(Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to Voltron because believe me my series would be cannon if I did. Also I did not write all of this on my own, this was co-written with tumblr user: binart, Chapter 1-5 was written by them. I own my Voltron OC: Kylee. Side note: you can follow the tag #quintessencequestau on instagram. Feel free to make fan art)
The black paladin turned towards the sound of the medic bay doors sliding open and saw Coran.
"Oh, thank the ancients. At least one of you is finally awake." Coran spoke with relief in his voice.
"Coran, how long have I been out and why do I look like this?" Shiro asked confusion clear in his tone but he also felt a sense of relief for no longer having galra tech attached to his body.
" I'd say you've been in your healing pod for...maybe thirteen Quintants. As to why you look like this, the blast you all took to protect the castle overpowered the lions and forced them to shut down and the magical currents that ran through all of you must've infused the five of you with large quantities of raw quintessence would explain your purple markings since you have air quintessence. As for your arm I believe the amount of quintessence it was exposed to cause it to overpower and explode so we built you a new one. I'm actually surprised you're the first one to wake up since we put you in last in order to fix up your arm." Coran explained while pulling up a screen and looked it over.
"According to the readings from the pod, the blast from the raw quintessence increased your speed and strength beyond that of a normal human. Just as it did for numbers two, three, four and five. The blast also increased Keith's galra DNA as well but not by a large amount, perhaps because it was isn't injected into him directly like it was with Kylee." Shiro frowned
"Speaking of which, what happened? We...we heard him scream over the intercom." Coran glanced over at the teen's frosted pod
"We aren't exactly sure, a plasma blast from a gun knocked out one of the cameras and we had quite abit of a time trying to locate another one that was in the same area where we could get a decent enough shot to figure out what was going on but from what the two us heard, Haggar got on to the ship and attacked Kylee. She left some sort of wound on him, the markings were glowing and producing these thick black veins. Allura and I aren't entirely sure but we believe the lad has been infected with dark quintessence but to what extent we aren't sure." The orange haired altean explained
Keith was glowing red and climbing a mountain, eager to get to the top when suddenly red lightning came from the cloudless sky and struck the mountain causing it crack and split open, sending the teen flying off and just as he was swallowed up by the darkness he saw a glowing red lioness look down at him as lava slowly poured the cracked open mountain, he landed on red sand with a dull thud and with a glint of determination he tried again and was able to reach the top but when he got there, the red lioness was sitting at the top and staring at a pool of lava; Keith looked inside to see a glittering red gem and after a few moments of hesitation, He thrusted his hand in and grabbed the gem, hearing a powerful roar deep within him. Keith jolted awake, panting heavily and looked around just as the front of his pod dissolved, falling into Shiro's arms.
"I got you, Keith. Looks like you have them too. But yours are red. So then you have red quintessence like Kylee." Shiro said, his eyes looking over Keith's face.
"Well, he does pilot the red lion after all. Seems like that would be kind of obvious." Coran added in as Keith made his way over to a mirror and looked himself over to see he had red markings on and around his eyes as well as on his cheeks and moving down his body, his eye color had turned from violet to red although the pupils remained round but he had fangs and his ears were pointed but he didn't have sharp claws or a tail like Kylee. He imagined Lance would call him a vampire if he saw him like this, the red paladin pushed that aside and turned to Coran and Shiro.
"Wait, so what about that meet up that Rigel guy and the other blade member that was supposed to see Kylee?" Coran and Shiro looked at one another, then at the teen.
"When Allura and I got you all in your pods we contacted the blade headquarters and explained what had happened with everyone, he said he would inform Rigel and the other blade member and that they would take a ship to ours and discuss the plans here." Keith got up from the wheeled chair he was sitting in, listening to Coran's explanation.
"Okay, great. Let's go meet them." The black paladin gently pushed him back down in the seat.
"Don't get up just yet. I'll wheel you out." Keith frowned but allowed it, casting a glance at the four remaining frosted pods then faced forward again. Keith noticed Allura first who came forward and got down to his level to properly hug him which he returned then noticed the first galra in a blade suit who stepped forward to shake his hand, he wore silver hoop earrings and jet black hair.
"Greetings, my name is Rigel. My undercover position is Commander. I look forward to working with the voltron coalition." He spoke, Keith nodded and glanced over at the galra who has his hair in a braid with purple markings on his face and his rich purple eyes held a glint of mischief, his ears were decorated with winged earrings that dangled droplets of clear gems and he had an eyebrow scar on his left side and Keith wasn't going to lie and say he didn't find this young man quite attractive.
"Hello. I look forward to working with you all of you as well, my name is Lotor. I'd tell you my undercover position but it's not really undercover it's my actual title. I'm the banished prince of the galra empire, my father is Zarkon and My mother Honvera, an altean quintessence magic user and the red paladin of old,she and King Alfor worked together and created the lions as well as the bayards." Keith tensed, searching for any lies hidden in his eyes and relaxed when he found none and they all began discussing plans as Pidge came out of her pod, escorted by Coran to her room looking a little worn out while sporting green markings on her face and green colored eyes rather then the brown color she was born with. Eventually Rigel and Lotor left and a moment later, Hunk came out of his pod with yellow markings on his skin and his brown eyes had turned yellow.
"Ugh, I had this weird dream I was climbing sand dunes and yellow was there and we were digging together then asteroids started falling down on to the ground I almost got crushed by one but I moved out of the way and then one of the asteroids split with a sparkling yellow gem in it. I remember grabbing it then I heard yellow roaring and then I woke up." Hunk explained to anyone in the medic bay who was at least pretending to listen to him.
