Takashi "Shiro" Shirogane | Head of Voltron (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
herdingspacecats) wrote2017-09-20 12:56 am
herdingspacecats) wrote2017-09-20 12:56 am
The Champion
The Champion has returned.
He has a mission this time. He isn't merely for sport, fighting for entertainment. He's a soldier now, an assassin, designed to fight and to destroy Voltron. Enhanced further with Galra witchcraft and a hint of quintessence, whatever past the Champion has no longer exists. His life as a human, as a paladin, as a fighter pilot on Earth, it's all gone, replaced by the need to serve and fulfill his existence. He is a weapon and nothing more.
A few well-placed rumors ensure that Voltron will come to him. It's not his plan, of course. The Champion is no general. He is valued for his strength and the appearance that apparently is so tantalizing to Voltron, and nothing more. They will try to trick him, he's told. They will tell him he is one of them, that since he is human he must also be a paladin, but it is a lie. Killing them is his objective.
They are weak when they leave their lions. The Champion waits, watching the paladins foolishly land and exit. How stupid of them. They're defenseless without the Lions, and he knows this fight will go quickly.
He straightens from his hiding place. They come for him, crying out a name that means nothing to him. He does not smile. He does not move.
He waits.
He has a mission this time. He isn't merely for sport, fighting for entertainment. He's a soldier now, an assassin, designed to fight and to destroy Voltron. Enhanced further with Galra witchcraft and a hint of quintessence, whatever past the Champion has no longer exists. His life as a human, as a paladin, as a fighter pilot on Earth, it's all gone, replaced by the need to serve and fulfill his existence. He is a weapon and nothing more.
A few well-placed rumors ensure that Voltron will come to him. It's not his plan, of course. The Champion is no general. He is valued for his strength and the appearance that apparently is so tantalizing to Voltron, and nothing more. They will try to trick him, he's told. They will tell him he is one of them, that since he is human he must also be a paladin, but it is a lie. Killing them is his objective.
They are weak when they leave their lions. The Champion waits, watching the paladins foolishly land and exit. How stupid of them. They're defenseless without the Lions, and he knows this fight will go quickly.
He straightens from his hiding place. They come for him, crying out a name that means nothing to him. He does not smile. He does not move.
He waits.
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We should space him and be done with it. He's a danger to us that that's it.
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[It isn't as if Lance hasn't killed before; not every enemy he's taken down has been a droid, after all. But there's something more personal about this, even if he's technically only just met the man inside the cell.]
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He runs a hand through his hair and sighs.]
...Okay, fine. No spacing, for now. But he's staying in his cell like a prisoner until we figure out what to do with him.
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Fine. But I still want to talk to him again soon. Maybe I can find out something from him.
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[It hurts too much to deal with.]
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[He trails off.]
Shiro's like your big bro. So I understand. I'll take charge of the situation.
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...Thanks. [His voice is softer than usual.] I'll be on the training deck if you need me.
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[A pause, and he steps forward, pulling Keith into a hug.]
I mean it, okay? And if you need someone to talk to, my door's always open.
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...Yeah. I uh...thank you.
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[He gives Keith a smile before letting go of him, making his way down the hallway. Right now, he'll talk to Coran, find out all he can about what the biometrics say about this Shiro clone. Then, maybe, he can start formulating an idea of what to do.]