Red's Adopted Son (WIP)

Part 8

Lance paced in the hanger in front of the Red lion who tried to give him a sympathetic look, but it was kinda hard when you're a 10,000+ year old red mechanical lion.

"How did I stop time? Was it you?" Lance ended up asking her. Red couldn't help but purr inwardly. Her last paladin was always so rough and angry... with Lance he actually tried to bond with her! Lance treated her as if she was living... technically she was with all the quintessence in her, but in the rest of the universe it was thought the lions were machines. Red knew this was her cub... he was different from the rest, he was unlocking parts of her that were unknown even to the lion herself. Snapping herself out of the daze she chuckled.

'No my cub, that was all you... I sensed your rage during the battle, perhaps emotions are the key?' Red couldn't help but suggest, in all truth she was worried for her cub, her cub, Red couldn't explain it she liked the sound of claiming a paladin as her own. His team were all jerks, she could feel in the link that the other lions were restless and angry at their choice for paladins.

"Rage..." Lance remembered the battle, he had been thinking about his- no the team. Lance refused to ever be a part of them. Not after what they did. He felt himself in anger, using this he imagined time simply... stopping? Surprisingly it worked, on everyone and everything, except Red. She purred through the link, impressed.

'You did it.'

"Hmm remember when you said you could theoretically give me some of your powers?" Lance asked.

'Hmm yes my cub, where are you going with this?'

"What if when the team left we formed a stronger bond..? One that hadn't been possible before? And that allowed for new abilities?" Lance theorized, his old team was stupid to think he wasn't acting, he had learned before that showing off your intelligence would get you nowhere, but using it would get you farther. Red was speechless, his theory could be fact, and if so the duo could get more powerful by the minute.

'We should test that theory, you have been training with your heat resistance before the team left, what if we pushed it to the max.'

"Lava?"

'Lava.'

~

Coran obviously being the only sensible one told Lance not to go swimming in lava, but eventually Lance bribed him with a father-son day to the mall. Coran felt himself get grayer and grayer because of his not-so-biological child but loved him nonetheless. They all approached the fire planet Yuhkata ruled by mighty fire cats, Red purred when it was mentioned and then insisted on going there.

"Are you sure this is the best idea?" Coran being the only voice of reason popped up while they entered the atmosphere.

"Nope!" Lance shot back grinning before he landed the ship on Yuhkata's flaming surface. Once out of the ship, where Coran ended up staying muttering something about devil fire cats. I head out with red whispering encouragement in the link.

"Who are you and what are you doing on our planet?" A marron cat hissed, actually I think it was like a horse. It was a horse sized cat. Fuck.

"Uh- I'm Lance paladin of the Red Lion-" he was cut off by gasps.

"Can you understand us?" A yellow one spoke up, seeming in shock.

"Uhh yes? Can't everyone?" Lance questioned- what was going on?

"No- they only hear hissing and meowing... at least that's what we think." Highlighter orange added in.

"Ah." This was probably why Red was so happy... "I came here to..uh..swim in lava?" Lance felt as if that idea was better on the ship. The giant horse cats were also shocked.

"You want to swim in lava?" Marron hissed.

"Uh... yeah?" ABORT ABORT BAD IDEA LANCE.

"...Ok." They all looked at Lance like he was crazy... he probably was.

The cats led him into a volcano with bubbling lava, Lance took a deep breath in- he remembered how his old team left him, he gained the light heady feeling once more. Taking a deep breath he looked over the edge- and he just jumped in.

~

The lava cats were respectively intrigued by this person who could understand them...? And who wanted to swim in lava?? Like dude you're going to die! But... he jumped in? And get this- he was fine!

So, after the dude got out, the lava cats brought him to their leader.

"Cats, who is this man?" The leader roared.

"Uh...I'm Lance?" Lance responded, this surprised the leader.

"You...can understand us?"The leader questioned suspiciously.

"Yeah, I think it has something to do with being the Red lions paladin..." Lance was thinking out loud, this earned a gasp from the king.

"Ah the Red paladin! Come, you must get our blessing! My name is King Dikatash of the lava cats for your information." The newly dubbed King Dikatash then led Lance to a pool of different colored Lava? It looked different but one couldn't explain it.

"Well jump in!" The king said not seeing a problem. Lance focused on the light heady feeling and got in. After about a minute the king beckoned him out, once he was out the king was acting like a small child.

"Now! Red Paladin! You must try and turn the cat! The pool should have given you the ability to turn to one of us and back." The king squealed, giving him the benefit of the doubt Lance tried turning to the cat.

'So did swimming in Lava work?'

'THEY TURNED ME INTO A FURRY'

'Oh. Now you really are my cub.' Red cackled through their link.

'You planned this.'

'WHAT! Noooo, I would never.'

'Fuck you'

'LANCE! YOU'RE GROUNDED!'

'YOUR NOT MY MOM!'

'YEAH I AM'

'NO YOUR NOT'

'YES'

'NO'

'YES'

'NO'

'NO'

'YES'

'HA'

'FUCK'