Okay, before we begin… Author’s note(s):

1. I can’t for the life of me remember the Sailor Scouts names… Well, I can, but I keep mixing up Lita and Rita. So to any fan, my apologies.

2. Instead of adding my commentary to the story as it’s being told, I decided to instead add it at the very end in a form of an Appendix.

3. I honestly don’t know what possessed me to write this. I must have been bored one night. This is quite old. I just found it in the back of my closet (and what a scary place that is! *Shudder*)

All right! This story is the strangest I’ve written to date. Not only I decided to cross Voltron and Sailor Moon, but then I decided to add more to it and – kaboom! – I had Voltron 3D and Starblazers somehow as well. Please be nice to me and don’t murder me…

Strange Encounters

By KK60 & AK47

Prince Lotor looked about unimpressed. The Voltron Force was once again spoiling his plans of mass conquest. Always the Voltron Force. They had been responsible for his lost arm and the terrible disfigurement his face had encountered. Now he was forced to wear a mask over half of it. Still, despite the fact that he had become a cyborg of sorts, his biological ambitions were still prevalent. He would rule the Universe and he would marry Allura.

He looked around in the spaceship and checked the autopilot. The co-ordinates were set. He would reach Earth in a few days and conquer it. Conquer it in the past since he was failing now. Earth, the original headquarters of the Galaxy Alliance, would fall to him. Earth was nearly forgotten now since the Alliance had moved to another planet. With a morbid laugh, he continued his journey, preparing to warp into the past, unknowing what troubles he could cause by a seemingly innocent travel.

*******

Meanwhile, in the seemingly peaceful planet Earth, a group of evil fighting girls were wiping away sweat from their young faces after finishing fighting a troupe of evildoers. Their latest foes were vanquished for the time being and would all now be a matter of time until they left their hideout to cause havoc again. The girls would be ready for their return. Serena, Raye and Rita remained behind, walking casually, as the other two girls ran off to go on about their own business.

“Oh! Did you see him? What a hunk!!!!” Serena’s eyes pulsed in the shape of hearts.

Rita giggled. “Moonlight Knight… Oh! Hunkameister to the max!!!”

Raye rolled her eyes. “For Pete’s sake guys! What is so big about him? He’s wearing a bleeding burnoose in the middle of the city! What does he think he is? Lawrence of Arabia? Next you two will be wearing veils!”

Serena gave her an angry look. “Look, just because he has never noticed you, it does not mean you can bash him like that. I think it’s very exotic.” She huffed.

“Excuse me? Never noticed me? Humph! I would say of all of you, I’m the best looking.” Raye pushed her long black hair back.

Rita laughed. “You can always pretend. DO you think you could ever compete with these luscious blonde locks?” She pushed her long hair back. “Think again.”

Raye eyed her daggers. “And as we all know, blondes are all bimbos! You do not make an exception!” She gave Rita a raspberry.

Rita looked affronted at her. “Look here, missy, just because…”

“Nothing!” Raye interrupted. “I don’t even know why I troubled getting involved in this debate! I like Tuxedo Mask and as I can see, he’s obviously available. Too-dles.”

“NO!!” Serena shrieked. “Not Tuxedo Mask!!”

“May the best woman win!” Raye ran off.

“Oh she’s such a meanie!!!” Serena screamed frustrated and took to her typical crying – Niagara Falls coming out from each side of her face from her eyes.

Rita glared in the direction Raye had left. “Tell me about it. She thinks she’s some hot stuff, just because she’s got more training in the Arts than we do! Oh! What a… Urgh!” She proclaimed disgusted.

Serena suddenly closed the taps off and smiled malevolently. “I think it’s time we played a trick on her. What do you think?”

Rita smiled. “Uhm… Yes, I think for once, you’re absolutely right.”

Serena nodded satisfied, and suddenly looked insulted. “Hey!”

Rita laughed as she ran off.

*******

Prince Lotor watched Earth momentarily before directing his great battleship into the atmosphere. Selecting a random landing target, he began the slow cruise downwards, towards the blue and white orb, waiting, unsuspecting, for his arrival.

“Once I destroy the roots of the Galaxy Alliance in this puny planet, the universe will fall. And with it, so will Voltron.” He let out a malign laugh. “And Allura will be mine.” He narrowed his eye. “All mine. She shall rule by my side. The Queen of all slaves!” He laughed again.

