Survival of the Innocent (A Voltron fanfic) (Book 1 of Fates Entwined)

Emergence

The team minus Keith groan from the turbulence of the Wormhole and exit to find themselves in a different part of the universe.

"Whoa. That was..." Lance says, speechless.

Hunk grunts and vomits in Blue, pausing only to say, "So sorry—" before continuing to vomit.

"I'm just surprised it took this long," Pidge states.

"I don't recognize any of these constellations. We must be a long, long way from Earth," Shiro supplies.

"The Lion seems to want to go to this planet. I think... I think it's going home," Lance says as Blue blast towards the planet, entering its atmosphere, causing the team (minus Keith) to huddle closer together from the intense turbulence.

"Guys, personal space! Hunk, your breath is killing me," Lance yells.

But Hunk is preoccupied and says, "Um, is it just me or is anyone else having second thoughts about flying through a mysterious Wormhole? Why are we listening to a robotic lion anyway?"

"It got us away from that alien warship, didn't it?" Lance says.

"I don't know if you noticed, but we're in an alien warship," Pidge replies.

"Oh, are you scared?" Lance asks cockily.

"With you at the helm? Terrified," Pidge replies.

"All right, knock it off! No one's happy to be in this situation, but we're here now. If we want to get through this, we've got to do it together," Shiro says frustrated.

"So, what do we do?" Pidge asks.

"First, we find out where we're headed. Lance?" Shiro asks.

"I don't know. I'm sorry. The Lion's not talking to me anymore. ... Wait! Wait, wait, wait! Shh! Listen. I think I hear something," Lance shushes them as a high-pitched squeal sounds.

"I'm hearing it, too," Pidge says.

"It's, uh—It's kind of a—a high-pitched squeal?" Hunk analyses.

Lance farts, causing the team to hold their noses in disgust and yell out, "Come on, Lance!"

"But seriously, there's a Castle up ahead," Lance says.

Everyone is amazed as Blue approaches the castle and the latent Castle reactivates. Blue stands in the courtyard.

"Wow," Pidge says in admiration.

"Keep your guard up," Shiro orders.

"Something wrong?" Pidge asks.

"My crew was captured by aliens once. I'm not going to let it happen again," Shiro replies.

The team exits the blue lion. Once they are all out, Blue stands up, startling everyone and causing Hunk to cry out in fear, "Oh no! Oh no! I knew it was going to eat us! No!"

Blue roars, opening the Castle's doors, Hunk cowering behind Shiro - despite his large size - until the doors finish opening.

"Oh, the door is open. Guess I was wrong about you."

The eerie silence bemused the team as they enter the vestibule, but is broken by Hunk calling out, "Hellooo?" Hunk's voice echos in the emptiness while everyone stares at him, startled. Hunk shrugs.

"From the size of the Lion, I expected these steps to be bigger," Pidge observes.

A beam of light suddenly appears as the vestibule activates. Everyone gasps in surprise as a computer speaks up and says, "Hold for identity scan."