Voltron Next Generation

Chapter 16

Khan's plans

By Cindra

Lilly and Shawn were outside playing in the snow on the castle lawn. Shawn's excuse for the snow play was that he was watching his little sister Sara. He didn't want any of his buddies knowing that he liked spending as much time as he could manage with the youngest princess of the royal family. Lilly was his best friend and had been since he had first laid eyes on her as a baby.

"Shawn Alexander! You're not playing fair!" Lilly threw yet another snowball at him and missed. "The object of this game is to let me hit you with my snowballs! So quit vanishing and let me hit you!"

"Wrong, squirt! I'm supposed to dodge them! You just aren't fast enough to hit me!" Shawn loved teasing her.

"Squirt!" Lilly launched herself at him and they both fell back into the snow. "You may be a few years older than I am, but I can still beat you!" She shoved his face into the snow.

Shawn retaliated by tickling her. "Is that right, Little Flower? Somehow, I don't see that happening." He continued to mercilessly tickle his princess.

"Okay, Shawn!" Lilly gasped for air. "You win! Now please stop!" She tried to wriggle free of him, but they went rolling down the sloping castle lawn.

Sara shook her head, as she watched them make fools of themselves. *And Daddy wanted him to watch me? I am way more mature than he is.*

"Hi, Daddy! I thought that you and Uncle Keith had work to do." She smiled at her father.

"Hi, Princess. You having fun?" He scooped her up into his arms and hugged her.

"I suppose that this is better than being cooped up inside. I'm enjoying making my snow creatures. It's better than rolling around in the snow or having it thrown at me. Hi, Uncle Keith…"

"Hi, Sara. How are your snow sculptures coming along?" Keith was impressed with her works of icy art.

"They happen to be animals and I'm almost finished." Sara, even though only six, was a little genius, and tended to be on the more serious side of things. "I chose animals rather than humans, because animals are far less complicated."

Keith looked over at Darian, as if to say; now you know how it feels. "Well, I happen to think that you've done an excellent job with your snow animals. Now where are Lilly and Shawn?"

"They went rolling down the castle lawn. My brother wasn't playing fairly, so Lilly tackled him to the snow, a tickle match came next, and then they went rolling down the lawn." Sara wanted to get back to her snow animals. "Daddy, please put me down now."

"Will you be okay by yourself for a few minutes, Princess? Keith and I have to go find Lilly and your brother." Darian set her back down on her feet.

"Honestly, Daddy…I am way more grown up than he is! I know when to go inside." She rolled her eyes at him.

"Sorry, Princess. I'm just doing my job." He chuckled.

Night padded over to them and sat down next to Sara.

"Is this better?" Sara hugged the large panther cub.

"We'll be back, Munchkin." Keith headed down the castle lawn.

"At least she only called Night…she could have called half the animals in the forest over to her." Darian sighed in relief.

"I remember those days…" Keith grinned.

(Elsewhere)

Andromeda stifled a yawn, as she surveyed the area for any sign of Khan. "There's no sign of him, Eric." She wished that her six and a half-month-old son would finally sleep through the night.

Eric walked around the remains of Khan's old base. "Did you really expect to find any sign of him?" He ran his hand over his newly grown beard. "I was so far gone that I may have actually killed him."

"Lion? If they did survive they're gonna want payback big time." Andy walked over to him and wrapped her arms around his waist.

"It has been a little too quiet lately…That can only mean that all of them are up to something." He led her back over to their speeders.

"All I want is a nice warm bed and at least ten straight hours of uninterrupted sleep." She climbed onto her speeder and laid her head against the controls.

"My poor lioness…" He noticed that she was almost asleep at the controls.

"Pillow… (Yawn)…sleep." She mumbled.

Eric towed his sleeping wife back home. "Michael has worn you out completely." He sighed, as they entered the entrance to their lair. "It's bedtime for you, my love." He scooped her up into his arms and carried her to their room.

Jenna, Matt, Jace, and Christina were up in the mountains enjoying an afternoon of skiing. (At least two of them were skiing anyway…)

"Jenna Michelle, you did that on purpose!" Matt glared at her, wiping snow from his face.

"No, I did that for fun…this is on purpose!" Jenna playfully pushed him into a snow bank.

Jace and Christina were making out under the cover of a giant snow covered pine tree. "This is definitely better than skiing." She loved being held in Jace's arms.

"Let those two ski. I like holding you in my arms." Jace went to kiss her again, only to get nailed in the face with an icy snowball. "What the hell was that?!" He spit out snow.

"That was a harmless snowball." Christy giggled in amusement.

Just then Jenna sprinted past them with Matt in hot pursuit. "Get back here, Jenna, and take your medicine!"

"Can't you take a joke?" Jenna was not about to let her furious snow covered prince catch her, not in the mood that he was in now.

"Jenna, you are going to pay when I get my hands on you!" Matt snarled.

"I just remembered something that I was supposed to do at the castle." Jenna hopped into Neo and took off.

Kane and Fawn had decided to go cross-country skiing and were unaware that they were being watched by his father's men.

"This is a total blast!" Fawn smiled over at Kane.

Kane skied up next to her. "I agree, but then I love being anywhere as long as it's with, my angel." He kissed her softly on her rosy red cheek.

Fawn instantly became shy and nervous around him and skied a little ways away from him right into Khan's trap. "Kane!" She screamed in terror when a group of masked men appeared out of nowhere.

"Fawn!" Kane all but tore off his skis and took off running towards her. "I'm coming!"

Fawn tried to ski away from them, but one of the men threw a rope out in front of her legs, and she tumbled down a small incline hitting her head on a stone.

"Fawn! No!" Kane roared in fury, as he watched her go down.

"Your father wishes to see you." Derek glared at Kane.

"Tell my father that he can go to hell!" Kane used the steel rod of his ski pole to take out all of Derek's men.

"Not bad, kid, but you're still going." Derek drew his sword.

"Try and make me!" Kane challenged.

"Come quietly and he won't harm Fawn." Another one of Derek's men had Fawn in his arms.

Kane dropped his weapon. "You win…just don't harm her." He went to go check on Fawn, saw that she was hurt and lost it.

"I'll tear you apart for hurting her!" He leaped at the man, only to be knocked unconscious by Derek.

"Let's go," He snarled. "We mustn't keep Khan waiting.

Jace and Christy found themselves stranded on the mountain when Matt jumped into Ty and took off after Jenna.

"Isn't the chateau just down the hill?" Jace asked Christy just as she shoved some snow down his back. "Why you little minx!" He tossed her over his shoulder and headed for the chateau.

"Jacen Michael, put me down."

"Relax and enjoy the view." He gave her a playful swat on the behind.

"And what a gorgeous view it is." She reached down and grabbed playfully at his backside.

Jace had to keep reminding himself that she was a sixteen-year-old innocent who didn't know what her actions could do to a guy. "Don't start something that you can't finish, beautiful." He stopped in front of the chateau.

"What if I wanna start something?" She purred up at him now that he was holding her in his arms.

"Angel, I love you too much to take advantage of you, but that doesn't rule out serious kissing." He entered the security code and carried her into the chateau. "I can't live without being able to kiss or hold you."

"You're no fun." She pouted. "Don't you want me?"

