Lots of Sexual inuendo here and pouting by Allura and other things she doesn't normally do!!.
"All My Ex's Live In Texas, "copyrighted by George Strait music."Truth or Dare"
Lance worked on his wrist bonds, which wasn't easy because of his hands. He kept tensing and relaxing, bit by bit loosening the rope that bound his wrists. The guards did not keep a very good watch on them, probably figuring that with Lotor's prescence here they would not try to escape. Of course Lotor wasn't paying very good attention either. At the moment he was rather busy with Allura sitting in his lap teaching him a song...
"No, no, no..Smurfie..it goes like this.."Aaalll my ex's liiive in Texxaas..and Texas is the place I reeally love tooo be..but aall my ex's live in Texas..and that's why I hang my hat in Tennessee!!!" (*Author's note: I know, I know.there are a million songs and I just had to pick that one! But really, can you see a blue skinned alien singing this? heheh..)They tried it again, this Lotor got it right and Allura smiled and clapped. "Yay!! You got it!!" Lotor smiled and said, "I did, didn't I ?" Allura said, "Let's sing it again!!" And so they did..
Lance broke free of his bonds after the 10th chorus. He thought he would go out of his mind if he heard that song again!! To his relief Allura said, "I'm tired of singing!" Then she clapped her hands. "Let's play a game!!" Lotor smiled. He was feeling very relaxed. He said, "Hmm..I can think of many games, my sweet. What kind would you like to play?" Lance heard her say.."Poker.."
He smiled and seeing no guards about, he released the archelogists' bonds and motioned them away. Lance knew that Allura was an expert at poker, for her father King Alfor, had taught her. Lance would have stayed with Allura if he had heard the rest of what she said..
Allura said saucily, "Poker..strip poker!!" Lotor raised his eyebrow and said, "Hmm..sounds like a fun game, my sweet..show me how to play.." Allura grinned and said, "Got a deck of Denubian Gem cards?" Lotor motioned for a guard to get some cards out of the cruiser.Lotor, without thinking about his captives, shooed the guards away. And so, the Princess of Arus and the Prince of Doom sat down at the small table and played the ancient Terra game.
Meanwhile, Lance took the two archelogists to the rendevouz point which actually wasn't far from the Doom encampment, and gave them his small homing beacon. He instructed them to tell Keith that he would get Allura and the artifact from the Doom encampment and meet them back here-somehow. Lance came back into camp and went around to the back of the cruiser and snuck in. There were no guards about. He thought that Lotor must have gotten rid of them for some reason. Oh well, at least it made his job easier. He heard laughter from outside and thought wryly, ..man, she's gonna be ticked tommorrow when she remembers what she did!..
Lance searched through the cruiser and finally found a small box. He opened it and found a small stone carving with a green crystal in it's center. Surely this was the artifact! He placed it back into the box and placed in a deep pocket. Now he had to get out of here..Before he could though, he heard voices- it was Allura and Prince Lotor! What were they doing here? He feared the obvious answer. With Allura in her present condition, Lotor could really take advantage of her!! He had to stay and get her out!!
Lance hid and watched them as Prince Lotor stumbled in with Alura in his arms laughing. Lance saw with shock that Lotor wearing only his pants and no shirt and Allura was wearing the prince's uniform top!! Did they.. while he was gone? His heart sank. He had let her down!!
His question was quickly answered when Lotor laughed and said, "You've met your match at poker, my love - you're lucky I didn't beat your hand that time!!" Allura laughed and said, 'Hmmph! I just let you..Smurfie!!" Lance thought..they were playing strip poker? Geez!! Keith's right..I am a bad influence on her! They went past him towards the back and Lance tensed. He had to get her out or else!! He heard her giggle and Lotor laugh loudly as if they'd shared a joke. Lance thought, ..geez!! I have to get her now!!
..Suddenly, he heard a noise of another craft. Lance glanced out the port view quickly and gasped, ..Zarkon's flagship! Oh man !!! Now, we've got to get out of here!! The craft had just landed when Lance heard the roar of the lions firing upon the encampment! Lance made his move towards the back of the craft. He saw Lotor kissing Allura and Lance quickly belted the prince in the back ot the head, causing him to loosen his grip on Allura. She screamed and Lance quickly hoisted her up on his shoulder and carried her out the back. She yelled, "Bye, Smurfie darling!!" Lotor quickly looked up at his former captive carrying off his bride and yelled, "Come back here, you-you bride-stealer!" Lotor stumbled after Lance while Allura was yelling, "Go, Lotor, Go!! " and generally laughing her head off.
