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Chapter 10: Out of Sight

When Keith emerged from the healing pod, unlike the last time, everyone was waiting for him. It seemed like they were playing a card game or something. They were all sitting in a circle, chatting, with cards scattered about. As he stepped out of the pod, he stumbled forward a bit but caught himself. Lance was the first to notice.

"Keith!"

At that, everyone turned around and shot to their feet at the sight of him.

"What happ-" Keith paused at feeling the new additions inside his mouth. He felt his fangs with his tongue. They were a lot larger and sharper than he was expecting. He ignored them for now and continued. "What happened?" Keith rubbed his head. "Last I remember, I was in the hall with Lance on the way to the training deck."

"You started to not feel good and ended up passing out in the hallway after your fangs grew in. After we got you to Coran, it turns out Hunk tried to poison y-"

"Lance." Shiro reprimanded before he finished.

"Aw come on. I was only kidding." Lance tossed an arm around Hunk, who smiled a bit sheepishly.

Shiro turned back to Keith. "What Lance means is, the root you ate at breakfast is apparently poisonous to the Galra race. Coran informed us that your immune system is adapting to your Galra lineage."

Keith's eyes widened a bit but then he just cast his gaze at the floor.

Pidge hated seeing Keith like this. She couldn't imagine how hard all this must be on him. All this must be so overwhelming for him. She hoped she could cheer him up. "Well, on the bright side, your fangs have come in fully." She smiled cheerfully. "No more talking with a lisp, though I will miss seeing you attack Lance for making stupid remarks," she joked.

Keith smiled. He felt something stinging his eyes. It wasn't tears, something else, like dirt got into them. He blinked a few times then rubbed them with the heel of his hands. When he put his hands down, that just seemed to make matters worse. His vision was suddenly blurry. He must have been making some weird faces, because everyone fell silent.

"Keith, is everything alright?"

He heard Allura's voice and saw a fuzzy figure step closer to him. He looked around a moment until he found, who he figured was Coran, judging by the fuzzy orange color hair. "Coran, could that root have affected my eyesight?"

Coran was silent for a moment, thinking. "Um, well…" Keith heard more typing on a nearby computer. Then Coran spoke again, "It doesn't seem like the poison ever got as far as your central nervous system, so your eyes should be unaffected."

"Why? What are you seeing right now?" Hunks voice came from near Keith's right side.

Keith looked around for a moment. "Everything is very… blurry and fuzzy. I mean, I can pick out who everyone is and where you all are, but that's about as far as it goes."

Unknown to Keith, the other's exchanged worried glances.

Pidge whispered to Shiro so quietly, she was sure he was the only one to hear. "His eyes have changed…" She saw Keith's ears twitch and she gasped, realizing he'd heard what she whispered.

"How? How have they changed?" He pressed, taking a few steps towards Pidge and Shiro, feeling with his arms out.

"Well…" Pidge wasn't sure what to say.

"Your pupils are extremely constricted, like the size of pinpricks." At the look on Keith's face, Hunk hastily added, "But they are still your usual purple color!"

In his slight panic, Keith began rubbing his eyes again until Lance rushed to him and pulled his hands down. "You can't do that! We don't know what will make it worse!" Even as he said those words, he realized it was too late. When Keith opened his eyes again, his pupils were completely nonexistent. Lance gasped.

"Lance? Shiro? Guys, what happened? Why is the power out?" When nothing but silence followed, Keith's panic levels began to rise. "Guys?!" He reached out with his hands and felt Lance still in front of him. "Lance? Lance! What's happened?"

Lance hesitated. Everyone else was in stunned silence. "Keith, the power- the power's not out."

Keith staggered backwards as though he'd been struck in the stomach.

"Can you see?" he heard Hunk ask.

"N-no. Nothing."

"Coran," Keith heard Allura's worried voice, "Can a healing pod…"

"I'm afraid not, Princess." Coran spoke slowly. "This isn't any kind of injury or illness. It just seems to be another transformation."

Keith fell backwards onto his rear, more out of shock than anything. With his ears turned flat against his head, he looked much like a wounded animal.

"Keith!" Shiro walked over and knelt next to him. "Keith, don't worry. You can get through this. It should pass-"

"W-what if it doesn't?" Keith spoke so quietly, Shiro almost didn't hear him.

"It will." Lance spoke determinedly.

"Yea," Pidge agreed firmly, "and we will all be here to help you through it."

Hunk nodded in agreement, then internally face-palmed himself. "Oh, right. I'm nodding in agreement, since you can't see and all."

"Hunk!" came a chorus of voices.

"Oh, right. Sorry."

Keith couldn't help but smile at his friends. They always seemed to make him feel better, no matter the situation or circumstances. It has been so long since he has had a family of his own and he has certainly come to consider them all family. He felt someone on either side of him helping him to his feet. His ears seemed to pick up on the slightest things. He learned that he could identify who was near just by the sound of their breathing or their footsteps, things he never realized he'd picked up on in the first place. It was Lance and Shiro helping him to his feet. He just then seemed to notice how tired he actually was. "What time is it?"

No long after they all began their adventure in space, Allura and Coran had helped them set up clocks around the castle that represented Earth time. It helped them keep their natural sleep routine.

"It's about 9 in the evening." He heard Shiro to his left.

Keith sighed. He began towards the door of the med bay, or at least where he thought it was.

"Where do you think you are going?" Lance called from behind him.

Keith kept walking. "Where do you think? I'm tired and heading to bed."

"But Keith, the doo-" Pidge was cut off when Keith ran into the wall just to the left of the door.

Keith groaned. It was more due to frustration than pain. He stood and leaned his head against the wall. He heard Pidge approaching him. Her footsteps were lighter and usually quicker than the others'. She reached him and placed one of his hands on her shoulder. "Thank you, Pidge," he finally resigned.

She smiled, even though she knew he couldn't see it.

Soooo… Keith has no sight. Gotta get those golden eyes in there somehow! Hope everyone is enjoying it. I have big plans for this fiction! Until next chapter,

NyteXade