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Redemption and Destiny	By : alucardsangel1973 Category: +S to Z > Voltron Views: 2221 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: Voltron and its characters are property of World Event Productions. I do not own the fandom. No profit is made from this. This is purely a fanfiction that includes original characters from my imagination. Characters from the series and comic are not mine.

Chapter List
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Chapter
27: Tragic Circumstances

Kezrin and
Lotor heard the scream come from behind the door of Allura's
bedroom. Both of them wasted no time in hurrying to Allura's
room. They pulled at the door's knob only to find it locked from
the inside. "Allura!" Lotor yelled hoping she was all
right.

Inside
Allura's bedroom they were both face to face with commander
Mogor. The fiend wore a devilish smile upon his face as he drew
his sword. "Well, it looks like I have two birds caught in
my trap." Mogor said with a fiendish laugh.

"You get
away from my baby you monster!" Nanny yelled as she ran at
Mogor, fists raised prepared to fight.

"Nanny,
NO!" Allura screamed, but it was too late. As quickly as
Nanny had rushed at Mogor she stumbled back, blood gurgling from
her mouth. She looked down and saw the huge, open tear in her
dress and her flesh. Mogor had stabbed her right through her
heart. She fell to the ground in a pool of blood. Allura fell to
her knees screaming in horror as her mother figure lay dying on
the floor.

"NANNY!"

"Don't
worry princess. You'll soon be joining her." Mogor sneered
as he raised his sword to bring it down upon the princess.

"You
monster!" Allura cried in both grief and anger.

Before Mogor
could strike the death blow the door suddenly burst inward as
Lotor kicked it off its hinges. He found Allura huddled on the
floor with her dying governess in her arms. Mogor turned suddenly
and came face to face with the enraged young druel prince. His
smile suddenly turned to a viscious scowl when he saw Lotor.

"You
bastard! What have you done to her?" Lotor demanded.

"I'm
going to send her to be with her precious little baby sitter,
after I've dispatched you!" Mogor barked as he swung his
sword at Lotor's head. Lotor ducked just in time before the blade
came inches away from his throat.

"Kezrin,
go get the others!" Lotor shouted just before Mogor tackled
him to the floor. Taking a fericious punch to his face, Mogor was
forced to roll off onto the floor. Without a moment's hesitation
Lotor unsheathed Redeemer and prepared to do battle.

"I'll
hack you apart you son of a bitch!" The young prince barked.

"Not
before I have the head of your little bitch princess!" Mogor
taunted.

That sent fury
surging through Lotor's veins. He let out a roar that was almost
inhuman and rushed at Mogor with his sword cutting the air. Mogor
in turn raised his own blade to block the coming strike. Blades
clashed and the duel was on. And as they clashed Kezrin ran as
fast as his legs could carry him to find the others.

"Genar!
Avian!" He called trying to get the attention of his
cousins. Genar cocked his head upward hearing his name called.
"That was Kezrin. Something's wrong." He said with a
serious expression.

"That
came from the hall leading to Allura's bedroom. Come on!"
Keith yelled as he and the others all started running in the
direction of the princess's room. They all ran hurriedly to find
Kezrin running toward them.

"Kezrin,
what's wrong?" Avian asked taking the lead of the group.

"Mogor.
He managed to get into Allura's room. Son of a bitch must have
slowed his breathing so I couldn't detect he was near. The only
way I knew he was in there was I heard the door slam after Nanny
set some bed clothes outside."

"Where is
Allura?" Coran asked feeling a wave of panic run over him.

"She's in
her room. I think she's all right, but her governess...it's not
good." Kezrin said grimly.

Coran and the
others rushed to see Allura on the floor with Nanny in her arms.
"Coran! Nanny's hurt! Oh God she's hurt so bad!"

"Dear
heavens...where is Lotor?" Coran asked.

"He ran
after Mogor. He was pretty pissed off." Kezrin answered.

"Coran,
you, Danzar, Leena and Nomey stay here with the princess. The
rest of us are going after Mogor to see if Lotor needs any back
up." Keith instructed.

"All
right, I'm putting the castle on lock down. At least that will
confine to within the building so he can't get away." Coran
said finding a console above Allura's nightstand. The moment he
punched in the code the castle's interior lights shut off and red
lights began flashing and sirens blared. He knelt down beside
Allura and Nanny. Danzar, Leena and Nomey stood around them with
sullen looks on their faces. It wasn't looking good at all.

