Allies
It had been 25 quintants already, almost an entire month and they still haven't found Voltorn. “Keith! Get your ass up! Blue needs work done to her!” Lance had convinced Rolo and Nyma for a day off, and Lance intended to get as much work as he possibly could done. He had been able to fix or support the majority of the damage on his lion’s body. “Ugh, I'm up.” Keith walked out of his room, his hair a mess from sleep, his shirt wrinkled from lying on the floor all night and wiping a bit of drool from his mouth. “I hate you, how do you look like a functioning member of society this early?” Keith yawned loudly, Lance laughed. “Beauty sleep my boy, being this pretty isn't always easy.” Keith rolled his eyes, “Do we at least have some alien coffee left?” Keith slurred his words, “Right here!” Lance happily handed one of the two mugs he was holding to Keith. “Oh my, you're a fucking angel!” Keith took a quick sip of the hot liquid, “Oh I know.” Lance winked, “On second thought, you're the devil.” Lance shrugged happily. “I can work with that, now let's get to work.” Keith groaned and took another sip of his alien coffee, “yep, definitely the devil.” As the day went on the more productive they got, “Lance, give us a lift?” Keith asked, holding a large piece of metal. “Yeah sure.” Lance walked over to Keith, both of them were sweaty from the heat of the desert. “Ready? 3…2…1… and lift.” Keith and Lance lifted the large piece of metal with ease. “Stop right there!” a stern voice shouted, Lance turned around first. “Shit! Keith… Galra…” Lance whispered loudly, Keith turned quickly to see 3 Galra soldiers. They were soldiers, right? Neither Lance or Keith recognized the uniform they wore. “What do you think you're doing destroying the blue lion of voltron?” the stern voice spoke again. “Destroying it?” Lance looked at Keith with a confused look, “we’re fixing it. This is my lion.” the front two Galrans looked at each other, “Antok, grab the short one.” The tallest Galran moved forward, his tail swayed casually. Within a few steps he was close enough to grab Keith by the arm, the Galran restrained keith. “What is that?” the female Galra asked, pointing to the dagger Keith carried with him everywhere. “Thats mine, fuck off.” Lance laughed at Keith’s attitude, only he would tell a Galra solder to fuck off while he’s restrained. The female Galra soldier moved forward and reached for the dagger, and Keith sent a forceful kick to her stomach. It was strong enough to make her stumble. “Krolia, are you ok?” the stern voice asked, the woman didn’t respond. “Leave us alone! We didn’t do anything wrong!” Lance yelled out. The man with the stern voice looked at the one called ‘Antok’ and almost immediately Lance was restrained by his tail. The woman approached Keith once again but managed to dodge the kick this time and steal the knife from keith. Her face turned from blank to shock when she removed the fabric on the daggers handle, “Where did you get this?” The woman sounded angry but also sad. “It’s mine! Give it back!” Keith yelled and squirmed, “That's not what I asked. Where did you get this?” The woman held the dagger tauntingly in front of keith. “It was my mothers, now give it back!”
The woman stood straight and put the knife in a holster on her hip that had been missing a knife. “Put him through the trials.” The woman looked disappointed. “What?” the stern voice questioned, “If he is telling the truth, the blade will reveal it to us. Put him through the trials, Kolivan.” The Galran with the stern voice nodded and motioned for Antok to follow. Keith and Lance squirmed in Antok’s grip the entire walk back to the Galrans base. “Who the fuck are you guys?” Lance finally blurted out, “some sort of taskforce thing? You haven't tried to kill us yet, which is weird considering you guys are Galrans.” The Galran, Kolivan moved and stood in front of Lance. “How do we know we can trust you?” Kolivan raised an eyebrow, “Likewise, gilipollas (douchebag).” Lance spat back. Kolivan turned to Keith, “I told you already, that was my mother’s blade. And if you don’t plan on killing me I’d appreciate it if I could get it back.” Keith squirmed more and kicked Antok, unfortunately he didn’t budge. “I gave this knife to my husband, who did you steal it from?” the woman said taking a step forward, “unless you’ve been to earth and your husbands name is Heith Kogane I didn’t steal shit!” Keith was furious, he has had that knife since he was a baby and he didn’t like anyone touching it. He didn’t even let Shiro near it. The woman stumbled on her words, “Keith…” She whispered, “How do you know my name!” Keith was yelling furiously, “You've grown so much since I Last saw you-” Krolia handed the knife back to Keith gently after Antok let him go. “Please tell me how my husband is? Is he doing well?” Keith took the knife, a single tear fell from his eyes. “My father is dead…” Keith's voice shook, “He’s been dead for at least 10 years.” Keith forced himself not to cry, Lance gently put a Hand on Keiths shoulder, Kolivan did the same to Krolia.
