Author's Note - And finally, the Fab Five, as kathDMD so graciously coins them, have their own series! This started out slow, but picked up speed at he end! I know everyone's gonna fall in love with this ragtag bunch the same way we have. Let's Go Gladiator Voltron Force!

Theme Music : "Kiss Me Deadly" by Lita Ford

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 1 : "Loyalties"

The doors to the Control Room opened, and Lisa walked in. Several months went by since they returned from Earth, and her pregnancy was beginning to show.

"You wanted to see me, Admiral?" Lisa asked.

"Yes," Kelly replied. "I know things have been quiet the last few months, but I'm concerned about your well being."

"Everything is fine so far," Lisa replied.

"I know," Kelly said. "But with the potential danger to you during missions, there is a possibility your child could be injured. And that's not something any of us want to think about."

"I still feel I can work up till the end," Lisa said.

"I'm not questioning that at all," Kelly replied. "I know you've already made arrangements for leave. But up until then, we may have a solution to make sure when you're piloting, everyone stays safe. Hotaru and I actually made some modifications to your flight suit programming."

"Flight suit programming?" Lisa asked.

"With the upgrades we will be making to the mechas in the next few months," Kelly replied, "Galaxy Garrison sent us some prototype voltcoms. The original designs for these prototypes are similar to the ones the Lion Force uses on Arus, but modified and built by Lieutenant Commander Chip Stoker of Project Defender."

"Chip," Lisa said with a smile.

"One of the functions of the Voltcom is a full suit of armor that will tailor itself to your body," Kelly continued. "We made some modifications to the system to create multiple force shields, so should the mecha get thrown around, it will provide additional protection."

"Understood," Lisa replied.

"That said," Kelly asked, "where's Aidan?"

Twyla sat in her chair in her office aboard the command ship, studying charts and schematics. Suddenly, General Dari burst through the door.

"Commander!" she shouted. "Lord Kanji is furious with our defeat on Earth, and is even more disappointed that you haven't been able to defeat a bunch of….how did he put it…ragtag misfits piloting giant defunct mecha! And personally, I'm tired of your lame excuses, and plans with no results!"

"It's not our fault Voltron defeated Syn and destroyed the artifact," Twyla said. "If it were merely that pile of junk metal from Terra he was up against, it would have crushed them where they stood! What we need is a more strategic approach…."

"Are you not hearing me?" Dari shouted, slamming her hands on the desk and looking Twyla in the eyes, squinting. "Your plans are incompetent! I ask for revenge, and you keep delivering us defeat!" Twyla silently stared back, the look of a madwoman glaring back at her.

"Are you planning a mutiny….General?" Twyla asked silently. Dari breathed heavily, her anger getting the better of her.

"Of course not," she replied, defeatedly. She turned away from her, walking away from the desk. "I'm just frustrated."

"As well you should be," Twyla replied. Dari turned, surprised. "But we need to channel our frustrations into more devious plans. Let it fuel our desire for conquest. Our forefathers didn't raise the Empire by sitting on their backsides! They turned the greatest defeats into the greatest of triumphs!" She took a breath. "The first thing I think we should do is have your men build a base on Luna."

"Luna?" she asked. "Are you insane?"

"Maybe," Twyla replied, staring her down. "The other thing we need to do is have spies infiltrate their chain of command. If we had access to their systems, knew where the pilots were, had access to their ships, we could wreak such havoc!"

"A spy or two on Terra to execute plans is actually not a bad idea," Dari replied. "I personally want the head of that brazen, cocky Commander of theirs. He will pay for his lies, just like all of Terra will pay for the death of my father and my homeworld!"

"Dude," Aidan laughed, "what the heck are you doing?"

"What does it look like I'm doing?" Taye replied. "I'm putting what are hopefully the finishing touches on the engine of this hoverbike."

"You've been working on it for years!" Aidan said. "The technology is outdated, and the parts are probably impossible to find!"

"Not if you know the right people," Taye laughed. He opened a box and handed the shipping receipt to Aidan to hold. It read, 'Manset Intergalactic Shipping'.

"I ordered a table from the warehouse once," Aidan said. "Lisa was so ticked when she opened the tiny box and saw it was three inches tall, and meant for a doll house!"

