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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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I actually got this chapter done in one day. I'm exghausted as all get out, but the chapter is done. The chapter is just as the title implies, Lotor has a mysterious dream about the grandfather he never knew. And even more mysterious, Zarkon is the one believed to have killed him. But as he, Kaladan and Allura try to figure out the dream's meaning, they are caught by Zarkon's newest right hand, Sylvana.

Chapter 14
Mysterious Dream

It was an hour before dawn.
Lotor and Kaladan were still asleep in their hiding place. In the
midst of his slumber he began to dream. He saw what appeared to
be a court room in a palace. It wasn't of Castle Doom or the
Castle of Lions. It was in a palace he did not recognize, yet for
some reason it did not feel foreign to him either. He could see
figures gathered in this place. At first the vision of them was
blurry. But as he focused on the image the figures became more
distinguishable. All who were present were druels, all except for
what appeared to be one human male in the crowd. All had looks of
worry and confusion upon their faces. He also saw two druel men
facing off against each other. One man had a look of disdain and
sadness upon his face. The other had nothing but disgust and
anger upon his.

The two men faced off while
others around them begged them not to fight. The older druel
looked down for a second as he raised his sword and prepared for
battle. The younger was hungry for the battle. He lusted for
victory and the spoils that victory promised. The older tried in
vain to disuade the younger from battle, but there was no going
back. Swords would clash and blood would be spilt.

Lotor strained in his mind to
keep the vision in focus trying to figure out if this was just a
mere dream or if it meant more. The figures went in and out of
focus as the two combatants clashed. The fight was fierce. The
two gladiators swung their blades in an effort to best one
another. But the older druel knocked the younger to the ground
pointing his blade at his throat.

"Surrender your blade
my son. It is not yet time for you to rule." The older
druel said as he turned his back.

"NEVER! The throne is
mine!" The younger druel roared as he jumped to his
feet lunging toward the victor.

The woman's scream echoed in
Lotor's mind as he suddenly woke from the dream, it a dream was
all it was.

"Seemed so real. It all
seemed so real." He said to himself.

"Lotor, are you all
right?" Kaladan asked.

"I...I think I was
dreaming."

"What was the dream
about?"

"I saw a group of
figures, all but one appeared to be druel. Two men were fighting
over something. I think it was a king and his son dualing for
control of the throne. So many times my father and I have battled
over the throne, even down to a sword dual once."

"Who won?"

"It was a draw. We fought
each other to stand still. But this was different. The younger
druel killed the elder."

"Perhaps it was a dream
out of anger at your father."

"I don't know. One of the
figures seemed very familiar. He...he looked almost like me. But
the one who looked like me wasn't the one doing the killing. He
was the one who got killed. I don't understand what this dream
means if it means anything at all."

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

Not far from one of the main
villages Sylvana and her men landed. She inspected the territory.
"Good. Everyone seems to be asleep. We'll begin our search
for the traitors soon."

"Where shall we
start?" One of her men asked.

"We must first establish
if they are truly here on Arus. King Zarkon is betting on they're
being here. Those two would no doubt be avoiding confrontations
with the people here so they'd be in hiding. And if Lotor is as
in love with this princess as the king states, he'll be hiding
close to her. We will head for the castle of lions. He'll try to
establish contact with Allura if he hasn't already. And Kaladan
will be with him. We'll simply wait until the right moment to
strike."

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

On Planet Doom Haggar oversaw
production upon her lastest creation. The form of a huge shadow
could be seen writhing and thrashing in a gigantic tank. The old
witch cackled as she watched the machines completing the
procedure. For the time being the thing was chained at the neck.
The tank was constructed of indestructable glass so the beast
could not escape. Those who witnessed it could not see the
creature completely, but could surmise from the shadows of the
covered glass that it was a formidable monster indeed.

"Soon, my beautiful
terror...I will unleash you upon those fools of the Voltron
force. You will feast upon them without mercy. And ultimate
victory will be Zarkon's." She beamed proudly.

"What is that
thing?" Asked Cossack, a lieutenant in Zarkon's army.

"An ancient monster
sealed away for millenia because of it's terrible power. But now
that power is being harnessed for King Zarkon's attack against
planet Arus and Voltron." The old witch answered.

"It doesn't appear to be
very happy."

