Disclaimer: As always the story is mine but Voltron and the characters belong to WEP.
Miracle
Chapter 2
Lance was furious, Pidge and Hunk were quiet and Allura was extremely quiet. They decided to put off the funeral for a week because Allura was still in shock. She was not sleeping and ate very little, and worst of all she wouldn't talk. All Lance saw her do was walk around the castle in the same black dress with a blank look on her face.
After several days, Lance couldn't take it anymore. He wanted his friend to memorialized but he knew he needed to snap Allura out of her state of mind before he could do that. He decided to go talk to her in her room. He knocked on the door. No response. He noticed the door was unlocked so he walked in the room. He saw her sitting staring blankly out the window at the statue where Black Lion once was. He was about to intervene to help her snap out of it when she began to talk. She sounded a little hoarse because she hadn't talked in days. But what she said perplexed him.
"Why hasn't he come back to me?" She said as Lance walked to her and turned her toward him and held her at arms length.
"Allura," Lance said calmly, "Keith's gone; I know you miss him more than anyone, but you have to face his death. It's not good for you to be like this.
Allura responded, "I mean Black Lion, why hasn't he regenerated himself? Don't you remember last time the lions were destroyed? They regenerated themselves."
Lance thought about it for a moment and then said "We weren't in the lions at that time. Perhaps if we were they couldn't have done that."
Suddenly, Allura lost it. She cried harder than she ever did in her life. Lance embraced her and cried himself. He was able to let go of some of his anger to comfort her. She was holding out hope that perhaps he did survive somehow but couldn't get back because Black Lion was still regenerating himself. But Lance explained that it would have been a miracle for Keith to eject safely out of Black Lion at the altitude he was flying just prior to the explosion. A miracle was exactly what Allura was holding out for.
Keith woke up in severe pain. He couldn't move his legs and his head felt like it was going to explode. To his amazement he saw his helmet lying on the ground about twenty feet from him. It was split in two. He struggled to remember what happened and where he was, but it was no use.
'At least I am alive and I know who I am' Keith sighed.
Suddenly, a bright light was shown in his eyes. It was a peculiar light because it was bright but not blinding. A figure walked up to him almost frightening him.
"Don't be afraid" said a beautiful woman as she approached him.
She bore some resemblance to Allura but not quite. Her long blond hair rested loosely on her shoulder blades but her eyes were an amber color. Next to Allura's they were the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen. She seemed familiar to him but he did not recognize her.
"Wh-who are you?" Keith stuttered.
Approaching him, she gently touched his cheek. "You're healing faster than I thought, her love for you must really be strong," the stranger replied.
Looking deeply in his eyes she spoke again "Despite everything she still has not given up on you and unless we get to work all hope may be lost."
"What are you talking about!" shouted Keith quite frustrated. "And who are you?"
"Calm down, Keith, yelling will not help you heal." She replied.
"How do you know me," Keith stated calmly "and please, don't talk in riddles, I have a bad headache that won't go away."
"I will help you with that" She said as she placed her hands on his head. His headache instantly disappeared. He looked at her questioningly.
"I guess you could say I am your guardian angel, call me Philana" she smiled. "I'm here to help you heal."
"Why," said Keith "Why are you helping me?"
Philana sat next to him. "Because someone loves you very deeply and needs you to live and God needs you to live to bring that love to its fruition. She's been praying for you and I am here to answer her prayers. I can only help you as long as she has hope. You can help keep her hope alive by coming to her in her dreams and I can teach you that."
"Are you talking about Allura?" Keith asked. "She really loves me that much!"
Philana responded, "Yes she does, and she needs you."
"How can I contact her?" Keith asked.
"I will show you" Philana said, "But first let me get you something to eat."
"I'll do everything I can to help you through this, Allura," Lance said as Allura slowly paced across the lounge at the castle.
The lounge was the room in which the Voltron force convened when they had some free time and when they were discussing important matters.
"I don't want a psychiatrist; I will work through this myself!" Allura stated strongly.
"Allura, I'm not saying you can't handle this on your own, I am just saying Dr. Andres may be able to prescribe something to ease your pain," Lance insisted.
Allura almost screamed at Lance for suggesting such a thing but held back her rage. "Ease my pain! Ease my pain! We're talking about losing my best friend not healing a headache!"
She looked at him sternly. "You know what they did when my parents died, Lance? They put me on some antidepressant that I couldn't even pronounce and I became numb, numb to my own parents' death I couldn't stand it. So I slowly went off it and felt worse than before. I became sick, so sick that I thought I was going to die as well. It took me weeks to recover. In fact two weeks of my recovery period I don't even remember. I want to face this myself." She sat down in disgust.
