the dark side of light

3

Lance regained consciousness after a while and tuned into their conversation "Can't be... He blew it up" he got to his feet and went to the door "tho this is the castle... My home." Hunk went next to Lance "You lead the way. I'm here if you get weak" Lance smiled slightly, got them inside, and rolled his eyes at the scan. "I never understood it" When it was over the lights led in two directions but Lance led them all down one path. It brought them to a big room with a central computer and Lance pressed something on it and 2 pods came up. The first one to open was an old man with a ginger moustache and Lance giggled as he sprung out to attack "Easy Coran. You're a thinker, not a fighter" Coran went white when he saw Lance "You look like a young Alfor my boy" Lance looked down but the other pod opening got his attention cause Allura fell out he went to catch her "Easy princess." Allura looked at Lance and recognized him "Lala? You grew up" Lance looked away "It's been a long time... I couldn't stay a kid forever" Lance held his head again "fuck him and his means" Lance passed out and Coran got him in a pod ASAP.

2 hours later Lance woke up and couldn't move, he was in the pod and it didn't want to release him till he heard a voice "My son. Home at last" Lance tried to get out "Help!! This place is haunted!! Please get me out!" Coran saw him and looked around "What do you mean Lance" Lance looked away "I know that voice and I know he's dead. I thought you were dead. It's been so long" Coran opened the pod and hugged Lance "We know how long it was and how you're alive. Can you find it again if needed?" Lance shook his head "I don't want to... They saw my face but they didn't know the truth... Does the princess know" Coran held Lance tighter "No. I asked the others not to tell her" Keith came in and saw Lance up "how are you feeling? The castle did what it could." Lance got to his feet "Everything stopped spinning and I feel better than I did for a while to be honest" Keith rolled his eyes "Good thing blue flew itself" Allura came in and got Lance some food and something to drink "Now tell us how you survived?" Lance sighed "I-I... I don't remember. It was a blur for a while. One minute Altea was burned into my eyes and then next thing I remember clearly being raised by a kind elderly Galra woman... She taught me stuff that would have been lost but I had to hide what I was" Lance picked at the food and tried to hold back tears. He eventually finished and was shown to the rooms. Since his bond with Blue is second to Alfor he doesn't need as much training as the others and from the scan they did his quintessence is dangerously low and needs time to recharge. by the time Allura had located the lions he had cried himself to sleep only to be woken by a mouse to the face, it was wiping his tears and had braided his hair. He went to the control room and saw the others but avoided looking at the Alteans there, Allura was able to find green and yellow but not red

Lance went with Hunk to get Yellow, fought Galra at a mining operation, and got away by the skin of their teeth. He could have used the ice cannon but he didn't want to outshine the others. after the others were together and they fought a galra cruiser Lance went off on his own and found Sindack and his second in command "Zarkon's most loyal commander. I lost any mercy over all those years, I give you one chance. Get off this planet and leave us be or next time I see it's on sight" he took out his bayard and it formed into a sniper gun "consider this your warning shot" Sindack glared at him "you think I can be scared off by a kid" Lance giggled that turned to full on laughter "I'm not a kid." Lance shot Sindack executioner style and looked to his lieutenant "You want to live or his fate" The lieutenant took out a knife and slit his own throat. Lance came back and smirked "They are dealt with" Shiro looked at the blood on Lance's armour "Lance... What did you do?" Lance rolled his eyes "With the galra it's victory or death so since I can't let them win I gave them the other one... well I gave one the option the other took his own."

Allura was terrified of her little brother "Lance you didn't. You killed them" Lance sighed "They killed thousands of us! Don't forget this is a war! There's going to be bloodshed. My heart hardened long ago" Keith was listening "How did Red not choose you?" Lance looked at him "I wasn't always like this. When I was a kid I was the opposite. Blue wants me to change back but It's not possible... and as for red as long as Alfor is in there I won't get to the seat. My life changed me. I was 6" Keith looked down "What were you like as a kid" Allura sighed "He was the sweetest kid, wouldn't hurt a fly, and was friends with the galra prince" Lance gagged slightly "he ended up worse. He became like his father. He was gentler than I was but 10,000 years in that environment changes you. It was kill or be killed. Victory or death" Allura froze where she stood "You lived all that time" Lance nodded slightly "I'm not proud of how but I did. I lost any mercy after 100 years but I couldn't even get close to Zarkon without his guards on high alert. I could have killed Lotor any time but we were friends... The only one that was there for me over the years..." Lance looked at his bayard and sighed as his eyes went dark again "if I die protecting you Allura don't save me. It might be my only path to redemption"