"He was struck down by the black bayard, the one that he was destined to wield, it was the ultimate betrayal," Allura explained sullenly. "As you can imagine, Alluran was devastated, he was unable to do anything in his grief, and simply wasted away, it was cruelty beyond anything I've ever seen,"

"They really were meant to be, he couldn't live without him," Coran added. The group looked dejectedly at the floor, unable to comprehend the evil of their enemy.

"Thats terrible," They heard Lance say in a quiet voice. They turned to him and saw that there were tears rolling down his face.

"Lance! Are you alright?" Shiro asked from his side. He placed his hand on Lance's shoulder to anchor him. Lance turned his wet face toward the man.

"I think so, I'm not really sure why I'm crying though; when I heard how they died, I just felt so sad," He answered before giving the leader a small smile. "I'll be okay though, I'm sort of used to crying,"

"What?" Shiro asked after a moment's hesitation, but it was overshadowed by Lance suddenly yelling.

"Shouldn't we be training or something now!" He jumped away from Shiro and toward the two Alteans. "I mean I could always go back to chilling on the couch," he added.

"We could all use some extra training after telling all of you more of what Zarkon is capable of," Allura agreed nodding her head. Hunk and Pidge both groaned before shooting small glares towards Lance who only shrugged his shoulders and laughed.

"Get to your lions paladins, we'll be working on drills; this time with the Castle's defences," Allura announced. "And don't come back in without forming Voltron a few times, unlike last time,"

"Yes, Ma'am," Lance grinned shooting her a salute and running off towards the hanger. "Last one in their lion has to eat Coran's food for the next three quintents!" He shouted just after passing the door frame. Immediately Hunk and Pidge took off after him.

"No fair you had a head start!" They heard Hunk's voice wail from the hallway. Allura giggled glancing at Coran who had a disgruntled expression on his face.

"Hmph! My meals are exceptional and nutritious! Boy doesn't know what he's talking about!" He grumbled slinking out of the deck, arms crossed in front of his chest. Allura continued giggling as she followed him up to the control bridge. Shiro stayed in place looking after the place where Lance left, lost in his own thoughts.

"Shiro? Are you coming?" Keith asked looking back from the entrance. Shiro shook his head and nodded before walking over to join Keith on the walk to the hangers.

"Are you okay?" Keith asked after a short bout of silence.

"Yes, why?" Shiro replied raising an eyebrow toward him. Keith shrugged his shoulders and broke eye contact with the leader.

"Well, a lot of crazy stuff just happened, I mean we basically found out that you and Lance were in love at another time," Keith stated. Shiro's head whipped towards him again, a red tinge highlighting his face.

"NO WE DIDN'T!" He yelled, Keith jerked back in surprise at the outburst of the normally calm paladin.

"Oh come on Shiro, you have to admit that there are too many coincidences here," Keith started. 

"Blue and black paladins, one an expert marksman, the other a highly trained combat specialist, not to mention you have the same goddamn faces,"

"We do not,"

"Shiro."

"...they have marks,"
Keith only looked at him blankly before turning off into the next hall, instead of continuing in the main one with Shiro.

"Hurry up guys, we're burning day light here!" Lance's voice came through the coms in their helmets.

"Lance, we're in space, there is no daylight here," Pidge piped up.

"Whatever Pidgeon,"

Shiro let a wide grin slip across his face as he fell into a run towards Black's hanger. Soon enough he was going up the ramp and sitting himself down in the pilot's seat. However, as soon as he gripped the controls, he felt a jolt travel through his body and he was not where he was supposed to be. The cockpit of his lion faded away, making him fall several metres to the ground. He landed with an 'omph' and slowly sat up rubbing his head to try and make the pain fade. He noticed not too far away from him were a set of heavy black boots, he glanced up and his eyes widened.

"What? He breathed out. "Aren't you... Sheeva?"