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Treylluciana

Pidge excitedly tapped her foot as she held on to Keith's chair. They had just entered the atmosphere of the planet and she was already having trouble staying calm.

"What do you think it's going to be like? I mean the fire's blue which means it's very hot so would we be able to feel it through our suits, will it affect your lion, will it burn our shoes or-"

"Pidge." Keith cut her off calmly.

"Oh, sorry. I ramble when I get excited and.. nervous, I guess." Pidge explained as she tightened her grip on his chair.

"You have nothing to worry about, Coran gave us an exact location of the coolest spot on the planet so it doesn't interfere with Red. Once we land we can't use Red anymore because of her lack of energy so we'll be on our own except for some communication spots." Keith explained as he landed Red on the planet.

"Hello, Paladins?" Coran's voice cut through the speakers.

"Yeah, we're here." Keith answered.

"Oh good, I'm sending you a map of the planet. You should be able to find the crystals if you follow the map. But take precautions because there are many active volcanic- like boilers throughout the planet." Coran explained as he sent Pidge the map.

"Thanks Coran, have you heard from Lance and Shiro?" Pidge asked.

Coran was silent for a moment, leaving Keith and Pidge alone with the static.

Pidge looked at Keith and saw the same concern in his face that she felt boiling up inside her.

"Coran?" Pidge asked again, her voice wavering slightly.

"Uh.. well we lost contact with their pod once they broke through the atmosphere of Pheylix.. but we're working on getting in contact with them- no need to worry, I.. I'm sure they're fine and it's just the distance." Coran explained hastily.

Pidge seemed dissatisfied with that answer but kept her mouth shut. She turned away from the controls and fiddled with the map.

"Thanks Coran.. We'll stay in contact." Was all Keith said before he got up to leave.

"Pidge?" Keith asked.

Pidge looked up and noticed that Keith was almost out of the cockpit.

"Oh- Yeah, I'm coming." Pidge stuttered as she exited the lion.

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Pidge gasped as they started walking away from Red. There seemed to be multiple pixels floating through the air that intertwined with eachother like vines. Pidge reached up to touch them and found that they were like holographics as her hand slid right through them.

"What does the map say?" Keith asked, pulling her attention back to their mission.

Pidge pulled up the map and scanned it, "It says that the crystals are in a cluster in the middle of a type of mine field." Pidge answered as they continued forward.

Keith groaned, "A minefield?"

Pidge nodded, "It's a couple of miles that way and we should reach it before sundown." Pidge said as she pointed forward.

Keith nodded. He felt his fingers twitching at his sides and hoped that Pidge didn't notice how uneasy he was.

Pidge was thinking the exact same, she felt a cold sweat breakout across her neck and silently wished that Coran hadn't told them about Lance and Shiro... why did she even ask?

Because she cared about them and they were on complete other sides of the galaxy; that's why she asked.

Pidge cast a glance at Keith and noticed that he was reading something off the screen on his arm.

"What's that?" Pidge asked as she hopped over a rock.

"Coran just sent me something about the planet.. it's just facts and stuff." Keith answered.

Pidge scoffed, "You'd think that they would've explained to us where we were going instead of basically sending us to an unknown planet with an instruction manual and no back up plan."

Keith nodded in agreement, "I think they panicked... I know it's not like them but I don't think any of us really thought about what we're getting into, I mean even from the beginning we've just kind of jumped into things and never really thought about what was in store." Keith said as he shut off the screen.

Pidge bit her lip as she thought about what he said. They really did just jump into all of this, quite literally considering that they all got onto the blue lion and flew across space. She just hadn't really thought about it like that.

Pidge felt herself loose her footing and let out a scream as the ground she was walking on caved in and gave way to the inner part of the planet. She panicked and was falling before she could comprehend what was happening.

"Keith!" She managed to yell out as she began to fall through the now crumbling opening.

"Pidge!" Keith yelled as he skidded onto his knees and reached for her arm. His fingers just barely touched hers before she fell out of reach.

"NO!!" Keith screamed.

Pidge snapped her head up at his scream and slightly composed herself mid fall. She turned on her jet pack and flew towards the opening. Pidge yelled out as she ran into one of the many pillars around her and spun off course.

Pidge kicked off the wall and shot herself up towards the hole, catching sight of Keith's outstretched hand. She reached out and grabbed it, the speed she was going causing her to spring forward and hit the under part of the ground.

Keith stumbled forward a little but kept his grip on Pidge's wrist.

Pidge swiveled herself around and grabbed onto his other arm with her free hand.

"Come on!" Keith grunted as he pulled her out of the broken opening.

Pidge fell on her side once she reached stable ground and breathed heavily, her breath fogging up her face plate.

Keith stayed on his knees next to her, holding onto her shoulder.

"Oh god.." Pidge breathed as she held her hand over her chest.

Keith just nodded as he took in what just happened and urged the panic in him to calm down.

Pidge sat up and placed her hand on Keith's shoulder, "Thanks." She said quietly.

Keith nodded again, "Let's not do that again." He responded.

Pidge let out a soft laugh, "Deal."

Keith helped her up and held onto her as she swayed a little. She waved it off and brushed herself off.

"Crap." Pidge muttered as she caught sight of her arm plate.

"What is it?" Keith asked.

Pidge showed him her arm, "My screen's busted."

Keith bit his lip, "And you had the map.." He said.

Pidge groaned as she let her arm fall to her side.

She looked at the ground and contacted Coran.

"Y-es Pa- Pal-dins." Coran answered, his voice breaking out.

