Voltron One Shots

Worry

Summary: During what was supposed to be a peaceful mission, the paladins of voltron were attacked. Lance's ship was hit, and Keith denies Shiro's orders to retreat and continues to look for Lance. 

Tw: Blood, Injury

A/N: this is like 10% action 90% dumb dialogue i'm sorry

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My heart was hammering out of my chest as my eyes scanned the wreckage in front of me. He had to be here somewhere. "Keith, you need to slow down." Shiro called over the com. "We have to go back to the castle to regroup. Lance is going to be fine until we can get back to him" I ignored Shiro's command and continued looking for his ship. We hadn't been in our lions. There wasn't supposed to be any Galra ships, it was just supposed to be a peaceful mission. 

They had come out of nowhere and attacked us. We had no way to defend ourselves. We all did our best to dodge their attacks, but Lance wasn't so lucky. He'd gotten hit a few minutes ago and he hadn't responded since then. The ships were still firing at us from all angles, but I was determined to find Lance., even if it killed me. "Keith!" Allura's voice boomed over the speakers in my ship. "You have to come back now. It isn't safe! You can go back for Lance after you get in your lion, it'll be safer then" I tightened my grip on the controls. There was no way in hell I was just going to leave Lance. 

"No" I responded evenly.

"Excuse me?" Allura said incredulously. I grit my teeth and tried to focus. There was so much debris I couldn't see Lance's ship. I don't know how we didn't realize this was a trap. The Galra had clearly caught ships here before, and many times based on the amount of destroyed ships that were floating around. 

"Allura, I'm not leaving him" I said stubbornly. "What if he's hurt?" my pulse spiked at that thought. He was going to be okay... He had to be okay. 

"Keith-" I switched off the com and went back to scouring the black space in front of me. They didn't understand, and I didn't have time to keep arguing with them. I needed to focus all of my attention on finding Lance. 

I banked to the left, narrowly avoiding a shot from the ship in front of me. The ship was barreling at me at full speed. I waited until the last moment and then jerked the controls to the left, and the Glara ship crashed into one of the dismembered ships that was behind me. I let out a shaky breath. Okay, so maybe they were right. It would've been safer in my lion. But I didn't care. I had to find Lance as fast as possible. 

I had to avoid three more ships before I spotted Lance's ship,  floating aimlessly below me. I sped up my ship and aimed down. The minute I spotted it a group of shots flew past me. There were four ships on my tail. I wasn't sure I would be able to shake them off by myself. I flicked my com back on. "KEITH I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD IF YOU DON'T-"

"Pidge, shut up!" I yelled. "I found Lance. I need someone to cover me so I can get to him" I attempted to  maneuver away from the ships that were tailing me. 

"I'm on it" Shiro answered. A few seconds later the black lion appeared at my side. He fired at the enemy ships behind us. After I was sure that all their attention was on Shiro, I quickly darted away to the ship below and steadied the ship then ran to the door in the back.  Shots were firing all around now. There were at least fifteen Galra ships after Shiro and his lion, firing above me. Maybe having him here was a bad idea. 

I waited until there was a gap in the fire and then jumped out of the ship. I used my suit to guide me towards the giant tear in the side of Lance's ship and carefully slipped inside. The whole ship was tilted on it's side, so I landed behind one of the control panels. The lights had gone out after it got hit, so it was almost impossible to see anything. "Lance!" I yelled. My voice echoed strangely in the small ship. There was no reply. My heart was pounding again as each second passed. My eyes roamed over the dark shapes in the sideways room, trying to find him. Suddenly I saw the light from Lance's helmet buried underneath a piece of the wall that had been blasted inside. I jumped down, the artificial gravity kept me from floating away.