A/N: Hellooooooooo, wonderful readers! C.B here back with another story for you. This time it's a Voltron story instead of Naruto, what a jump! Before we begin I need to set the rules of the story... Thoughts are italicized, but they are also in quotations, sorry if that's confusing just look for italicized words to be thoughts unless underlined because communications over any form of technology are underlined and italicized. Btw I do not own Voltron either so... without further ado... ENJOY! :)

Keith sat in his Galra fighter listening to various people commenting on the current battle.

"Nothing's happening!"

"We can't make a dent in it!"

"That shield's too strong!"

Listening to the communications left Keith feeling stuck and empty, like with every word his heart sank deeper and his mind seemed move faster. His body fired on all cylinders frantically looking for any sort of solution, but he knew that he couldn't let it show, no matter how grim the situation, he would keep going. This had been like the mantra that had kept him going strong... until now. Because now, listening to the sound of failing plans and lost hope, it was more apparent than ever that as a former member of Voltron he had to lead and take charge, but once again, he just didn't know what to do.

They were faced with a seemingly impossible problem, it could be solved with enough thinking, hence the seemingly, but they just didn't have that kind of time, and when it came to thinking Keith wasn't Lance, but he wasn't Pidge either. It didn't help that all the yelling was breaking his concentration.
Keith muted his comms and tried to think.

A ship we need to attack is surrounded by shields that we can't penetrate, and no one seems to know why, great an easy fix.

He had hoped Matt, being the genius he was, would come up with something, but he had shown no indications yet, and Keith knew he couldn't rely on Matt to solve all his problems for him.

"Come on Keith! Think there's gotta be something you can do! You can't just go and-"

He was interrupted when Matt's face appeared on his console, he could tell it was something serious. He sighed and as Matt opened his mouth, but Keith cut him off.

"Not like I don't know, but... how bad is it?"

"Bad, really, really bad. There is some good news, though. Here, let me show you."

Matt sent Keith a file that, once opened, showed an analysis of the shield around the cruiser. On the shield was one small, red dot.

"See that red dot? I've deduced that it's the weak spot. The only weak spot."

Normally, while not ideal, that still would've been seen as good news, but Keith had been in the world saving business too long not to doubt it.

"Okay, but based off your tone of voice I'll assume you have more to tell me, and that it's not too good."

"The bad news is that the point is so small and centralized we can barely even hit it, and when we do it barely works more than the other hits!"

""Nothing? Not a single thing works, there's nothing we can do?"

Matt shook his head solemnly.

Keith stared out at the infinite space surrounding him. No doubt he was somewhat in awe when he first saw it, after all it was a nice view, but it wasn't the last view that he wanted to see, not by a long shot.. But, was it destined to be? Could it really be true? Was there nothing more to be done? Keith shook his head, and demanded that his body work harder to find a way out.

I won't let Shiro down. I told him I'd take care of that ship and I'll do or give anything to keep that promise, and keep everyone safe.

"Okay, Matt, I'm not some super genius like you are, so... stop me if I start making no sense."

Matt gave Keith a small nod.

"So, what I was thinking was that if the point on the shield is so small and centralized then maybe our attacks have to be the same way."

"If that's the case then it's not enough to attack near the spot or let damage accumulate over time like with most shields we've seen."

"Then... we hit it in the weak spot with one quick, precise blow."

"You're right! For someone who's 'not a genius' that was some pretty good thinking."

Despite the situation, Keith gave Matt a curt, smug smirk. It was good to do things like this with Matt again. He remembered how he and Matt would exchange ideas and finish each other's thoughts when they did homework together.

Where the heck did that come from?

He didn't have much time to worry about the random flash of his past seeing as he still had a problem to solve, so he responded to Matt's compliment the only way he knew how.

"I try."

"Don't stop trying either, cause we've still got one more problem, we've already hit that spot with everything we had. Knowing why it didn't work doesn't change the fact that it didn't."

"It does mean we can change our strategy though. Unless..."

"Keith, what are you thinking?"

"You don't think it could be adaptive do you?"

"If it is then there's nothing we can do. Naxzela will blow before we can find something we haven't hit the shield with. We can't stop it with any of our weapons."

Keith racked his brain for some idea he wasn't going to give up on everyone just because they couldn't destroyed the shield with their weapons.

Our weapons!

That's when it hit him, something crazy and kinda stupid, yet pure genius at the same time. That is if it worked. Keith found himself thinking out loud.

"Maybe not with our weapons..."

Keith felt his mind numb as he realized not just what had to happen, but that he was the only one who could do it. It was time to step up and be a real leader, like Shiro had asked of him before. He already had a plan for all the messier details too.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

Keith was snapped out of his thoughts and decided, not for the first time, that some things were better kept secret.

"Don't worry about it... just give me maybe five minutes to get things in order and five more to act, then I have a feeling that one way or another this battle will come to a close, so ready the troops."

Keith looked let a somber look come over his face before remembering that Matt could see him. He quickly brought a slight smile to his face.

"Alright..."

Unconvinced, Matt signed off.

Somewhere away from Keith's shop Matt lingered in where his friends face had once been.

What's he thinking? And what was that look on his face.

He couldn't spend too much time thinking about what Keith was planning, however, because the one thing he knew was that Keith was counting on him. Remembering what Keith had told him he spoke to the other troops.

"All troops, without looking too suspicious, slowly begin saving your fire for the main event. One way or another... our next move will be decided in 8 minutes or less now.

Matt stared out at where Keith's ship was, and spoke out loud despite the fact that Keith couldn't hear him.

"Please, don't do anything too stupid."

A/N: Hey guys hope you liked this first chapter there is certainly more to come, but unfortunately it is that wonderful school time of year, so updates might not come as quickly as I wish. The same can be said for my other story When He Falls. I had intended to finish it before starting this story, but when it started to feel like I was writing out of obligation instead of heart and passion I had to stop. I still intend to finish it soon ( hopefully) but I just needed to step away for a bit and come back to it when I was able look at things from a fresh, excited to write perspective. I'm sorry to anyone who was desperately waiting for the ending, but it's coming! and it'll be better than if I had just rushed to put it out. Thanks for bearing with me guys, see you next chapter! (Of either story)