Unbeknownst to Lotor, the Garrison, the roots of the Galaxy Alliance, had monitored the entrance of an alien into their time.

Meanwhile, on the other end of the galaxy, five metallic felines chased a retro-fitted World War Two Japanese battleship, turned spaceship across the vacuum of space. The ship had attacked Lotor first, taking him to be a Gamelon, another evil race threatening Earth. Lotor had retaliated and eventually boarded the ship, leaving his father’s flagship, which he had stolen again, to just float in space at the whims of nature. He had found the spaceship strange at first, and then he had decided that he really liked it and wanted it. Lotor being Lotor took it.

“Okay team.” Keith said over the inter-lion-com. “Prince Lotor is just ahead of us on that ship.”

“We’ve got to save those poor people that Lotor enslaved when he captured the Yamato!” Allura said.

“Yeah that meanie!” Pidge quipped in angrily.

“Well, quit your yapping and let’s go get him!” Lance said.

“Hey!” Hunk exclaimed as he noticed Red Lion’s missiles arming. “You can’t just go shooting wildly!”

“Hunk’s right, Lance.” Keith said.

“I was just going to fire some to give him a scare!” Lance protested upset.

“Bug off!” Lotor’s angry voice came in. “Quit with all this gallantry. It makes me ill! Besides, do you really think I’m scared of fireworks? Give me some credit!”

Hagar cackled. “Prince Lotor, now it’s a good time to release the new robeast.”

“Yeah, it’s mean and lean.” Cossack nodded in approval.

“And what is this new robeast, old witch?” Lotor demanded.

“I’ve transformed a clone of my cat into a feisty, lazon powered moody robeast cat.” Hagar said proudly.

“Fight cats with cats, eh?” Lotor sneered.

Hagar hissed angrily. “You haven’t seen my pretty kitty yet, so don’t be so quick to judge, my Prince.”

“All your robeasts have been good for nothing. This had better work. It’s your last chance.”

“Aw rats.” Cossack grumbled. “The queenie is here.”

“Uh oh. We have company, team.” Keith said as the Starcutter approached them.

“It’s Queen Merla!” Pidge exclaimed.

“I’ve come to help you deal with the upstart.”

“Hey! I take offence to that!” Lotor shouted.

“Oh Lotor, you are such a brat.” Merla said fondly.

Queen Merla, once known as the Queen of Darkness, had given up her evil ways and joined the forces of good. With the help and support of the Voltron Force, he choice had become a sound one and she now aided Voltron against the attacks from Doom.

Lotor turned angrily at Hagar. “Release the robeasts. Make sure it doesn’t fail.”

Hagar cackled. “Oh, I’m sure you will not be disappointed, Prince Lotor.”

She raised her staff and released the coffin, which opened to reveal her cat, which grew into a fantastic giant cat with angry spikes instead of fur and colossal tusks.

“Yeow!” Pidge screamed. “What an-”

“Ugly cat!” Hunk finished.

“Amen…” Lotor said under his breath. “Sissies!” He taunted them with a leer.

“Now, my pretty kitty, attack those annoying Lions!” Hagar commanded.

“But save the Blue one.” Lotor said casually.

“I’m charmed.” Allura said flatly.

Lotor blew her a kiss.

“Okay team, let’s cage this wild cat.” Keith said manoeuvring the Black Lion towards the robeast.

Lotor leaned his elbow on the console before him and rested his head on his fist drumming his free fingers on the console. A yawn escaped him. Battling Voltron was so tedious, he was thinking about taking a vacation lest he bored himself into a coma. To top it all off, the Captain of the Voltron force always spat out the same lines. Lotor suddenly smiled amused, an idea forming in his head – a rather dangerous place.

“Form Lion lasso!” Allura’s Blue Lion spat out an electrified cable at the robeast.

Lotor rolled his eyes. “How typical.”

The robeast caught the cable adeptly and swung Blue Lion onto Red Lion.

“Cat toys.” Cossack laughed amused.

“Cossack! Go away! You’re a bad influence on Lotor!” Merla scolded.

Cossack looked the very picture of innocence. “Who me? No, no, no, no… I’m a nice guy once you get to know me.”

“Urgh….” Merla shook her head.

Allura and Lance let out grunts of anger and frustration as their Lions struggled to untangle from one another.

“That wasn’t very nice!” Keith said.

“Yeah.” Pidge agreed.

“I’m sorry.” Lotor said casually.

“Say what?” Keith asked startled.

