Fiery Energy - Keith X Reader Voltron Legendary Defender

Chapter 3

Lance was staring through a set of binoculars, you could already tell he was off task when you heard. "...And who the heck is she?", you almost laughed when Pidge hit him,

"Lance!". There was silence which was then greeted by,

"Ow!", Lance protested, "Ah right, alien ship. Man we'll never get past all those guards to get a look", you sighed as you brushed off your jeans and went over to where the group where peeking down the slope, 'Aw man, Yeah we...yeah I guess there's nothing to do but head back to the barracks right?", you almost agreed with Hunk then, almost.

"Wait. They set up a camera in there and I grabbed its feed. Look!", you peered at the screen and where shocked to see a familiar face, a face that I couldn't put to name. The voices were clear as there was clearly a conflict inside. "Hey! What are you doing?", That voice was very familiar. And then it hit you. "Please just Shiro would do'. You gasped.

"Calm down Shiro. We just need to keep you quarantined until we run some tests on you",

"You have to listen to me! They destroyed worlds! Aliens are coming!", a chill went down your spin. Aliens are real? Lance's face looked at them in disbelief, "That's Shiro! The pilot of the Kerberos Mission. That guy's my hero!",

"Guess he's not dead in space after all", Hunk stated a bit to darkly, Pidge frowned at the scree,
"Where's the rest of the crew?", we all hushed as we looked down a the screen again. This time a man spoke, "Do you know how long you've been gone?",

"I don't know. Months? Years? Look, there's no time. Aliens are coming here for a weapon. They're probably on their way. They'll destroy us! We have to find Voltron", huh wasn't that what Pidge was talking about? Pidge perked up with "Voltron".

"Sir, take a look at this. It appears his arm has been replaced with a cyborg prosthetic",

"Put him under until we know what that thing can do",

'Don't, don't put me under! No! No, there's no time! Let me go!",

Pidge seemed to sober up, "They didn't ask about the rest of the crew", Lance didn't seem to care though, he was going on his own rant. "What are they doing? That guys a legend. They're not even gonna listen to him",

"We have to get him out". Hunk stood up from peering at the screen. You felt your knees ache from crouching but your mind was to preoccupied. "Ah I hate to be the voice of reason here, always, but weren't we just watching on TV because there was no way to get past the guards?", Hunk asked.

"That was before we were properly motivated. We've just got to think", your mind went blank. You had not a single shred of idea for what to do. "Could we tunnel in?", Lance asked to all of the group.

"Maybe we could get some hazmat suits and sneak in like med techs",

"Or we dress up like cooks, sneak into the commissary... little late night snack",

"And I can go home and get my pay", you added, Lance gave you a look,

"....No. What we need is a distraction". As if it was on queue. Explosions happened, we all collectively yelled/screamed. Your heart pounded in your ears as the bright explosions dulled and finished. 'Is that the alien! Are-The-The...Is that the alien?! Are they here? They got here so quick!",

"No. Those explosions were a distraction, for him" Pidge was pointing to a person on a hover craft. AS if it was having it's own commentary Pidge spoke again. "The Garrison's headed towards the blast, had he's sneaking in from the other side!". Taking the binoculars to his eyes, Lance took in the view of the person. With a look of horror on his face, Lance took the binoculars away and began to run. "No way... Oh, he is not going to be us in there! That guy is always trying to one-up on me!", Lance was standing up and already making his way down the slope. Pidge looked momentarily confused as he glanced you way. In response you shrugged and followed Lance, "Who is it?", Pidge asked as he followed closely behind your trail, "Keith!" Lance called back

"Who?", Who indeed. You felt a slight curiosity about this Keith. Lance had never mentioned him before. Hunk was going after Lance shouting, "Are you sure?", like it was not the first time he had done this and Lance had gone off because this Keith guy was doing it. "Oh I'd recognize that mullet anywhere!", you felt a slight huff of disbelief, but you could't actually snort as your lungs demanded air. "Who's Keith?". Breathing in deeply, you followed the trio, Pidge had long since passed you. You looked up to take in the backs of your fellow friends. What have I got myself into? You thought with slight horror. In no time we neared the space craft. The door was open and the technicians where lying on the ground. "Nope. No you- No, no, no, no, no, no,no you don't. I'm saving Shiro", you were looking down with your palms on your knees to take in a breath. You didn't even care that Lance was acting like a complete weirdo. "Who are you?", you looked up suddenly and was meet to see an attractive site. Black hair styled into a mullet and purple eyes. You froze. "Who am I? Uh, the name's Lance", Lance stated as if the world would judge Keith for not knowing, He blinked at Keith. "...We were at the same class at the Garrison?", you snorted softly to yourself.

"Really? Are you an engineer?",

"No, I'm a pilot. We were, like, rivals. You know. Lance and Keith, neck-and-neck", you almost saw the wheels in Keith's brain go on overload and then finally click as he remembered."Oh wait, I remember you. You're a cargo pilot",

"Well not anymore. I'm fighter class now thanks to you washing out", Lance almost sounded smug and angry at the same time. How can he do that?"Well, congratulations", Keith didn't look to thrilled or in any mood to give a damn. "Oh, man they're coming back and they do not look happy. We gotta go. Uh, do you mind if we catch a ride with you?", without waiting for a reply, everyone piled onto the air craft. You were stuck behind Pidge and in front of Hunk. With a sudden jerk it went to one side. "Is this thing going to be big enough for all of us?", Pidge asked. Good question. Keith answered for everyone.

"No", Shiro was offhanded to Pidge, the machine started and we speed off. You closed your eyes, if anything happened you didn't want to see when it was coming. "Why am I holding this guy?",

"Hey we did all fit!",

"Can't this thing go any faster?", Lance asked as they gained on us,

"We could toss out some non-essential weight"

"Oh right.....", he thought for a moment, suddenly hurt crossed his face followed by a look of 'oh okay' "OK, so that was an insult. I get it",

"Big man, lean left", Keith called from the front, Hunk leaned left.

"Aw man! Mr. Harris just chiked out Professor Montgomery!.... No, no he's fine",

"Big man, lean right", Keith shouted, the air craft went right.

"Guys? Is th-th-th-tha-tha- Is that a clifftop ahead?", wait what? You opened your eyes and almost screeched. "Oooh no,no, no! No, no, no, no-".

"Yup", waves of smugness seemed to roll off of Keith. We all went over the cliff top.

"What are you doing? You're going to kill us all!",

"Shut up and trust me!", Keith called back to Lance. With a jerk the aircraft avoided crashing and without a moment hesitation Keith continued to fly the stupid space craft, like we hadn't nearly been killed.