The Reunion: Keith x Male!Reader

Chapter 7: Planet in distress

As they pulled away, a thought came to mind. "Where's Kiren?" I asked. Pidge shrugged, "He said he was going to go rest, now that he has a chance to properly. Coran was going to show him to a room." I nodded. Smiling up at them all, "Thank you all for letting us stay here. It makes it easier to get to the blade." They all laughed. I sat there with the paladins, just talking. They told me some small stories about the things that we had gotten up to back when I had lived on earth. And I told them about the missions I could remember. Eventually, everyone decided that we should rest, so one by one, the paladins left for bed, till only Keith and I remained. We both sat there, silently for a bit, but I could tell that Keith was a little anxious. "I wish I could remember you..." I smiled a little sadly as the red paladin turn to look at me, "From the stories you all told me... it sounds like we had a lot of fun."

Keith smiled a little, and breathed out a laugh, "Yeah. We were trouble makers most of the time. You were just better at getting away with it then I was." I laughed, nudge him in the shoulder, an almost cocky smirk on my face, "Well... I was trained and raised by an organization who prides themselves on getting away with causing trouble for higher ups." Keith got to his feet, ofering me a hand, without much hesitation I grabbed it. Allowing his to pull me to my feet, "I should probably show you to your room... We'll be heading towards the blade when everyone's up." I nodded, following him to a door. After I said my goodbyes to the red paladin, I sat down in the bed. After my nap earlier, I wasn't overly tired. So I just sat there, thinking. Trying to remember, trying to think about the events that I had just spent all that time talking about with the paladins.

I yelped, hissing and curling into a ball, as a sharp pain shot through every part of my body. My head feeling as though it might split at any seconded. I looked down at my hand, and watch as black markings began to spread from my finger tips up my arms. Anyone who hadn't spent years with a wolf guardian of another planet connected with their very soul would probably begin to panic. But I was experienced enough that I knew I just needed to calm down. So, I slowed my breathing, closed my eyes. I stopped trying to remember and instead cleared my head. After a few minutes, the pain ceased and I opened my eyes, watching as the black marks receded. I let out a sigh of relief. Laying back, suddenly feeling tried. I closed my eyes, allowing sleep to take over me.

Once again, Kage didn't show. However, I wasn't left in the dark void. Instead I was sitting on warm sand, looking up into a blue sky and out at a sparkling sea. This confused me, I had never seen a place like this on my missions, at these, I had never been able to stick around long enough to look around. "(Y/N)!!" I looked behind me, seeing Izaya, looking around sixteen, running towards me. Shiro and another man behind him. The stranger had darker skin, brown hair. Glasses framed his hazel eyes. I watch as he looked at Shiro and smiled, their hands linked together. Izaya was soon be my side, handing me a small box, when I opened it their was food inside. "Come on! You have to eat something. This is the only chance we are going to have for a vacation for a while, so we should enjoy it." I felt myself laugh, Shiro and the strange joined us. We all sat there, enjoy the moment. Before it faded and my eyes opened. Showing that i was still in the same room in the castle.

I placed a hand on my head, brows frowned. "What was that...?" I questioned. Suddenly an alarm started blaring, "Paladins! I need you at the bridge. Now!" Hearing Allura's voice, I got up. Instinct from my years of training on the blade kicking in and I wasted no time in getting out of my room. As I stepped into the hall, Keith exited his own room. Ours eyes met, both of us nodding before we both headed towards the bridge. When we got there, Kiren, Shiro and Hunk were already there, along with Coran and Allura. Lance and Pidge not far behind us. "What's wrong princess?" Shiro asked. I walked over to stand beside Kiren, Allura ignoring us entirely.

"We have received a distress signal from this planet, stating that the Galra have taken over." Allura brought up a picture, and it almost imminently looked familiar. I stumbled back, my eyes wide, "No... no... absolutely not." I shock my head as everyone looked at me, I glared at the image, Pointing at it, "There is no helping that place. Turn this castle around and leave it." The paladins all looked confused, Kiren looked as though he was trying to figure out what I was reacting like this and Allura just looked pissed. "It is paladin code that we help all who need it. And this planet needs us." I laughed, how naive the princess seemed to me in this moment. To think that all who plead for help, truly need it.

"Ha! You don't know just how naive you seem right now. That planet is nothing but trouble. They will pull you in and deliver you all straight to the empire." Allura crossed her arms, "And how do you know so much about this planet?" My eyes returned to in image, every part of my being begging to get everyone as far from here as possible. "I know so much... because that was the planet where I spent most of the first six years of my life. It is the planet I was born on." Kiren snapped his fingers, finally realizing where we were, "Inpietas... Gods, never thought any of us would end up back here." He turned to Allura, "Turn around. This place is beyond any help you can provide."