“So you're Keith's mother, so you're half Galra?” Lance asked, “Guess so… whatever that means.” Krolia gave a soft smile. “It means you gained a new ally, we are the Blade of Marmora. We are a rebellion group made up of fellow Galrans who don’t agree with Zarkons ruling.” Krolia spoke in a monotone voice and was concise with what she said. “We believe we can trust you but how can we trust this so-called Paladin?” Kolivan asked as he walked towards lance, “Not a step closer.” Keith’s demand was firm, his arm held out in front of lance acting as a barrier. “Uhh, keith what the fuck did you just do?” Lance asked with a hint of fear, Lance used one finger to move the sword in front of his face further away. “The sword has been activated, only those with Galra blood in them can activate these swords.” Keith inspected his dagger which had morphed into a sword, “And what does that mean exactly?” Kolivan let out a soft sigh, “Welcome to the blade, you are now a member of the Blade of Marmora.” Keith finally looked up, “But I'm a paladin of voltron. How does that work?” Keith looked between Antok, Krolia and Kolivan. “You’re a paladin? Of Voltron?” Keith nodded, “Yeah! We both are! Why do you think we were fixing the blue lion before?” Lance interjects, “You weren’t destroying it?” Kolivan asked scepticaly. “What is it? Nobody believes Lance day? Yeah, we were fixing it until you guys took us.” Lance said impatiently, “Wait! That’s it! Keith, I know how to find Voltron!” Lance repeatedly slapped Keith's arm, “You guys said you were a rebel group right? So you must have a radio or a satellite that you use to monitor Galra movement and talk to your other rebels, right?” Lance looked at Kolivan expectantly. “Yes we do, Why?” Kolivan inquired, “Well if we could use your radio system to get in contact with Voltron, we could give you more allies. Voltron is making a rebel coalition to fight against Zarkon so with The blade of Marmora’s help we’d have a much higher chance of taking him down.” Kolival didn’t respond, after a few moments he turned around. “Follow me.” Keith and Lance shared a look of hope before following.
“What channel are you wanting to speak on?” Kolivan asked, “I’m not sure, but if i could use the control panel i'm sure i can find it.” Kolivan looked at Keith, “You can trust him.” With a sigh Kolivan allowed Lance to touch the controls. After a minute of searching Lance recognised Pidge’s voice and squealed with excitement. “Castle of Lions, Members of the voltron coalition. This is Lance McClain, Pilot of the Blue Lion of voltron. I am requesting assistance, can anyone hear this transmission?” Lance bit at his nails nervously waiting for a response. “Lance? This is The Castle of Lions, can you hear me?” Pidge’s voice sounded through the comms, “Yes! Yes! Yes, we can hear you!” Keith stood beside Lance with a smile. “Shiro! We found them!” Pidge's voice called out happily. “Keith we found them!” Lance embraced Keith in a hug, Keith wasn’t expecting the hug so he awkwardly patted lances back. “Shiro, it’s good to see you.” Keith said as a visual comms was brought onto screen. “Keith, Lance and …” Shiro’s sentence slowed, “we found some new allies, but i think introductions can wait until we see each other in person.” Shiro nodded, “Coran, Allura? Can we get a wormhole to their location?” further in the background of the video Coran could be seen making calculations. “Yes, it does look like it. We’ll get it ready now. We should be with you within around 5 doboshes.” Coran replied. “Awsome, we’ll get prepared on our side. See you soon.” Lance said excitedly. Lance squealed a little.
