Trapped in Space {Sheith}

Chapter #3: The Emptiness of Space

(Keith's POV)

I sighed again, it had felt like so long since I saw anything but stars, I mean there weren't any planets nearby, "Ugh!! This is so frustrating!" I howled, "Shiro, where could you be?!" I sobbed, feeling overwhelmed by the vastness of space surrounding me. There was nothing but stars for crying out loud where were the planets or even solar systems? It was just dead space!

I was getting so frustrated, everything was going wrong, nothing had been going right for me at all. I wanted Shiro, my Shiro. I wanted him to hold me, love me, even just be near me.

I blushed suddenly at my thoughts and curled up onto my seat and stared out at the far reaches of space. Suddenly my lion lurched forward, throwing me out of my seat as it tumbled toward nothingness.

I gasped, the air knocked from my lungs as I hit my head on the control system. The initial blast or whatever that struck my lion knocked out all of the main power systems. I tried catching my breath, scrambling to try and get my lion into working order when suddenly a loud and howling voice proclaimed,

"Red lion, you now belong to the Galra empire!" I didn't recognize the voice at all, it was soft yet stern, must have been a Galra general loyal to Zarkon. I struggled to get my lion back online, banging on the controls as a purple beam locked onto my lion and started pulling us toward the Galra ship.

I cursed under my breath as I yelled at my lion to start moving, nothing was working though, "Red... I know you're hurting right now but... I need you to move! I have to escape!" I begged.

No response.

It was hopeless, I was doomed.

***(Lance's POV)***

I sighed heavily, it was all my fault that we lost Keith too, I shouldn't have just told him how I felt. I hadn't even considered how it would make him feel and I didn't even get a chance to apologize. I can't even take it back.

I sighed again, staring out into space as Pidge tried to find out some way to track Keith.

"Oh, Quiznack! I can't figure this out!" Pidge exclaimed, throwing her arms up in defeat as she stormed out of the control room.

"Pidge! Wait! Come back, let's figure this out together." Allura called after her, sighing softly.

"I... I need some time to think... I need to relax for a bit... my brain feels like mush!" She called back, Allura went after her, sighing heavily.

We all felt defeated and utterly useless without Shiro and, most of all (for me anyway), Keith. I missed him so much already, I wondered if he even missed me at all.

I sighed heavily and Hunk came over to me, "Hey Lance, you wanna go do the invisible maze together to pass the time...?" He offered.

I sighed and looked up at him a bit depressed, "Nah..." I muttered softly, waving my hand dismissively.

"Oh come on, Lance, you need to get your mind off of Keith... it's not going to help us find him if you're moping." Hunk said, making me look back down a bit sadly.

"I can't Hunk... he... he slapped me... he didn't even give a damn about my feelings... I mean... I didn't really think about his feelings either but... he... he didn't have to leave Hunk..." I whined softly, my head falling into my crossed arms that lay across my control pad.

Hunk sighed audibly as he placed a hand onto my shoulder, "Just, try and think about someone or something other than Keith. He'll calm down and come back to you, to us, he loves being a part of Voltron, he won't be gone more than a doubash." Hunk itemized, making some sense.

I sighed and nodded, although truthfully, I couldn't believe he would come back, not after what I had done. I forced myself on him and I regretted it, really I did, but I am so desperately in love with him that I just couldn't help myself. I was, no am, extremely jealous of Shiro.

***(Keith's POV)***

At some point I had passed out, I don't even remember when, but when I awoke I was bound in chains that hung from the ceiling. My feet just barely touching the floor, I glanced around, trying to gather my bearings. My head was throbbing, I had probably gotten a concussion and some severe whiplash.

It was pretty dark in the room, save for a few floor lights lining the room. I tried to make out any details at all about the room but with the low visibility, it was actually quite challenging.

"Ahem!" A voice suddenly erupted from across the room, a voice that gave me hope, "So, decided to come looking for me, huh Keith?" Shiro spoke calmly, causing me to involuntarily shiver as something seemed very off about his voice.

I still couldn't make out where he was standing but I didn't know how to answer, "S-Shiro...? Where are we...?" I asked hesitantly.

"We are aboard Lotor's ship, Keith." He explained, materializing out of the blackness that engulfed the room, "Why did you come looking for me? I told you to take over if anything happened to me." He growled, looking a bit disappointed.

I looked up at him confused, "What...? But, you're here, aren't you? I've found you, you can come home!" I begged with tears in my eyes.

"Foolish Keith, I've never been on your side. I was sent to find and recover Voltron for Lotor." He explained, causing only more confusion.

"Who's Lotor?! What has he done to you?! You are not the Shiro I know!" I snapped, glaring at him uneasily. Something was very off about him, it was like he was a completely different person.

"Lotor, can you introduce yourself? Our guest has doubts." Shiro gestured to the far side of the room with a heavy sigh. I gasped and turned my body to look in the direction that Shiro gestured, it was hard to make out many details but he was fairly tall. He suddenly pushed himself away from the wall, coming into view. He definitely looked Galra, but he was also pretty different. I couldn't quite explain why.

"I am Lotor, prince of the Galra Empire, son of Zarkon." He stated plainly, "Shiro has told me quite a lot about you. He told me how he used to love you, your impulsiveness. Now I can see why, it's very attractive." He snickered, walking toward me. I was frozen in fear as he approached.

~To Be Continued~

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Hey Everyone, sorry I haven't really been updating any of my stories at all. I have been dealing with a lot of personal issues, one of which is my chronic bilateral hand pain. I have also been dealing with major depressive disorder... I will hopefully be trying to update again, but it will not be as often as I once did. Also, I would like your opinions on whether or not I should keep doing a pov from Lance or any of the other Paladins or just stick to Keith, as this is a Shiro x Keith fanfic.