Lotor waved a dismissing hand, without bothering to lift his head from its resting place and resumed the drumming.

Finally Red and Blue Lions disengaged and joined the battle scene again. Keith took quick inventory of their situation.

“Okay team, let’s form Voltron!” He said. Lotor who had just been waiting for Keith to say the line echoed him.

Keith looked startled at Lotor. “What gives?”

“Oh, it’s so typical, I’ve memorised the lines.” Lotor shrugged. “I couldn’t resist.” He smirked.

“Fire Lion missiles!” Pidge called.

The missiles flew and hit true to the target. The robeast short-circuited and whirled uncontrollably growing even larger, dwarfing even the Yamato. In its rage, it swatted each Lion, the Starcutter and the Yamato, sending them all, quite out of control, pin-balling into the universe, heading straight towards the unsuspecting Earth, five young girls, the Negaverse, and cyborg Lotor.

“Hagar!!!” Lotor screamed, trying to regain control over the unfamiliar ship.

“Bad kitty!” Hagar hissed.

“What’s with that?” Cossack demanded.

“Lotor, what have you done?!” Merla cried out.

“Do I look like I know? Talk to this old crone!” Lotor screamed before falling off his chair.

“…Aaaaahhhhh!!!!!” Came the collective cry from the Voltron Force.

“Squeak!”

“Cheddar! What are you doing here? It’s dangerous.” Allura cried.

“You think?!” Lotor snapped. “Ow!” He pushed off Captain Avatar’s portrait off himself.

“No offence, but we have better things to worry about than the mice.” Lance said.

*******

“But I don’t want to get out of bed! Just give me another few minutes, Luna…” A lump under the rabbit-patterned blanket said.

“Serena!” Luna said in a scolding tone. “Something’s wrong. I can sense it! Besides, that’s what you said half an hour ago. You’re late!”

“What?!” Serena’s head sprang from the covers. “Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no! I can’t be late again.” She whined.

Luna rolled her eyes helplessly. “It’s the same old broken record every morning.”

Serena flew about frantically, gathering her things. “Luna! How could you let this happen? You should have woken me up earlier!”

Luna looked angrily at her but before she could say anything a familiar voice came in.

“Serena! Hurry up! We’re late!” Came Molly’s voice.

“Coming!” Serena sang frantically, tripping over Luna.

“Wreeeow!” Luna screeched.

Serena flew past her family, grabbing an armful of food off the table, cramming a moochi into her mouth.

“Goffa go. I’mf late for sfool! Byesf!” Serena sailed past her gaping mother and father.

Luna let out a final desperate sigh before chasing after Serena and Molly. “Serena, when are we going to learn to wake up on time?” Molly puffed and panted as they raced down the street. “We’re going to be killed for sure today!”

“I know but…” Serena screeched to a halt, her eyes turning into hearts. “Uhm… Dreamy.”

Darien strolled casually across the street, books under one arm, on his way to college.

“Hey, meatball head!” He greeted.

“Urgh!!!” Serena grunted angrily, hands turned into fists beside her. “Ignorant clod!”

Molly grabbed her arm, dragging her. “Serena! Have you forgotten school and a fat detention right after?!”

“Oh!” She ran along side Molly.

“See you later, meatball head.” Darien laughed.

“Oooohhh!” Serena huffed, as Molly shot ahead.

“Serena, look!” Luna shouted from behind.

Serena stopped and turned her head skywards, as Luna’s was to see seven fiery meteors entering the Earth’s atmosphere and landing not far from them, relatively speaking.

“Omigosh! How pretty!” Serena sighed. “They’ll cancel school today for sure!”

Luna grumbled something incoherent.

“See, Amy, Raye, Rita and Lita are already heading back.” She noted as the other Sailor Scouts ran towards them. Amy began to enter data into her handheld computer.

“There’s something fishy about these meteors.” Raye said suspiciously.

At that same moment, they heard the sound of explosions not so far away on the opposite direction. Looking towards the source, they saw a bright fire billowing against the horizon from one of the buildings.  They transformed into the Sailor Scouts, which took a good five minutes of airtime, and were about to rush over when a dark figure appeared before them.

“Quickly Sailor Scouts, we must go and investigate. People could be hurt” Tuxedo Mask said gallantly.

“Uh! Oh… Tuxedo Mask.” The Scouts gasped, delaying their departure further.

