Wings of Home (Voltron: Legendary Defender/One Day at a Time 2017 Crossover)

Guardian Angels

Did everything start with a dream?

Someone other than Keith might describe his current situation as that, but for Keith, the visions he saw were too vivid for a simple dream, but instinctively he knew what he saw wasn't a mere dream. Everything he saw, heard and touched felt too real. Everything felt so real he felt as if he were escaping from the reality around him which constantly involved a lot of disappointment. Shiro, of course, was one of the people in life who knew how not to disappoint.

Keith explained how he felt about the visions to Ryo only for Ryo to give him a look. The look always asked what Ryo wanted to ask; was Keith honestly serious. Ryo chalked the dream of his supposed twin up as another one of Keith's many oddities, but a few times he overheard Ryo saying he wondered if Keith belonged in an insane asylum.

Many of the dreams Keith couldn't remember after waking up beyond remembering the visions felt real, but one dream he remembered vividly every single time. He found himself walking in a forest. There were no forests around the Garrison, and he'd never been to a forest, yet everywhere he looked was vivid with detail as if he were actually in a forest.

Eventually, there came a point where he couldn't move around and found himself unable to look any direction but forward. A gust of wind rustled the leaves on the ground and his eyes watched the leaves in front of him skitter across the ground. He found the sound of the leaves almost as haunting as what happened next; she appeared.

He didn't know her name but definitely knew her appearance even though he'd yet to discern her face fully. Sometimes he caught a glimpse of light brown skin. Other times it was the crystal blue of her eyes. Sometimes it was the point of her ear or her alien markings. Other times it was a glimpse of her angelic white hair. Not knowing her name didn't mean Keith didn't feel comfortable around her; he always did. The snatches of the voice he caught echoing through the forest had a tone which made him feel calm.

Everything started when this experience started changing. Her voice still resounded with him in a manner which made him trust her, but safety was replaced with the sense of urgency. She spoke to him in a language he knew wasn't English let alone any Earth language he recognized, yet somehow he understood her alien words. She wanted to warn him about something terrible coming and he found himself faced with a rapid succession of images he couldn't remember. That is, except one.

Keith found himself sitting in a plane filled with soldiers. Somehow he knew they were headed home. Something made the plan lurch and start going down. An alarm of some kind went off, yet Keith could never remember if it was a light, a sound, or a voice. He found himself turning at the moment the soldiers started preparing for a crash landing and saw Shiro looking him right in the face. Keith always awoke before the plane crashed and he heard her voice.

Her alien words said, "Don't let him."

Waking from the dream and hearing those words left in a panic, but he found himself uttering panicked babble during Shiro's next allotted video call. Ryo was running late and thus Keith spoke to Shiro by himself. "Don't."

"Keith, what do you mean by that?"

"Don't fly. Come home. Come home now."

"Keith, I've got to fly to get home."

Keith swallowed. "If you fly, you die. Don't take the flight home. Get home faster."

Normally Ryo was the only one who started at him as if he'd grown a second head, but now Shiro did as well. Despite this Shiro said as the door to their apartment opened, "Okay. I'll go ahead and take a commercial flight."

"Why is Takashi taking a commercial flight?" Ryo walked over so he could appear on the screen as well. A frown appeared on his face. "Sorry I'm late, Takashi. I was out on a grocery run." Ryo's hand touched the top of Keith's head much to Keith's annoyance. "This one's idea of shopping for groceries is apparently tuna and instant ramen."