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Redemption and Destiny	By : alucardsangel1973 Category: +S to Z > Voltron Views: 2221 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Here it is, chapter ten finally. Lotor and Kaladan escape Taebos on their quest to get to planet Arus and warn princess Allura. Haggar reveals a tiny hint of her plan to King Zarkon. Alma has a run in with Kaladan's old boss that becomes very costly to her. And Genar gets Avian out of trouble.

Chapter 10 Journey

Kaladan and Lotor ran with all
their strength from the coloseum heading back to Alma's tavern.
Since most of the guards had been killed back in the pit, there
weren't many to track the two down. But knowing there would be
more sent after them, they continued running until they saw the
tavern within site. They ran toward the door and Kaladan banged
on it to get Alma's attention. Alma rushed to the door to see the
two drules gasping for air. She rushed them both in before anyone
saw them.

"It's true. You were the
one meant to free Kaladan from the pit." She said.

"Alma...we...need
the...ship." Kaladan gasped.

"Come. I'll take you to
where it is. We have to hurry. There's not much time." Alma
replied as she led Lotor and Kaladan to where the ship was
hidden. She led them far behind the tavern to a secluded spot in
front of a desecrated forest.

"Alma, where's the
ship?" Kaladan asked still trying to catch his breath.

"Right in front of
you." She said as she raised her hands. Her eyes glowed and
suddenly a chrome silver vessle appeared before their very eyes.

"Alma, how did
you..."

"I have talents I've kept
hidden from most of the inhabitants here. It's how I have
sucessfully kept this ship hidden until the time came for it to
be used. It's old, but it should work. There's a cloaking device
on it but, I'm not sure how long it will run."

"Thank you Alma. I can
never repay you for all you've done for me." Kaladan said.

"You can repay me by
getting yourself and the prince off this planet alive."

"Lotor, come on. We don't
have much time." Kaladan called.

"I pray you reach your
princess in time." Alma replied.

"Thank you."

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Back on Planet Antheris:

"Get him you fools!"
Kurgan shouted as he watched his guards being systematically
picked off. Genar moved too fast for them to keep up with him.
One after another they rushed at him, and one after another he
knocked them out with side chops and kicks. While the guards were
too dazed to run after him, Genar made a leap for the wall Avian
was bound to. He hurled himself through the air like a ball and
landed square on his feet like a cat. He ran toward Avian and
produced two knife like weapons gripping them between his fingers
by two curved bars. He turned them downward and stabbed them
through the the manicals. The restraints cracked open as Avian's
arms fell to his side. The two stood beside each other as
reinforcements entered the room.

"Just so you know, while
you were getting your ass kicked here Kezrin woke up!" Genar
yelled as the small troop advanced foward.

"I can imagine he was in
a mood." Avian replied punching the first head that came
toward him.

"He wasn't very happy at
remembering it was Haggar who almost killed him." Genar said
taking a side kick at another guard.

"Is he all right?"
Avian asked punching a guard in the gut.

"He's weak right now. He
hasn't regained his full strength. We have to get back as soon as
possible. Leena's with him right now but he's not strong enough
to protect her if the worst should happen."

"Let's get the hell out
of here!" Avian shouted punching left and right.

*****************************************************************

"We're leaving Taebos.
Let's hope this cloaking device is worth the price we've paid for
it." Kaladan said as he engaged the cloaking device.

"I don't understand why
we're not being chased." Lotor replied.

"Taebos is a dumping
ground. Any weapons on that planet are generally useless unless
they're small range devices. Most weaponry there are swords and
guns, and unless they have someone with unparelled strength and
can hurl a thousand blades at once, they won't be firing on us.
But no doubt the pit masters are in a rage. I was their main draw
and that gave them a great deal of wealth." Kaladan
responded.

"As long as we don't have
any run ins with planet Doom we should be all right." Lotor
said.

"That's where this
cloaking device comes in. Hopefully their technology won't detect
it. Alma said it was an old ship, but at least it works. I'm
setting course for planet Arus. Do you think princess Allura will
listen to what you have to say?"

"I don't know, but I have
to get through to her."

"Your father spoke only
of how great of a conquoror he was going to make you. You had
just left planet Doom upon your first campaign of conquest when
he made me high commander of his armies. But he never spoke as a
father would speak of his son. There was never warmth in his
voice. He was always cold. I always believed a father would take
pride in his heir. I felt only ice come out of his voice when he
spoke." Kaladan stated.