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

Lotor found
himself close to the command center. He looked around trying to
find his opponent. "Mogor! Where are you? I'll cut your head
from your shoulders you cowardly bastard!" He yelled.

His only
responce was sinister laughter. He could hear it, but couldn't
see where it was coming from. "Where are you?" Lotor
growled in frustration.

His answer
came in the form of a viscious kick to his back. He lost his
footing and fell foward to his knees. He stopped himself from
hitting the floor on one hand and looked up. He felt the kick,
felt the back of a foot to the small of his spine, but could not
see anything. Thinking Mogor was behind him he got to his feet
and swung with his sword. But the blade cut only air.

"Damnit,
he's made himself invisible again." Lotor thought in
frustration.

The next thing
he felt was a furious punch to the left side of his face. He
stumbled backwards and banged his head against the wall. As he
tried to regain his footing the rest of the men appeared running
toward him.

"Don't
come any closer!" Lotor warned. "Mogor's invisible
again!"

"Kezrin,
is he here?" Genar asked.

"Oh I'm
here! And soon you will all feel my blade!" Mogor announced
with an evil laugh.

"Hey shit
head! Show me your face, and I'll cure all your ills!" Avian
yelled.

Kezrin stood
perfectly still. "Everyone be quiet!" He shouted. When
all were silent he began to listen for Mogor's footsteps. His
ears pricked upward slightly. He listened intently and heard a
pair of heavy footed boots approaching Genar. He looked toward
his garnet haired cousin.

"He's
coming toward you. He'll be right in front of you in a few
seconds." Kezrin warned Genar mentally.

Genar drew
back his arm and let loose a lightening fast heart punch. The
blow hit its target as Mogor suddenly appeared reeling from the
blow. Genar's strike had punched the amulet as well as Mogor's
chest making him visible once again. The Doom commander gasped
for breath as he tried to press the amulet to make himself
invisible again. To his shock the pendent had been damaged beyond
repair. The crystals were now shattered and the button in the
middle now dislodged from its resting place.

"Damn
you!" Mogor cursed.

"Give it
up Mogor. You're outnumbered." Keith ordered.

"Do you
honestly think I'd surrender to a bunch of whelps.. and a
mut?" Mogor taunted looking straight at Avian.

"I'll put
those words straight up your ass!" Avian shouted. He was
about to rush Mogor when an arm reach out and held him back.
Kaladan stepped foward glaring at Mogor with a look that could
have killed ten mortal men.

"Lotor,
get back to the princess. She'll need you. I want the pleasure of
dispatching this piece of Doom filth myself." Kaladan
growled as he unsheathed his sword.

"I'll go
with him." Keith said. Nodding in agreement Lotor and Keith
walked away from the ensuing fight. Mogor glared at Kaladan with
malice filled eyes. Kaladan's expression was no less venomous. He
looked toward the remaining men issuing a warning for them to get
back. This fight was going to be a messy one.

"It's a
pity we're not back on Taebos. I'd have thouroghly enjoyed
ripping you apart in the pit." Kaladan growled.

"It's a
pity we're not back on Doom. I'd have enjoyed watching you be
ripped apart for being the traitor that you are." Mogor
jeered cruely.

The two
enemies squared off with one another while Hunk, Lance, Sven,
Genar, Avian and Kezrin got out of harm's way. Kaladan stood
staunch and defiant with his wave edged sword while Mogor
clutched his crescent blade. They stared down each other for
several seconds. Blades raised, the two enemies ran at each
other. Steel clashed against steel as the two swung their blades
at each other. Eyes blazing and both snarling like wild animals
as they clashed. The space was limited, but the two managed to
bear down upon each other with great force as they fought. The
humans and druels got farther back so they didn't end up being
nicked by one of the blades. Occassionally each sword would clang
against the walls making deep gashes within them.

Sparks flew as
the two battled. Their swings were fast and furious. Each ducking
and dodging each other's blows by mere inches. Mogor tried
driving Kaladan further down the hall so that he'd have him all
to himself, but Kaladan would block the attempt. The two
continued to exchange swings until Mogor managed to catch Kaladan
off guard and trip him. He fell backward with a hard thud hitting
his head. It was only by a miracle that he wasn't knocked
completely unconcious. Mogor stood over Kaladan. His blade was
aimed at the red haired druel's throat.