"Give me a bit more credit, Dalloway," Taye said, looking him in the eye. He pulled a shiny, freshly chromed part from the box and smiled. He placed it over an opening on the bike and began attaching it with the thermal rivet bolts it was packaged with. "There. Now, let's see if we can start this thing."

"You do that," Aidan said, backing what he considered a safe distance away. Taye climbed on and dropped the key card into the slot, then pushed a button. The engine began to hum, and the bike gently lifted off the ground.

"Ha!" Taye shouted. "Told ya it'd work! Time to take this baby out on the open road!" He climbed on, revved it up a few times, and engaged the propulser. He began to glide down the short driveway, but before he hit the end, there was a band, and the bike dropped to the ground with a light thud, and smoke came out of the engine. Taye hopped off the bike and tried to wave away the smoke to see what happened.

"Nice bike," Aidan laughed.

"Shut up, Dalloway!" Taye fumed as he dragged it back up the driveway to where he was working on it. "I'll figure this out."

"Thank goodness you're better at piloting a million foot giant robot than fixing hoverbikes," Aidan laughed. Taye muttered under his breath as he began tinkering again.

"This is interesting," Hotaru said, looking at the monitor. Kelly came up behind her.

"What is it?" she asked.

"As you know, Terra has two moons," Hotaru replied. "Luna, and Nocturna. Their orbits are unique, and very peculiar. But it seems as if Luna has picked up speed. The change is very very slight, and hasn't thrown off anything. But the reasoning is what makes this odd. It's mass has increased. When I tried to perform a surface scan…" She changed the monitor to show her findings. "…this is what I found." The display showed a mass of Drule ships.

"An armada?" Kelly asked. "Did they really think we wouldn't detect their ships?"

"I'm not sure," Hotaru replied. "Do you think we should investigate?"

"Absolutely," Kelly said. "However, I don't want there to be an issue like last time. Have David and Morgan take Beta to investigate. I am going to get Taye and Aidan back here to back them up."

"Yes, Admiral," Hotaru replied, activating the com. Kelly lifted her forearm and tapped a button on her new Voltcom.

"Taye," she said. No response. "Aidan, you there?" No response. "Where the flack…."

David carefully aimed and fired his blaster, hitting the target with another precision shot. As he took off his ear protection, he heard the com beep. He walked over and turned it on.

"Rackens here," he said.

"Sergeant," Hotaru said over the com, "we need you and Morgan to launch immediately to observe activity we've detected on Luna."

"We'll be right there," he replied. He tapped a button. "Morgan, they want us to the launch area."

"I'll be right there," Morgan replied. "Was just getting a little work done in the gym."

"Don't stress too much," David said with a slight laugh. "We need to check out some activity they spotted on Luna."

"Got it," she replied. "I'll be on my way in five."

The mountain opened up, and Beta launched from it and into the sky.

"Be careful," Morgan said. "Last time we went chasing after something out here, Aidan flew into a trap."

"I got my eyes peeled, love," he replied. "And Kelly said she's gonna get the rest of the team up here with us soon as they arrive."

"Good," Morgan said. She looked over the scanner. "We'll be in range of Luna in a few minutes. Once we're close enough, I can start getting readings of the surface."

"I don't think we'll have to wait that long," David said. "Look!" As they approached, they saw dozens of Drule robot drone ships waiting for them.

"Better power up the weapons systems," Morgan shouted, keying in commands. "Kelly, we got company up here! Is Dalloway and your husband on their way?"

"I've been trying to reach them," Kelly replied, "but they're not responding."

"Keep trying!" Morgan shouted. She hit several buttons. Beta dodged the laser fire, then pulled out an electrified chain. As it continued to dodge, it swung the chain, knocking out and cutting apart handfuls of drone ships.

"They're getting too close to the base!" General Dari shouted. "Launch the robeast!" From the construction site, two pylons suddenly pulled apart and crumbled, revealing a heavily armored robot. It let out a metallic-sounding screech before taking off towards the battle.

"What are your orders, General?" one of the soldiers asked.

"I want you to hold back until you see the black mecha," she replied. "When it appears, I want the robeast to focus its attacks on it. I want it destroyed at all costs! Do you hear me? Even if you have to activate the self destruct mechanism, I want it in as many pieces as you can blast it into!"

