Voltron: Colored Lights

Ch 3: "The Galra"

After Keith woke me up that night I felt alright, I was able to sleep soundly the rest of the night. It also made me happy to know that Keith felt okay to tell me about his past, from what people say here he doesn't normally seem that friendly. He also cared about me, which was strange, but even though he does have a hard time around people he seemed to be okay with me.

    Maybe it's because we have a similar background? He did say we have common ground. That makes the most sense to me. Yet who knows. He could have just been being nice.

I slowly got up out of bed, my shoulder was extremely sore but it was getting better. I swung my legs off the bed and they didn't touch the floor... I'm so short. Five-foot two, and forever short I will be... Slowly the tips of my toes touched the frigid floor and it sent shivers running up my legs. I planted my feet firmly on the floor once I got used to the cold.

I walked over to the dresser and pulled out a new set of clothing. A purplish shirt and jeans. My eyes still felt sleepy and I didn't really want to be up and about . I walked over to the mirror and began brushing my hair out. To my surprise it wasn't that bad, and is combed out easy. I left it down, it was wavy and long and rested nicely against my shoulders and arms.

I left the mirror and walked to the door way. I opened it and there was no one in the hall. I looked it up and down. Quiet? okay then... I stepped into the hallway and decided to walk to the control room. I walked and not a single person past me in the hall which was weird. I got to the control room and there was no one there. Hmm... maybe there on a mission? Who am i kidding they're not on a mission!

I began to run to the lunchrooms. No one, training deck, no one, Pidges escape, no Pidge... Bedrooms? Not a single one. I began to panic as any person would likely do in this situation. I hate being alone! Then I heard footsteps in the hall and I turned to see who it was. He... He was Galra, I could tell by his armor. He had a gun and two sentry bots were following him. Struck with fear it felt like I was stuck to the ground and couldn't run for safety.

As the figure got closer he resembled the face I have seen many times before... Zarkon himself?! He walked slowly towards me and I could hear my heart in my chest. Pounding and pounding. Then I blacked out like a little girl...

I looked up at the ceiling, hoping it all was just a bad dream. My head was propped up on something. I closed my eyes again, the lights were blindingly bright. Someone was stroking my hair?! What the?

I sat up quick and smacked whoever was doing that. It was ... Keith? Why Keith... what? I'm confused... He looked startled and upset for a moment but he managed to calm himself.  "What were you doing? Where are we?" I looked around frantically. The other paladins were passed out in the room and each of them looked in bad shape. Keith's lip was bleeding. He wiped it when I noticed.

"You seemed uneasy in your sleep again... sorry I thought that might help." He answered, he looked down in embarrassment. Then his face flushed red.

"Oh... thanks. What's going on? do you know Keith?"I questioned him again. He must be sick of me asking questions. He shrugged.

"All I know is that the Galra showed up over night and we haven't seen the princess or Coran sense. I'm starting to fear the worst for them. The others haven't awoken and you were thrown in here about an hour ago. They woke me up when they did..." He replied. His lip was bleeding again and it made me feel bad for him... I wonder what he went through, I fainted at the sight of my demise. He is a warrior and likely fought them.

"What do you think they're going to do with us..." I asked, my voice sounding a little more panicked than I meant it to be. He thought about my question for a moment. His hair was in his eyes, I wanted to brush it out of the way... Why am talking about his hair!