"Sweetheart, you have no idea how much I want you, but you're not ready for that step yet." He carefully set her down on her feet.

"Why, son, it's not like you not to take what you want." Rand walked out of the shadows of the Great Room.

"You are not wanted here, father, so leave." Jace glared at his father.

"Sorry, son, but your make-out session with the little one will have to wait." Rand wasn't about to go anywhere.

"Christina isn't a toy, father! Now apologize to her!"

"Excuse my manners, Princess Christina." Rand mocked his son.

"What do you want, father?!" Jace punched his father across the jaw.

"You," Rand punched him back and Jace went flying out one of the windows. "Kari, amuse the little one for a while, this will only take a minute." He smiled at Kari and then went after his son.

"No! Jacen! Leave him alone!" Christy went to aid her man.

"Christina, no matter what happens you are to stay inside!" Jace ordered her.

"But!" Christy protested.

"Christina! Do as I say! I'll be fine!" Jace was not harmed by his trip through the glass window.

"Don't worry, little one, my husband won't kill him." Kari got up from where she had been sitting on the couch.

"What do you want? How did you get in here?" Christy glared at her.

"We have eyes everywhere…this was almost too easy."

Outside Jace and Rand were having a father and son chat.

"I like having freedom!" Jace landed a blow to Rand's midsection.

"I like being respected!" He punched his father again.

"And above all, I like being able to love someone and have that person return that love willingly!" He went to hit his father again, only to find that Rand had had more than enough, and overpowered him in minutes.

"You always were a weak-minded fool!" He threw Jace through another window and he landed at Christy's feet.

"Jace!" She tried to see how badly that he was hurt, but Kari held her back. "Let me go!" She screamed. "Jacen is hurt!"

"Shut her up!" Rand snarled at Kari.

"Gladly!" Kari shot Christy with a tranq dart.

(Castle of Lions)

Jenna exited the tram, only to find Matt waiting there for her.

"Hello Jenna." Matt pulled her to him for a mind-numbing kiss.

Jenna's eyes widened in shock, as Matt let his hands wander down her body, and felt the urge to hide. "I can't handle this right now." She broke free of him and raced from the control room.

"That was really dumb, Anderson…you scared her out of her mind." Matt muttered to himself, as he chased after his prey.

Jenna raced down the corridor, not noticing the strange looks that her Aunt and Ariel were giving her.

"Jenna, is something wrong?" Ariel called to her cousin, but Jenna continued to flee the castle.

"Jenna, wait! I'm sorry!" Matt chased after her.

"Matthew Alexander! What on Arus did you do to that girl?" Allura stood in front of her nephew.

"Nothing, Aunt Alley…I can't talk right now…" He had to make things right with Jenna, so he raced down the corridor.

"Get back here!"

"I think that things got a little too hot for Jenn." Ariel frowned at her mother.

"Oh dear, let's hope that those two don't act on their feelings or Keith will tear him in two." Allura sighed worriedly.

Jenna raced from the castle to the stables, where she decided to hide in the tact room.

Matt easily found her hiding place.

"Jenna, you okay?" He walked towards her.

Jenna backed up until her back hit the back wall of the small room. "I'm fine, Matt." She answered nervously.

"No you're not, Jenn." He growled softly, as not to startle her.

"I just wasn't expecting you to react like that." He was so close to her and her heart felt like it was about to jump out of her chest.

"I would never hurt you, Jenna…I love you…Let me show you how much." He reached out and ran a finger down her cheek.

Jenna shivered at his touch and felt herself going weak at the knees, as she stared up into his eyes. "I'm scared, Matthew." She whimpered shakily.

"Trust me, Jenna…we'll just take this slow and if anything bothers you we'll stop okay?" He pulled her into his arms.

"I do trust you." She tilted her head back, so she was looking into his eyes. "Love me." She whispered.

Matt kissed her until her toes curled in her boots. "Perfect." He let her go long enough to pick up a soft blanket, and then swept her up into his arms.

"What about the stable hands?" Jenna whimpered when he carried her into one of the empty stalls.

"We're completely alone. The horses aren't allowed to ride in the deep snow." Matt carefully set her down on her feet, so he could spread the blanket out on the nice soft clean hay. He reached out and pulled her down into his arms.

(A little while later)

Shaitan had searched the castle for any sign of his niece or her prince, but had yet to find them, "Where are they?" He was beginning to lose his patience when he spotted two sets of footprints leading to the stables. "So there you are." He headed for the stables.

Jenna snuggled continently in Matt's arms. "I love you, my prince." She purred.

Matt pulled another blanket over them and kissed her. "I love you too, my princess, and I plan on never letting you go."

Cool air rushed through the stables and into their stall just before the lights went out. "Matt! Someone is here and they aren't family?" Jenna hissed.

"I know, Jenn, something isn't right." Matt reached for what he thought were his clothes. "I don't like this."

Jenna grabbed for her clothes and hoped that they were her own. "They're coming this way." She growled.

"If it's Uncle Keith I'm dead." Matt muttered.

"No, it isn't Keith." A voice snarled down at them. "And you had better pray that I didn't interrupt anything." Shaitan stalked over to turn on the main lights.

"Go away, Uncle!"

"I suggest that you both get dressed. This time in your own clothes."

"Why don't you just leave?" Matt snarled.

"You both have two minutes." Shaitan waited for them to get dressed, before shooting them with tranq darts.

(Eric and Andy's place)

Andy tossed and turned in her sleep, as a dark vision plagued her dreams. She watched Fawn and Kane's capture, then Jace and Christina's ordeal with his parents, as she saw Jace being thrown through a window, and finally Jenna and Matt's encounter with Shaitan. He seemed to have interrupted something serious and private between the two young lovers.

"No!" Andy screamed in terror, as she awakened from her nightmare. She found that she was soaked to the skin with sweat and shaking like a leaf.

Eric ran into the room and pulled her trembling body into his arms. "It's okay, angel, you were having a bad dream." He rocked her in his arms.

Andy could still see her friends and knew that it hadn't been just a dream. "Something terrible has happened to the others. They're making their move and they mean business this time." She tried to calm down and concentrate on what she had seen, but all she could see was blackness.

Eric used his link with her to allow himself to see what had frightened her so much. "I don't get it...I mean, why haven't they come after us?" He snarled angrily.

"We have to find them, Eric!" Andy pulled out of his arms and raced for the shower.

"Hal, I want a visual on the location of Jenna, Jace, Matt, Christy, Fawn and Kane and I need it ASAP!" Eric snarled at the Hal's image.

"Their locations are currently unknown! Next time instead of snarling at me just ask!" Hal snarled back.

"What!?" Eric slammed his fist into a console, showering sparks on the stone ground of the lair and rendering Hal silent.

"He was only obeying your orders, Captain! You didn't have to hurt him!" Aurora snapped at Eric, as she tried to access the damage that had been done to Hal. "Big brother, speak to me!" She pleaded with Hal to respond.

Andromeda entered the lair and cried out in horror when she saw that someone had damaged her creation. "Hal! Who did this to you?!" She glared at Eric.

"He taunted me and I was way passed furious, so I punched the console. It was a perfectly natural reaction!" Eric pleaded his case to his very furious wife.

