Post by GoseiYellow on Jul 11, 2019 23:32:36 GMT -5
So I have been working on this little PR project, more like a PR crossover fanfiction and I've decided that I can bring it here to see if anyone likes it. I am currently working on the chapters and posting them on FanFiction.net and decided to spread it here on RangerCrew. Hope ya like!
POWER RANGERS CRYSTAL BEASTS
Written by GoseiYellow
POWER RANGERS CRYSTAL BEASTS
Written by GoseiYellow
Disclaimers
POWER RANGERS © Haim Saban, Hasbro & Nickelodeon
POWER RANGERS CRYSTAL BEASTS © KuroganeBlade/SkyeLinkHyrule. FanFiction.Net
VARIOUS TV SHOWS © Nickelodeon, DreamWorks Animation, etc
Warnings: This is a Power Rangers/Cartoon X-Overs crossover series and this fanfiction is rated PG-14+ meaning that this is an AU and there will be swearing and fantasy violence. There will be some pairings as well in the story, but there won’t be any NSFW scenes since this is a PR crossover fanfic.
Summary: Mystical relics called the Crystal Gems and the Gem Beasts have been sent to the other side of the galaxy. One of them was found on a mysterious planet, and the others were found on Earth and they were given amazing powers. As an enemy seeks on stealing the Gems and the Beasts for their power, these five unlikely heroes will step up and become the next team of the legendary defenders: the Power Rangers.
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Chapter One: Light of the Gems, Part I – Prologue
“Lies!” Gaaron snarled back. “I had everything, a pedestal! I wanted to do something more with my power than just protect your precious little people. I desired it all: Domination. Control. Invincibility. An ambition that I've always pictured, and you took that from me, you and those traitors took all that away from me. And now I have returned to reclaim what is rightfully mine!”
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“Man, that was one hell of a stay! Who woulda though Dradin would get so excited over us after showing up?”
As the ‘fight' continued, Shiro enters the training deck to see Keith in his fighting stance, gripping onto his sword and panting heavily as sweat poured from his head. The sounds of his sword clinging with he robots rang and Keith lets out a battle cry as he managed to defeat the robot, deactivating it in the process. Feeling worn out and sleepy, Keith turned on his heel to leave the training deck only to be met by Shiro who was leaning against the wall.
"Sorry, you had to see me like this, Shiro. I can't get it out of my head… and it's affecting me a bit. I don't know what the hell is going on and I don't know why I'm having this dream."
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Chapter One: Light of the Gems, Part I – Prologue
Eons ago, the people of planet Fala located in the Jarre system were suffering from the attacks from invading enemies that came from different horizons of the galaxy. Due to its loss of their soldiers, the defense system of the Fala had been on the decline and its peoples' lives were put in higher risk as well as the different planetary systems of the galaxy. When all hope was lost, the royal division discovered a mysterious source of crystal energy emerging from the depths of the Falan terrain. Discovering how powerful the source was, it was their light of hope. With the help of their druids, the royal family collected enough energy and created ten mystical gemstones and ten colossal robotic animals.
The main five of the gemstones were created with the five elements that represent and make the world around us. Those elements are fire, wind, water, lightning, and flowers, each gem possessing a different elemental ability to be used for bringing balance to the galaxy and the main five colossal robots that were built, took the forms of five animal forms of a lion, a pegasus, a dragon, an eagle, and a tiger. Seeing that they were their light of hope, the people of Fala throws an event where they have announced to the systems that they are selecting an elite team of strong individuals who will take on the power of the newly dubbed Crystal Gems and Gem Beasts.
Many diverse civilizations had come for this special event from planet Eltar to the birthplace of Voltron, Altea, to participate in this festivity to show the people their determination and strength to prove worthy to the Gems and the Beasts. Although, all of the participants had shown off what they could offer to the people of Fala, only five of them were chosen to possess the power of the Crystal Gems and have to take on the oath, where they use the power of the Gems and the Beasts to protect and serve the galaxy.
Each warrior was granted special armor and weapons created from the energy and essence of the Crystal Gems, not to mention each of them having their respective color. They were given their names to show the representation of which Gem and Gem Beast they are affiliated with and gave them the names to show their heroism. With these new powers, these new heroes were known as the Crystal Paladins, protectors of the universe. For the next early years, the Crystal Paladins have defended Fala and its people with their new powers and the Gem Beasts and the other planets of its system, and the five warriors have developed a deep friendship as they fought together, a bond that brings honor to the systems of the galaxy.
However, things started to change within the team as the years went by for one Paladin started to change. His name was Gaaron, an Altean chosen to lead the team, became mesmerized with the power of the Crystal Gems and the Gem Beasts, and soon started to realize that he wanted more. He wanted to do something more than just protect the weak, he wanted to bring domination to all of the systems of the galaxy as well as planet Fala. This caused a complete rift within the team and it brought a large strain to their bond. When the Crystal Paladins tried to reason with him, but Gaaron wouldn't listen and one of the Gem Beasts, the Ruby Lion started to sense the darkness within the leader's heart.
Alerting the royal division, King Arick, the ruler of planet Fala, who was also of Altean descent demanded Gaaron to give up his Crystal Gem, but the Paladin refused and unleashed an attack on the kingdom. Seeing the corruption as the Gem Beasts had sensed, the King faced Gaaron and rose victorious after delivering the last blow. After Gaaron's defeat, the King forbade him to get into possession of the Ruby Gem and banished him from Fala, leaving the remaining four Crystal Paladins to stand and protect Fala from upcoming enemies.
During his banishment, Gaaron swore to get his revenge as he served his time in a deserted terrestrial planet where it was nothing but pure emptiness around him. However, he soon discovers a great source of dark energy emerging from the deep terrains. It wasn't crystal energy, but it was powerful enough for Gaaron to become fascinated by its power and with just one touch, the energy consumed him and he was completely changed inside and out. Feeling the change within himself, Gaaron felt ready to pay a visit to his former home planet.
