Rebel Team V

The Day That Changed It All

Well I'm a little upset, but well posting this anyways

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Back on Earth before the war plaguing the universe had aimed their weapons on the planet it was beautiful. The sky was brilliantly blue with clouds every so often drifting. It was such a beautiful planet, the children were so carefree with no worries about survival. It was the perfect haven back then. There were problems sure and fights, but in all it was pretty peaceful. There were no limits and anybody could do what they want as long as it wasn't illegal. It was paradise compared to the war going on in space that had yet to reach this paradise that is Earth.

One resident that had seen it all was a young boy. He hadn't known it but his father had been an escapee from an intergalactic war. He had later disappeared off the face of the planet to try to keep the planet safe. The young boy's name was Lance. Forever he'd had these blue markings on his cheeks he lied about saying they were tattoos when really they were something he's had forever. Lance was shy and made few friends.

There was a girl, younger than Lance. She was such a tomboy with her short hair and overalls. Her name was Katie, however she preferred to be called Pidge. She wasn't scared of much and hated being all girly. Pidge was always considered to be one of the guys.

Then there was also a big guy. He was Lance's age and were close buddies. He was always the kindest one of their group. He always brought snacks and drinks and sometimes brought cookies he made with his mother. Everyone liked him and thought of him as an angel, a gift from God himself. His name was always hard to pronounce and soon Lance called him Hunk, it just stuck with him.

The oldest of the group was Takashi who was also called Shiro. He always looked out for them all and made sure none of them got into trouble. Everyone in the group looked up to him, especially Lance and one other, Keith.

Keith had always found trouble and sometimes started it. He was an orphan who was taken into Shiro's family. It was Shiro who got him to open up first, then followed the others in their group. With Keith part of their group it was seemingly complete back then.

Then the day arrived when all their lives changed. It all happened just when Lance was 7 years old.

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"Lance! Hunk!" Pidge practically cheered in joy. She wore her usual overalls and her short hair was tied into short pigtails. Behind her was Shiro and Keith. Her brother was not far behind as he and Shiro were close friends.

"Hey there thought I could tag along today." Matt, Pidge's older brother, smiled a cheesy grin.

"Sure I brought extra snacks!" Hunk nodded with a smile.

"Of course! Mamá always says 'The more the merrier!'" Lance said cheerily.

"Tch, Mama's boy." Keith crossed his arms and pouted.

"What's that supposed to mean!" Lance started to pout as well.

"Hey you two calm down." Shiro put a hand on both Keith and Lance's shoulders to keep the situation from escalating. "Come on I thought he were going to explore the woods, not bicker and fight. Or do I have bring you two home?"

"No Shiro." The two boys mumbled, ashamed.

"Good now no more fighting and let's go!" Shiro took the lead. Matt and Keith stayed close to Shiro. Hunk stayed close to Pidge, who stayed close to Matt. Lance, who had an uneasy feeling, tried staying close to all of them.

"Guys I'm not sure about this anymore." Hunk spoke up, he too was starting to feel uneasy.

"Me neither. It feels like something bad is going to happen." Lance chose to speak his thoughts.

"Don't be such babies!" Keith spat, soon he'll regret those words.

"Wha- I'm not baby!" Lance shouted at Keith, upset.

"Prove it than." Keith smirked.

"Guys-" Shiro tried to reason with them, but got cut off.

"Oh I'll prove it!" Lance marched ahead of the group with angry stomps. He was about two yards away when he turned back to them. "See! I'm no baby! I can go walk without you guys!"

Suddenly the wind around them started swirling. It was so powerful that Pidge's pigtails were undone. Lance tried to make it back to them, but he tripped. Keith realized that it was mistake to have had gotten Lance so riled up. He went out to try and reach, but he froze in place. Behind Lance was a robot thing with glowing purple eyes. Lance turned and looked at it with horror. He tried to get away, but the robot hit Lance in the head, knocking him into a tree. There was blood coming from a wound on Lance's head as he lay at the base of the tree, unconscious.

"Lance!" Keith screamed in shock and terror.

"Keith we have to go." Shiro pulled at his arm. Hunk and Pidge were being led away by Matt.

"No! I can't leave him!" Keith cried.

"Keith we have to live." Shiro stated as he pulled his brother away.

"This is all my fault!" Keith screamed. "Lance I'm sorry!"

With that Shiro had dragged a crying Keith away and out of the woods. The robot that had hurt, probably killed, Lance was a sentry from the Galra army. Soon they took over the whole planet. Matt and his father was taken by the army. Pidge, Shiro, Keith and Hunk were able to evade capture. They had no idea what happened to the rest of their families. There was Keith though who couldn't forget the site of Lance getting attacked by that sentry. It replayed over and over in his mind. Never could he forget that his actions did that now Lance was dead.

Or is he?

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