He seriously needed to rethink his life. Well, maybe not his whole life. But the last few vargas? Yeah, definitely rethinking those. Lance scowled down at his captors. But seriously, why did he have to get captured by squeaky purple puffballs? Granted these things were freaking ninjas, the fact remained that he was hanging from the ceiling from a chain after being jumped by commando floofs. Not cool.
"You need to let me go. I'm the Red Paladin of Voltron. You know, Defenders of the Universe? He -lo?! I'm a Pal-a-Din. Vol-tron. You can't understand a word I'm saying can you?" he huffed in frustration "Figures. I bet you don't even have ears.
His eyes widened as a siren suddenly split the air. His captors let out high pitched shrieks at the sound "Whoa, Whoa!" he yelped in panic as the aliens bolted for the door "Where are you going?! You can't leave me here!" he growled and let his head drop to his chest as the puffballs disappeared from sight "Typical. Just typical." he muttered then glanced up at the chain, narrowing his eyes in determination "Right. You got this, Lance. Chain's attached to hook like so you just need to – Allyoop! Eep! Gak!"
"Lance?"
Startled, he blinked at the figure standing in the entrance. Dark Violent eyes stared at him in bemusement "Need any help?"
Lance looked up to where his right foot was now stuck in the chain over his head then back to his former teammate, plastering a cheerful grin onto his face "Nope. I got this."
"Uh Huh." Kaith hummed in that you're-an-idiot-and-I'm-not-impressed- tone he must have learned from Allura. Or vise versa.
Lance scowled "I mean it, Mullut head!"
"Riiight." Keith responded, not quite rolling his eyes "So this is some sort of performance art?"
"Exactly!" Lance snapped, summoning up a look of professional pride "Its for the show. The Voltron Show. And its a very complicated shtick piece thing that is Awesome!"
"I could get you down with this." Keith said, gesturing to the wrench attached to the wall beside him.
Lance wilted "Yes, Please."
The gears squealed loudly and he let out a – very manly – shriek as he dropped to the ground with a painful thud. He blinked the stars from his eyes to find Keith kneeling beside him unlocking the chains from around his wrists. Dark violet eyes met his gaze and Keith winced "Sorry about that." he muttered.
"Well, your totally not forgiven cause that was totally on purpose!" Lance snipped at him.
Keith huffed and shook his head, though Lance couldn't tell if it was in amusement or annoyance "How did you get captured by the Wahpums anyway?"
"The What Plums?"
"Wahpums, an alien species highly skilled in guerrilla warfare and stanch allies of the Galra." he raised an eyebrow at the blank look Lance was giving him and sighed "Their the ones who captured you."
"Oh! You mean the Ninja Floofs?"
Keith snorted back a laugh at that as he tossed aside the last of the chains "Yeah, the Ninja Floofs." He rose to his feet and offered Lance a hand.
Lance accepted it gratefully and let the other pull him to his feet "Then I guess its a good thing they couldn't understand me." he muttered then shot Keith an apprising look "So how did you find me?
"I was sent to help take out a Wahpum Outpost and came across Red in the forest. Figured you would have gotten yourself captured"
Lance squawked in protest "I'm not helpless-"
"I didn't say you were." Keith snapped, cutting him off, his eyes suddenly swirling with emotion "I've got two more of these bases to take care off. You can find Red on your own, right?"
"Sure." Lance muttered, suddenly feeling like a jerk.
Keith gave a sharp nod then turned on his heel and strode for the doorway.
"Hey, Keith!"
The young man jerked to a halt and turned back to him, pale face guarded.
"Could you use a hand?"
Startled violet blinked then he quirked a brow a him, crossing his arms over his chest "Do you think you can handle it?"
"Oh, Har de Har Har. Very funny." Lance drawled, stepping up to shove his face into the other man's "Bring it on, Mullet. I can do anything you can do."
Keith smirked and turned away "Just try to keep up."
"Ohhh, it is so on- Hey, wait! Hold up!"
