Discovered
Lilith was a quiet person. She always had been, and assumed she always would be. After all, people can't hurt you if they don't know you exist. She told herself this every day. It kept her alive. They can't hurt me if they don't know I exist. The only person who knew the sound of her voice was her mother. Even in school, Lilith never spoke. The last to trust, the first to let go. According to her mother, before, when she was still very young, she had been a loud, happy child. That was before. In the after, she was sad, and quiet. Silent. That was why she was wondering in the desert on a Saturday afternoon, not out playing with the other kids. After all, it's hard to make friends if you don't speak. Lilith kicked at the sand angrily as she thought. Curse him and his stupidness. Curse them all. Like always, she was blaming him for her quietness and loneliness. She was so lost in thought, she barely noticed as her feet took her into a cave, lead her deep down below the surface, until there was hardly any light at all, and promptly walked her into a wall.
"Really?" Lilith didn't care that no one could hear her. In fact, she was happy about it. Lilith tried to turn around, and numbed into another wall.
"Uhhhh" she moaned. She stuck her hand into her pocket, looking for her phone. Lilith found nothing but a gaping hole.
"It must've fallen out." Lilith tried to see through the heavy darkness, but she could see nothing.
"Fine, I guess we're doing this now." Lilith had a secret. Well, she had many really, but her biggest one was in this cave. She reached out a hand, and gently placed it on the wall, right on top of a rough patch of stone, a carving. As skin met rock, a brilliant blue light lit up the cave. Lilith smiled to herself. Every time, every time the carvings lit up. Blue lions now illuminated the small space she was trapped in. Lilith looked down, and, sure enough, her phone was lying by her feet. As she reached down and picked it up, her elbow bumped a glowing blue circle, causing it to crumble inward.
"Wow" was all Lilith could say. This had never happened before. Her curiosity took over, and without hesitation she jumped headfirst into the hole.
Lilith landed with a splash in a shallow pool.
"Wha-" she was in a huge cavern, the walls sparkling with bioluminescent moss. Holes like stars were scattered over the ceiling, letting in rays of light. Somewhere in the distance a waterfall roared, sounding like a deep purr. Lilith got up and, with shaky legs, made her way to the center of the room, were a huge platform sprouted like a tree. She circled it, looking for a way up.
"Come on, come on. There has to be something here somewhere." Her voice sounded too loud, too big, too unperfect. She, Lilith, seemed too unperfect, to unworthy to be in this place. But she was, and the thought made her smile. A small, unsure smile, but a smile nevertheless. And it was with a smile on her face that Lilith found the steps, worn smooth by decades of wind and water. And feet. As she began to climb, her feet slipped into groves, footprints of people long gone. The stairs spilled around the rock, every footfall bringing her closer to the summit, until finally, with a gasping breath, she reached to top. And gasped. There were half-rotted wooden tables running along the length of the plateau, piled high with papers and other things. Bits of metal littered the floor, and boxes of dried herbs were strewn about haphazardly. It looked like something, someone, had left in a hurry. Probably the same people who made the footprints. The same people who made the carving. Lilith's brain was working overdrive, assaulting the questions swirling around her head. Subconsciously she began to pick up the pieces of metal, making a neat pile of scraps.
"Ow!" Lilith yelped with pain as a sharp piece of metal sliced the skin of her hand. Blood splattered on the floor, and Lilith reeled backward. Quickly she tore a strip of cloth from her t-shirt and wrapped it around her hand. Off all the days to forget to bring bandaids...her thoughts trail off as she realized the metal was glowing. Six circles were projected into the air, blue, green, red, yellow, black, and purple. Above the red circle was her name. Lilith. Carefully she reached out a hand, and attempted to tap the black circle. Her hand didn't go through it like she expected. Instead, a blinking dot appeared above it, and slowly a name appeared. Daniel. Who is that? Lilith tried to tap on the name, but nothing happened. So she began to poke the other circles. Blue, green, yellow, purple. As her hand went around the circle, the blobs of color began to move, spiraling around each other, climbing higher and higher. Lilith was transfixed. The blobs were almost at the top off the cavern now, and still climbing. She was certain they would go straight to the stars. But they didn't. Just before they reached the ceiling, they stopped, and with a bright flash of light, combined. Lilith was momentarily blinded. As she regained sight, she gasped. Hovering at the top of the cavern was a huge robot, a purple lion hovering at its side. Wha…. The thought came of nowhere. Voltron.