Years had passed for the people of Fala for they have welcomed a new team of Crystal Paladins after the first team disbanded after defending the planet since Gaaron’s banishment and congratulated King Arick’s only son, Prince Zargo in becoming the Ruby Paladin to lead the team in protecting the planet. However as the days went by, Gaaron makes a return to the planet and everyone was shocked on how he changed throughout the years and how he remained alive at the same time and without any warning, he unleashed a massive attack on the planet, killing most of the planet's population without showing any mercy.
But Gaaron took down every single of the warriors in one fatal blow, taking every last drop of life out of them and bringing cries of horror from the five Gem Beasts as they watch their partners meet their demise, leaving King Arick and Prince Zargo looking in complete shock and horror.
“It's such a shame that someone like you would have someone take something that's mine," Gaaron chided darkly, shooting a seething glare at the Falan Altean, who could see the corruption within his gaze.
“I have not, Gaaron. I have chosen you because you had the potential, the strength, the heart, and mind. You were given the pledge to stand by the Crystal Paladins and protect the innocent of Fala and the universe, and you've taken advantage of the bond of your team and the trust of the Gem Beasts," Arick thundered out, showing his complete detest. "You've shown me that you're not worthy of being a Crystal Paladin because of your selfish delusions."
“Lies!” Gaaron snarled back. “I had everything, a pedestal! I wanted to do something more with my power than just protect your precious little people. I desired it all: Domination. Control. Invincibility. An ambition that I've always pictured, and you took that from me, you and those traitors took all that away from me. And now I have returned to reclaim what is rightfully mine!”
With a vicious roar, Gaaron released another attack on the planet once more and Zargo jumped into the battle, realizing that he was the only person standing after seeing his team fall into their demise. It was a one-on-one duel, but Gaaron didn’t care that he didn’t have any weapons. His dark power was strong enough to outnumber Zargo and mortally wound him much to Arick’s horror. As Gaaron’s victory was reaching to its prime, Arick realized the only way to stop him is to summon the Gem Beasts, but Zargo refused, only to inform the King that it’ll be easy for Gaaron possess.
Despite his father’s protests, Zargo used every bit of his power he had left, putting his father under suspended animation. With hope running out, the young Falan prince used the last of his Altean magic and scattered the ten Crystal Gems, meaning his own, across the galaxy and beyond.
King Arick, who was now in a deep sleep was also sent out of Fala as the planet falls into Gaaron’s hands and Zargo dies in the battlefield after his powers were withered away. The ten Gems and Gem Beasts soon separate, the main five: the Ruby Gem and its Beast reached to a planet in a different galaxy while the remaining four reached to the Milky Way galaxy where they crash landed on Earth.
It would take more than 50,000 years for these mystical relics to resurface for Gaaron who had also vanished after the attack, begins his search for the Gems and the Beasts… until now. This is the story of how the Gems were found by a group of young individuals find the Gems and are given the power to battle Gaaron as an elite team of legendary superheroes we all know and love.
With the weapons and the Beasts, these heroes will stop at nothing to keep the universe safe.
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-Years Later-
In the vastness of the galaxy, there was a large spaceship that climbed through the large starfield of space filled with its beautiful alien planets. The spaceship was none other than the Castle of Lions, which was the home base of the Paladins of the legendary defender, Voltron under the lead of Princess Allura of Altea and her royal adviser, Coran. They rested inside of the lounge room and the first person, Lance McClain lets out a whooping cheer as excitement was shown on his face.
“Man, that was one hell of a stay! Who woulda though Dradin would get so excited over us after showing up?”
“That may be true… but you really have a habit in getting all of those women to pay attention to you, Lance," Allura shot a glare at the Blue Paladin, who gave her a wide smile. "What do you expect, Allura? All of the ladies love a hero… although my heart is only made for one person. Right?" Lance winked at the female Altean who just rolled her eyes.
“Don’t even try, Lance,” she spoke curtly, turning away from the Blue Paladin, leaving his smile faltering.
“Once again, loverboy… you just got shot down,” Hunk Garrett mused, giving the dejected Lance a pat on the back who just groaned.
“Oh, shut up, Hunk.”
“Yeah sure, but didn’t you see how amazing I was on those arcade games? I’ve gotten the highest scores when I was playing Galaga!” Pidge Gunderson, her real name being Katie Holt geeked out, her eyes glistening through her eyes. “I couldn’t resist playing the classics!”
“Yeah.. you sure had a lot of fun, Pidge,” Lance said slyly.
“Says the one who got rejected… the umpteenth time," Pidge shot back with a smirk, sending another pang through Lance's chest.
“Okay, okay, guys. We all had fun at Dradin… even though the crowd was a bit out of control when we landed on the planet,” Black Paladin, Takashi “Shiro” Shirogane exclaimed with a smile. “Has it always been like that for the previous Paladins?”
“Yes, it has, Shiro,” Coran said with a smile, “Because of their bravery and determination in protecting the systems in the galaxy, they were welcomed with open arms, and before his corruption, Zarkon was quite of what you humans call, ‘girl-magnet’.”
“Heh, Zarkon must be very lucky then,” Hunk commented. “Even though...”
“It has been a while since we defeated him and the Galra Empire as a whole. Our battle on Earth was great, but it was indeed bittersweet. We nearly lost, but it was the lions that kept all five of us together. It’s really sad that we couldn’t stay on Earth for a long time,” Shiro added to Hunk’s extended sentence. “The galaxy needed the Paladin’s protection.”
“Speaking of which, where’s Keith?” Pidge inquired while fixing her glasses.
“Yeah, he wasn’t with us when we landed,” Hunk said in agreement. “You don’t think that he’s...”
“Come on, Hunk. You know Keith, he’s probably at the training deck playing swordsman… like he usually does,” Lance gibed.
“Now that I think about it, he has been acting a little strange,” Allura said. “I don’t know why, but he keeps going the training deck throughout our whole trip through the galaxy.”
“Maybe it’s because he wanted to keep himself occupied?” Hunk guessed out.
“That’s not the best answer, big guy,” Pidge interjected.