"That wasn't a dream, number two. I'd say most likely you visited your quintessence realm. Now we're just waiting for Lance and Kylee to wake up." Coran explained and so they all waited and waited and waited until Keith was literally smoking with frustration to where he was creating feet shaped scorch marks on the floor.
"Relax, Keith. They'll wake up soon enough." Shiro reassured, although Allura frowned in concern.
"It has been quite a long time. Perhaps, I should go into one of their realms and see how they're doing."
"Whoa, you can do that?" Asked Pidge who was sitting in a chair near by, curiosity in her green eyes.
"My mother taught me what she knew since she had pink quintessence like me. I know how to heal and enter other's quintessence realms. She also taught me how to purify dark quintessence but there wasn't much of it on Altea so I was only ever to purify small amounts. Coran, open Lance's pod." The advisor nodded and pressed a button, Keith and Hunk caught Lance then placed him on the examination table.
Allura stepped forward to reach out and touch the Cuban boy when suddenly the alarms went off and everyone went to the main bridge to see galra ships close by, Keith growled.
"We don't have time for this, Allura, can't you just open up a wormhole and get us out of here?" Keith asked, only to see to see a laser blast headed towards them and Coran quickly put up the particle barrier; the castle shook from the impact.
"I guess not..." He grumbled and they started to head to the hanger where the lions were kept when a blur of pink and blue caught his eye.
"Did you guys see that?" Keith asked the three other paladins who looked confused.
"Well I didn't see anything. Did you, moon cutter?" The four of them flinched and swiftly turned around to see a feminine male looking being with blue skin and blue markings, he had yellow sclera and rich blue eyes and he had his gloved claws pointed at Allura and Coran who were lying on the floor their bodies contorting and twisting in unnatural positions as their faces were stricken with pain filled expressions. A guy with pink skin and pink markings smirked with his scaly tail wagging lazily.
"Nope, not a thing, Aurora. Say, could you tell us where your keeping the half breed? He's got red markings like the pretty boy over here." He gestured to Keith, who growled and rush forward without thinking then flinched as he ducked out of the way as a pink crystal shot past his cheek, sticking into the metal wall behind him and Keith along with the others were quickly subdued when the one called Aurora pointed his other hand at them and moved it in sharp jerked motions, Keith felt as if some invisible force was putting his arms behind his back and forcing him as well as the three other paladins to the ground.
"Fine. Don't tell me, I'll look for it on my own." The one named Moon Cutter replied, sticking out his tongue at them, the numbers 628 shown in black.
"Keep them there, Veil. " He said to the other as he turned around and walked off, the pink crystals sliding back into his tail. Keith tried to focus through the pain, but he started to panic when he heard the sound of tearing metal.
"I found him! He's in a pod!" The Red paladin's eyes widened as heard glass shattering.
"No! Leave Him alone!" He thought as he struggled against whatever was keeping him to the floor and curled up in such a uncomfortable position, his markings started to glow the harder he fought, managing full himself up off the ground and on his knees, red lightning coiling around him.
"Don't..you..dare touch him!" He managed to get out in a strangled tone as he released the lighting, the red electrical charge leaving his fingers and aimed at the blue skin teen who barely managed to dodge the attack. The teen's face shifted from surprise to rage as he gave a jerked hand movement and Keith felt as if his arms were forced behind his back and he was being pushed down flat on his back, Keith felt terror run through him as he was positive that any moment his spine would snap in two.
"Aurora, knock it off! Haggar never said to kill them, I got what we came for. Let's go." Keith felt his body being released from the unseen force and struggling to move quicker as he watched them run off with Kylee's unconscious body, the black veins had gotten worse.
" no! " Keith scrambled to his feet and gave chase as the two intruders headed towards the hanger. The red paladin stumbled slightly as he ran and threw a fistful of fire at them, his body moving on instinct, the two easily dodged the flames. He fell to the floor and struggled to get up again, his legs and arms screamed in protest and tears pricked at his eyes as the enemy ship left the hanger.
"No! Please!" He shouted as the enemy ship started to get more and more distance between them, he his jaw to the point where it started to ache and slammed his fist into the metal floor, creating a dent in it. A few moments later, Shiro came in and helped his little brother figure up off the floor.
"Don't worry, Keith. We'll get him back." He reassured gently and Keith swallowed the lump that was starting to form in his throat.
Lance was tossed around in the icy water like a rag doll, hearing muffled thunder above as his lungs started to feel like they were on fire.
"Please, someone! Anyone, help me!" Lance thought in a panic as his lungs couldn't take it anymore and he started to intake water when suddenly he was yanked out by his jacket, he coughed and gasped, spitting up the water that had entered his lungs. He finally noticed that everything had became calm and soothing again, the water was stable enough to sit on and the water below was filled with colorful coral and sea life once more.
"So your Lance, huh? It's nice I finally get to meet you after all this time rather then just hearing about you from Blue." Lance flinched and swiftly turned to see a tall blue humanoid sea dweller being standing casual there.
"W-who are you? How did you get here in my dream?" Lance asked, his voice a little raspy.
"My name is Blaytz and I'm the blue paladin before you and this isn't a dream, lance. We're in your quintessence realm and how I got here is because you called out for me, Blue just helped me get through." Lance's eyes widened slightly
