Quintessence Effect Andromedas Defender

ESKK: A brand new saga for the Quintessence Effect Universe has begun. I hope you will all enjoy it now let's get this part started people.

"Talking."

'Thinking.'

"AI."

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-Music Insert/Lyrics-

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(Start Dream Scape Andromeda Station)

A young man was dreaming... having visions it was hard to tell. The images were blurry as he was on the moon at the launch station of the Hyperion Ark. But no this was a nightmare because he saw them the Reapers... or what he assumed were the reapers. They were attacking the Ark attempting to take the people inside to harvest.

The dream progressed he was being fired upon by a large ship in the sky and several mechs with jets supporting them. Soon he saw him the Defender of the Universe Voltron. The young man would have smiled if for one major issue the fact that he was looking at the scene through what he assumed were the eyes of the Reaper.

It was horrifying to say the least, he never once thought of those whom Voltron defeated. It only got worse when fifteen vehicles came out. He saw how they formed up to become the other Voltron the one his father said they were bringing to Andromeda. The young man was wide eyed in horror when both Voltrons came at him with blazing swords to end him.

"No... wait no I'm not a Reaper I'm not STOP!" The young man yelled out and in turn the entire world turned into static like that of a corrupted video. The last thing he saw was darkness and a set of beady glowing red eyes glaring down upon him.

(Scene Break the waking world)

The young man began to wake up as he rubbed his eyes a bit tired from the ordeal. "What?" The young man asked as he found himself staring up at an Asari medic.

"Look into the light." The Asari doctor said as she was working on the young man.

Just then his eyes widened, and he shot up causing the Medic to panic. "Hey easy, easy you just came out of cryo sleep!" The Asari said and thus the young man calmed down as the memories came back.

"Cryo sleep? So... are we at the Nexus now?" He wondered as he calmed down trying to make sense of things. The 17-year-old young man rubbed his eyes with a tired tone as he let his mind catch up to him.

"Not... exactly." The Asari said as she began to take notes of his actions. "How are you feeling?" She asked not wanting to get him panicked.

"Fine... I got this headache though." The young man said as he felt this murderous headache.

"I expected as much." The Asari said as she then looked to the young man. "Now do you know who you are and where you are?" She asked needing direct answers from him.

"Yeah... I'm Hunter Ryder I'm assuming that I'm on the Hyperion Ark heading to the Nexus to colonize Andromeda with my dad and older siblings." Hunter said as he sat there for a moment.

"Good and who am I?" The Asari asked making sure what happened to Hunter didn't leave lasting damages.

"You're the ships doctor Lexi." Hunter responded to the Asari before him. "What's going on what do you mean we're not at the Nexus yet?" Hunter asked as he was lost and confused right now. "And what happened around here?!" He added when he saw the damages in the medical bay of the Hyperion.

"Ok Hunter, don't panic but I have good news and bad news." Lexi said giving it to Hunter straight. "The good news is that we've arrived in Andromeda, but the bad news is that we've hit some sort of energy cloud and are stuck." Lexi began as she gave Hunter the information.

"Wait what?!" Hunter asked shocked by what he found out.

"Calm down." Lexi said reminding Hunter to stay calm. "The course is on schedule 600 years has passed since we left the Milky Way and the Reapers." Lexi said reminding those who were awake at the time of the Reapers attack on Earth. "But sometime after we hit the energy cloud your cryo pod had some sort of malfunction." Lexi explained as Hunter heard her out. "To make a long story short instead of the normal defrosting processes it basically flashed unfroze you and expelled you from the pod." Lexi said recalling the other medical officers panic when Hunter fell out of the pod.

"So, we're at Andromeda but I was woken up early?" Hunter asked as he got the gist of it.

"Yes, we tried to put you back in, but the pod wouldn't take you." Lexi said and thus it was clear Hunter was not going back to cryo-sleep anytime soon.

"So now what?" Hunter asked trying to make sense of this.

"Well since we're already in Andromeda and not far from the Nexus there's not really any point of putting you back under." Lexi said as she also had some concerns.

Just then the door opened and from it two familiar figures to Hunter walked in. "Dad, Scott!" Hunter called out as he saw his father Alex Ryder, and his older brother Scott Ryder enter the medical station.

"Pathfinder Alec, and Scott, I take it your here for Hunter?" Lexi asked as she gestured to Hunter.

"Yeah, when I heard my youngest was forcibly woken up, I had to come and check in." Alec said as he was hoping it wasn't anything that involved the Reapers.

"How are you feeling, squirt?" Scott asked smiling at his younger brother ruffling his hair.

"Knock it off!" Hunter snapped as he slapped his brothers hand away before he hissed in pain again.

"Come on Hunter anything broken?" The N7 asked as he looked to his youngest son.

"Just a headache." Hunter admitted as Alec heard those words.

"About that. SAM if you would." Lexi said as she got to the reason behind the headaches.

"Certainly." SAM began as he got to work. "I had detected an anomalous signal from Hunter Ryder's implants." SAM said as he explained what he had found via a holographic image of Hunters brain which highlighted the implants in question. "At the moment it does not appear to be detrimental to your son, but I advise we monitor it for the time being regardless." SAM said as a it was the safest bet at the moment.

"Noted." Alec said and thus got down to it. "Alright Hunter head down to the lounge area and wait there until we get back and reach the Nexus." Alec said as Hunter had one question.

"Yeah, sure but one question... where the heck is Sara?" Hunter asked noting that his older sister was missing. Everyone grew quiet to this as Hunter got worried.

"No..." Hunter said in a panic.

"Easy Hunter, she's fine her hibernation pod took a bad hit right now she's in a medical coma to give her wounds time to heal and just let her wake up on her own." Scott said repeating what Lexi had told him earlier.

"She's in good hands." Lexi said assuring Hunter that Sarah will be alright.

Just then the door opened and from it a young woman in a lab coat and glasses walked in holding a data pad. "Alright what's this about my candidate being in a coma?" The woman asked catching the group by surprised.

"Dr. Holt." Alec greeted as he saw the woman here.

"Just call me Katie and you didn't answer my question." Katie said as she would like to have her Voltron Candidate in one piece.

"There were some complications Dr. Holt." Lexi said as the Asari had to let Katie down gently. "At the moment Sarah can't fill the role you needed her for." Lexi said which meant that they were short a pilot.

"Wait back up, Sarah was going to pilot the Voltron we have onboard?!" Hunter asked shocked at what he heard.

"That was the plan but then shit happened." Katie said glaring at Alec. "Anyway, that's not the only reason I'm here." Katie said and thus looked towards Alec. "I needed the approval from the Pathfinder, should we go and wake the other pilots up just in case?" Katie asked as this was exactly what they trained for.

"Isn't waking up a giant robot a bit overkill?" Scott asked with concerns about that.

"Well, the Vehicle Voltron was and still is designed to be the Defender of Andromeda." Katie said reminding the group of this new Voltron's role in all of this.

"She's right Scott." Alec said before directing his attention back to Katie. "You have my seal of approval to wake them up and activate CHIP." Alec said and in turn Katie grinned to this.

"You got it, Pathfinder." Katie said and thus went to do her job to prep the vehicle force for possible deployment. She then did a small fist pump before exiting the door she came through.

"Alright then we better move Scot we need to check out Habitat 7." Alec said reminding his son that they had things to do.

"Right, Dad." Scott said before looking towards Hunter.

