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Here's Chapter 2! Enjoy!
Lance came back, late that night, pretty beat up. Lance had fallen asleep really quickly last night, after leaning up against the wall and insisted that he was fine. Keith scooted over next to him and Lance fell asleep on his shoulder almost instantly. This way Keith got a good look at his teammate. There were multiple marks all over his body that look like it hurt, but there was no mortal damage. Keith knew that could change at any minute though, whenever the guards would come for them again. Suddenly, the light started to grow in the hallway of their cell and Keith knew that there was no way Lance was leaving this cell with them. The guards came in. Lance had still not woken up. The commander came to the door. "We are here for the blue paladin."
Keith just hugged Lance even tighter to himself. "No." he growled.
The guards still advanced.
"I said no!" Keith growled again and the guards stood back in shock as Keith teeth suddenly had fangs. "If you want him, you will have to kill me first. And trust me, you don't want to do that."
"Why ever not? Without one paladin, they can't form Voltron." the commander chuckled.
"True, but Lotor wants information out of us." Keith said, continuing the conversation. "You have to keep us nice to get the information right? I'm of no use to you dead."
"So what are you offering, paladin?"
"Me." Keith stated, his fangs receding as his anger did. "I would be a much better use of your time."
"Would you be? The commander said, coming closer and inspecting Keith.
"I guarantee it." Keith growled.
The commander seemed satisfied. "All right, Red paladin. You get your wish." Two guards grabbed Keith's arms pulling away from Lance who chose that exact moment to regain consciousness. He looked around blearily. "Keith?"
"I'll be back, Lance."
"No, Keith."
"It'll be fine, Lance. I'll see you tonight ok."
"Keith! No! Wait! Take me, take me, take…"
But it was too late. The door had already slammed shut in Lance's face.
Keith was dragged into a room. It was a fairly simple and small room. It had a table with restraints along the far wall of the room and chains hanging from the ceiling in the center. As Keith put up a fight with the guards trying to restrain him on the table, he shuddered as he saw a Druid appear behind a control panel. The guards managed to get one arm in the restraints, but Keith continued to fight.
"Keep struggling paladin. It's fun to watch you squirm."
Keith immediately stilled. It didn't matter that it made it easier for the guards to finally restrain him, it was worse to give the Galra what he wanted.
Then, Lotor came into the room. Looking around, his eyes fell on Keith with confusion. "Where's the Blue One? Please tell me we didn't break him already."
Keith growled as the guard answered Lotor. "He was still pretty hurt from yesterday. The red one here volunteered to take his place and so I took him instead. They seem pretty protective of each other."
Lotor nodded at the guard's report. "Maybe this will make Blue more talkative. We were so close yesterday…." He turned his attention to Keith. "And what's your name, Red?"
Keith stayed silent. There was no way that he was getting answers from him.
Lotor nodded to the Druid and suddenly Keith's body was on fire.
The fire was gone as soon as it came, leaving Keith gasping for breath.
"What is your name, paladin?" Lotor repeated.
Keith glared at the Galra prince and stayed silent.
Again, the fire erupted and Keith clamped his mouth shut to keep from screaming. He would not give his captors the satisfaction. The fire eventually subdued and Keith felt exhausted. He did feel a tingling sensation at the back of his neck that felt kind of weird, but he could not focus on that right now.
Lotor sighed. "Blue was so much more forthcoming." He sighed again. "Tsk. tsk. You know, maybe I should just go grab him. If you are not going to be forthcoming with any answers, I'm sure he will be when he sees you in pain."
"No." Keith mumbled, his voice all out of whack from being subdued. There was no way that Lance was coming here. That was the whole reason Keith was here in the first place.
Lotor could barely hear him. "What was that?"
"No."
"No what Red? You need to be more specific than that."
Keith felt the tingling at the back of his neck getting stronger as his anger and protectiveness for Lance grew. "Don't bring Lance in."
"Then tell me your name."
How much did Lotor know? Could he lie and get away with it? One way to find out….
"It's Jace." He had heard the name a few times because Lance would always compare him to this "Jace." It might have been from a book that Lance had read but he couldn't remember.
Lotor motioned to the Druid and Keith's body arched off the table with the energy that ran through him.
"You're lying, Keith." Lotor purred. Keith was surprised to find Lotor very close. He wasn't that close before was he…?
"How do you know?"
"Oh, I know everything." Lotor said smiling. "I know you promised the commander here that you were going to be a good boy. You've been nothing but trouble."
"You should have known that was going to happen if you know everything."
Lotor nodded again and Keith subtly realized through the fire that the Druid had upped the voltage. Lotor was not playing. The tingling in his neck was now inching his way across his neck.
"I'm done with you today, if you have nothing to offer me. Blue, oh what was his name again...? Lance was much more entertaining. I think I want him back."
"Don't you touch him!" Keith growled. He was surprised when his tongue hurt out of nowhere. He investigated his mouth and found a sharp presence where his canines should have been. Did he have fangs?
At his moment, Lotor also found something. He looked towards Keith's neck, where there was a slight discoloration. Upon closer look, it was purple, Galra purple.
"Quick, knock him out." Lotor ordered and the Druid upped the voltage.
Keith screamed and passed out from the druid's pulse and as he fell flat on the table, the purple skin and fangs started to fade away. Lotor looked at the still red paladin.
"That's very interesting." He looked to the druid. "Run some tests on this one. He may not be as human as he seems." If he's part Galra, Lotor thought, then he is just like me. We could be amazing. The things we could do together! Prove to my father that half-breeds are just as good as the rest of the Galra. But to do that, I need him on my team. But how to do that?
"Grab the other paladins but bring the black and green ones to me." Lotor stated to the guards. "I have another experiment I need to run."
Well, that was Chapter 2! I hope you all enjoyed! Bonus points to the people who can guess the book series where Jace is from. It's one of my favorites. As always leave a review with what you liked or didn't like! Till next time ~ Ralyssene118