“We found them Keith! We’re going back to voltron!” Lance pulled Keith into a quick hug, “Yeah, we are.” It felt surreal, after a month of being stuck on an unknown planet he was going back to Voltron. For a month he had been stuck with Lance who used to think they had some sort of rivalry but now they were…friends. They had learnt alot about each other, it had mainly been Keith learning about Lance’s family because he felt homesick but it had been nice. Ketih felt like he understood Lance so much more than he had when they crashed down onto the planet, now they were going back to the team. How easily do you think they’ll fit back in given the amount of time apart? “They should be here soon, you should prepare. Now we truly know you are a paladin of voltron we shall be in contact with you.” Kolivan said professionally, “Wait, you're not meeting the team? I personally want you to meet them. I mean without your help we wouldn't have been able to find them.” Lance sounded slightly disappointed, “I’ll meet with them if you wish.” Krolia said blankly, “I wish to see who my son has spent his time with since I've been gone.” Krolia looked void of emotion, apart from her eyes. Her eye gave away what she truly felt, a trait she shared with Keith, however it seems only Shiro and himself knew this about Keith. Kolivan nodded slowly, “Then we shall accompany you.” Krolia nodded in response.
Krolia, Kolivan, Antok, Keith and Lance made their way back to the blue lion. Kolivan spoke to Antok, Krolia and Keith seemed like they were catching up on some long overdue mother-son time so Lance busied himself with pretapreing his lion. “Please excuse me for a moment.” Keith excused himself from the conversation with his mother and walked to the blue lion, once inside he called out for Lance. “Oi! Lance, they’ve just entered the atmosphere. Put your armour on.” Keith left the lion quickly and returned to his conversation with his mother. Lance emerged from the blue lion in his paladin armour a few moments later and joined Keith with Krolia, “Yeah, you guys are good to land. You will need the stabilisers though, it’s all sand out here.” Lance said through his intercoms. Lance stood next to Keith smiling at the castle that was landing, Krolia stole a quick look at Lance. Krolia silently took note of the close proximity between Keith and Lance and the small glances Lance would steal of Keith, Krolia also noticed the small smile that creeped onto Keith’s face when Lance accidentally nudged him and frantically apologised to him even though it didn’t hurt. The hatch of the Castle of Lions opened and Lance was sprinting, “Hunk!” Lance crashed into Hunk harshly, but Hunk was able to stabilise himself because he had predicted the hug. “Lance! How are you? It’s so good to see you!” Hunk said happily as he let Lance go gently, “I’m good! I’m great even now that you guys are here!” Lance had a wide smile but was soon tackled to the ground. “Pidge?” Lance had been tackled by Pidge in a hug, “You goofy idiot. We missed you!” Lance let a loud laugh bubble out of him as he and Pidge laid in the sand.
“Ugh Pidge! Now I'm going sand everywhere!” Lance joked as he helped Pidge up, “Pay back for getting sucked into a wormhole and leaving the castle boring and without stupid jokes. It sucked without you and Keith.” Lance pulled Pidge into another hug, he could tell Pidge had almost been brought to tears from happiness. “Why are you looking at him like that?” Krolia asked quietly, Keith jerked in surprise from the sudden voice. “Oh uh I- uh. I-it’s just he doesn’t really believe that he’s valued so it’s- I guess it’s just nice to see that he can hear how much people actually like him.” Keith didn’t look at his mother as he spoke, his eyes naturally rested on Lance’s smile, Krolia could only describe the look in Keith's eyes proud. “Keith!” Keith reluctantly tore his eyes away from Lance to see Shiro, Coran and Allura approaching him. “Shiro.” Keith let a smile fall upon his face as he embraced the man he considered his brother. “Allura, Coran. It’s good to see you, I Hope you’ve been well.” Allura nodded and Coran played with his bright orange moustache. “Likewise my boy! And who is this Galra soldier that is not attacking us for some reason.” Coran said happily. “Oh, right, I guess we should do introductions. It’s best if we do this on the bridge of the castle.” Keith nodded his head towards the castle, Shiro agreed. Once everyone was on the bridge the air felt tense, Shiro, Allura, Coran, Pidge and Hunk stood a few metres away from Keith, Lance and the Blade of Marmora members.