06x05 - The Black Paladins

[bunniefuu]

[thruster burst]

[grunts]

-[beeping]
-I'm headed your way.

[Keith] Coran, no!

The Castle of Lions barely survived

the first time we fought one of
those ships. You'll only-- [grunts]

[Allura grunts, panting]

Keith is right, Coran,
the ship's defenses will never hold!

-We can't take this much longer!
-Do you guys have any ideas?

[Keith] Coran,
fire just below our position.

What?

Destroy the rock
we're pinned against. Now!

Lance! Pidge!
I need you to get us some cover.

-Right!
-On it.

[snarling]

[Keith] Who's got eyes on Shiro?

[rumbling]

[groaning]

-What just happened?
-[gasp]

Is that...?

[Lance] A wormhole?

[Keith] They're trying to escape.

[Allura] Haggar.

It has to be Haggar.

She must have gained the ability. But how?

[Keith] We can't worry about that.
We have to make sure we get Shiro back.

But Shiro's not Shiro anymore.

I know, but something is wrong with him.
The Galra or Lotor have to be behind it.

You all know he would never give up on us.
We can't give up on him.

[grunts] Guys, one of my thrusters
is down. Can you compensate?

Those beams torched our power core.
I've never seen anything like it.

We've got maybe 30 seconds
of over-clocked burn time.

Hit it!

[sonic bursts]

[Hunk] We're halfway through
our burn.







-[Lance] We're not going to make it!
-[Pidge] Too heavy!

-Disband.
-[all] What?

Energy from disconnecting
might create enough thrust

to propel me through the wormhole.

[Allura] You'll be the only one
on the other side.

-Do it!
-[all grunt]

[Keith] All right, gotta play this smart.

-Wow. I can't believe he made it.
-I'll take him out.

No. You two escort the package back
to Honerva. I'll take care of this one.

[humming, beeping]

[rapid beeping]

[grunting]

Zethrid. Ezor.

[thud]

[beeping]

[alert beeping]

[all sighing]

We'll take it from here.

Um...

Is it broken?

[Zethrid] Just leave it. We've got orders.

Ezor!

Coming.

You are to lead the Black Lion away
from the fleet. Is that understood?

Yes. But how am I to lure them away?

[Honerva] The Red Paladin's connection
to you runs deep.

Deeper than the others.

He believes there is good left inside you,
which leaves him vulnerable to persuasion.

You will exploit this weakness.

I understand.

[Keith] Think.

Think. How are we gonna get in there?

Shiro.

Shiro, come in. I know you're there!

I don't know what's wrong,
but I know we can fix this.

Let me help you.

[target lock humming]

[male] All ships, dock immediately,
prepare for hyper-jump.

[rapid beeping]

-[electronic humming]
-I know you're hurting.

We just need to keep it together
a little longer.

Okay, all the Lions are in their hangars

and their power cores appear
to be recharging.

Structurally speaking,
the Lions are at about 60%.

Whatever those ships hit them with,
really did some damage.

[Lance] Any luck yet, Princess?

No. I'm afraid not.

I fear that the wormhole
may have deposited them

beyond my ability's reach.

I'll try to contact some coalition forces
to provide assistance. Hmm?

-[Lance] Whoa.
-[Allura] Coran, what's happening?

[beeping]

It appears the Castle's systems
are shutting down one by one.

As though someone hacked into the ship

and let loose a "k*ll" protocol
of some sort.

Have you tried an override?

Or maybe counteracting it
with a "live" protocol?

Is that a thing?

-The virus is moving too fast.
-Okay, I'm in the system.

Subroutines eight through 19
have me completely locked out.

But if I can skip ahead to--
Come on, come on, come on.

Spectra generator down.
Stabilizers are down.

-[alarm pulsing]
-Main turbine also down.

Crystal matrix offline!

Particle barrier generator down!

There! I've got it isolated.
Now I just have to lock it down

with a multi-layered
tri-tetragonal quarantine.

