After yet another Robeast attack on Arus was halted by the Voltron paladins, a party was being held in the castle of lions with the Arusians as guests. However, this time around the celebration was much more secure, and after patrolled a couple of times, deemed safe and Galra-free by Shiro.
"The heavens were lit up with flame, and the creature fell from it, blazing with fury! All seemed hopeless, until the lion goddess and her paladins slayed the beast in an epic clash!" The Arusian king said zealously. Squeals of approval came from the rest of the Arusian people.
Allura smiled down at the main ballroom of her castle, leaning on a rail from above on the next floor, her mice sitting beside her. "Victory is ours once more. The paladins are getting better and better every fight they partake in. I am quite proud of their progress."
Suddenly, out of the corner of her eye, the Altean princess spotted Keith and Hunk.
Both of them were attempting to please some Arusian children by putting on a little show.
"Aha!" Hunk cried, getting out a wooden stick. "Galra scum! I'm not going to let you harm this world! Leave now while you still can, or I'll have to take extreme measures!"
Keith jumped out, a stick also in his hand. "You think that you can actually defeat me!?" The red paladin faked an evil laugh, and the duo began a fencing match.
The kids all clapped and cheered in delight.
"Take this!" After a minute or so, Hunk lightly bonked his stick on Keith's head.
Keith fell backwards on the ground. "Noooooo!" He pretended to make choking and dying noises while squirming on the floor.
The yellow paladin thrust his stick in the air. "I did it! I've defeated the Galra!"
The children howled in delight, watching the whole spectacle.
Eventually, Hunk helped Keith up, and they both took a bow.
Allura giggled. "Perhaps in our spare time I'll give those two an acting lesson." She turned back to her tiny companions.
The chubby mouse squeaked a couple of times.
"Pidge stole the peanut butter? She's been taking some each night...hmm... I'll talk to her.."
The medium mouse began to communicate with the princess.
Shiro tried to do what with his lion? Well, I'm not surprised. He bonded with his lion very easily, so I can see why they'd have some fun together like that!"
The tiniest mouse began to squeak.
"Yes... that's true! Where is Lance during all of this? Can't believe he missed the hilarious show Keith and Hunk put on.."
The same mouse squeaked yet again.
"You'll go look for him? Thank you! Make sure that everything's alright."
All of the mice nodded at once, then quickly scurried into the vents.
"Try it! I assure you, nunville is the best liquor the universe has to offer!" Coran wiggled a glass of a strange looking liquid in front of the green paladin.
Pidge winced at the sight, sulking a little bit. "Do I have to?"
The Altean nodded, handing the glass over.
Keith and Hunk spotted Coran with the drink, recalling what happened to Lance when he chugged it down.
Both of them ran over to Pidge, yelling at the same time. "Wait! Don't-"
The nunville touched the green paladin's lips, passing them.
Coran grinned. "Well?"
It took Pidge about a second to realize the foul taste, and then, without warning, spit the liquid all over the Altean.
It took Hunk and Keith a lot of effort to keep from bursting out in laughter.
"Gross!" Pidge shook her head a couple of times. "It tastes like hot dog water and feet!"
Coran turned red, and began to steam. "I just watched this outfit..."
Hunk lost it. He began to laugh hysterically. Keith, hearing this, instantly followed. Pidge, after noticing her friends, grinned guiltily and began to laugh too. "I'm sorry Coran.."
Shiro, who was leaning against the wall nearby, smiled at the sight of his happy teammates. However, a bit of his focus was on where Lance could possibly be. For now he shook it off, assuming that he was flirting in another room. But if the blue paladin did not show up soon, he'd start looking around.
Allura's mice ran through the vents. At this point, they knew their way through the ventilation system of the entire building, so getting around was quite simple. The rodents looked around many places; the training deck, the dining hall, the flight deck, the halls, but they eventually started searching the paladin rooms.
Suddenly, loud coughs could be heard from one of the rooms.
The mice's ears perked up, and they followed the sound until they crawled out of the vent that reached Lance's room.
There he was.
The blue paladin was in bed, shivering, blankets up to his neck. His face looked pale, and there were dark circles under his eyes. He tended to sneeze and cough a lot. A glass of nearly empty water was by his bed.
The Altean mice saw how miserable Lance looked, and quickly scurried toward him, climbing up his bed, and reaching his line of sight.
Seeing the rodents made Lance lightly chuckle. "Hey little guys.. what're you doing here...? Go enjoy the party..." He sounded raspy.
All of the mice shook their heads, saying that they were not leaving. They all climbed up the blue paladin's chest, making themselves comfortable by his shoulders.
"Awww... I never really noticed how cute you little guys are.." Another cough.
The mice closed their eyes, sending a telepathic message back to the princess.
Allura closed her eyes, receiving it.
"Lance is sick?"
Author's notes
Little idea that popped into my head and I wanted to make it happen :3
-Ciao, Turbulence