" she's living proof that
you can walk through hell
and still be an angel "
. . .
a tired bunch of paladins stands in an ocean of silence as they wait for their red armored comrade. Pidge, the green paladin and the shortest, slowly breaths in the silence and then let's it all out with a loud puff, shattering the once peaceful quiet.
"welp, i'm tired of waiting, let me know when Keith gets his lazy ass outta there." she says, placing her hand on Shiro's heaving shoulders with slight complications due to the height differential, and takes her stride out the hanger doors.
"language." the adult of the group states using his oh so familiar 'parental tone', but doesn't stop the green teen from slipping away to God knows where.
now down to only three, the group gets a little more antsy. small grunts of agitation escape Lance's enclosed lips, while loud grumbles from Hunk's hungry stomach fracture the silence once more.
"okay, that's it. i'm going in and dragging his ass out of there whether he likes it, or not." the blue armored paladin states as he moves his crossed arms to his sides, fists clenched in frustration.
just as Lance beings to bring his enclosed fists to the giant lions muzzle, she let's out a bellowing grumble, making the blue teen jump back a few steps. with the little extra space, the mighty leo's worn jaws open to reveal more than what the group of defenders were expecting.
"w-w-wha, Keith what or who is that?" Lance asks for all three of the waiting paladins. just to clarify that his eyes aren't deceiving him, he frantically rubs his ocean blue eyes.
in front of them stands a disheveled, worn out red paladin, cradling a young galran child that could have been mistaken for a human if it weren't for the purple catlike ears that protruded out of the young ones head, and don't forget the lionlike tail that's tethered around Keith's forearm.
and that's not all that threw the group of three in a loop, because cowering right behind Keith stood another alien child. although this one doesn't look much different than the rest of the galran the young team of warriors have faced.
"Keith, h-how?" the born leader in black makes out in a stutter.
"these two were both in the last prisoner cell. i-i brought them with me because, because they need medical attention. if they would have went with the others-" Keith rambles, adjusting his grin on the young Dex before he is cut of by his brother-figure.
"Keith, you did the right thing." he reassures the stressed red paladin with a warm smile. "Hunk, can you tell Allura that we are going to need, um, three healing pods ready?" Without needing to think twice, Hunk scurries out of the hanger bay without a reply.
out of nowhere, a weak voice makes out an almost inaudible question, sending two out of the three's eyebrows to raise higher than the other, "우리를 어디, ulileul eodi?" but the even more absurd response that came out of the red paladins mouth made them question their ears like they did their eyes, "당신 금고, 지금 당신은 볼트론에 있어요, dangsin geumgo, jigeum dangsin-eun bolteulon-e iss-eoyo."
"they're so young," Lance began as he slowly walked up towards Keith, gaining a better glimpse of the two extraterrestrial children, "w-why would the the galra empire imprison this young of children, let alone their own race?"
"honestly, it makes no sense." Keith replies in discomfort as he once again adjusts his hold of the young ones position in his arms.
Lance, displeased in the mess that is his fellow paladin, he clicks his tongue and holds out his arms only to be returned with a quite puzzled look on the red teen's face. "for the love of stuffed crust, do you want me to hold the little guy, you seem really uncomfortable there." and without a single word, well, a few unspoken rebuttals from the youngster, Keith gladly passes on the duty of cradling before the three head of to the infirmary.
although the bunch of colored warriors were worried that the news of two unknown galran citizens onboard would set Allura's rage from 5 to 1000 in mere tics, their troubled worries were for nothing. the way Allura welcomed the two new members was a little jaw dropping for the onlooking paladins, none say the least.
"of course i would have helped them, why did you three presume i wouldn't?" Allura asks obliviously with her arms bound across their chest.
"welll," Lance begins with the slightest hesitation, "it's not that we didn't think you would help them, it's just you didn't react the greatest when you found out that Keith was part galra and stuff..." his rubs the back of his neck in either fear or nervousness, "no offense, Allura."
Allura mouths an 'oh' as a light dusting of pink roses her checks in embarrassment. "i see," she rubs her neck, "Keith, you rescued them, do you know anything about the two?"
Keith ponders about Allura's question for a tick of two, trying to think hard about the few exchanges of words between the three of them, "um, not really. what i do know is that the youngest, over there, his name is Dex. i don't recall hearing the other's name though. oh, and they speak a form of korean, but they also know english...so,"
"that makes sense, the galra are known for their bilingual tendencies. if i'm not wrong, your earth korean is their native tongue," Allura states a matter-of-factly. Keith nods in understanding before taking his glance off of the princess in front of him and focuses it over her shoulders to the two strangers soundlessly sleeping. A slender but firm hand grips his shoulders before he begins to overthink their current situation, "Keith, they should be out in a few days, mkay?"
Keith slowly in understanding nods his head and relaxes his shoulders under Allura's touch.
something tells him that those few days are going to feel more like a few months.
. . .
우리를 어디
ulileul eodi
where are we?
.
당신 금고,
지금 당신은
볼트론에 있어요
dangsin geumgo,
jigeum dangsin-eun
bolteulon-e iss-eoyo
your safe, you're with voltron now.
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good evening/morning/afternoon my fellow muchachos!
it's currently 1:30ish AM where i am right now, but i haven't been able to write till now.
why is it that i'm always motivated to write early in the morning?
anyway! i hope you enjoyed this much longer chapter, the juicy stuff is coming soon don't worry!
until next time,
lights out!
:)