Voltron Next Generation

Tenebris

That's how we all found ourselves reconvened at the healing pods waiting silently for the two to exit.

Allura was first as her own teammates rushed to her side. As soon as she was out she whispered something to Shiro and they left the room quickly as Shiro said: "When Kairos gets out tell him to find us if he's feeling better, Allura found out information on the energy." The old Paladins all rushed out quietly discussing something as the four of us watched Kairos's pod carefully.

When the doors finally opened we all rushed forward to catch him as he fell. 

"Tenebris." He muttered.

"What? Jake asked.

"It's called Tenebris, the energy, the darkness."

We helped him to his feet.

"Your mom said she has information about it, she's with the old Paladins right now," Kaeza said.

"Yeah, let's get you over there ok?" I asked helping him put his arm around my shoulder for support.

"Thank you guys." He said as Jake took his other side and we helped him out of the room. When we made it to the bridge he decided he felt well enough to stand on his own and he made his way to his mother.

Allura put an arm around her son and continued to talk to the old Paladins, we joined in on the conversation.

"So you're saying the alternate reality we boarded up when we defeated Zarkon is back?" Hunk asked.

"And a creature from this other reality made it's way over the rift and is here and is about to destroy everything?" Pidge finished

"That's exactly what I'm saying," Allura said.

"Mom," Kairos said, and for a second my heart broke because his tone of voice sounded like a scared child going to his mother for help, but his next words were back in his normal tone of voice, "It spoke to me."

This caught everyone's attention. 

"What?" Allura said, looking at her son with fear.

"Kairos, what did it say?" Shiro asked his son.

"It's, it's kind of hard to explain, It, well it said that it saw me, that it knew who I was, where I was, that it needed me." I shivered "Its name is Tenebris, but, I don't know its words were jumbled up like different snippets were coming in at different times."

"Can you tell me exactly what it said?" Pidge asked, her holoscreen at the ready.

Kairos gulped and his father placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"Exactly speaking, it said, 'I see you Hello Kairos, red paladin, I know where lucky you, you are. I need you, I'm coming, you cannot run and you cannot, and they cannot, save her save you. Give up now, I will break I'll find you, you soon, soon

I could feel the blood drain from my face. Red paladin?

But I didn't say anything, and it was a few breathless moments until Pidge said, "I found something." and with a flick of her wrist two lines were displayed on the giant screen in front of all of us.

"Statistically speaking, rearranging the phrases as an every other in chronological order, you get these two as the most likely complete thoughts," Pidge said, her voice downcast.

The screen read:

I see you red paladin lucky you I need you, you cannot run and they cannot save you, I will break you soon

Hello Kairos, I know where you are, I'm coming and you cannot save her, give up now, I'll find you soon