Andy tackled Eric to the workout mat and began to throttle him.

Eric easily pulled her off him and pinned her beneath him on the mat. "I am sorry that I lost my temper with Hal! I only hit the console on the wall! It wasn't anywhere near his main systems. I bet that this is his version of a temper tantrum." He glared down into her furious amber eyes.

Hal's screen reactivated and then his furious face appeared. "Drat the mistress didn't kill you." He sighed in disappointment.

"That wasn't very funny, mister!" Andy hissed at Hal's image then gave Eric her best innocent look. "I'm sorry."

"Later, Andromeda." He promised, "We have to find our missing family members first." Eric pulled them both up to their feet.

As if on cue another voice took over Hal's issuing their demands. "Listen well, princess, because I am only going to say this once. If you ever want to see any of those kids again you and the Captain will come unarmed and alone to the ruins of my old base. If you do not do as I say...these teens will never see the light of day again." Kahn's voice faded and the transmission ended before Hal could trace it.

"Hal, get me a link to my Aunt Myria! Now!" Andy had a bad feeling about all of this.

"I do have feelings you know!" Hal growled.

"Hal!" Andy hissed at him.

"As you wish, Mistress!" Hal had the link established in seconds.

"Andy, someone has taken Patrick!" Myria was in tears.

"So that explains what just happened here." Eric frowned.

"Don't worry, Aunt Myr…Uncle Patrick is fine." Andy hated the fact that Khan now had a more powerful computer than she did.

"Why what's happened?" Myria frowned at her niece.

"Khan just outsmarted, Hal." Eric told her.

"Khan has a super computer?" Myria didn't like that news at all.

"He does now, Aunt Myr, that's why he had Uncle Patrick kidnapped." Andy felt like screaming. "Khan has a greater computer than I do now!"

"That isn't necessarily true…There's Hal's little brother your E and no one has ever seen Ora and she's the ultimate artificial life-form." Eric began to form a plan in his mind.

"Don't worry, Aunt Myr, we'll find him." Andy reassured her.

"Keep me informed, Andy." Myr ended the call.

"What the hell is going on, Andromeda?" Keith stalked into the lair.

"Daddy!" Andy whirled around in surprise.

"Don't Daddy me, young lady!" Keith snarled. "Start talking now!"

"Hello your highness…I'm Aurora." Ora introduced herself.

"Who or what may I ask is that?" Keith eyed the female android with wary eyes.

"This is Rora my newest creation…She is a living breathing artificial life-form." Andy smiled at her father.

"Whatever…now I want some answers."

"The situation is this. Our enemies have Kane, Fawn, Matt, Jenna, Christy, and Jace…Oh and Uncle Patrick. They want us to give ourselves up or they'll kill the kids. That's the bottom line." Eric felt his blood beginning to boil again.

"You are not going alone, its way to dangerous." Keith knew that this had to be a death trap and there was no way that he was sending either of them in there alone.

"We have no choice, Daddy! They told us that we had to go there alone." Andy glared at her father.

"You will be alone…no one will ever know that I am even with you." Keith wasn't about to let them change his mind.

"Khan and Rand would sense you instantly." Eric growled.

"Then I'll tag a long with you instead." Darian growled into Andy's ear and she jumped into Eric's arms.

"I hate it when you do that, Fang face!" Andy glared at him.

"Where did you come from? I didn't even sense that you were in here?" Eric arched a brow at him.

"I came in with Keith and no one can sense me if I don't want them to." Darian winked at them. "Now, let's come up with a plan that will teach them not to mess with our family."

"You're gonna have to look in on the twins and MK before you go or that little boy of yours won't be very happy with you." Keith reminded them.

"Tell me something that I don't know…" Andy groaned.

(A little while later at the castle)

Andy sat in the nursery feeding little Michael his bottle, while she tried to rock him to sleep.

The baby sensed that something wasn't right refused to fall asleep and began to wail at the top of his tiny lungs.

"Eric, he knows." Andy gave her husband a desperate look when MK continued to bawl his eyes out.

Eric walked over carefully picked him up in his arms and went to set him back in the crib. "He's fine, Andy. He just doesn't want us to go." He tried to block his son's angry wails from his mind.

"Michael, please stop crying." Andy pleaded with her son. "We'll be back before you know it so, close your eyes, and go to sleep." Blinking back tears she walked over and placed a gentle kiss on his downy red golden haired head.

Eric kept his feelings in check, as he kissed his son's head.

Michael however continued his wailing.

"We'll be back, Michael. I promise." He placed a pacifier in his son's mouth and followed Andy out of the nursery.

Michael did not like that at all and angrily threw the pacifier, hitting his father in the back of the neck, and continued to wail at the top of his lungs.

The twins waited until their parents had left the nursery to run over and give them a hug. "We love you, Mommy and Daddy." They chorused in unison. "Don't worry we'll keep our baby brother safe." They promised.

"I love you too." Andy hugged them fiercely.

"Be good for your grandma and grandpa." Eric gathered them into his arms.

"We will, Daddy." They giggled. "Can we go play now?"

"Sure, angels." Eric set them down on their feet and they ran off to play.

"Nothing ever fazes them." Andy shook her head in amazement.

"I don't believe it." Eric glanced over at Lilly, who was holding their now calmer son in her arms, while she fed him the rest of his bottle.

"Where are the two of you off to?" Lilly frowned at them.

"Daddy is sending us on an official royal assignment." Andy lied to her baby sister.

"That's right and we have to get going or it's gonna fall through." Eric and Andy vanished from the corridor.

"Something tells me there is more to this than those two are letting on." Lilly looked down at her nephew. "And you, little man, sense the same thing."

Fawn awoke to find herself in a strange yet lavishly decorated bedroom. "Kane?" She whispered softly. "Where are you?" Her head hurt worse with every movement.

"So you're finally awake." Khan walked over to her bedside.

"Where's Kane…" She glared at him.

"My son is unharmed for now." Khan could see what his son saw in this beautiful young creature.

"Don't you dare hurt him? You almost killed him the last time you saw him! So leave him alone!" Fawn glared at him.

"I wouldn't dream of hurting him, my dear. Quite the contrary, I am beyond pleased with all that he has accomplished. He more than made up for his betrayal, by becoming one of my most valuable spies." Kahn smiled at her.

"You're lying!"

"Am I? Just rest for a while…" He smiled at her. "I don't want my son's treasure harmed in any way." Khan left her room.

"He loves me, you monster! He would never betray me!"

Matt awoke to find his sister looking down at him. "Did they hurt you, big brother?" Christy asked worriedly.

"Where are we?" Matt groaned.

"In trouble," Christy worried her bottom lip with her front teeth.

"What!?" Matt was instantly alert.

"They captured Jace, Jenna, and us." Christy filled him in.

"Anyone else?" Matt began to look for a way out the room that they were being held in.

"I think that they also got Kane and Fawn." Christy winced when her brother slammed his fist into the wall.

"We must be the bait for some trap." He snarled.

"But who are they after?" Christy frowned.

"Who do you think, sis…they want Eric and Andy!" Matt hated situations that he had no control over.

"It's that bad?" She whimpered.

"Yeah, sis, it's that bad…we are in major trouble this time." Matt held open his arms and Christy ran into them.