"See you guys on our Golden World." Hunter said as he waved his father and brother goodbye. The two waved back as they left which brought smiles to all three Ryder men.

But once they were gone Hunter hissed in pain as he felt his headache was acting up again. But during this it looked like he was in some sort of trance for a bit as Hunter began to hear something. "Assuming... Error... Unable..." A broken voice was heard as Hunter's eyes began to give off a soft red glow.

"Hun...Ter... Hunter... HUNTER!" Lexi was suddenly heard to Hunter as he was pulled out of his trance. Hunter looked and saw the Asari was trying to get his attention. "Hunter, are you ok, you spaced out there for a minute?" Lexi asked as she was worried for the young man.

"Yeah, sorry that headache was acting up." Hunter said as Lexi nodded figuring it may be the anomaly from Hunter's implants. "So, I need to ask, was Sarah really our candidate to pilot our Voltron?" Hunter asked curious about this revelation.

"Yes, it came as a shock to me too when SAM informed me of Dr. Holts decision." Lexi said but considering Sarah's current situation Katie will have to find someone else to take the mantel. "But let's not worry about that, for now I want to run a few more tests to make sure that you're ok." Lexi said and thus began a gauntlet of medical exams on Hunter.

(Scene Break after the exam)

Hunter was lazing about in the lounge as he was watching some programs to pass the time. From what he found out his dad and brother had taken a ground team to the planet below, Habitat 5, to investigate the planet. Apparently, something was very wrong down there starting with the fact that the planets appearance did not match up to what the probes had scouted for them. This was a major red flag for the initiative opting for the investigation.

His mind was still reeling that his big sister was going to pilot the Vehicle Voltron they brought back from the Milky Way. He wasn't sure whether to be proud and jealous. Then again Hunter was a civilian who got to join the Initiative because his father and siblings made the cut. A wonder what a healthy case of Nepotism can get you in life.

Just then the headache returned as Hunter hissed in pain once more grabbing his head. "Recalculating... unable... control." A voice spoke as Hunter was trying to make sense of it. Hunter hadn't mentioned the voice yet mainly because he didn't want to be strapped into a straitjacket. While trying to regain control Hunter began to see images visions possibly of things he did not know. But as quickly as they came the images stopped as he hissed in pain a bit.

"Error fix, you shall no longer experience mental pain," A voice spoken out clear as it can be as Hunter looked around and wonder where that voice is coming from as he said, "Who's this? Is that you SAM?"

He didn't see anything or anyone, not even a A.I hologram as Hunter was a bit freaked out and confused on what was going on as the voice said, "I am not SAM. Do not be afraid."

"Who is this, and how are you speaking to me? Where are you?" Hunter question as he keep looking around as it sounded like the voice was going through a speak of sort, but nothing is shown as the voice said, "I am Destiny as for your last two question, I am within and speaking within your mind, your implants to be exact."

"What is going on, how are you in my head? When did this happen as I don't remember getting an A.I downloaded inside of me," Hunter said as Destiny said to him, "You did not, I had accidently downloaded myself into you, as well I am the reason for your early pod ejection. When a serge hit the ship, cause the system to scan for any anomalies, which found me and cause your pod to eject you."

"Great, how did you ended up in my head in the first place, no wait, a better question where did you even come from?" Hunter question as he was already annoyed by this A.I in his head as Destiny soon explain, "I had come from was- THE VOID!- Hmm?

"Ahh, what was that?" Hunter ask as it sounded like the A.I sound how glitches out or something as Destiny soon said, "It seem there is damage to my cortex. While this may be an issue but it should fix itself over time so there is nothing to be - WORRY ABOUT- Concern with."

"Great there's a glitchy AI in my head," Hunter said as he just wonder where this A.I come from and how did it get in his head, and he thought about when Destiny said something about a damage cortex and thought to himself 'Does A.I have a brain or something?'

He soon shake his head to this and said, "Wait, I can't be worried about this. I need to get you out my head. I wonder if Lexi can get you out," Hunter said as he was about to go get the doctor until Destiny said, "I would not advise that."

"And why is that?" Hunter question the A.I as Destiny said to him, "I was accidently downloaded into your implants with some complications, in a way our minds are link together and had made them to be entangled to each other. If you attempt separation, it will cause the both of us too perish."

"Wait seriously!?" Hunter said as he cannot believe his luck, or his family luck as it seem not only his big sister was a in a coma, but he got ejected from the cryo pods early and cannot be refreeze because of some Dumb A.I in his head as he said, "What am I going to do now?"

"I recommend a proposal," Destiny said catching Hunter's attention as he said, "A Proposal, what did you have in mind, beside annoy me?"

"I do not understand of this 'annoy you', but I suggest a cooperation between the both of us, as I can support you with any tactical data, suggest ideas if the situation calls for it, I am not looking for trust, but working together for each other benefits, as in time I will figure out a way to eject from your mind safely while you keep us both alive," Destiny said as Hunter didn't like it but it seem to be the only way to fix this, and if he doesn't do anything crazy like blabbering that he has an Unknown A.I in his head, he should be fine as he said, "Alright, we'll work together, you help me and I'll help you until you can get out of my head."

"-DEAL- Agreed," Destiny said as he glitched out for a moment before returning to normal as the two done a mental handshake in a way before Hunter stomach growls a bit as Hunter sighed and said, "Man I been cooped up here for so long my stomach is empty, I'll probably pass out from hunger If I don't get something."

"May I suggest refueling," Destiny said as Hunter could only chuckled at the A.I strange personality, but then again, the person who did it may have only done the bare minimal to get a functioning A.I as he said, "Well that's the idea."

Hunter got up from the bed and put on some decent clothing as he was wearing is the suit he wore when he went into Cryo sleep.

But before he left, he saw someone walking by in a uniform unlike the other members of the Ark Hyperion. This was a young woman with short blond hair pulled into a tail, and deep blue eyes. Her nametag showed her as, Ginger Mara. "Wow." Hunter said as he saw the girl.

"Hunter, I noticed your heart rate take a drastic increase and considering my continued existence to fulfil my purpose hinges on your survival I recommend -GETTING SOME GUNS- arming yourself." Destiny said and thus Hunter raised a brow to that.

"Purpose? Arming myself?" Hunter asked and thus he turned his head. "I'm not in danger." Hunter said to the AI in his head not certain if it was in fact an AI and not him going crazy. "And even if I tried, she'd hand me my ass five ways till whatever equates to Sunday out here." Hunter added looking towards the girl. "She's one of the Voltron Pilots she's in a completely different league then me." Hunter added making it clear that the girl, Ginger, was the top of the social hierarchy.

"Voltron..." Destiny growled as if the name brought a certain contempt from him.

"What have a problem with Voltron?" Hunter asked as he raised a brow to this.

"No, her and her team are needed no doubt to protect this Initiative." Destiny said as his tone suggested otherwise but also had a hint of something else. Hunter was going to ask more but ignored it... he needed a change of clothing as soon as yesterday.

(Later with Hunter)

Hunter was rolling his shoulder as he was now wearing a hoodie over his Initiative Uniform. "Much better especially after 600 years of nap time." Hunter said as he was roaming the vessel now making sure to avoid anyone who was working hard to keep this ship floating.

"600 years?" Destiny asked when he heard those words.

"Yeah, we had to be in cryo-sleep for that long as the ship made the journey to Andromeda through Dark Space." Hunter said as he raised a brow to this. "An AI for the Initiative would have known, this." Hunter said as he found that to be suspicious.

