Fear || klance

5

Slowly I exit Keith's room along with everyone else. Shiro seemed tense and angry, I would be too if Keith had gave me a soulless stare.

"Hey Pidge. Can you check out the system for us and see what's going on? I checked earlier for anything that I could see was different in Keith's than everyone else's,and there wasn't."

"So it must be internal." I state.

"Yea, that's the only thing that I could think of besides his entire machine was different."

I put a hand on my chin. "I'll check it out." I didn't want to see Keith like this.

-

"So what did you find?" Lance asks me.

"Jesus let her breathe." Keith jokes behind him.

Lance puts his hands on his hips. "Look I hate you too, but I want to know why the machine is attacking you."

Keith's face drops. "Hey!"

Lance winks. "Just kidding."

At this I was heading for the door.

"Wait Pidge come back!" Keith yells.

I sigh and turn around. "Okay but if you two flirt again I'm taking an escape pod."

They both blush at this.

"Well, there is one thing that I found that was quite weird." I rub my head.

Lance raises an eyebrow. "Like what."

"How the system works. Anytime someone is hooked up to it, it treats the person as a virus. So, as would any computer, it's tries to get rid of the virus."

"So you're saying it's trying to kill us." Keith says in a dead voice.

"Yes, but I dug deeper, and came across something disturbing." I pause.

"Hey Pidge, is this a theory or true facts?"

"Everything is true, I don't make a hypothesis until the end of my statements so if you will let me finish that will be nice."

Keith giggles quietly behind Lance.

"Well there are records from the Alteans that created this, and well, it wasn't used how we are using it now."

I take in a quick breath. "They used it to torture galra."

"I-I checked the systems and it is programmed to treat the galra worse than any other species."

"So wait you're saying alteans tortured galra. When was this?"

I squeeze my eyes shut. "It happened before the war even started."

"Shit." Lance breathes.

"So, are you saying the alteans gave the galra a reason to start a war?" Keith states.

"It was one of many reasons, but I think it was a pretty big one."

"So Pidge what is your hypothesis?" Lance asks.

"Well," I fiddle with my fingers. "I think Keith has galra blood in him."

-

I freeze.

"Keith?" Lance asks gently.

"Pidge, why do you think that?" I ask, spitting venom.

"Well, the machine is programmed to treat galra worse, and yes at first I just thought you were over reacting, but then you didn't wake up even though it was programmed to stop, I knew something was up."

"Can you actually check his DNA?" Lance questions.

"Yes, I actually brought a needle." She pulls it out of her pocket and brings it towards me.

I flinch. "Please don't tell me you're afraid of needles." She sighs.

"U-uh maybe a little." I look away, embarrassed.

She throws her head back. "Lance come hold your mans hand."

I blush and try and not make eye contact with Lance. I hold my hand out for him, he happily takes it.

She readies the needle. "You ready?" She asks.

"Y-yea."

I look away from the needle and into Lances and my hand.

As I feel the needle enter my skin, I squeeze Lances hand.

"Hey, it's okay." He says in a calming voice.

"Done." She wipes her brow.

"Is there anything you can't do?" Lance asks amazed.

She starts to walk away. "I can't dance for shit." Then leaves the room.

Me and Lance start to laugh and it slowly turns into a sigh.

"Hey Lance, can I ask you something?" I start to fidget with my hands.

"Yea, anything."

"Um, well, if I am galra, will you feel differently about me?"

Lance gives me a sad smile. "Nothing can ever change the way I feel about you."