"The beast is merely
displaying it's great strength and power. It will soon be under
my command. Then those who oppose King Zarkon will fall under its
great fury. Here, take a look for yourself my boy." Haggar
said as the curtain was released from the tank. The commander
gasped in shock at the beast's size and fierce appearence.

"Are you sure you can
really control that thing?" He gasped.

"Of course. Do not doubt
my power Cossack. Or you may end up like your former captain,
Lotor."

Cossack swallowed nervously
thinking of what had happened to the prince. He'd not yet heard
the rumor that Lotor was still alive. So the threat for him had
quite the impact. He watched as the curtain was drawn back around
the terrible beast. He surmised that the king's enemies would not
stand a chance against the monster. He turned around and exited
Haggar's laboratory.

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

Allura finished eating her
lunch and excused herself from the table. As she was leaving the
dining room Coran walked in. "Are you doing well today
princess?" He asked.

"Yes. I just finished
lunch and thought I'd go riding today."

"That would be a splendid
idea. I'm glad to see you're getting back to your old self. I
have to admit I and the others were worried about you for a
while."

"I'm fine Coran. I just
needed to adjust to all the changes going on lately. Coran, would
you please tell Nanny I want to ride by myself today. I need a
little time on my own."

"I'm not sure that is
wise princess."

"Please Coran. Everyone
around here trying to keep an eye on me is getting so tiresome. I
know all of you worry about my safety, but I'm feeling so
smothered lately. Please...just for a little while." Allura
pleaded.

"All right, but just for
a little while. I'm going to be in for quite a scolding from
Nanny for letting you go off on your own, but I agree you've been
a little too confined and guarded lately. I'll have Izabelle
saddled for you."

"But I wanted to ride
Flame."

"Flame is hard to control
Allura. He is a valiant steed but also has a lot of fire, a
little too much fire for you to handle."

"All right." Allura
said with a dissapointed sigh. "Why does everyone think
I can't handle one of my own horses?" She thought to
herself.

"You should get going to
the stable. Nanny is away buying food at the moment, but she
won't be gone for long. If you don't want argument from her I
suggest you leave as quickly as possible."

"Thank you old friend. I
won't be gone for very long." Allura said, her expression
brightening again.

"Hey princess, where ya
off to?" Hunk asked.

"Oh just for a short
ride. I'll be back soon." Allura called as she rushed off to
put on her riding clothes.

"You lettin her go off by
herself?" Lance asked coming in behind Hunk.

"It's just for a little
while. The poor girl is feeling smothered lately and she does
need her privacy. We ask a great deal of her as it is. She
promised she wouldn't be gone too long." Coran asked.

"Oh boy, we're gonna
catch hell from Nanny when she gets back." Lance muttered.

"I will deal with the
governess. Allura needs this time. I know Nanny means well, but
she does tend to coddle the princess a little too much sometimes.
It is perhaps because she never had any children of her own, and
always thought of Allura as the daughter she never had."

"Yah, well let me know
when Nanny gets back. I'll make myself conviently dissapear
before the screaming starts." Lance said.

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

Lotor sat at the mouth of the
cave looking up at the sunfilled sky. He kept trying to recapture
the visions from the dream earlier that morning. His memory
focused upon the fallen druel. His eyes became heavy as the lids
fluttered and finally closed. His body relaxed against the wall
of the cave as he began to drift into a trance like sleep. He
felt his vision change. At first it was only darkness. Then light
slowly began to fill the void and Lotor could see a gathering of
people. He looked around and realized he was in some sort of
meeting room, like a throne room. Several women, both human and
druel stood by the men. All except one male was druel. All had
fearful expressions on their faces. At the center of the crowd
were two druel men with swords. One looked to be young perhaps in
his early twenties. The other was an elder druel who looked to be
in his early fourties. The older druel was pointing his sword at
the throat of the younger who was on his back on the floor.
Lotor's eyes widened when he saw the elder.

"He looks like...me."
He gasped to himself.

Indeed the elder druel did
look a great deal like Lotor. He was perhaps an inch or so
taller, and his hair was not quite as long. He studied his twin
with both shock and curiosity. He was certainly a warrior. His
body was very muscular and his chest and shoulders broad. His
white hair went only past the middle of his spine where Lotor's
went past his waist. He studied his older twin's face. He
couldn't believe what he was looking at. The facial features were
uncanny.

