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mischiefandspirits · 8 years ago

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We Are One

Sequel to Roar

Now that all the lions have been found, the team are faced with new challenges and changes. While the paladins and their cats learn how to work together, Allura and Coran prepare the castle to take their fight to the stars. Until then, they get to meet new friends and defend against an old enemy.

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Part 1: Stop Lion Around

Merla and Chip are far too amused by the paladins’ efforts to form voltron. Ryou is far less amused by his pack.

BZZZZZZT! BZZZZZZT! BZZZZZZT! BZZZZZZT!

Hunk screamed and flailed, toppling off his bed, dragging Pua with him.

“Murrrrrrff,” the ragdoll huffed when Hunk landed on him. He squirmed away as Hunk stood up to try to run out the door, only to trip over his blanket.

“Everybody up! Zarkon's attacking!”

Ryou’s ears flicked and he and Shiro looked up at Allura’s commanding voice. Hissing, he stood up before jumping off Shiro’s back and hurrying out the door. Shiro got to his feet from his pushup position, quickly following the Maine coon.

Blue let out a soft snore as she draped a foreleg over her paladin, tucking him farther under her chin.

“The Castle's about to be destroyed!”

Keith glanced up, sheathing his dagger. He rolled off his bed and grabbed his jacket. “Come on, Merla,” he called as he ran out the door.

Merla moaned and rolled over.

Sh. Sleeping.

“Merla!”

Fine! I’m coming!

“Go, go, go! We need Voltron now!”

Pidge jerked upright and blinked. Her movements caused the laptop on Pidge’s lap to fall onto the snout of the leopard she’d been lying against. When Allura’s words finally registered, the two scrambled to their feet and ran out, Rover flying after them.

“I guess this isn't an actual attack.”

“And it's a good thing it wasn't because it took you- Coran?”

“Seventy-five degrees. Oh, sorry, no, this is a meat thermometer.”

“However long it was, it was too long. You must always be ready to do battle with Zarkon. Look at you! Only Shiro is in uniform. Keith, Pidge, Hunk, where are your bayards? Black, Yellow, Why are you in your smaller forms? And where is Lance?”

The door to the bridge slid open and Lance strolled in with a yawning tiger behind him. “Good morning, everybody. What's going on?”

“Coran and I have been up for hours getting the Castle back in order. We had to run a test on the alarms, and we decided to test you as well. Guess which one failed.”

“Hey! You got to sleep for 10,000 years, man. Monday night, I was on Earth. Now, I've flown through space, found out my cat is actually a giant lion robot in disguise, fought some evil alien named Zarkon, eaten goo in some weird castle. That's a lot to process in, uh... I-I don't know. What day is today?”

“It's the third quintant of the Spicolian movement. Hump day!”

“It's a lot to process.”

“You must understand the stakes of our mission. Over the last 10,000 years, the Castle picked up distress beacons from the following locations.” Allura brought up the star map and with a few clicks many red and orange dots began to cover the map. “So, we have to assume that Zarkon has conquered almost the entire known universe.” She waved her hand, bringing the focus to the edge of the red area where a familiar spiral galaxy could be seen. “Earth is here. An attack on your planet is inevitable.”

“Oh, no.”

“Exactly. Our mission is to free all those planets.” Allura let the map fade away. “Coran and I are getting the Castle ready to leave Arus. During that time, you have to learn to form Voltron, so we can begin fighting Zarkon.”

“The Princess is right. Let's get to our lions and start training.”

“Wait,” Pidge interrupted. “But I want to talk to the prisoners we rescued from the Galra ship.”

“Ah, negative, Number Five!” Coran said, and the group looked over to see him leaning down next to her, holding out his arms to display her height. “I have you ranked by height, okay?” he said to her, before standing up to address the whole group. “The prisoners need to remain in the cryo-replenishers until tomorrow.”

“That's right. Now, get to your lions.”

“Hunk, what are you doing?”

“What do you mean?”

“You're supposed to be the leg over there.”

“What? No. No, no, no. I'm pretty sure that when we did it last time, I was the head. Right?”

“You yelled, I'm a leg!”

“Yeah, I was yelling a lot of things.”

“Shiro's the head.”

“All the time?”

“Let's just try it my way for now.”

“Okay, but next time I call head.”

<This is hilarious,> Chip snickered.

<Come on, they aren’t doing too bad,> Pua protested.

<You’re on top of Ryou!> Merla laughed. <By the Anodites, this is priceless!>

<Alright you four, I think our paladins are doing enough fighting, let’s not start,> Ryou sighed.

