Winter Tree (Voltron: Legendary Defender Fanfic/ONC )

The Impossible Nightmare

A world where Allura was dead was honestly unimaginable.

"You heard me." That Lance leaned up against the wall with his thin arms crossed. "It's Keith's fault we're here. It's always Keith's fault."

"He's kind of right." Of course, the person who always blamed himself for whatever bad thing happened to the team he led would agree with that Lance. Lance reached on hand up and bopped their Keith on the back of the head lightly, but Lance's eyes rolled into the back of his head.

"Sure, it's Keith's fault. Next, you're going to tell me he's not the leader of Voltron."

"He is now." That Lance glanced away from them. "I don't think I should be talking to you."

None of them heard her tiptoe into the vicinity, but her voice drew everyone's attention. "So this one is an alternative version of our Lance."

Lance watched that Lance perk up upon hearing Allura's voice, but a smirk spread across his face. That Lance wiggled his eyebrows slightly. "Hey, Allura."

Lance honestly wanted to gag, but instead simply turned his head away. He saw their Keith's eyes widen as their leader gawked at the strange creature in the jail cell. Allura, on the other hand, did look away in disgust because of how that Lance flirted with her. She took a deep breath. "You should let him out."

The facial on their Keith's face reflected how Lance personally felt, but their Keith stared at his girlfriend as if she'd grown a second head. Of course, this wasn't the first time Lance saw their Keith look at Allura in that manner and sometimes he found himself stepping in and interceding in their relationship. "Wait. Are you kidding? Even Keith is wondering if you're kidding princess."

"Um... yeah..." Their Keith still looked a bit awestruck.

"How could an alternative version of us be evil?"

"That..." Lance glanced back at that Lance, the Lance he majorly disliked.

"She's right you know. We have never, ever encountered alternative versions of us that are evil."

"Okay, Keith. We'll let mini-me out of his cell, but who's going to be in charge of him?"

"Hey!" That Lance didn't like Lance referring to him as a mini-me.

A twinkle appeared in Allura's eyes and Lance let out a groan. "Why, you two are going to be in charge of him."

Lance watched the princess turn on her heels and head out of the room while Keith stared after her in disbelief. He then watched Keith look at the younger version of him in horror, but remembered Keith saying something about not knowing how to handle kids. Keith glanced away anxiously and muttered something under his breath about contacting Sven right away before disappearing. Which in turn mean Lance oversaw Lance.

"So..." That Lance spoke. "Does this mean you're in charge of me?"

Lance felt one side of his mouth twist in disgust as he unlocked a jail cell. "Let's take a walk. You can tell me all about your universe and maybe it will help us figure a way to get the two of you back to your world."

He watched that Lance's mouth twisted in annoyance. "So, Keith's here as well?"

"He's in the infirmary."

"Not surprising. He did get sucked out of the cockpit of our ship. I'm surprised he survived."

"Keith survives a lot of things you don't expect him to." Instead of building a repour with that Lance, Lance instead received a glare. Lance took a deep breath and headed outside. He jammed his hands into his pockets upon arriving outside. "So, what can you tell me about your world."