“Well, whatever the reason is… Keith is really missing out on the fun everyone is having here," Coran piped up as he smiled. "Now that we're going to be travelling through the galaxy, we're going to be getting some sleep. We've had a wonderful time at Dradin and we're going to have a more wonderful time once we get to our next destination."
“And where will you be taking us this time, Coran?” Shiro questioned.
“Why planet Aoloa of course!” Coran exclaimed in enthusiasm.
“Planet Aoloa? Is it gonna be like Dradin?” Hunk inquired.
“You can say that, but it’s actually a tropical planet rather than a resort planet and a fan favorite of the original Paladins. It’s known for its enormous islands, sandy beaches and its weather is nearly perfect! The native Aoloans are very welcoming and their cuisine is completely phenomenal.”
“Did you say cuisine!?” Hunk’s eye lit up almost immediately and his mouth watering. “What are we waiting for, let go there right now!”
“Hold on, we had just left Dradin and it’s going to take a day to get there. We’re going to be getting good rest if we want to make a good impression on the Aoloans for they are known for their positive attitude,” Coran interjected.
“Coran's right, Paladins. We had a lot of fun in Dradin and we have hours ahead until we reach the planet. Think it will be the best time to get some shut-eye," Allura went after before letting out a yawn. "Including myself."
“You’re right, Princess. We are very worn out from the craziness that happened and don’t want to miss this opportunity,” Shiro said and turned to the other Paladins. “You heard the princess, guys, time to hit the hay.”
“Huh? Already?” Lance questioned in a pouting manner.
“Yes, Lance. We don’t want the princess to scold us for staying up too late, do you?” Shiro said, raising a brow while smiling.
“Fine..." As Hunk, Lance, and Pidge soon leave the lounge room, Shiro was stopped by Allura, who grabbed him by the wrist, making him whirl his head to see the Princess gazing at him with her blue eyes.
“You better check to see if Keith is okay. He's been in the training deck for a long time and we really want him to get some rest so he can join us this time," she whispered and the Black Paladin nodded, his smile remaining.
“Of course, Princess. You should get some sleep too.”
Just as Allura leaves, Shiro lets out a soft sigh, running his fingers through his black hair, “He’s not too far from here,” he said to himself and walked out of the lounge room and walked the direction where the training deck was located.
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Loud clashing sounds were heard from the inside of the training deck as Red Paladin Keith was seen fighting head to head with one of the training robots. Swinging his Red Bayard at the mechanical opponent, the mullethead’s yells echoed the deck as he charged towards the robot, lunged right at him with its staff, ready to inflict its first blow on the half-Galra. Keith furrowed his brows and makes dodge by rolling over the side and leaping forward, catching the robot off guard by slashing it from behind. The robot whipped around, its single eye glaring at the Paladin and makes another attack which was blocked and deflected.
As the ‘fight' continued, Shiro enters the training deck to see Keith in his fighting stance, gripping onto his sword and panting heavily as sweat poured from his head. The sounds of his sword clinging with he robots rang and Keith lets out a battle cry as he managed to defeat the robot, deactivating it in the process. Feeling worn out and sleepy, Keith turned on his heel to leave the training deck only to be met by Shiro who was leaning against the wall.
“S-Shiro!”
“So, this is where you were, huh? We really wanted you to join us back in Dradin but you never showed up,” Shiro said as he walked up to Keith. “Are you okay?”
“Sorry, I haven’t gotten any sleep lately, Shiro, I keep having this weird dream.”
Shiro raised a brow, “A dream? That’s why you weren’t there with us?” he inquired.
“Yeah, I didn’t mean to leave you guys out like that, but it’s like this dream was telling me something. Something that I have never heard of before,” Keith replied back.
“Sounds pretty serious,” Shiro said and the Red Paladin sighed once more.
"Sorry, you had to see me like this, Shiro. I can't get it out of my head… and it's affecting me a bit. I don't know what the hell is going on and I don't know why I'm having this dream."
“Hey, hey… no need to all worked up about it, okay?” Shiro consoled the mullethead. “Listen, why don’t you head on to bed? It’s really late and it’s best that you try to get some energy for tomorrow. We’re heading to Aoloa and we really want you to be there with us this time.”
Feeling the tiredness overcoming him, Keith couldn't protest. It was already late and everyone else has gone to bed.
“Alright, Shiro… I really don’t know how, but it’s wearing me out.”
Shiro smiled before planting a kiss on Keith’s forehead, “It’ll be alright, Keith. Just try to get some sleep, okay?”
“Yeah, sure,” Keith mumbled as he walked out of the training deck, blushing slightly.
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In a vast forest, the sounds of animals were heard in loud echoes, loud enough for Keith to hear, for he was inside the forest, his boots crunching through the dead leaves and bark along the way. His eyes scanned through the tall trees and large shrubs as a look of confusion was shown, mixed with fascination.
“Whoa… what is this place?” he said to himself, but then suddenly, a loud roar echoed through the forests, picking up his ears and the Red Paladin turned around to see where the sound was coming from. He started to go one single path through the forest until he is met with a large Greek-like palace once he had exited the planted haven and he was nearly floored when he saw how big it was. As he walked inside, he was met with a bright red glow in which came from what it looked like a large red robotic lion that sat boldly while glowing brightly.
The robot was a lot bigger than his Red Lion and it had a large golden mane that shone in its allure. Its body sparkled like crystal and on its forehead looked like a red gemstone in a shape of a reuleaux triangle. Its piercing yellow eyes looked downwards at Keith as a low growl was heard from him.
The mullethead felt his throat go dry as he slowly started to walk up towards the robot lion, but as he started to take another step, he felt strong winds squalling across the palace. Keith started to shield his face to protect himself from the gales. As he looked up he sees a dark object and it was heading straight for him!
Keith screamed as the dark object started to get closer to him and soon, everything turned completely black.
Keith jolts upwards and he finds himself in his bedroom while the other Paladins were fast asleep. Panting heavily and sweat slowly rolling down from his face, the Paladin sighed heavily, his eyes narrowing, but not in an angry manner, it was something else that even he can’t describe it.
