The Gold Paladin

Blackout

Voltron hovered in space in front of the now powered down Galra ship. This would be their only chance to stop Zarkon's reign for good. The only chance they would have to saving the universe from his iron grip.

Novae took in a deep breath, calming her nerves before they would attack.

"Are you nervous, Young Star?" The Gold Lion asked, "You are shaking."

Novae shook her head and smiled, "I am shaking with anticipation. This will finally be the end of the war. After this, I can finally go back home and see them all again."

"We've gotta act fast." Shiro said, breaking Novae from her thoughts, "The power will only be down for 20 minutes. The Blade of Marmora's schematics showed four targets we need to hit. The weapons systems, the engines, the bridge, and the shield generators. Now, let's put an end to Zarkon, once and for all."

Everyone shouted in agreement.

"Form sword!" Shiro ordered and the others obeyed, forming the blade and flying over to the weapon systems to take them out first. 

They struck the blade into ship and began slicing it through the metal upwards, pulled it out and flew away before going back in for the attack.

"Hit the engine systems!" Shiro shouted.

Voltron raised its sword and aimed for the engines. They smashed the sword hard enough into the ship and created a crater as the ship's engines exploded on impact.

Voltron continued cutting through the ship, hitting all the vital points of the command ship. But just then, Novae heard a voice echoing in her mind.

"I know you can hear me, Little Star." His voice echoed in her mind like a bell that would not stop ringing, "I will have you. You will be my little doll once again."

"Never!" Novae shouted, the flower markings appearing on her forehead and over her heart, making the voice disappear from her mind. She poured power into Voltron, trying to do whatever she could keep him away from the Black Paladin. But even she knew her power could not hold out for too long.

Voltron flew away from the ship, thrusting the Green Lion forward. The lion opened its mouth, firing a powerful and destructive laser at the ship. The laser found its mark and struck near another one of the engines. The great Defender of the Universe finished destroying the engines and flew out towards the bridge.

"Stay focused. We've neutralized the engines. Let's target the bridge." Shiro said.

They were about to hit the bridge, when Novae felt her heart stop for a moment. An overwhelming sense of fear and horror filled every nerve in her body and rattled her soul terribly. She clutched the armor where it covered the stone around her neck, but even clutching the stone wouldn't give her comfort this time.

Though in much pain and overcome with fear, Novae continued to send power to all points of Voltron. She supplied even more power to the wings just in case they needed to fly away at a moment's notice. However, at that moment, Novae felt a different power below them. Something terrifying and sinister.

"Everyone, something is happening below us." She said.

The pillars below the Galra ship began to radiate a dark energy. A large purple portal opened beneath us. Voltron stopped flying away and the Paladins stared down the dark portal.

"What is that?" Lance asked just as confused as everyone else.

"It's dark magic." Novae said, her knuckles becoming white from the force of her grip on the controls, sweat dripping from her brow as her fear increased ten-fold.