"Beryl I swear if you don't put me down right now I'll fucking destroy you" "Moldavite, there's a kid here, you can't say that!"
"Then put me down! And I doubt Keith gives a shit, he's what... two?"
"Moldavite he's twelve. You're off by ten years."
"Shush.
ANYHOW, Why did you kidnap me? I was working on something."
"You said you would join us for a game. Right, Keith?"
"You did. We've got it set up already."
The young boy said, gesturing to the table.
"But-" "Nope, you said you would. You gotta." Beryl said, leaning down and blinking his eyes.
"That doesn't work on me and you know it. What're we playing?" Moldavite asked, sitting down.
"Clue." Keith said, flicking a piece over.
"Gotcha. Is Diopside playing?"
Beryl shrugged.
"Still hasn't come back from scouting. He may not be back for a while."
He said, sitting down..
"Do you want to play Professor Plum again?" Keith asked. "Heck yes, Keith."
By the time Diopside came back, the game had been finished, and Keith had been sent off to bed.
Beryl and Moldavite were cleaning up from dinner, but they stopped when their leader came through the door.
"Is Keith asleep?" the tall man asked, crossing his arms.
Moldavite nodded.
"Out like a light." She said, snapping her fingers.
"Find anything new?" Beryl asked, setting a kettle on the stove.
"There's evidence of a monster in the area. Didn't see it, however."
"Do we need to take it down?"
"Not soon. It seemed small, though I suppose it could have been gently scratching things."
"Small enough we could take Keith to fight it? He could use some more battle practice." Beryl said.
"Yeah, I flipped him over earlier. Could use some more work on his foot work." Moldavite said.
Diopside nodded.
"Noted."
"..I hate to ask again but... any sign of..?" Beryl asked, turning back to the stove as the kettle whistled.
Diopside shook his head.
"None."
All three lowered their heads and sighed.
The group should have been four, not three.
Aventurine, the sharpshooter, the team flirt, the jokester, had gone missing years ago.
Long before Keith had been born.
He had gone off on a solo mission – A monster, small enough that Keith could have taken it out – and hadn't come back.
Upon searching the area, it was clear there had been a fight.
Trees bent at odd angles, grasses bent over or completely burnt away, a few rocks smashed clean in two.
There were no gems shards, but no gems either.
Whether it snuck up behind him, or there were two, they would never know.
"Keith? Keith, it's eight. O'clock.. Are you awake yet?"
Keith shoved his UFO print comforter off, wiggling his toes in the air.
With a small 'oof' he rolled off, landing on the floor with a thump.
"'M now." He said quietly, sitting up.
"We've got a surprise for you today, so go ahead and get dressed. Beryl made breakfast."
"M'kay. I'll be down in a minute, Diopside."
Keith quickly got dressed, ran a comb through his hair, and open his door to head down the hall.
Like he did most mornings, he slowly walked down the hall, looking at all the pictures.
He stopped in the middle, to look at his favorite two.
One was a picture of his parents; Umbalite -his mother- and his dad.
The two of them were in a forest, surrounded by trees and sunlight.
The second was the 'old team'.
Diopside and his mother were standing to the side at attention, while Beryl and Moldavite posed with someone he had never met.
"Keith?" Diopside called, his head poking around the corner of the hall.
As he stepped out, Keith had assumed a fighting position, and tackled him.
"Woah there!" He said, picking Keith up.
"I've been attacked by a wild animal, get the cage Beryl!" He joked, placing him in a chair.
He ruffled Keith's hair before sitting down himself.
"Be sure to eat up, we're taking you on a mission later today."
Keith's head shot up from the plate of eggs and grits Beryl had set in front of him, eyes shining "Really?"
Beryl and Diopside nodded. "We'll be headed out this morning, once we're all finished up here.."
Keith hurriedly finished his breakfast, and cleared off his plate.
Moldavite was already cleaning the other ones off, being the only one who didn't eat breakfast.
Most days she didn't even come down until ten, as she was usually immersed in what ever she was researching that week.
"We have more peanut butter, right?" Moldavite chirped, handing Keith a wet plate to dry.
"Um... I think? Probably. Did you run out of peanut butter cookies again?" Beryl asked, walking over to accept the now-dry plate from Keith.
"Yes."
"We'll make another batch this afternoon." Beryl set the plate in the cabinet before taking the next.
Fairly soon the kitchen was clean, Diopside had Kieth's bag packed, and the four of them were ready to leave.
"Lights off?"
"Check."
"Door locked?"
"Yes sir."
"Right then; Let's go."
They all trooped behind Diopside as he led them to the Teludov.
The ornate crystal stood about two feet high, around five feet in diameter, and was the best way to get anywhere far away.
Beryl and Moldavite hopped up on to it.
The slab lit up with a bright, crystal blue light. It slowly changed hues, shifting from blues to pale purples.
Diopside helped Keith up, then stepped on himself.
"Ready?"
"Yup."
"Yes."
"Yessir."
With a blinding flash of light, the teludov activated, whisking the four of them away.
Once Keith had blinked the blinding light away, he took in his surroundings.
Big, wide open flowers covered the forest floor, littering it in gold and silver hues.
Enormous trees rose far, far above, almost blotting out the sunshine.
Keith stared in awe at the scene, while Beryl hoisted Moldavite onto his shoulders.
"Remember; We're looking for a small, dark blue monster. Last time I saw it, it was in this area."
"Gotcha." Moldavite said, weaving the stems of a few flowers together.
"Here's some more." Beryl said, handing her another handful of the flowers.
Keith scanned the area, looking for signs of animals.
A few birds flew off when Diopside moved towards them, but other than that there was no sign of anything.
"You two check to the east; Keith and I will check over to the west."
Diopside said, heading towards the edge of the grove.
"We'll yell if we find anything." Moldavite said, deftly tying the end of the daisy-chained flowers together.
With a 'whoop' she set it on Beryl's head as he strode off.
"Let me know if you see anything Keith. It may be small, but that doesn't mean it can't be dangerous."
Keith nodded as he trotted behind Diopside.
"You have your knife?"
Keith pulled the blade from its sheath, holding it up to show his leader.
Diopside nodded, and turned back around.
A/N here!
Not really sure of what I'm doing here, other than avoiding other things I should be doing.
Don't really have much to say, other than: I don't own Voltron or Steven Universe, and I hope you all enjoy this :3
EDIT:: Did some minor editing, added more breaks so it doesn't look like one giant wall of text :'3