Secrets Between Blood

Chapter 9: Bonding (Part 2)

...this whole no school thing is completely fucking with my schedule. I'm sorry. Here you go.

Keith's POV:

We are all flying out from the castle and outside, awaiting Coran's next orders. I can't help but think of the way Lance looked at me before. He looked like he just found out something impossible, and I couldn't help but worry. What if he found out what I was? Who I was? No, impossible.

"Alright!" Coran's voice pulled me out of my thoughts and I focused on the bonding exercise. "Now, you will be attempting to do something you really shouldn't until you are highly experienced in flying, but we're running a bit short on time, so, let's give it a go! Everyone put your lions into a nosedive!" I do as instructed without hesitation, then my vision went black.

"Ahh!Coran! I can't see!" Lance's voice echoed in my ears, and I couldn't help but laugh.

"Paladins! Calm down! You have to use your bond with your lions to see. See through your lion's eyes. Feel the bond!" Hearing this, I immediately closed my eyes and focused on Red. I feel the slight connection in the back of my mind, and I focus on it. After a moment, I hear the lion roar, and I opened my eyes. I was seeing through her eyes, it felt amazing. "Oh, we're about to crash!"

I stayed calm as I pulled up, just barely grazing the ground. I can distantly hear the others panicking, but I stay focused as I dodged rock, left and right, up and down. I take the chance and do a loopty-loop around an arc, red roaring while I cheered.

"Coran! This is awesome!" I yelled, pulling away from the canyon and back into the air.

"Yeah, this feels great!" I heard Lance cheer as well, and I couldn't help but smile at the joy in his voice.

"I think I'm getting this too." Shiro said, stopping right next to me.

Lance's POV:

"Holy Quiznack, that felt amazing!" Although I was a little shocked to hear that Hunk and Pidge crashed. I honestly thought everyone would've at least been able to do this. But, guess not. Right now, we all just sat down at the dining table. Pidge on one end, then Keith, me, Hunk, then Shiro.

"Alright!" Coran said, setting down the last bowl of goo. Everyone went to dig in, but then I saw Coran point something at us. Before I knew what happened, everyone was handcuffed together. Hunk glared at Coran.

"Coran, think about what you're doing." he said in a deep voice, and I was a little scared to be handcuffed to him.

"I saw some solid performances today. Really, impressive. But not all of you seem to understand the concept of teamwork." Coran continued, ignoring Hunk's huffing and puffing. I sighed, knowing this might take awhile. I felt Keith lean into me slightly.

"Go loose." he whispered so low, even I could barely hear. Not wanting to antagonize him further, I did.

Keith suddenly jerked forward and I was rammed into the table. Keith grabbed two bowls of goo and threw one after the other, right at Coran. He knocked one away with a towel, but he hadn't seen the second one in time. He quickly ducked and was about to throw a spoonful of goo at Keith, but froze at the sound of the goo bowl hitting something.

We all looked passed Coran and saw Allura, face completely covered in goo. Everyone was silent, if only for a moment. Keith then broke out in hysterical laughter, making everyone jump. I kind of feared for his life at the moment.