Red (Sequel to Blue)

Chapter 9

Lance woke up to the alarms blaring loudly. Keith groaned and snuggled closer to Lance, trying to bury the noise, however Lance sighed and attempted to pry the sleeping alpha off of him so they could start training. However, Allura's voice cut through on the overhead system, making both men aware. 

"Paladins! The castle is under attack by Garrison forces!" came her frantic voice. Lance and Keith shot straight up and looked at each other.

"Clarissa!" Lance shouted. 

"Go get her to a safe spot," Keith said, already putting on his armor. He tossed Lance his. "I'll buy us some time."

"I love you." Lance said as he rushed out of the door.

"I love you." Keith said, watching as he ran. "Be safe."

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"Allura! What's going on?!" Keith cried, as he raced into the control room. The rest of the paladins (minus Lance) were standing next to Allura, grim faces. 

"I don't know!" Allura said. She was typing frantically on the control board, Coran hovering behind her. "I'm trying to make contact with them, but they're not responding!" 

Just then a video feed popped up on the display screen. Iverson's ugly mug showed up on the screen. Keith sneered. "Paladins of Voltron, we are here for your arrest for harboring a dangerous alien."

Allura gasped in indignation. "The Altean's are a peaceful race!" 

"Not you," Iverson said before pointing a finger at Keith and sneering. "Him."

"Keith?!" Pidge cried. "You're joking, right? He's a paladin. Why would he be dangerous?"

"We received a call at 0100 hours from a hysterical civilian claiming that a savage Alien named Keith Kogane tried to maul her." Iverson said. "That is you, isn't it?"

"What?!" Pidge cried, staring at Keith like he was insane. Keith simply growled.

"It was that bitch, Linda!" Keith snapped. Pidge's eyes widened in understanding. "She doesn't seem to understand 'leave us alone'." 

"So you admit it was you?" Iverson asked. Keith snarled.

"No! Go suck a monster dick!" Keith shouted. Iverson's one eye widened in surprise before his face settled in a sneer. 

"Attack!"

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Lance ran as fast he possibly could, Clarissa crying in his arms. She didn't know what was happening, only that Papa was afraid. That made her afraid. Lance skidded to a stop when he felt the ground shake, indicating someone was firing at the castle. What the shit?

"Shh, shh," Lance whispered, and began running again once the ground was stable. Lance could only think of one place where she'd be safe. Blue. 

As soon as he made it into the hangar he all but ran into Blue's hull. "Blue! I need you to take care of her for me!" Lance cried, setting Clarissa down on one of the many beds in the back of Blue. He felt a reassuring purr in the back of him mind and he sighed a huge sigh of relief. Blue was saying yes. 

"Papa? What's goin' on?" Clarissa asked.

"Papa has to go save the world," Lance said, kissing the top of her head. "Will you stay here? Stay safe for Papa?"

Clarissa nodded quickly. "I can do it." 

"That's my girl."

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"Keith!" Lance called as he raced into the control room where everyone was waiting. "What's happening?"

"The garrison is trying to take Keith." Pidge yelled as she typed furiously on the keyboard in front of her seat. 

"What? Why?" Lance cried, rushing into his seat. He pulled up a screen that showed the stats of how the castle defenses were doing. 

"Cause Linda fucking reported me as a 'violent alien'," Keith shouted bitterly. He was using the castle controls to shoot lasers at the many fighter ships swarming the castle. They were pouring in by the second, and though their underdeveloped lasers wouldn't be able to penetrate the particle barrier, they were still very frustrating. 

"Are you serious?" Lance cried in disbelief. He knew his -disowned-sister was a bitch, but he didn't realize how big of one she was. "Why would she even do that?"

"Because she's a sore loser!" Keith shouted. 

"What a dick." Lance mumbled. The castle defenses were still over eighty percent so he moved small amounts of power from the shield into the lasers. Fighting Earth's best defense was ten times easier than fighting a galra cruiser.

"Tell me about it." Keith griped. 

"How long have they been after you?"

"How long have we been awake?"

"Less than an hour."

"There you go." Keith said, biting his lip when he aimed at another ship. Lance should really be doing this, Keith's aim left something to be desired. "Where's Clarissa?"

"I set her down in Blue," Lance's reply was closer than Keith thought. He jumped when the sound came from behind him. He turned to see Lance standing by his side. He smiled. "Want me to take over?"

"Please." Keith answered, grateful that someone with adequate aim could destroy those ships. Lance shot a few down and grinned in triumphant when one ship crashed into a whole group of others. 

"I GOT IT!" Pidge screamed, scaring the shit out of everyone. 

"What'd you get, Pidge?" Shiro asked, not bothering to look up from his controls. He was firing the right side of the ship, while Lance was using the left side's lasers. He had a few more ships on his side, since the opening where they're all coming from is on the right. 

"I hacked into the Garrison's control room speakers," Pidge said, pulling up an audio file. "We can eavesdrop on their plans."

"Good work Pidge." Shiro said. "Play it."

Pidge pressed a button and the frantic voices of the garrison command filled the room. "Sir! Sir!" a voice called. "We've lost over half our fleet."

"Send out alpha squad 4." Iverson demanded.

"But sir-"

"Just do it!" Iverson yelled. 

"Sir, if I may?" another disembodied voice called. "It would be next to impossible to grab the red Paladin Keith."

"So? What are you trying to tell me?" Iverson demanded.

"We would lose all our fleets, as well as more than half our pilots." the voice says. "May I suggest that we focus our assets on a weaker side of Voltron?"

"And what would that be?"

"The Red Paladin's Child."