"I'm scared." She whimpered against his chest.

"I'll protect you, after all that's what big brothers are for." He growled.

Jenna was chained to a tall high-backed chair and Jace was chained next to her. They were both wearing their ceremonial clothing.

"What am I wearing?!" Jenna exclaimed, as she took looked down at the body hugging red silk kimono that she was wearing, not to mention the equally expensive jewelry.

Jace took in what they were wearing and frowned. "We look like we're dressed for some boring formal party."

"Why am I dressed like this?" Jenna was getting a bad feeling about this whole situation.

"Dad always said that he was gonna choose who you were going to marry." Jace tried to free himself.

"He can't do that! I already gave myself to Matt!" Jenna snarled.

"You did what?!" Jace felt like killing his new best friend.

"Made love with Matt and enjoyed every second of it too." She sighed happily.

"Jenna, don't go all soft on me now! We have to stay focused on the situation happening right now! That may very well be your last memory of being with Anderson!" Jace all but snarled at her.

"I'll never let anyone touch me! Only Matt has that right!" She glared at him.

"You may not have a choice, Jenn. Pray that Dad doesn't know about this or Matt's a dead man." Jace growled.

Kane paced his father's chambers. "What are you up to Khan and why do you need all of us?" He snarled under his breath.

Shaitan entered the room with little Ryan in tow. "Relax, Kane, you're among friends."

"What are you talking about, Shaitan? You ceased to be my friends when my father tried to kill me and then left me for dead in a ditch!" Kane glared at Shaitan and then looked down at the five-year-old little boy who was hiding behind his father's legs.

"You make the perfect spy. You even fooled Andromeda." Shaitan grinned at him.

"You know Dromi?" Ryan looked up at Kane.

"Who's the kid?" Kane glared at Shaitan.

"I'm Ryan and he's my Daddy." Ryan hugged one of Shaitan's legs.

"Daddy?" Kane arched a brow at Shaitan.

"Yes, kid, I have a son. Morganna was hiding him from me." Shaitan reached down and picked Ryan up in his arms.

"You mean that father had me programmed like one of his men? That must be boring, since all my time is spent with Fawn." Kane smirked.

"How do you think we've been getting into the castle?" Shaitan grinned at him.

"I am not hearing this!" Kane stalked out of the room.

"Go ahead, Kane, you aren't a prisoner here." Shaitan made no attempt to stop him.

"Welcome home, son." Khan met him in the corridor.

Kane grabbed Khan by his robes and shoved him against the wall. "What did you do to me?!"

"I don't know what you're talking about, my son." Khan frowned at him. "Did Derek injure him when he hit him in the head?" He arched a brow at Shaitan.

"Not that I know of," Shaitan shrugged.

"I want to see Fawn and I want to see her now!" Kane was very close to killing his father, regardless if there was a five-year-old innocent watching him.

"Of course you want to see your pet. I assure you that Derek was not supposed to harm her." Khan easily freed himself from his son. "It is time that you took your rightful place by my side."

Kane lost it and started strangling his father. "I'll never be like you nor do I want anything to do with you ever again!"

Khan tried to gain control of his son's mind, but found himself blocked.

"Enough, kid!" Shaitan took control of the situation. "You are scaring my son."

"The hell with all of you!" Kane stalked off to find Fawn.

Khan had to hold onto Shaitan's arm for support. "He has developed a will of his own. I am going to have to change that…" He gasped for air. "But first we have other matters to attend to."

Matt was dragged from his cell and thrown into a room with a wicked looking torture table in it. "I really don't think that I'm gonna like this." He growled.

Rand entered the room and slammed Matt down onto the table. "You are going to wish that you had never touched my daughter!" He had Matt strapped down to the table.

"You can't kill the love that Jenn and I share for each other! Not even if you torture me." He glared up at Rand.

"No, but I can sure as hell try." Rand walked over to a console and flicked some switches.

Matt's screams of agony could be heard echoing down the corridors and Kane came to investigate. "What do you think you are doing?" Kane growled softly.

"Ah, Kane, How about I give you a lesson on torturing someone." Rand grinned at Kane, as he caused Matt even more agony.

Kane wasn't about to go on letting Rand hurt his friend, so he decided to turn the tables on him instead. "Sure, let me have a try." He pushed Rand out of the way and then deactivated Matt's binds.

Matt, having gotten the idea, played along with Kane's plan by screaming in agony.

"I think that I may have done something wrong." He distracted Rand long enough for Matt to get off the table.

Rand looked over at the table to find that Matt had escaped. "That's not possible!"

"Actually it is." Matt shoved Rand onto the table, while Kane activated the binds.

"Any requests?" Kane arched a brow at his friend.

"Let's just find the others and get out of here." Matt could barely stand.

"That's fine by me." Kane flicked on all the switches.

"You traitor!" Rand roared at Kane, as pain began to course through his body.

"Yes and proud of it!" Kane helped Matt to the door. "I'm sorry about all of this, Matt." He sighed.

Matt eyed him in confusion, as they skulked down the corridor. "Why? This wasn't your fault."

"Yes, it was…my father programmed me so I would spy for him." Kane grumbled.

Matt heard someone coming and shoved him into an empty room. "I don't care what they told you, Kane! This wasn't your fault! You didn't know what you were doing! Now quit brooding and help me find the others, so we can all get the hell out of here!" He snarled.

"You're right, Matt. Let's find them, so we can all go home." Kane agreed.

Eric and Andy were escorted into the underground base and then thrown into a holding cell. 'This is just great!' Eric snarled.

'Just calm down and remember the plan.' Andy growled.

"I wonder why those guards rushed into that room." Eric sat down on the cold floor of their cell and then pulled her down onto his lap.

"I don't know, but it sounded like someone was in agony in there." Andy shivered.

"I hate not knowing and I wish we knew the kids were still in one piece." Eric sighed in frustration.

A handsome man dressed in royal finery entered Khan's throne room with Kari.

"Prince Arislan, I would like for you to meet my two wayward children." Kari motioned to Jenna and Jace.

"So this is Jenna? She is even more beautiful than I thought she would be." Arislan's eyes roved over Jenna's figure.

"I believe that you met her when she was being raised by her Grandfather, King Tasian. She is a bit high-strung, but then her beauty overcomes all of that." Kari smiled at him.

"She always was a little spitfire. She was only three when last I saw her, but then I will enjoy taming her." Arislan ran a finger along Jenna's jawbone.

"I agree, she will no doubt honor both of our families with very well-bred children." Kari smiled.

"I have to tell you, Lady Kari. I wasn't the least bit pleased to find out that my betrothed had left her family to begin one with her other family on Arus. I however can and will make her see the error of her ways. Now why don't we go and decide on a proper settlement, so we can begin the wedding plans." Arislan smiled at Kari.

"Right this way, your highness, and after we finish off with some of the little details she will return with you to your planet, so the wedding plans can begin." Kari led him out of the room.

Jenna remained still until the two of them had left the room. "They're selling me to him! What did he mean his betrothed?" Jenna snarled.

"Not if I can help it, Sis, and why did he say that Tasian was our grandfather? Arislan is way more ruthless than our father. There is no way that you are leaving anywhere with him." He used the specially crafted ring on his finger to burn through the chains. "You'll be free in a second." He freed himself of his binds.

