Kangst for the Soul

19

Lance groaned and sat up, blinking at the bright pink leaves ahead of him. The last thing he remembered was Pidge screaming at him to answer her.... which she still was doing.

"Lance I swear to fucking god if you don't answer me now I'm going to find you and shove Keith's sword-"

"Pidge, calm down, I'm fine." He cut her off and he heard the sighs from the other end of the comms.

"Thank fucking fuck. Now what happened?! Where are you?! Can you see Keith at all, he's not answering either." Pidge asked and Lance frowned.

"First things first, Language. As far as I can remember both Red and Blue were hit by that strange cannon, I blacked out from the hit so I dunno what happened afterwards. I think I'm on Kubos, the massive planet with the inverted colours, and finally I can't see Keith anywhere, I'm now getting ready to go out and look." As he spoke the blue paladin slowly sat up and did a mental dance when he realised nothing was broken or fractures. He'd have some bruises but that was it.

"Lance, if it is Kubos you are on you must be careful. The air is toxic to humans, remember?" Allura asked and Lance replied with an affirmative hum.

"I remember princess, keep your helmet on you at all times, unless Keith's helmet is broken, then give it to him as he can't survive as long as a human can due to his Galran DNA." Lance reported back, smirking when Allura remarked that she was impressed that he knew this and he had pleasantly surprised her. But he then shook his head and left Blue. He wasn't too worried about the giant mechanical lion as he could tell that the bond was still active and Blue's mind would occasionally brush against his, helping to bring his creeping worry about Keith to a minimum.

Once outside the Lion he saw Red immediately and blanched. The red lion of Voltron was dented and damaged. Lance just hoped Keith was alright. If he wasn't then... Lance didn't want to think about it. During there forced time together in space they had gone from rivals to friends.

It took him a few minutes of scrambling around to get to Red's head and listening to the others call Keith's name. Lance finally reached the sentient lions and realised Reds jaw was open enough for Lance to crawl inside. He quickly made his way to Reds cockpit and was relieved to see that Keith didn't seem too hurt. Sure he'd been thrown out of the pilots seat and was unconscious but his helmet looked intact and Lance couldn't see or smell any blood.

"Guys I can see Keith, he's unconscious but I'll try to wake him up." Lance reported and ignored Pidge muttering under her breath. He cautiously approached the unconscious teenager and, when he was close enough, checked the raven haired boy's pulse. A wave of relief swept over him and the slow and steady beat against his fingertips. Lance rocked back on his heels and reported to the others that Keith was just unconscious. The others sighed in relief and Lance gently shook the black haired boy, hoping he'd wake up but not thinking the action would actually be enough to rouse him. Surprisingly, Keith stirred and lifted his head. He looked around in a moment of dazed confusion before he focused on Lance.

"Lance...?" He muttered, and tried to sit up.

"Yeah, it's me, just take it easy Samurai. You hit your head pretty bad." Lance answered and helped the red paladin sit up. Keith looked around again, able to see more now he was sitting up before he focused on Lance again, who was still crouching next to him.

"What happened? Where're the others? Are they okay?" He asked and Lance frowned.

"You don't remember the massive battle? Or the Ion cannon that hit both of us and put the lions out of commission?" Lance answered.

"Oh, so that's what happened. Thanks for telling me. Now where are we and where is everyone else." Keith said dryly, almost looking bored.

"Can you not hear them through the mic in your helmet?" Keith shook his head and Lance opened his mouth to tell him he's deaf, but quickly realised that he could no longer hear the others either.