Galra Blood ~ Keith X OC VLD Fanfic

Chapter 4: A Small Battle

Keith stood, leaning against the side of Lance's seat. The ride to the Castle of Lions was a little...awkward. Lance and Keith hadn't said a thing to each other since they left the Blade of Marmora base. Keith had tried to think of things to say like 'Hey!' or 'So what's been going on since I left?', but he knew what Lance was like so he kept his mouth shut.

"Pidge, any contact from the Castle of Lions?" Shiro then asked over the intercom. "No, but I'll keep trying" Pidge replied.

"Okay, everyone stay on course and keep an eye out for any Galra".

"Roger that, Shiro" Lance said as he slyly turned his head to look at Keith. "What?" Keith asked. "Found one!" Lance smiled. Keith just raised and eyebrow at Lance. "Har har! Very funny, Lance!" he said sarcastically. "Let me be more specific. Galra citizens that aren't on Lotor's side?" Shiro sighed. "Right. Sendak, the Fire of Purification. Got it." Lance tried to contain his laughter. Lance definitely hadn't changed.

Keith walked to the back of the cockpit of the red lion, still thinking about the Altean that tried to kill him.

"Sorry."

Keith turned his head to see Lance's sad face. "For what?" Keith asked confused. "Making fun of you" Lance answered, turning back to face the galaxy in front of him. "The first thing I say or do when you came back was joke about your Galra heritage." "It's okay, Lance."

"It's just that I haven't seen you in a while and-"

"Lance! Seriously. It's okay!"

"Good."

Lance and Keith smiled awkwardly at each other.

"Whoa. Am I sensing another bonding moment between you two?" Hunk said cheekily over the intercom. "Quiznak!" Lance exclaimed quietly. "I forgot to turn the intercom of! Uh, no, Hunk! I was just telling Keith how crappy his mullet is!" Keith decided to play along. "Again with the mullet, Lance? Seriously? Well at least my hair isn't as crap as your face!"

"Well at least my face isn't as crap as your...um...your personality!"

"Ooh! Ouch! That one hurt! So cold!" It went quiet for a few seconds before they started laughing. Hunk smiled smugly. "Sure...welp! I'll leave you two to it." Lance then turned off the intercom. "It's good to have you back, Keith." "Yeah, it's good to be back" Keith said smiling.

Suddenly, the Red Lion was struck by a blast. "What the hell was that?" Keith grumbled regaining his stance. "Lance, Keith! Are you two okay?" Allura asked worriedly. "We're fine, Princess" Lance reassured her. "What was-" Lance didn't get to finish. Another blast hit them. "It's a Galra fighter!" Pidge exclaimed. "Sendak! Everyone spread out and attack the fighter!" Shiro ordered. Everyone circled the fighter blasting it with everything they had. Each time the fighter dodged their attacks. "We can't hit this thing!" Pidge screamed in frustration. "We should form Voltron!" Keith suggested. "Yeah, I agree with Keith!" Lance said. "No! It's a fighter! We should be able to take it out by ourselves!" Shiro disagreed. Keith and Lance screamed as it hit them again.

Lance tried to go after it. "Hang on, Keith!" Lance warned. Lance tried to blast it. The fighter dodged, then hit the Red Lion again. "Ugh! DIE ALREADY!" Lance yelled in frustration. And Keith thought he was the angry one. Another hit.

"Um, guys?" Hunk siad. "Why isn't hitting us?" "Hunk is right!" Allura exclaimed. "It's targeting the Red Lion!" "I'm starting to think this isn't a normal Galra fighter!" Lance screamed before they got hit again. "Lance is right! I think it's time to form Voltron!" Shiro ordered. They then formed the gigantic robot.

"Form shield!"

Pidge then activated the shield. "The fighter seems to be after the Red Lion! Lance on the count of three, shoot a laser at the fighter!" Shiro ordered. "One..."

This didn't feel right to Keith. They surely would have been able to take out that fighter...

"...Two..."

And if it was really one of Sendak's fighters, wouldn't he have shown up by now? And why did it only attack the Red Lion when Sendak wanted, like, all of them? Then it struck him.

"...Three-"

"WAIT!" Keith yelled. "Don't shoot!" "Why?" Lance asked confused. "That isn't one of Sendak's fighters!" "Who is it then?" Allura asked. Keith didn't know what to say. How was he going to tell them? He then had an idea. "Shoot the wing!" "What?" the whole team asked in unison.

"Trust me! Lance, shoot the wing!"

"Don't shoot the wing, Lance! Shoot the fighter!" Shiro protested.

"Do it, Lance! Shoot the wing!"

"Don't do it, Lance!"

"Shoot the damn wing NOW!"

Lance looked at Keith and thought about it for a moment. He then nodded. "Here goes NOTHING!" Lance then aimed his laser at the wing and shot at it. He successfully hit the wing. "You got him!" Pidge exclaimed. "Yeah!" Keith cheered. "Nice work, Lance!"

"Hey! I got a reading from the Castle of Lions. Coran isn't too far away." Pidge announced. Shiro sighed. "Let's go, team!" "Hold on!" Hunk said. "Someone is leaving the fighter. Is that a Blade?" "I was right!" Keith exclaimed quietly. "Disband!" Keith then yelled. "Uhh, Shiro? Should we?" Keith then realised what he had done. He facepalmed.

"Oh...Sorry, Shiro. I didn't mean to-"

"It's alright, Keith. Your natural born leadership instincts kicked in" Shiro reassured. "Disband! Lance, get the Blade and follow us back to the Castle." "You got it!" Lance said as he drove his lion towards the Blade and the one winged fighter. The Blade saw the lion coming for her and tried to escape. She wasn't fast enough. The Red Lion's jaw clamped down trapping her and the fighter inside. "We're headed your way, Shiro!" Lance announced. "Good work, Lance" Shiro replied.

Then something popped up on the screen. "Looks like they are trying to open Red's mouth to escape" Lance said looking at what was happening with the Blade. "I'll check it out" Keith told Lance. "Be careful!" Lance warned. Keith nodded and ran outside the cockpit.

"Come on! Open! I swear this thing is-" the Blade stopped mid sentence when she turned around to see Keith with his sword out. "Nice to see you, Altean" he said sarcastically. "Likewise" the Altean replied. Keith then made the first move, charging into battle. "Foolish" the Altean chuckled. She dodged Keith's advance, grabbed him by his right arm and flung him over. She chuckled a little more before Keith smiled and said "You're the foolish one." He then grabbed her with his free hand and flung her over to the ground, hard.

Keith got up, grabbed his knife and aimed it at the Altean. She didn't move. "Hello?" Keith said as he leaned closer and clicked his fingers to get her attention. Still no movement. Surely then move wouldn't have knocked her out cold, would it? "What is-" Keith gasped at the discoloration of his left hand. It was...purple! Keith unbandaged his arm to look at the mark. It was a lot pinker than before. And black veins were sticking out from the mark all the way to his left hand.

"Keith?" Lance called. "Are you okay?" Keith panicked. What if Lance saw his arm. "Did you want me to come help you or..." "I'm fine, Lance" Keith replied. "She's been dealt with."

"'She', hmm? Well in that case..."

"Not now, Lance!"

Keith picked up the unconscious Altean and opened up and Red Lion's storage unit. "Sorry, Red" Keith apologized. "Just gotta store this person in here...no pun intended." Keith closed the door of the unit and leaned against the wall, looking at his arm. It was back to normal. What the hell was going on?