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The Champion has returned.

He has a mission this time. He isn't merely for sport, fighting for entertainment. He's a soldier now, an assassin, designed to fight and to destroy Voltron. Enhanced further with Galra witchcraft and a hint of quintessence, whatever past the Champion has no longer exists. His life as a human, as a paladin, as a fighter pilot on Earth, it's all gone, replaced by the need to serve and fulfill his existence. He is a weapon and nothing more.

A few well-placed rumors ensure that Voltron will come to him. It's not his plan, of course. The Champion is no general. He is valued for his strength and the appearance that apparently is so tantalizing to Voltron, and nothing more. They will try to trick him, he's told. They will tell him he is one of them, that since he is human he must also be a paladin, but it is a lie. Killing them is his objective.

They are weak when they leave their lions. The Champion waits, watching the paladins foolishly land and exit. How stupid of them. They're defenseless without the Lions, and he knows this fight will go quickly.

He straightens from his hiding place. They come for him, crying out a name that means nothing to him. He does not smile. He does not move.

He waits.

Date: 2017-09-21 01:50 am (UTC)
tookashirototheknee: (lost boy)
From: [personal profile] tookashirototheknee
No. This isn't happening. This isn't possible. Matt swallows, trying to keep a lid on his emotions. "You do know me. I don't know what they did to you, but you know me. We came to space together with my dad." He possibly shouldn't have let that slip, but he's desperate at the moment. "We went to school together, and we're... er, we were best friends." And some more, but he's not even sure what to do with that right now.

He pauses. "Who do you think you are?"

Date: 2017-09-21 02:08 am (UTC)
tookashirototheknee: (lost boy)
From: [personal profile] tookashirototheknee
"Everyone is someone." Matt rubs his wrists a bit, sitting up. He takes a breath, stuffing his emotions down even more.

"Do you remember how you became the Champion? Do you remember your first victory?"

Date: 2017-09-21 02:21 am (UTC)
tookashirototheknee: (oh god no)
From: [personal profile] tookashirototheknee
"You and I had been captured by the Galra Empire and made into slaves. We were sent to the Gladiator Arena." He keeps rubbing his wrists. "I was chosen to go first, but you..." He takes a breath. "You pushed me out of the way and slashed my knee, and then went out and defeated the whoever it was out there." He rolls up his right pant leg to show him a nasty scar just under his knee. "You saved me, Takashi. You saved me and they took you away."

Date: 2017-09-21 02:53 am (UTC)
tookashirototheknee: (oh god no)
From: [personal profile] tookashirototheknee
"You remember now? I've been trying to find you for so long, Takashi. Please. Let me help you remember who you are."

Tentatively, he reaches out his hands and gently puts them on Shiro's arms. "Talk to me. Tell me what you remember, and I'll help put the pieces together."

Date: 2017-09-21 02:11 pm (UTC)
tookashirototheknee: (oh god no)
From: [personal profile] tookashirototheknee
"I was scared. We were so close and had been for quite a while, and then you turned on me." He sighs, pulling his hands back and putting them in his lap. "And then you told me to take care of Dad, and got pulled away, looking a bit scared yourself."

He closes his eyes. "It was worse thinking you'd actually turned on me than the actual wound, really."

Date: 2017-09-21 03:04 pm (UTC)
tookashirototheknee: ([Shiro] intense)
From: [personal profile] tookashirototheknee
"You remember me now?" Matt's face lights up, and he reaches out to take Shiro's hand.

"I don't know what they did to you, but we're going to find a way to get you better, ok? I promise. Can you tell me what you do remember and we can go from there?"

He wants so badly to crawl in his lap and hug him tightly, but he holds back for now.

Date: 2017-09-21 04:22 pm (UTC)
tookashirototheknee: (lost boy)
From: [personal profile] tookashirototheknee
"That's aright. Hold on to me, ok? I'm not leaving. I'm staying with you no matter what." He takes a breath. "Although, I'm not sure where to go. I don't know what's safe. I could try to contact my people, but it might be better if people think I'm dead."

Date: 2017-09-21 09:46 pm (UTC)
tookashirototheknee: (oh god no)
From: [personal profile] tookashirototheknee
"Ok. So we need to figure out where we can find another ship. I'm thinking we could try to disappear into the next fairly populated planet that we find."

Matt reaches out and cups Shiro's cheek. "Have you been with them the entire time?" Somehow, it's so odd, thinking that it's now him and Shiro together against the entire universe. Matt actually doesn't think he minds.

Date: 2017-09-21 10:27 pm (UTC)
tookashirototheknee: (lost boy)
From: [personal profile] tookashirototheknee
"Alright. We'll go slow, ok?" Matt takes a breath, moving just a bit. "Can... Can I hug you? I really miss that."

A million things are racing through his head at the moment, trying to figure out what the next step should be.

Date: 2017-09-21 10:51 pm (UTC)
tookashirototheknee: (fond smile)
From: [personal profile] tookashirototheknee
"Of course." Carefully, Matt gets up, and reaches out, wrapping his arms around Shiro and hugging tightly. Slowly, he climbs into his friend's lap, ready to leave if necessary.

Date: 2017-09-22 01:06 am (UTC)
tookashirototheknee: ([Shiro] intense)
From: [personal profile] tookashirototheknee
"'Kashi." In that moment, it's almost as if everything is falling into place again. Reaching up, he puts his hand on the back of Shiro's head, holding him close. "I found you. You're here. And you know me now. Everything's going to be ok, love. Remember when we were in school, and said that if we were together we could do anything? That's how it is now. I promise."

Matt takes a shaky breath, trying not to cry. Someone has to have it together right now.

Date: 2017-09-22 01:46 am (UTC)
tookashirototheknee: ([Shiro] Happy Kiss)
From: [personal profile] tookashirototheknee
"Let it out, Takashi. I've got you. It's alright." Matt tightens his grip around his boyfriend just a bit, holding him close. "You remember now, and we'll figure this out together, ok? You're Takashi Shirogane, the best pilot I know and I love you so very much." He takes a deep breath, and a few tears fall on Shiro's shoulder.

Date: 2017-09-23 02:40 am (UTC)
tookashirototheknee: (oh god no)
From: [personal profile] tookashirototheknee
"Don't apologize. It's alright, Takashi. I love you." It's such a rush to be able to say that again, to hold Shiro tight. "We're together." He runs his hand through Shiro's hair again, just letting him cry.

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