"There... seems to be bits of data lost from my memory." Destiny said as Hunter raised a brow to this. "Further repairs may be required on my part." He added as Hunter for this to be suspicious.

"Yeah sure..." Hunter said trying to make sure no one was watching him when he spoke aloud. Something was bugging him about his new guest, for all intents and purposes he should have told the doctor about it, told someone about it. But some of the things he said and how he said it bugged Hunter like his guest was hiding something from him. He wanted to find out but for now he could only wait and see what cards Destiny was holding.

(Later over with Dr. Holt)

Katie stood in front of a mix matched group of people as she began the debrief. The group had two Asari, one Turian, one Krogan, and four humans comprising them. Ginger was among them as she and the Turian were wearing similar uniforms to each other. These two were the sky team their role had them in the thick of it for Dog Fights and air support.

Next to her the trio with the Asari, Krogan and human female were wearing uniforms similar to that of a sailor if they were in space. This group comprised the sea team they were designated for deep sea exploration and combat. The Asari was wearing a slightly different uniform then her two teammates suggesting she was in charge of them.

Finally, the third group with the second Asari were wearing uniforms one would find possibly on an army soldier. The Second Asari was part of this group as she bore a striking resemblance to the leader of the Sea Team. The male human with blond slicked hair was of course the leader of the team judging by his uniform alone.

Katie stood in front of these groups as she was ready to get started with the debrief. "Alright I'm sure you all expected to wake up on the Nexus but as you can see... where' not exactly there yet." Katie explained to the group in front of her. "CHIP if you will." Katie said and in turn CHIP responded.

"At once. Dr. Holt." CHIP the AI construct for the Voltron team. Katie had designed CHIP herself to act the role of combat support and cyber warfare specialist. CHIP was comprised of four sub notes to make up his display. The four nodes were called Cronos, Hestia, Icarus, and Perseus. Each of the four nodes focused on a specific aspect of CHIP and with it is able to support Voltron in all matters of combat.

Displaying the images, the teams saw what they were looking at. "This is Habitat 7 from our earlier scans of Andromeda." CHIP began as the group saw the Golden World in question. "And this." He paused showing the Same world but vastly different. "Is Habitat 7 as it currently is." CHIP said much to the groups shock.

"That was not on the brochures." The Turian said as he saw the planet in question.

"That is correct Avok." CHIP revealed to the Turian and the other Voltron members. "The Pathfinder has taken a team down to investigate and hopefully find the source of the energy field that has the Ark ship Hyperion trapped." CHIP said revealing what he knows.

"It's for that reason alone we've been moved up to Level 2 Battle Stations." Katie revealed to the teams. "Though at the moment it might be best that we remain in Level 2 Battle Station." Katie added before an Asari from the trio with the Krogan raised her hand.

"Why is that a good thing, and while we're asking questions, I thought Sara Ryder was to be our 9th?" The Asari asked as the Krogan nodded with a grunt while crossing his arms.

"Well, Kirka that is where the issue comes in." Katie said as she scratched her head. "Sara Ryder is currently in a coma due to an incident with her cryo pod." Katie said as she saw this. "Unfortunately, we can't wait forever for her to wake up if we get bumped up to level 1 battle stations." Katie said before CHIP cut in again.

"At the moment I am coordinating with SAM to find a viable replacement who can take over Sara's role in Voltron." CHIP revealed to the group. "Should we dock into the Nexus my search parameters will greatly widen." CHIP added as that was good to hear that CHIP was not staying idle with this problem.

"Until further notice Ginger you're in charge of the sky team." Katie said as the Turian looked towards Ginger in surprise.

"Question." Came the leader of the Land Team. "What will happen should we end up moving to Level 1 Battle Stations?" He asked worried for his team.

"Then we suit up and move into combat, George." Katie answered to the leader of the Land Team. "With or without Voltron." Katie said knowing that without Sara they could not form Voltron like they hoped.

"Understood." George said knowing that they had to make do with what they had available.

(Meanwhile with Hunter)

Hunter was exploring the area when he came across Katie's lab. Certain areas were restricted such as the Voltron holding area but hitting the Energy Field caused a few fluxes in the systems. With this in mind Hunter looked through a crack int he door and saw the Voltron team having a debrief.

"The Vehicle Team." Hunter whispered as Destiny heard this.

"The Vehicle Team?" Destiny asked finding this intriguing.

"The Andromeda Initiative's means of self-defense." Hunter explained quietly to Destiny. "Modelled after the Voltron Lion Team back in the Milky Way the Vehicle Force was made and handpicked to defend the Initiative from less than conventional foes." Hunter said to the AI in his head.

"Interesting." Destiny said in a tone that was slightly concerning and raising red flags for Hunter.

The Team continued to speak with Katie leading the discussion. "I know Sarah came highly recommended for Voltron but with her coma we need to keep searching and finding another to take the role." Katie said before the Asari from the Land Team cut in.

"Of course, but I feel that it is to be reminded that Voltron was brought here to Andromeda solely as a precaution." The Asari next to Geoge said showing her concerns for the situation.

"Yes, I know this Cinda and your right." Katie said to the Land Teams Asari. "However, whatever had done this to our intended Golden World could still be there or even out here." Katie said her tone carrying a sense of warning for the teams.

"How bad can it be?" The Krogan asked with a smirk on his face.

"We lost contact with the Pathfinder Team so I'm guessing it's pretty bad." Katie revealed much to the Vehicle Teams shock. "Alright then you all understand the mission and in accordance with Level 2 Battle Stations we're on standby, dismissed." Katie said and thus the three teams began to depart.

In turn the Vehicle Team began to disperse as the Sea Team was heading to the door. Hunter saw this and quickly hid to not be caught. "Leve 2 why do we have to be stuck on standby I signed up for this to fight new challengers." The Krogan said as he followed Krika to the door.

"You know, Tagor not everything is a fight." The human girl said as she walked next to Tagor.

"Linda's right Tagor we may expect a fight but were pioneers explorers." Krika said to her subordinate.

"I know but I just get so excited about this." The Krogan named Tagor said as they left the room.

"Just shelve the bloodlust until AFTER we're shot at first." Krika quipped as Tagor chuckled.

"No promises." Tagor said following after Krika.

"So, Ginger." The Turian named Avok said as he walked over to Ginger. "I was thinking about hitting the simulators care to join me?" Avok asked borderline flirting with the human girl.

"No thanks." Ginger calmly said as she kept walking. Her tone was cold, and her exterior was even colder. She left the Turian hanging there as she continued on her way.

"Come guys we need to make sure our gear is prepped for when we go Level 1." George said as he walked out with Cinda and his third teammate in tow.

"Right behind you, boss." Cinda said following after George.

"Need me to pack some backup gear?" The other human of the team asked.

"And anything else needed just in case, Malcom." George said as he left the room with Malcon and Cinda following after him.

Back inside the room Katie was looking over the list that SAM and CHIP provided for her as she tried to find a new candidate for the leader of Voltron. Once the Vehicle Team had left Hunter came out of his hiding spot shocked with what he heard. Not only the fact that his sister was slanted to lead Voltron but also by the fact that they lost contact with his dad and brothers team.

"Shit." Hunter cursed as he was shocked over what he heard. Hunter didn't know what to do so he did the only thing he could think of, he went to talk to the remaining family member still on the ship.

(Later in the Medical Bay)

Hunter stood over his sister's comatose body. She looked quiet peaceful on the bed as it made Hunter curse at the response. The revelation that Sara was supposed to pilot Voltron was shocking to stay the least. Despite this he needed to say his peace to his sister.

