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Keith opened his eyes slowly, blinking a couple times as he tried to adjust to the bright light above his head. He wasn’t fully awake until he heard a groan a few feet away.
Keith pushed himself up from the ground, shaking his head a couple times for good measure and looked around.
The other paladins, and Allura and Coran, were sprawled out across the ground around him.
Lance had landed on top of Hunk, his head half resting on the other boy’s shoulder. Pidge had fallen onto her side, and she almost looked like she was just sleeping.
Coran and Allura had fallen next to each other, and one of Coran’s hands was in Allura’s hair. Shiro had his head resting on Allura’s leg.
Keith had to stare out over the group for a solid 10 seconds just wondering if this was real life. Unfortunately, it was.
He sighed and staggered to his feet. After all, this wasn’t the weirdest thing that ever happened to him.
He walked over to Lance and Hunk first, lightly tapping Hunk’s cheek. “Hunk? Can you please get up?”
Hunk wrinkled his nose and snored louder in response. Keith rolled his eyes and focused on waking Lance.
He nudged Lance gently a couple times until the boy started to wake up. His eyes fluttered open after a couple minutes. "Keith...? Why are you waking me up? We don't have training this morning." Lance muttered sleepily, curling himself into Hunk.
Keith rolled his eyes and nudged him again. "Because we're in some weird room and everyone is passed out except for me. I don't know where we are, please wake up."
Lance's eyes snapped open and he pushed himself off Hunk to look around. Keith was right, the room was weird. It had 7 seats, color coded in the exact order of: Yellow, Blue, Red, Green, Black, Pink, and Orange. (Does Coran have a color?)
In front of the seats, there was an empty stand, the kind you'd see at carnivals. You could clearly see a popcorn maker, chip bags, and soda cans inside. There was also a giant screen with a projector in the back.
"What the heck did you get us into, Keith?" Lance scowled at the other boy. Keith blinked in surprise, looking offended. "I didn't do anything! I just woke up first, that's all." He crossed his arms defensively.
Lance murmured something under his breath before pushing Hunk. And hard. Hunk startled awake with a yelp, his arms shooting up to defend himself. "AH! WHAT?!?"
Keith smirked at Lance's good thinking. The only things that could wake Hunk up were probably food, or fear.
"Well, my dear friend, we're in the middle of some creepy old theater room and I don't want to be stuck with just Keith for the rest of my life."
Keith's smirk fell into a frown. Hunk chuckled nervously as he looked around the room. "Guys...does anyone know WHY we're stuck in a theater room?" Hunk asked, meeting Lance's eyes.
Lance shook his head with a lopsided smile. "Not a clue."
Keith shrugged before walking over to Allura, Shiro, and Coran. Hunk and Lance walked over to Pidge.
Keith knew it was easy to wake Shiro and Allura, but not so easy to wake Coran. Coran only woke up when you shoved him out of bed. He could sleep through Zarkon blowing up the ship with not a single problem.
He gently shook Shiro's shoulders, and whispered, "Hey, Shiro. Wake up."
Shiro woke up easily, opening his eyes and pushing himself up into a sitting position. "Keith? Where are we?"
Keith shrugged. "We're not sure. It's some sort of theater, but we don't know how we got here or how to get out." He explained quickly. Once Shiro took a good look around, he woke up Allura.
She yawned sleepily, smiling softly before standing up and stretching her arms. "Well, I think this theater looks lovely." She stated.
Lance, Hunk, and Pidge walked over. Pidge looked pretty irritated to have been woken up, despite the circ*mstances.
Keith was away from the group, shaking Coran wildly in an attempt to wake him up. The man just kept snoring.
As the group, minus Keith and Coran of course, tried to figure out what to do, Allura walked over to Keith and Coran and knelt down.
"You're doing it wrong. See, watch me." Allura told Keith, gently moving him back. Keith complied, moving a foot away to watch her.
She ran a hand gently through Coran's hair. "Coran. Coran, wake up." She spoke softly.
Then, she rose one hand and swung it down swiftly across Coran's cheek. Keith jumped back, startled.
Coran choked on a snore and woke up quickly. "Wah! What is it? Where are we? What did I miss?"
Before anyone could respond, a loud, echoing voice filled the room.
"Hello, Team Voltron. Welcome to the theater."
The team froze, Keith rising to his feet and Allura staying crouched protectively beside Coran.
"There is no need to worry. You're perfectly safe here."
That didn't seem to calm them much.
"You will be watching Voltron: Legendary Defender today. This show is based on all of you and your journeys from the beginning to the end. You will be seeing things you have never seen about your fellow teammates. Please, take your respective seats."
The team reluctantly walked over to the chairs and sat down in their chairs. Lance tried to lighten the mood with a joke. "Really, disembodied voice? You had to sit me next to Keith?"
Nobody laughed.
"Feel free to go and get any drinks or snacks you wish during the show. This is your lives."
The lights in the room turned off until it was pitch black, and then the screen lit up.
This was going to be fun.