"So this
is what you've reduced yourself too. You were once a high
commander for King Zarkon. And like that fool Lotor you betrayed
your king and your empire for the sake of a woman. But at least
Lotor betrayed Zarkon for a princess. You...you gave up your rank
for what...a detestable little slave? I wonder what she would
think of you now? I wonder how pathetic you would look to her if
she were still alive. To think, you gave up power and status for
a slave bitch. Tell me Kaladan, do you still hear her cries? Do
her screams haunt you even now? Do you still see the looks on the
faces of the men as they took their pleasure of her? Of how they
continued to enjoy her body even after the bitch drew her last
breath."

Kaladan's eyes
suddenly burned red with rage. He opened his mouth bearing his
teeth. "BASTARD!" He roared and hit Mogor's blade with
such force it actually broke half the blade off. Mogor stood in
disbelief at seeing his blade severely damaged. But he didn't get
the chance to ponder the action. The next thing he knew he was
being viciously shoved into the far wall. The blow caused him to
drop his broken sword and he found himself staring into the eyes
of what had become a mad man. The blood lord had been unleashed.

Before Mogor
could raise a hand to defend himself, Kaladan violently began
punching him in the gut. The blows were so hard they literally
knocked the wind out of Mogor's body. Kaladan's fists then made
contact with Mogor's chest. The blows were such that Mogor could
feel ever rib in his body being shattered to pieces. His abillity
to scream was now neutralized as it became increasingly hard for
him to breathe. Bloody foam began to bubble from Mogor's mouth as
the assault continued. The next thing he knew his head was being
violently slammed against the wall. Even through the horned
helmet Mogor wore, there was no protection from the damage being
done.

So lost in his
rage was he that he began pounding Mogor's face with his fists.
Each blow caused damage to a different part of Mogor's face. His
nose was broken, eye sockets broken, jaw fractured in several
places, and every facial bone one could think of was all but
pulverized. He continued until the commander's face was nothing
but a bloody, unrecognizable mess. And even then, he did not
stop. Kaladan slammed Mogor's body to the floor and proceeded to
stomp his torso until the bones were so broken that the upper
torso became just a mass of damaged flesh. At last stomp he let
out an inhuman roar.

Both human and
druel looked on with horror. And at that moment Kaladan looked
down and saw the carnage left in the wake of his rage. He stepped
back aghast at what he'd done. He looked down and saw that Mogor
was quite dead. He would not have been able to survive the savage
beating Kaladan had dealt him. And he certainly felt no remorse
at killing his enemy either. But as he looked on at the horrified
faces of his companions, he shakily stepped back. Falling to his
knees he looked down at his hands. He saw the blood on his hands,
and the gore that had splattered onto his clothes.

"I... I
couldn't stop. I couldn't stop." He gasped over and over.

Genar and
Kezrin cautiously approached Kaladan. They saw the look of shock
upon his face and realized he was himself again.
"Kaladan," Genar said.

Kaladan looked
up. He felt drained of his strength. Both Genar and Kezrin had to
help him up. They looked down at Mogor's broken body. Kaladan
also looked down at the corpse. He looked away with a look that
one could have took for shame. "I...I should not have lost
control in such a manner." He said with a shaken voice.

"He
deserved it." Sven said suddenly. "He deserved every
bit of it."

"Yah, he
did." Lance agreed.

"Still, I
should not have lost control of my emotions. More than my
intended victim could have gotten hurt." He said with a
shudder.

"Come on.
We gotta go check on the princess." Hunk said motioning for
everyone to follow him back to Allura's room.

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

Back in
Allura's bedroom, Coran, Danzar, Leena, Nomey and Pidge were
gathered around the princess. She still had Nanny's body cradled
in her arms. She looked down at her mother figure with tears
pouring from her eyes. She looked for any sign of life even as
she wept. Coran fought to keep his own tears from falling. Nanny
had been a dear, dear friend to the prime mininster. He knelt
down beside Allura and Nanny. He placed two fingers against the
governess's pulse point hoping to find some sign of life. He took
it again at the base of her wrist. Allura watched his expression.
Coran sadly shook his head.

"Allura...you
must let her go. She's...."

"NO!"
Allura screamed hysterically.

"Princess,
she's gone. You must let her go." Coran said trying to bring
Allura back to her senses.

"NO! No
she's not dead! She can't be dead! No! No I won't let her go! Get
her some help! Please!" She continued to scream as tears
poured from her eyes. Tried as he did, Coran could not pull her
away from her nanny's dead body. It took he and Danzar both to
firmly but gently pry Allura away from the corpse.

"No! Let
me go! Let me go!" Allura cried as she struggled. It was all
Pidge could do to keep from breaking down himself. While he was
still a kid, he wanted to remain strong for the princess.

