Okay, I'll be honest...

... I want to fucking murder Lotor's generals and literally protect him from everything.

We all have our opinions on, ya know, Prince Lotion and shit, but honestly I'm in fucking love with him and season four just kind of... //shrieks.

Edit: My notion still stands, I'm still in love with him, periodt.

~
The ark's rocket booster blasted off after Hunk had fixed it with his own blaster. The ship was about six feet in the air before an explosion happened from a ship above, sending it back to the ground.

"What was that?" Pidge asked.

"The Galra. They're back," Shiro replied. The lasers from the ship fired around the Taujeerians ark, causing it to start to tip over. The ice broke apart and allowed the acid to rise once again. You looked back at the cruiser.

"Shiro! I'm going to draw their fire," you said, making P/n take off into the sky. You flew up to the ship and shot a laser at it, hitting a part of the ship and causing it to explode. The beams were then aimed at you and you skillfully dodged them. Pidge, Lance, and Shiro soon joined you in the sky while Hunk tried to keep the ark from falling into the acid. You looked over and saw the ion cannon beginning to move and aim towards the ship.

"P/n, your claws! Use them!" You ordered, flying her over to the cannon. P/n's claws extended and sharpened as she dragged them across the base of the cannon, sending it off course and offline.

"Nice, Y/n!" Shiro's voice exclaimed. He was shocked that he didn't need to call out the fact that the ion cannon needed to be dealt with. Of course, he knew you weren't an idiot.

"Guys, I can keep this thing from falling farther but I need your help to get it back up," Hunk said.

"We're on our way!" Shiro replied as the four of you flew down and helped push the ark back up.

"Come on girl...!" You strained. You all heard explosions and saw the red lion cut off the ion cannon completely, causing it to fall into the acid. Cheers erupted out of everyone.

"Good to have you back, Keith--"

"GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK MY ASS, IN WHAT WORLD WAS IT A GOOD IDEA TO SEPARATE US LIKE THAT YOU PIECES OF SHIT!?!?"
Allura and Keith sighed, knowing you'll probably hit them in the head later.

"Is the Princess with you?" Lance asked, ignoring your lividness.

"Yes," Keith replied.

"Like 'with you' with you, or...?"

"Uh, Keith? Little help?" Hunk asked.

"On my way, buddy."
Keith flew down and helped place the ship fully upright again.

"All right everybody. No time to relax. Let's show them what they're dealing with. Form Voltron!"
You watched in slight dejection when they formed. After that, the large battle cruiser turned around, despite the castle still shooting lasers at it. Voltron formed their sword and began to fly to it. After a minute, their regular sword, which was huge to begin with, transformed into a longer, sharper sword.

"Holy shit..." You said softly. They flew under the ship and dragged their blade through it, cutting it in half and making it explode. You saw a pod fly out of it and immediately escaped from it. You flew P/n after it and sped past it, stopping in front of it.

"Where do you think you're going?" You asked through the speaker. P/n shot a laser at it, causing it to explode.

"Y/n. We might need your help."
You looked past the explosion and saw Voltron holding the ship on its shoulder, but it wasn't going anywhere.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm coming," you replied, flying P/n over to them and having her sink her claws into the top of the ship and flying upwards.

~
Once you all got the Taujeerians to safety at their moon, they all thanked you. You all were now back at the castle and in the control room. Allura and Keith stood in front of you.

"I'm so sorry for leaving," Allura apologized.

"Me too. We thought we were doing the right thing," Keith agreed.

"But clearly you were correct, Shiro. We are always stronger together," Allura added on.

"At least we learned that Zarkon isn't tracking us through you two," Lance piped up.

"Plus, I learned that my lion can grow armor and extend its claws like that... ting! Which will come in handy if we ever needed to, say, I don't know, slice up a giant steak while getting beat up," Hunk said. Everyone just stared at him, frowning. "Or fight evil and save innocent people. That too. That would work."

"The fact that the red lion came to help Keith from so far away is a vital piece of information. We now have proof that a lion and a paladin can, in fact, connect over a far greater distance than we realized," Shiro explained, changing the subject. "Which means we finally know how Zarkon is tracking us. It's through the black lion." Allura glanced at you.

"So that means... Y/n was right," she said. You shrugged in response.

"But Shiro, you're the Black Paladin now. Is Zarkon's link to the black lion that strong?" You asked towards him.

"I don't know, but it's likely," he replied truthfully.

~
'I lied to you. I know I shouldn't of, but...'
'Please... believe me! I do love you! I did everything I could for you!'

"GAH!!" You bolted upright once again in your bed, your breathing slightly heavy. What's been going on? Why are you having these nightmares recently? They're not even nightmares, just blackness and a voice calling out and screaming. You slowly got off your bed, careful not to wake P/n up who was sleeping. You exited the room and walked down the hallway for a little.

"Y/n?"
You turned around and saw Keith behind you.

"Keith?" You asked back.

"What are you doing up?" He asked, walking closer to you.

"I could ask you the same thing," you retorted, turning around to fully face him.

"After today... I don't really feel like sleeping," he explained, gazing down at the floor. You hummed.

"I see."

"So... what about you?"

"Oh... I just..." You sighed and closed your eyes. "I've just been hearing these voices lately. Not in a weird, psychotic way, but in a dreamless, spooky way. Something about lying to me and being sorry."

"Oh... do you know what they're talking about?" He asked. You shook your head and crossed your arms.

"No. Though I wish I did," you replied. Keith just stared at you for a minute, noticing the slight disgruntlness on your countenance. Your eyes locked on him when you saw him awkwardly stretch his arms out.

"Do you... need to hug?" He asked awkwardly and a bit shyly. You smiled lightly and walked up to him.

"You don't have to give me a hug if you're uncomfortable, you know," you assured. He lightly shook his head.

"It's fine. Besides, you look like you needed one," he replied, determined to give you the best hug he could muster up. You sighed quietly and wrapped your arms around his waist. Hey, if he's alright with it, then why not? You felt his arms slowly wrap around your shoulders.

"Ya know, for being extremely awkward, your hugs are nice," you said quietly.

"Oh... thanks..." He let a small, content smile form on his face. You were really warm. 

Ja ne!

{Ruby Red}