"My father has never had
anything remotely related to warmth unless his ass was on fire.
And in that case, I'd stand there with a glass of wine and enjoy
the spectacle." Lotor said with a growl.

"Personally, I'd rather
hurl him into hell with my bare hands, and watch him scream all
the way down." Kaladan replied.

"You may just get that
chance."

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Alma was cleaning up the
tables when she heard pounding at her door. She knew who it was,
and knew that her life was now in danger. As she made a rush for
the back the door imploded after being repeatedly rammed. There
stood a short, rotund man surrounded by five tall, muscular men.

"Bruno!" She
shouted.

"I'm afraid he's been let
go...permanantly." Said the fat little man named Altus
pointing to a brute standing some distance behind Alma. In one
hand was large knife with blood dripping off of it. In the other
hand was a severed head. Alma gasped seeing the ghastly sight.

"Where is he Alma? Where
is Kaladan and that white haired bastard who helped him
escape."

"Out of your reach. You
won't use him for your blood sport anymore." Alma growled.

"I don't think you
comprehend the danger you're life is in wench. Tell us where he
and this other drule escaped to." Altus ordered.

"No."

"Take her."

The guards marched toward
Alma, but as they were about to grab her a wall of light suddenly
appeared. The men were blinded by the display. Alma turned around
and the blinding light flashed at Bruno's killer blinding him as
well. While all were distracted, she rushed for the back of the
tavern. She dashed out the back door making a run for freedom.
But only a few feet away she suddenly fell to the ground
clutching her neck. Her eyesite grew blurred and she felt
lightheaded making her feel dizzy. She felt an overwhelming urge
to fall asleep. Her surroundings became more and more blurred
until her eyes closed and she lay on the ground unconcious. A
woman dressed in black stepped out from the shadows carrying a
dart gun in her left hand.

"She's back here!"
The woman called.

"Well done Sylvana. Well
done." Altus complimented as he smiled evilly down upon
Alma's unconcious form.

Sometime later Alma woke up to
find herself suspended a few feet off the ground by her wrists.
Her eyes fluttered as she tried to regain control of her senses.
She looked down to see her feet were off the ground. She also
realized that she was naked. The dampness of the cell clung to
her nude form. She heard the cell door creak open. There stood
the lead pit master and the woman Sylvana. She held within her
hands a cat o nine tails. A guard wheeled in a table full of
torture implements. Sylvana looked at the instruments and got a
wicked gleam in her eyes.

"This will be your one
and only chance to spare yourself a painful death. Where is
Kaladan and his comrade?" Sylvana demanded.

"Do what you will to me.
Kaladan is free of your perversion." Alma said defiantly.

"Sylvana, I think it's
time you persuaded Alma to have a change of heart."

"With pleasure Altus.
With pleasure."

Sylvana walked slowly toward
Alma and stalked behind her. She raised the whip and brought it
down viciously against Alma's back. She groaned in pain as the
razor thin strips clawed into her flesh.

"That is just a small
taste my dear. If you wish it to end then tell Altus where that
red headed son of a bitch Kaladan fled to. Tell him who is this
white haired drule who runs with him."

"I don't know who you're
talking about." Alma said as she gritted her teeth. Again
the nine tails struck against her skin leaving a series of angry
cuts along her spine.

"The one called Lotor,
who is he? Why did he help Kaladan escape?" Altus demanded.

Sylvana stopped for a moment.
"Lotor? The white haired drule's name is Lotor? I know that
name."

"Who is he?" Altus
inquired.

"He is heir to the throne
of his father King Zarkon. Is he the one who defeated Kaladan in
the pit?"

"Yes! I actually took
interest in him as a new champion. He would have brought me even
more wealth than Kaladan. And he actually helped that back
stabbing ingrate escape!" Altus barked.

"Where are they?"
Sylvana hissed striking Alma again.

"You can do this to me
all you want. You will not have him again. You will not have
either of them, ever. Even if you were to cross paths with
Kaladan and Lotor, they would both kill you without thinking
twice."

Sylvana grabbed Alma's head by
her hair and forced it painfully backward. "It's your life
you had better be thinking about insolent bitch."

*****************************************************************

Kaladan and Lotor continued on
their way to Arus. "It will be awhile before we reach planet
Arus. I suggest we both take some time to rest and nurse our
wounds." Kaladan said.

"I agree. My body hasn't
fully recovered from all the abuse I took on Carnos." Lotor
replied.