"Of course, but I feel that it is to be reminded that Voltron was brought here to Andromeda solely as a precaution." The Asari next to Geoge said showing her concerns for the situation.

"Yes, I know this Cinda and your right." Katie said to the Land Teams Asari. "However, whatever had done this to our intended Golden World could still be there or even out here." Katie said her tone carrying a sense of warning for the teams.

"How bad can it be?" The Krogan asked with a smirk on his face.

"We lost contact with the Pathfinder Team so I'm guessing it's pretty bad." Katie revealed much to the Vehicle Teams shock. "Alright then you all understand the mission and in accordance with Level 2 Battle Stations we're on standby, dismissed." Katie said and thus the three teams began to depart.

In turn the Vehicle Team began to disperse as the Sea Team was heading to the door. Hunter saw this and quickly hid to not be caught. "Leve 2 why do we have to be stuck on standby I signed up for this to fight new challengers." The Krogan said as he followed Krika to the door.

"You know, Tagor not everything is a fight." The human girl said as she walked next to Tagor.

"Linda's right Tagor we may expect a fight but were pioneers explorers." Krika said to her subordinate.

"I know but I just get so excited about this." The Krogan named Tagor said as they left the room.

"Just shelve the bloodlust until AFTER we're shot at first." Krika quipped as Tagor chuckled.

"No promises." Tagor said following after Krika.

"So, Ginger." The Turian named Avok said as he walked over to Ginger. "I was thinking about hitting the simulators care to join me?" Avok asked borderline flirting with the human girl.

"No thanks." Ginger calmly said as she kept walking. Her tone was cold, and her exterior was even colder. She left the Turian hanging there as she continued on her way.

"Come guys we need to make sure our gear is prepped for when we go Level 1." George said as he walked out with Cinda and his third teammate in tow.

"Right behind you, boss." Cinda said following after George.

"Need me to pack some backup gear?" The other human of the team asked.

"And anything else needed just in case, Malcom." George said as he left the room with Malcon and Cinda following after him.

Back inside the room Katie was looking over the list that SAM and CHIP provided for her as she tried to find a new candidate for the leader of Voltron. Once the Vehicle Team had left Hunter came out of his hiding spot shocked with what he heard. Not only the fact that his sister was slanted to lead Voltron but also by the fact that they lost contact with his dad and brothers team.

"Shit." Hunter cursed as he was shocked over what he heard. Hunter didn't know what to do so he did the only thing he could think of, he went to talk to the remaining family member still on the ship.

(Later in the Medical Bay)

Hunter stood over his sister's comatose body. She looked quite peaceful on the bed as it made Hunter curse at the response. The revelation that Sara was supposed to pilot Voltron was shocking to stay the least. Despite this he needed to say his peace to his sister.

"Hey sis." Hunter greeted as he looked to his sleeping sister. "Yeah, I know why the Hell am, I up so early but I got an excuse." Hunter said but then chuckled a bit recalling fond memories. "A lot has been going on... but good news we're in Andromeda bad news it's not panning out as we expected." Hunter said but then sighed to this. "Yeah, I know a problem is only an issue if you can't solve it." Hunter said recalling how his older siblings would give him these pearls of wisdom.

"I got an Issue though and you're gonna get a laugh out of this... but first tell me why you never told me you were selected for Voltron." Hunter said as he looked to Sarah. "I get it knowing you, you wanted to surprise me or all of us assuming dad and Scott didn't know about it." Hunter said as he knew his father and brother would be over the moon that Sara was going to pilot Voltron. "Mom would be proud, there she is my little girl a defender of the universe." Hunter said before his tone grew sad recalling how his mom passed away. "We're all looking forward to you leading Voltron, Sara so hurry up and get back on your feet." Hunter said as he smiled at his sister.

Just then the door to the medical room opened and from it Ginger walked in. This caught Hunter by surprise as he saw her. "Who are you and why are you near Commander Ryder's bed?" Ginger asked giving Hunter a glare.

"Hunter Ryder this is my sister's bed." Hunter responded as he didn't like her tone.

This of course caught Ginger by surprise when she heard this. "Ryder? I assumed all the remaining Ryder's were either on the planet bellow, in a cryo-pod, or here." Ginger said gesturing to Sara who was in the bed.

"Yeah, shit happened to get me to wake up." Hunter said as he made that last one more of a jab toward Destiny.

"I am right here you know." Destiny responded but was left unheard.

"My apologies I wanted to see Commander Ryder's condition." Ginger said to the point.

"Yeah, me too." Hunter said looking towards his sister's bed.

Approaching the bed Ginger looked at the sleeping form of Sarah. "She was to be commanding officer you know." Ginger said as she looked to the bed. "I was her second in command for the air team as its Biotic. She had the most experience in combat and was awake during our evacuation during the Reaper attack." Ginger said while looking to Sara before sighing. This caused a hum to form from deep inside Hector's mind as he suspected that to be from Destiny... but why?

"According to the reports and SAM after we managed to escape to the Citadel Sara was informed of her position to lead Andromeda Voltron force and as we waited for the other three Arks to arrive on the Citadel, she began her training to prepare herself to pilot Voltron." Ginger said giving an explanation to Hunter.

"So, she was given training." Hunter said before looking to Sara. "I feel kind of bad... I know she will wake up, but we can't afford to wait for her to wake up especially if we need Voltron." Hunter said which Ginger agreed.

"Yes, that means her replacement would have big shoes to fill." Ginger said as Hunter pitied the poor bastard who had to fill such an important role. "Pardon me, you introduced yourself, but I failed to introduce myself." Ginger said as she stood to Hunter. "I'm Ginger, of the Voltron Air Team and its second in command." Ginger said standing straight like a trained soldier. "A pleasure to meet you Mr. Ryder." Ginger said which Hunger nodded to Ginger.

"Pleasure is all mine." Hunter said with a smile until Ginger stopped. Alarms began to blare as this got the duos attention.

"Voltron pilots to the command deck I repeat Voltron Pilots to the command Deck!" Came the cry of Katie was heard and thus they had to start moving.

"I need to go." Ginger said and thus she ran off to meet with the others.

Hunter stood there for a moment as he then looked to his sister. "See you soon big sis." Hunter said and thus he ran after Ginger. He didn't know why he was doing it, but something inside compelled him to do so. All the while Destiny was the unwanted passenger to this choice. While he wanted to observe Voltron, he feared that Hunter will do something to endanger the both of them.

(Vehicle Team Voltron Hanger)

The eight pilots were gathered around Katie as she displayed a holographic image of the planet's surface. "This is where the last ping came in from the Pathfinder Team!" Katie revealed as she looked to the pilots. "We just got word they cleared the skies and the energy field, but we have a new issue." Katie added and in turn showed the images of what looked to be an alien machine of some kind. "This just popped up after an energy burst from the alien monolith." Katie added as the massive machine was seen rampaging.

"Damn that thing is huge!" Avok said as he saw the machine.

"Yeah, I know." Katie said as she got down to it. "The Pathfinder Team is pinned down we got wounded and worse." Katie said getting down to it. "We've been moved up to Level 1 Battle Stations that means we're to deploy and give our boys down there room to get the Hell out." Katie said and thus this meant they had to move.

"Alright, been waiting for some action!" Tagor said as the Krogan was itching for a fight.