"Calm down Allura, I just want to help you," said Lance moving to sit next to her. He gently took her hand in his own. She reluctantly accepted it. She wished it were Keith holding her hand. She felt tears running down her face again. She was very tired and hadn't slept in almost a week. Lance put his arm around her and she wept until she fell asleep from pure exhaustion. He gently carried her to her room and put her in her bed. He didn't want her to wake up alone and scared so he lied down on the sofa across her room and slept himself.
"So how can I connect with her telepathically?" Keith asked the angel as he lay still on the ground.
Philana had brought him some food to eat which he had just finished. "Close your eyes, and rest your head," Philana responded resting his head in her lap.
He felt a little awkward like this but he did as she told him. She continued, "Concentrate on Allura. Picture her image in your head. Imagine she is sleeping in her bed. Now go to her."
The image became very strong. It was so strong he almost opened his eyes and gasped for air. But he knew he had to concentrate to connect with her. He went to her and sat on her bed taking her hand in his own. He kissed her hand and she stirred.
"Allura, please wake up and look at me," said Keith.
Allura woke up and almost screamed, but Keith kissed her before she could utter a sound.
Keith had never kissed her like this before. The kiss was full of passion and love, but still pure and innocent. Allura had an astonished look on her face.
"Quiet, you'll wake him said Keith referring to Lance across the room. I'm glad he is watching out for you. I am also glad he is sleeping over there and not here," said Keith slyly.
Allura blushed, "Even though he is known for chasing girls, he is still respectful of them... Well, at least he is to me."
Allura became flooded with questions for him, "How did you get back here? Are you alive? Am I dreaming?" she whispered.
"Slow down, Allura I will explain everything just let me hold you right now and tell you something I should have told you before... I, I love you."
Tears began pouring down Allura's face. "You love me?" She sobbed.
"Yes" Keith replied.
"I love you too," Allura responded and went to kiss him again but he stopped her.
Instead he held her chin and had her look at him deeply in the eyes and he said, "Then help me live."
"What do you need me to do?" she questioned.
He responded, "I need you to believe in me and pray for me." Your prayer just before the accident saved me from dying but I am still on the planet gravely injured. There is no way any one of you can come here and rescue me only prayer will heal me and allow Black Lion to take me home. Black Lion has already regenerated himself and is waiting for me to heal."
Keith began to get a strong pain in his side. He winced and lost his concentration and connection with Allura. He disappeared right in front of her eyes.
"No ...Keith! Come back to me." She sobbed. "I will pray and I will believe. I need you." She immediately dropped to her knees and began to pray.
Miracle
Chapter 2
Lance was furious, Pidge and Hunk were quiet and Allura was extremely quiet. They decided to put off the funeral for a week because Allura was still in shock. She was not sleeping and ate very little, and worst of all she wouldn't talk. All Lance saw her do was walk around the castle in the same black dress with a blank look on her face.
After several days, Lance couldn't take it anymore. He wanted his friend to memorialized but he knew he needed to snap Allura out of her state of mind before he could do that. He decided to go talk to her in her room. He knocked on the door. No response. He noticed the door was unlocked so he walked in the room. He saw her sitting staring blankly out the window at the statue where Black Lion once was. He was about to intervene to help her snap out of it when she began to talk. She sounded a little hoarse because she hadn't talked in days. But what she said perplexed him.
"Why hasn't he come back to me?" She said as Lance walked to her and turned her toward him and held her at arms length.
"Allura," Lance said calmly, "Keith's gone; I know you miss him more than anyone, but you have to face his death. It's not good for you to be like this.
Allura responded, "I mean Black Lion, why hasn't he regenerated himself? Don't you remember last time the lions were destroyed? They regenerated themselves."
Lance thought about it for a moment and then said "We weren't in the lions at that time. Perhaps if we were they couldn't have done that."
Suddenly, Allura lost it. She cried harder than she ever did in her life. Lance embraced her and cried himself. He was able to let go of some of his anger to comfort her. She was holding out hope that perhaps he did survive somehow but couldn't get back because Black Lion was still regenerating himself. But Lance explained that it would have been a miracle for Keith to eject safely out of Black Lion at the altitude he was flying just prior to the explosion. A miracle was exactly what Allura was holding out for.
Keith woke up in severe pain. He couldn't move his legs and his head felt like it was going to explode. To his amazement he saw his helmet lying on the ground about twenty feet from him. It was split in two. He struggled to remember what happened and where he was, but it was no use.
'At least I am alive and I know who I am' Keith sighed.
Suddenly, a bright light was shown in his eyes. It was a peculiar light because it was bright but not blinding. A figure walked up to him almost frightening him.
"Don't be afraid" said a beautiful woman as she approached him.
She bore some resemblance to Allura but not quite. Her long blond hair rested loosely on her shoulder blades but her eyes were an amber color. Next to Allura's they were the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen. She seemed familiar to him but he did not recognize her.
