Helloooo! I couldn't help myself, I had to publish this! It's short, I know, but I originally had one huge chapter, but decided to break it apart into seperate chapters. You can read this story without reading Going Rogue, but I do reccomend it.
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Keith peered around the corner into the large laboratory. Trashed, with tipped over machines and cages, but no sign of any people so far. He spoke into his helmet comm.
"I found a lab of some sort. Going in."
He heard a gunshot through the comm. "Copy that . The first hallway is now clear."
Keith heard something move behind him. Without saying word, he thrust his bayard out behind him, killing one of the guards. Keith turned around to see his victim. Galra. He sighed. "I wonder if he truly thought any of this was right." He thought, before turning back towards the next spot he had to clear.
Keith went into the large room. Still no sign of any people. The room reminded him of his middle school laboratory, only twice as large and half the room is dedicated to creating some sort of space cocaine. Empty knocked over cages, shattered beakers on the floor, and from what Keith could tell, looked like a messed up Alien skeleton. "Looks like someone took Halloween to the next level." He thought. Stepping over piles of trash and scrap metal, he searched the lab thoroughly for any scientists or remaining survivors from the genetic experiments. He scanned some papers on the counter that weren't ripped up, but they were in some sort of code. Keith sighed and wished he had paid more attention when Pidge was talking to them about cracking code. He put the paper down and looked around again. Nothing. Keith was about to tell Lance the room was clear, but suddenly, he heard something crying from a cage across from him. He reactivated his bayard and went closer to it.
Inside of one of the pushed over cages, was what looked to Keith, like a human toddler. A card was taped to the cage door, in some alien language. He cursed himself again, and pocketed the card. He deactivated his weapon and opened the cage door. The tiny child turned around to look at him. The poor thing was in standard Galra prison uniform, even though this wasn't a Galra run experiment. Other than violet eyes and a deep purple hair, the little thing seemed human. Maybe she was part.. He scratched his head. Danish? Keith got on his knees to reach the child's eye level.
"Hey little guy... Are you okay? I'm here to rescue you.."
The kid looked frightened and backed into the corner of the small cage. Keith smiled held his hand out towards them.
"It's okay.. I won't hurt you. I promise."
The child stared at his hand, most likely thinking it was a trap. But, they reluctantly grabbed his hand anyway. Keith picked them up, and they flinched, fearing the worst. But nothing came. Just Keith slowly walking with them out of the lab. Keith smiled at the kid, trying not to scare it. They seemed to calm a little and trust Keith now, and clung onto his shoulder for dear life. Keith spoke into the comm.
"No more scientists, but I found a little kid, who seems pretty human. I have them with me, where are you?"
"I just finished clearing the last room on my end. See you.. two?.. In the sky."
"Copy that."
Keith, holding the kid in one hand and bayard in the other, started running back to where red was. He climbed in, sat the child on his lap, and took off. He watched as Blue rose in the sky, almost simonius sly as he did.
Lance came online through his lions communicator. "So you found a little kid, huh?"
Keith sighed and looked down at his lap. "Yep. Pretty cute though. And they seem to trust me now, it was bawling when I first saw them in that cage."
"You know what gender it is? Not that that matters, but I'm curious."
"Seems like a girl to me, but I thought Pidge was a guy when we first met. So I can't really be sure. There was an inscription on the cage, but it was in an alien language. Gonna have Pidge translate it when we get back to the castle."
"See you then"