Lance made it outside the hatch and looked around quickly. Pidge in Green Lion spotted them and swooped down to pick them up. Lance quickly scrambled in and said to Pidge, "Go, buddy, go!!" Green Lion took off as Lotor stumbled out of his cruiser. He was upset. She was gone again!! They had such a nice time too!! He noticed that the Voltron Force had left quickly. He thought, ..the cowards!!..taking a man's bride and running away!!
He walked over to the front of the cruiser and sat down on one of the chairs where they had played their game. Of course, Lotor had failed to notice the enraged form of his father coming out of his cruiser with Hagar following behind. Lotor looked up and saw his father, Zarkon. He smiled and said, "Hello, father..you're looking particularly p.o.'ed today!!" Zarkon yelled, "What is this? You call and tell me you have the archelogists and the artifact! Then you tell you have the Princess and a member of the Voltron Force! I come here and I see nothing but my drunken son without a shirt on and this camp in shambles because you let them get away!! I want an explanation now!!"
Lotor glanced at some discarded flowers that Allura had left on the table and grabbed them. Before Zarkon could do anything, Lotor placed the flowers in Zarkon's face and said, "Chill, Father..chill!!"Zarkon couldn't help but smell those flowers!! A few moments later, Zarkon was in a mellow mood. He turned to Witch Hagar and said, "Have I ever told you how attractive you are, Hagar..? :" and led her off to his ship. (Author's note: I ain't going any further with this! Come to your own conclusions! Shudder!) Lotor leaned back in his chair, thought of his lovely princess and sang slightly off-key: "Alll my ex's lllivve in Texxas......."
On the way back to Arus, Allura finally slept awhile. They were nearly halfway to Arus when she awoke. Lance was with her and whispered, "You okay, princess?" She looked and saw him holding her head in his lap. "Lance?" she said, "What happened?" Lance said, "Hmm, well you must be ok..you're calling me Lance again.." Allura's brows furrowed in confusion and she said, "Huh?" Then she gasped and put her hand to her mouth. She looked up at Lance and whispered, "Tell me I didn't do all that!!" Lance grinned and said, "Uh, yeah you did Allura.." She said, "I called you Lancie and I kissed you!" He said, "Yeah and you called me Lancelot too..you said I used my lance a lot!!" Allura blushed and said, "I'm sorry!!" Lance chuckled and said, "Naw! I kinda of liked it!" Allura gasped again. "Lotor! I didn't! Lance, tell I didn't do what I think I did!!" Lance said, "Yes, you did..and you nearly did - ah the horizontal bop with him too!!" She groaned "Oh god, I'm so embarrassed! Will he -"Lance said, 'Uh, yeah he will.." She said, "Now he'll really be after - - what's this?" She looked down at the shirt she was wearing. She recognized it as Lotor's. Allura peeked underneath and found she wasn't wearing anything!! "Ack!! Where's my --" She looked up quickly at Lance and he said, "Um, evidently, you two were playing strip poker! I wasn't there so I don't what you did or didn't do!" Allura groaned again, "Aagghh!! If anyone hears about this!" Lance said, "Fear not, maiden, you secret's safe with me!!" Allura rolled her eyes at him and said, 'It was those flowers wasn't it?" Lance said, "Yup!" Allura sighed and said, "Well, I hope I never see them again!!"
A few days later on Arus, Allura was attending to some paperwork in her office when Keith came in. He said with a smile, "Allura, I have a suprise for you in the garden..come with me for a sec.." Allura, wanting any excuse to get away from paperwork, agreed. They went into the garden and Keith showed her some new flowers that had been recently planted.. Some familar flowers. Lance happened to pass by and stopped for a minute. Keith said, "Pidge found these near a bag that had been dropped. The bag was the one you had been carrying with you on the mission. He found these flowers in the bag and transplanted them for you. I mean I know how much you like flowers..smell good don't they?" Allura and Lance gave each other looks and then suddenly Keith took a sniff of one of the blooms. Allura cried, "Keith! Don't!!" but it was too late!
Keith said, "Man, I feel great..hey is it hot in here, or it is just me..?"Allura and Lance looked at each other and laughed as if to say, here we go again...
The End