Save Me

1-The Phone Call

Moving on is hard. There is a canyon in my soul that should never have been broken, but is now torn. I don't know if it will ever be filled or fixed...but I don't feel like it'll be happening anytime soon.

Allura was a light in darkness. She was very proper, strict and full of pride, but she was also the heart of our group, the glue that held the paladins together...and my first love. I mean, I flirted with other girls, but with her it was different; the friendship we had was real and it grew into something precious, almost sacred. I will never meet another person like her. She was the cause of my euphoria.

The other paladins had pushed forward, finding themselves new objectives in life. Hunk had taken to the stars, bringing joy to the universe with his food. Pidge and her family had become the driving force behind the garrison, training the next generation of the galaxy's defenders. Keith, with the help of his Mother, changed the Blade of Marmora into a humanitarian organization, seeking to help those who still needed assistance after the defeat of the Galran Empire. Shiro retired from the Garrison and found love, after he lost his first. Shiro was one of the first to approach me after Allura passed, and I heard what he said, but I didn't listen...and I wish I had.

After speaking with my family and getting their approval, I left with Coran to the New Altea to learn of the culture since I had somehow become an Altean. There is still so much I need to learn, but I have been stuck holding onto Allura so much that she has become a Spectre.

When no one is around, I found myself talking to her as if she were still here. When I am not paying attention to people talking, I see Allura trying to speak, but I can never hear her. I have tried telling Coran, but everytime I do, something comes up...so I bottle it up instead. I haven't slept in 2 weeks, and nothing is getting better...

I was sitting at my desk reading a book I had found on the royal Altean line, and the magic their blood holds, when I fell asleep...

I can't tell you how many vargas, but I slept...and I dreamt. I can't remember what the dream was, but I know that by the end, the paladins I had served with were dead, Keith being the last to go. I woke up, and I couldn't move for fear that dream had been real. I couldn't breathe, and panic began to take over. So I took to counting...it helped a little, and then my communicator began to ring, indicating to me that someone was trying to call me. My breathing began to calm as I realised this was the case, and soon the ringing stopped.

I picked up my communicator to look at who had called me when it began to ring again, the number coming up on the screen. I recognized the number, but I couldn't figure out whose it was, so I answered it.

"Hello?" I asked. In response, all I could hear was a heavy sigh, and what sounded like crying, a sound I became quite familiar with myself.

The person on the other end composed themself, and said, with relief, "It's me, Lance."

I think I might have dropped my pager in disbelief...this couldn't be real, could it? I picked up the pager, looked at the number, and realized that it was my own.
How the quiznak is this even possible?! To confirm this was real, I asked him what my biggest secret was in the plainest words, "Who do I see?"

There was a pregnant pause, and finally the person on the other end spoke solemnly, "Allura".

I felt so relieved that I began to shed tears...but then all these questions flooded my brain, and I opened my mouth. It was on auto-pilot and began asking them, but I was soon stopped by Lance...I mean the other me...man this was messed up.

"Lance!" Lance 2.0 shouted, grabbing my attention. I stopped my motor mouth and listened to him.

"I can't answer all your questions, but what I can tell you is that you need to move on."

"What...time...is it where you are?" I asked, because I had a feeling it wasn't from the past.

"It has been 5 deca-phoebs since the defeat of Hagar and the Galran empire, and 1 varga since the only other paladin was killed."