"What the hell is going
on here? Am I seeing myself in the future? Wait a minute, he's
the elder druel who was...killed." He said to himself as he
continued studying the elder. But without warning he saw the
younger druel lunge foward.

"Look out!" He
yelled. But the words had no affect. He suddenly realized no one
could see or hear him. He watched in horror as the younger
opponent thrust his sword through the elder's heart. A woman
screamed seeing him fall.

"What's going on? Am I
seeing my own death?"

"NO!" A
woman cried as she fell to the side of the dying warrior.

Another druel male, looking to
be a little younger than the slayer ran toward the fallen man.
His gold eyes flashed with rage as he pushed his silver hair from
his face.

"You've killed our
father! Zarkon, you've killed our father!"

"Zarkon? That's
my..."

"FATHER!" Lotor
yelled as he suddenly came back to conciousness.

Hearing the commotion Kaladan
rushed toward the front of the cave seeing the terrified
expression upon Lotor's face. His body was shaking and he had
sweat drops rolling down his face. He ran toward Lotor trying to
snap him out of whatever madness had possessed him.

"Lotor! Lotor wake up!
Snap out of it!" He ordered shaking his younger comrade by
the shoulders. The young druel was breathing fast and hard
matching the rate of his heart beat.

"What happened?" He
asked trying to bring his companion back to his senses.

"I, I had the dream
again. This time I was there. Kaladan I was there. I saw two
druel men waging battle against each other. One of them, one of
them was my father. I heard his name called. He was the younger
man who killed the older combatant. And the older one,"
Lotor stopped still too shocked to finish the sentence.

"What of the older one
Lotor?" Kaladan demanded.

"He...he looked like
me."

"Like you?"

"Yes. He looked to be
older than me. I think he was in his fourties, but the
resemblence was there. It was me, yet it wasn't me. He seemed
familiar. Wait. I remember there was another young man who
shouted something out to my father after he'd killed his
opponent. He said that my father had killed their father. That
would have made the man who died," Lotor paused not
believing what was about to come out of his mouth. "My
grandfather."

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

It didn't take Sylvana and her
party too long to find the castle of lions. People of a village
nearby where the group had landed unwittingly told them where to
find the castle. An invention of Haggar's allowed Sylvana to
disguise the druel soldiers as ordinary humans. They told the
people their ship had crash landed due to a malfunction and they
needed to speak with the ruling authority of the planet in order
to gain assistance.

"These fools are so
trusting. One would think people who have had their planet
ravaged by king Zarkon would be a little more wary. This little
toy Haggar gave to me has come in quite handy."

"Captain, look
there." A guard said as he saw a young woman riding a
dappled silver horse away from the castle stables. "That's
princess Allura." He replied.

"Perfect. We'll follow
her to see where she goes. If Lotor and Kaladan are here, that
little pidgeon will be the perfect bait to lure them out. Lotor
won't dare risk any harm to his precious little princess."
Sylvana said with an evil smile.

Unaware her activities had
been witnessed, Allura rode toward the cave. She kept Izabelle at
a steady canter to reach her destination quicker. She brought the
mare down to a trot and then a walk when they neared the cave.
She rode up to the entrance. She dismounted and cautiously
approached.

"Lotor? Lotor are you
here? Hello?" At first there was no answer. "Hello! Is
anyone here?" She called again.

She waited and then heard
footsteps rushing toward the front of the cave. Kaladan saw the
princess standing at the entrance. "Princess, I'm glad
you're here. Something happend to Lotor not long ago. Maybe you
can help bring him out of it."

"What's happend? Is Lotor
all right?" Allura asked suddenly feeling a surge of worry.

"Physically he's fine.
But he had a strange dream that's left him in shock. Perhaps
seeing you will bring him back to his senses. He's not far from
here. I'll tend to your mount." Kaladan answered.

Allura rushed into the cave to
find Lotor sitting against the wall with a glazed look in his
eyes. The shock the dream held still carried a strong hold over
him.

"Lotor...Lotor it's me.
It's Allura. Lotor, please say something." Allura pleaded.

"Allura..." He said
in a silent whisper. She hurried to his side and knelt beside
him.

"Lotor, what's
wrong?" Allura asked.

"I...I think I witnessed
my grandfather's murder. And my father was the killer." The
young druel answered with a shaky voice.

