Voltron and Crew belong to WEP, the others are all mine!

Ytak, here's some more for you! Just takes me a while to get a few quiet moments to download it! Enjoy!

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Keith stood watching out at the stars through the window of the Observation deck. He heard the door open, but didn't turn around. Lance appeared next to him, and stood watching. Finally he spoke. "Hey, fancy I'd find you here."

Keith nodded. "Just enjoying the view."

The silence grew again. "Keith? I'm sorry about yesterday." There was no answer from Keith. "Come on man, talk to me." Lance tried again.

Keith stood still, not moving.

Lance tried again. "You do realize how much of an idiot you're being."

Keith still didn't reply.

"Dammit Keith!" Lance grabbed Keith, and looked him in the eyes. "Don't you see what you're doing! You've shut everyone and everything out. You've been trained to respond better than this Keith, start acting like it!"

Keith's tremulous hold on his temper finally snapped. "And how should I be acting Lance! I've lost everything I've ever cared about. My family is dead, and now my wife has been kidnapped by one of the most ruthless bastards in the galaxy! Galaxy Garrison is too afraid to cause an incident, so I have to go into a Druhle stronghold and try and get her out. With, I might add, a bunch of people who think this is all one great big adventure!"

"Adventure! ADVENTURE! Is that why we're here! Well, Keith, thanks so much for pointing that out for me. I was under the impression that we were on a rescue mission, but apparently I was wrong." Lance retorted, just as heatedly.

Keith clenched his fists. Don't hit him…Don't hit him. "Go to hell Lance." He said coldly, turning back to the window.

"Don't you dare turn your back to me. We're finishing this." Lance forced Keith around and faced him. "For God's sake Keith! I'm worried too! Don't you know how much I love Allura! And you for that matter! Do you think I'm glad to be here, not knowing if any of us are going to come back alive! Christ, half my family is here! That bastard put his hands on my baby sister, don't you think I want him too?"

"I figured you were too busy playing with your new friend to even care." Keith retorted in a deadly voice.

Lance's face grew red with anger. "You son of a bitch. How dare you!" He swung at Keith, his fist connecting with Keith's jaw, knocking him down. Lance pulled Keith to his feet before the surprised Captain could react. "You don't know me at all, if you think that little of me."

"I only know what I see. Deny it! Deny you spent last night in Dorma's bed!"

"I won't deny anything! What I do with my time is no business of yours!"

"It is if it interferes with a mission!" Keith responded, rubbing his sore jaw.

Lance swung at Keith again, only this time Keith ducked out of the way and threw a punch of his own. Lance blocked it and grabbed Keith by the collar, shoving him up against the wall. "Mission? Is that what you're calling it? She's you WIFE Keith! But maybe we were all wrong about you. Since you only seem to think of her as a mission!"

Before Keith could react, the door opened again and Kim walked in. She took in the sight in front of her. Keith had a trickle of blood running down his chin, and Lance's green eyes were bright with rage. "What is going on with you two?" She demanded, hands on her hips. "Don't we have enough to worry about as it is?"

"Shut up Kim. This is none of your business!" Keith snapped.

Lance gave Keith a shove. "Leave her alone! You have no right to take your anger and grief out on my family, just because you don't have one of your own!" Lance told him angrily.

Keith went pale as death. Lance felt the anger drain out of him, and he was filled with shame. He let go of his friend. "Jesus Keith! I'm sorry! I-I didn't mean that!"

Keith didn't reply, he took a shuddering breath, and fled out the door. Lance sank to the floor, his head in his hands. Kim sat next to him and put a comforting arm around her brother's shoulder. "I can't believe I said that Kim! How could I? I'm supposed to be his best friend!" Lance said in a choked voice.

"Shhhh! Of course you didn't mean it." Kim soothed. Lance began to shake with silent sobs. His sister sat there holding him, as she watched the stars drift by.

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Allura hefted the heavy bag of ore over her shoulder. Her muscles screamed in protest. I'll never argue about Keith's 5:00am workouts again. She waited a moment until she was sure she wouldn't drop it, then carefully made her way to the conveyer belt. The robot guards watched as she dropped the bag onto the belt, then turned to fill another. She worked quietly, not speaking to the other slaves, who regarded her curiously.

"Where do you think she came from?" A young, blonde fellow asked.

His friend shook his head. "No idea, but I think I'll find out." The auburn haired man walked over to work next to Allura. "Hi there."

Allura didn't look up. "Hello." She said softly, continuing to work.

"You must be new, I haven't seen you here before. I'm Dirk, what's your name?" He asked.

"Allura." She replied, continuing to work. Dirk looked down at her. Allura's hands were scraped and bleeding, and her hair was so full of dust and dirt that it was almost impossible to tell its true color. She again hoisted the bag of ore over her shoulder, but this time lost her balance. Dirk caught her before she fell.

"Whoa! Easy there!" He said, steadying her.

"Thank-you." Allura finally looked up at him and gasped in surprise. Looking down at her were a pair of heartbreakingly familiar brown eyes. "Keith?" She whispered.

Dirk looked at her in confusion. "What did you call me?"

Allura shook her head to clear it. She looked up at Dirk again. Although the eyes were the same, Dirk had reddish brown hair, while Keith's was black. Dirk was shorter and slighter than Keith too. She sighed and closed her eyes, fighting back tears. "Nothing." She whispered. "For a moment you reminded me of some one else."

Before Dirk could question her further, the guards stepped forward and pulled Allura away. "Come on. Back to work." He roughly shoved her away. Dirk knew from experience that it was better not to interfere. He went back to work next to his friend.

"Find out anything interesting?"

Dirk shook his head. "I'm not sure." He watched at the two guards lead Allura away. "I'm not sure."