Suddenly a figure robed in white, wearing a burnoose appeared atop a street light, his cape flying in the wind, the moon making his eyes sparkle – although it was still early morning.

“Quickly Sailor Scouts, there isn’t much time.” He stated, just as Tuxedo Mask had, and as Keith would have if he had been there.

“Uh! Oh… Moonlight Knight.” The Scouts gasped, delaying their departure even further.

Tuxedo Mask startled seeing his twin. “But… How?”

Another explosion heralded the current disturbance anew. This time, they rushed over and arrived at the chaotic scene where a tall, longhaired, half cyborg creature was devastating the Garrison Complex on Earth.

*******

Meanwhile, in a dark, damp cave, Queen Beryl assembled her minions. Jadeite, Nephrite, Malachite, Zoyocite and Rubius bowed low to their Queen.

“Something has happened. I want you all to investigate, since you seem incompetent on your own.”

Nephrite looked disgusted at everyone, exchanging desperate at Rubius who shook his head.

“Aye my Queen.” Malachite said pleasingly.

“My Queen, all would go well if that vile creature had been disposed of long ago.” Zoyocite hissed angrily, eyeing Neflite with all the hate he could muster within himself.

“Back off!” Neflite snarled.

“Enough!” Queen Beryl hissed. “Go now!”

They bowed and left.

“You shouldn’t bring up matters which seem petty in audience like that.” Malachite said the diplomatically. “Beryl does not care for out personal life, my love.”

Zoyocite looked at him. “I forget.” He sighed.

“Nephrite is not worth you grief. Forget the fool.” Malachite gave him a comforting hug.

Zoyocite nodded.

“What the…” Mars began.

“Whatever it is, it’s sure ugly.” Jupiter said.

Prince cyborg Lotor looked at them. “What have we here…?” He mused. “School girls where they don’t belong. Hagar, capture them! They will make good ransom.”

Before Hagar could move towards the startled Scouts, a pair of roses, one red and the other white, halted her progress.

“I don’t think so.” Moonlight Knight and Tuxedo Mask said together, as they leaped, dodging shots from Lotor’s laser gun in unison.

“Oooohhh… they are both so hunky…” Serena sighed.

*******

“Check out the fire works.” Cossack re-setting his spine.

Lotor who was hanging upside down by his ankles from the wreckage with his arms crossed, looked flatly at him. “Don’t just stand there, toad pond reject, get me out of here!”

“Toad pond reject?!” Cossack said insulted putting his hands on his hips. “We’re not in Kansas anymore, Toto.”

Cossack blanched visibly as a laser beam missed his vital appendages by a hair’s breadth. Lotor still hung, still holding the gun, re-crossing his arms.

“Don’t forget, Dorothy, I do not miss.” He smirked.

“Aye sire!” Cossack stumbled clumsily towards Lotor.

*******

“Hey! Is everyone alright?” Keith asked, righting the Black Lion.

“A little toasted but just fine.” The Red Lion appeared beside him.

“So you say!” Yellow Lion appeared from the large crater beside him.

“Oooww!” Pidge manoeuvred his Lion from a nearby crater slowly. “That hurt.”

“Okay team – woah!” Keith started upon seeing the explosion from the distance. “We’d better go see what’s going on. People could get hurt!” He said gallantly.

“Do you think it could be Lotor?” Merla asked with concern.

“Well, we’ll go and find out. Merla go with Allura.” Keith said. “Let’s go team.”

*******

A gigantic, macabre looking robot stepped out of the building, with booming footsteps. It focused on TM (as Tuxedo Mask will be referred to from now on) and MK (Moonlight Knight), at Lotor’s command.

“Take that, you annoying pests! I get enough of this trouble at home from the Voltron!” Lotor cursed.

“Oh!” The Scouts cried.

“Mercury Bubbles!” Mercury cried out, sending out a wild flurry of bubbles, which turned into fog.

“Mars fire… Ignite!” Mars released her deadly fireballs.

“Hagar!” Lotor commanded. “Eliminate them all!”

“As you wish.” She moved to carry out his command.

A full battle was engaged at full force. Lotor kept firing and missing. “Moon Tiara… Annihilation!” Sailor Moon said as she balletically threw her tiara.

Surprisingly to all, aliens excluded, the tiara bounced harmlessly from the machiavellian robot’s head. It did not look amused at her. “Oh my gosh! It didn’t work!”