"What do you mean?"'

"It wasn't a dream. It
was some sort of vision or flashback. I saw someone I believe to
be my grandfather. I saw my father. I know it was him. I heard
his name called. But he didn't look like my father. He looked
like a half breed. And my grandfather looked just like me. His
hair was shorter but he looked exactly like me in every other
aspect." Lotor said trying to calm himself down.

"It's all right now.
You're on Arus. You're with me." Allura said trying to offer
him some comfort.

"But it couldn't have
been my father. My father is a pure blood druel. I'm half human.
How could it have been him?"

"Half human?" Allura
asked.

"Druels like Lotor and
myself are half human. The pureblood males sometimes took human
females to their beds. Half bloods such as ourselves are the
results of those unions." Said Kaladan as he led Izabelle
toward her mistress.

"I don't understand. I
have no memory of my grandfather or anyone in my family other
than my father. How could I be having flashbacks of a family I've
never met?" Lotor asked trying to snap out of the trance
induced shock.

"Lotor, remember what my
father's spirit told us the night he came to us. Remember how he
said you had to find the answers about your past. How he said
there were things about your past you didn't know. This vision
could be a clue." Allura said.

"I remember now. But it
still doesn't explain how I could have seen my father. Half
bloods don't turn into purebloods. We age like humans do.
Granted, we don't look our age until much later in life, but our
physical appearence doesn't change. How could that be so with my
father?"

"That's something you
have to find out. It must have been meant for you to have this
vision." Allura replied.

"I...I guess it was. I'm
sorry if I frightened you." Lotor said with a sheepish
expression.

"It's all right. I can't
stay very long. Coran let me ride off by myself for a little
while, but I'll have to get back soon. Nanny's going to be upset
enough with me as it is for going off by myself. But I knew if I
let myself be escorted I wouldn't be able to see you. Are you
going to be all right?"

"I think so. What you say
makes sense. Maybe this is some sort of clue to the answers I
have to find. I'm glad you're here. You brought me back."

"Kaladan said if anyone
could bring you back to your senses it would be me."

"Well well, doesn't this
look cozy?" Asked a voice in a sarcastic manner.

"What the hell? I know
that voice!" Kaladan shouted and turned around to find lazer
rifles pointed at him, Lotor and Allura.

"I couldn't ask for
better fortune than this; two traitors and a pretty little
princess. King Zarkon will be very pleased with the prizes I'll
be bringing back to planet Doom with me."

"Sylvana, you filthy
bitch!" Kaladan yelled.

"Such language and in
front of a lady. Didn't your mother teach you any manners?"
Sylvana taunted.

Kaladan began to lunge foward
until the guns pointed on him went straight at Allura.
"Careful Kaladan. You don't want Lotor's girlfriend getting
shot do you?"

"Don't you dare threaten
her!" Lotor barked angrily.

"I don't think you're in
much of a position to give orders. Remember I'm the one with the
guards, and those guards have guns pointed at your
sweetheart."

"What do you want
Sylvana?" Kaladan demanded.

"King Zarkon has
graciously offered me a position as the bodyguard to his queen.
And all I have to do is bring you two bastards back to planet
Doom. And the princess here will be quite the bonus."

"You're not taking her
anywhere. You lay one hand on her woman, and I won't hesitate to
kill you." Lotor growled.

"Not if I kill her first.
Right now you're not in control. I am. And if you want your
pretty little princess to stay alive you'll do as I say; both of
you."

"You know my reputation
Sylvana. I could easily tear everyone of you to pieces with my
bear hands."

"Yes. I am very well
aware of your reputation, blood lord. But you forget that I have
guns aimed on the princess. And before you even manage to get one
swing in she'll be dead before you can finish a side kick. I hold
all the cards."

"Leave Allura out of
this. It's us you want, not her." Lotor demanded.

"Oh but if I leave her
out of this then you won't have any incentive to behave
yourselves. As long as the princess is with me, then I know you
won't do anything stupid."

"How can we trust you not
to harm her if we comply with your wishes. The moment you have
your guns trained on us you'd kill her. And understand I have no
fear of dying Sylvana. That is if I don't kill you all
first."

"And I've no fear of
dying either. I will lay down my life to protect Allura. And if
you kill her, then neither of us will have anything left to lose.
And you'll have failed in your mission. And I can tell you from
experience my father does not recieve failure very well."