"Coran? This is Pidge.. I lost the map and I need you to send one to Keith." Pidge said.

"I- can only- se-d one of the loc-a- location of the cry-st-ls." Coran answered.

Pidge took moment to figure out what he just said, "Uh.. yes a map of where the crystals are would be great, thank you."

"Just a -ick."

Pidge tapped her foot impatiently as she stared at Keith's arm plate.

It lit up and revealed the crystal map.

Pidge sighed in relief.

Keith looked it over and then looked at Pidge, "You ready to go?" He asked.

Pidge nodded and followed Keith to the crystals, watching both of their footing.

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"So yeah that's why I don't like turtles." Keith was saying as the two climbed over large rocks.

"That's rather dumb.. turtles can't do anything, they're just kind of there and get stuck when they fall on their backs." Pidge responded as they got back to flatter ground.

"That's exactly my point, they seem all innocent but then they turn around on you and bite your nose." Keith said.

Pidge laughed, "It happened once and I don't even think that was a turtle considering we were on an alien planet."

Keith shrugged, "Still don't trust em'".

Pidge rolled her eyes.

"I.. think we're here." Keith stated as they neared a large crater like dip in the ground. There were small explosion marks all around the crater and Keith could just make out a glowing object in the center.

"That's it." Pidge gasped as she took in the scenery before her.

Keith nodded and then pulled up the facts sheet Coran sent him.

"Okay.. so this area is insanely fragile and sensitive to movement so we not only have to avoid the bomb-parts but we have to step lightly."

"Bomb-parts?" Pidge asked, staring at Keith.

"Shut up." He said with a grin.

Keith pulled up the map of the minefield and proceeded forward, instructing Pidge to follow him closely.

Pidge stepped where Keith stepped. She became uneasy as cracks kept appearing under his feet.

"Keith I think we should rethink thi- WATCH OUT!" Pidge was cut off as the cracks began to glow and well up. She reached forward and grabbed Keith's collar as they formed an explosion, throwing the two Paladins back. She felt Keith fly out of her grip and her vision blurred as she neared the ground.

Pidge felt the air get knocked out of her as she hit the ground. She saw Keith skid across the ground out of the corner of her eye.

Pidge hastily got up and ran over to him, skidding to her knees at his side.

She wiped the dirt off of his helmet and peered down at him.

He stared back at her, his eyes wide as he breathed heavily. He had a bloody cut on the side of his head from where it collided with his helmet.

"You okay?" She asked as she helped him sit up.

Keith nodded and grasped at his burnt chest plate.

"That's going to leave a mark." He grunted as he took a few more deep breaths.

Pidge felt her hands twitch slightly, "I think only one of us should go to get the crystals."

Keith stared at her, "What- no, we can't split up-"

"We wouldn't really be splitting up, we would still be able to see eachother and stay in contact with eachother," Pidge interrupted, "Plus you saw and felt how it reacted when we both walked on it."

Keith bit his lip as he thought about what to do.

"Okay, I'll go, I'm the one who has the map and we need it to walk through the minefield." Keith said as he stood up; too quickly as he stumbled and fell to his knees as his vision blurred.

Pidge was immediately by his side, "Okay that's a no. I'll go, I'm the smallest and you're still winded by the explosion."

Keith shook his head and opened his mouth to object but Pidge cut him off, "I'll be fine, you can lead me through.. it'll be like the invisible maze."

Keith frowned, "I suck at the invisible maze."

Pidge scoffed, "That's because you did it with Lance." She walked to the edge of the crater, "Now just.. lead me through."

Then Pidge stepped into the minefield.

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Hunk's hands frantically flew over the controls as he scanned the screens in front of him.

"Are you sure that pod was stable enough to get them there and back because by the looks of it, it didn't even get through the atmosphere!" Hunk yelled at Coran as he tried to contact his friends.

"I checked and re-checked! The pod should've made it without any problems, I just don't understand it!" Coran responded as he located the pod.

Hunk huffed at him as he pulled up the pods course, "So.. they made it to the planet but not before the pod caught fire. Coran when did you build this thing??"

Coran twirled his mustache in between his fingers, "Uh.. about last night."

Hunk glared at him, "So you mean to tell me that you sent two of our paladins to an unknown planet in a pod that you haven't even tested?!" Hunk said through gritted teeth.

Coran nodded, "I.. Well yes I suppose.. but I made sure that the pod was stable!"

Hunk opened his mouth to say something but was cut off by Allura, "Alright.. Let's not point fingers. Coran is an excellent mechanic and if he built it then the pod should have survived but at times like these we do tend to miscalculate even the most importan things."

Hunk was silent for a moment and then took a deep breath, "You're right.. I'm sorry for yelling, Coran. I'm just so worried! I feel like we didn't give them enough information and we just totally sent them into an unknown world unprepared!"

Allura placed her hand on his shoulder, "I'm worried too... but we can't let that distract us, we need to stay focused and we need to be ready incase Lance and Shiro are able to contact us.. for now let's keep working on contacting them."

Hunk nodded and turned his attention back to his work.

He felt completely on edge and had a terrible feeling that something was going to happen to his fellow paladins... to his friends.

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Tadaaa! This was actually longer than I intended it to be and we'll definitely get more Lance ans Shiro stuff next chapter and NO I do not ship Keith and Pidge, I just see it as a sibling relationship. That's kind of how I see all the Paladins except for Keith and Lance and sometimes Lance and Pidge. It can go either way for me.