The team sat in the cortex silently as they stared at Lance's quivering body.
Keith furrowed his eyebrows, like he always does when he's confused, or hurting.
"Keith?" Shiro placed his hand on Keith's shoulder. He didn't respond.
"Keith?" Shiro spoke again, giving Keith's shoulder a little shake.
"Hm?" He looked up at Shiro, wondering if he had asked him something.
He gave Keith a look that said 'tell them'.
Keith shook his head. "Not now..." he mumbled.
Lance's body jerked and open his eyes went. He looked around the room, eyes widened, afraid.
"Lance?" Keith stood up quickly, making him dizzy.
He walked over slowly to the table Lance was strapped down to.
"Keith no!" Pidge exclaimed.
"No it's Lance now, I can tell," he gave Lance a soft smile.
Lance shook his head violently.
"Where... Why, why am I chained here too?! No, no, stay away! I don't want to hurt you," he spoke quickly before his own conciousness was gone.
Lance yelped as his eyes rolled, flushing the whites of his eyes again bringing out the vibrant yellow and blood red.
"I told you to stay away, I told you but you wouldn't listen," Lance sneered.
"Listen buddy you can't touch us," Pidge remarked.
"Oh, I can't touch you, but I can mess with them," he looked at Shiro and Keith, smirking.
A loud ringing in Keith and Shiro's ears began. They hissed dropping to their knees, wincing. Both of them brought their hands to their heads trying to shield away the pain.
Shiro and Keith both groaned in agony as Hunk, Pidge, and Allura tried sedating Lance again.
Keith yelled as a tear streaked down his cheek.
The ringing got louder and that's when both Keith and Shiro screamed. They dropped to their sides now, curling up, hiding away the agony they were experiencing.
"MAKE IT STOP!" Shiro and Keith screeched in unison as tears strolled down their cheeks.
The ringing subsided as they realized Lance had gone away from his Galran phase.
Keith layed on the ground sobbing as he still felt the ringing in his ears.
Shiro wasn't as in much pain because he wasn't all Galra. Just his arm.
"Keith it's okay, you're gonna be okay," Shiro stroked Keith's back trying to calm him.
Lance screeched, trying to remove himself from the chains, trying to break free.
"Get me out of these! Please... " Lance begged.
"No, no, not again," Lance shook vigorously, as he tried to pull away from the table.
"Lance stop! Fight it!" Hunk exclaimed.
"I- I can't- it- I ca-" Lance froze, looking at Pidge in despair.
"Punch me," he asked.
"What?! No!" Pidge yelled.
"I don't want to hurt them a-" Lance shrieked again, fingers twitching, losing his control again.
Pidge punched Lance as hard as she could, knocking him out once more.
Keith still lay on the ground, trying to regain his thoughts.
He stood up slowly, still hearing the faint ringing from earlier.
"Okay so Shiro getting controlled I understand," Allura began. "But Keith? How?"
"Look I'm just gonna tell you flat out, okay? I'm Galran," Keith looked at the floor, still wincing.
Allura gasped quietly, as her eyes teared up. She walked out of the room slowly leaving the others behind.
"Allura wait!" Shiro exclaimed, running behind her.
Both had left the room, leaving Pidge, Hunk, Keith, and Lance in the cortex.
Fifteen minutes had gone by, and Pidge was studying a DNA sample she had gotten from Lance's blood.
Lance awoke with a gasp. He tried to jerk up, but the chains kept him down.
"Listen I'm sorry, I- I can't tell- don't know, how- w- why" Lance stuttered.
Keith shook his head, telling Lance to be quiet, that it wasn't his fault.
"No! Just get out of here! I can't contr-" Lance froze again, staring into Keith's eyes. Lance withdrew a shuddering breath as he closed his eyes.
A chain snapped, clanging as it fell to the floor.
"Why don't you take my advice?" Lance growled.
"Lance I know, I know you can fight this,"
Keith saw the same look in Lance's eyes. He was fighting, trying to escape from the drug.
"You know, if you weren't so self concious about yourself you would be piloting the black lion right now. You're just jealous that I already earned red's trust," Lance sneered.
"Your family never taught you how to take care of yourself didn't they? All I see is a brainwashed little boy Voltron took in," Lance remarked.
Pidge and Hunk gasped softly. No one ever talked to Keith like that. Nobody.
Keith's face was red in anger. His fists clenched, his teeth gritted. Keith jumped on the table Lance was strapped down in and placed his hands on Lance's neck.
"You son of a- Nobody and I mean NOBODY EVER TALKS TO ME LIKE THAT!" Keith tightened his grip on Lance's neck, causing Lance to cough.
"Keith stop it! That's not Lance!" Hunk yelled.
Keith growled softly, releasing his grip on Lance, chaining his hand back down.
"Fuck you Lance," Keith mumbled.
Lance stayed quiet for a minute, afraid of hurting more people. His face streaked with tears, was drenched in sweat. He jerked from time to time, still remembering the pain and trauma he'd experience from now on.
"Hmmm," Pidge hummed.
"I think I got it!" She exclaimed.
She filled the vial with the blue flourescent liquid giving it a stir.
"Uhhhh, you better make it quick" Hunk spoke.
"Keith, hold his mouth open," Pidge instructed.
Keith did as he was told.
Pidge poured in the liquid into Lance's mouth making sure he drank it.
Lance swallowed. He shook, shuddered, winced and yelped as he kept fighting to stay himself while the liquid did its work.
His eyes shifted between colors. Blue and yellow, yellow and red, white and red, until they settled at white and blue.