Lotor laughed. “Did you believe a piece of jewellery would work on Fido? Hagar! What a silly name for a robeast!” He snapped. “Did the lipo-suction suck your brain out too?!”

“I could turn you into a toad, Prince Lotor! You didn’t care before.” Hagar hissed.

“Why don’t you turn them into toads instead, old witch?” Lotor snapped angrily.

*******

“Cam’on team.” Keith said. “Let’s go get that ugly thing.”

“Woah! What happened to the Prince of Darkness?” Lance quipped as he caught site of cyborg Lotor.

“NO! NO! NO! What’s with that?!” Cyborg Lotor groaned. “What are you doing here? You’re supposed to be in Arus.”

“I told you to turn right at the other time warp. We’re not far enough back in time.” Hagar said.

“Kill them! Destroy them all!” Cyborg Lotor began shooting not as adeptly as he once was before his accident.

“Cam’on team, let’s stop him.” Keith said heroically. “He’s a menace to society.”

“Not to say anything about being an eyesore.” Lance quipped.

Lotor growled something incoherent as he dodged an attack from the Lions.

“STOP!” Came a roar.

The battlefield fell silent as Prince Lotor casually walked towards cyborg Lotor and inspected him.

“Who, or rather, what are you?!” Prince Lotor demanded.

“I’m your future.” Cyborg Lotor sneered.

“Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!!!!!” Lotor put his hands on his hips. “Look here, fella, you have no right on stealing my face! Not only that, you made a mess out of it! I am copy-written!”

The robot got bored with the exchange between the twins and began to go on a rampage again.

“Quick team, the robeast!”

“I’ll say!” Prince Lotor snapped, meaning cyborg Lotor.

“He’s dreamy too.” Serena said, staring intently at Prince Lotor.

“Serena! We have to take care of these jerks!” Amy said.

“Not him! He’s cute!”

“Yeah, I’m cute!” Prince Lotor said and dove onto cyborg Lotor.

The two tangled into a fight, until cyborg Lotor effortlessly swatted Prince Lotor away, sending him onto the rumble where he fell unconscious.

Cyborg Lotor laughed. “Now about you, Voltron! Fido, seek!”

The robot turned its attention upon the Voltron Force.

“Steady now, team. It’s gonna be tough.” Keith said, calculating their predicament.

“Cam’on, Scouts, let’s go and get that jerk!” Mars nodded towards cyborg Lotor. “Those robot kitties will take care of that thing…”

“Well, well, if it isn’t the little Girl Scouts having a little tea party.”

Zoyocite said flatly.

“You can make this easy or difficult, Sailor Moon. Hand over the sceptre.”

Malachite, the ever diplomat, demanded diplomatically.

Rubius and Nephrite rolled their eyes.

“Give me that sceptre…” Rubius sneered, mocking Malachite’s voice. “As if that’s gonna work. Why doesn’t he say pretty please with sugar on top while he’s at it?”

Nephrite knitted his brow and looked at Rubius. “I think it’s written somewhere that the evil doers are not supposed to be polite.”

“It was a rhetorical question.” Rubius said flatly.

“Are you quite done?” Malachite snapped at them and turned back to the scouts.

“Hand me the sceptre… Now!”

“I think not, Negascum.”

“I know you don’t.” Jadeite leered.

A huge teardrop appeared over Sailor Moon’s head as she flailed frantically, being held back by Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Mars. “Why that Negajerk! I oughtta…!!” Sailor Moon struggled in a mess of flaying limbs.

Zoyocite chuckled. “Come on Sailor brat, I’m right here!”

“Let me GO!” Sailor Moon whined.

“Sailor Moon! Use your head for a minute, will you?” Sailor Mars snapped angrily.

Nephrite’s eyes glinted suddenly. “Molly…” He mumbled before disappearing.

“Oh…” Zoyocite said venomously. “He’s going after his naughty relationship.”

He put his hands on his hips and huffed. “Scorn me for a little girl.”

Malachite eyed him annoyed, obviously jealous, knowing Zoyocite’s heart to  be focused on Nephrite. Malachite was growled something incoherent and was about to launch an attack when an explosion rocked them all. Turning they saw Fido in flames and the Lions backing up from the fire.

Cyborg Lotor cursed. “Cam’on, old witch! He turned to the Voltron pilots.

“We’ll meet again!!!” And the two disappeared.

“Hey! No fair! He took off!” Sailor Moon cried.

“Sortta like these jerks do whenever they lose a fight!” Sailor Mars snorted.

