So, it always bothered me that Allura wasn't as assertive with the whole Lotor situation as she could have been – as well as clone Shiro. Cause we know she has no problem standing up and even arguing with leaders – she has done so with her father, Shiro and Keith so it just bugged me. And I don't think Lotor would take that resistance well and thus, this idea was born…so enjoy! I have no idea where this is going so, also have fun. Warnings for sexual harassment and threat of potential rape.
Chapter 1: Breach
"I shouldn't be here," Allura said but Lotor grabbed her hand, pulling her back and she stopped for a moment, turning only slightly toward him.
"Allura, please," Lotor said and Allura frowned. She understood it was Shiro's decision to trust Lotor and he wanted them to work together but she still wasn't sure. There was a part of her that was reluctant to open up to him. It seemed far too convenient. He had killed Zarkon – but it was like she had said once to Keith about the Blade of Marmora, one life meant nothing to the Galra. The Blades had turned out to be good and Keith had definitely proven to be nothing like them but even so...
Allura shook her head. "We need to consult the others before moving forward with anything." Lotor was charming – in more ways than one, that was something she could not deny and the words he spoke were something she wanted to be the truth – something she wanted to work towards, but it was as if something were pulling her back. Their alliance with Lotor could lead to good things and it wasn't something she wanted to get in the way of but at the same time, what if they were deciding too soon?
"Allura," Lotor's grip tightened around her hand as she made to pull away again, the door they came from closing. The grip had become painfully tight and even with her Altean strength, Allura was unable to pull away. What did he think he was doing?
"Lotor, let me go this instant," Allura said firmly but Lotor's grip didn't loosen. His expression had changed – the calm expression as he tried to reason with all of them to go to the Kral Zera had become almost feral, eyes narrowing. This made her heart sink a bit – had her instincts been right?
"You cannot leave," Lotor insisted. "Allura, we can do great things together. You must understand. I want us to become one." He closed the gap between the two of them and touched her cheek. His hand was cold on her cheek, almost as if it were made of ice. It was as if he were a different person from what he had been before. Had they been wrong about him after all?
His Galran strength was proving to be giving him an advantage but surely if she summoned her bayard, she could push him away. Still, did she really want to have to fight Lotor and ruin all chances of a potential alliance? Her friends would believe her if she told them how forceful Lotor was being but wasn't it one of her friends who had sent her with Lotor by herself? Her heart caught in her throat as his hands moved to her Paladin belt and it was as if all rational thought left her, free hand clenching into a fist as she brought it up, punching Lotor hard in the face. This caused him to release his grip on her wrist and be sent flying back, hitting the ground and falling unconscious.
Blue, help! That was the only thought that would leave her mind right now, no matter what she tried to do to calm her racing heart. She didn't know a lot about relationships, but something told her if she had not acted when she did, something terrible would have happened. Blue burst through the door, which Allura had believed had maybe been locked before, taking her in. Allura gripped the controls, not knowing where they were going and knowing she should probably tell the others, but she didn't know where to even begin.
The others would likely find Lotor's unconscious body but what had Lotor been trying to do to her? She had known it was bad and that his closeness made her uncomfortable, so she had reacted out of instinct.
Allura, calm down. It's okay, you're safe, he didn't do anything. We got out before he could try it.
Allura tried to listen to Blue, to stop her mind from thinking so much and her presence was calming but her mind kept flashing back to Lotor's words. Maybe she had made a mistake, listening to Shiro. It was a natural instinct to listen to the leader of Voltron and although Shiro had been acting a little bit bizarre lately, she wanted to trust that his heart was in the right place. But after what had happened then, she wasn't too sure any more about what was going on or how she could explain this to everyone else. Shiro had argued with her, and snapped at Lance when it came to the Kral Zera, so would he tell her that she was lying?
She and Blue travelled for miles, it seemed – though the lion was fast, so that was not something that was too difficult for her but how far had they come out? Had the others found Lotor by now? What would he tell them? He could easily spin a story on the spot, but the question was would the others believe it? Would Coran believe it? She knew Shiro with how he had been acting lately might, but she wasn't sure about the others at this point. The team didn't feel the same since Keith had left, almost as if they were not as united as they once had been.
"Where are we?" Allura asked Blue, trying to focus on what was in front of her which looked like the remnants of a deserted planet because all the vegetation and crops were dead here. Before Blue could reply though, she caught sight of another Galra cruiser, but it didn't look threatening or move to attack. Recent experiences had taught her not to go for how things looked though, given Lotor was trying to portray himself as non-threatening. The reminder caused her to tense slightly as they moved towards her, even though she could see clearly that they were the Blade of Marmora. The shorter Blade removed his mask and her breath caught in her throat. Keith. She had been so lost in where they were going, mind being too trapped in what had almost happened to her that she hadn't been focusing on the direction at all.
"Allura? What are you doing here?"