea for an execution." Without warning, Kala burst in the door, a shotgun blaster in hands, and fired on the General, hitting her with a bolt of energy that completely incapacitated her. Wade slowly walked up to her body, unconscious, yet still twitching from the electrical surge.
"Don't worry, General," he said. "I don't plan to execute you yet. But by the time Maahox is through with you, you'd wish I had." A devious grin appeared on his face as he looked down on the general.