The Sixth Paladin

Chapter 47

Voltron and the Sincline stare at each other in a standoff. I tense as Lotor throws a laser.

"Shield!" Keith yells. We throw it up,the force pushing us back.

"Hunk,form canon." Keith grunts out.

"You got it!" The shoulder canon forms,we shoot at Lotor. He swiftly and easily dodges,the only thing we hit is the rocks he flies past.

"He's too fast." I point out.

"Then we'll have to get in close. Form sword!" We form the sword,the Sincline forms two large swords and flies at us. We block the hit with our sword,power erupts from the meeting swords. Lotor swings with his other sword,we block it and multiple other hits,he then kicks us to the side. He zooms to us,we barely move out of the way fast enough,he splits a rock that was behind us. The next few minutes are us dodging and attacking,we don't land many hits on Lotor,he's the one doing most of the hitting. Lotor spins and sends us flying with a tail swipe.

"We can't touch him. He's to fast." Pidge says.

"We need to stop him from moving so much. Back him into a corner or something." Hunk states. 

"Hunk is right. We have to eliminate his speed advantage. Limit his movement." We look around. "There!" Keith points out a curved in rock. "Now we lure him in close." Keith says as we fly to the rock,Lotor hot on our tail. We land in the curve. Lotor shoots at us,we put up the shield to block. Eventually he flies back,the charges at us.

"Wait for him. Let him build up speed." Keith orders. Lotor gets closer,he holds his sword forward. "Now!" At Keith's words we fly out of the crater,Lotor crashing into the spot. With him trapped,we fire both lasers at him,forcing him into the rock. We split the rock in half,Lotor is no longer there.

"Where'd he go?" I ask. We turn and see him flying away.

"He's behind us." Pidge answers.

"Hunk,hit him with the shoulder canon."

"On it." 

"Fire!" We shoot the canon,in a flash Lotor disappears.

"Did we get him?" Lance questions.

"I don't know." Hunk says.

"I think we got him."

"It looked like he disappeared." Pidge points out,confirming my thoughts.

"Yeah! We got him."

"I'm not so sure." Allura says uncertainly. Suddenly,a flash of white light appears next to us,Lotor jumps out of it and sends us flying with a hard punch,we crash into a rock. I look at the Sincline,it's glowing purple.

"Is everyone okay?" Keith asks.

"How is he moving so fast?" I ask.

"We've gotta get up and attack." Keith orders. We stand Voltron and fly at Lotor. We go to hit him,but he flashes away again.

"Okay,so that time we defiantly did not get him." Lance says. Lotor appears next to us again and kicks us away. Just like that,he kept disappearing and reappearing,hitting and pushing us every time.

"How can he just disappear like that?" Hunk asks.

"He's entering the quintessence field at will." Allura answers.

"Didn't we blow up the gate?"

"How is he entering without it?" Pidge questions.

"Because I gave his ships the ability." Allura says solemnly. Lotor swipes us away with the tail of his ship,then shoots at us with his chest laser. We put up the shield,but the sheer power of the laser now with the added power of the quintessence,causes an explosion. My vision flashes black as I'm thrown against my chair. I steady myself and check to make sure Voltron is still working. Lotor flashes away.