"I'm telling you, you're wasting your time," Aidan said.

"And I'm telling you I can get it to work," Taye replied. "I've come too far on this damn project to just give up." He tightened up a few more bolts and was tinkering around when they both heard a BOOM from the sky.

"What the hell was that?" Aidan asked. They then saw something fall from the sky and skid to a stop several blocks away.

"Rackens!" Taye shouted.

"Snart," Aidan shouted. He turned and saw his com blinking. He ran to it and hit the button.

"Dammit, Dalloway, where the flack are you?" Kelly shouted.

"At your place with your hubby," he replied. "What the heck is going on?"

"The Derinja are up to something on Luna," Kelly said. "We sent Beta to investigate, but they were attacked. Now there's a robeast after them!"

"We're on our way," Aidan said, ending the com. "Dude, you got a shuttle?"

"No!" Taye replied. "Kelly took it. How the flack are we supposed to…" He looked down at the hoverbike.

"You're not seriously considering…" Aidan began to say. Taye nodded.

"Oh yeah," he replied. He started it up, and miraculously, it ran. They both climbed on.

"This piece of shit better not blow up with me on it!" Aidan shouted. The Taye engaged it, and it took off, speeding back towards the base.

"I can't just sit here and watch while that thing wipes the floor with David and Morgan," Lisa said, her fists clenched.

"You're not considering going out there alone, are you?" Kelly asked.

"You got a better idea?" Lisa asked.

"Taye has Gamma's key," Kelly said.

"Then I'll take Alpha," she replied. "I had it in order to set up his Voltcom. Now I guess its time to test mine instead." She placed the key into her Voltcom, and it lit up. "I've piloted Alpha before. I can do this."

"I can't allow it," Kelly said. "That's an order, Sergeant Kaga."

"Then court-martial me!" she shouted as she ran through Alpha's door. Kelly turned to Hotaru.

"You want me to stop her?" Hotaru asked.

"What's the use," Kelly said. The ground outside opened up, and the hatch opened, allowing Alpha to launch.

"Systems are gonna fail if we keep taking hits like this!" Morgan shouted.

"I wish the Professor had finished the modifications on this thing," David replied. "We're gonna have to rely on good old fashioned hand to hand." Beta held up its hand, and pulled downward, and a sword appeared in it. Beta ran at the robeast, which pulled a sword of its own, and the two clanked together. They continued to exchange blows, and the robeast was stronger, pushing Beta back with each swing.

"This thing's too powerful!" Morgan shouted. If we don't get help soon…" Alpha came crashing out of the sky, tackling the robeast off of Beta.

"About time you got here, Dalloway!" Morgan shouted. "Taking your sweet time again?"

"Wrong Dalloway, Morgan," Lisa replied. Alpha got to its feet.

"Lisa?" Morgan shouted. "What are you doing? Back off before you get hurt!"

"I can't let you face this alone!" Lisa replied.

"Look!" one of the robeast pilots said. "There's the black mecha! You know the orders! Open fire!"

"Don't worry, I got this!" Lisa said.

"Lisa, look out!" Morgan shouted. The beast ran at Black and tackled it hard, sending it flying backwards hundreds of feet and into the side of a building which then partially collapsed on top of it. "Lisa!" The robeast began to charge weapons. "We gotta block it!"

"Already on it," David said, pulling the controls hard. Beta ran to block the robeast from charging at Alpha, but the beast grabbed Beta, skidding to a halt, then tossed it like a rag doll to the right.

"SNART!" Morgan shouted. "Thirty seconds to reboot! Lisa, get up and run!"

The hover bike let out another loud bang as they approached the base, then skidded to a stop as it dropped to the ground and turned sideways. They got up and ran into the base. Taye and Aidan ran into the Control Room.

"We're here and ready to launch," Aidan said.

"There's a problem," Kelly said, pointing at the viewscreen.

"Who the hell is in…." Aidan started to say. "Lisa?" He watched as the robeast ran to where Alpha was, and as it tried to get to its feet, the robeast picked it up and held it in the air. The robeast pulled its sword and prepared to put it through Alpha.

"No!" Kelly shouted.

"Lisa!" Aidan shouted, powerless to help her.

To be continued…..