And...

-Almost...
-[alert tone]

-Ha! Yes!
-[alerts halt]

[exhales]

Well done, Pidge.

-[sighs]
-[items powering down]

-What? How?
-[alarm pulsing]

The virus has countermeasures
that specifically targeted my quarantine!

It's like... it knew.

-[beeping]
-[alarm pulsing]

If this shuts down
the teludav's mass regulator,

the ship, along with everything
in the neighboring subsystem,

would be destroyed.

-Uh, where are you going?
-[panting] No time!

[Honerva] Prince Lotor.

My son.

[all gasp]

The anger you feel toward me
is to be expected.

But understand
that the events that transformed me

into the witch Haggar

also shrouded any glimmer
of maternal instinct I may have had

for my one and only child.

However, you've continued the work
I started all that time ago

and have indeed seen it through
to heights I could have only imagined.

Your never-ending pursuit
of knowledge is truly--

Enough.

My mother ceased to exist
when Honerva drew her last breath.

Do not believe for a moment
that I would ever accept you as kin.

You are an abomination.

A twisted perversion
of what was once so pure and beautiful.

The end is near, witch.
I know you can sense it.

If you beg for your life now,

maybe I will take pity on you
when the time comes.

Take him away.

[charge whirring]

-Did you just k*ll her?
-Are you working with Lotor?

[lock clicks]

I can explain everything,
but I assure you she is not dead.

If you're with me, we need to get
to the Sincline ships and leave now.

-Um, sure?
-We're good.

Right, then.

We're headed for the Castle of Lions'
last known location.

Sir, the wormhole deposited us
on the far side of the Thizonian system.

We need to make multiple hyperspace jumps
and even then, it will take some time.

Then what are we waiting for?

[beeping]

[clicking]

[beeping]

[lift slowing, thumps]

[gasps]

[Shiro] Hello, Keith.

Huh?

[Coran] Pidge, what have you discovered?

Protocol's countermeasure.
I recognized it.

Recognized it? How?

From the code I scanned from Shiro's arm

while we were looking
for Galra installations.

Wait. Are you saying Shiro is responsible
for this?

Yes.

[all gasp]

[Keith] Shiro, it's gonna be okay.

[Shiro] Yes, I know.

-We just have to get back to the Castle.
-We are not going anywhere!

[panting]

-[humming]
-[Allura] The teludav,

it's reaching critical mass.

Pidge!

I know, I know.

[beeping]

This thing's about to blow any second.

[beeping]

-[beeping]
-[whirring]

[beeping and whirring stop]

[turbine hissing]

[Hunk] Uh, Pidge,
how did you do that?

When I was scanning Shiro's arm,
I also made a copy of its programming.

I created a virus that could terminate
all its command prompts,

in case something like this
ever happened.

I never thought I'd have to use it.

[grunting]

That's the Keith I remember.

[grunting]

[grunts]

[creaking]

Shiro, I know you're in there.

You made a promise once.
You told me you'd never give up on me.

And I should have abandoned you
just like your parents did.

They saw that you were broken. Worthless.

I should have seen it, too.

I'm not leaving here without you.

[sighs]

Actually, neither of us are leaving.

[groaning]

Shiro!

[crackling]

[panting]

[grunting]

[panting]

[grunting]

[groans]

Shiro, please.

You're my brother.

[gasping]

I love you.

Just let go, Keith.
You don't have to fight anymore.

By now, the team's already gone.

I saw to it myself.

[grunting]

Aah!

[groaning]

Keith...

[grunting]

[grunts]

[panting]

[woman] The only reason this kid is here
is because you vouched for him.

You need to make sure
this doesn't happen again.

[Shiro] Understood. I'll handle it.

-Hey.
-Look, I know I messed up.

You should send me back
to the home already.

This place isn't for me.

Keith, you can do this.
I will never give up on you.

But more importantly,
you can't give up on yourself.