The Forgotten One (Voltron)

volume 1: escape (also known as prologue)

Four years ago

Lyra

"Bye mom!" Lyra called, pulling on the antique oak door.

"Hurry back and don't waist time. that movie will not watch itself! Don't forget extra butter for the popcorn." She called as Lyra jogged out the door. When her face hit the cold night air. she shivered and rushed down the pavement ready to get out of the freezing temperatures. She rushed down the sidewalk and then preceded to jog to the store.

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    The shopping list was simple.

           Extra buttered popcorn
           Candy of choice
           Soda
 
Lyra grabbed the the last of her list of the shelves of the convenience store. She then walked the short distance to the check register.
After checking out and walking a block down the street toward her home, she started to notice a different pattern in footsteps behind her. she listened while she carried the bags. They were extremely quiet, she was surprised she could even hear the slight sounds.
She turned around slowly. The only thing moving was a black ally cat. Still not sure about the light clomping sound, she turned around. There stood a hooded figure dressed in all black, leaning, arms crossed, against a brick wall. Lyra gasped and stepped back. He was very tall, huge even. He pushed himself off of the wall and pulled out a weapon. An odd shaped sword, with a glowing foreign symbol embedded into it.
I could only watch as he stalked towards her.
He then whispered into her ear in a deep and husky voice," you need to leave. You won't get it but they will take you and you will never see your family again."
The world went very still.

The silent stillness was interrupted by shouting and a sound like a videogame based lazergun. lyra saw purple flashes of light. The hooded man backed up a few feet and shouted
"Run! They're here!"

Lyra turned around and saw other men in grey suits with odd design's. Although it was dark, she swore their skin was purple.When they pulled their guns out and started shooting, Lyra dropped her bags, snapped out of her trance, turned around, and started running.
They were soon on her tail and though her breath huffed and her legs ached she kept running hopping this was all a dream. She turned a corner and ran blindly into an ally. Then she saw that there was a dead end and that she could not escape. she grabbed a stray pipe and ran toward them, a last attempt at escape, and started swinging. There were 7 assailants, all had guns and all were lethal.
She tried to hit the guns out of their hands but failed to do so. they just backed her farther into the dark ally. She noticed that they weren't shooting with very much skill. They seemed to be trying to scare her. So Lyra advanced. Then one of them pointed their gun directly at her.
"Stand down or you die. "
"Why are you trying to kill me?" she asked scared.
He did not answer, just nodding at one of the other assailants. he stepped forward, and with his gun hit me over the head. Then the world went dark.