"Carnos? That's the slave
planet isn't it?"

"Yes. That's where my
father exiled me to hoping I would die there. I was asleep in my
room until these big ugly beasts broke into my room. I tried to
fight them off but I was no match for them. I was knocked
unconcious and when I awoke I was on Carnos wearing a slave's
outfit. I had no power there. Instead of being a prince, I was a
slave. If I mouthed off I got beaten. If I refused to work I was
beaten. Hell, they even let the other slaves beat the hell out of
me. I didn't think I would make it off that planet alive."

"How did you
escape?"

"I got into big trouble
with Kargos, the head of the ogre guards. I killed four of them.
One I killed when he continued hitting me with his whip. The
other three died when they refused to leave a young slave girl
alone. Kargos pit me against the young girl's older brother who
didn't think too highly of me. I can't say that I blame him for
feeling that way now. Yet his sister talked him into helping me
escape. He gave me some kind of solution that causes temporary
paralysis and gives the illusion of death."

"That's why your father
thinks you're dead."

"Yes. He saw what he
thought was my dead body after the fight." Lotor said then
stopped suddenly. He looked away with a forlorn expression.
"Called me trash. That's all I ever was to him. I was just
garbage. Bastard didn't even blink. He didn't want my body
brought home for burial. He told them to get rid of it. It was
just garbage. I was nothing but garbage to him. I was his son,
and he didn't give a damn."

He gritted his teeth at the
last statement. His eyes narrowed to slits thinking of the last
words he'd heard from his father.

"I am not suprised. If he
could do what he did to make an example out of me, then it does
not shock me that Zarkon would cast his own son to the
lions."

"Son? I was never his
son. I was his scapegoat. I was his punching bag when things
didn't go his way. He hated it when I failed him and he hated it
even more that I fell in love with the very enemy he wanted
destroy." Lotor growled.

"How did you get through
all this?"

"Thinking of Allura.
Imagining her smile and her sparkling blue eyes. My thoughts of
her gave me strength and helped me cope with the pain I suddenly
found myself in. And it was realizing the fate of a young woman I
saved could very well end up her fate as well. I...I couldn't let
that happen to her. Then I realized I might have condemned her to
such a fate or worse because she would not be with me. It made me
feel sick. Seeing how the other side had to live and fearing for
her safety made me rethink the course of my life. I had to chose
between my desire to rule the empire and my love for her.
Ironically my father helped me make that choice."

"She must be a remarkable
woman to inspire such devotion."

"She is."

Time passed as the two drules
talked of their life experiences. As they were talking Kaladan
looked down and noticed a strange looking necklace on the floor
of the ship. He picked it up carefully inspecting it. The chain
was made of a silver like metal. The pendant was in the shape of
a starburst embedded with irridecsent crystals.

"Alma must have left this
here." He said.

"She must have been in a
hurry to have left something that looks so valuable." Lotor
replied.

"She must have
been." Kaladan answered as he looked at the largest crystal
in the center of the pendent. As he pressed his thumb against the
largest center crystal he suddenly vanished.

"Where the hell did you
go?"

"I'm right here."
Kaladan's voice answered from the same spot he had been.

"The pendent...you
vanished the moment you pressed the largest crystal in the
center. It's made you invisible."

"Invisible?" Kaladan
asked as he pressed the center crystal again. He materialized
right in the same spot where he'd been sitting.

"I think we just found
how to get into the castle without getting noticed. The guards
can't shoot at what they can't see."

*****************************************************************

On planet Doom, a large cargo
ship landed upon the surface. Haggar anxiously waited for the
contents of the ship to be unloaded. She watched as a huge metal
container rolled slowly off of the ship. Her grotesque lips
curled into a wicked smile as the container was unloaded. King
Zarkon entered the cargo bay with a scowl.

"What is this old witch?
I thought I told you I didn't want another robeast sent for this
task."

"This shall be no
ordinary robeast sire. This shall be the instrument that shall
ensure victory for your allies and total defeat of the robot
Voltron. I've had it brought from the planet Azrinos."

"You had better make sure
this works witch. I want nothing to stand in my way of total and
complete conquest." The old king growled coldly.

"I assure you sire, this
shall be my greatest achievement. And once it has defeated
Voltron, your armies will go fourth and conqure all who stand in
your way."

"You'd better be
right."