“You think Zarkon is going to have mercy on you? He's probably on his way right now to destroy us all!”

<Merla,> Ryou warned.

<Merla!>

<You’re right, who am I kidding? I’m not opposed to treason!>

<That’s enough, Merla,> Ryou scolded.

Blue huffed.

<Shut up, I’m trying to focus here!> Chip growled.

<We’re all going to die!> Pua screamed as Hunk had him narrowly dodge a landslide a blast had started.

<We’re not going to die, stupid!> Chip yelled back.

<Are you sure?> Blue questioned.

<We aren’t, but Allura is!> Merla hissed.

Ryou groaned. He forgot how crazy his pride could be.

“Are we at full power on condenser number five yet?”

Merla’s ears twitched as Allura and Coran’s voices drifted towards them.

“No, still just 84 percent.”

She lept to her feet and started growling at the Alteans. She moved to pounce, but Blue caught her tail in his jaws before she could.

At the noise, Allura looked up at the group and smiled. “You did it! You formed Voltron!”

<I’m going to kill you!>

“No. The shooting stopped and the particle barrier shut down, so we just flew in.”

“What?”

“Oh, right. Uh, sorry, Princess. I had to turn off the Castle defenses to test the fire suppressors.”

The tiger rolled his eyes and held tight to the cheetah’s tail. He gave it a sharp tug and she collapsed towards him. He caught the smaller feline before she could run off and started nuzzling her in an attempt to calm her down.

“What are you guys doing in here?” Shiro demanded when he and Ryou walked in.

Ryou sent a glare at each of his pride-mates. From Pua collapsed on the floor with his head on Hunk’s shoulder, to the lovebirds curled up at the center of the lowered area, to Chip draped across the couch with her head in Pidge’s lap.

<Ryou, tell Blue to let me go!>

<Don’t talk about my paladin that way!>

<Ryou, Merla said a naughty word,> Chip chuckled as Blue and Merla started wrestling.

<Keep it down,> Pua yawned curling up away from both the arguing paladins and arguing felines.

<ENOUGH!> Ryou roared, causing the humans and Alteans to jump. <You are all Lions of Voltron, so act like it!>

“Is… everything alright?” Allura asked, eyeing Ryou warily.

Shiro glanced at Ryou, then the other four felines. Blue and Merla had pulled apart and each of the four were now sitting next to their respective paladins. The human chuckled and said, “Yeah, I think he was just setting the others straight.”

Ryou gave a soft growl and stood at attention as Shiro scratched behind his ears.

<Kiss up,> Merla muttered. Chip and Blue couldn’t contain their snorts and Ryou sent her a reprimanding look.

Merla whined, her paws up on the window.

<Why?> Pua asked. <How would that be any different than what we were doing earlier? You know, besides the fact that we wouldn’t have any of our weapons or defenses.>

<One, don’t overlook our natural weapons. Unlike you all, I’ve actually had to fight like this and trust me, I can do damage. Two, it’d be a lot more interesting than sitting up here. I’m bored!>

<I’m bored too!> her sister huffed.

<It would be good to learn how to fight in these bodies if we plan on following our paladins into battle,> Ryou hummed, coming over to stand next to Merla.

<Pua, you’re paladin just got mine knocked out!> Chip whined.

<Don’t underestimate my cub, Blue! There’s more to him then it seems,> Merla growled.

<If they keep fighting like that then mine is definitely going to win,> Ryou snorted.

<Ryou! You’re paladin said a bad word!>

<Pua, Pua, Pua, my paladin was seven when I found her. Where do you think it comes from?>

<I’ve been with mine since he was born. That’s not an excuse.>

<Merla, you’re worse than all five of the paladins put together.>

<… True.>

<Keith! Make him run into a wall!>

<Don’t you dare!>

“I’m not going to make him run into a wall,” Keith hissed, covering the microphone as Coran explained the exercise to Lance.

<Stop!> Blue growled, shoving her.

“Merla, sh!”

<He’s annoying, teach him a lesson!>

Keith ignored her as he gave Lance directions.

<Do! It! Do! It! Do! It!>

Keith glared at her then repeated the directions.

Fzzzzzzt!

Merla chirp-laughed and rolled onto her back. Blue slumped to the ground and covered his eyes with his paws. Those hadn’t even been the wrong directions.

<Oh, Lance!>

“The goal is to pull up right before you crash into the ground. Feel what the lion feels!”

