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Episodes: "Best Laid Plans" and "Blackout"
Olkarion:
Allura and Linna stand before the giant Teledav before them. Linna looks over to see a disappointing face upon Allura as Keith walks over towards the group. Linna shakes her head at her friend for a moment before speaking.
"I remember," Linna starts out as Allura turns to face her friend, who is staring at the sun rising from the horizon. "When I hated Zarkon so much that I almost stopped him from piloting the Black Lion."
"Why didn't you?" Allura wonders to her as Linna knows that she has her friends attention.
"Because Alfor trusted him." Linna lowers her head to face Allura with a smirk. "Keith can't help where his other half comes from. He also can't help that Galena attacked our planet and destroyed it. It isn't the Galra's fault. You do know that, Allura?"
Allura lowers her head. "I just feel like I can't trust him anymore."
"What has changed since you found out that he is Galra?" Linna places her hands on her hips now in front of Allura.
"I don't believe anything has." Allura states to her as she looks up to her friends eyes.
"Are you going to treat me like that now that you know, I was a Galra prisoner?" Linna wonders to her.
"No!" Allura exclaims to her friend. "You are my best Friend!"
"Keith is your teammate and a part of this Family." Linna replies back to Allura that causes her to pause at that statement. "Think about that and go talk to him when you get the chance."
Linna smirks at her friend before walking away as everyone appears before Allura for the finally speech. They are waiting for her to signal the start of battle towards all of their allies that have come together to help in the aid of this plan.
Linna smirks once again before heading to the Castle of Lions. She slowly passes the other paladins as they walk over towards Allura. Keith glances back her for a second before heading towards Allura. Linna smiles at his stop of motion while she enters the Castle of Lions. She heads to the lions hangar where it is empty as she senses something.
"I know..." She whispers to herself when she hears his call. "I know..."
She walks out of the hangar and back to the main hall. She sees Allura and everyone else coming up to the castle as she sits in Shiro's spot. Allura appears in the main hall when she smiles at her friend. Shiro appears on the screen now.
"Princess, we are go for launch." He states to her.
"Charging main Turbine." Allura informs him as she prepares to lift the castle with the Paladins.
The Castle lifts off the ground as Linna watches everyone disappear from their sight. She knows what is going to happen, and her heart is slowly starting to ache at the thought. She glances over to her wrists where her Altean marks glow under her wrapping.
"I know..." She whispers to them as she looks over to Allura with a smile on her face.
The doors soon open up to the rest of the Paladins walking through the doors. They all smile and have energy built up in their systems for this fight against Zarkon. Linna gets up from Shiro's chair as everyone gathers around the main system in the middle.
"All right, guys, listen up." Shiro announces when everyone is around him. "I'll use the Black lion to lure Zarkon's fleet to our current location and make sure he's within the teludav's area of effect. Keeping the Teludav hidden behind the space-fold until the last possible second is essential. We can count on you, right, Slav?"
"Absolutely. I'll be fine. If not, Linna is here to help me out." Slav states to them but before Linna can get a word in Slav begins again. "I'm not sure about the gravity generator, though."
"What? What was that last thing?" Hunk questions with panic enters his voice already.
"Hiding a ship is one thing, but I've never had to build a gravity generator for something this large before. Have you Linna?" Slav glances over in her direction.
"Maybe once." Linna states to him as she recalls a memory. "But it doesn't matter because it won't hold the covering for very long."
"Correct." Slav agrees with Linna.
"Well, that's a risk we'll have to take." Shiro states to the group. "Once Zarkon's ship is in position, Kolivan and Antok will coordinate with Thace. Together, they'll take down Zarkon's security system and upload the virus."
"And then, he'll be sitting du-flax." Pidge states to the group, trying to make them laugh but no one does. "What? A du-flax is an Altean creature with a beak and webbed feet."
Coran then jumps into the conversation, literally. "We'll wormhole Zarkon 500 million light years away, and he'll be in the Yggiz Galaxy before he knows what's hit him!"
"What about Thace?" Shiro wonders to his team members.
"He should be getting into position now. We received his last communication three quintants ago. We should here from him soon." Kolivan tells them.
"Let's do it." Shiro states to the rest of the group.