*****************************************************************

After some time Kaladan and
Lotor neared planet Arus at last. Kaladan looked down at the
controls and scowled. "The cloaking device has almost
reached its limit. We'll have to hide the ship until it's
recharged. We're running low on fuel as well. We may be on Arus
for a while."

"I'd much rather be
stranded on Arus than other places I've been on." Lotor
replied.

"We're entering Arusian
airspace. The cloaking device has enough power to get us in. Once
we've gone under their radar we'll have to find a place to land.
The fuel isn't going to last much longer. There's a forest below
us. It appears to be pretty dense. The trees should hide the
ship. After that, we're pretty much on our own." Kaladan
said.

"We're in luck. I know
this forest. It means we're not far from the castle of
lions."

"Good. Think you're
strong enough to start the trek toward the castle?" Kaladan
asked.

"I think so." Lotor
answered.

"All right. We'll head
out toward the castle. Take the amulet with you. The last thing
we need is to be seen right now."

"What about the ship?
What if someone finds it?"

"Can't be helped right
now. It isn't any vessle planet Doom would have sent. Hopefully
anyone who finds it will think it's just an abandoned vessle and
won't think any further than that. How far is the castle from
here?"

"At least four miles.
It's late noon now. If we start now we can be there after
nightfall."

"All right."

The two walked for some time
making frequent stops to rest their aching muscles. At last they
reached the majestic fortress known as the castle of lions. The
black lion sat upon a giant pedistal silently guarding the
palace. It was dark when Lotor and Kaladan arrived. As they
expected, sentries were posted at several points of the outside
of the castle to protect against intruders. The two druels looked
at each other trying to figure out how to get in without causing
a commotion.

"We'll have to put the
amulet to good use. I know it makes one person invisible when the
center crystal is touched, but can it affect two people at the
same time?" Kaladan asked.

"Only one way to find
out." Lotor answered holding the amulet. He and Kaladan both
touched the center crystal. And both became invisible to all
around them.

"It worked. We'll have to
distract the sentries at the entrance. I'll keep watch while you
warn the princess."

"Leave that to me."
Lotor said.

The two guards stood stoicly
at the entrance. The man on the left felt a sudden and powerful
shove against his shoulder. He looked angriuly at the guard on
the right.

"What was that for?"
He asked in an annoyed tone.

"What was what for?"

"Don't shove me
again."

"I never shoved
you."

The two guards scowled at each
other and went back to their watch. This time the guard on the
fight was forcefully shoved.

"What's the idea of
shoving me?"

"I never shoved
you!"

Again the two guards scowled
at each other and went back to their watch. This time both men
felt shoved one after another.

"That does it!"

"You started it!"

The two started shoving, then
punching and then wrestling around on the ground. While they were
busy trying to pummle each other, Lotor pressed the button to
open the castle doors. He slipped inside while Kaladan watched
the two sentries fighting each other. When the two men got back
to their feet, he stomped toward them both and knocked their
heads together. The two guards fell to the ground completely out
cold.

"Idiots." He
grumbled.

Lotor made his way through the
castle noticing most of the rooms were shut up for the night.
While he was invisible, he could still be heard so he walked
quiestly as possible to keep from waking anyone up. He continued
on his way until he reached Allura's bedroom. He carefully
gripped the door nob and very slowly turned it. It took him a
moment, but he got the door opened. Carefully he walked into
Allura's room where she lay in her bed sleeping. Slowly he closed
the door behind him. But as he closed the door Allura began to
toss and turn. The expression on her face was one of distress. He
knew something was bothering her. Standing in the center of the
room he watched as her motions became more turbulent.

Suddenly she woke up and
pushed the covers away. She rose from her bed and walked toward
the large window where she often looked out at the land when she
was inside. She opened the window feeling the cool night breeze
blow across her face. The full moon cast a beam of light into her
room. An etherial glow surrounded the princess. She was unaware
that someone else was in her room with her.

"How could I have
been so cruel to her?" Lotor thought to himself.

He watched as she stood there
at the window looking out into the night. She wrapped her arms
around herself as she shivered against the chill of the air. Then
she began to speak.

"Lotor..." she said
quietly.

"My name, she said my
name."

"Even in death you haunt
my dreams. All I can think about are the last words you said to
me before you ran off into the night. You told me you loved me.
But if you loved me, how could you hurt me so much? Did you mean
what you said? Did you mean it when you said you loved me?"

"Allura.."

to be continued...
- 9
- 10
- 11
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