At that point the Negaverse minions launched a full force attack towards them. Merla jumped out of Blue Lion and sided with the Sailor Scouts in the magical battle.

“Hey, we should go help them.” Pidge quipped.

“It’s too close quartered, Pidge.” Keith said. “If we’re going to help it’ll have to be without the Lions – Hey! Lance wait up!” Keith yelled hopping out of his Lion to follow his annoying bratty, second in command.

*******

Nephrite faced a group of robot fighters, which held Molly, after they had short-circuited due to the crash from Lotor’s highjacked ship and ran amok.

“Nephrite!!” Molly cried terrified.

“Molly!” Nephrite called, forming his sword and engaging the robots.

The fight was short and Nephrite took Molly into his arms before returning to join the others.

*******

The battle had turned into a magical-laser fight between the Negaverse and the Sailor Scouts/Voltron Force team. All this happened while Hagar and Cossack commentaried in the back background, forgetting completely about their liege.

“Oh what a hunk!” Sailor Jupiter said about Lance, who winked at her. “Oh…”

She melted.

“Jupiter! Help us out, please.” Sailor Mars said.

“You guys have got to stop boy chasing.” Mercury said, obviously eyeing Keith, who smiled politely.

The battle raged on, until the Negaverse minions pulled back, for the exception of Nephrite who still had Molly holding him.

“We’ve got to save Molly.” Sailor Moon said.

“Who’s Molly?” Pidge asked.

“I think we better save Nephrite from her.” Mars snickered.

Melvin came panting in. “Someone’s kidnapped Molly!”

“Oh Melvin!” The Sailor Scouts and Molly said.

“Go away Melvin!” Molly cried, holding Nephrite tighter.

Pidge whispered to the nearest Sailor Scout. “Is that Molly? She’s hot.”

Venus rolled her eyes and turned to Melvin. “Hey, Melvin, you got competition.”

Melvin looked affronted. “She’s mine!”

Pidge snorted. “May the best man win!”

“Where’s the hunkameister?” Sailor Moon looked around curiously.

“Right here, baby.” Lance said as he wiggled his brows.

Moon blushed and giggled.

“Hey! I saw him first!” Jupiter said possessively.

“Now girls, there’s enough of me to go around.” Lance said smugly.

At which point Allura smacked Lance across the arm. “Lance! They are obviously too young!”

“Hey, it’s me.” Lance shrugged.

“Cam’on team.” Keith said not noticing Pidge and Melvin fighting Nephrite, who was trying to get away, over Molly, who was very flattered. Rubius watched Nephrite’s plight quite amused.

Cossack, who was about to make another snide comment, smacked his own forehead instead. “Oh dear! Prince Lotor!” And began searching for the Prince.

Allura joined the others searching the rubbles as the Sailor Scouts tried to break up the fight. She found Lotor who was just waking up.

“Allura…” Lotor groaned. “My beautiful angel…”

Allura snorted. “Lotor, you got us in this mess. We’re on Earth with these strange girls, who seem to think you’re cute, although I can’t understand why…”

“Ouch… Below the belt.” Lotor shook his head.

“…and we’re fighting your future. I arrest you.” Allura concluded.

Lotor looked flatly at her. “I love you too.” He stumbled to his feet. “You can’t do anything to me, Princess. I have a fish to catch. We’ll talk later.”

“I think not, Prince Lotor.” Keith stood above him, his laser gun pointed at his head.

“You couldn’t kill me, you pathetic boy scout.” Prince Lotor said amused. “Can your jealousy. You know Allura would never go for you.” He pulled out his gun. “And by the way, I don’t miss and killing you would give me a great reason to party.”

“But how fast can you dodge two shots?” Sven stood at the other side of Prince Lotor. “If you kill Keith, I vill shoot you.”

Lotor started. “You little rat! You escaped!” Lotor scowled trying to figure out exactly how Sven had managed to get to Earth and appear at that critical moment. Since no answer was forthcoming, he decided to ignore it completely. “No matter, how fast can you kill me before I kill you?” Lotor’s eyes narrowed.

Keith’s eyes widened at the sight of his old friend. “Sven?! We thought he had killed you.”

“Vell, he almost did.” Sven said angrily.

Lotor smiled at the distraction and left unnoticed. He skulked over to Nephrite, who was about to disappear, jumped on him and both were gone.