<Is this really the best idea? They’re still so new!> Pua pointed out with concern in his voice. He sighed when Hunk pulled out of the dive and he realized his worry had leached over their bond.

“You still going, Keith?”

“You know it. You?”

“Going? I'm speeding up!”

“Oh, yeah?”

<Lance, maybe we should not,> Blue moaned and Merla started cackling.

“Must be getting close.”

“Must be.”

<Um, Merla.>

<Yeah, wha- Oh quiznak!>

“You getting scared?”

“I'm not scared!”

<Lance, stop!>

<Kei->

Crash!

The two lions groaned, head first in a dune.

<Worth it,> Merla muttered

Blue growled as she rolled out of the dune.

<You’re paladin was the one who started it!>

“What was that noise? Did they crash?”

<It’s okay, Pidge. Those four were just being idiots. We’re fine,> Chip huffed, but the girl had already worked herself up and pulled out of the dive right into a canyon wall.

Ryou sighed as he realized he was the only lion still going and focused on his paladin, giving Shiro the access he needed when he met him halfway.

<Wake me up when they’re done,> Merla moaned, lying down on top of Blue’s back.

<You’re paladin just yelled at Chip’s,> Pua informed Merla. <You should tell him to say sorry. Chip’s is still just a cub.>

<See, my cub’s only half a year older than her! He doesn’t have to apologize. If he yelled then he probably had a good reason. Probably.>

<Wait, Chip’s is a girl?>

<It was part of the subterfuge at the Garrison,> Chip explained.

<Oh! Wait, so is that really her girlfriend?>

<No, it’s her and Matt. Right Chip?>

<Yeah. How did you know?>

<Keith said it was her girlfriend though,> Chip said, sitting up to look at her sister.

<He’s just keeping quiet. He knows better than to out her. I raised my cub right.>

Ryou snorted from his spot by the window.

“No, out Red,” Allura said, pushing the cheetah out of the room.

Merla growled, as the door closed behind her.

<Come on, Merla. Our paladins need to learn to fight together as a team,> Ryou said, leading her and the others back to the viewing room.

By the time they made it to the room, all the paladins were on the floor and Allura was lecturing them.

<Aw, we missed everything!> Pua whined.

<Trust me, Pua, space food is disgusting and/or tasteless compared to Earth food. We aren’t missing much,> Merla sighed, slumping against the door to the dining room.

She frowned as she heard the paladins gasp and Lance yell, “Hold the phone!”

<Hey, I think something's happening!>

The rest of the pride joined her at the door to listen in.

“I saw a lot of solid individual performances today, but you're still struggling to work as a team. So, welcome to the final bonding exercise of the day.”

There was groaning and clunking noises.

“Coran, I want you to think about what you're doing.”

“This one's a classic. You get to feed each other, like a pack of yalmors!”

There was a few moments of groaning and grumbling before Hunk yelled out in pain.

<What are they doing in there?> Chip asked.

“Sorry,” Lance said before shouting, “Ew!” A moment later he added, “Oh, nice. You defiled my food goo!”

“It's your fault! This is ridiculous,” Keith shouted back.

“Do Earthlings ever stop complaining?” Allura growled.

<Not in my experience!> Merla called with a chirp.

“Can't you just give us a break?” Shiro implored. “Everyone's been working really hard today.”

“Yeah!” Keith shouted. “We're not some prisoners for you to toy with, like… like…”

“Like a bunch of toy prisoners!”

“Yes! Thank you, Lance!”

<Did Keith just thank Lance?> Pua gasped.

<My cub’s growing up!> Merla joked.

“You do not yell at the Princess!”

“Oh, the princess of what? We're the only ones out here and she's no princess of ours!”

<Oh snap! Great one, Pidge!> Merla yowled, hoping at least Keith would hear it and relay the message.

<Merla, don’t encourage their fighting!> Ryou admonished.

“Go loose, Pidge!”

<Wait, what’s going on?> Blue asked. <What’s that sound?>

“Oh, it's on now.”

Chip replied.

<We’re never going to form Voltron,> Merla sighed. <I’m going to go find somewhere to take a nap.>

<I’ll come with you,> Blue said, nuzzling the cheetah.

As the two walked away, Pua turned towards the kitchen. <I’m going to go find some food.>

<I’m going to go explore. There’s so much of the castle we’ve never gotten to see stuck in our hangers. Wanna come, Ryou?>

The liger glanced at the door to the dining room, where the sounds of a fight could still be heard. <Sure, why not.>

And then the paladins come out of their bonding time, ready to form voltron, only to spend the next two hours tracking down their cats.

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