"Why the hell didn't you use that laser before!" Jenna snarled at her brother.

"We needed to know what our parents were up to. Right now we need to find the others, so you're going to have to play along with Arislan while I go about finding the others." Jace freed her.

(Are you out of your mind?) Jenna screeched at him.

(We don't have much of a choice, Sis! You are gonna have to keep them off guard while I help the others.) Jace put is foot down.

(All right, but all of them owe me big for this one.) Jenna stalked out of the room.

(That's true, sis, but we have to live for you to collect.) Jace grinned when she turned to give him an icy glare.

(The things I do just to keep all of you in one piece.) She sent back.

Matt and Kane entered Fawn's room and she immediately flew into Kane's arms.

"Your father is an awful man." She whimpered.

"Did he hurt you?" Kane pulled her away from him just enough to see that she was okay.

"No, but he accused you of awful things."

"I would never intentionally harm any of you." He looked down into her eyes. "I did, however swear that I would never hide anything from and I don't plan on starting now."

"What he said was true." Fawn knew that this had to be some horrible mistake.

"My father had me programmed to spy for him, but I had no idea that I was doing it." He prayed that she could forgive him.

"I understand, Kane." She kissed him on the cheek. "I also love and trust you with my life."

"Can we go now? I want to find Jenna and Jace." Matt growled.

"Let's go, but leave all the talking to me." Kane led them out of the room, only to find Shaitan blocking their way.

"Don't even think of it." Shaitan narrowed his eyes at the three of them.

"Or you'll do what, Shaitan? Kill us?" Kane snarled at him. "With Ryan standing there next to you, I don't think so. Let's go find the others." He pushed him out of the way.

"My brother still has your sister and my niece and nephew." He reminded them.

"If he has hurt any of them!" Matt was beginning to see red.

"Jenna has been reunited with her parents and will wed her betrothed. Jace is on probation and Christina won't be harmed." Shaitan glared at them in annoyance.

"Not if I can help it!" Matt went charging off to find Jenna.

"You are so pathetic, Shaitan!" Kane and Fawn went to find Jace and Christy.

"Ryan, go to your room. I have some very important things to do." He looked down at his son.

"Do you hurt people, Daddy?" Ryan asked curiously.

"Only when I have to protect our family," He smiled down at him.

"Okay, Daddy." Ryan ran off to play.

"That was a close one." Shaitan sighed.

Christy had been taken from her cell and then was thrown into a larger more luxurious room, where she was attacked by a group of harem girls. Who immediately began to prepare her for something that she knew she wasn't ready for.

"That's okay…I'm really quite fond of my snowsuit." She protested when she was stripped out of her clothing, bathed in scented waters, carefully dried off, lotioned, draped with jewels, and then dressed in a glorious gown.

Jace had followed some guards, until he had found where they had taken Christy. *What are you up to father?* He thought.

Christy walked into the lavishly decorated bedroom and sat down on the bed. "Please tell me why I've been dressed like this?" She whimpered at the girls, as they began to light and place candles throughout the room.

"For the master's son," One of the girl's bowed to her before she left the room.

"Wait!? Who is your master?!" She shouted.

"Why master Rand of course." The head harem girl smiled.

"You mean that I've been prepared for Jacen Michael?!" She seethed.

"You are his love are you not?" The girl sat down next to her on the bed.

"Yes, I love him." She whispered softly.

"Then what is the problem?" The girl frowned at her in confusion.

"This isn't exactly how I imagined being with him." She sighed in frustration.

"How would you imagine it, princess?" The girl was curious about her answer.

"Well, somewhere private where the two of us are on equal terms, not with me dressed like this!"

"Do not worry, little one. He will be here soon and all of you fears will be but a memory." The girl bowed to her and then left her alone in the room.

Jace drank in the sight of his princess in her revealing white silk gown. "Christina?" He called softly.

Christy jumped off the bed in surprise. "Jacen!…How long…I mean, how much…Oh, this is so humiliating!" She burst into tears.

"You are stunning." He growled hoarsely.

"How many of those young women…um…know you?" She stammered nervously.

"They do not matter to me, Christina. I was different then, you changed me into someone who could actually give and receive love, instead of just taking what they want." He took a few steps closer to her.

"Don't, Jace…I can't think when you look at me like that." She backed up until her back was against the wall.

"Don't let all of this frighten you. I love you and as much as I want to show you how much….I can wait until you are ready for us." He placed a gentle kiss on her forehead, and then turned away from her. "Get dressed, love, we need to find the others."

"They took away all of my things. This is all I have to wear." She didn't know whether to be relieved or angry by his actions.

"Here you can wear my robe." He unbelted his robe and handed it to her.

Christy's pulse quickened, as she took in the sight of her half naked hunk. "No that's okay…I'll be fine with what I have on now." She could barely speak.

"Christina?" Jace became concerned when she tossed the robe back at him. "Do you not want my robe?" He felt as if she had stabbed him.

"No, Jacen, it's not like that at all!" She realized that she had hurt his feelings.

"Then why didn't you want my robe?" His tone was as cold as ice.

"I can't think with you running around half naked! It makes me crazy! Please put it back on!" She began to pace the room.

"Why didn't you say so?" He pulled her to him for a long kissed and then draped his robe over her gown. "We have to make this look good, so just do as I say." He carefully picked her up and set her over his shoulder.

'Jacen Michael! I am not amused!' She hissed.

'Trust Me.' He carried her out of the room passed the guards, "My woman my quarters."

The guards snickered, as he headed down the corridor with his prize.

Jenna walked up to her father and glared at him. "Hello Daddy."

"You're free?" Rand arched a brow at her in surprise.

"Oh honestly, Daddy, you used chains to tie me up the least you could have done was come up with a decent challenge." She rolled her eyes at him.

"Challenge? There was no way that you could have escaped!" Rand grabbed her by the arm and dragged her with him down the corridor.

"Who said that I escaped? You shouldn't underestimate Jace." She smiled serenely up at him.

"Where were you off to? You weren't trying to escape were you?" Rand didn't have time for any of this.

"Escape and be denied a chance to get to know my betrothed." She acted shock that he would have even suggested such a thing to her.

"Arislan will tame your wandering and Prince Matthew will be but a memory." He growled.

Jenna had to stop herself from gagging. "If you say so, father, but then I've only met him while chained to a chair."

"Prince Arislan, meet your future Queen, my beautiful spitfire Jenna Michelle." Rand pushed Jenna into the room.

Jenna forced herself to smile at him when he kissed her hand. "Hello Arislan."

"That's Prince Arislan." He corrected her.

"Oh? My ex-lover is a prince. Perhaps you've heard of him Crowned Prince Matthew Alexander Anderson of the planet Ziare." She acted as if what she was saying was no big deal.

Rand's temper went redline. "Excuse us for a moment." He dragged her out of the room. "You had better be lying, Jenna, or Matt is a dead man!"

"We happen to be engaged, Daddy! What did you expect?" Jenna snarled at him.

"Don't push me, Jenna!" He slapped her hard across her face.

"I love him, Daddy!" She screamed at him. "I am not marrying anyone but Matthew!" She wrenched herself free and ran down the corridor.

