No. 25 - HIDE & SEEK

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Keith was sent on a lone mission to an abandoned galra ship. The mission had been doomed from the very beginning, there had been drones waiting at the base for him. Keith quickly realised that something was wrong, the ship harboured only drones. That's when he smelt it ... fire. Before he could even register what was happening the fire was surrounding him, he quickly Egan running trying to find an exit.

He felt like he was running in circles. He turned corner after corner but still no exit. Finally the fire caught up with him. He was surrounded by fire with no chance of escape. Keith's situation became a lot worse when a pice of metal fell from the ceiling trapping Keith between it and the floor.

The fire grew closer and Keith could feel the heat on his skin. His mind running wild. This was how it ended for him, trapped with no escape and all alone. His skin started bubbling as the fire crept up his skin. The pain was almost unbearable.

The paladins arrived at the burning galra ship and began using the blue lion to put out the blazing fire. They where hoping to recover any information the ship may have held on it. The last thing they expected to hear when they entered was loud pain filled screams. They scrambled to find the source.

Keith believed no one could hear his cry's of pain. He just kept screaming, the pain was almost too much even for him. He was trapped and his skin blistering from the burns on his right side. Lance was the one who found him, his heart sinking at the site of Keith laying there screaming in pain. Lance quickly alerted the others that he found the source of the screams. None of them where prepared for the scene they walked into. Lance was at Keith's side doing his best to comfort the whimpering boy.

The first issue they had to deal with was removing the large piece of metal off of Keith. Then they had to get Keith out of the burnt galra ship. Their hearts broke each time Keith let out a gut wrenching scream filled with pain...

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