Katie smiled and in turn produced several lockers with the input of some codes. "These will be your new combat uniforms." Katie said as the uniforms were in three sets of three. "They were modelled off of the Paladins of Voltron's own uniforms so they will adjust and refit to your body types." Katie said and thus she got the gist of it.

"Alright then time to suit up!" George said and in turn they all got the gear on.

As the Voltron Force was suiting up Katie activated another locker that had several odd-looking pistols inside. Once the team was suited up, they were presented as their armor seemed to be more practical based on the machines they operated. The Sky Team were dressed in high tech flight suits, the land team was dressed in high tech infantry suits, and the sea team was dressed in high tech diving suits. All of them were capable of ground combat but some suits were better suited for certain areas.

"These are your new VV(V2)-Enforcers." Katie said as the VV-Defenders rose from the locker via a latch and were presented to the team Handle first.

"VV?" Cinda asked as the Asari raised a brow to this.

"Vehicle Voltron." Katie responded and got back down to it. Everyone took their new Defenders and held them as the lights turned on. Out of the 9 VV-Defenders only one was left behind. "These Enforcers aren't just weapons, but they allow you to have an easier interface with your Vehicles and with each other." Katie explained to the group. "They are equipped with several utilities based around the profiles of those who use them." She added as the group saw the abilities via their hub screens in their helmets. "Now any questions?" Katie asked and thus Ginger spoke.

"Without Voltron how do we expect to defeat this foe?" Ginger asked and thus Katie smirked a bit.

"Thankfully, your vehicles can combine into Super Vehicles and while not as strong as Voltron should help even the playing field." Katie said but then got to the major bit. "The bad news however that without Sara or a replacement you can only form the land and sea super vehicles." Katie said giving everyone the bad news.

"Well, that's comforting." Avok said as the Turian noted the issue about this.

"However." Katie continued getting the teams attention on her again. "Our primary concern is getting our Pathfinder Team out of there and to safety." Katie said and thus the entire team understood the mission.

"Understood." Ginger said and thus Katie nodded.

"Now then load up the machines and prepare for take-off." Katie said and thus it was time to launch the Vehicle Team.

All 3 teams soon head towards the loading dock as there were 3 sets of 3 chairs for each team, with numbers on them to show who goes where as on the uniforms as Ginger and Avok has the White and blue uniforms with the numbers on their shoulder for air team, George, Cinda, can Malcom are wearing red and white uniforms having numbers on the shoulder their uniforms also for Land team, and Krika, Tagor, and Linda were in the blue and black uniform showing for sea team with numbers on their numbers which are 1, 2, and 3, but the number 1 uniform for air team was still hanging in the locker no doubt was meant for sara.

Each teams sat in their listed number spots on the chair of them sitting of the assign numbers that match the one on their uniform before they buckle themselves with chair soon moves on their own as the chairs rotate around and send each pilot down a pathway which lead into a hanger bay area where each Vehicle of Voltron lies.

Ginger heads towards the Falcon Jet fighter, Avok to the Stratos weapons module, while CHIP will operate the two recon Copter, leaving just the Command Jet Explorer unman at the moment.

For the land team as George went to the Jet Radar Station, while Cinda the pilot of the Rotating Personnel Carrier , and their last teammate named Malcom the pilot for the Armored Equipment carrier while CHIP operates the two Multi-Wheeled Explores.

And for Sea team Krika head to the Communication Module, Tagor head to the first Space Probers, while Linda heads to the 2nd Space Probers while CHIP operate the two All-Terrain Space Vehicles.

After each team are put into their vehicle before pulling out their VV-Defenders before inserting them into the spot within of the vehicles themselves as they gave off a glow before it died down.

"Air team here ready for launch," Ginger said as she was reported in for her team at the moment with George speaking up while he said, "Earth team here, ready for launch as well."

"Sea team here, ready to deploy," Krika said as sea team was ready as well as Katie speaking up saying, "Checking weapon systems now. CHIP how are things on your end?"

"All system are green. Recon Copters ready, Multi-Wheeled Explorers ready, and All-Terrain Space Vehicles ready," CHIP spoken up to Kaite as she nodded and said, "Alright then prepare for launch."

With that as each of the vehicles that CHIP are operating were preparing themselves for launch as their engine roar out, with the air team as the Command Jet Explorer was being lifted off the line making way for Falcon Jet fighter as Katie spoken on the coms as she said, "Hit your turbo thrust and launch!"

With that the air team shot out first, follow by the land team, then the sea team as they all travel into space and went down to the Golden world of humans, Habitat 7.

(command room)

Kaite was looking over all the vehicles showing their were working as they were intended and saw no problem as they travel through space, as the teams may have suit that would protect them from the vacuum of space, but the vehicles themselves were airtight as well as she smile to this

"Everything is looking good for now, proceed with descending into Habitat 7," Katie said as the leaders of each team call out as they say, "Roger!"

Katie smile to this before she put her hands together before she soon calls out, "IS there something I can help you with Mr. Ryder?"

Suddenly Ryder freak out a bit as he stumbled back a bit tripping on his own feet before lean forward to the door as it opened all the way for him as he fell in, face flat to the floor before he said, "ow."

Katie could not help but laugh at that before she clears her throat a bit and said, "Are you alright there Young Ryder."

"Y-yeah," Hunter said as he stood up and rub his nose a bit, which wasn't broken was looking a bit red as Destiny said, "Damage detected. Minimal damage to brain unit. I suggest you -WATCH WHAT YOUR DOING!- be careful with your footing."

"Is there any reason why you're here Mr. Ryder, last I check you're not a pilot," Katie asked him as Hunter said, "I was a bit curious, and worry."

"Ah, I understand now… well if you want to observe the mission, you can, but do not disturb me while I'm working. There's a lot going on and I need to observe myself and record for my report," Katie said as she look back over to the Vehicle Voltron force is doing as they started land it seem which is shown on the monitors.

(Vehicle Voltron team)

With sea team they aim for the nearest ocean area to roam about, and the land team landed on solid ground before their wheel starts rolling and takes off once they have landed.

While the air team after entering the atmosphere they just flew across the lands as they saw the giant robot ahead as Ginger calls out, "Alright air team will act as decoy to draw this giant robot away from the pathfinder team. Land and sea team locate and secure pathfinder team before regrouping on us."

"Understood," George said from the jet radar station as he switch on his radar and locate the Pathfinder team with Kirka within the Communication Module turn on sonar to get a map of the area and started scouting as the Asari said, "Search and rescue in progress. Good luck air team."

(Katie's office)

As Katie was looking over the team progression of using the vehicles for the first time outside of training, with Hunter looks at the monitors seeing how each team is doing, then saw Ginger on one of them as he see her face and the view of her vehicle camera view and sees the giant machine monster ahead as he hopes that Ginger can do it.

(Ginger)

Ginger saw the robot ahead as she flip a few switches and said, "Activated targeting system." On her screen shows a cross targeting system as it beep to lock-on to the target as she center herself, got the crosses line up on each other as it turns red as she said, "Fire!"

She fired missiles from the Falcon Jet fighter striking, with Avok, and CHIP did the Same as they fire their weapon, as they head towards the mech, striking it in its back, but it looked like the strikes hardly did any damage, but it did grab its attention as its turn its head and charge up a beam from its eye thing as Ginger and the other air vehicles quickly move out of the way before it the beam hits them, as instead the beam it hit a large floating mountain nearby destroying them easy as they blew apart sending fragment and debris all around.