"Derek, bring her back here, use as many men as you need." He ordered Khan's Captain of the guards.

"And when we catch her?" Derek growled.

"Have them prepare her for her wedding." Rand snarled.

Eric and Andy were brought into a Kangaroo court. To the left of them was a jury of their enemies. Shaitan and Khan seemed to be heading the lynch mob.

"The trial of Eric Anthony and Andromeda Marie Lawson will now commence." Shaitan called everyone to order.

"Trial?!" Eric and Andy looked at each other.

"You are being charged with defeating our armies, preventing us from capturing the universe, destruction of our property without due cause, the death of the King of Void, and the brainwashing of Kane, Jenna, and Jace." Shaitan read off a list of charges. "How do you plead?"

Eric had a bad feeling about all of this. "Is this a joke?" He frowned at all of them.

"No, Captain, this is a serious trial of life-and-death." Khan snarled. "Now how do you plead?"

"Now wait just one damn minute!" Andy shouted angrily. "If we say not guilty you'll find us guilty anyway! This isn't a trial it's a bloody kangaroo court!"

"The only ones guilty here are all of you. We saved billions of lives by doing everything that you accused us of!" Eric snarled.

"We have also given one of you a chance to know a son that you didn't even know existed! As for brainwashing Kane, Jace, and Jenna, well, that was just them realizing that they had minds of their own!" Andy stalked up to where Shaitan and Khan were sitting.

"Face the facts, gentleman, and I use that term loosely! The only reason that you are doing this is because Eric has something that none of you can ever have and that is me! You want what can never be yours and that is why you will never win!" With that said Andy walked over and stood next to Eric.

All eyes in the room turned to Eric, "What can I say…I've got it and you don't, so acknowledge and move on." He pulled Andy to him for a long kiss.

"Andy! Eric! What are you guys doing here?" Jace and Christy burst into the room.

"Think, Christina, they came to rescue us." Jace playfully swatted her rear.

"Hey, watch your hands, buster that happens to be very delicate property!" She hissed.

"We wouldn't want to damage that now would we?" He rubbed the area that he had swatted.

"Jacen, I am disappointed in you. Don't you even know how to take what you want?" Shaitan glared at his nephew.

Jenna came into the room through another door. "Great! Maybe I should have stayed with Arislan!" She rolled her eyes heavenward, as weapons were aimed in her direction.

"Hey, Jenn, welcome to the party," Andy was relieved to know that they were all okay.

"Three down and four to go," Eric wondered if Darian had found Patrick yet.

All eyes turned towards the third doorway when Kane, Fawn, and Matt made their entrance armed and ready for battle.

"What is going on here?" Matt took in what was happening in the room. "Jenna!" He sighed in relief.

"Guards! Remove them at once!" Khan roared in fury.

"Don't just stand there drooling at Jenna! Start fighting!" Kane dodged guards, as he entered the room.

"Why aren't Eric and Andy fighting?" Fawn was amazed at how he could fight and at how much she had learned about defending herself; she was actually holding her own.

"They were on trial, angel." He filled in some of the blanks. "Hey, you two! Snap out of it and help us!" He shouted at Eric and Andy.

Eric and Andy began to rip through Khan's men like a knife through butter. The only targets that they were after were Shaitan and Khan.

Khan's forces could not handle all of them and the smart badies took what was theirs and fled for their lives.

"You can forget about an alliance! We've decided to retire!" Were their final remarks to Shaitan and Khan.

Darian appeared next to Keith and his army of over a hundred of his elite special forces. "Get ready, Keith, because you are never gonna believe this one." He set Patrick down, so he could check him for injuries. "He's in rough shape, but he'll be fine."

"What is going on down there?" Keith grabbed Darian by his jacket and lifted him off the ground.

"Easy, Keith, everyone is fine." Darian easily broke free of his grip. "Look!"

All the fleeing felons came out of the base and right into Keith and his men.

"Drop your weapons and stay where you are!" Keith snarled at them. "If anyone so much as twitches stun them." He ordered him men.

"We surrender! Don't kill us!" The head felons gave up without a fight.

"I remember them being, so much deadlier when I was Andy's age." He couldn't believe what he was seeing or hearing. "You put the men in your profession to shame."

"You were easy to deal with! All you had was Voltron! Your kid deals with Mortal Combat!" They snarled back.

"Get them out of my sight!" Keith headed into the base.

Arislan grew tired of waiting and went in search of Jenna. He found her by heading where all the commotion was. "I hate being kept waiting." He knocked her out and carried her out of the room.

Matt turned to check on Jenna. "Jenna! No!" He saw Arislan taking away his fiancée and took off after him. "Jace! Someone is taking Jenna!"

Jace gave Christy a quick kiss and told her to stay put. "I will be right back."

"Where are you going?" Christy slammed a kick into one of the guards.

"I have to go rescue my sister!" He shouted back.

"Just be careful! I want you in one piece!" Christy sighed in relief when Keith's forces started converging on the room.

Jace had second thoughts about leaving her on her own and went back into the room. "Christy, are you sure you can handle this?" He shouted at her over the noise.

"I'll be fine! Go save Jenna! Uncle Keith is here, so get going!" Christy blew him a kiss.

Eric and Andy weren't about to let Khan get away. "I don't think so!" He shouted and they followed him into another room and a huge steel door closed behind them.

"Eric! It's a trap!" A laser field was activated above them.

"Well, you've always said that no trap can hold you. Now you're gonna get your chance to prove it." Eric began to focus on the situation at hand.

"This is no ordinary trap. He has an E of his own." Andy noticed a huge screen with a darker image on it.

"Just follow my lead."

Andy followed him, trying to ignore the lethal beams that crackled only inches above their heads. "Eric, I don't like this." She hissed.

"Ignore the lasers and keep going!" Eric snarled in concentration.

"I hate closed in places and this cage is getting smaller by the second!" Andy fought the urge to panic.

"We only have one shot at this, so block out your fear, and concentrate!" He could feel the heat of the lasers as they came closer to his skin. He barely got them out of there before the cage closed in on itself and then disappeared.

"That was fun…I wonder what he's got in store for us next." Andy tried to act like this hadn't fazed her.

"Not bad… I'm actually impressed, but then I've saved this little surprise for last." Khan's face appeared on the huge monitor and two android replicas of Eric and Andy walked into the room.

"I have entered all of your stats into these two droids. If I can't have you as my queen then no one will." Khan's face vanished from the screen.

"Nice going, Andy!" Eric glared at her.

"Me?! You're the one that chased after him!" Andy hissed back.

"You take my droid and I'll take yours…Maybe we'll live to hold our kids again." Eric attacked Andy's droid.

"Michael! Jessie! Jasmine! My babies!" Andy attacked Eric's droid with a vengeance.

"This is so bizarre…remind me not to tick you off." Eric watched, as she eliminated his droid in minutes.

"Move, Lion! I have to get to Michael, he needs me!" Andy didn't stop until her droid was in pieces at her feet. "Now for the computer!" She aimed her weapon at the machine and destroyed it, just as Keith entered with his men.

"Are you two okay?" He eyed them worriedly.

"Dammit, Daddy, what the hell took you so long!" Andy stalked past him.

