Eyes in the sky.

After Mewthree had come and gone, I had put his Token with Sarah's in a locked cupboard in my room. I wanted to keep them somewhere I knew where they were. Afterwards, I had decided to train in hand to hand combat and armed combat. I noticed that I was very used to fighting in my larger form and had neglected my base form as a result.

Standing before Shining, Hammer and Kolivan, I raised my arms.
Voltron, divert quintessence away from motor functions. I want to fight on more equal terms with these three.

Response: Understood. I am diverting quintessence away from your arms and legs and feeding it into our Progression Drive.
Thanks.

"Alright guys. Ready." I called out to the three of them. Luna, who was standing to the side of the sparring area, called out.

"Fighters ready… fight!" She announced. Kolivan and Shining charged forward, Hammer staying in place. Kolivan and Shining both had their awakened luxite blades in hand as they charged at me. Kolivan reached me first. He began with multiple slashes at my chest. I raised my arms to block as Shining ran around to my side. He slashed horizontally at me. I dodged backwards, just avoiding his attack.
Okay, this feels weird. I'm definitely slower.

Using my thrusters, I jumped backwards, away from both of them. As I landed, the ground underneath me shook and cracked open. Hammer Strike had used Flickstone to unbalance me. Kolivan and Shining both charged at me with their swords poised to thrust. I raised my hands and caught the blades, pulling both of them towards me.

Kolivan let go, moving around me. Shining wasn't so lucky, getting pulled towards me. I headbutted him away as I turned to face Kolivan. He picked up his weapon from the ground. Staring me down, he stood with his blade between us.

Both of us charged each other at the same time. Kolivan slashing downwards. Myself throwing a punch at him. Our attacks collided, his sabre bouncing my first away. I kicked out at Kolivan, aiming to wind him.

A pillar of earth shot up between us, I turned to see Hammer Strike charging at me with Flickstone. Using my elbow to shatter the rock wall at Kolivan, I grabbed one of the broken rocks, chucking it at Hammer. Kolivan darted backwards, eyeing me carefully. I felt the rock I threw hit the side of my head, I blocked his hammer with my arm.

Deflecting his attack up with my forearm and elbow, I hit him in the stomach before grabbing his head and kneeing him right in the face. As he recoiled, I grabbed him by his armour and threw him at Kolivan. Suddenly a huge blast of concussive energy slammed into the ground, sending a huge shockwave up, knocking me forward.

"Whoop-" I stumbled before flipping onto my hands with my thrusters, pushing off the ground and landing on my feet. I quickly scanned around me, seeing Hammer and Kolivan in front of me and detecting Shining behind me. With a flash from my thrusters, I charged at Hammer, keeping an eye on Flickstone. I was interrupted by a kick, Kolivan leaping off of my arm.
Shoot, gotta stay aware.

Progression Drive: 20%

I scanned around myself again, seeing Hammer and Shining at my sides and Kolivan falling through the air.

Calculation: Plausible.

I pushed to the side, grabbing Kolivan out of the air. Before he could respond, I threw him at Hammer, spinning into a dodge as Shining charged at me with his luxite blade.

Nine lives: shooting the hundred heads!

Shining slashed at me with blinding speed, delivering nine slashes at my body's joints and neck. The slashes stung.
Increase quintessence output.

With a frenzy of whistling fists, I struck Shining, attacking him in the same spots he attacked me. Shining soared through the air as the force threw him off his feet.
One down.

I turned to Kolivan and Hammer. Kolivan whispered something to Hammer. Hammer nodded, charging at me while Kolivan darted to the side. Keeping an eye on them both, I kept my arms up in preparation of hammer's attacks. Hammer slammed Flickstone into my arms, as he did so, Kolivan darted behind me picking up Shining Armour and darting away.
Oh, making sure Shining is okay. Nice one Kolivan. Little annoying though. We're in a fight here.

Catching Flickstone by its shaft, I bashed Hammer's face with his own hammer before throwing my fist forward, knocking Hammer away. I placed Flickstone on the ground next to me. Squaring up as Hammer recovered, I stood with my fists raised. Kolivan shouted.

“Enough Diego!” He then crossed his arms. “You raised your power against Shining Armour, those strikes could have been fatal, especially the neck. We are stopping before you actually cause serious injury.” He admonished me.

"W-what? I-I didn't… oh wait. I did. But I am sure none of my attacks would have… I'm sorry, Kolivan. I… don't know what came over me." I walked out of the ring, feeling light headed.
What was that? Why was I so… it's nothing. I was just enjoying the fight. So what if I got a little carried away, Shining isn't dead!

"Still, I should go take a na-"

Incoming transmission: Wide range Marmoran frequency.

«…Kolivan or any other Blades who hear this. …y station ha… integrity. Requesting …mediate help! Thi… the Omega Shiel… …tion. We hav… main power an… shield is failing. Please, sen…» The staticky transmission cuts off.
Omega shiel… Omega Shield? The Omega Shield! I remember that episode. Oh no, we have to get there now!

I immediately turn around, running back to the ring.

"Kolivan, emergency!" I called out.

"I heard. We need to get to the Omega Shield station."

"I'll fly there. You take a fast ship through one of the FTL bays. I'll meet you there!" I yelled as I flew into the air, taking out my Bayard and forming my Super-wings. I instantly de-materialized.

Reappearing in space, I scanned for the origin of the transmission. As soon as I found it, I de-materialized again. Appearing seconds later, I saw both the station and the large plates of the Omega Shield floating in space above a large planet. I immediately teleported to the base.

