one shots

The King's Beasts Part One

Warnings- Possession, Language, Mentions of Injury, Mentions of Fears, Mentions of Blood, Smut

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"Be careful, Paladins," Allura warned. "The planet below hasn't had documented life for over a thousand years, but you never know what could be on it. Do your best to avoid the planet's surface so we don't take any unnecessary risks, and just focus on the origin of the signal."

"Copy that, Allura." Keith said, flying his lion towards the giant black mass floating above the planet without waiting to see who would follow him.

"Have you found any more information on this planet, Allura?" Pidge asked, racing after Keith as the rest of the paladins followed suit.

"The planet is named Zatvor, and it belongs to another planet nearby, although, which one, I cannot say. This appears to be a fairly desolate section of the galaxy, which means there's likely little to record, and few who are able to record what information there is."

"According to our maps from before Zarkon's reign, this area used to be far more populated. However, it doesn't appear to have disappeared due to Zarkon. The cause of its decline is unknown." Coran added.

"They are pretty isolated. Maybe Zarkon interfered with a supply route they were receiving from another area, and without the supplies they just kind of started to die off?" Hunk offered.

"Who knows? This whole thing is givin' me bad vibes," Lance muttered. "Are you sure we have to do this? It doesn't seem like this menacing black floaty thing is hurting anyone."

"That 'menacing black floaty thing' is giving off a distress signal," Allura reminded him dryly. "So yes, we have to do this."

"If we die, I'm blaming this on you." Lance huffed, urging Blue to go faster and not trail behind.

"Focus, team. We don't know what we're up against here, we can't afford to be distracted." Shiro instructed through the comms, his dad voice in full effect.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." Lance mumbled under his breath, frowning.

Lance almost couldn't take his eyes off of the black thing in front of them. They weren't very far away, but the details of the mass seemed to blur together, to the point where Lance couldn't even tell what it was supposed to be.

And it wasn't just black, either. It was like the very absence of color, and Lance's eyes had a hard time focusing on it. The lights from their lions didn't even reflect off of the castle's surface, like the bricks were swallowing up any and all of the light around them.

The planet below the castle wasn't much better, either. It was the same unsettling back as the castle, as if it wasn't a planet so much as a glitch in reality, a hole in existance, a place where there just wasn't anything at all.

As they got closer to their destination, the shapeless mass began to morph and take shape, and eventually pulled itself into some semblance of a castle. It was bigger than anything Lance had ever seen, and was just as menacing as he'd previously suggested, what with its spires and towers and its dimension hidden by its monochromacy.

"Wow, up close it's even worse. Is there any possibility we need someone to stay outside and like, keep watch?" Lance asked, laughing nervously.

"Don't be a pussy," Keith chastised. "This is awesome."

"Yeah, dude," Hunk agreed, the grin evident in his voice. "How often do you get to explore floating space castles?"

"Um, everyday. Every single one." Lance answered, unimpressed.