Voltron: Legendary Defender

Oh, no!

Please tell me there's not a giant monster in there.

Please tell me it's empty! Or full of space candy.

-One of those two. Either one is fine. -I don't think it's a piñata, Hunk.

If it's the same kind of the monster that attacked us on Arus,

we already know how to beat it.

Hold your ground!

-It's not candy! -And it's not the same monster!

We need to draw its fire away from the Balmera's surface!

-We can't hold out! -My lion is weakening!

If the shield sustains structural damage, we're done for!

Pidge is right!

Oh, Pidge is right. I'm the one that said, "We can't hold out!"

Lance, watch your footing!

Okay, Team Voltron, disband!

Everyone, evasive maneuvers! It can't shoot us all at once!

Okay, it can do that too.

Where does Zarkon get these beasts from? And how do they keep finding us?

Princess, the particle barrier won't sustain much longer.

It's still not at full strength after the blast from the Galra ship.

Keith, try to draw its fire!

-I'm coming in from above! -Roger!

We need to find its blind spot!

I don't think this thing has a blind spot. It has a thousand eyes.

Laser eyes. Laser eyes!

What do we do? Fighting this thing is like fighting an entire fleet at once!

I think we've got to aim for those laser eyes

-and take them out. -We'll cover you from up here!

We've lost the spectral generator! Going to reserve!

There's a fire in VIN bay three! Suppressors on! Suppressors out!

Princess, the ship is being torn apart!

We're taking heavy fire up here! We're in trouble!

Princess, pull back! Get out of its range, now!

We will not abandon you!

You're not abandoning us. We're about to pull back anyway.

-We are? -We can't hold out. We have to.

Lions, to the mine shafts! It's the only place the monster can't get us.

Roger that!

Heading into orbit!

What is happening?

There's a monster up there that Zarkon sent to destroy us.

A monster? Will Zarkon's savagery never abate?

Perhaps our people were never meant to be free.

Shay, don't give up. Zarkon's power grows with every planet he conquers,

but he's weakened by every being that fights back.

Fight back against a monster like that?

-How? -I don't know, but we can beat it.

-Tell her, Keith. -Can we?

Yes, we can! This is our first mission and we're not going to fail.

We can beat it. We just need some time to come up with a plan.

See? Told you we can.

Thanks, Shiro.

-Did you guys feel that over there? -Yeah, we feel it.

It's that sound again. What is that?

That great noise comes from the Balmera itself.

Our home crumbles beneath our feet.

The Balmera is dying.

- Coran, Allura, are you there? - Shiro, we're here.

-The Balmera-- -We already know.

Our scanners are showing the life energy draining from the Balmera.

How does that happen?

Removing crystals from a Balmera

is like removing a vital part of the mighty beast.

The Balmera needs time to regenerate itself to stay healthy,

but the Galra's greed may have cost this noble Balmera its life.

So, what's going to happen?

Its core will collapse, destabilizing the entire skeletal structure.

Anything or anyone remaining on the Balmera at that point

will be crushed into dust.

-How long before its core collapses? -Probably a matter of hours.

The mighty organism willingly gives itself to all,

but not all return its kindness.

Then our time is short. We'll evacuate the planet.

We need to get all the Balmerans to the Castle of Lions

before the planet implodes.

Okay, that sounds like a good plan,

but how on earth do you plan on landing the Castle

with that monster-thingy on the surface?

-You'll need a distraction. -We'll engage the beast in our lions.

With it distracted,

Allura and Coran will land the Castle and load all of its citizens.

Or we could load Balmerans into our lions a few at a time

and shuttle them to the ship.

No engaging ferocious laser-eye guy. How long would that take?

-Days? Weeks? -We only have hours.

Look, we don't need to beat this thing.

We just need to bait it away from the ship. Provoke and evade.

Okay, here's the thing.

I'm worried that we're going to be really, really good at the provoking part,

and then really bad at the evading part.

But if this is what it takes to save Shay and everyone on the planet, then I'm in.

Can you contact the other Balmerans?

I can, but I know not what they'll say.

Leave the planet? Our home?

It's the only option. I'm coming down.

Princess, no! It's too dangerous!

Someone has to be there to lead these people out.

You're coming down? That thing will spot your pod and blow it to pieces.

Let me worry about that.

You just focus on keeping the creature distracted.

Okay, we've provoked. Time to evade!

Princess, we've lured the monster away. It's time.

I'll contact you all when I'm on the ground.

Be careful out there.

Is that Allura?

We've got to protect the Princess!

I'm on the ground.

Hurry! I don't know how long we can hold this thing off.

Shay, I'm going to need your help.

Princess?

Have you contacted the other Balmerans?

What is it? What's going on?

All Balmerans give thanks for the kindness you and the paladins bestowed upon us,