KLANCE: One Shots

My sweetheart : Part 2

OK this is quite long I'm very sorry!

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"PALADINS! WE NEED YOU! ZARKON IS ATTACKING!"

The sudden blare of the castle's alarms shocks Keith awake, making him hurriedly sprawl out of bed. After adorning his paladin armor he makes his way out of his room to gather with the rest of the team in the control room. Upon arriving he noticed the rest of the team had already gathered and that, much to Keith's annoyance, there was no sign of Zarkon.

"Well done everyone!" Allura clapped her hands together in a proud excitement. "That was much faster than the last time, and everyone is in full uniform too." Keith took a moment to glance at everyone in the room, she was right, everyone was geared up and ready to go. However he quickly noticed that something was off.

"Where's Lance?" He asked,seemingly unamused. Allura quickly looked around the group and her face turned sour. Keith swore he heard a growl form at the back of her throat, and he took an instinctive step back.

"I swear if that boy is still asleep he's going to be dealing with something far worse than Zarkon!" She held her fists clenched tightly by her sides and a fire of pure fury in her eyes. She resolutely stormed towards Lance's room, the paladins moving out of her path and following after her silently. Once they had arrived Allura brought her hand up to the sensor, and the door separated in front of her.

"Lance! Get up! We had a drill you lazy-!" Allura's voice trailed off into nothingness as she stood in the doorway gawking. The team raised an eyebrow at her expression, and moved to get a better look at the reason for the princess's strange reaction. They had to push and shove as the doorway was only big enough for a single person. They all poked their heads around Allura's frozen stance, glancing inside the room curiously. Keith instinctively stepped into a fighting stance, his eyebrows furrowed in concentration. It was needless to say that the rest of the team shared a similar reaction.

Everything appeared normal at first inside Lance's room, the white walls and floor with the single bed draped in light blue sheets. Upon closer inspection however, there was a noticeable lump protruding from beneath those sheets. Soft and rythmatic breathing could be heard from the thing, indicating that it was sleeping. Keith frowned in suspicion as the lump was far too small to be Lance.

Shiro took a hasty step towards the bed, his left arm reaching out in front of him as he slowly approached the sleeping being. Once he was close enough he suddenly flung the sheets back from the bed, scattering them across the floor. Shiro froze, the rest of the paladins had their jaws dropped in awe.

In the bed rested a tiny child, sleeping peacefully with a thumb in it's mouth. The child couldn't have been more than 3 years old; his short hazelnut hair curled delicately around his head, and his mocha coloured skin shining gently against the hallway lights. His expression was peaceful, like everything wrong in the universe simply wasn't there.

"What the Quiznack?" Hunk whisper yelled so as not to awaken the child.

"It looks like a mini-Lance." Pidge offered.

While the rest of the team stood around star-struck, Allura had bent down to pick up a small round box that was laying discarded on the floor. Keith instantly recognised it as the facial cream that was given to Lance the night before. Allura's expression instantly changed to one of immense concern.

"Oh no." She whispered.

"What is it Princess?" Shiro asked.

"This looks to be a product of the Puillitans. They have the ability to remain young and healthy for thousands and thousands of years due to a special hyper-regenerative substance that they can produce from their bodies. It seems that Lance somehow managed to attain a small amount of it."