Everyone breaks as Shiro heads to the Hangar. Linna sneaks out towards the hangar as well right behind Shiro. Shiro finally stops when he reaches the Black Lion and turns to face her.
"Is there something wrong?" He asks her.
"No..." Linna quickly answers him. "I am just worried that something will go wrong."
"What do you mean?" Shiro wonders to her.
"Well," Linna looks over towards the lions. "They sense something. I sense it too, but I don't know what it is. I know something is going to happen. I think it's because we are luring Zarkon with you and the Black Lion as bait." Linna states to him. "I don't know. I just don't want anything to happen to anyone."
Shiro shakes his head towards her and places his hand on her shoulder. "Nothing is going to happen to any of us. We are all going to be safe and return home soon."
Shiro walks into the Black lion before taking off. Linna stares at the opening in the hangar with sadness in her expression. The lion's lower their heads towards her.
"Something bad is going to happen. It is going to happen to you." Linna whispers to the air before looking up towards the lions for guidance. "And I can't stop it."
Zarkon and the Teludav are face to face:
Linna stands in the hangar when Slav's panic voice comes over the intercom.
"Uh, everyone, the gravity generator won't maintain power much longer. If it goes down, we're just going to be uncloaked in open space."
"Do all you can. We just need to hold out a little longer." Shiro replies back.
Linna shakes her head as she runs towards the main hall. She needs to be with Allura if anything happens. Linna walks into the main hangar as she sees Zarkon ship before them. Suddenly, lights begin flashes red in the Castle.
"Oh, I hate it when I'm right." Slav's voice comes through the coms. "The gravity generator just lost power! Now there's no reality where we all get out alive!"
"Slav! Don't you dare say that!" Linna unexpectedly yells at him.
"But there isn't!" Slav whines to her.
"I don't care! Everyone will survive and that's finally!" Linna orders to him when the ship appears before Zarkon's ship uncovered.
"Princess, the teludav is completely exposed!" Coran announces to them.
Everyone is quiet in the main hangar as they all wait. Wait for Keith to make it out alive. Linna closes her eyes and focuses on the power within her. She can sense Keith. He is almost there.
"We cannot wait any longer. I'm powering the teludav now!" Allura states as she begins to activate the teludav.
Linna listens and feels her power growing within her. She opens her eyes to another Altean mark appearing on her skin above the other one on her right hand. Suddenly an explosion appears and Linna senses the Red lion awaking for Keith.
"Keith is out!" Linna states to the group when they see the Red Lion out of the hangar.
Allura finally gets the Teludav activated fully as Zarkon's ship slowly goes into the Wormhole. Linna walks over to Allura and sees the struggle. Allura suddenly falls to the ground, causing Linna to catch her before she hits the ground. Coran looks back to see Allura in Linna's arms. Coran runs over and takes her out of Linna's.
Shiro appears on the screen before speaking, "Coran, How's Allura?"
"She's weak, but okay." Coran answers Shiro.
"You take care of her. We got it from here." Shiro states to Coran.
They appears out of the wormhole finally as the Paladins begin to form Voltron. Linna stares out into the open space as fear and ache hits her heart. She knows what is coming. She looks over towards Coran then back in the space.
"Coran, go take Allura to her room." Linna tells him.
"What?" Coran wonders to her.
"She is weak and needs to rest. Go. I will take over for the Castle System." Linna informs him.
"Are you sure?" Coran wonders to her.
"Yeah." Linna whispers to him as he carries Allura to the her room. "I hope I can..."
Linna stares at Zarkon's ship with worry on her face. She senses Zarkon coming for them. He wants the Black Lion. Linna watches as the Paladins start to destroy Zarkon's ship. Linna places her hands on the Teludav's main system pillars before talking to the paladins.
"Everyone be careful! Zarkon is coming!" Linna informs them.
Linna senses something powerful coming from the ship when she sees a black orb appear at the end of Zarkon's ship. Her marks start to scream in agony on her wrists as Coran and Allura appear in the main hall again. Allura sees Linna in pain so she runs over towards her.
"Linna!" Allura yells to her friend.
"Get out of there Paladins!" Linna screams through Allura's arms. "Get out of there Now!"