"Voltron force beware, enemy as long beam weapons. Highly dangerous," Ginger reported as George said, "Thanks for the update!"

(land team)

They were evading the falling rocks that was coming down as George was doing his best as some rocks hit the land team vehicles, which hardly did much but it was the larger ones that they had to watch out for with CHIP operating the two Multi-Wheeled Explorers activated their weapons and blasted those boulders to bits.

(sea team)

The sea team were doing alright as when the rock was hitting the waters, the small stuff was easy to avoid, but then some bigger stuff fell down and block their path as Krika said, "Tagar, Linda, CHIP. Target at those rocks and fire torpedoes."

"Roger!/ affirmed," the team call out as they target the rocks and fire torpedoes at it and blow it up and proceed through ignoring the rocks hitting them as it didn't seem to throw them off course.

(the ark)

"Wow, how are these things able to handle all that rubble, most vehicles would have been crush or get a lot of damage," Hunter said as he saw how each team handle the falling rocks and boulders as Katie soon explain, "They are made with a special synthesize Trans-reality metal, almost a perfect copy metal that the original lion Voltron is made up of."

She brought up images of the original Voltron, with many scan and data shows about it, with Hunter was in awe to the images of Voltron, while Destiny was silent, and weirdly hunter a sense of… hatred?

"Many people, military, races, organization try to build their own Voltron in many different way which ended up failing in many different aspects such as the weight of their design would just crush itself as they cannot sustain their own weight, next was power as trans-reality metal really make it that Voltron is power by itself and the energy that given by its paladins in a way which is Quintessence, and lastly is the formation of bring Voltron together which ended up failing due to poor programing or design flaws, or both."

"Okay how were you able to build this new Voltron?" Hunter asked with Katie said, "Well the first thing I did was going to the basic of thing, which is the material to make vehicle Voltron with as it seem no one was smart enough to scan the metal Voltron was made up which I was able to and make my own metal for it, which was a slow progress, and many trial and errors but I soon success of creating a single shard of the metal before mass producing it."

Showing said shard of the trans-reality metal which was Octahedron diamond shape before showing many of them being stack on top of each other before being introduce extreme heat which melted them together and hammer out making it becoming a plate which went on top of different vehicle models of air, land, and sea vehicles 5 each before Katie went on saying, "Then came a tricky part of infusing them with Quintessence themselves, and sense Allura is the only one that knows that but had no knowledge of what I was doing, I had to get creative and open up a rift into the Quintessence field, a small but the metal was soon infused with Quintessence thus bringing each vehicle to life."

She show a gate that was looking oddly similar to Lotor's Quintessence gate and somehow powered it to open the gate just enough to have Quintessence seep through, but enough to gather it but enough to infuse the metal of each vehicle before they started to generate their own as she said, "It had taken me almost 3 years, but I made my own Voltron, as instead of making 5 large robots that could fall apart on each other, I make 15 to Distribute and support the weight all together, and with careful designing as I literally had to stack them 1 at a time to see how well it does work to see how well it connects before making any adjustment to each vehicle, I would say this new Voltron is an original itself."

"Wow," Hunter said with Destiny soon said itself, "Very –EXCITING- fascinating."

(Back to the battle)

The Vehicles were firing down upon the robot using their weapons to deal damage to it where they can. Driving about the land team kept fire going as the Kodiaks were moving in to retrieve the Pathfinder team. But of course, the danger was severe as the men on the ground were trying to get to a safe LZ.

The alien mech glared at the machines attacking it and proceeded to open fire on them intent to take them down. The two Recon Choppers were firing rockets and lasers at the mech as they hovered around it. The mech saw them and fired a few laser bolts at the two choppers who in response moved out of the way to avoid being hit.

This later proved to be a mistake as the mech sent powerful explosives that knocked the two drones off their axis and towards the ground. Ginger saw this and was wide eyed at the end result of it. "CHIP Damage report!" Ginger ordered as she flew around the area.

"I have lost connection to the Recon Choppers, attempting to re-establish connection now." CHIP reported as he tried to reconnect to the drones.

"Dammit!" Ginger cursed as she tried to think of another plan of attack. "Avok on me we need to cover the LZ now!" Ginger called to her Turian wingman.

"Right behind you!" Avok called and this the two machines flew in to assist in taking out the mech or at least stalling it. The two remaining air fighters flew in to stop the mech from killing the Pathfinder Team.

(Over with the Pathfinder Team)

On the ground Cora and Liam were not in a good situation as they tried to keep away from the battle. "This is bad! This is super bad!" Liam said as he and Cora were in cover. Alec and Scott were down, and the Kodiaks can't land with this level of heat. The Vehicle Team were doing their best to get the giant robot away from their position, but the damn thing did not want to stray far from the facility. It was likely some sort of defense mechanism that reacted to SAM and Alec accessing the alien terraforming facility on the planet.

What originally was a simple investigation to why Habitat 5 was in the sate it was in, had devolved into a fight for survival. First contact with a clearly hostile enemy presence, discovery of alien ruins with terraforming technology, and just when they thought that the energy burst and the defense mech was the worst of it something else happened. At the moment Scott was down but still breathing if only barely, his father, Alec Ryder, on the other hand... without his helmet not so much.

"We need immediate EVAC I repeat Ryder is down, Ryder is down!" Cora reported as she called the Hyperion for an emergency pick up.

(Back on the Vehicle Base)

"I repeat both Ryder's are down!" Cora called out as Katie and Hunter heard her on the comm links.

It only got worse as more alerts came in. "Hyperion, we lost contact with the Recon Choppers! We can't form Voltron!" Ginger called out as Hunter heard this.

"NO!" Hunter called when he saw what was going on. His father was down, his brother was down, and the Pathfinder team was in deep trouble.

"Dammit we need Voltron, but without Sara formation of Voltron is impossible." Katie said as she glared at the screen trying to find the right way out of this situation.

Hunter then noted the armor and VV-Enforcer that was meant to be Sara's. If what Katie said is correct the armor automatically adjusts to whoever is wearing it. Seeing that Kattie was distracted, and the last vehicle was still docked Hunter knew he had to act. But Hunter knew he had to be fast and quiet as he did this before CHIP or SAM alerted Katie.

"Don't!" Destiny's voice echoed inside Hunter's head. "What you are about to do will get us both killed!" Destiny added warning Hunter against doing what he planned to do. Hunter ignored the AI as he then began pullout out the armor from its locker. "STOP!" Destiny roared but knew Hunter would not listen. There was one other thing about which he was concerned. If Hunter does this, then it risks exposing Destiny to CHIP and SAM who would no doubt figure out who he is.

Meanwhile Katie kept watching monitoring the Vehicle Teams performance and while they performed valiantly, they needed all fifteen machines in order to form Voltron. With one pilot short and two of the machines grounded they could not form Voltron.

"Dr. Holt I'm detecting a security breach." CHIP reported and thus Katie turned around and saw two issues. First was that the armor for the leader of the Air Team was missing and secondly the VV-Enforcer for the Command Explorer was missing as well. But instead of getting upset Katie smirked as she saw that Hunter took the bait, she laid out for him.

"Where is Hunter Ryder?" Katie asked and thus CHIP found him.

"He is in the tube to the Command Jet Explorer; SAM and I are about to stop him and." CHIP began but Katie cut him off.

"Override that, let him pilot." Katie said as she smirked a bit.

"Pardon me? Dr. Holt the young man is." CHIP began but then Katie smirked.

