Paladins, Friends or Foes?

When Goana woke up, she found a pair of bright blue eyes staring back at her, Goana jumped out of her bed-thinking for a second that they were the Nova commander's eyes, waiting to attack.

"Just me silly! " Allura smiled.

"Jeez! You scared me! "Goana said, pulling off her covers.

"Today you will meet the paladins! Come on, get dressed! "Grey smiled, and Allura continued. " There are four boys, Shiro, Keith, Lance, and Hunk. And then the girl, Pidge, actually you have quite a lot in common, you could become great friends! "

"Really?" Goana wondered.

"Absolutely! She is very interested in the scientific arts! She helped me design the suits that all the paladins wear. To be completely honest I am over the moon about you meeting all of them! "

"I can hardly wait!" Goana replied excitedly.

"Well, they are right behind this door! Are you ready?" Allura asked.

"One, second . . ." Goana answered. As she finished putting on her red coat. "All right, done! "

"Here we go. . ." And Allura opened the door, revealing five teenagers. One was taller than the others and gave the vibes of a natural born leader.

"You must be Shiro. " She outstretched her hand. He took it.

"Goana." He answered, he gave her a bright smile. She moved on to the next in line, who was keith, he didn't talk to her, just shook her hand. Next was a strong built guy, who she presumed was Hunk, they shook hands, smiled and she kept moving through the meet in greet. Next she was greeted by a boy who was wearing a sort of blue jacket, and instead of holding out his hand to introduce himself, he held out a bouquet of roses. He said-

"You look like a dream. " And this must be Lance. His lousy pick-up line was no match for her wit.

"Then, go back to sleep." Goana retorted, smirking. All of the paladins let out a snicker, even Keith smiled. The paladins had a newfound respect for their new friend.

Finally, was Pidge, she was shorter than all of the other paladins, but made up for it in her smarts.

"Hi, Goana Grey. " Goana smiled. As they shook hands.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Pidge!" She said, with a smile. Then they waved goodbye and once again she was alone with Allura.

"Now, follow me, I must give you the grand tour." Allura said excitedly.

Back on the ravager . . .

Goana should be up here by now. Kamikaze thought as she paced the cockpit, waiting to see a pod come up here again. Something was wrong. Was Goana Ok? Now it had been 5 days. They had both agreed on 3 days, at the most for gathering intel. I knew I should have gone. She thought slamming her foot down on the floor.

This left her no choice. It was a technique that she didn't like to use, and it was tricky. Empathic abilities. She had done it only once before because of its complexity, and how much stamina it consumed. But, maybe it could give her the ability to see where Goana is. After this she would need to rest for a whole day, two, at this distance, before recovering her stamina. The Nova could have found her by then. But, it was worth the risk. Alright. Kamikaze walked into her bedroom, shut the door, reinforced her makeshift sheet curtain, and turned of the amber bulb that illuminated the room. Deep breaths, focus on Goana. She sat on her bed, legs crossed in a traditional meditative pose, closed her eyes, and breathed.

She heard Goana laughing, saw her smile, then black. Intermittent flashes would come and go, now she was hugging the paladins, helping princess Allura, more black. No more flashes of emotions, no more happiness.

She could barely open her eyes. But when she did, she heard footsteps. How long had it been? A day, more? The door to her room opened, and it revealed one Nova officer, she could easily take out, but not now. She could barely move attempting to reach for her sword, her eyes half closed. Kamikaze saw the officer pull a stun gun. She felt electricity, unbearable pain, and then her vision went black.

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"-and so this is the main command center. " Allura motioned to the large room, that was about as large as three of kamikaze's and her's ships. It was amazing though. Her whole trip with the paladins, was amazing. So far, Pidge and her had hit it off, and compared science notes, facts, theories, and much more. Hunk and her had been cooking almost all day, and they were thoroughly impressed with one another's techniques. He was amazed to hear that she had beat Gordon Ramsbottom. Shiro and her had learned about the new (or old) ears, like revolutionary war tactics, and new flying patterns. And of course there was Lance. The butt head to none other could compare. Goana was pretty sure he had a crush on her, because he seemed sorta stalkerish, and was always trying to impress her no matter the circumstance. It felt weird to have almost all the attention. But, she loved catching up with Allura, after all she had missed her for over 200 years.

Suddenly the loudspeaker turned on. At first there was static, then a voice.

