Shiro's POV
As I stood in the sunrise, I kept trying to remember as much as I can after being abducted on Kerberos. But among the bits and pieces, the one thing that I can remember most clearly was the word 'Voltron'— But Voltron is the name of the robot I drew the night Mom and Dad found and adopted Keith. So, how did I… was it a coincidence? And of all the time to keep having those dreams… did the time I spent as a prisoner brought them back to surface again— especially after they took my arm… I look back down at my right arm before feeling a hand on my shoulder. "It's good to have you back." I look up to see that it was my little brother, "It's good to be back." I replied back. "So, what happened out there? Where were you?" Keith asked, causing me to feel somewhat upset with myself for not being there for him— especially after my 'pilot error' have played a role in my brother's expulsion from the Galaxy Garrison after 9 years of enrollment due to our parents dying in a fire that destroyed our home. Keith and I only have each other left… "I wish I could tell you. My head's still pretty scrambled. I was on an alien ship, but… somehow I escaped. It's all a blur." I answered before turning my head to face Keith, "How'd you know to come save me when I crashed?" I asked. "You should come see this." He quietly replied, before I decided to follow Keith back to the old shack we used to play in before our 'enrollments' into the Garrison…
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Once inside, Keith walked up to a wall that has a sheet over it and pulled it down— revealing a large bulletin board with notes, photos, and a map of the area. "What have you been working on?" I asked as I inspects the board and taking notice of some of the photos. "I can't explain it, really." Keith explained, "After getting booted from the Garrison, I was kinda lost… and found myself drawn out to this place. It's like something… some energy, was telling me to search." I looked at my brother in confusion, "For what?" I asked. "Well, I didn't really know at the time... until I stumbled across this area." Keith replied as he points out a section of the map that was circled a couple times and have 'Energy Source' written on it, "It's an outcropping of giant boulders with caves covered in these ancient markings. Each tells a slightly different story about a blue lion, but they all share clues leading to some event, some arrival happening last night. Then, you showed up."
I thought about what Keith have said, especially the 'blue lion' before I thought back to the picture of 'Voltron'— I remember explaining to Dad how 'Voltron' was made up of five different lions… and one of the colours I used was blue… I shook my train of thought as I turn my attention back to three other boys in the room. The one on the left appears to be around 17 years of age with olive skin, short, brown hair and blue eyes. The one on the right is the same age as the boy on the left with a darker skin tone, black hair with an orange strip of cloth tied around his forehead, and brown eyes. But my eyes widens when I notice how the third boy in the middle is pretty much a 15-year-old version of Matt, "I should… thank you all for getting me out." I finally found my voice as I unconsciously offered my right arm to the boy on the left, "Lance, right?" Lance reached out, only to hesitate for a second before accepting it to shake hands. From the way he hesitated, I can tell that Lance is scared of my right arm— and I don't blame him.
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I offered to shake hands with the two other boys, only for the one who resembles Matt to accept. "The nervous guy's Hunk. I'm Pidge. So, did anyone else from your crew make it out?" He asked me, "I'm not sure. I remember the mission and being captured. After that, it's just bits and pieces." I replied before Hunk speaks up. "Yeah, sorry to interrupt, but back to the aliens. Where are they now? Are they coming? Are they coming for us? Where are they at this very moment?"
"I can't really put it together. I remember the word 'Voltron.' It's some kind of weapon they're looking for, but I don't know why. Whatever it is, I think we need to find it before they do." I answered before Hunk began to rummage through a backpack, "Well, last night, I was rummaging through Pidge's stuff, and found this picture." He then pulled out the said picture— But the picture have Matt and his sister, Katie. "Look, it's his girlfriend." Hunk chuckled, "Hey, gimme that!" Pidge snatch the picture away from Hunk, so why would he have a picture of Matt and Katie on the day we went to Kerberos… "What were you doing in my stuff?" Pidge asked, sounding somewhat annoyed that Hunk have gone through his bag. I remember being the same whenever Keith wants to play with my rocket collection when we were both younger… "I was looking for a candy bar." Hunk answers honestly before turning his attention back to us, "But, then, I started reading his diary."
"What?!" Pidge quickly snatch the notebook away from Hunk as I bit my tongue to keep myself from laughing, "I noticed the repeating series of numbers the aliens are searching for looks a lot like a Fraunhofer line." Keith raise his eyebrow in confusion. "Frown who?" My brother asked, "It's a number describing the emission spectrum of an element, only this element doesn't exist on Earth. I thought it might be this 'Voltron'. And I think I can build a machine to look for it, like a Voltron Geiger counter." Hunk explains. "Hunk, you big, gassy genius!" Lance said as he folds his arms, "It's pretty fascinating, really. The wavelength looks like this." Hunk added as he pulls out a piece of paper that shows the 'wavelength'. "Give me that!" Keith said as he carefully snatch the paper away before walking up to the board and compare it to a photo of a mountain range. Surprisingly enough, the lines matches up…