The black orb fires towards Voltron as Linna screams in panic. She feels her body begin to glow a white color for a second before going to normal. Voltron teleport out of the way unexpectedly, barely missing the shot as Allura and everyone look at Linna, sweating all over her body.
"Linna?" Allura wonders to her friend of what just happened.
"Paladins..." Linna whispers to them. "You have to not get hit by one of those. It is dark magic that will take away the quintessence from Voltron. I am not going to be able to do that again so don't get hit. If you get hit, I will suffer from the hit as well!"
"What do you mean?" Shiro wonders to her.
"I am bonded to the lions just like you five. I will be affected just the same." Linna informs them still out of breath from her save.
"Why didn't you tell us this?" Allura and Coran wonder to her with panic in their voices.
"Because I didn't think that I would need too do this." Linna whispers to them in return.
"So what can we do?" Lance yells through the com.
"Don't get hit, Idiot!" Linna orders him in return.
"Alright." Shiro answers back to her.
"That's easier said then done." Hunk replies before Linna watches another black orb appear.
"Watch out!" Linna yells at them but it is too late.
All they hear in the main hall over the mics is the Paladins screaming in agony while Linna joins them. Allura releases Linna from her arms as she rolls on the ground screaming with the Paladins. A black substance covers Linna for a moment as she screams in pain. Coran and the others stare at Voltron and Linna with pain in their expression. Soon, everything goes quiet over the line and no one is speaking. Linna is no longer covered in the black substance as well as Voltron floating in space with no power.
"Paladins?" Allura states to the mics.
Linna lays on the ground unconscious as Coran picks up Linna and places her in Keith's chair. Allura yells into the mic over and over again. She wants the Paladins to answer her.
"Zarkon must have completed his work on a way to take away the quintessence from planets." Kolivan says to the group. "He must have succeeded."
"If is destroys planets, what did it do to the paladins?" Coran wonders as everyone looks over towards Linna as well as Voltron just floating outside.
"Paladins! Shiro! Can you hear me!" Allura screams in the mics.
Statics comes through for a moment before a voice appears over the coms. "Yes, Princess. We're alive." Shiro replies to her. "How's Linna?"
"She is out conscious still. A black ora formed over her like it did to Voltron. So we don't know the main affect it had on her." Allura answers Shiro.
"Well, thank the ancients that you are all okay!" Coran says to them.
"Is Voltron operational?" Allura wonders to the Paladins.
"It's not working." Hunk says in a lot of pain.
Keith breaks through with a grunt. "I can't move my lion."
"You've been hit with some kind of witchcraft that draws the quintessence out of you." Coran examples to them, adding on to what Linna told them. "You need to get out of there! Another blast like that and you may bot survive!" Coran orders them.
"Wait. What's that?" Lance wonders to the group.
The door on Zarkon's ship opens up slowly before them. Zarkon appears before the paladins in his battle suit. Everyone stares at him with panic and fear upon their faces. Linna slowly starts to get up from the ground with pain echoing in her head. She listens to Allura yelling at the Paladins.
"You must get moving. Remember your training. Remember all the battles you've been through."
"Voltron's still not responding." Shiro responds back to her. "It's Zarkon."
"Paladins." Linna speaks now through the mics as Allura runs to her.
"You're okay." Allura states but Linna stops her from going near her.
"You are bonded deeply with each of your lions. I know that you all were meant to win this battle for the people. Close your eyes and talk with your lions. Listen to them and help them gain the energy they need to continue fighting in this battle. You are Paladins of Voltron and believe in your ability to win." Linna tells them as she slowly gets up from the ground.
Her body marks up and down with the power of dark magic surrounding her. She glances down to see the markings. Linna walks up to the pillars for the Castle.
"Coran... We have to by them time. Get us closer to Zarkon. Divert all power to our weapon system." Linna tells him.
"Linna..." Allura and Coran speak with concern in their voices.
"Please Coran. Allura. We have to by them time." Linna states to them as she slowly places her hands over the pillars.
"We are going to be defenseless!" Coran tries to warn them.
"Linna..." Allura whispers to her friend.
"Leave that to me." Linna says in reply.
Linna closes her eyes as she senses the Castle moving closer to Zarkon. She opens her eyes to the black magic covering her body and slowly making its way to the pillars. Linna watches Zarkon flying towards Voltron as the Castle follows behind.
