Daughter of Sendak: KeithxOC (ON HOLD)

The Ark of Taujeet

"It has to be me. It makes sense," Harmony said, convinced she's the reason Zarkon has been able to find them over and over again.

"Aww, space baloney," Lance said, trying to cheer Harmony up.

"There must be another explanation," Allura said.

"That's not possible," Pidge said.

"Why would that be so hard to believe? Ever since I joined your group, Zarkon has been able to find us," Harmony reasoned.

"She's got a point. Zarkon would be trying to find her. Her roll in the Empire was pretty significant, and she just left. I bet he's pretty mad about it," Shiro said. Hearing those words sent a chill down Harmony's spine.

"It's not you, Harmony. It's me," Keith said. He was standing apart from the group, and hadn't talked until then. Everyone turned to Keith. Why would it be him?

"Because?" Hunk asked, just as confused as the rest of them.

"I just think Zarkon must've imprinted on me during our fight or something," Keith said, trying to find a good reason without telling them the real reason.

"Look, the fact is, we don't know how Zarkon is tracking us. It could be through the Black Lion. Every time Zarkon gets close to it, Shiro has to fight him for control," Pidge said.

"That's only when Zarkon is nearby. No Paladin has ever been able to connect with a lion over a vast distance," Coran reasoned.

"So what are we going to do?"

"Look, it doesn't matter how he's tracking us because we're gonna take the fight to the Galra soon enough. They've been chasing us from galaxy to galaxy. The last thing they expect is for us to come after them," Shiro reasoned.

"The hunter becomes the hunted, hmm? Awesome! That's the tagline from like six of my favorite movies," Lance said to no one in particular.

"As it happens, I took our list of recent Galra attacks and analyzed it for both commonalities and anomalies among the attack sites. I was hoping to create an algorithm that would, within a statistically acceptable margin of error, provide a list of target-rich Galra environments– color-coded, of course, because what are we, animals," Pidge said.

"Ahem," Harmony fake coughed.

"Oh! Uh, no offense," Pidge apologized.

"None taken."

"Cool! What is it again?" Lance asked. Pidge put the map up, showing where each possible point the Galra could be.

"It's a Galra finder?" Hunk asked.

"Well, 'finder' suggests that it locates the Galra, whereas it would be more accurate to say that my model predicts their likeliest–" Pidge paused, seeing the looks on everyone's faces. "Fine. It's a Galra finder."

"So, where are the Galra?" Lance asked.

"The nearest ones are right here. A planet called Taujeer."

"Then that's where we're headed. Everyone should get some sleep. Tomorrow, we'll find that Galra fleet and take it out," Shiro said. Everyone got up and left. Harmony noticed that Keith stayed behind. She let the door to the bridge close, and then listened closely to what was being said.

"Is everything okay?" Shiro's voice asked.

"Yeah. Why?" Keith's voice responded.

"You just seem a bit anxious."

"I'm fine. Just tired. Like you said, I should get some sleep," Keith said. Harmony heard footsteps, and took that as her cue to run away. She turned the corner right as she heard the door open. She made her way back to her room to rest a bit.