animebookchic - It's always darkest before the dawn.
Author's Note - I'm actually excited about the direction this is going, and am actually looking forward to what's inshore for our ragtag band of misfits!
Without my muse, I am nothing.
Theme Music - None
Disclaimer - Voltron and all associated characters are the property of WEP. Space Marshall Lenora Hawkins and associated characters are the property of KathDMD. Admiral Lysette Fabrere and associated characters are the property of selena devargo.
Episode 123 : "From Alpha to Omega – Part II"
"Aidan!" Lisa shouted, "they just launched a robeast!"
"It figures," Aidan replied. "Thought we'd get too comfortable. Let our guard down. Well it's time to show 'em what the Voltron Force can do! Taye, cover me!"
"What are you up to now?" Taye asked.
"I'm gonna try and take out that robeast before it reaches the base," Aidan replied. "Just keep the fighters off me."
"I'll see what I can do," Taye replied. Lisa kept her composure, but she became increasingly worried as Alpha flew off towards the robeast, Alpha's Plasma Sword forming in its hands.
"Back off!" Aidan shouted as the sword came into contact with a polearm the beast formed in front of him. They pushed off one another, then hovered for a moment, sizing each other up.
"How many more fighters are there?" Lisa asked as Gamma continued to slice through them at close range.
"Too many," Taye remarked. "And with the defensive weaponry at the base offline, this is going to me tough."
"Did you guys say they launched a robeast?" Morgan commented over the com, Beta taking several more quick shots at the approaching ground forces.
"Yes," Lisa replied.
"They thought this out," David said, still trying to focus his aim. "Keeping us split up. The bloke that sabotaged the base knew what they were doing."
"The sooner we deal with these tanks," Morgan said, "the sooner we can get up there to help Aidan"
"Are any of the systems operational?" Kelly asked.
"Few, if any," Hotaru replied. "I'm still trying to bypass the main data center, but it's going to take some time."
"Dammit," Kelly muttered under her breath. "If the force can't hold back the ground troops…we might be overrun."
"You still have me, Admiral," Tetsuya said as he walked into the room.
"Any luck finding out who is behind the sabotage?" She asked. He nodded.
"I have a lead," he replied, "but I don't have concrete evidence to prove Luxina's innocence."
"Is there any way you know to stop the ground troops before they get here?" Kelly asked.
"There's no way to get the defense systems back online in time," he replied. "But I have a plan to maybe stall their forces long enough for the Voltron Force to stop them in their tracks."
"What is it?" Kelly asked.
"Do you trust me?" he asked.
"What kind of question is that?" she asked.
"One I need to know the answer to," he implored.
"I don't know how to answer…." She started to say. Hotaru stepped in front of her.
"I trust you," she said. He looked over at Kelly again.
"Can you handle everything here while we're gone?" he asked.
"Yes," Kelly replied.
"You can fill me in on the way," Hotaru said as the two raced out of the control room.
"It's like these bloody things are coming from nowhere!" David said, continuing to fire on the oncoming tanks.
"Just keep firing," Morgan ordered. "I'm trying to work out a strategy."
"I hope you get it figured out soon, love," he replied, "or we may not have an opportunity to work on that strategy."
"Wait," she said eagerly, "I'm picking something else up on the scanner."
"What now?" he asked.
"It's an alliance flyer and a…..hoverbike?" Morgan said, tilting her head.
"Seven hells," David sighed.
"Are you sure this is going to work?" Hotaru shouted over the com.
"She says it will," he replied. "I believe her. You two just do your part."
"Right," Hotaru said. The ship took off towards the oncoming storm of troops. The ship stopped momentarily, and Hotaru hopped out holding a beacon. The ship took off for the other end. She carefully but quickly set it up. Once done, she raised her forearm to her lips. "It's in place."
"Say goodbye to your robot army," Tetsuya said under his breath. The hoverbike took off speeding for a nearbly cliff. He drove off it, flying through the air. He took aim and fired a blast that hit the beacons. A shock wave formed that pushed across the landscape, hitting the entire force. They all came to a halt….motionless.
"What was that?" David asked.
"An EMP," Morgan replied, still engrossed in the scanner. "Stay clear, David! We don't want to get caught up in it." Beta took off, avoiding the shock wave.
Alpha held out its right hand, and several stingray missiles fired. The robeast easily dodged them. Alpha followed the robeast as it moved closer to the ground.
"That's right," Aidan said, carefully working the controls. "Just a little bit further." Alpha charged at the rboeast, flying at it, sword pointed. The robeast dodged the sword, jamming its polearm into Alpha's midsection, then swinging around and hitting it hard, sending it flying backwards. Alpha fell from the sly and landed on the ground with a thud. The robeast landed on its feet not too far away.
"Lieutenant Centa was right to choose me to pilot the robeast," a voice came over the com. "Now I will single handedly be responsible for the end of the Voltron Force!" The robeast was struck in the back, and lunged forward. Beta slowly landed nearby, pistols poised at the ready and smoking.
"Back off!" David shouted, ready to fire again.
"Rrrrraaaagrh!" the pilot shouted as he turned and threw the polearm at Beta. Beta lunged, but it caught them in the arm, causing it to stagger.
"Oh no you don't," Aidan muttered, forcing the controls forward. Alpha got up quickly and grabbed the robeast from behind, locking its arms around it. Beta pulled the polearm out, exposing a small panel on its shoulder. The robeast jerked, kicked Beta as it charged at him, and swung around, flinging Alpha into Beta, knocking them both to the ground.
"I think he just did," Morgan snarked.
"We need a better plan than this," Taye said, blasting a few more fighters with forward lasers, then smacking another larger ship from the sky using its staff.
"A lot of the flyers are being controlled remotely," Lisa said. "Take out the communications dish on the command ship."
"Times like this, I wish I had Rackens' aim," Taye said as Gamma formed a bow in its hands. It drew back on the string, trying to carefully aim.
"I got this," Lisa said, keying in coordinates. "Firing now!" Gamma let go, and the single energy bolt flew through the air and struck the command ship.
"Lieutenant!" the officer said, "they've knocked out the control signal!"
"It doesn't matter," Centa replied, sitting down in the command chair. "Let them think they won. My real plan is already in progress. If they manage to stop the fighters, they will have to contend with the robeast. That will buy us enough time."
"Time for what?" he asked.
"That's just it, Sergeant," she snickered. "Time."
"We did it!" Lisa shouted. "The flyers are losing power and dropping like flies!"
"Let's get down there and help the others with that robeast," Taye said, and Gamma took off for the surface.
To be continued….