"What the hell is wrong with her? You chose to take off after Khan without waiting for back up!" Keith glared at Eric.

"Don't snarl at me! She's your daughter! I just married her!" Eric went after his wife.

"I am getting to old for this shit!" Keith chased after Eric.

Arislan carried Jenna to his ship, only to find that her twin was waiting for him.

"Put her down and I may let you live." Jace gave him one chance to do as he said.

"Move, Jace, this is no concern of yours." Arislan growled.

"Wrong! Jenna happens to be my twin! Now drop her!" Jace snarled.

"Jenna has been mine since your grandfather betrothed her to me when she was three-years-old. Now get out of my way." Arislan carefully set Jenna down on the landing platform.

"Wrong again, slime! She's engaged to Matthew!" Jace slammed his fist into Arislan's face, but the man didn't even seem to be fazed by the blow.

"Was that supposed to hurt?" Arislan sent him flying into the side of his ship with just one punch.

"I forgot what this atmosphere does to your metabolism." Jace winced in pain as he sprang back to his feet.

"Move away from my princess, Arislan!" Matt roared at him.

"She's mine, kid!" Arislan sneered. "You couldn't stop me if you wanted to!"

"Arislan! Crawl back under your rock and get the hell off my planet!" Andy appeared behind Matt.

"Hello Andromeda. Where's your pet? The one that you took pity on and married." Arislan's voice oozed with sarcasm.

"Pet?! Why you worthless piece of space garbage! Leave before I tear you apart!" Eric appeared not two feet from where Arislan was standing.

"Did I hit a nerve?" Arislan chuckled.

"Listen, Arislan! I am not the Captain of the forces of Arus for nothing!" He gave him a deadly grin and then sent him flying off the ramp and into a wall.

"Matt?" Jenna whimpered.

"Jenna!" Matt ran over to the ramp and picked her up in his arms. "It's okay, angel. I've got you."

"Get her out of here, Matt." Andy ordered him.

"No! She's mine!" Arislan jumped to his feet, only to find himself being strangled by Jace.

"Wrong, scum, you're dead." Jace snarled.

"Jace! He's not worth it! Christy needs you!" Andy stopped him from killing Arislan.

"Christy!" Jace vanished from the room.

"Get off my planet, Arislan!" Eric physically threw him into his ship.

"This isn't over and not even you will be able to stop me." Arislan snarled at them before he left their planet.

"Let's go home." Eric and Andy vanished from the base.

(Castle of Lions)

Andy cornered Matt and Jenna in the castle library. "How did the two of you end up in the stables?"

"Stables?" They asked in unison.

"Your snow gear was found on a blanket in one of the empty stalls." Andy arched a brow at them.

"Who found our stuff?" Matt asked quietly.

"Daddy sent Uncle Liam after you and he brought back what he found to Daddy." Andy told the two of them.

"We are so dead." Jenna whimpered.

"Looks like." She nodded solemnly.

"Nothing happened." Jenna frowned at her friend.

"Nothing?" Andy gave her her best regal look.

"No nothing happened. Her Uncle showed up before things got serious." Matt stared into Andy's eyes and lied to her.

"Oh please, Matthew Alexander; it's me that you are trying to fool! Don't think that I don't know the two of you are lying through your teeth." Andy glared at them.

"We aren't lying, Dromi, nothing happened!" Jenna snapped.

"You are to report to my father in one hour. I expect you to take whatever punishment he gives you. After all, as you keep telling me nothing happened." Andy narrowed her eyes at them.

"Andy, nothing happened I swear!" Matt was beginning to sweat.

"I was on your side, but you leave me no choice. I'm just going to have to talk to Daddy about the vision that I had. It was about all of you getting captured, so I know all about what happened between the two of you." Andy left them to go find her father.

"This is just great, Jenna! She would have been on our side if you hadn't said that to her!" Matt glared at Jenna.

"Me! I had to do something! You weren't doing anything!" She hissed at him, as he dragged her with him down the hallway.

Keith and Eric were relaxing in the Sunroom.

"He still seems really mad at you." Keith saw how MK was glaring up at his father, who was feeding him his bottle.

"He just wants Andy. I wonder what's keeping her…"

Andy stomped into the room.

"Is something wrong, angel?" Eric eyed her warily.

"They lied to me!" Andy snarled.

"Who lied to you?" Keith arched a brow at his furious daughter.

"Next time they can stay captured for all I care! I am finished getting their tails out of trouble!" She continued to vent her anger.

MK paused from his meal and looked up at his father. :Momma mad.:

:I know that she's mad, son. I just don't know why.: Eric frowned down at him. "Who lied to you, sweetheart?" He asked softly.

"Jenna and Matthew."

"Why would they lie to you, Andromeda?" Keith was beginning to piece together what had happened between Jenna and Matt in the stables.

"Maybe they value their lives. I think that I'll go find Mom." Andy left the room.

"Excuse me, I think that my shadow and I need to have a talk." Keith went after Andy.

:Momma needs long nap.: MK went back to drinking his bottle.

:I agree, son. Momma needs a vacation.: Eric sighed.

Fawn sat in the Sit room and watched as E deprogrammed Kane.

"There you go, Kane, my sensors show no more of Khan's influence." E told him.

"Thanks, Einstein, and remember this is our secret." Kane sighed in relief.

"No problem, my friend, but I still have yet to detect any incident when you were spying for Khan." E frowned at him.

"I told you that Khan was lying." Fawn rushed over and threw her arms around him.

"Marry me, Fawn." Kane growled softly.

"What?" Fawn stared up at him in surprise.

"I believe that Master Kane just asked you to marry him." E grinned.

"I know what he said, E." Fawn glared at the face on the huge screen.

"Just trying to help, princess." E pouted.

"Do you love me, Fawn?" Kane looked down into her eyes.

"Yes, Kane…you know that I love you." She answered softly.

"We could have died today, Fawn!" Kane began to pace the room.

"So now it's let's get married, because we faced death and won?" Fawn glared at him.

"Why the hell not?"

"If you have to ask me why then I suggest that you rethink why you asked me to marry you!" Fawn stomped out of the room.

"Boy, kid, you blew that one big time." E frowned at him.

"How did I do that? I just asked her to marry me!" Kane snarled in frustration.

"Look, I may be a highly advanced AI, but I do believe that you forgot to say three little words." E rolled his eyes at him.

"She knows that I love her!" Kane raked his fingers through his hair in frustration.

"Then I would suggest that you show her." E frowned at him. "Dinner by candlelight, dancing, soft music, flowers….Kane, you can't be serious?"

"I've never had to court anyone before, I didn't have to." Kane sighed in defeat.

"You, my friend, have a lot of work to do." Eric growled softly.

"How long have you been standing there?" Kane glared at Eric.

"Long enough. Khan lied you were never his spy. It's about time that you joined my team and Fawn is like a baby sister to me and I am very protective of her." Eric was dead serious about what he was telling Kane.

"Protective…?" Kane eyed him warily.

"She's a fragile young lady who needs to be treasured and not taken for granted." Eric narrowed his eyes at him.

"I do not take her for granted! I love her!"

"Then I would suggest that you start showing her!"

"Fine! I will!" He stalked out of the room.

