A Secret Crush

Trust

The paladins were in a tight spot. They were sent out on a scouting mission and Lance got stuck. he hasn't been caught yet, but he has no way out of the Galra ship. He's communicating to the paladins through his helmet, and trying to give a general location, but they can't pinpoint him. And they cant go in blind. Luckily Lance found a good hiding spot, and is smart enough to not do anything stupid without backup. 

"I'm in a docking bay for their transport ships. i would suggest hijacking one, but i have no idea how to work one of these guys. And it would take to long to figure it out." Lance said to the Paladins who are now back at the castle formulating a plan.

"Stay put Lance, and good idea. Don't do anything bold." Shiro said, agreeing with Lance's statement.

Keith is unintentionally pacing cursing to himself. He was paired up with Lance. How did he let this happen? They were running through the ship and when Keith turned around, Lance was cut off by a line of about fifty Galra soldiers with their robots.

Lance had urged him to go because they couldn't risk waiting. "Keith go!" he had said while running back the other way, "I'll find another way okay! If i get caught i cant risk you getting caught too!"

Keith had listened to Lance and did what he said. He highly regretted leaving Lance like that, but it was his only choice. Shiro watched Keith walk back and forth across the room. He had tried consoling him but it was no use. Keith still worried. 

Pidge was typing away on the computer. Trying to hack into the Galra ship's layout and security. She hated seeing Keith like this and was also fed up with his relentless pacing. It had went from worrisome to a concerned annoyance. Pidge understood why he was like this, but it was still irritating.

"Oh my god Keith!" she yelled spinning around in her chair, "Stop the pacing! Unless you want to wear through the floor!"

Keith flinched at Pidge's outburst and stopped walking. he ran a hand through his mullet and sighed. 

"I'm sorry Pidge. I'm just... It's just..." He struggled getting the words out. Gripping his neck with both hands and throwing his head back, Keith let out a loud yell of frustration.

Allura walked up to him and put a reassuring hand on his shoulder, "It's going to be okay. We're going to get him back." she said smiling kindly.

Keith sighed again and ran a hand down his face as if trying to wipe away his obvious worry, "Yeah. Okay. Thank you."

Pidge slams her hands on the table and stands up quickly, "I'm in!" she yells, a stern look on her face.

"Nice Pidge!" Hunk appraised hurrying to her side. 

There was a map of the ship on one side of the screen, and on the other are the security cameras Pidge has managed to hack into so far. There are three docking bays and none of them were labeled. They were numbered.

"Shit..." she mumbled. "Lance, is there a number anywhere on a wall or something?" Pidge yelled desperately.

You could hear Lance hum looking around, "Not on a wall... no..." 

"AT ALL?!" Pidge interrupted getting more desperate by the minute.

"Let me finish." Lance whined, "The ships have numbers though. The ones closest to me are 1106, 1145, 1184, and 1105. If that helps."

Pidge bit her lip while she concentrated on her computer, scanning it. Her face lit up as she smiled, "It helps! You're in docking bay 1100. We're going to be there soon." she says quickly.

She pulls the map up onto the hologram and points to the docking bay, "Lance is on docking bay eleven hundred. its on the north east side of the ship. Shiro, what's the plan?" Pidge looks to Shiro, knowing Green will be the main key with her cloaking tech.

Shiro nods and looks at the map, "We're going to only use the green lion. We don't want any attention drawn to us. Keith, you're going with Pidge in her lion. It's going to be a quick in and out, you're the best choice for that."

"What?!" Lance almost yelled holding back snickers, "Him?"

Keith growled and shook it off while Shiro continued, "Can you two do it? Coran is going to be with you monitoring the security cameras. While we're going to be ready to fight if anything goes awry. Which i hope won't need to happen." Shiro shared eye contact with everyone in the room expectantly.

Keith nodded. "You can trust us." 

"I already do." Lance mumbled, "Now hurry up! It's getting harder to remain under cover! Patrols are everywhere."