Look out above

Rabids

"What was it like down there?" Plaxum asked as she squated on a branch above as Lance took a small deep breath leaning again the tree holding his side.

"The moles place?" Lance looked up at her.

"Yea what's it like?" A small boy who was sixteen flipped down to lances branch. He had messy blond hair and milky dark brown eyes as he had dirt and war paint on his tan skin.

"Cold, dark, nothing natural down there, no dirt, no trees, no sun... There is no sanctuary of trust, total hell," Lance said flatly as he held his bow in a hand and had arrows on his back.

"I think that was the worst part of it, being truly alone like that, only thing I could hear was metal foot steps and pipes," he sighed rubbing his arm feeling the wounds that where covered by bandage.

"Jesus fuck Lance, that's awful, I mean our prison captivity isn't that bad, so fucking unhonorable," Plaxum jumped next to him and Lance snorted nodding.

"What's going to happen to the four moles then?" The boy, Harper, asked curiously.

"Matt is the one that seems most trust worthy, he has value and Shiro and Keith helped us escape, pidge is matts little sister but we'll see what they all actually do, Shiro is a soldier too," Lance explained wrapping an arm around Harper.

"They're still moles," Plaxum had her hands on her hips.

"Are you guys coming or what?" A man with blond hair and pale skin with a hat covering his ears called from a couple trees down.

"Calm your tits rolo! The east side is clear!" Lance called back smirking as a girl jumped down to rolo with her long blond hair in two low pig tails.

"South is too!" She cupped her hands around her mouth yelling.

"Alright let's go check west and north," Lance nodded as other tree toppers surrounded them listening for instructions.

"Those who chest south go check west! If you checked east let's go check north!" Lance commanded and let out a loud call trough his hands as they cleared out.

"Lance! 90 to your left!" Plaxum gasped hiding behind the tree as others did the same or crouched down. Lance got down and pulled out an arrow on his bow glaring down seeing pale figures.

"God dammit Keith," he growled and jumped down.

"What the hell you two? You could be killed!" Lance whined putting away his arrow seeing Keith and pidge who where startled.

"Allura sent us out to scoop the area," pidge told him and Lance threw his head back groaning.

"She's trying to kill you, that's it she wants you dead," Lance shook his head.

"Clear!" Lance called and suddenly dozens of warriors jumped down to the ground.

"We got it, do you have any weapons on you?" He sighed rubbing his face.

"Why?" Pidge asked slowly raising an eye brow.

"Cause this is our border of our territory, wild animals, rabids, other clans," Lance listed as some of the other altea members snickered at them as some even where hanging off the trees.

"Easy peasy you could be kidnapped or killed or worst," Lance smirked at them innocently.

"What's worst?" Keith asked flatly.

"Being left alone," Harper peaked over lances shoulder.

"Acid fog~" Plaxum crawled to them and flipped over Keith making pidge duck.

"The cannibals," rolo snorted.

"The moles," Nyma smirked crossing her arms.

"Trust me, it's kill or get killed out here," Lance winked and Keith glared grabbing his knife from behind and showed it to them.

"Good enough?" Keith spat and everyone laughed more.

"Try a sword," Plaxum rose hers with  the shark teeth high to show him.

"Or an axe," Harper twirled his weapon in the air.

"A bow and arrow is good for tree toppers and if you want the job done quietly," Lance winked holding his finger to his lips as in to keep it down.

Lance froze when a bird noise echoed the air and he grabbed Keith and pidge yanking them down as others dropped and more raced up the trees to hide.

"What's going on?" Keith asked as he was on the ground but Lance covered both of their mouths.

"Shut up," he hissed getting on one knee in a low crouch and grabbed his arrow while they heard snarling.

A rabid.

Lance counted to himself as he placed four more arrows next to him and pulled his string back aiming it at a large figure, covered in dirt and blood wearing animal skins and had yellow fanged teeth with blood shot eyes as his dirty hands looked like paws.

"Say. Nothing." Lance mouthed to them as pidge gripped the grass under her.

They heard a scream in the distance and Lance saw another rabid dragging Harper away as his axe was in the rabids knee.

"Take em down!" Lance commanded shooting the arrow as it impaled the rabids head but it didn't stop. Harper grabbed it's neck trying to fight back but let out a shriek when it's disgusting teeth bit him.

"Harper!" Lance sprinted to him as Keith watched Plaxum cut a rabids head off easily and spun seeing Harper sobbing and screaming until Lance grabbed his axe from the rabids leg and swung it around as it went through its neck.

"Go go go!" Lance screamed at them all and Keith grabbed pidge and began to run where everyone was heading. He looked back watching Lance help Harper onto his back but hissed in pain of his own wounds but went on anyways catching up.

He whistled in a high pitch and Keith saw horses run to them with people in black riding as the alteans jumped onto the horses with the ones with long range shooting back at the herd of rabids chasing them them. Keith felt someone grab him as another horse rider grabbed pidge while he looked back seeing Lance reached for a rider while he grabbed lances wrist and pulled him up. He held Harper in his arms as Lance jumped to a tree with a leap of faith and climbed higher as he released a few arrows as well.

"Open the gates!"