"If it goes south, I'll take full responsibility." Katie said as she knew right now beggars can't be choosers.

(Meanwhile over with Hunter)

Hunter got to the chair that would take him to the Command Jet Explorer. Entering the vehicle Hunter took his seat and once he was buckled in the chair got moving. Moving through the Hyperion towards the Jet Fighter's personal hanger Hunter held on as he felt a bit of the G-Force as he went down the path.

Soon enough Hunter arrived at the Command Jet Explorer and inserted the VV-Enforcer into its slot. Once it did the activation sequence began. In turn CHIP's voice cut in as the AI unit began the pre-launch start up. "Beginning Bio-Lock sequence CHIP linking now." CHIP announced as he got to work. "Scanning Brainwaves, blood pressure, pulse, respiration, temperature, metabolism; all green." CHIP announced as he had used the suits built in scanners to read through all of that. "Bio-lock established pairing with Voltron/CHIP Network successful all systems are, go." CHIP announced as Hunter heard CHIP speak through his helmet and Omni-Tool. Grabbing the controls Hunter saw images of the manual flashing across his helmet and directly into his brain. "Pairing Implants with the Voltron/CHIP Network now." CHIP announced as he got to work.

Destiny got worried and kept himself silent and quiet during the process. "Pairing successful, launch sequence is approved." CHIP announced and thus it came down to it.

"Alright let's do this!" Hunter called out and thus he was ready to go. Pushing forward on the controls the Command Jet Explorer launched and made a beeline towards Habitat 7 to save the Pathfinder Team and the Vehicle Team. Launching into open space the vehicle flew towards the planet's surface his mission clear.

(Back on the planet's surface)

The battle continued as the mech let loose every weapon it had. Clearly it had powerful programming to fight on to defend the facility. The Vehicle Team's air team was circling the skies to take out the mechs weapons while the land team provided ground support. At the Same time the sea team fought from a distance to take out the enemy robot. Ginger knew she was no leader her role as second in command of the Air Team mainly had her acting as the actual leaders wingman which would have been Sara. The Vehicles Teams first deployment was looking for them and the entire initiative.

"We're getting hammered!" Malcon cried out as he tried to hold the line with the Land Teams Commander.

"Hold the line!" George called out as they needed to act fast before the lost their Pathfinder.

Ginger knew that things were not looking good at the rate they were going the Pathfinder was doomed and with it so was the Hyperion. "If this keeps going." Ginger voiced to herself as she began to see that death was the only outcome.

"Sub-Commander Ginger alert, the Command Jet Explorer is operational." CHIP voice and thus Ginger was wide eyed to this.

"What?!" Ginger asked and soon enough rockets nailed the giant robot between the eyes. Flying past it through the smoke was the Command Jet Explorer as it flew by and joined the other.

"Did Sara wake up?" Avok asked as he saw the Command Jet Explorer.

"Negative, constructing Pilot Profile now, Hunter Ryder." CHIP reported and thus the group heard this.

"Hunter Ryder?" George asked as the human male raised a brow to this. He never heard of anyone named Hunter and the only Ryder he knew was Alec Ryder, the Hyperion's Pathfinder, and his kids Scott and Sarah Ryder.

"Isn't he the Pathfinder's youngest?" Malcom asked as this was the first time, he heard this name.

"Anyone heard of this guy?" Krika asked as she led the Sea Team into battle. The Asari leader of the sea team as Linda simply shrugged her shoulder showing she was just as lost as her commander was.

"You got me." Tagor said as the Krogan shrugged when he heard this. This meant no one from the three teams had heard of this guy and could only suspect that he was related to the Pathfinder somehow.

The Command Jet Explore flew in and made another round of fire on the robot. The alien mech glared at the new arrival and proceeded to return fire intent on removing it as an obstacle. "Well, whoever he is, he's going to get himself killed." Avok said and thus Ginger sighed to this.

"Avok let's move!" Ginger said and in turn she and her Turian Wingman flew in to assist the youngest Ryder.

The members of air team turn right, and covered him as they fired upon the Giant mech that was about to blast the Jet explorer before missiles hit the mech at its face, covering its site to give the young Ryder to get out of the way fast as Ginger flew near him and said, "Hunter Ryder, what are you doing out here? You do not have proper training."

"I came became I heard what happen, I'm here to help!" Hunter said as he sounded serious, but he was more or less scared as he never flown anything outside of a videogame flying simulator, but with his family on the line he'll do whatever it takes as he look ahead and said, "Watch out!"

Ginger turn her head and see what was ahead of her which was a hand that was about to grab them until they avid it, as Ginger and Hunter return back to their flight path as Ginger said, "You need to go back. You can fight this thing."

"You can't form Voltron without all fifteen vehicles, I'm not leaving," Hunter said as Katie came up on the coms and said, "A rescue shutter is in route, but they cannot get close enough until that machine is taken down. I'll approve for the forming of Voltron, but it has to be now."

"You can't be serious," Avok said as Katie said to him, "I'm not, with Young Ryder there, you can form Voltron now as now we have no other choice. Hunter, I'm sending you date of how to do it, just follow the directions, air team, land team, and sea team cover him."

"I guess we got no choice," George said with Krika just nodded to this as they have their orders as all the team engage in combat as George said to his team, "Follow my lead you guys. Charge up weapons system and fire."

"Got it/roger!" as both Cindi and Malcom said with the two Multi-Wheeled Explores coming behind them as CHIP got the weapons systems working for them as George was getting the radar fix on the Robot before he said, "Land and Sea team sync together on the Radar Station."

"Understood, syncing with Radar station now," Krika said as George saw that both team were sync to his and so he turn on the radar targeting system as the screen shows the mech with a red cross on it before he said, "Locked on, fire at will!"

With that all the vehicles fire their weapons at the mech keeping it distracted, with Sea team was coming up to the surface and started hovering as Krika, "Firing!"

The sea team fired as well dealing a blow on the mech which seem to stun it for a bit, giving hunter enough time to read over the manual as he said, "Alright I think I got it. Ready to form Voltron."

Hunter reach over to a lever as he turn it as he as he said, "Activate interlocks!"

Soon enough most of the vehicles were coming together showing their placement of forming Vehicle Voltron, as Hunter keep going as he flip a few switches as he went on saying, "Dynatherms connected."

On his screen showing images of the vehicles with most of them turning green but two, and the mech was soon standing back up as Avok said, "Hey Ryder, anytime now on forming Voltron, as that thing is getting back up."

"I almost got. Infra-cells up," Hunter said a as most of the vehicles are linking up as he soon finishing saying, "Mega-thrusters are go!"

Suddenly there was an error on the screen as an alert blaring loudly as Hunter said, "What the? What did I do wrong?"

"I'm terribly sorry Mr. Ryder, it not your fault. My connection to the recon Copters has not been re-establish. The atmosphere of the planet has been effecting my connection to all remote-controlled vehicles, I still have connection with the land and sea team's vehicles, but the air team's vehicles are unresponsive," CHIP informed him as Hunter eyes widen as he look ahead and saw the Mech was back in action as Hunter said, "How soon can you re-connect to the recon copters?"

"10 minutes," CHIPs said as the mech was charging up another beam attack as Hunter said, "We ain't going to make it!"

"It seem I have no choice," Destiny said as he saw they were in danger as Hunter said, "Wait, what are you…"

Before he could ask, he suddenly felt a hot sensation in his body as he saw his body was glowing as suddenly, he felt his implants were acting up and the control to Voltron were also glowing, including the VV-enforcer as he suddenly heard Destiny said, "Assuming Control."

