You Deserve Everything

Keith?!

"What kind of torture do you think Keith is going through right now?" Lance asked.

"Well Zarkon did just lose a battle that he should have ultimately won, along with the connection of the Black Lion." Pidge pointed out.

"So the bad kind...got it." Lance summarized.

"But so, do you guys think we'll even be able to get him back?" Hunk had been the one to ask the question. But the whole team and been thinking the same think, they just weren't willing to be the one to ask the heart wrenching question.

"Yes." Shiro had answered. "I know that we don't have a lot of hope to get inside Zarkon's ship and get Keith out but we will. This is Keith we're talking about. He's a Paladin of Voltron but most importantly he's our brother. And we do not just leave our brothers. Is everyone with me?!"

"Yes!" They all shouted in unison.

"Let's go get Keith back!" Lance said with a new boost of confidence from Shiro's words.

"Woah slow your roll there buddy! First we need to find Zarkon's ship and-"

"And then we can go get Keith back!"

"No...I was going to say than we need to come up with a plan."

"...And then we go get Keith?"

"Yes." Shiro said. "And then we go get Keith."

•••

Keith screamed, loud. The torture had only started about 5 minutes ago but for Keith it had felt like an eternity that was never going to end. Had it really only been 5 minutes? How much more of this could he take? The Paladins still won't be here for about another day. And if Keith can't even handle 5 minutes how was he to handle a whole day?

Zarkon wanted to know where the lions and ship of lions were. Keith was caught off guard the first time Zarkon had asked the question. This means Zarkon has lost his connection with the Black Lion completely. He used to be a Paladin of the Black Lion himself. He was a loyal companion with King Alfour, Allura's father. But after Zarkon discovered quintessence he became consumed with craving power. The quintessence turned him completely evil. Zarkon killed off King Alfour along with his people and destroyed their planet. Zarkon had been after the lions, but King Alfour sent them in different directions out of Zarkon's reach. Except the red lion which managed to get in his hands.

Keith dropped to one of his knees as Zarkon burned him in the leg with one of his guns.

"I hope that you'll be more willing to share when I get back in a few minutes Keith." And on that note Zarkon left along with his guards.

"Finally," Keith thought when Zarkon was eventually out the door. Keith had a plan. It would be a little difficult and it would definitely hurt after what he just went through but he had to try. There were guards just outside the door so he had to make sure not to make too much noise.

Keith got up from his knee and very slowly started to move towards his helmet and suit. He just need to get close enough to kick the helmet to the ground.

"Almost got it..."

And the helmet made a big CLANG as it fell to the floor. Keith waited to see guards running in to see what was happening but they never did. "Huh, strange." Keith thought, but still proceeded to use his foot and pull his helmet towards him.

Now comes the hard part. Keith needed to use his feet and throw it up to his hands so he could get it on his head. "Ok..." Keith thought. "In 3...2...and...1." Keith chucked the helmet up and caught it just in time before he would have missed it and the guards would have definitely heard the bang. He put the helmet on.