Journey Of The New Earth

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"I am disgusted, I am revolted, I spend my entire life dedicated to him and this is the thanks I get! Moving to another planet, after you were the one who was all, oh lets keep the kids on earth, for what? Thirteen years! My mother was always in space, never even aloud to step on the grounds of earth after the big anti full blooded Galra thing, and now my kids don't even know their own Grandmother! But wasting money to go back to Cuba ever month, when we could just be living there, like it wouldn't be much different, all we would do is move the kids down their permanently, they love it down there and I wouldn't have as much stress, and he could fly up and down for once! Not me! No, Why don't we just go live on another planet because the Garrison is fucked up and can't get it's shit together!" Keith's breathing was heavy as he shouted, Adam sipping tea calmly and Shiro looking horrified from the opposite couch.

Adam set down his tea, walking over to the hallway entrance. "If you brats heard any of that, say one word to your Papa and you both will be doing boot camp with Taka and I next summer." He said softly to the two children in the hallway. 

"Daddy what do you mean, I don't wanna leave Taka and Ada, I wanna stay here in cuba with Teo Veronica and Tio Marco and Tio Luis, and Abuela and Abuelo, and and-" Keith quickly got the child into his arms, the little boy starting to sob over the though of leaving his family.

Shiro and Adam had ended up moving down to Cuba to be close to Adam's family and to Keith and the kids, some part because the two of them were slightly kicked off missions forever from the Garrison as long as the Garrison kept paying them retirement checks.

Keith slowly sh-ed the small child, picking him up onto his hip. "Damon, nothing is going to happen right away. Your papa is just being delusional and Daddy's just a little stressed out about it okay?" Damon silently cried into his dad's shoulder, the girl in the hallway slowly making her way to the couch.

Shiro was going to say something about leaving when she butted in first. "I'm not leaving this time, you can't make me. I already asked and Abuela said I could stay with her and Tio Luis said he could get me set up for school this year. I don't care what papa or you say, I am staying down here with my family." She quickly got up, running out the backdoor of the house into a large field outback. 

Keith had given up on trying to call for her anymore. He knew either she would come back in a few hours and apologize, or wait for Lance to get back and scold her to come back in. "Keith, let me go find Lance please. I'll get him back here, and make him explain everything properly. I hate seeing you and the kids suffer like this." Shiro said, brushing through Damon's soft flowy hair. 

"I know, it-"

"Katherine Maria McClain! Get Your butt back inside the house before La Chancla gets thrown, now! Con Rapidez! Con Rapidez!" Everyone, including Damon looks towards the back door, a very tall cuban man with deep brown hair and a thick accent yelling as his daughter comes running in, avoiding eye contact as she walked in the door. "Así es, avergonzarse. Ve a pedir disculpas a tu padre. " Katherine walks right past the other three men, muttering something as she ran back to her bedroom. Lance pinched above his nose, shaking his head as he muttered something out, finally sitting down next to Keith and Kissing his cheek. "Hello Shiro, Adam, sorry for crashing your guys' chat. Katie just called saying that Matt broke his foot so he's in total recovery. No one's letting him go anywhere near any coms unit for the next week at least while he fully heals. So  don't expect any messages from him. Oh, and My sister told me to tell Adam that plan Gama is in effect and that, no, I shouldn't know what that is, and anyone who was at the garrison while I was gone should know and no one else." He lays his head down on Keith's shoulder, muttering something about cooking before his breathing starts getting heavy. 

"I swear these three sleep more than Shiro did in Senior year at the Garrison." Adam smirked at Keith's comment, Shiro taking slight offence. "I can't wait for June, Lance will finally have time off, I'll be able to stay down here for three months straight, and the kids will be so much happier and maybe I can even convince Lance to take a year off like James did. If he just thought about what a year with the kids... what a year with me would be like, I know he would say yes." Keith stopped, looking down to see Lance's eyes open, Damon's also. 

Adam and Shiro were both trying to suppress laughs as Lance slowly sat up, Damon smiling as he sat on Lance's lap. "Papa are you gonna stay home like Uncle James did for Gwen? I like that idea a lot better than moving to another planet!" Damon cheered, his cheeks rosy red, his smile wide. 

"Uh, I don't know hijo, I might stay home, but probably not as long as Uncle.. James did with Gwen. And who told you we were moving to a different planet baby?" Lance asked, pretty sure he knew the answer by a certain black haired beauties Blushing face.

Damon frowned, sitting back down in Lance's lap. "I'm not aloud to say." Damon curled in on himself as his Papa sigh. 

"Well, You know, I think I heard earlier that a certain best uncles in the world were going to take you and your sister to go get ice cream tonight at the diner. Right guys?" Lance's eyes pleaded, a smile on Adams face reassuring him.

Before Shiro could say no Adam got up, picking the boy. "Yes, lets go get some shoes on your little feet and get your sister so we can go have all the double chocolate ice cream cones you can eat! Or we could have Flan, or anything you like my little cherub!" Adam's voice got quieter as he got deeper and deeper into the house. 

"If he starts asking to adopt a kid again, I am personally blaming you Lance." Shiro said, getting up as the two.. sorry, Three children all came out talking about different desserts. 

Keith heard the front door close, finally sighing as Lance got in front of him. "You know I hated it when you mention James, why-"

"Lance, it is completely petty of you to still be hung up over that. SO he liked me, big deal, get over it! I didn't even know about that till the bachelor party, and he sure as hell doesn't still have feelings. He is a married man, you are worried about a married man, with a child of his own, coming after me because he had a crush on me before you and I even met. And yes, I want you to spend more time with the kids and I, because you know what, I'm going to be watching Damon go into first grade next year, the first proper year of school in his life and I am worried. Online school is great, but he's shy and anxious, just like I was at his age. He needs someone to be there for him who will listen and not baby him. He needs a father Lance." Lance tried to but in whenever he could but it was no use, Keith was getting this out. "And Kitty, she misses you so much, and now she's going into middle school! She's moody and a teenager and I know nothing about how to deal with that, they person I know who does is you and Shiro and Shiro can't help me twenty four seven, I am a grown ass adult damn it," Keith stopped mid sentence, clutching his face. "I should be able to help her, but I can't. I don't know anything about girls, or hormones, or anything. And you do. My father died when I was so young, and look how I turned out. Horrible. I don't want that for our kids. I don't want you not being here to end their life. I am sorry, that the garrison doesn't know when to quit, but you should. You of all people should know how hard it was for me to give up  the garrison and how hard it was for me to find a new job where I could still watch Damon. I just want you to come back for an extra months, maybe a year, no more than that. Just come back to our family, keep them together, because a family being torn apart is the worst thing lance. It really  is." Lance saw the small tears pricking at his husbands eyes, quick to gather the older man in his arms, embracing him.

Lance whispered soft nothing in Keith's ear, trying to get him to calm down before he could speak. Keith looked up at him, the tears stopping. "I want to be here Keith, I really do. But this is the chance of a life time." He took in one final breath, looking way from Keith to the floor. "Your mother found a planet that should be human inhabited. She's calling it New Earth for the time being." Keith perked up at the news. "The Garrison wants me to be the first man to take his family to a new planet. They know that Kitty is piolet ready, and they know that Damon will be soon enough with a little more practice and where better to practice than beautiful peace space quadrants?" Lance got up, pulling Keith with him. "They want you to come back for this Keith. To share my last mission with you." He pulled Keith in close. "Will you share my last mission with me?" 

"Y.. yes."