Crossing Over: Voltron Legendary Defenders
Chapter 1: Watching
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Lance's Point of View
My eyelids fluttered open as I stared in wonder. No… None of that could be true. I just saw something unbelievable! I pushed myself from the pod and looked around. Keith and I's gazes meeting as we climbed from our chambers as once. My heart tightening as I shivered at remembering everything I had just witnessed. I glanced over my shoulder to see Shiro was the only one still in a pod. Wow…
Allura appeared, "Well, how did it go?" The smile on her face showed her enthusiasm and excitement to know each of our experiences.
I scratched the back of my neck as I blushed, "It was interesting…" A nervous chuckle left me and I glanced at Mullet. A hopeful lie crossing my mind, 'There was no way he had seen what I had'. I gave a sigh, looking to the floor. For some reason I felt ashamed of my past lives or whatever... Truthfully, I wasn't sure how to refer to those experiences.
Hunk began laughing. One of his hands clapping down onto one of my shoulders, "Just interesting!? I found it amazing! Lance you have to tell me about your past lives." His eagerness was almost too much for me right now.
Allura grinned, clapping her hands together gleefully. "Yes! Once Shiro is awake we must all share with one another! I had begun thinking you two would never awaken. That took quite a few days for the both of you. Hunk came out in a few hours of going in, Pidge took a day, and you both took a week… I'm curious when Shiro will come to." She pressed one of her hands to cup her chin as she thoughtfully looked at his pod. "His soul must be quite old…" Her free had pressed over the glass and she gave a tender smile at our sleeping commander.
I glanced at Keith from the corner of my eyes, noting how he stared seriously at the floor. Why had we thought this would be a good idea? Voltron needed to be ready at all times! Not facing their pasts! Even if I was excited by the idea at first, now… Now, it just felt like a horrible idea that made things awkward. I gave another sigh, but jumped at hearing a hissing sound.
Cool air rushed from inside Shiro's pod, one of his hands thrusting forward to grab onto the outside edge of the chamber. He stepped out and looked at all of us. "I love you guys." His smile held both happiness and sorrow. It made me wonder, but it wasn't like we would ever be able to know what we each saw in our containments.
All of our gazes lifted at the sound of running. Coran darting into the room with a smile on his face. "Your data is being processed and uploaded to the castle's mainframe."
What?! One of my eyebrows rose as I cocked my head. Did that mean the castle knew our pasts now? I crossed my arms, deciding to just listen to what Coran had to say instead of asking questions.
The Altean man continued, "We can review what you each witnessed soon enough. Once the castle has fully downloaded the files from your pods. It'll be quite thrilling to see if the team Voltron members were friends in their pasts." One of his fingers flew into the air, "Just head to the viewing room once you've all eaten a nice meal."
Hunk clapped his hands together, "I'm down with that!" He turned and began to run from the room until Keith snarled.
Everyone stared at Mullet questioningly. "You're going to invade our privacy by watching our pasts. You should at least ask our permission first!" He stomped one of his feet, stepping at Coran before Shiro placed a thoughtful hand on his shoulder.
The two stared at one another and Keith gave a sigh, looking to the floor once again. "Coran won't look at your data without authorization. Just compose yourself and speak calmly to him. I'm sure we'll all understand if you don't want anyone to know a few things."
His eyes narrowed, brushing off Shiro's hand he moved away. "Nobody needs to see what I saw." His eyes met mine, "I don't want Lance flipping out!" He pursed his lips and crossed his arms trying not let the others see the light pink dusting his cheeks.
Pidge popped in a comment, "Now I just want to know. You saying something like that just makes people more curious. Besides, we knew each other in a few lives!" Her hands flared out dancing in the air. "I was a jazz dancer in one of them! If the castle has the data, why not skim through it? Also, I can look at anything within the system anytime I want-
I cut her off, "Don't! Just leave him alone…" My gaze softened after my temper went off. "I don't want anyone looking at my data either… Pidge just stop." Hugging myself, I lowered my head and walked out of the room. They couldn't see! I would never let them know... I glanced over my shoulder meeting Keith's gaze once again. Never.
Allura's Point of View
My hands were propped on my hips as I puffed out my cheeks. I was with Pidge on this one! I wanted to know more about my crew. I looked at the other female, "We could always just sneak off and watch it ourselves."
"Allura" Shiro leaned in close to me, giving me a daring stare. "They both said no, respect that. You too Pidge." His eyes had moved from me to her.
Coran appeared beside him, trying to rest an arm on Shiro's shoulder. "Yeah, yeah, respect ladies…" He glanced around suspiciously, leaning in as though to whisper to us. "We'll watch it later tonight. Just get Hunk to bring some food." We both gave a firm nod as Shiro faced palmed.
Hunk arms clamped down on my right shoulder and Pidge's left as he stood behind us. "I get the feeling those two really need to experience this together. Why don't we just say it's a movie night and trick them?" His happy tone and smiling face had me shivering at the wicked idea of tricking our friends.
Although, he was probably right. I pumped my fist in the air, "Let's do it!"
-That evening-
Hunk had a table of food prepared for us while Coran and Pidge tinkered with stuff in the corner. I assumed they were setting up for the show. Anticipation coursed through me at the idea of becoming closer to my team. I fixed myself a small plate of food before taking a seat to get comfortable.
Shiro was in charge of getting Lance and Keith to come here willingly. I wasn't sure how he would manage such a thing, but it didn't matter as long as they were here to experience it with us everyone would be satisfied. I froze when I heard irritated yacking and stumbling coming from down the hall, and flinched as Shiro pulled Keith and Lance into the room. They were both angrily mumbling now, but the pair wouldn't look at each other. My eyes narrowed, curiosity invading my mind at what this could possibly mean. We couldn't have their relationship being worse. What if they couldn't form Voltron now?! My heart hammered in my chest at the thought. We had to watch this and figure out what went wrong and fix it now! It was our duty to view this information and get them speaking to one another once more! I clenched a fist to my chest, peering over at Coran and Pidge to see them giving me a thumbs up. Exalt!
Keith and Lance took seats on the opposite ends of one of the couches, grumbling as Shiro took the seat behind them with me. Pidge darted over with a controller in hand to sit beside Hunk and Coran; the three sharing a couch. Once everyone was comfortable, I looked to the screen with wide eyes.
It was time! My eyes sparkled as Pidge flicked a switch to make the screen flicker to life.
No way! Amazement filled me at the sight… No wonder they were so embarrassed.
