MBH Chapter Seven:

Chapter 7:

Allura had almost activated Blue Lion when she remembered, or rather was
reminded that she was grounded. Under the watchful eyes of Coran, she
reluctantly handed over the key to Sven. Then, still in her Voltron
uniform, she headed back with Coran to the infirmary.
So much had happened since the arrival of Sven. Her tour of the castle had
been cut short when, after a few hours, Lotor suddenly stopped in the middle
of a corridor, and declared that he felt like something was happening inside
him. He had insisted on seeing the doctor immediately.
In the few more hours that Lotor was being examined, castle scanners had
picked up a fast approaching Doom vessel. At present, a giant robeast was
heading straight for the castle. The Voltron force, which now included
Sven, was off to battle the newest of Hagar’s creations.
As he walked, Coran was conversing with Keith through a communicator.
“Don’t worry, Coran,” Keith was assuring him, “This one looks like a major
flop.”
“Don’t jump to any hasty conclusions,” warned Coran.
“I won’t. We will keep on our guard, but I doubt it’ll put up much of a
fight.”
“All right.” Coran turned off the communicator. His ears then caught the
sound of muffled voices in the infirmary.
“I have to find Allura!” Lotor insisted.
“I haven’t finished running the tests yet,” the doctor told him.
“But there’s something trying to attack the castle!”
“We know, Lotor. Voltron is dealing with it now,” Coran told him as he
entered the room, the princess close behind.
“Voltron?” Lotor asked. “Who’s that?”
“It’s a large robot formed by combining the five smaller robot lions,”
Allura explained.
“Like yours?”
“Yes.”
“Then, I’ll go with you,” he said eagerly. “I could help...”
“I’m not going. I’m not allowed to fly Blue Lion for awhile.”
“Why not? Because of me, right?” Lotor concluded.
“No. The princess is not being punished because she rescued you,” Coran
told Lotor. “Rather it is because she did not inform us of her intentions,
and because she put herself in incredible danger.”
Yeah, right, Lotor thought to himself. “But it’s not fair to take away...I
should be the one who’s...I called her to help...”
“Lotor, it’s all right.” Allura took a seat near the examining table. “I
did something wrong, and I’m being punished for it.” She leaned closer.
“However,” she whispered, “I’m not ashamed of what I did.” She smiled.
“Not in the least.”

* * *

“Looks like a Drule, doesn’t it?” commented Hunk. The five lions stood
facing the giant robeast. The creature touched ground and approached them,
its fingertips glowing red. Then, fire shot from the ten digits, each one
missing the lions by a considerable distance.
“Damn! That robeast’s a wuss!”
“Careful, team! Take to the air, and form the standard attack pattern.”
The Voltron force complied with Keith’s command, surrounding the creature on
all sides. Yet, although the robeast seemed to be incapable of sufficient
attack maneuvers, it did have a protective shield which did not give to any
of the lions’ attempts.
“It’s no good,” Pidge declared as he studied the components of the shield.
“That thing’s loaded with armor.”
“Then, we’d better combine forces,” replied Sven.
“All right, let’s...Lance! Get back in formation!” Red Lion had
mysteriously strayed off course.
“I’m trying...Oww! Man!” Lance cradled his sore fingers. “I can’t work
the controls well!”
“Come on, Lance! You know they’re no longer broken,” Pidge reminded him.
“The doctor mended them.”
“It doesn’t mean they still don’t hurt!” Lance snapped back.
“All right, team.” Keith reached for the interlock. “Let’s form
Vol...Oww!” Stupid shoulder!

* * *

The lions were forming Voltron on the Doom ship’s main viewscreen. The
robeast’s strong shield would give them enough time. At least Hagar hoped
it would. She had spent almost the entire trip installing the protection.
She checked with Coba briefly. The prince and princess were still in the
castle’s infirmary. Now would be the best time, she reasoned. Hagar gave
the Untor robot one more order, then tuned to the crew. “Okay boys, get
ready to move out.”

-Kat