Survival of the Innocent (A Voltron fanfic) (Book 1 of Fates Entwined)

Earth Ending Part 3

Keith, Shiro, Lance, Hunk and Pidge arrive at the location that Keith had recognised with Hunk's device. Keith can hear and feel Red's worry about the strangers and even Shiro. He reminds Red mentally that Shiro is a friend and that the others haven't done anything wrong but he will keep his guard up. He is so busy conversing with Red that he is slightly surprised when Lance speaks up, "... OK. I admit it. This is super freaky."

"I'm getting a reading," Hunk informs them.

He used the device to locate a cave with ancient carvings inside.

Shiro asks, "What are these?"

"These are the lion carvings I was telling you about. They're everywhere around here," Keith replies with a distant look in his eyes, faded memories of happier times long past fading into his consciousness.

He is suddenly pulled back to reality by a familiar but different energy and Red roaring in delight. Keith sees the carvings all light up and Lance touching one, surprising everyone. Keith has a faint grin on his face, knowing what this means.

"Whoa... Whoa!" Lance calls out in surprise.

"Heh, they've never done that before," Keith laughs, almost giddy in anticipation for what is about to happen.

Keith feels the blue lion below, reaching out to him, recognising Keith from his visits as a baby. The blue lion gives him a moment's warning before the ground beneath everyone collapses, causing them to fall into a cavern of water. Lance is the first to look up and see the blue lion inside a forcefield.

"They are everywhere," Lance says.

"Is this it? Is this the Voltron?" Pidge asks.

"It... must be," Shiro says in awe.

"This is what's been causing all this crazy energy out here," Keith mutters to himself, approaching Blue when Blue says it's alright, everyone else slowly following, "Looks like there's a force field around it," Keith informs the others.

"Does anyone else get the feeling this is staring at them?" Lance asks, causing Keith to grin, knowing that Lance can subconsciously feels the connection.

Shiro looks at Lance out of the corner of his eye before saying, "Hmm... No."

"Yeah. The eyes are totally following me," Lance acknowledges.

As soon as Lance says that, Blue asks Keith to touch the forcefield to try and hint to Lance to touch it himself without specifically saying so. Keith runs up to the forcefield and touches it but the forcefield stays, Blue telling the cub to wait and watch.

After a moment of waiting, Keith decides to give Lance a push and says, "I wonder how we get through this."

This seems to do the trick as Lance says, "Maybe you just have to knock."

Lance literally knocks on the forcefield, which reacts, dissipating and igniting the area around them in blue. Everyone sees an image of Voltron forming from five lions in their minds except Keith who saw it from Red. He smiles at everyone's faces and nods at Blue in acceptance at the secret it revealed. He quickly hides it as they all come to reality, whilst asking Red if her repairs are done mentally to which she replies with a growl that translates to a frustrated yes. Keith laughs mentally at this and his companions reactions to what they just saw, something he's known for a long time.

"Woah..." everyone but Keith (who already knew about Voltron) and Hunk (who is speechless) says.

"Uh, did everyone just see that?" Lance asks in shock.

"Voltron is a robot! Voltron is a huge, huge, awesome robot!" Hunk yells, freaking out.

"And this thing is only one part of it! I wonder where the rest of them are," Pidge says, voicing what the rest - except Keith, of course - were thinking.