I'm Not Leaving You (Keith Kogane x Reader)

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We all huddled around Pidge's chair in the bridge and watched her search Sendak's memories. She probably had three or four screens in front of her.
"Somewhere inside Sendak's memories we should be able to find the inside information that gives us the key to take down Zarkon." Said Allura.
Coran looked to Allura, "I don't think your father would approve of searching through an enemy's memories."
"I know, but we have to do everything we can to defeat Zarkon."
"Once we learn all his weaknesses we can drive up to his front door and challenge him to a fight." Said Lance punching his fist into his hand, "Winner gets the universe!"
We stared at him unfazed.
"Anything good yet, Pidge?" Asked Shiro.
She didn't look away from the screens, "We were only able to salvage bits and pieces."
Keith sighed, "We need something to work with. Right now, we don't even have a decent map of the empire."
"Who needs a map?" Asked Lance crossing his arms, "After 10,000 years of conquering, I could probably fire my bayard at like any random point in space and hit a Galra ship."
"If we could just find some troop locations or supply routes," Continued Shiro, "Small targets we could hit-and-run, then we could start to free planets one by one."
"Boring." Sighed Lance, "I want the big kaboom."
Shiro rolled his eyes, "Zarkon's been building his empire for 10,000 years. We're not going to tear it down over night with five inexperienced pilots and one support ship. Hitting him where he lives would be a huge mistake."
"Okay," Interrupted Pidge, "I've cross-referenced Sendak's memories with the info I got from the downed ship back on Arus. Most of it was a garbled mess, but one thing kept repeating, something called a 'Universal Station.'"
"Universal Station?" I asked.
"Like, the kind of station that controls the entire universe?" Said Hunk pushing his face in front of the screens.
"Well," Began Pidge pushing Hunk's face away, "We are translating it from Galra, so it could also be 'Galactic Hub.'"
"Or 'Space Base!'" Butted in Lance.
"I'm pulling up the location of your Universal Hub... Station... Base on our screens now." Informed Coran.
I stared at the screen and saw no sign of any Galra anything.
"So..." I started, "Where is it?"
"I don't know." Said Coran pushing a few buttons, "Our long-range sensors are unable to find anything at those coordinates."
"Maybe he remembered it wrong." Suggested Keith.
"Or maybe we just stumbled across a top-secret base in Sendak's memories." Guessed Pidge.
"Only one way to find out." Began Allura, "Let's go take a look."

***

"We should be close enough to get a good scan, but far enough away to avoid being noticed." Said Allura.
She moved the Castle from behind a planet.
"There it is." I said pointing towards the Galra station.
"It appears the gravitation between the two planets warps the electron emission spectrum enough to keep the planet off the deep space scanners." Informed Coran.
Pidge pressed her lips together, "So, you can only see it if you really know where to look."
Shiro watched a ship leave the station, "This place must handle shipments from all over the Galra empire."
"If this is just some big airport where shipments come and go," Continued Pidge, "Why is it hidden?"
"There must be more to this than we're seeing."
Allura placed her hand on the command columns, "Then we'd better go down to take a look. We'll need to enter here: the central control building."
Keith stared at Allura, "I'm sorry, Princess, did you say 'we'?"
She nodded, "I'm going with you. I've traveled through the Galra transportation hubs many times with my father before the war began. I know more about them than any of you."
"Princess," Began Coran, "I'd rather you stay here."
"I'm apart of this fight against Zarkon as much as anyone. I'm going. Does anyone have a problem with that?"
We all looked around avoiding the question.
"Fine." Said Shiro, "Suit up."

***

I climbed into the Green Lion with everyone except Coran, making it a bit crowded.
"We'll go in low, fast, and hopefully undetected." Said Shiro, "Coming around the dark side of the nearest planet should keep them from getting a visual on us. Thanks to Pidge's modifications to the Green Lion, we'll have thirty seconds of cloaking."
"I can flood their short-range sensors with a radiation burst." Suggested Coran through the coms, "That should buy you a minute or so, while they assume it's cosmic interference. But after that, it's up to you to be out of sight."