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

Nightmare

"What?" Penelope felt her jaw drop.

"Apparently we're taking a ride out into the desert for some reason."

"I heard that, but what reason?"

"I'm not sure. Apparently, the garrison was prepared for this situation?"

"Schneider, what situation are you talking about?" Penelope watched her mother look up from the news.

"Keith taking off into the desert because Allura told him to do so."

"Who's Allura?"

"I don't know. I just know when the senior cadet in charge of the stay overheard that name he said some kind of protocol needed to be enacted."

"Schneider, hand your phone over to that cadet before you lose signal."

"Hi. I'm Cadet Holt."

"I am the mother of two of those teenagers, but also the aunt of one of those cadets, and my daughter's significant other is in fact with them. What is going on cadet?"

"I told them they didn't have to come, but they did."

"Next time tell them they shouldn't come."

"Chances are they would have come, particularly since my sister is with us."

"Why is your sister with us?"

"It's likely going to be all over the news, so I'll be upfront with you that my parents received a message regarding alien invasion."

Penelope's eyes widened as she heard the others with them speak up in disbelief. "You're kidding, right?"

"No."

"You've got to be. How could the garrison have a protocol regarding that of all things?"

"What's going on Penelope?"

"Hold on mommy, I need to get more information."

"How? The only thing I know is it has something to do with Keith's parents. They're the ones – or more specifically Keith's father – who put the protocol in place. Keith's our only chance of finding Voltron."

"What is Voltron?"

"The only thing keeping us safe from them."

"Okay. No. Not okay. I'm of course a worried mother here. Are you honestly telling me the fate of the world rests in the hands of a bunch of teenagers?"

"Hey! Not all of us are teenagers!"

Penelope rolled her eyes. "Cadet?"

"It looks like that. I'm sorry they were drug into this, but I don't even know what Voltron is. This Schneider person wanted to make sure you were aware of what is going on, but we're not going to be able to stop Keith."

"Are you sure?"

"Well, he is the only way we can find it, we honestly need it, but I've tried stopping Keith when he gets determined to do something."

"Hey. Penelope. I'll keep the kids safe. I..."

"Don't make promises you can't keep." Penelope knew full well war didn't work the way people wanted it to. "Just keep me informed."

She hung up and saw her mother looking at her. "So?"

Another phone call came in. "Aunt Penelope."

"Veronica?"

"I am so, so sorry. Shiro and I left for our rounds for only a few minutes when the garrison went into lockdown."

"You mean to tell me this thing about an alien threat is real?"

"What alien threat?"

"Wait? You don't know what this alien threat is?" Penelope watched her mother's face twist in worry.

"Iverson didn't exactly give us details and told us to contact the Holts, but I wanted you to know what was going on."

"Veronica, call the Holts. I just got done speaking with their kid." Penelope took a deep breath. "And tell Shiro I'm not mad at him. If anybody I am mad at Schneider if even that."

"Okay. She says she's not mad at you. He got the message and I'll be calling the Holts now."

Lydia's mouth twisted when a third call came in. Penelope took a deep breath. "Hello?"

"This is commander Iverson."

"If this is telling me about the situation I've already gotten some details from the senior cadet and my niece. I know they're going after something called Voltron and there is some kind of alien threat."

"That would be the Galra."

"And exactly how do you know about this Galra threat?"

"We know about it because of the mother of Cadet Kagone and Lieutenant Shirogane."

"You mean the mother who they have no clue regarding where she is?"

"Yes. That would be the person I am talking about."

"Are you telling me Keith was correct in saying their mother is..."

Iverson cleared his throat. "I am not at liberty to say anything. Everything regarding their parents is top secret."

"You just told me the reason you know about this Galra threat is because of their mother."

"That is the extent of what I can tell you about them. I can also tell you that you will likely see something on the news."

"What..." Penelope swallowed. In the distance over the desert was a rather large spacecraft.

"This is like out of a movie." Lydia, of course, started praying.

"I will keep you informed about what happens to the cadets and the other teens, but at this point, I need to manage the garrison as we are under siege."

Penelope sat on the couch. A beam shot out from the ship while the reporter went into detail regarding the strange spacecraft and speculation regarding which country built the terrible weapon. She even heard a word about the faction looking to against the worldwide coalition for space travel as the culprit. Everything felt so unreal, yet outside of the house, she heard the sound of war off in the distance.

Her body shook as she remembered things she didn't want to remember, but her worst nightmare – her children experiencing war like she did – that was becoming reality.