A/N: Thank you for your patience, as I juggle classes and clubs and homework and writing this. EDIT 4-19: Just did a tiny bit of editing that has no impact on the plot but makes the story a little bit better
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"I don't think that I could track them," Allura finally spoke. "I could track the lions because they are bound to my life force. I have no such bond with the paladins. I'm sorry, but I do not know how we could get them back."


Surprisingly, Pidge was the first to recover from the shock. "No! There must be a way. Maybe something in their suits, or maybe we could track their comms… We can figure something out!"

Hunk nodded slowly. "Maybe the comms, as long as they keep the helmets on the same ship… this could work!"

"Good, then you and Pidge get to work on figuring it out," Shiro ordered. "We need to get them back fast. Who knows what Haggar will do to them once she gets her filthy claws on them." Shiro shivered at the thought, a few shards of memory coming together in his mind of his time in the witch's grasp. "We have no time to lose."


Lance woke up slowly. His whole body ached, but he focused on the throbbing pain on his leg that pulsed with every heartbeat. He tried to move but stopped immediately with a low groan of pain. As he became more aware of his surroundings, memories of the fight came back, and he realized that the purple lighting in the room meant only one thing- he was still on a Galra ship. As that came to him, he realized that even though he was still wearing his paladin armor, his hands were cuffed in front of him and his helmet was nowhere to be found.

Back to full consciousness, he quickly tried to sit up again, and managed this time with the help of a wall. Once he was upright, he noticed another figure sprawled on the other side of the room.

"Keith!" Lance whisper-shouted, not wanting to get the attention of any guards. "Keith, please! Wake up!" Lance feared for the non-responsive red paladin. He knew he had to go over there to make sure that Keith was still alive. Bracing himself against the pain from his thigh, Lance used his bound hands to drag himself carefully across the floor to his downed teammate. Each pull caused his muscles to tense, which sent pain shooting from his wound down his leg, but he grit his teeth and ignored it as much as he could.

When he reached Keith, Lance propped himself up on the wall again and waited for his breathing and heart rate to slow a bit. Once he was sufficiently recovered from his trek across the floor, Lance took his paladin armor's glove off with his teeth and scooched next to Keith. He placed two fingers on Keith's neck and held his breath as he waited to feel a pulse. After a few seconds, when he could feel nothing, Lance started to panic, but then he moved his fingers slightly and could feel Keith's pulse. Lance sagged in relief, then turned his focus to waking Keith up.

"Keith," Lance whispered as he gently shook the red paladin. "Keith, wake up." No response. "Keith!" Lance said as loudly as he dared, sharply shaking Keith's shoulder. This finally earned a groan from Keith.

Keith had been floating in semi-consciousness for a while, vaguely aware of his surroundings, but most of his focus was on ignoring the pain in what felt like every single cell in his body. He didn't process Lance calling his name until it came with a sharp shake that set fire to his nerves, and he couldn't fully suppress a groan. The pain brought him more fully into consciousness and he opened his eyes to see Lance hovering over him.

"L-L'nce?" Keith slurred, still half asleep. "Wha hap'nd?"

"Shhh, it's okay. We are in a Galra ship, so I guess we've been kidnapped. Not sure why, but we'll be fine. The others will come for us, I'm sure of it," Lance rambled, somewhat nervously.

Keith's awareness came back full force and he sat up quickly, startling Lance. Too quickly, it turned out, as he became dizzy and his vision went black for a few seconds. He held still, and the darkness receded, but the dizziness stayed. Then he realized that Lance was talking at him, so he tuned back in to hear Lance say, "... you okay?" Keith gave a short shake of his head. "Yeah, yeah, 'm fine. Just sat up too quick."

Lance looked a little skeptical, but he let it slide. "Did you get hurt during the battle?" he asked Keith.

"Nah, just got knocked unconscious," Keith fibbed. "I know you got hurt though. Let me see that leg." Keith reached for Lance's leg with his bound hands. Lance let him examine the laser burn, only letting out a small grunt when Keith prodded it.

"Well," Keith said as he leaned back again, "I don't think it's infected yet. The heat both cauterized and sterilized it, so you're pretty lucky."

Lance frowned. "How would you know if it's infected or not?"

Keith raised an eyebrow at Lance. "I've had to take care of myself for a long time. I had to learn how to tell if a wound was infected. Yours isn't radiating an unnatural amount of heat, given that it is a burn. While I would like to cool it down with some water, it should be fine. I've had to deal with worse with less." Lance seemed mollified. " Anyways, we need to figure out an escape plan."

Lance's face turned serious. "Right. Escape plan. Let's do it."


A/N: Wow, I did a lot of writing today. Thank goodness for Saturdays. Keep the reviews, follows and faves coming, they nourish my motivation to write :P
And now the story will be focusing mostly on the Misadventures of Lance and Keith because they are my preciouses.

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