Wings of Home II: Wings of Change

Hurry

"Wait. What?"

How Hunk found out was definitely not the way Shiro wanted him to find out about Keith having a twin. He pinched the bridge of his nose, mentally cursing the fact both of his younger brothers were stubborn to a point they were starting to drive him insane, if he weren't already there, yet undeniably he loved them both. Of course, the fact Allura knew things was also causing him quite a bit of mental strain. Still, Allura was how he'd find Keith given whatever danger he was in.

He felt guilty for not having realized sooner.

"You know, the only reason the princess and I are accompanying you is because she's the way we're going to be able to find number four."

"Number..."

"He's the fourth tallest paladin."

"How about you refer to us by our colors?" Shiro found the man strange in a way he wasn't yet sure about. Mentally, he noted they were heading to a part of the garrison closed for minor repairs – a storage area, but finally, Allura pointed.

"There. Keith's in there."

She pointed towards a window, yet he wasn't sure if she meant the room, or in that direction. He walked over, wondering how he'd get a look through the window up high. He stood there, contemplating this issue when he heard something moving across the ground and Matt telling him to watch out. Glancing up, he jumped out of the way just as Allura pushed one of the large metal dumpsters hit the wall, creating a resounding smash. "Allura!"

"What?"

"Whoever's inside could have heard." Yet, looking up he knew he wanted to get a look inside. Taking a deep breath, he jumped up on top before slowly lifting himself up so he might peer into the window, hoping whoever was inside hadn't noticed him. Worse, he found himself afraid of what might happen to Keith. They'd lost Keith once before and he honestly didn't want to go through that again, let alone something happening to Ryo.

What he saw – Shiro's eyebrows rose up, seeing the purple alien creature on garrison's property, which made his throat tighten. He also noticed two chairs with cadets tied to them, one of them – how Lance ended up involved in the whole matter he honestly didn't want to know, but Keith's chair was on the floor for some reason, yet something didn't feel right. He watched the Galra head towards the door of the storage room he was keeping Keith and Lance in.

Hopping down, he turned to Matt. "There's a Galra in there."

"Galra?" Allura's eyes widened. "How?"

"That's something I would like to know, but I'm going after him."

"But none of you have your paladin weapons."

"Our..." Shiro shook his head. "Look, we can talk about that later, alright? Right now I need to get Keith and Lance out of there."

"Wait. Who is this Lance person? I don't believe he is one of the paladins, so is it important that we rescue him?"

Shiro smiled at Coran, wishing the princess's advisor hadn't said such a thing that he found himself wondering due to how Lance treated Keith, yet he brushed such childish thoughts aside. "Now, now. What kind of paladins would we be if we didn't help those in need."

"Well, that is true." Coran stood up straight. "That was simply a test paladin."

"Um, sure." Shiro turned, digging through the dumpster for something he might break the window with.

"We're not going in the front entrance?"

"Oh. Is that another test Coran?"

"Of course paladin number one."

One of Shiro's eyebrows shot up, wondering where Coran got the idea of numbers from, let alone how he ended up numbing them off. He smashed the window with the construction material, his mind jumping to the paperwork this would involve, his mind worried regarding how this incident would look for Keith; after all, the principle for the garrison's school looked for anything they could use against Keith. He watched the glass shatter on the ground, before sliding in the window, but not before giving the order to stay there unless they needed to hide.

He landed on the ground, but now he had a better look at what was going on. In particular, he took in the slash across Keith's shoulder. "Keith, buddy. What..."

"I'm okay."

"Yeah, you're bleeding." The sound of Lance muttering into his gag made Shiro look up at Lance, who seemed like he wanted to say something and for some reason, he thought it a good idea to remove the gag.

"This is Keith's fault!" Which resulted in the gag being put back in – almost. Shiro knew Lance would antagonize Keith even more if he did that. He did focus on untying Keith, which brought a complaint from Lance's mouth just as Matt, Allura, and Coran came in through the window.

"Hey. I thought I told you to stay outside."

"Oh. Princess Allura."

Shiro watched the princess' facial features contort with disgust regarding what Lance said. "You said unless we needed to hide."

"Yeah, but I didn't mean..." He watched both Allura and Matt point at Coran. "... in here." Taking a deep breath, he helped Keith sit up, noting he didn't look too good, liking from the amount of blood lost.

"Someone untie me already." Lance's comment made Matt let out a sigh before the older cadet stepped over and started untying the ropes which kept Lance tied to the chair.

"How exactly are we going to take on a Galra? They're rather strong."

Shiro took a deep breath, looking at the chair Keith was once tied to while Allura and Coran pulled him towards the wall so he could sit up, his head darting up when he saw the door start opening. Quickly, he picked up the chair as the Galra stepped in, swinging it right at the creature's head. It broke into quite a few pieces with a resounding crack. He then balled up his fist, punching the creature who hurt Keith. When the creature attempted to bring their weapon about, Shiro instinctively used said weapon against the Galra by pummeling the weapon into the creature's body.

He now lay on the ground, unconscious, yet Shiro wasn't sure how he'd managed that, given the Galra did seem a bit stronger. Lance's eyes widened. "That was awesome."

Shiro turned his head to Matt. "Do you think you can contact garrison security and get him tied up.

"Definity can. I'll use both ropes just in case, but they should be here in minutes."

"Good, because I'm getting Keith to the garrison infirmary."

"Wouldn't it be quicker if a vehicle took him? I mean, it took us quite a bit of time to walk there."

"That." Shiro's eyes closed. "I'll go ahead and call it in."

He hoped they would hurry.