Voltron Legendary Defender A Dragon's Heart

Uprising

By this point, it's been over seven phoebs since I was brought to the main fleet. Ever since I had Sendak's challenge, things have turned to be a little more rough. By that, I mean like more training, more tests, even a few more days in the lab, and I have fewer moments of rest.

I'm 29 deca-phoebs old by now and nothing much has really changed.

...Well, except for meeting Shiro.

Things aren't going very well for him, either. He doesn't want to talk about it, but I can tell that the experiments that they've been doing to him are getting worse. There have been times where he's taken before me, then I return from my training and he's still gone. He does come back eventually, but not without a few scratches.

I don't know what the Galra are trying to do to get to me, but I really don't like whatever they're doing to hurt Shiro, too.

I've always liked spending my time in the cell, since nothing bad ever happens here. But now, I like it much better when I have Shiro with me. Whenever he's not here, I find myself feeling cold, like something's missing inside of me. And when he's around, I feel a lot better, the cold emptiness suddenly vanishes.

Since we've become friends, I'm starting to feel a little different than I used to. Being with Shiro just really makes me... happy.

I just got shoved back into my cage from training again. And not in a few doboshes later, Shiro is thrown in as well.

"They pushed you again, didn't they?" he groans.

"I bet you had as much fun as I did." I comment sarcastically. I lay down as he laughs at my remark before he groans again, he sits right next to me and leans back on me. He doesn't really mind moving up and down as I'm breathing.

The two of us silently lay on the floor, trying to ignore the aching pain running through our bodies and relax. I let my mind go blank and start to doze off, when Shiro then talks to me.

"Hey, Kayleigha?"

"Hmm?" I mumble.

"What do you know about Voltron?"

My ears perk up, "Voltron?"

"I mean, I've been hearing the aliens mentioning it a lot lately. I just don't understand what it is or why it's so important. Do you?"

I glance up to see him looking back at me. I do remember the Galra bringing up the word 'Voltron' very much since I was young, but I never really bothered about it too much after everything I was going through.

"I'm not really sure what Voltron is exactly, although I have heard it a lot throughout my time here. It might be like a power source or even a weapon of some kind. Whatever it is, I do know for a fact that Zarkon has been looking for it for a really long time, longer than I've been here."

"What do you think would happen if they found it, whatever Voltron is?"

"I don't know. Nobody's ever said any details about it. But, what I do know is that the Galra are really powerful, nothing has ever stopped them from conquering and destroying worlds. The emperor himself is so strong, no one has even tried to take him down. All he ever wants is power and he'll do anything to get it. And if he really wants to find this Voltron when he's already with so much power... I'm not sure what to think, but it most likely wouldn't turn out well, especially for us."

Shiro looks down in thought, we both remain quiet for a few doboshes.

"What if someone else were to find Voltron? What if they could use it to stop Zarkon?" He suddenly asks, I lift my head in surprise.