“Not again…,” he winced out.
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As the morning came, the Castle-ship makes its arrival in planet Aoloa by descending into its atmosphere and the Paladins were in complete amazement of how beautiful it looked. Inside the planet was nothing but large islands with many cities and resorts. By the time they landed, they arrived at a large island which had a beautiful resort in which most of the guests who were staying there noticed the Castle and their eyes lit with complete excitement. The Paladins step off the ship and they were met with the warmth of the planet's sun and the team, minus Shiro was completely dressed in complete summer wear.
“Welcome to Aoloa, Paladins!" Coran beamed. "Hope you all slept well because we're going to having a very fun vacation here!"
“Alright! Who’s ready to hit the waves and get some babes?” Lance asked with a smile.
“Forget that! Where’s the buffet?” Hunk chomped, his mouth slowly drooling as he felt his stomach growl in complete hunger.
“Hold on! I haven’t given you the grand tour, just wait until I tell you one of the original Paladin’s favorite spots!” Coran said.
“Hold on… where's Keith?" Pidge asked as she looked around to see that Keith wasn't present.
“Yeah, let’s get this show on the road!” Lance said, keeping his excitement. “We can’t leave without him!”
“Guys!” Keith’s voice rang through the air and the others saw him approaching them and they were looking a bit peeved when they saw him in his same casual wear and not in his swimwear. “Keith, I thought I told you to be in your bathing suit,” Allura exclaimed, putting her hands on her hips and the mullethead scratched his head.
“Sorry, guys. Didn't get the memo," Keith replied back.
“Aw come on! Don’t tell me that you’re going to bail out again!” Lance complained, folding his arms.
“Hey, I’m still here, okay? It’s just that I need to get my mind off of some things. Look, I promise that I’ll join you guys in trying to have fun at the beach.”
“Are you sure, Keith? Is there something you want to talk to us about?” Allura queried the mullethead who shook his head.
“No, it’s fine… you go on ahead. I’ll catch up with you guys.”
Without saying anything else, Coran led the Paladins the way across the beach where they began to enjoy their vacation while Keith remained standing as he sighed. But what he didn’t realize is that Shiro was still present and he walked up to see how the Red Paladin was feeling. “Keith… are you really feeling okay?”
Looking at Shiro, Keith firmly shook his head, “No… I’m not. I had the same dream again last night,” he said, his eyes looking down. “And it was telling me something. Something about a robotic lion.”
“A robotic lion? Are you saying that there’s another Lion?”
“It’s not like the Lions we have. It was a lot bigger and it had some kind of gemstone on its forehead. When I got close to it… everything went black and that’s when I woke up,” Keith went on and Shiro just stood there looking a bit shocked. “I don’t know why… but I have this feeling that I have to find this Lion or else something evil might hurt this planet.”
“How can you be so sure about that? We’ve defeated Zarkon and the Galra Empire,” Shiro interjected.
“Yeah, but there might be a different force of evil… an evil that is way powerful than the Galra. I need to find this Lion to see if my dream is telling me the truth or not,” Keith said.
“Then, I’m coming with you.”
“Wait, what?” Keith sputtered incredulously while Shiro was serious of what he had said.
“I said I’m coming with you. I don’t know if I can let you do this on your own, Keith, because I’m worried that something might happen to you.”
Keith wanted to shake his head, “But… Shiro… this has nothing to do with you… I was the one who had the dream,” he said.
“But if anything bad happens. no one is going to be responsible but me. I’m not just your leader, but… I really do like you a lot, Keith and I want you to stay safe.”
Keith felt his face warm up slightly in a complete fluster, but he knew inside that Shiro was right. The two had been on the team since day once and not once Shiro has let him get himself killed by their enemies, even though Shiro has gotten into trouble himself. As much as Keith can be very temperamental and slightly distant, he knew that Shiro would be right behind him if anything had happened to him. Not knowing what to say… he finally gives in.
“Alright… I’ll let you come with me… but you don’t know what you’re getting yourself either.”
“Same to you, Keith. You need to know that you can’t do it alone, we’ve found the Lions of Voltron together, and the whole team may be occupied but we can still find this Lion you are looking for. Remember, I like you too much to have you lose your life,” Shiro said and Keith blushed.
“Guess there's no turning back," he said and Shiro's smile became brighter. "Let's go find that Lion."
As the two head inside the large jungle, the other Paladins were enjoying their vacation. That is until Lance spots them and his eyebrows narrowed slightly. "Just where are Keith and Shiro heading off to?" he said to himself and he soon starts to leave the site, following the two.
“Hey, Lance? Where are you going?” Pidge questioned, noticing the Blue Paladin leaving.
“Following Keith to see why the hell did he bail out on us!” Lance shouted out.
“Huh? W-wait! Lance!” Pidge exclaimed as she ran after Lance and soon, Hunk, Coran, and Allura took notice and they all looked in confusion, but decided to follow suit, putting their vacation in a halt.
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In outer space, a large starship with a bright red glow hovered through the stars along with smaller fighter ships surrounding it. Inside of the ship, a tall male who was a full-blooded Altean sat on the throne chair as a dark aura radiated from him. Aside from his dark skin and white hair, this Altean was donned in black and purple armor and sported black crystallized earrings and small reddish-purple markings underneath his eyes. He was Gaaron, one of the former Crystal Paladins who had remained living due to having dark powers during his banishment.
He opened his eyes, revealing his shining red eyes that emitted a slight glow as he felt a surge through his body. “I can feel it,” he said in a low and ghastly tone. “The Ruby Gem is near as well as the Ruby Lion. We must be close to our location.”
“My lord,” a soldier spoke up catching Gaaron’s attention. “We’ve located the Ruby Gem and the Ruby Lion from the strength of their energy. They’re in the planet Aoloa.”
Gaaron smiled darkly, “That is good news, indeed. That damned King Arick thinks he’s smart enough to hide the Gems from me after all of these years of being in the shadows. Set course for the Argosa system.”
“Yes sir,” the soldier replied.
