It was easy, simple, no brainer.

To free another planet, become allies. Easy, simple, no brainer right?

But the galra found them before they could succeed.

"Get to the pod!" Shiro screamed as they all watched galra ships cover the skies. The lions where still in the castle while the castle was still in the atmosphere. Explosions and gun fire echoed the air.

"What about the citizens?!" Hunk asked as a child was clinging onto him, the species where called rota's as they where inslaved to their home planet called Rotazik.

Rotazik was the most similar to earth but also reminded them of the balmera, it was dry like a canyon but also had large amounts of water that went trough the whole planet but the gravity keeps the water in, but it was such a large planet that it would take weeks to swim to the other side of the planet.

The residents where pale colors of blue, red, yellow, or green with either black or brown hair and bright purple eyes or bright white that where solid.

"We need to take care of the galra!" Keith told him as the ground shook from the ships attacking.

"Hunk we can't save them if we can't defend them," Pidge told him.

"Please don't leave!" A little boy with pale green skin and brown soft hair with glowing purple eyes cried out with tears running down his face.

"Hey it's going to be okay," Lance ran to him with a gentle smile but held the boys head close as another explosion almost hit them but was far enough it shook the planet.

"No it's not!" The boy sobbed holding onto Lance in fear.

"Lance we need to go!" Keith called to him frustrated, they needed Voltron.

"Keith shut up for a second! Get to the pod!" Lance called to the others as hunk quickly got over to them.

"I know it seems scary right now but soon there's going to be lions flying to protect all of you, and when you see lions that means Voltron is going to be there, Voltron will protect you and the universe from the galra, I promise," Lance looked at the little boy and smiled wiping away a tear.

"Really?" The boy sniffled looking at Lance.

"For realzies," Lance smirked.

"Go find your friends and family, find shelter," Lance told him and the boy nodded and ran off quickly.

"Lance!" Shiro called as he looked at the sky noticing the ships weren't firing as much as before.

"Guys!" Pidge pointed as larger ships where landing and soldiers poured out of them and opened fire immediately.

"Shiro what's the plan?" Keith asked quickly as Lance ran over.

"I don't know, we can't fight from the air if we're down here fighting those," Shiro motioned to the soldiers attacking.

"But we can't stop the ships up there if we're down here," he growled slightly.

"What if we split up? Hunk, Shiro and Pidge go take the skies and Lance and I will stay down here and defend," Keith offered glaring over his shoulder.

"Then we cant form Voltron," Pidge told him.

"Keiths right, we need to spilt up, what good is Voltron going to do right now?" Lance agreed with the red paladin.

"Why can't Keith fight in the air?" Pidge narrowed her eyes.

"Because I'm better at hand to hand combat, hunks lion can take more damage, shiros is the biggest, and yours can make more destruction, Lance has a long range weapon and a good shooter so I can count on him having my back," Keith said quickly and everyone nodded.

"Alright that's the plan, let's go," Shiro said and the two Paladins jumped out of the pod and Keith immediately activated his bayard to a sword and sliced the nearest galra robot.

Lance put up a shield as the pod took off and blocked laser and shot some as well with his blaster.

Lance heard a scream from behind and looked behind him and saw the boy from before standing in front of a old injured rota man as his wife was crying holding him.

"Keith!" Lance yelled as the red paladin was holding off some soldiers and decapitated another.

"What?!" Keith roared back as he stabbed a soldier. Lance blasted two others about to attack Keith.

"We need to protect the civilians!" Lance grunted as he was back to back with Keith as they had their shields up and Lance blasted some as Keith avoided being shot by the galra.

"What are we doing now then?!" Keith switched around and blocked an attack that would've hit Lance.

"Keith those people are going to die!" Lance cried out blasting more blue lasers.

"They'll be fine! We need to take care of these ones!" Keith yelled at him looking over his shoulder.

"I need you to have my back!" Lance screamed frustrated as he saw the boy screaming and crying as the soldiers where holding him by the scruff of his shirt and the old woman rota was dead next to her husband who weakly reached for the boy.

"Lance we need to hold these ones off!" Keith said sternly and looked seeing where Lance was watching.

"No!" Lance turned to Keith holding him by the shoulder making him look at the blue paladin.

"I will never turn my back on the people who need me," Lance snarled in Keith face.

"I thought you had my back," Keith glared up at him. Lance looked at him with furious blue eyes and pushed Keith to the ground and put his shield up blocking a laser that would've hit either of them.