"Coran,
it's...it's not true is it? Nanny, she..."

"She is
gone Pidge. I'm sorry. The wound was too severe for her to
survive. There's nothing we can do. Danzar, we must get Allura
away from here. She needs to be away from the crime scene."
Coran said.

Danzar only
nodded in his agreement. He and Coran walked the shaken and
emotionally distressed princess away from the murder scene. Nomey
and Leena hugged each other for comfort. While they might not
have known Nanny personally, they were saddened none the less at
such a senseless act of murder. Pidge, as shaken as he was,
ushered the two women outside the room.

"Nanny!"
Allura cried over and over.

Not far away
Lotor heard her anguished cries. He and Keith ran toward the
murder scene. With inhuman speed Lotor raced to where Allura was.
He found her crying hysterically shouldered by both Coran and
Danzar. "Allura!" He exclaimed running toward her.

"She's
not hurt. But Nanny...Nanny is dead. Mogor stabbed her through
the heart. Your father and I felt it best to get Allura out of
her room. She's upset enough as it is." Coran explained
trying to keep his composure.

"That
beast! I'll tear him apart!" Lotor yelled as he began to
lose his temper.

"Don't
bother." Said a weary voice. Lotor turned and found Kaladan
accompanied by Kezrin and Genar. "He's dead."

Lotor saw the
blood dripping and spattered upon Kaladan's skin and clothing. He
didn't have to ask how Mogor died. He'd seen what Kaladan was
capable of. While he was dissapointed he did not get to deal out
Mogor's justice, justice had been served none the less. And he
imagined that justice had been tempered with agony and suffering.

"The body
is near the control center. I...apologize for the mess. The beast
pushed me beyond my breaking point." Kaladan replied.

"We'll
get that taken care of." Coran said. He looked over at Avian
and saw the wound on his chest. "You need a doctor to look
at that."

"I'll be
fine." Avian muttered.

"None the
less, you need to be looked at by the doctor." Coran
insisted. He turned to Lotor who now stood in front of Allura.
The prince quickly took her into his arms holding her tightly to
him. "Allura..." He said trying to bring some measure
of comfort to his beloved.

"Bring
her back! Bring her back!" Allura sobbed beating her fists
against Lotor's chest. She could not stop her tears nor her fits
of screaming. The young prince knew she couldn't help her
actions. She wasn't in her right mind. The only thing he knew to
do was hold her close to him and stroke her long blonde hair. He
knew no words he spoke would offer her any comfort. He couldn't
bring back what had been taken from her. And that angered him.
But his anger would have to wait. For now, his love was in pain.
Her heart was broken to pieces and it would take all the support
of her friends to put that broken heart back together.

Coran looked
at Lotor as he did the best he could to comfort the princess.
"Lotor, take Allura and follow me. Doctor Gorma can give her
something to calm her down." Coran instructed.

Lotor looked
toward his father Danzar. "Don't worry about us. We'll be
fine. Allura needs you more right now."

Lotor nodded
and gathered Allura into her arms. While she was no longer
screaming, her sobs were no less controllable. He cradled her
close to him as he walked with Coran to the medical wing of the
castle. Keith was soon joined by Hunk and the others. They all
stood in the doorway looking down at Nanny's body. None could
believe what they were staring at. Avian felt disgust. Kaladan
felt both anger and shock. Kezrin looked away with a sullen
expression. Genar bowed his head whispering a solom prayer. As
soon as he finished he saw Nomey and Leena standing with Pidge
outside the room. Both women were still in shock at what they'd
witnessed.

Genar
approached Nomey and put his arms around her. She began to
silently weep. Leena also let tears drop from her golden eyes.
Neither of the women had known Nanny, but so senseless a death
made them feel sorrow none the less. They felt loss not for
themselves, but for the young princess to whom Nanny had been so
dear. Leena wiped the stray tears from her eyes. She gathered
herself when she saw young Pidge beginning to lose his composure.

"It's not
fair! Nanny might have been overbearing and bossy, but...she
didn't deserve to die!" He cried with tears now streaming
down his cheeks.

"Her
death has been avenged young one." Kaladan said.

Keith looked
over at the red haired druel. "He's dead?" Keith asked.

"Yes."
Kaladan answered.

"Trust me
Keith, he's defintely not gonna be making any come backs."
Lance said.

"Let's...let's
at least get a sheet over the body." Keith replied
cautiously walking into Allura's now ruined bedroom. He stepped
over Nanny's body and grabbed a sheet off Allura's bed. He spread
the sheet over the body trying to be as respectful in the act as
possible. He then exited the room and looked at his companions.