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Back in Aoloa, loud crunching was heard through the large jungles of the Aoloan island as Keith and Shiro were both seen walking through the dirt path. Being surrounded by the vast greenery and the alien wildlife wasn't a big wow to him for he had been in outer space for a very long time. The scenery was breath-taking and it almost gave Keith goosebumps every time he makes a step. But he shook the feeling right out of him when he remembered that he was in the jungle for a reason and Shiro was making sure that nothing bad happens to him.
After walking for hours, Keith stopped in his tracks and Shiro shifted his head to the mullethead, “Keith?” he spoke up, seeing him breathing heavily. “Why did you stop? Is everything okay?”
“We've walked here for hours and we haven't found it," Keith said. "I'm sure that this Lion was in this jungle."
“Wait are you saying that this lion is here? In Aoloa?”
The Red Paladin sighed, “I believe so… I mean the jungle I saw in my dream looked like the one we’re in right now. I don’t know why… but every time we look around, we find nothing.”
“Maybe we're going in circles. I mean we had just gone through the same path for the last minutes," Shiro pointed out.
“We might have… dammit,” Keith cursed at himself, feeling bad that he had to drag Shiro into this crossroad.
“Listen, we just need to keep looking. You say that it’s here in this jungle, then we’re going to keep looking,” the Black Paladin said. “Because now I’m starting to have a feeling something might really happen to this planet. So, why don’t we continue on with our search?”
Keith sighed, “You’re right… let’s go,” he said.
But before they continue on, their ears caught the rustling sounds of the bushes, making them shift their eyes towards the other direction, making them highly alert. Keith quickly summoned his Bayard and Shiro readied his arm as it glowed in its purple color, thinking that it might be some enemy that had followed them. As the rustling got louder and louder until they hear a yelping sound and the said ‘enemy' that approached them was none other than Hunk, who had popped out of the bushes and landed on the ground, leaving Keith and Shiro reacting in shock.
“What the… Hunk!?”
The large Paladin looked up and Keith and Shiro and gave them a nervous smile, “What’s up guys?” he asked uneasily.
Soon, Lance, then Pidge, Allura, and Coran come out as well. "Keith! There you are!" the Blue Paladin exclaimed. "What the big idea, man!?"
“W-wha… guys, what are you all doing here? I thought you guys were enjoying your vacation,” Keith exclaimed to the others.
“Hey, we’re the ones who should be asking questions here! First of all, why the hell were you going inside the jungles for?” Lance pointed his finger at Keith.
“And why is Shiro tagging along with you?” Hunk asked next.
“What’s the main reason why you decided to bail out on us again?” Pidge questioned third.
Shiro looked at Keith who remained silent, “Don’t think you should tell them what’s going on?” he asked and Keith shook his head. “I can’t… if I told them, they wouldn’t even believe me,” he answered in protest. “You’re the only one who understands me.”
“We wouldn’t believe you in what, Keith?” Coran questioned.
“It’s nothing important...”
Coran was going to say something else, but Allura stepped up before him, "Keith, you don't have to be afraid of telling us what's going on in your mind. We're not here to judge you," she said. Keith stared at them and just sighed.
“Alright, I'll tell you. You see – I had this weird dream back when we were travelling… and I found myself finding a large red robotic lion here on this planet. It was in the jungle like we're in right now… and something or someone is after it."
“What? Another Lion?” Coran spattered out.
“That's ridiculous, Keith. There are only five lions of Voltron," Lance folded his arms, bluntly snarking at what Keith had said.
“No, you don't understand. The Lion I saw wasn't like the ones we have. It was bigger and it almost looks crystallized. But by the time I got closer to it… everything went black," Keith finished.
“Wait… are you telling us that there might be something out there? Something that might be more powerful than Voltron itself?” Hunk brought up.
“It might be… since then… I keep having this dream, telling me that I should find it before something bad happens," Keith finished up. "That's why I didn't want to tell you because I didn't want to get you guys involved."
“Wow… that sounds pretty crazy… especially it’s telling you to find something you haven’t even heard of,” Pidge said, fixing her glasses. “How long have you been out here.”
“Long enough before you guys showed up,” Keith said. “So far, I haven’t found anything.”
“We haven’t found anything,” Shiro corrected. “Not since we have entered the jungle. To be honest… I started to feel a bit eerie from hearing what happened in Keith’s dream. I mean being told to find a Lion that has you never even heard up… that’s something you never hear about before.”
"Oh, come on! Like we'll ever find some Lion that might be stronger than our main five," Lance sassed as he folded his arms, "Do we really think that something like that even exists?"
“I know it’s here somewhere. I was on the same island in my dream like the one we’re in now,” Keith retaliated. “Meaning that this Lion is here on this planet!”
“Yeah, sure… and the next thing we might hear is that Hunk has wandered off somewhere.”
“Um, guys? Has anyone seen Hunk anywhere?” Pidge spoke up right after Lance just finished his remark towards Keith and the whole Voltron team looked around to realize that Hunk had suddenly disappeared!
“What? He was just here with us not too long ago,” Shiro said.
“We better find him… fast. Who knows what kind of trouble he might get himself to," Allura said and the whole team nodded while Keith cursed at himself.
Running around the Aoloan jungle, the Paladins called out for Hunk, tying to know where he had gone until they finally heard his voice from a not to far distance, “I’m right over here, guys! And you are not going to believe what I’m seeing right now!” They manage to follow the direction on where his voice came from and much to their relief, he was standing right before them.
“Hunk, you really scared us, big guy! Don’t just run off like that!” Pidge exclaimed in relief.
“Sorry, guys… I-I have a habit in wandering off and well, you guys were deep into the conversation so I decided to back out and take a nice walk at the jungle here and well… I stumbled into this..."
Hunk showed the team and their eyes widened in complete shock. Standing right before them was a large stone palace that stood boldly surrounded by white pillars on the outside and a lion's head placed on the top center of its gable.
“Whoa.. what is that?” Lance asked.
“Whoa.. what is that?” Lance asked.
“The same palace in my dream,” Keith answered looking ahead in amazement.