"You make a valid point.
I've no intention of returning to King Zarkon empty handed. I
will allow the princess to leave this cave alive. But only after
the two of you are secured upon my vessle."

"And after you have us
secured, you'll have her killed. How stupid do you think we
are?" Kaladan asked with a snarl.

"Surrender your weapons
and then I will allow the princess to leave. You have my
word." Sylvana answered with an icy smile.

"Your word is worthless.
You let Allura leave first and then we'll surrender our
weapons." Lotor said.

"You try my patience
druel. I've no reason to trust either of you. When the princess
leaves you'll attack my men."

Lotor and Kaladan looked at
each other. Then Lotor looked at Allura knowing there was no
other way to keep her safe but to return with Sylvana to planet
Doom.

"Upon our word as
honorable men, release the princess and we will come without a
fight. You can take that or leave it." Kaladan said.

"Honor? Since when did
druels have a code of honor?"

"There are those of us
who do know what honor is." Lotor said.

"That's rich coming from
the son of Zarkon. But I also have no wish to face the king
without the two of you as prisoners. And no doubt he would hunt
me down if I chose to flee. So I guess I'll just have to take the
two of you at your word. You can take your horse and leave. But
do give King Zarkon's regards to your friends. You'll all be
meeting your fates at his hands soon enough. Now leave before I
change my mind."

She looked at Lotor with a
fearful expression. She knew this may very well be the last time
she laid eyes upon him. "It's so unfair. We were just
starting to heal the wounds of our past."

"Don't worry about me
Allura. You have to go on. Even if I don't make it out of this
alive, you have to go on. You're the hope of your people. Now get
out of here while you still can." Lotor said.

"You heard me you little
fool. Get out of here before I have you shot dead where you
stand." Sylvana warned as her smile turned to a menancing
frown.

She didn't want to leave him,
not now. But she knew she had no choice. All she could do was
pray that she would see Lotor again somehow. Still, it hurt her
heart to leave him like this. There was so much they needed to
say to each other, and now they had no time. She went to Izabelle
and mounted her. Urging her into a walk she left the cave as
tears began to fall from her eyes. This could be the last time
she ever saw Lotor again. The next time, she could very well be
hearing of his death and this time there would be no coming back
from it. As she drove her horse to faster speeds, Sylvana focused
her attention upon her captives.

"Surrender your
weapons." She ordered sharply.

Begrudgingly, Lotor and
Kaladan threw down their swords. The guards surrounded them with
their guns aimed at their heads. "Be careful. Even without
weapons these two are still very dangerous."

"You won't get away with
this Sylvana." Kaladan growled.

"You're now my prisoners
so you're in no position to make threats. King Zarkon is quite
anxious to see you again Lotor. He heard of your rather
miraculous escape from Carnos. I'm sure he'll want all the
details."

"You bitch, you alerted
Zarkon to our whereabouts." Kaladan snarled.

"Being the partner of a
pit owner only goes so far...blood lord. Serving Zarkon will put
me in a much higher position of power."

"And you'll learn soon
enough you can lose that power as quickly as you gain it. I was
the prince, and his own son. He packed my ass off to die when I
no longer served useful to him. What makes you think you'll be
any different?"

"Because I will make sure
I remain useful to him. Unlike you my little prince I have no
emotional attachments to cloud my judgement." Sylvana said
as she had the guards bind the hands of the prisoners behind
their backs. Sylvana replied as she pressed a button upon the
device Haggar gave her.

"The ship will be here
any moment. Guards, make sure our guests will be
comfortable."

As she gave the order, two
guards stood behind Lotor and Kaladan and struck them both in the
head with their rifles. The two druels fell to the ground
unconcious. Sylvana stood over them with an evil smile on her
face.

"King Zarkon will be much
pleased indeed."

"Are you sure it was wise
to let the princess go? She would have been a valuable
hostage."

"We are here to collect
the traitors. Besides, I'm sure we'll meet up with the little
princess again soon enough. Right now, these two are more
valuable. As the prince here so kindly pointed out, King Zarkon
does not look well upon failure. And I intend to live to enjoy
the fruits of my labors. Now take the prisoners aboard the ship.
I will inform the king we have what we came for."

to be continued...
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