"We have apprehended the bounty hunter Kamikaze Kisaragi. I repeat the bounty hunter has been apprehended. We need one paladin to interrogate her. One Paladin. Secure cell block 24601. Ten minutes. Over." The paladins cheered in celebration. They high fived each other. Then she remembered. It had been 5 days. She had forgotten about the mission. The mission. Of course! Maybe she could still save kisaragi, if she went to 'interrogate' her.

"If no one else wants to go interrogate her, then I'll go. ?" Shiro stated

"If it's a her, I'm in." Lance, grinned. This time everyone facepalmed.

"No. Lance you're not going. Even with restraints on, this bounty hunter will kill you. " Goana argued. "I want to go, to see what execution she deserves. "

"So, then it's decided, Shiro and Goana will go. " Allura finished. Soon enough, the two of them were walking down and out of the castle, and into the futuristic Nova base. They walked through the main building, and took a elevator down 38 floors, to the Secure cell blocks. They moved out of the elevator, and through the hallway, and when they got to the end a prison guard greeted them.

"Goana Grey, Takashi Shirogane, welcome to secure cell block, 24601. If the prisoner gives you any trouble, you can use this." The guard handed a remote to Goana. "It will send electric pulses through the prisoners restraints. It's very painful."

"Perfect. It's what she deserves. " With that, the guard opened the doors, and the paladin and the soldier walked in.

"Well, Well, Well, look what we have here. " Goana taunted, She had to keep up the act with Shiro here. Kamikaze looked the same, as she always did, her mandalorian armor, on her top, a chest plate, and shoulder armour, and wrist gauntlets, with her regular combat boots, and pants underneath.

"Wow, didn't expect to see you here." Shiro said, moving closer to her.

"You are unloyal, untrustworthy and show no remorse for your victims. You are by far the worst bounty hunter I've ever heard of. " Goana added. To this Kamikaze laughed. She tilted her head back and laughed, a cold, laugh, with no emotion. While she was laughing and drawing all the attention to herself, and her head, she carefully fingered a com-link.

"Bounty Hunter scum!" Goana yelled. Kamikaze turned. If it was one phrase that she could not tolerate it was that.

"Oh you little piece of-" She ran towards Goana blocking Shiro's view of them, and then placed the comlink on Goana's back. It all happened in a split second. Goana then pressed the remote button, to shock her, and kamikaze fell to the ground, still in shock, the electricity crackling around her. Then when both Goana and Shiro were around her trying to examine if she was dead, or not. Then kamikaze suddenly swiped her foot across the cell floor, sweeping both of them onto the ground. This gave her a chance to escape. She jumped up, and ran out of the cell, closing the door behind her, locking Shiro and Goana inside. She could hear their curses coming from the interior. Shiro used his metal fist to pound on the door, and Kamikaze knew that she had to book it before he broke it open.

They guard was gone, but all her weapons were left behind. She picked them up, and ran down the hallway and up into the elevator. Then she heard the door fall down (that must have been Shiro) and she heard footsteps gaining on her, and she rapidly closed the elevator doors to buy her some time. While Kamikaze was in the elevator she adjusted her wrist gauntlets, and took out her sword, she was prepared to fight Shiro.

Then there was a slight ding, and the elevator doors opened. She knew that Goana and Shiro would be right on her heels so she ran out of the base, and luckily found her confiscated ship on the landing strip. Kamikaze heard a faint other ding, and saw Shiro and Goana exit the elevator. The bounty hunter saw two guards in the front of the ship, and some supply crates, She hid behind a crate so the guards wouldn't spot her. Then she took one stun grenade out of her pocket and rolled it near the guards at her ship. 1, 2, 3. She counted in her head. Then there was a large bang. She saw the guards on the ground-the stun would only last a bit, so she had to act fast, and Shiro and Goana were still gaining on her. She ran into her ship, starting the take off sequence. Then she quickly threw a strong magnet on the back of a supply crate, and when Shiro had come around the corner, his arm was attracted to it, and so he was pulled away from the commotion. Kamikaze jumped down from the ship, and grabbed Goana, using the force to propel them up to the ship.

"C'mon, I'm not getting killed yet!" Kamikaze yelled.

"Me too!" Goana replied. Kamikaze ran to the cockpit and began piloting the ship out of Kaysheen's foggy atmosphere. This time Goana walked to her bedroom and sat on her bed. Goana missed Allura. She thought she would never see her again. How she was wrong.

Whoooooo Hoo! Almost done with collection 1. More information in next chapter! Comments and ideas are always welcome! Thank you for reading.

-Bandit360