Saving Destiny

A Reason So Special

Destiny groaned as she so unwelcomely regained consciousness. An internal fist was beating from the inside of her head desperately trying to break free. Her eyes slowly slid open against her own will, but soon snapped wide when memories of the previous events flooded into her muddled mind. A sense of fear gripped at Destiny's gut wrenching it into a tangled mess, her senses felt muffled as if a sheet covered them. Slowly, she sat up from where she woke and attempted to take in the scene around her. A black shadow occupied the space and dimmed her view of anything but simple walls- the familiarity of the smell of timber coming from them kept her sanity from completely depleting. Underneath her she heard the springs of a mattress creak as she shifted her tired body towards the edge of it, with all the strength she had Destiny carefully pushed herself up even though she knew the outcome. Painfully her legs wobbled from the lack of use and she soon tumbled. Her knees slammed into the floor with a crack and her hands flew out to save her face which stopped merely inches above the ground. Destiny whimpered as her right leg throbbed and the section where skin met metal on her left burned, a sense of uselessness hit her over the back of the head. She knew now, she knew that Keith was alive and she had to go back to him. She missed him terribly.

The creak of a wooden door had Destiny backing up further into the corner of the room she resided in. Sunlight bled into the dark room like heaven on earth, but the figure that entered was no angel. A large hulking creature casually strolled inside, its wide shoulders shifted to fit through the doorway. It easily stood over 7 foot and its overall depiction reminded Destiny of the purple monster sitting on his throne. She pushed her shaking hands over her quivering lips to quiet her panicked breaths, but it did nothing. They already caught sight of her.
"By the very gods.." It exhaled, the creature took large strides towards the corner Destiny pushed herself further into and gripped her biceps with giant hands in a surprisingly gentle grasp. If it wasn't for the blue fur, twitching pointed ears, unnaturally bright green eyes, and shark teeth, Destiny might have questioned the creature's actions but instead she screamed. They sputtered and hurriedly covered her mouth with one large hand which in turn covered her entire face below the nose. Mumbling incoherently, the creature anxiously looked around as if expecting someone to sneak up on the two. Suddenly thundering footsteps sounded from outside the room, "What in the stars are you doing?" A similar creature, only towering over 6 foot marched into the room. Once it caught sight of Destiny shivering in the corner with the creature's hand still covering her mouth, it gasped. "Dig, what in the heavens have you done?" It glared at the creature crouched in front of Destiny. "Sorry Terra." The creature now known as 'Dig' apologized with shrunken shoulders. 'Terra' came over to the two and wrenched them away, crouching to one knee, still towering over the girl. "Little one, how did you get here?" They asked, but all Destiny could do was shake her head with wide eyes.
"You don't think she's for..." Dig trailed off, the creature's green eyes in front of Destiny widened. "One so young and small, how could they do such a thing?" Terra asked in desperation, but Dig had no answer.
The sudden change in atmosphere had tears surfacing in Destiny's eyes, "There, there little one." Terra used her large, blue thumb to swipe away the plump droplets that spilled over. "Little one, do you have a name?"
"Destiny."

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Dig watched as his sister left their home, shutting the door softly. "I have put the child to sleep, the poor thing is petrified." Terra looked down sorrowfully, "No doubt that pest Foheun brought the child here," Dig glared murderously at the dirt below his feet. "The question remains, where did he take her from?"
"Why Voltron of course." The siblings spun around to see a hulking creature littered in scars, patches of blue fur missing in places. "You scoundrel!"
"Voltron is a myth!"
The creature let out a menacing laugh, "I would not be so sure Dig."
"You kidnapped the child to save your own fur! Or what's left of it." Dig was soon pinned to the ground, "How dare you mutt!" Terra growled and reached for the creature intending on leaving the monster with even less fur than he already had. "You are a vile coward Foheun, you are no higher than the dirt you walk on." Foheun roared and extended a flexed hand towards Terra before getting socked in the jaw by her brother who lay underneath him. Before the fight could ensue a crash followed by a sharp scream came from inside the house. Terra took no time to sprint into the home as Dig shoved Foheun off. "No!" His sister hollered, "It is too late. The girl is gone. The village will once again be safe." Foheun turned to leave as Dig ran over to his sister, "Prewg will never be safe until I get rid of you!" Terra quickly rose to her feet and dove for the creature while his back was turned.
Another life had been taken so as to appease the sisters from their wrath.

Destiny screamed as she awoke this time.
Both her shoulders creaked as she pushed herself up, she hadn't been able to see what took her from Terra and Dig but they had made sure to rip her arms in the wrong direction. With frantic fervor, Destiny found she was in a sort of forest. It looked similar to the ones on earth but it was so alien. The surrounding trees loomed above her and the grass pricked into her skin. Destiny couldn't get her heart rate to slow, at the moment she felt as if she could be undergoing a heart attack with how fast her chest was beating. The silence of the forest was suddenly broken by a chorus of hums. Destiny couldn't bring herself to allow the whimper that bubbled up in the back of her throat out for the fear of being heard. A few yards ahead coming from behind the trees were three figures. As they approached the hums grew louder, bouncing around in her ears as if their lips were touching them. No doubt had she been spotted. She blinked and in that split second the three figures- three naked women, were right in front of her smiling down with lustrous but dreamy eyes. Her voice escaped her as she flung back in fear, although she was terrified of the creatures she met before Destiny wanted nothing more than to be with them- except for with her brother. Something was wrong with these women. How could they walk around bare and why did they feel so dangerous even with their elegant dispositions.
"Do not be afraid my little one,"
"You are here for a reason,"
"A reason so special."
The women seemed to finish the sentence as if it was their own and they hadn't just spoken in broken parts. Destiny was even more afraid now that they had spoken, their voices were melodic but wrenched at her gut. She thought she might be sick.
"A reason so special,"
"So special,"
"Only you can appease."
Destiny began to cry, these women were so beautiful but she was so terrified. Her shaking form shrunk back as three pairs of hands reached towards her: one pair carded through her hair, another caressed her wet cheek, another pulled at the collar of Allura's shirt. Allura.
Keith.
Allura. Keith.
Help me.