Sarah hummed as she scrolled through her phone, absentmindedly playing with her fiance's two toned hair as he rested his head in her lap. Their peaceful moment was interrupted when Allura rushed into the lounge, her dress swirling around her.
"Sarah, we've been hailed by your brother. He's requesting permission to dock and refuel in our hanger."
Sarah raised a confused eyebrow. "The fuck is he doing out here?"
"Maybe he's just dropping by to say hello?" Shiro joked as he sat up. He chuckled when she rolled her eyes. "Might as well see what he wants."
"Yea…" she sighed, following the other two out of the room.
When they reached the control room, Coran pulled her brother up on the holoscreen.
"Hey, there she is." Krisox said with a smirk. "So, do I have permission to step foot in your gleaming, divine halls or what?"
"I dunno, what do you want?" Sarah asked skeptically.
Her brother mock pouted, though it was slightly difficult to see with his large, muted eyes. Sarah one hundred percent suspected he picked that up from her and Kayla. "You don't trust me?" Sarah raised an eyebrow and he rolled his eyes. "Fine. I need your help with something. And I do need to refuel."
Sarah looked to Allura, who shrugged. "I don't see why not."
"I want to be there when he lands though." Shiro said, watching the orange alien like a hawk.
"Okay, you can dock." Sarah said as Shiro turned and headed towards the hanger. "See you in a bit."
Five minutes later, Krisox was lazily leaning against his small, sharp craft as Hunk worked on getting it fuel. Sarah, Shiro, and the other Paladins were gathered around him; Allura had preferred to stay in the control room, not feeling comfortable with the idea of being in Krisox's presence again. Sarah couldn't blame her.
"So why do you need me help?" she asked, scrutinizing her brother, her thin arms crossed over her small chest.
"There's something I need to get from home. I don't want to ask my mates cause, well…..they don't need to know where I come from. I need someone who knows Stiea K2 in and out."
Sarah tilted her head to the side, curious. "What do you need from home? I thought you didn't leave anything when you left."
"Well, that's mostly true. But I hid a few things. Can't trust Vaynov worth a shit so…." he trailed off, shrugging.
"Yea that makes sense." she nodded. "But why do you need help? Should be a simple in and out thing."
"Well if you recall, Galra kind of broke through their defenses. The place is crawling with purple bots. I need someone I trust to watch my back, someone who knows the lay of the land."
"You want her to go into Galra infested territory with you…..alone? Really?" Shiro said, watching him through narrowed eyes.
"Well….yea." Krisox replied, shrugging. "I know she can take care of herself and I know she knows the area. We wouldn't get caught."
"He has a point." Sarah said as Shiro opened his mouth to speak again. "It wouldn't take that long. We'd be in and out in a day probably."
"Okay, but I'm coming with you." Shiro insisted.
"No, Shiro, you don't know Stiea K2….it's my home, I grew up there, I know it like the back of my hand. Honestly….and for the love of all that is good and holy, please don't take offense to this…." she bit her lip before proceeding. "You'd probably slow us down more than anything. But like, not just you, everyone." she added quickly when he deflated. "Krisox and I are the only ones on this ship who can do this quickly and without being detected."
"Well you don't know that," Lance said cockily. "Some of us can be pretty stealthy when we want to be."
"Lance I don't have the patience right now, please, let the adults talk." Sarah said, harsher than she had intended. Her brother had a knack for putting her on edge and in a foul mood.
"Besides," Krisox said, smirking as he moved to place an arm around Sarah's shoulders. "It'll be good sibling bonding time!"
"Krisox, I swear to god, if you don't move your arm you are going to lose it." Sarah hissed.
Three hours later, Sarah and Krisox were in the latter's craft, well on their way to their home planet. It had taken Sarah about thirty minutes to convince Shiro that, yes, her omniphone could reach the castle from anywhere in the universe, and yes, she would talk to him frequently. She was texting him in that moment, along with the million other things she did on her phone.
"Do you ever put that thing down?" Krisox asked, slightly teasing, breaking the hour-long silence.
"I mean I don't take it into the bathroom, and it has to charge sometime." she replied seriously without looking up.
"Are you on it when you and Shiro-?"
"Is that really the kind of question you should ask?" she interrupted irritably, a slight blush forming.
Krisox laughed at her becoming uncomfortable. "Honestly, nothing's off-limits on Vaynov. Sorry if it's too…personal." He winked at her, causing her to roll her eyes.
They sank into another silence, this one awkward and heavy. When it was broken, they both jumped.
"Ha! See, I am totally stealthy." Lance said from the back of the ship.
"Lance what the fuck?!" Sarah asked incredulously.
"Totally proved you wrong. You guys didn't even know I was hiding. I can totally go on this mission." he said smugly.
"Oh my god, Lance…."
"Can I launch this one into space?" Krisox asked.
Sarah gave him a look before video-calling Shiro on her omniphone. "Hey, are you missing anyone?" she asked when he answered.
"Oh no, tell me he didn't…" Shiro said, exasperated.
"Hey, you won't let your brother actually launch me into space, will you? Cause the castle totally tried that once and-"
"Lance I will kill you with a goddamn cheese puff, sit down and shut up for right now." Sarah said sternly, causing her brother to burst into laughter.
"Can you guys turn around?" Shiro asked; Sarah looked to Krisox.
"We're like thirty earth minutes out, I'd really rather not."
"Ha! Looks like you're stuck with me." Lance said in an annoyingly cocky tone.
"Lance!" Sarah and Shiro said warningly, at the same time.
"Sheesh, mom and dad." the Paladin responded, rolling his eyes.
"You are so fucking grounded."