Princess Alaina of Voltron

~Into the Lion's den~

AN: Hi everyone! I'm back from vacation and ready to write some more! Sorry I was gone for so long, my family's been renovating the house and that included the place where I write. After the outbreak, we had to put it on hold, but we're now back in the swing of things and I'm ready to update.

P.S. Both this song and movie are awesome, check it out. It's a masterpiece.

The paladins made their way back to the castle of lions. Pidge flew Green into her hanger, and they quickly exited the lion and head straight up to the bridge. Hunk helping Lana as she was still a little out of it from that quintessence spray earlier.

"Pidge, scan the data downloaded from the ship. Find out where Zarkon's central command is." Shiro orders the Green Paladin as soon as they enter the bridge.

"On it!" The girl replies, opening her computer station.

"What happened? Where's Allura?" Coran asked concerned.

"She and Blade were captured. They sacrificed themselves to save me and make sure we got the information. I didn't have a choice." Shiro answers him.

"How is that possible?" The orange haired man questioned.

"And what happened to you, princess?" Amue asked when she saw Lana's state. Hunk had passed her to Keith to go help Pidge.

"I was sprayed by some of the quintessence they were harvesting." Lana replies to Amue's question. The altean handmaiden quickly takes her and sat her down in her station to check her over.

"Coran, I'm so sorry things didn't go as planned, but we can't focus on what went wrong right now. We need to find them. Pidge, do you have anything?" The Black Paladin apologies then asks the younger girl.

"Yeah, take a look at this." She replies and transfers the image on her small screen to the main one. The holo-image displayed a castle sized and shaped ship, most likely Galra central.

"Look at the size of it." Coran says with wide eyes.

"Okay, so Blade wasn't exaggerating." Keith admits.

"You think? He wasn't kidding when he said it was a fortress!" Hunk says. Lana and Amue both walk over to them.

"I think we should go in right away. Every minute that we waste gives Zarkon time to prepare for us." Pidge suggests.

"I agree. We need to go in as soon as possible, rescue Allura and Blade, then get out just as fast." Lana says next.

"But, what about your condition Princess? There's no telling what that quintessence did to you." Amue says.

"Amue might be right. Do you guys remember the Balmera? We could barely take out one fleet and this thing probably has thousands!" Hunk states. He has a point.

"Maybe we shouldn't go on this mission then." Keith speaks and everything turns their attention to him. "Think about it. We'd be delivering the universe's only hope to the hands of its greatest enemy. This time, we don't stand a chance here. Especially with our most experienced pilot down." He states.

"Keith, that's cold, even for you. What if it was one of us? What if it was me? You wouldn't leave me, would you?" Hunk says then asks.

"I can still fly thank you." Lana said annoyed.

"And the only reason Lana's like this is because you wouldn't listen to orders and went ahead by yourself. Like always. Blade warned us it was too dangerous, but you were so stubborn you ignored him." Pidge adds with an angry look.

"Hey! I'm not saying I like it! I'm just thinking like a paladin." Keith says back.

"A paladin is someone who defends. A paladin is someone who protects others. A paladin is someone who doesn't leave their teammates behind and runs the other way just to save their own skin." Lana said intensely as she approaches the boy.