"I do, I just need you to have mine," Lance looked down at Keith frustrated. Keith watched Lance give him one last look then ran off with a battle cry.

Lance shot the soldier that had the rota boy and he fell to the ground and ran over to the old man he once called his neighbor. Lance stood in front of the two as he shot soldiers coming their way.

Lance looked to the side and gasped as a soldier was about to swipe a sword at him but it stopped quickly as a red sword impaled through its chest.

The galra soldier fell to the ground as the sword pulled out and Keith huffed a breath as he looked at the dead soldier.

"Is there a place to put everyone?" Keith looked around as Lance knelt next to the boy and man.

"Where are the others?" Lance asked.

"I don't know, they're taking everyone!" The boy cried out as the old man breathed softly but pain was in his eyes.

"Go to the bunkers, you'll be safe there, the others must've found it," the old man wheezed as Lance held his hand comfortingly.

"Keith can you help me with him?" Lance looked over his shoulder but the old man shook his head.

"I'm not going to last that long," he laughed lightly but grunted in pain of the wound. "Get to the bunkers,"

"Palo no..." The boy shook his head.

"I'll be okay, go... Go save my home," palo looked at Lance who held the boy in his arms.

"Rest in peace sir," Lance nodded as he picked up the boy who sobbed into his armor.

"Lance let's go find others and get them to the bunkers!" Keith called over explosions as lions fought ships in the air. Lance nodded running over to Keith.

"Okay but where are they?" Lance looked around holding the boys head to protect it.

"Over there!" The boy pointed behind them and they saw a mountain with a large pool of dark water in front of it.

"Let's go," Keith sprinted as he sliced soldiers that attacked the village and Lance shot many with one hand. Keith panted as he knocked on the metal door on the mountain frantically.

"We have more! It's the Paladins!" Keith called to the inside. The door opened after a few gears turning and showed a light red skinned man with brown facial hair and white eyes.

"Hyno," he saw the boy as almost the whole village was also inside the bunker and there where many more unseen.

"Thank you, his family was worried," the man let hyno in. Everyone gasped and screamed a little as a explosion shook the mountain and the two Paladins looked back seeing the yellow lion crash into the ground but got back to its feet and blasted back at the ships above.

"Mother!" The boy from before smiled brightly as a light green skinned woman opened her arms for the embrace.

"We'll bring more of you if we find anyone else," Keith told them as the man nodded.

"Thank you Paladins," he said gently closing the door and locked it securely.

"Keith! Incoming!" Lance screamed pointing above as the yellow lion leaped over the mountain and blasted ships above.

"Yea go hunk!" Lance laughed and whooped. Keith growled as he looked behind him seeing more soldiers heading to the bunker.

"We got company!" Keith yelled holding his sword tightly.

"Uh... You take the ones on the left, I'll take the ones on be right?" Lance looked at him and Keith rolled his eyes.

Keith ran and sliced three soldiers in half as he spun back stabbing another while Lance was on a knee shooting the soldiers perfectly as he had a sturdy hold. They got closer and Keith didn't back away as many already had their attention on him but the others focused on the sharpshooter.

Lance panted as he saw them getting closer and shot more as they came. He finally got back on his feet from on knee and took steps back. Lance grunted as one also shot him but he put up his shield in time and shot it through the skull.

He didn't see the soldier creeping up behind him until it was to late and put a small device on lances helmet next to his right eye. Lance gasped seeing the hand and turned around sharply shooting him in the chest five times.

"What the hell?" Lance tried feeling for the device unaware it was a ticking bomb.

"K-Keith theirs something on my helmet!" Lance called over.

"It's probably dirt or something!" Keith called back frustrated as he blocked an attack.

"No it's a chip or a..." Lance paled as he saw a ship passing over them dropping three bombs.

"Keith look out!!" Lance screamed as a bomb dropped near behind the red paladin. The second dropped in between them shoving Keith back. The third hit right in front of Lance, sending him flying and crashed into the dark water near him.

Lance groaned as he suddenly remembered he couldn't breath, the cold liquid that reminded him of the earths water suffocated him, he gasped looking up seeing the light only to hear some annoying beeping that was getting faster.

Lance struggled to take his helmet off but it was to late. He cried out under water as the glass of his helmet shattered and the small explosion hit his head.

He wanted to scream in pain as he felt the pain in his eyes and his helmet cracked and fell off finally. It floated to the top as Lance floated further and further in the dark water as he only saw darkness.