“Hunk, where did you stumble upon this place?” Pidge questioned.
“Not too long ago. It is huge!” Hunk replied back.
“Well, we can't stay out here too long. We need to go inside," Shiro said and the group nodded. They all enter the inside the palace where the interior was bigger and resembled an actual Greek palace. Keith himself was fascinated by how everything was like in his dream. Shiro later noticed something in the center of the palace and his eyes widened.
“Keith, you might want to take a look at this!”
Keith and the others soon run up to him and he stopped what he had seen. It was the red robotic lion that he had saw in his dream and it stood still in its place, its head holding up high as if it was confident. Like how he saw in his dream and he described it to the others, the lion was a lot bigger than his Voltron Lion. It had a golden mane that shone in the sunset's light, it's red body sparkling like crystal and on its forehead was a red gemstone in the form of a trillion cut. As it stood, a red force field was surrounding it.
“Is that...” Allura exclaimed.
“This is the one," Keith marveled as he looked. "This is the lion in my dream."
“But how… how is that even possible?” Lance asked in shock… shocked enough to know that Keith was right.
“I don’t know, but this is incredible! I’ve never seen anything this amazing since King Alfor’s wedding!” Coran burst, a smile appearing on his face.
“And there’s a force field around it,” Shiro as he looked around the red robotic lion and touched the shield. “And it’s Altean magic. Strong Altean magic.”
“Altean magic? You mean an Altean brought this here?” Allura sputtered out. “But Altea was destroyed years ago!”
“Never mind that! How are we going to get this thing out?” Pidge queried, as she touched the force field along with the others.
“Maybe just give it a knock? Happened to me...” Lance commented.
As the others continued on with their searching on the force field, Keith noticed something sparking right in front of him. There was a small marble podium and on its rest looked like a red gemstone which started to emit a red glow and like the jewel on the lion's forehead, it was in the form of a trillion cut. "I don't remember seeing this in my dream," he said to himself, but that didn't stop him from figuring out what the jewel is. As he was about to reach his hand towards the jewel, Shiro approaches him, "Keith, what are you doing?" he exclaimed, making the mullethead look up.
“You should be finding a way to get through the force field to free the Lion here.”
“I think I have a feeling that this gem might have something to do with it,” Keith explained, making the Black Paladin raise a brow and the others look at him.
“What? You’re far more concerned about a gemstone than the Lion?” Lance blurted out.
“I've never seen anything like this before, but when I looked at it and then the jewel on Lion's forehead, I could see that they have the same shape. Maybe this gemstone might have a connection with the Lion," Keith answered.
“How can you be so sure?” Allura quizzed.
“Only one way to find out..." Keith turned back to the glowing red gemstone and within seconds, he takes it off of the rest, making the glow brighter than ever. But then, the jewel stops glowing for a second before the lion's yellow eyes lit up and the whole force field started glowing in its bright red color before disappearing all around and a magical circle beneath it started glowing in a bright red color in which released a large force of energy, causing everyone to shriek in complete shock.
As Keith held onto the red gemstone, he felt a strong pulse rip through his body right before he felt a vision coming straight at him. In his vision, he sees the red gemstone, but also four more gemstones in different colors, and each of them have their own distinctive shape: a hexagon, square diamond, a five-pointed star, and a heart. The next thing he sees is four more robotic animals raging along with the Lion. Each of them took the form of a pegasus, a dragon, an eagle, and a tiger. Together the five robots shouted out their cries effortlessly before forming a massive robot, standing boldly with a crystallized sword before slashing downwards before the vision ending, leaving everyone frozen in their place.
“What in the world was that?”
“There’s a robot out there!” Hunk shouted out. “There’s another huge awesome robot, way awesome that it puts Voltron to shame!”
“And there are different animals that are a part of it! I wonder where the rest of them are?” Pidge added.
“I don’t know… but this is unbelievable,” Shiro breathed out as the robotic lion shifted its eyes towards Keith who just looked in straight eye contact, and almost within seconds, he started to feel a link coming in between the two. “You… you were expecting me to find you… weren’t you?” Keith asked and the lion lowered its head to the mullethead, growling lowly in response while the red gemstone in Keith’s hand kept its glow lit.
“This is incredible!” Coran exclaimed.
But then suddenly, the robotic lion's yellow eyes flashed instantly and rose his head up in the air, letting out a loud roar, causing the five Paladins to cover their ears.
“Okay! Was that supposed to happen!?” Hunk exclaimed.
“How should I know! All we did was free it!” Pidge shouted.
The lion kept on roaring and the next thing that happened was that Keith felt the warmth of his gemstone grow as its emitting glow started to glow brighter. He quickly dashed out of the palace, and the others soon following him, calling him out to wait. Once they reached outside, their eyes widened in complete shock when they looked upwards. Dark gray spaceships with glowing red vents began to reach into the atmosphere, where the native Aoloans started to notice.
“What.. what the hell is that!?” Lance exclaimed.
“That’s impossible… I thought we defeated the Galra...” Allura stammered out.
Keith remained silent as the fighter ships hovered over the islands while the large spaceship that looked like one of the Galra battleships slowly make its appearance into the planet.
‘This is what my dream has been telling me about...’
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-On Earth-
[[New York City, New York]]
It was a busy night in the famous metropolitan area of New York City… its streets were packed and most of its tourists passing by as they were either heading out to see one of its popular Broadway shows such as Hamilton or The Lion King. But the main focus was at the famous wall-crawling superhero, Spider-Man along with the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for they have collected a living organism called a Symbiote that has been wreaking havoc in part of the big apple and Spider-Man – as usual comes in to take care of the problem. In the background, a tall male with blonde hair with lightning bolts on the sides of his head, and green eyes, dressed in a poorly Spider-Man costume was held back by the S.H.I.E.L.D. security as everything gets taken care of.
This young man was Flash Thompson, football star of Midtown High School and the bully of Peter Parker aka Spider-Man – in which he doesn’t know that Spider-Man is Peter underneath the mask. As Spidey and S.H.I.E.L.D. depart from the scene. Flash watched from afar, a look of disappointment shown from his face.
