The Gold Paladin

The Black Paladin

As soon as the team got to the Castle, they burst through the doors into the the Bridge.

"Pidge, scan the download from the ship. Find out where Zarkon's central command is." Shiro ordered as everyone rushed onto the bridge.

"On it!" Pidge replied as she did as ordered running to her station and typing away to find the information they needed.

Coran, turned around and expected to see the entire team together, but he saw that the group was missing a certain gold haired Paladin.

"What happened? Where's Novae?" He asked frantically, a sense of great fear in his eyes.

"They captured her. Novae sacrificed herself to save me and the information..... we had no other choice... and...." Allura was barely able to explain through her tears, "She was shot from behind as we were escaping."

"How is that possible?" Coran asked.

"Coran, I'm sorry things didn't go as planned, but we can't focus on what went wrong. We've got to figure out how to make it right. Pidge, anything?" Shiro asked.

"Guys, look at this." Pidge gestured to the larger screen in front of the group. It was a plan of Zarkon's central command ship. And it was massive.

"Look at the size of it!" Coran gasped, staring at the ship plans.

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

"I agree. We form Voltron, fly in, fly out, dust off our hands, and walk away." Lance said nonchalantly.

"Um, do you guys not remember the Balmera?" Hunk asked, "We could barely take out one fleet. But this... a base this size could hold a thousand fleets!"

"Or maybe we shouldn't go on this mission at all." Keith said, "Think about it. We'll be delivering the universe's only hope to the universe's biggest enemy."

Everyone stared at the Red Paladin like he was mad. After all that Novae had done for them, she even saved Lance's life, and yet he seemed to be ready to give up on her.

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

Keith looked away from his teammates, "I'm not saying I like the idea. I'm just thinking like a paladin."

"No, you're thinking of yourself because you're too scared to do what's right!" Lance accused.

Just then, Pidge came in between the two fighting Paladins and pushed then apart.

"Okay, we're all upset because we lost Novae." Pidge said.

"Pidge is right. This isn't helping." Hunk said, "We can't just sit here and bicker like this."

Shiro sighed, calming himself down, "Let's focus. How are we going to get Novae back?"

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Novae groaned in pain, hissing at the hole in her abdomen slowly closing. At the moment, she was grateful for her powers, but with a wound this large and severe, she would not be able to fight at full strength. If she was taken down by the Galra, it would happen again. And she would gain another.

"I should've paid better attention." Novae muttered to herself, pressing her hands against the bleeding wound.

She sat in the ship that would transport her to Zarkon's Central Command. It was the one place she never wanted to go back to. However, on the brighter side, this would be the first time she went to Zarkon's Central Command and not be on death's doorstep.