:I expect you here at 5am to begin your training.: Eric snarled in his head.

:Whatever!: Kane snarled back.

"God, I'm good." Eric went to go check on Jace and Christy.

Keith followed Andy into his office; where she went to sit down in his chair. "Comfortable?" Keith asked.

"Yes, I've always loved your chair." She smiled at him.

Keith leaned against his desk. "Want to tell me why they lied to you?"

Andy got up and walked over to look out the window. "Have a seat, Daddy." She answered softly.

"That bad, eh." Keith sat down and then reached over to pull her onto his lap.

"Those clothes that Uncle Liam found in the stables…" Andy began to explain her actions.

"Go on, I'm listening." Keith cuddled her closer to him.

"They belong to Matthew and Jenna. That's where Shaitan captured them." Andy could feel her father's temper beginning to rise.

"What else?"

"They went for it in the stables." Andy covered her ears and waited for her dad to lose it.

"They did what!?" Keith roared in fury, violently shoving all the things on his desk onto the floor.

"Matthew Alexander, Jenna Michelle! Get your asses to my office now!" He roared into the castle intercom. "E. Get me Lance!"

"Daddy, remember about your blood pressure." Andy gulped when he glared down at her.

"What's up, buddy?" Lance's image appeared on his monitor.

"Get into your ship and get here now!" Keith snarled at him.

"Why? What happened? You look like you're ready to kill someone." Lance frowned at his best friend.

"Just do it!" Keith ended the call.

"You're not going to kill them are you?" Andy whimpered.

"No, but I am going to make them sorry that they didn't listen to me." Keith kissed her on the top of her head.

"Oh, I get it. Uncle Lance is going to kill them." Andy grinned.

"Precisely. Get in here, you two!" Keith heard them knocking on his door.

Matt and Jenna slowly entered the room.

"You wanted to see us, Uncle Keith?" Matt frowned.

"Sit down." Keith motioned to one of the chairs.

Matt sat down and pulled Jenna down onto his lap. "What's up, Uncle Keith?"

"Is that your snow gear?" Keith motioned to the gear pilled near his desk.

"Yes." Jenna eyed the wreckage on the floor in front of her feet and then looked up at Keith, as he snapped a pencil in two.

"Why was it found in the stables?" Keith snapped yet another pencil between his thumb and forefinger.

"Someone used them for a decoy?" Matt suggested.

"I don't think so. The two of you were seen entering the stables and that is where you were captured. Is that true?" Keith asked a little too calmly.

"So what if we were! Nothing happened!"

"Andy, let me up. I need to ask Jenna a question." Keith waited until Andy left his lap, so he could walk over and look down at his niece. "Is this true, Jenna?"

"We were fighting, he followed me, we made up, and the rest is a pleasant blur." She sighed in defeat.

"Then my uncle showed up, knocked us out, and I woke up in this!" She pointed to her dress, "Chained to a chair! I was then sold to Prince Arislan, until I was rescued by Jace, Matt, Andy, and Eric!" She burst into tears of frustration. "Is that enough for you!?"

"Yes, Jenna, now why don't you go get some rest. While Matt and I have a chat." Keith pulled her up to her feet and gave her a hug. "I'm proud of you, even though you did use bad judgment, and we'll talk more in the morning."

Matt watched as Andy got up to follow Jenna. "It was nice knowing you. Oh, Daddy, don't forget that Uncle Lance is visiting tomorrow." She hugged her father and then left the room. "C'mon, Jenn. I'll fix you a huge hot fudge sundae." She put her arm around Jenn's shoulders.

Jace stood under the spray of the shower and let the water soothe away his aches and pains. "What a day." He turned off the water, only to hear a noise coming from the other room.

*Great…now what… * He wrapped a towel around his waist and went to confront his intruder.

Christy found herself hitting the soft carpeting of Jace's room. "Jace, it's only me." She whispered breathlessly.

Jace lay perfectly still over her trembling form. "Are you all right, dearest?" He was barely able to think, let alone breathe, because their bodies were so close.

She looked up into dark fathomless sapphire blue eyes. "You didn't come to see me, so I came to check on you."

"Not to worry, my love, except for a few sore muscles in my back, I'm fine." He kissed her on her nose.

"Why what happened to your back?"

"The usual, darling," He kissed her soundly, so she wouldn't ask him any more questions then rolled so she was now lying on top of him. He winced in pain when she ran her nails down his back.

"You are not fine! Now go over there and lie down on the bed." She got off him.

"That isn't a good idea, Christina." He eyed her and then the bed.

"If not the bed then lie down over on the other side of the bed." She glared at him.

"Christina, I'll be fine." He assured her.

"Indulge me, Jacen Michael!" She snarled at him.

"Don't get your beautiful feathers all ruffled, darling. I'm going." He got to his feet and went to do as he was told.

"That's much better, now just close your eyes, and relax while my fingers work their magic." She carefully straddled his lower body and began to massage his back.

"Sweetheart, you have magic hands." He sighed, as she worked on his sore back muscles.

She traced the black and blue welts across his back with her fingers. "Is that better?" She asked softly.

"Lower, love." He growled.

"Here?" She asked.

"Yes that's perfect." He purred continently.

Eric came to check on Jace and did a double-take when he saw Christina moving on the other side of Jace's bed and then heard Jace's contented purr. *I am not seeing this! * He panicked and left Jace's quarters.

"I was seeing things…Yes… that is what it was…I must need more sleep. Either that or I need a vacation." He muttered to himself, as he reentered Jace's room.

"More?"

"Yes, love…don't stop you have a heavenly touch."

"I had better not be interrupting anything." Eric tried to keep his cool.

Christy looked up from what she was doing. "Jace, Eric is here." She hissed.

"Hmm?" Jace turned and looked up at her. "Nice try, angel."

"Get up, Jacen Michael!" Eric snarled.

"Oh shit!" Jace jumped to his feet and his towel hit the floor. "Eric, we…that is she was just giving me a massage…I hurt my back fighting Arislan."

Christina's eyes grew as big as saucers, as she took in the view. *Oh wow! He's gorgeous! *

Eric stalked over to Jace's closet and threw him some sweats. "Put these on! Christy is definitely enjoying her view."

"Don't get dressed for me. Who wants to cover such perfection?" She purred.

"Christina Marie, behave!" Eric glared at her. "You are on graveyard with Matt for a month." He told Jace.

"This was all my idea! He hurt his back and I was trying to help him." Christy pouted.

"I know that, Christy! I was there." Eric narrowed his eyes at her. "You can't honestly expect me to believe that nothing was about to happen here."

"Nothing did happen, so why punish us?" She protested.

"Call this preventive medicine." Eric picked her up and carried her out of the room.

~~ End Book two ~~

Here is the final chapter to Book two…And the next chapter will be chapter one of Book Three and the beginning of my spin off story…

That is going to be titled Team Alpha Omega…I needed another outlet for my characters to thrive in…

Kane and Fawn leave for a new beginning on Earth…where this new team is being formed by Jeff…and an unlikely hero that you will meet in Chapter one of Book Three…

I in no way own any of the original characters in this story and the original Voltron. The new characters and robots on the other hand are mine and under no circumstances are they to be used without my permission.
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