"What's the situation?" I asked.

"Who are you?!" The lieutenant exclaimed as he pointed a weapon at me. He looked familiar.

"I'm Diego. I'm with the Blades. I've come to help." I explained, looking at the state of the station. It didn't look damaged but only the emergency lights were on and only a handful of consoles were active.

"Ah yes. The white knight." The lieutenant said. A larger galra, whom I assumed is the commander, pushed the lieutenant's gun down.

"Stand down. He is here to protect us." The commander ordered. The commander looked slightly familiar as well. "Sir Diego, thank you for arriving so quickly. The station suddenly lost all power and the Omega shield has deactivated. The locking clamps have also disengaged, causing the shield to fall apart. We are unable to reassemble it. Can you help us?" The commander asked. I recognised his voice. He was Commander Bogh. The same as the one from the episode. Which meant the lieutenant was lieutenant Lahn.
Wow. First Kolivan, now these two. Let's hope Lahn doesn't do what he did in the series.

"Alright. Do you know how it lost power?" I asked.

"No sir. The core just shut down after the last solar flare." Bogh answered.

"Could it have been radiation damage?" I continued.

"The entire base is radiation shielded, including the shield. Both wouldn't have just suddenly been damaged at the same time." Lahn answered.

"Okay, could the core have been disconnected?"

"The shield generator plates would still be active, even if the station stopped working." Lahn answered again.

"Lahn, I order you to be silent!" Bogh ordered. Lahn resorted to glaring at me. "Forgive him, he can be troublesome." Bogh apologized.

"It's fine. I understand. Is there any way to get the core or the plates back online?" I asked.

"We've been trying but we can't get access and the shield plates are drifting farther and farther apart." Bogh responded.

"Leave the access to me." I said as I approached the main console. Lahn looked like he wanted to object but Bogh discouraged him. Placing my hand on the console, I powered it up and accessed the core computer.
Activate self-destruct.

The lights around us all turned on.

"There. Now, I'll see if-" The lights all flashed red.

«SELF-DESTRUCT HAS BEEN ACTIVATED. EVACUATE THE BASE IMMEDIATELY.»

The intercom blared.

"Who activated the self-destruct?!" Lahn exclaimed. A Sentinel answered.

"Self-destruct was activated by an unknown virus. Countdown cannot be aborted." The machine reported.

"Virus?!" Lahn exclaimed.

"That must be what caused the deactivation. I'll try and stop it!" I said, re-accessing the mainframe.

"No! You have done enough-" Lahn was interrupted by commander Bogh.

"Lieutenant Lahn, I order you to return to your post!" Bogh yelled. Lahn looked at him for a second as the lights continued to flash red. He pulled out his weapon again and aimed at Bogh.

"In the name of Lord Zarkon, I am assuming command." He announced.

"What? You're a member of Zarkon's faithful? Did you place this virus?!" Bogh questioned.

"No but I know that he will be the reason it destroys us." Lahn said, looking at me. I continued working on the computer, keeping an eye on Lahn at the same time.

"Lahn, this is treason. If you don't-" Bogh began.

"No! This is truth. This thing is nothing but a danger and a usurper." Lahn said, pointing his weapon at me. I had to laugh.

"Ha! Pot calling the kettle black? Zarkon killed millions and stole from billions. The universe is better with him and Sendak dead. Now if you'll excuse me…" I trailed off as the self-destruct turned off, returning the base and lights to normal.

"I have a shield to fix. I've reactivated the shield, it'll start reassembling itself. I couldn't find any virus though. I'm guessing it deleted itself. The only thing wrong now is that the shield won't be able to reassemble itself fast enough to stop the next solar flare in four doboshes so I'm going out to give the pieces a push." I declared before facing Lahn. "What will it be, Lahn? A foolish warlord and murderer or a galra who used his head?" I asked him.

He looked at me with his pistol pointed at me for a few seconds before dropping it, kneeling down on the ground, defeatedly.

"Forgive me, Zarkon." Lahn said.

"Zarkon wouldn't forgive you. I would." I said as I walked by. Activating my Super-wings again, I teleported outside. I unmerged my Bayard from my wings.

ENGAGE.

Diego flew out to the separated hexagonal shapes.

DIVIDE.

Separating into six pieces, Diego flew behind the six outer segments of the shield, aligning them with the seventh inner piece. He could see the solar flare approaching and knew he had to hurry. The pieces slammed together, clamps activating and locking them together. Diego's six pieces came together under the main segment of the shield, interfacing with it.

Disengage.

Activate in ten doboshes.
Flying away from the giant shield generator, I waited for it to turn on.
Why isn't anything- The shield activated, just in time to deflect the solar flare.
What the heck? Talk about by the skin of… oh wait. Ah nevermind, let's go. I flew back to the station, teleporting inside again.

"Shield is back up and running." I said as I sheathed my Bayard.

"Excellent. Thank you, sir Diego." Bogh said.

"You're welcome. Where's Lahn?" I asked.

"In the brig for treason." Bogh answered.

"I see." I said.

«Diego. We've arrived.» I heard Kolivan in my ear.

"Where ya been? You missed everything." I announced.

Quickly describing everything that happened, I left the base, accompanying Kolivan back to Mystacor.

We materialized above the planet. Looking down on it, I took a moment to appreciate the view.
Home sweet home. Safe and sound.

«Second. Report.»

"The plan was a resounding success, First. The glass is shattered and the pieces will fall."

«Excellent. Stay tuned for more.»

Author's Note

Well, you heard him. Stay tuned.