"Sven, go
get the med techs. They'll have to remove the body." Keith
instructed.

"I'm on
my way." Sven said and left hurriedly.

"Hunk,
stay here til the med techs arrive. Tell them what happened and
that there's a body near the control center that also needs to be
removed." Keith continued.

"King
Danzar, I'll take you and yours to the medical wing. You can stay
with Coran and the princess. Pidge, I want you to go with us as
well." He added.

"Keith,
I'm gonna take Kaladan with me so he can get cleaned up. Then
we'll join you up in the medical wing afterwards." Lance
said.

Pidge began to
walk off trying to supress his sobs. He choked and gasped.
Kaladan looked back at him. "You have a right to your tears
boy. But understand that your princess will need your strength. I
know you are still a child, but overcoming your own sorrow to
ease that of others is part of what it is to become a man,
understood?"

"Y...yes
sir." Pidge said trying to straighten himself up.

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

After a while
the med techs retrieved the bodies of Nanny and Mogor and carried
them both to the castle morgue. A funeral for Nanny would have to
be arranged, while that of the Doom commander would be disposed
of in the crematorium. While this was going on, the Voltron
force, along with Danzar and his family all gathered in the
medical wing. With Coran standing by Allura's bedside, they all
gathered around the now sleeping princess. So powerful was her
distress that Doctor Gorma had to give her a strong sedative to
ease her nerves. Coran stood on the right side of her bed, while
Lotor sat at her side on the left. He gazed down upon his beloved
who now slept peacefully. He rubbed his jaw still feeling the
ache of the blow he recieved during his brief scuffle with Mogor.

Keith and his
teammates struggled to keep from showing the truth of their
emotions. They found themselves dealing with so many situations
all at once. They stood and fought along side druels. They were
watching their dearest friend grow closer to the man who had been
their most hated enemy, and now Nanny was dead. But of the three,
Nanny's death was what hit them the hardest.

"We
should let her get some rest. The coming days are going to be
difficult for her." Coran said.

"I agree.
There will be much that needs to be taken care of. I'm sorry we
could not have caught Mogor sooner. A life could have been
spared." Danzar replied solomly.

"We need
to cope with the situation as best we can, and gather all our
strength for storms I am sure will be fourthcoming." Coran
said.

"The team
and I will help Danzar and his group get settled. In the morning
we'll help you get all your belongings settled and see bout
getting the mess outside the castle cleaned up." Keith
suggested with a shrug.

"Thank
you." Danzar answered.

"Let's go
now so the princess can get some rest." Coran said.

As the group
turned to leave, one member stayed behind. Coran looked back and
saw Lotor still sitting at Allura's bedside. He was about to
motion for the young prince to come with them.

"Please,
let me stay with her. I'll send for you if she wakes up. I
just...I don't want her to be alone." Lotor said in a
pleading voice.

Coran looked
at Keith and the others. Then looked back at Lotor. "All
right. It would probably do her well to have someone at her
bedside in case she wakes up distressed." Coran agreed.

"The rest
of you, come with me. Let's get our allies settled, and then I
suggest we try to get some sleep." He finished and led the
group away from Allura's room.

As I said,
this is a pretty emotional chapter. Yes, Nanny gets killed. This
is the event that will pull Lotor and Allura closer together.
While of course all the V force and Coran are upset over Nanny's
murder, it is Allura who is affected the most. Nanny was like
Allura's second mother and now that she's been robbed of that,
her heart is broken. And while the team and Coran certainly are
of comfort to her, they're also having to deal with their own
emotions on the matter and can't be as objective as they need to
be. Lotor on the other hand wasn't emotionally tied to Nanny so
he can be the comforting voice of reason that Allura needs to get
her through this troubling time. And in their spending more time
together, they become even closer and their bond grows stronger.
It's been my experience in life that sometimes tragedy and loss
are what can draw people closest to each other and strengthen
emotional bonds.

Future
chapters will see the Druels of Namoria and the V force plus the
citizens of Arus becoming a unit. The next chapter as I eluded
will deal with the those on Arus trying to deal with Nanny's
death, and see Lotor and Allura growing closer together. But Doom
won't be idle either. Future chapters will see Zarkon beginning
to grow paranoid. The old king will slowly start losing his mind
for a time before the major attacks are to commence. Namely
Zarkon starts hearing voices, thinks people are conspiring
against him...good stuff like that(which isn't going to bode well
for those in his service.)

to be continued...
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