Suddenly the images of the recon Copters appeared on screen showing a connection from the Jet explorer to them.

Over to the Recon Copters, which were just unresponsive until they started to glow as well and their rotor started turning and soon enough, they were becoming airborne, quickly flying over to where the Voltron team were at, activating their weapon system and fire at the Mech's footing, breaking the ground, and disturbing its aim as it fire into the air without hitting anything as Hunter was wide eye to this as was the team as Avok said, "Okay what was that?"

"H-how did you do that? This make no sense, no A.I can connect to another machine like this… unless," Hunter said as he was slowly getting the idea of what Destiny was as he said to him, "Form Voltron while you can, our lives depends on it."

Hunter quickly got back to focusing on the battle as he saw the mech was getting back its footing a bit, so he needed to form Voltron now as he said, "Then let's try this again. Activate interlocks!"

All the vehicles were coming together showing their placement of forming Vehicle Voltron, as Hunter keep going as he flip a few switches as he went on saying, "Dynatherms connected."

On his screen showing images of the vehicles, all of them turning green as Hunter went on saying, "Infra-cells up."

The vehicles are linking up this time as he soon finishing saying, "Mega-thrusters are go!"

"Let's go Voltron force!" the entire team calls out.

(Vehicle Voltron Formation)

The Sky Team flew in formation, the land team drove in formation, and the sea team moved in formation as they began the combination sequence for Voltron. The Command Jet Explorer of the Air Team, the Communications Module of the Sea Team, and the Jet Radar Station of the Land Team moved ahead as they got ready to form up. The three machines then released a powerful Mass Effect Field not as a weapon but as a shield and a means to form up.

"Form Feet and legs!"

The other machines were drawn into the field as they got ready to form up. The Land Team deployed first as the All-Terrain Space Vehicles drove into position and linked up space probers and the Multi-Wheeled Explorers and began to form the feet and legs. To finish the leg formation the jet Radar station attached forming the lower half of this new Voltron.

"Form arms and Torso"

Then came the Sea Team as they deployed the Sea Module to form the upper torso while the sky team used their Recon VTOLS to form the arms and shoulders. Following this up was the land team as they deployed the Rotating Personnel Carrier and the Armored Equipment Carrier to form the hands and finish up the arms.

"And I'll form…" Hunter trail off as he was getting a bit excited as he wanted to see Voltron in action, but now he forming it as he reach up to the last control and finish saying, "The head!"

Next came the last two pieces of the formation in the form of the Command Jet Explore and the Falcon Jet Fighter. The Command Jet Explorer attached to the top of the formation while the Falcon Jet Fighter attached itself to the Robots chest. Locks and connectors were linking up and soon the Command Jet Explorer opened a panel that revealed the face of the new arrival.

The new Voltron then clapped his hands together and when separated currents of Quintessence formed between them for a moment. He then spread his arms and struck a pose as the Andromeda System formed behind him showing where he defended the Universe.

(End Formation)

Now formed up Vehicle Voltron flew down and proceeded to kick the mech in the face knocking it down with the attack. Voltron landed on the ground as the mech was already getting back on. Seeing a new priority target focused all its attention on Voltron. The mech then opened fire on Voltron forcing him to use his arms to block the attack causing damage to the robot and the pilots inside.

"Hey Air Commander do something!" Avok yelled as Voltron held the ground.

"I'm working on it!" Hunter called out as he tried to think. "We need a shield!" Hunter called out and thus George heard this.

"On it!" Krika called out and thus she got to work with her team. Just then Voltron moved back and from his left and right arms beams of energy form and produced a Mass Effect Barrier to protect Voltron. The shots bounced off the shield until the giant mech was forced to stop. From the smoke the new Voltron was quick on the uptake.

From the smoke lasers show out parting the smoke and hitting the mech. Once the deed was done the smoke cleared revealing what Voltron did. The beams had fired from Voltron's arms before he spread his arms out ready for more.

"Alright now you're getting it!" Avok said as the Turian saw Hunter was getting it down.

Hunter hissed in pain a bit as he felt another headache hitting him but ignored it so he can focus on the fight at hand. "So, what else do we got?" Hunter asked as he would like to know more.

"Try this!" Ginger called out giving the commands on her controls. In response Voltron reached to his shoulders and produced a pair of spinning laser blades in his hands.

"Oh, hell yeah!" Hunter called out and thus he got down to it. "Let's do this!" Hunter added and thus working in unison Voltron charged in to battle once more. Voltron charged in and proceeded to hack and slash into the massive mech. The enemy mech was helpless before the Vehicle Voltron's power as Hunter smirked a bit.

But then Hunter hissed in pain as a bigger headache hit him with his eyes getting blurry for a moment. "I suggest we end this now before you pass out." Destiny warned as he knew he had a lot of explaining to do once this was over... assuming the humans let them live afterwards.

"Right." Hunter said as he felt like a hole was about to burn through his forehead. "Form Sword!" Hunter invoked and in turn Hunter grabbed the VV-Enforcer pulled the trigger and pushed it in further. In response Voltron clammed his hands together and proceeded to form his sword. Voltron began to deliver a flurry of slices into the alien mech which resulted in the mech falling apart broken and defeated by the Defender of the Andromeda System. Voltron then jumped away just before the mech exploded as Voltron used his body to shield the LZ as the ships moved in to pick up the pathfinder team.

"Nice going there kid you done good." Tagor said as the Krogan smirked to this.

"Well, you certainly have potential, Ryder." Ginger admitted but was then met with silence. "Ryder?" Ginger asked as she saw that Hunter was not responding.

"CHIP what's going on?" Krika asked as she noted something was wrong.

"Air Commander Ryder has... fallen unconscious the utilizing of Voltron, activating the Jet Recon Vehicle, and synchronizing with the CHIP Network had put a severe strain on him." CHIP reported as this was not good news for anyone.

In his cockpit Hunter was unconscious and had a bloody nose no doubt the pressure going through him had caused this. Meanwhile deep inside Hunter's mind Destiny was working to keep the damage from spreading until Hunter can get medical attention via small neural shocks to his brain. Nothing severe to harm him but just enough to get his brain in working order again.

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Hours later after the Vehicle Voltron had been retrieved and manually separated by CHIP Hunter was wheeled in, to the medical lab as Lexi was working to keep Hunter stable. With all three Ryder children clocked out and one no longer amongst them she was in a frenzy of activity.

During this Katie was consulting with CHIP and SAM over what had taken place. "For all intents and purposes those two drones should not have been able to activated when they did and the way they did." CHIP said as Katie stood in her office reviewing the information.

"During the incident however, I did detect a usual energy pattern that I had only seen once." SAM said which was to note.

"What did you two find?" Katie asked as she sat behind her desk with holographic images of the two AI's were projected from her desk.

"After scouring my memory banks only one signal matched up to the one CHIP and I had detected." SAM said which got down to it. "It was... a Reaper signal." SAM revealed and thus Katie was wide eyed in shock at those words.

This meant only one thing for Katie as she growled a bit. Taking off her glasses she began chewing on it knowing how it was detected. "We found the source of the anomaly in Hunter's implants." Katie growled realized that the thing they were fleeing from in the Milky Way had managed to follow them.

(TBC)

ESKK: The First Chapter is done; I hope you all enjoyed it and be sure to leave a review for us. Until next time, ja-ne.