White Paladin

Chapter 15

Lance stormed down the hall, he thought that everyone would be happy, he had been willing to maybe give them a chance after the crap he had been through, but he was wrong.
"I'm a traitor to them " he mumbled softly as he sat in his... well whatever room he was in.
He sighed and scoffed softly, his memories and insecurities flooded back, the things he had shoved into the darkest corner of his mind and forgot about... until now.
"It's exactly like before, nothings changed" He mumbled as he leaned back against the wall and listened to the soft mechanical whirring of the things inside the wall. Lance closed his eyes and took deep breaths to calm himself down.
He broke out laughing as Pidge made a smart remark to Shiro, in which she got scolded, Lance looked around the room and let out a relieved sigh, they had finally defeated Zarkon and they could finally relax, or they thought they had defeated him, they still had to deal with small groups of Galra but that was easy and they never really worried about it much,
"I think I'm going to crash, there's nothing to do so Ive been pulling all nighters trying to cure my boredom" Lance chuckled as he closed his eyes since he didn't care if he fell asleep in the 'living room'.
Lance opened his eyes and looked around, screams pierced the air, his heart pounding in his ears.
"Keith? Pidge? Hunk! Okay guys this isn't funny anymore" He called as he twiddled his thumbs and looked around for someone.
Lance let out a soft whimper as he walked down the hall that looked way to similar to a Galra warship, but at the same time it looked so unfamiliar. Lance heard a scream which only worsened his fears. He walked forward and gasped as he saw them, his friends on the ground... they were all dead,
"No no no" He whispered as he felt tears trickle down his cheeks as he ran over, he grabbed Keith and shook him, and then looked at Hunk and shook him and fell back and let out an agonizing scream.
Lance jolted awake with a gasp, his fists clenched around the sheets as he took deep breaths and wiped his eyes from the tears that were forming, he scoffed and pulled his knees to his chest, a soft sob escaping him.
A soft knock sounded on the door and Lance looked at the door, wiping his eyes roughly.
"Who is it?" He called and waited for a response but nothing came, he grumbled and stood up, he opened the door and saw Pidge standing there twiddling her thumbs.
"Pidge? What's wrong?" Lance asked, immediately softening as he saw her.
"Um... everyone's going to eat and... we were wondering if you wanted to come" She said.
"Anything else? You seem nervous" Lance said as he looked at her and grunted as Pidge hugged him, whimpering.
"I'm sorry I was... I don't know how to say it... I guess for being an ass" She said and Lance scoffed, hugging her back, Lance patted her head.
"Ill come, just need to take a quick shower" He said and Pidge chuckled softly and nodded, leaving the room and the door closing behind her and leaving him in the darkness of the room, besides the faint glow of blue on the wall from the designs.
Lance walked down the hall, already hearing the chattering and laughter, he ran his hand through his semi wet hair, he stopped right before the door, he took a deep breath and stepped inside.
Immediately everyone went quiet and he got a strange look from Matt and bit his lip when he noticed that Allura had turned away.
He silently walked inside and took a seat, sitting away from everyone else, picking up his spoon and nervously beginning to eat.
"So... Lance" Shiro began as he set down his fork and was about to say something else before Matt scoffed,
"So how was your time chilling with the Galra?" Matt asked and got a glare from Hunk and Keith,
Lance didn't look up, he kept moving his food around on his plate.
"What? Now you don't want to talk? You must've told them so much about Voltron!" Matt exclaimed as he stood up,
"Matt don't, if Lance wants to tell us what happened, he will" Shiro said and Matt gave him a skeptical look
"You really think this traitor will say anything that isn't a lie? Shiro you know what happens when someone has been with the Galra" Matt said and walked behind Lance,
"Why don't you tell us what really happened" Matt said as he backed up,
"Leave me alone" Lance mumbled as he set the fork down, he stood up.
"So he speaks! They must have turned you into a spy" Matt said as he raised his fists
"If you want me to leave you alone prove that you aren't a spy" He declared and got a scoff from Lance,
"I'm fine just leaving, its clear you guys don't care, you guys think I'm a traitor" Lance said and was about to walk by, wanting to leave and find his lion that was probably still on that Galra warship he had been on, but he was shoved back by Matt, stumbling since he was still a bit dizzy.
"Matt stand down" Allura said, standing up and giving him a glare but Matt was still a blizzard of emotions.
Shiro stood up, walking around the table and towards Matt,
"Matt, calm down, Lance didn't hurt any of use, I think it would be nice if we showed him some kindness" Shiro tried to reason calmly,
"No, we should lock him up, like he did to us" Matt sneered at Lance, Shiro grabbed his arm.
"We're going to leave now" He said calmly though you could tell he was getting slightly pissed.
"No, its alright, I can leave. Should probably let you guys talk out what you want to do with the traitor" Lance said as he walked back, to relaxed that it seemed not normal.
Lance walked out of the room, walking down the hall, but passing the room he had been staying in, stopping as he heard footsteps following him, but when he turned around whoever was following him was gone, he was probably just imagining it. He shook his head and kept walking, slipping into the hangar and looking up at the lions, he let out a little sigh and smiled as he saw the blue lion, she powered up and Lance laughed softly but then turned when the red lion also activated.
He looked around before smirking,
"Keith I know you're here" Lance called
"Lance, please don't leave again" Keith said as he stepped inside the hangar, Lance walked towards him, a sad smile now lining his lips.
Keith let out a whimper and ran towards him.
They both fell to the ground and Lance got the wind knocked out of him, he was half expecting Keith to slap him or at least start arguing with him to try and get him to stay, but Lance knew... Well guessed he wasn't really welcome with how the exchange in the dining room went down.
"You cant leave again, you keep leaving... cant you stay this once? Everyone misses you... I miss you" Keith began and Lance was going to protest, he had the idea of leaving, but maybe after staying for awhile, he had wanted to come and see blue again and guess that Keith thought he was leaving again.
Lance opened his mouth to say something but was silenced by Keith, by his lips and his hand caressing his face.