"WHAT?" Keith shouted.
Lance had managed to encourage the team, Coran and Allura included, to talk privately in the training room.
"You two did it?" Hunk gaped. Lance blushed. "Don't say it like that!"
"Where is Lotor and his team anyway?" Pidge asked. Lance glanced at her. "They went back to their ships in the east hangar to wait for us."
"I simply cannot believe this." Allura sighed, cupping her face in one of her hands. "I was fine with you going out granted you kept in touch, but spending a night with not only a galra, but the prince of the galra no less."
"That is unacceptable!" Coran said. Lance glared at him. "I don't believe i asked for your permission."
"No, but you do want us to accept him don't you?" Shiro pointed out. Lance nodded. "I know what you guys are thinking. But, i got to know him, sure we didn't do a whole lot of talking." at this, Pidge choked on her water.
"Buutt he is very gentle. He has a soft side, he just doesn't show it. I know he wants the lions so he can prove to his father he is fit to take over the Galra empire, but i am sure he will give that up since he knows i am a part of it and all."
Allura crossed her arms. "No way. I refuse to allow a galra, much less 5 to be allowed on my castle."
"But Keith lives here..." Hunk pointed out, a small grin on his face. Keith elbowed him.
"Well.. yes, but that is because he isn't..." Allura stopped talking. Lance raised an eyebrow. "Isn't evil, right? That goes for Lotor too. Sure he has done things no one should be proud of, but i think he can change."
"You really think he would change? For what? For you?" Shiro bit out. Lance glared at him. "As a matter of fact, I do!"
Shiro groaned, crossing his arms. "I find that unlikely." Lance gaped at him. "You don't trust me?"
"It's him I don't trust." Shiro replied. Pidge stepped forward. "I'm with Shiro. The Galra are horrible. They attack innocent people and planets. He might not be Zarkon, but he has still done horrible things."
"He has changed!" Lance yelled, throwing his hands in the air. Keith scowled. "You really think he would change to be goody-goody just because you spread your legs for him?"
Lance spun on his heels towards Keith, his eyes wide as he yelled and tackled Keith. He raised a fist and punched Keith in the jaw. Keith growled, grabbing a handful of Lance's hair and shoving his head back, jabbing him in the throat with his elbow. Lance growled, punching Keith in the face.
Keith cussed at him as he punched back, refusing to go down without a fight.
"Paladins! Please stop!" Allura pleaded. Shiro grabbed Lance by the waist and yanked him off of Keith. Lance spat towards Keith, his nose flaring. "How dare you!" Keith stood up, rubbing his bloody nose with the back of his hand.
"At least I am not a whore."
Lance tried to lunge towards him again, spouting out profanity, and Keith had already taken a step forward before Hunk grabbed him. Lance clawed at Shiro's arms, kicking and screaming, his anger boiling over. Keith was fuming himself, but wasn't putting up much of a fight with Hunk.
"Enough! All of you!" Allura screamed. Shiro held onto Lance tightly, despite his struggling. However the room had quieted down. Allura sighed.
"This is getting us no where! We are fighting like a bunch of animals! Lance! I suggest you get a hold of yourself. None of us are happy about this situation you have put us in, but we will get through this." She glared at Lance, who had ceased his struggling. Allura turned and glared at Keith, who had calmed down and shoved Hunk's hand off of his shoulder.
"And Keith, you and Lance are always at each other's throats, but this has to stop. I cannot allow the paladin's of Voltron to fight to the point of harming each other."
Shiro let go of Lance who groaned, collapsing on the ground and crossing his legs. "I know... I'm sorry." He spoke softly. Pidge's face softened as she walked over and crouched next to him. She wrapped her arms around her legs. "You never meant to do this. If you found out he was the prince, you wouldn't have spent the night with him right?"
Lance looked at her and nodded. "I know it was wrong for me to go out.. I know it was wrong for me to be with a galra, but.. being with him just made me forget about everything! Forget about all these fights, about the stress, about missing my family on earth. I was.. happy." He hung his head.
The team all looked at each other. Allura bent down, placing a gentle hand on Lance's shoulder. "Lance... I know this has been hard on you, it has been hard on everyone. What's done is done. Even though I don't like this, it wouldn't hurt to.. talk to them at least."
Lance raised his head and smiled weakly at her. "Thank you princess."
Once things had settled down, Shiro, Allura, and Keith went to find Lotor and his generals to bring them to the lounge room. Shiro had made a point to keep Keith and Lance separated for the time being; both still wanting to be at each other's throats.
Lance, Coran, Pidge, and Hunk all sat in the lounge, waiting for the rest of the group to appear. Pidge and Hunk were whispering to each other as they waited.
The door's slid open, and Lance shot up. Allura walked in, immediately standing next to Coran, who had also stood up. Shiro and Keith followed suit, with Lotor and his generals at his heels. Lance felt his heart jump at the sight. Lotor had tied his hair up into a loose pony-tail, a single strand of his gorgeous white hair cascading along his face.
Oh how Lance wanted to tug him close and kiss him. Lotor's eyes found Lance's and he smiled lightly before turning to face the rest of the team.
"Hello Prince Lotor, I am Princess Allura of Altea." Lotor bowed slightly. "A pleasure princess, and Lotor is fine."
Allura nodded. "Please, sit." Lotor shook his head. "We are fine with standing." Allura looked as if she wanted to insist, but just nodded. "Very well, please enlighten us in what you wish to discuss."
Lotor smiled. "I would like to take the lions with me."
"We refuse." Allura spoke without a beat. Lotor chuckled. "I figured as much. However, the thing is, my Father demanded i get the lions from you all, one way or another. If i do not complete my mission, well." He smirked.
"Why should we care what happens to you?" Pidge asked. Zethrid scowled at Pidge, who refused to be intimidated.
"Easy." Lotor spoke, glancing back at his general. "This would be in your best interest, i assure you."
"And why is that?" Allura asked.
"If i return empty handed, my father will wreck havoc as he sees fit. He has installed many enormous bombs on nearby planets. At the press of a button, he could destroy them all; killing millions of innocent creatures."
The paladin's gasped in unison.
"We stopped him once, we can stop him again!" Keith spat out. Lotor raised an eyebrow. "You seem rather confident in your abilities. However, not even your precious Voltron would be able to stop him."
"We refuse to hand over any of our lions. If we have to stop him by force, I can promise you we will do whatever it takes." Shiro spoke.
Lotor shrugged nonchalantly. "If that is how you want it, so be it."
"If taking our lions meant you would stop Zarkon from doing all that, my question is why? Why risk your life to save all these lives that you Galra normally could care less about." Pidge asked.
"As i am sure Lance has pointed out, I am not like my father." Lotor glanced at Lance, and Lance felt his face heat up. "Regardless of what Lance has told us, you are still a son of Zarkon, and someone who is untrustworthy." Coran finally spoke up.
"As someone who no longer wants to fight any of you, I do have an alternative suggestion. My father wants the lions, yes. Aside from wanting to have full control of them, he also doesn't want to have the threat of the lion's constant existence ruining his sleep."
Keith scoffed at this. "Even if he got just one of our lions, that wouldn't stop him from destroying the planets. He is a ruthless monster."
Lotor nodded at this. "I agree, however i have made an agreement with him that he would not destroy any of the planets, at least for now, if i either bring him the lions, or." Lotor paused.
"Or? You mentioned an alternative suggestion, correct?" Allura asked, folding her hands in front of her dress.
Lotor nodded. "Or... If i bring one of the paladin's with me."
The silence was deafening and Lance inhaled sharply.
Lotor's eyes were piercing into his, a grin spreading across his lips.