“So much for being a superhero,” he said solemnly as he lets go of his Spider-Man mask, letting it flow through the soft night winds. He leaves the building and walks along the sidewalk, passing many people who were enjoying the night. Kicking his feet upwards, his dejection was indeed present – all he wanted to do is be like his idol, Spidey… but he got shot down by him… hard.
“He didn’t have to be that harsh… all I ever wanted was to help him,” he spoke to himself.
Flash knew that he was getting himself into danger but in his mind… he could care less. He just wanted to be a hero like any other fan who looks up to any crime-fighter who protects the city from bad guys. It can be selfish sometimes, but he didn't want to keep running for his life forever.
Once Flash returns home, he stepped into a nice and cozy apartment, since his parents haven’t been around in his life and had to live at some abandoned gas station during his last three years in high school, he was taken under the wing by one of his family members who found out about his situation and decided to do something about it. Walking up to his room, he threw his Spider-Man costume off, threw on some pajamas and sat on his bed. It didn't take long for him to see an envelope that was addressed to him, and it was from California.
Grabbing the envelope and a large golden “CONGRATULATIONS!’ was printed in gold, he read the letter and found himself in complete shock of what he was reading. According to the letter, Flash had been offered a full scholarship to Angel Grove University, courtesy of Midtown High School.
The jock shook his head, thinking that it was a joke. Here he was moping about being rejected by his favorite superhero and now he’s been offered a scholarship for college. “You gotta be kidding me…” For someone who had barely passed his classes in school, this brought slight happiness within the jock.
“This… this is awesome!”
Though the rejection from Spider-Man was present, Flash couldn’t help feel excited that he’s going to college. He was lucky enough that something positive came knocking at his door and maybe… he might be able to see Spider-Man and tell him about the good news.
[[Amity Park, Minnesota]]
“I'M GOIN' GHOST!" a male voice exclaimed and within a flash of light, a young man with white hair dressed in a black and white jumpsuit exit the window of a two-story home. That was none other than Danny Phantom, his real name is Daniel "Danny" Fenton and it is shown that he is a half-ghost superhero, thanks to an accident from the Ghost Portal made by his parents, Jack and Maddie Fenton.
However, he isn't the main person in the focus. The focus is on a female with ginger-colored hair and teal blue eyes who watched the halfa glide through the night sky, to find any evil ghosts who have been terrorizing Amity Park. This girl was Jasmine "Jazz" Fenton, the older sister of Danny Phantom and as she watched her brother disappear into the night. Letting out a sigh, she turned around where she was sitting in her bedroom, where she spotted an open envelope which it was delivered from California, which had a crest which said ‘Angel Grove University' and a letter was placed on the bed which said ‘CONGRATULATIONS!' in bold golden letters like the one Flash had but unlike Flash's… Jazz's letter was an acceptance letter instead of a scholarship, meaning she applied and she was chosen.
Due to her being a senior in Casper High School, she was getting ready for college… beginning her life as a young adult but at the same time… she started to feel like she's been left out since her brother is now a very popular and respected superhero, thanks to his reveal to the public. She couldn't help but feel envious that her brother would get so much attention, even though she has helped him out at most times. It just didn't feel the same…
...but her thoughts were cut short when she hears a knock on the door, “Jazz. Are you in here, sweetie?” a female voice rang through the doorway.
“Yeah, mom. I’m here,” Jazz said.
Soon, a woman with short red hair and the same eye color as Jazz's dressed blue jumpsuit enters the room, red lipstick painted across her smile. This woman was Madeline Fenton, better known as Maddie who is Jazz and Danny's mother and wife of a paranormal junkie, John "Jack" Fenton. "There's my future graduate! How are you feeling?" she asked the 18-year-old.
“Nothing too different, except that I’m going to be graduating high school soon,” Jazz replied back. “Although...”
“Although, what?” Maddie asked as she sat next to Jazz, her smile soon fading when she saw the slightly solemn expression on her face. “What seems to be troubling you?”
Jazz sighed, “It’s just that...it hasn’t been much the same since Danny became popular after revealing his secret. Kinda feeling like I’m being left out,” she spoke and Maddie just looked at her before smiling softly.
“Oh, Jazz… you don't need to feel that way. Danny may have ghost powers, but you… you have worked so hard in school to achieve and here you are. Your father and I could never be any more proud of you."
Jazz looked at her mother, “Yeah, I know… but still...”
“Hey, maybe you might get a chance to be like your brother… if there’s some bad guy trying to take over the world,” Maddie chirped and Jazz just gave her the look.
“Mom, now you’re being a little over the top here.”
“Really? I thought I’d say that to cheer up my own daughter… who is about to branch on her own,” the older redhead brought back and Jazz couldn’t help but smile at her mother’s attempt. “I know… I’m just a little envious of Danny.”
“It’s okay dear… but he is proud of you, we all are. Now… if you don't come down right now, your father is ordering take out," Maddie finished as she rose from the bed and walked out of Jazz's door.
“What kind of take out?”Jazz asked.
“Your favorite – Chinese.”
Jazz smiled more, “Tell dad that I’m going to be down in a minute,” she said.
[[Route 66]]
The roaring sounds of a motorcycle engine ripped through the quiet night air as actual motorcycle cruised through the quiet roads of the famous Route 66 highway. Riding the motorcycle was a young man of African descent with dreadlocks and a dark blue beanie, the night wind blowing past his face and hair while wearing a pair of motorcycle goggles to protect his vision as he revved the roaring motor of his bike.
This young man was none other than Dax, member of Team Core-Tech led by Chase Suno who use colossal monsters imbued in small capsules called Monsuno. Ever since Droog's defeat, Team Core-Tech have been living peaceful lives and Dax made his decision in leaving the team to start on his own life. He gave his friends each of his Monsuno but managed to keep his own – Airswitch as a momentum, reminding him of the times he had spent with his friends and fought their enemies. As much as he enjoys reminiscing, Dax remained in going in is own path… hopefully to find a new adventure ahead of him.
