Saving the Ark

                                    

                                          
Novae kept her hands on the ground, the flower markings on her body glowing just a brightly as the acid bubbling below her feet. Sweat dripped from her forehead and down her chin, her eyelids scrunched up in both effort and pain for using her ability.
                          
"Star Child, please, do not waste your energy on me." Taujeer said worried for the gold-haired woman, "I am only shedding a skin, there is no need to do this."
                          
"I understand that you are becoming new and healthy, but I am slowing your process in order to save your people while my comrades try to fix the ark they will escape in. I understand this will be painful, but please, bear with me while I continue this. It is better to give up my life for another who can save an entire civilization. Please, Taujeer..."
                          
The planet didn't respond and allowed Novae to do what she wanted, slowing down the shedding process. It was painful for the planet, and Novae wanted nothing more than to take that pain....
                          
So she did....
                          
🦁🦁🦁~~~~🦁🦁🦁
                          
Keith and Allura sat in silence for hours, just watching and waiting for Zarkon if he ever did show up.
                          
"So, what happens if Zarkon does come after us?" Keith asked, breaking the silence between them.
                          
"You said you could pilot us to safety, right?" Allura sked.
                          
"Sure, but after that, could we even go back to the group? And if we don't, who would pilot the Castle or create wormholes?"
                          
"Well, what about you?" Allura asked, "Without you, the team cannot form Voltron."
                          
He looked down, thinking deeply about what the princess had said. She sighed and turned away from Keith.
                          
Both were worried about their team, but something inside them made them less worried. Around them, the stars were glowing much brighter than before lighting up the darkness that surrounded them. It was as if the stars were telling them to no worry.
                          
🦁🦁🦁~~~~🦁🦁🦁

                          
Hunk aimed his blaster at the damaged parts of the Taujeerian ship, fusing the two parts together with a high powered laser.
                          
Finally I stopped after the repairs were done.
                          
"Well, it ain't pretty, but it should get you airborne--" Hunk was interrupted by the ground shaking violently, the broken pieces of the planet rumbling and breaking even more.
                          
"Just in time." Shiro said. Baujal turned to thank Shiro, but then noticed Novae still kneeling down on the ground.
                          
Shiro and Baujal ran to Novae, horrified at her condition. Her hair had lost some of its shine, her once rich colored skin was pale and her face showed many signs of pain. Shiro knelt down next to the woman, placing his hand on her shoulder, in turn shocking her to look up at him.
                          
Her eyes had lost so much of their shine, that it was almost like she had lost the light of her light within them.
                          
"Novae!" Shiro said, "What happened, are you all right?"
                          
For a moment, Shiro was able to see the flower markings on her skin, but in the blink of an eye, the markings were gone and her appearance had begun to look much better. Though she still looked exhausted from a strain. Novae smiled and stood up with Shiro.
                          
"There is no need to worry, Takashi. I will be well when all of this is over." Novae answered, running back to the Lion and taking off without a single back glance at Shiro and the Taujeerian leader.