"Wh-who are you?" Keith stuttered.
Approaching him, she gently touched his cheek. "You're healing faster than I thought, her love for you must really be strong," the stranger replied.
Looking deeply in his eyes she spoke again "Despite everything she still has not given up on you and unless we get to work all hope may be lost."
"What are you talking about!" shouted Keith quite frustrated. "And who are you?"
"Calm down, Keith, yelling will not help you heal." She replied.
"How do you know me," Keith stated calmly "and please, don't talk in riddles, I have a bad headache that won't go away."
"I will help you with that" She said as she placed her hands on his head. His headache instantly disappeared. He looked at her questioningly.
"I guess you could say I am your guardian angel, call me Philana" she smiled. "I'm here to help you heal."
"Why," said Keith "Why are you helping me?"
Philana sat next to him. "Because someone loves you very deeply and needs you to live and God needs you to live to bring that love to its fruition. She's been praying for you and I am here to answer her prayers. I can only help you as long as she has hope. You can help keep her hope alive by coming to her in her dreams and I can teach you that."
"Are you talking about Allura?" Keith asked. "She really loves me that much!"
Philana responded, "Yes she does, and she needs you."
"How can I contact her?" Keith asked.
"I will show you" Philana said, "But first let me get you something to eat."
"I'll do everything I can to help you through this, Allura," Lance said as Allura slowly paced across the lounge at the castle.
The lounge was the room in which the Voltron force convened when they had some free time and when they were discussing important matters.
"I don't want a psychiatrist; I will work through this myself!" Allura stated strongly.
"Allura, I'm not saying you can't handle this on your own, I am just saying Dr. Andres may be able to prescribe something to ease your pain," Lance insisted.
Allura almost screamed at Lance for suggesting such a thing but held back her rage. "Ease my pain! Ease my pain! We're talking about losing my best friend not healing a headache!"
She looked at him sternly. "You know what they did when my parents died, Lance? They put me on some antidepressant that I couldn't even pronounce and I became numb, numb to my own parents' death I couldn't stand it. So I slowly went off it and felt worse than before. I became sick, so sick that I thought I was going to die as well. It took me weeks to recover. In fact two weeks of my recovery period I don't even remember. I want to face this myself." She sat down in disgust.
"Calm down Allura, I just want to help you," said Lance moving to sit next to her. He gently took her hand in his own. She reluctantly accepted it. She wished it were Keith holding her hand. She felt tears running down her face again. She was very tired and hadn't slept in almost a week. Lance put his arm around her and she wept until she fell asleep from pure exhaustion. He gently carried her to her room and put her in her bed. He didn't want her to wake up alone and scared so he lied down on the sofa across her room and slept himself.
"So how can I connect with her telepathically?" Keith asked the angel as he lay still on the ground.
Philana had brought him some food to eat which he had just finished. "Close your eyes, and rest your head," Philana responded resting his head in her lap.
He felt a little awkward like this but he did as she told him. She continued, "Concentrate on Allura. Picture her image in your head. Imagine she is sleeping in her bed. Now go to her."
The image became very strong. It was so strong he almost opened his eyes and gasped for air. But he knew he had to concentrate to connect with her. He went to her and sat on her bed taking her hand in his own. He kissed her hand and she stirred.
"Allura, please wake up and look at me," said Keith.
Allura woke up and almost screamed, but Keith kissed her before she could utter a sound.
Keith had never kissed her like this before. The kiss was full of passion and love, but still pure and innocent. Allura had an astonished look on her face.
"Quiet, you'll wake him said Keith referring to Lance across the room. I'm glad he is watching out for you. I am also glad he is sleeping over there and not here," said Keith slyly.
Allura blushed, "Even though he is known for chasing girls, he is still respectful of them... Well, at least he is to me."
Allura became flooded with questions for him, "How did you get back here? Are you alive? Am I dreaming?" she whispered.
"Slow down, Allura I will explain everything just let me hold you right now and tell you something I should have told you before... I, I love you."
Tears began pouring down Allura's face. "You love me?" She sobbed.
"Yes" Keith replied.
"I love you too," Allura responded and went to kiss him again but he stopped her.
Instead he held her chin and had her look at him deeply in the eyes and he said, "Then help me live."
"What do you need me to do?" she questioned.
He responded, "I need you to believe in me and pray for me." Your prayer just before the accident saved me from dying but I am still on the planet gravely injured. There is no way any one of you can come here and rescue me only prayer will heal me and allow Black Lion to take me home. Black Lion has already regenerated himself and is waiting for me to heal."
Keith began to get a strong pain in his side. He winced and lost his concentration and connection with Allura. He disappeared right in front of her eyes.
"No ...Keith! Come back to me." She sobbed. "I will pray and I will believe. I need you." She immediately dropped to her knees and began to pray.