There has to be an After for Us ~ (shadam / klance)

Chapter 59 - Funhouse *BONUS CHAPTER*

Chapter 59 - Funhouse *BONUS CHAPTER*

Allura knew that her soul had been acting as a Guardian to the After for some phoebs now. However, with this consciousness imprinted on it, she didn't know what she was in for. It felt like her first foray into the After, despite the fact that this is where all souls resided and they only travelled to the astral plane when their consciousnesses went there... It was all very confusing.

What was clear was that it felt new and with Blaytz's quintessence morphing into the new White Lion, Allura, Lotor, and Veronica were the only Guardians it had.

The light was blinding and the air was thick with magic. It reminded Allura a bit of the quintessence field, but instead of the ether flowing with quintessence, the souls present radiated their own quintessence. The shocking part was how these souls were very much in dangerous.

There was roaring sound. It hurt Allura's ears.

"It's worse than I imagined!" shouted Lotor.

The sinkhole was more like a typhoon, worse yet, it was pulling souls towards it.

"We need to keep the souls from getting sucked in!" shouted Veronica.

The three of them ran towards it, no proper plan in place.

"Allura, can you hear me?" came Shiro's voice inside her head. "Did you arrive safely?"

"Shiro, I can hear you. The situation is bad. I must aid Lotor and Veronica before we lose half the souls in the universe!"

"Understood! Check in if you need me." With that the connection severed.

Lotor, Veronica, and Allura, stopped at the point where the suck threatened to pull them in if they got any closer.

"How do we heal it?" asked Lotor.

"I think we need to contain it first," said Allura.

"Yes," agreed Veronica, "create a barrier to prevent souls from getting pulled in."

"If we can produce water, we likely can produce ice as well."

"Perfect," said Veronica, "Let's spread out around the sinkhole. Got it, Lotor?"

Lotor's head was turned the other way, but he looked at them when he heard his name. "Apologies. I thought I saw... It does not matter."

"We're spreading out to create an ice wall," said Veronica.

"Very well," said Lotor with a nod then he took off to circle around the sinkhole.

Allura watched him with concern for a moment before she realized she had an important job to do. Lotor was a grown man. She did not need to worry about him.

******

Lance fell to the bottom of the cliff and hit the ground with a thud.

"Keith!" he snapped as his boyfriend held out a hand to help him up. "That payback was not even! I dragged you on a nice soft waterslide and then you dragged me down a rocky cliff! Wait..." Once Lance was standing he took a look at his clothes. "Which one of you manifested me a Blade uniform?"

"I believe I did," replied Krolia. "Teamwork is best executed through uniformity."

"And you know all about sticking together," mumbled Acxa.

"What does that mean?" asked Krolia, snapping her head at her daughter. Lance was still wondering how he'd missed this information the first time Keith had told him.

"Nothing – Ah!" gasped Acxa, clutching her sides.

"Are you alright?" asked Krolia with concern.