“The hunkmeister is part of the Negaverse?!” Serena gasped in shock.

“Far worse.” Lance said, still flirting with Jupiter.

“Perhaps it’s time for introductions.” Merla said. “It seems our conflicts have tangled.”

The two parties introduced themselves.

“A Prince?!” Sailor Moon’s eyes turned into hearts “Of course! Only a Prince can look so good!”

TM and MK exchanged helpless glances.

“And he’s so strong…” Venus clasped her hands.

Merla smiled. “I’ll let you in a little secret. Under his uniform, he wears form fitted foam shoulder pads.”

A communal gasp erupted from all the female throats, including Allura’s.

A large drop of water, probably sweat, formed beside SM’s head, and she giggled nervously. “Surely you kid.”

“Do I look like a kidder?” Merla asked flatly.

“Urgh… Oh boy.” SM groaned.

*******

“Who are you?” Nephrite demanded.

“I am Prince Lotor.” Lotor said calmly. “Now, I’ll be on my way. The Voltron Force just got reinforced and I gotta a Princess to catch.” He began to walk away.

Nephrite blinked confused. “You’re not from around here, are you?”

Lotor raised an eyebrow. “Whatever gave that away?” He asked amused.

Nephrite looked thoughtful. “Then tell me, Prince Lotor, what is your purpose on this planet? You’re obviously not from the Negaverse.”

It was Lotor’s turn to look confused. “Negaverse…? Hum… No matter. I really had no intensions of coming to this puny, worthless orb. But since I’m here, I may as well conquer it. Besides I have a score to settle with that me-wanna-be.”

Nephrite sighed and gave up. There was just too much about the new comer for him to bother with and he was obviously not interested on the Scouts or Sailor Moon’s Moon Sceptre. Nephrite could sense Lotor’s aura as being good, but tainted with evil due to the environment he had been raised. Not too unlike himself.

“I will warn you of this, Prince Lotor, do not interfere with the Negaverse.” Nephrite disappeared.

“Pompous…” The rest was lost in a growl as he stormed away, looking for cyber-Lotor.

*******

Lotor wondered the streets of Tokyo quite lost. Conveniently it so happened to be Halloween and no one took much notice over the tall, blue skinned, white haired, strange-eyed man walking in the streets. Lotor, for his part, kept getting startled at the bizarre costumes he kept coming across not quite understanding what was going on. He ducked into a building as the last meeting startled him considerably and gasped before smiling. Forgetting about Voltron, cyborg Lotor and any thoughts of conquest, he joined the party that was raging on at full force.

*******

Appendix:
1. Lotor’s evil laugh – Think Tim Curry… No one can quite laugh like that dude. (Trust me, I’ve tried)

2. Eyes pulsing in the shape of hearts – According to all authorities in biology, this is not anatomically possible. I would recommend this particular action not to be tried at home, even under parental supervision.

3. Hunkameister – I’m assuming it means a very hunky dude. (ie. Prince Lotor). Although I could be wrong on this assumption. Webster’s 2nd Edition does not carry this particular word. (The spelling is also iffy here.)

4. Serena screamed frustrated and took to her typical crying – Niagara Falls coming out from each side of her face from her eyes. – The afore mentioned authorities are also puzzled over this phenomena. A committee has been put in place to ban animators from using such improbable situations.

5. Another evil race threatening Earth. – Are we that threatened? And why is it always Tokyo…? Maybe there’s a big bull’s eye over it… Got hop and skip into my flyer and check out the aerial view for that.

6. “We’ve got to save those poor people that Lotor enslaved when he captured the Yamato!” (or Argo - if you’re Occidental and not Oriental)

7. He pushed off Captain Avatar’s portrait off himself – If you are a Starblazers fan, you know what I’m talking about.

8. Nephrite – Well, I actually think that he’s name’s Neflite. However, there is a cheap jade named nephrite and since malachite and jadeite are also stones, I figured that’s what the theme is here. Zoyicite is the only I’m still confused over. However, I know nothing about Sailor Moon, so please don’t lynch me.

9. Rubius – I tossed him in cuz I liked the way he looked and his attitude. I know he had nothing to do with the First Series.

10. Zoyocite – Okay! Before anyone get really upset and flood my mailbox with bomb threats and the like, he IS a dude in the original SM series. I’m not making this up!

11. Huge teardrops appearing over people’s head – The Biology authorities really want to have the team of animators responsible for such an unbiological feat sacked.