Not Just a Pretty Face (Genius Lance)

Chapter One

"Thank you for agreeing to meet with us Princess Allura," Kolivan bowed to her. She gave him a small smile and a nod. They were gathered around the dining hall table with the Paladins and Alteans on one side and the Blade of Marmora on the other. Kolivan pulled up a stolen layout of a Galran base and placed it on the table.

"There is valuable information, regarding the locations of important members of the Blade and our allied rebel forces stored in this base's hard-drive, it is imperative that we get our hands on it and away from the Empire," Kolivan started. "We need to find a way in without being spotted, and complete the mission without alerting the Galra. We were able to infiltrate successfully some time ago, and have access to some of the surveillance feeds and schematics,"

Immediately the room was filled with the sound of ideas being thrown around; Lance quietly listened to the different scenarios coming from his teammates and stored them in the back of his mind quickly picking out the flaws and how he could secretly tweak them when they were out in the field. He realized that the others would reluctant to listen to his ideas because of how he had already presented himself to the group. So he decided to quietly help them in the background instead. He pulled up the information on his screen and scrolled through the information available. Without a word he began highlighting points on his map that would require extra surveillance once they entered the base. Unbeknownst to him; Kolivan was watching over his shoulder with interest and nodding along to each dot. After Lance stopped and absentmindedly nodded his head, Kolivan put his hand on his shoulder. Lance yelped and he shot around to look at the leader of the Blade.

"Apologizes Blue Paladin, I would like to hear your ideas for this infiltration," he admitted giving Lance all his attention. Lance gave a tentative smile and opened his mouth, only to be interrupted by Hunk and Pidge's laughter. His head turned to the two and he shrunk into himself a bit knowing that the two were laughing at him. Kolivan only looked with a raised brow.

"Sorry Kolivan, but you don't want to ask Lance for ideas," Pidge giggled. The two of them cracked up into laugher, eventually dragging the rest of them minus Lance, Kolivan, and Coran who were looking at them incredulously.

"I apologize, but perhaps I'm misunderstanding. Please explain why I should not consider the Blue Paladin's suggestions," Kolivan said stepping forward. The laughter stopped aside from a few sniggers and they looked toward him.

"Kolivan. Its Lance, Mr. Razzle Dazzle, get all the girls and glory," Pidge said with finality. "His plans probably involve a lot of shooting and not getting anything done,"

"Yah, he has fighting power but when it comes to infiltration..." Hunk continued with a shrug. Lance could feel the blush traveling up his face, and his shoulders bunched up further as if to protect him.

"All his brain can store, are cheesy pickup up lines and weak insults," Keith commented. The others burst out laughing again; Allura and Shiro only giving weak smiles. Kolivan looked down at the blue paladin and while he seemed shocked and saddened; he could see anger stirring in his eyes as well.

"Hey! I have more in my brain than that, I have good ideas!" He cried trying to defend himself.

"Really, a thousand times ten?" Keith asked with a smirk. Lance's eyebrows drew down with an angry grimace.

"I was trying to break the tension," he growled. His hands were clutching the armrests of his chair tightly, his knuckles turning white from the pressure. Shiro stood up from his chair and carefully approached the angered teen.

"Its okay Lance," he said soothingly. "We all have our weaknesses, this is just yours," he gave him a soft smile. Lance looked at him in pure disbelief; this man was the leader of their group and he was going to let Lance believe that he couldn't contribute to the planning of this mission.