As he continued on strolling through the peaceful night, he began to notice a large red pick-up truck stuck in the middle of the road, just a few inches away from a nearby gas station and outside of the vehicle were two men – one who was overweight and bald while the other was lean, yet muscular with hair stylized in a low ponytail. Dax made a full stop and hopped off his bike to see what was going on.
“Oi! Do you guys need some help here?” he asked in a slight Australian accent.
The two men look up to see Dax approaching them, and a sense of relief, “Yeah, we could use your help here,’ the big guy spoke up, a smile etched on his face. “Yeah, man… our ride ran out of gas and we’re just inches away from the gas station over there!” the skinnier male spoke after.
Dax looked up ahead at the gas station and then back at the truck. “It’s no problem… I can help you get your truck to the station. You two looked like you’ve been out here for so long,’ he chuckled.
“We have! Since our little breakdown, no one has come to help us!" the lean male exclaimed. "It's great for someone to finally sort this little problem.
Turning his smile into a slight smirk, Dax began helping the two push the truck into the gas station, the stocky male handling the steering wheel. Once they finally reached to their destination, the two males sighed in complete relief and satisfaction, after their successful teamwork, “Thanks, buddy. You really saved our asses out there!”
“Yeah… we really want to repay you for our help!”
Dax looked at the two and shook his head, “It’s nothing really. I didn’t want to leave you two out in the cold like that,” he said.
“No, we insist… by the way, where are you heading off to?” the lean guy asked.
“Thought I head on to California… just to get to start things on my own,” Dax answered back and the duo looked at each other and smiles appeared on their faces. “California!? We’re just heading over there ourselves!” the big guy exclaimed after. “Why don’t we give you a lift, as a token of appreciation?”
“I don’t know… I mean I have my motorcycle… and...”
“But what will happen if you run out of gas? You’d be stranded out here in the middle of nowhere, probably in the night,” the stocky male pointed out and Dax remained silent for a moment.
“Yeah, man. And this road is pretty long… so it’s going to take you a while to get there,” the skinny male chimed in.
Dax remained silent for a while and he started to think of what the duo has said to him, before coming in realization that they were right. Route 66 may be a famous highway, but it sure was damn long and he had no choice but to give in. “Guess there’s no argument here. Sure, I don’t mind a lift. I’ll go get my motorcycle,” he smiled and the two whooped in victory before Dax turned his head around as he walked towards his motorcycle.
“But the way, the name’s Dax. What’s yours?”
The duo smiled more, “I’m Bulk and this is my sometimes air-headed best friend, Skull,” the stocky male introduced before the lean latter gave him a stink-eye glare and Dax chuckled.
“It’s nice to meet you guys.”
[[Bellwood, Delaware]]
In a modest two-story house in the suburban neighborhood of Bellwood, a young girl of Japanese descent was walking through the hallways with a large basket of clean laundry and walking upstairs to her bedroom and placing it on the floor. This girl was Julie Yamamoto, the former girlfriend of hometown hero, Ben Tennyson aka Ben 10. She looked around her bedroom and she could see two picture frames, one with her and Ben when they were together and the other one with her and her current boyfriend Hérvé, who is currently away in France to visit his family, for his is from there. Taking a small tired sigh, she plops onto her bed after having a long day always wondering how her ex was doing.
Since she met Ben, she’s always been aware of him being an alien superhero, transforming into different alien species and fighting evil aliens and villains who threaten to bring chaos to Earth and since then, she has been an ally to him and they have dated until a misunderstanding which led to their break-up. To be honest with herself, Hérvé is a wonderful guy and is a skilled photographer, but she missed Ben dearly.
She really missed the good times she had with him and now that he is still continuing on fighting aliens and probably has found himself someone new. But then again… it was his life and his alone and he could do whatever he wanted to do. As Julie remained laying on her bed, the laundry untouched, she hears a firm knock on the door and she quickly bolted up.
“Y-yeah?”
“Julie, dear… it’s just me your father,” a male exclaimed.
“Oh, come in, Dad,” Julie said and the door opens, revealing to be an older male of Japanese descent who entered her bedroom.
“Look, I’m going to put away my laundry, okay? I was just-”
“Oh.., no, I wasn’t coming to you about that. In fact – this came into the mail a few hours ago,” Mr. Yamamoto exclaimed, showing Julie an envelope which was sent from Angel Grove University… the same college Flash and Jazz got their letters from. Her eyes widened when she saw the letter and she quickly retrieved it from her father and suddenly she felt her heart ponder within seconds. “I wasn't expecting them to respond to me so soon," she said looking at the envelope.
“Well, they did didn’t they? You are going to be graduating high school soon… so,” Mr. Yamamoto replied, shrugging while smiling softly. Julie looked back at the envelope and soon tore the top open carefully, pulling out the letter, expecting it to be a rejection from the college, but when she opened the letter, the first thing she saw was the large ‘CONGRATULATIONS!’ colored in gold and that’s when she knew that she had been accepted into the college.
“So? What does it say?” Mr. Yamamoto asked.
“I’ve been accepted,” she muttered, which her voice grew louder. “I’ve been accepted!”
Mr. Yamamoto didn't say anything else but smiled as he turned on his heel and walked out of his daughter's bedroom, giving her space to scream and shout for her acceptance to the college.
“I can’t believe this! I'm actually going to one of the best colleges in the country!" Julie said to herself as her lamenting about missing Ben become overshadowed by the excitement from the paper of the college she had just applied for and is now being able to attend for the next four years. “I gotta call Hérvé about this! This is way too cool!" Grabbing her cellphone from the small nightstand, Julie puts the number on speed-dial to call her boyfriend all the way from France to give him the good news.
The four teenagers seem to be enjoying their lives as new beginnings were around the corner… but everything around them will soon change and their lives will never be the same.
[[TO BE CONTINUED – END OF CHAPTER ONE]]
Alright, that's it for the first chapter and the next one will be up soon!!!
Alright, that's it for the first chapter and the next one will be up soon!!!