"Be the Paladins are know you are! You are Voltron!" Linna yells before she focuses all of her power on the weapon shot towards Zarkon. "I believe in you all! Now Fire!"
The Castle sends all of the black magic that Linna has in her body out against Zarkon. The beam is kinked out from Zarkon as Linna screams, sending the beam upon Zarkon. The paladins watch with Allura and Coran as the Castle fires upon Zarkon. Allura turns to see Linna's whole body glowing with markings that stain her skin. They are Altean markings, but she can't recognize them. Linna screams in agony as she drops to her knees but her hands still are on the pillars, sending all of her power to the castle. Zarkon finally bends the beam back as it rams into the castle.
"AH!" Linna screams when a flash of light appears on the Castle.
"LINNA!" Allura, Coran, and the Paladins yell in response when the Castle is flown back away from the battle.
Everything is silent for a moment. Allura runs to Linna who was flown back into the wall by the burst of power. Coran struggles to the control to inform the paladins that they are alright. Allura pulls Linna to her chest as she watching the marks disappear from her body. Coran looks back at Linna and Allura.
"Princess..." Coran whispers with concern in his voice.
"She is okay. I believe..." Allura replies to him as Linna lays in her chest.
Slav slowly opens the doors as he asks them, "Did we win yet?"
Allura shakes her head before coming up with an idea. "Coran, you and Slav do what you can to get the Castle functioning again. Kolivan, can you get me to the Komar?" Allura wonders to him.
"It will be dangerous, but I know a way." Kolivan answers her.
"You and Antok come with me." Allura orders them as she heads towards the doors. "We're going to have to attack the witch directly if we hope to stop that thing." Allura tells them as she reaches the door. "Coran, the bridge is yours. Make sure Linna is okay."
"You've been weakened by operating the teludav, Princess." Coran tries to fight with her.
"I have to do something Coran. I have to make sure that everyone makes it out of here just like Linna said we would." Allura answers him before floating out the doors.
"Princess!" Coran yells but she is out of the door already.
"Where is Linna?" Slav wonders to Coran when he sees her floating unconscious. "So she used that power."
"What power?" Coran asks Slav what he means by that.
"Nothing." Slav answers Coran when he gets back to trying to fix the Castle systems.
Castle is back online:
"We're back!" Coran yells with happiness. "Hello, Paladins!"
"Yeah! You're alive!" The paladins reply to Coran with joy in their voices.
"Is everyone okay?" Shiro wonders to Coran.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry guys!" Slav answers first.
"Oh, great. Slav made it." Lance mutters with disappointment.
"Linna is out conscious right now. Everyone else is fine though." Coran informs the paladins. "The power on Zarkon's ship is returning! We need to get out of here! I'm going to get Allura!"
Linna suddenly wakes up to stare at Zarkon having a hold of Voltron's head. She feels the pain in her chest at that moment. She can sense it. Voltron's sword suddenly lights with fire within Zarkon. Linna stops breathing when her heart stops beating for a moment. The paladins scream over the intercom when Linna yells in return.
"SHIRO!"
Coran looks back at Linna who is crying on the ground. The lions are floating in space now. Allura and Kolivan walk into the hangar as Allura tries to run to Linna. She notices something is wrong.
"Linna..." Allura whispers to her.
"He's gone. He's gone..." Linna replies to her with tears falling down her cheeks. "He promised."
"I have Allura and Kolivan. We need to go!" Coran informs the paladins.
"Princess, we are all on board." Pidge tells them.
Allura opens up a wormhole to get them out of there. Linna gets up in a struggle as she darts out of the hangar. She enters the Lion's hangar with Keith running to the black lion. She stops before the lion as Keith enters the lion. Everyone passing Linna before they enter the Black Lion.
"He's gone..." Linna whispers as she falls to her knees with Coran behind her when he hears what she says.
"What do you mean?" Coran wonders what she is talking about.
"Shiro is gone." Linna answers him when she watches him run towards the Black lion as well. "I told him that something was going to happen. I told him."
Everyone stands in the black lion as they wonder what could have happened to Shiro. He just vanished out of no where and no one knows where he is.