Lala Norisu – Nope, Shiro wants to protect him so he has to keep him from fighting. :)
Broken
Keith screamed in frustration at being cut off like that. He should be out there helping them, not sitting on the sidelines. Lance got hit! He sat back down and thought for a moment. "Alright," he said out loud, "We are going to help them."
Red growled, distressed.
"Don't. I can't just keep sitting here. Lance could be in trouble! They all could be in trouble! I know you can't fully protect me, but this is my choice so it will be my burden if I get hurt."
There was silence for a moment, then Red sighed and resigned.
Keith smiled slightly. "Thanks."
In the control room, a small alarm sounded from a dashboard of controls. Coran walked over to it then looked up at Allura.
"Princess! An air lock is opening in the lions' hangar!"
There was a pause. "Keith!" Allura and Coran turned and ran out of the room.
They both got to the hangar just in time to see Red taking off out of the air lock.
Allura ran to the control panel by the door and open communications with Red. "Keith! What are you doing?! You are in no condition t-"
"Sorry, Allura, I'm busy at the moment." Keith abruptly shut of coms and raced to the others. When he got there, he saw Shiro, Pidge, and Hunk attacking the ship. Blue was floating behind them, unmoving. Keith opened coms with them to hear what was going on.
Shiro was the first one he heard. "Lance is down! We've got to finish this quickly!"
"How are we going to take this ship out?" Hunk sounded slightly panicked.
"We need to find a weak spot on the sh-!" Pidge paused for a moment. "Keith! What are you doing out here?!"
"I came to help! And by the looks of things, you need it!"
"Keith stay BACK!" Shiro advanced, sending several laser blasts at the ship.
Hunk followed suit and used his strength to take out one of the ship's many blasters. "You are going to get hurt! You can't be out here!"
Before Pidge could agree with the others, Keith rushed forward and sent a fire blast at the ship. He took out several blasters, while narrowly avoiding their blasts at the same time. Keith's attack left an opening for Shiro to attack with his jaw blade. Keith flew below the ship and shot an attack upwards. His blast shot straight through the heart of the ship and destroyed the whole thing.
Shiro sighed, shaking his head. Hunk and Pidge went to Blue's sides, and they all flew back to the hangar.
As they were exiting their lions, Shiro was already yelling at Keith. He'd been expecting him to do that and so ignored most of it. Shiro stopped when he noticed Keith not listening. He rubbed the bridge of his nose and turned towards the other two. Allura and Coran had rushed inside of Blue when they first got there to check on Lance. Pidge and Hunk were waiting just outside of the lion. Allura and Coran were just exiting Blue with a tired looking Lance following behind.
"He's okay. He just got knocked out," Coran assured them.
"Yea, I think he just wanted to sleep through the whole fight." Pidge smiled jokingly.
Lance shot her a glare then looked at Keith. "What were you doing out there? You kno-"
"Save it Lance." Keith sat on the ramp to his lion.
"Alright, guys," Shiro started, before Lance could reply, "Let's just go get something to eat."
Pidge and Hunk agreed, and Lance followed behind them to the kitchen. Allura and Coran left as well, Coran saying something about cooking something special. Shiro turned back to Keith. "Are you coming?"
"No," Keith said simply.
Shiro left without another word.
After they were gone, Red growled angrily at Keith.
"No, I'm not telling them. I'm not going to give them the satisfaction of being right."
A low rumble came from her.
"Yes, I know it needs medical attention. I can bandage it myself."
Red huffed at his stubbornness.
Keith outstretched his left leg. While avoiding blasts during his initial attack, one blast did manage to hit Red's left hind leg. While it didn't do much damage to her, it certainly broke Keith's leg. Walking out of his lion, however, trying to pretend he didn't get hurt, may have made it worse. He sat on the entrance ramp, not wanting to move, but he knew he had to get his armor off. He stood and limped down the ramp. Red whined at him when he almost fell over.
"Don't worry. I didn't fall." He tried to reassure her, but she didn't believe it.
He limped to his room, checking each hallway for anyone who might be there. He shut his door and sat on his bed only to find Pidge leaning against the opposite wall.
"Pidge?!"
"I knew you got hurt. I saw the blast hit Red's leg." She pointed at Keith's leg.
Keith sighed. "Well, you guys were already out one paladin and I couldn't just sit by and watch."
"You can't keep that from the others; you need a cast."
"You can't tell the others! All that will do is prove them right."
"Keith, this is more important than your pride. If you don't get that leg treated, it'll just get worse."
Before Keith could reply, Shiro was heard over the castle coms. 'Keith, Pidge, food is ready.'
"Just don't tell them… yet. I will tell them, just not right now."
Pidge sighed. "Fine, but if you make it worse, that's on you." She helped him up and helped him walk to the dining room. Before they walked in, Keith stood on his own the best he could and hid his limp.
They walked in and sat at the table just as Coran was bringing some green goo and something that looked purple spotted mushrooms. The others were chatting happily as Coran set the food on the table. Allura and Shiro were talking and Hunk was discussing the food with Coran. Coran turned to put the tray back in the kitchen but tripped on Keith's chair and they both tumbled to the ground. Coran put a hand out to catch himself but landed on Keith's left leg. Before he could stop himself, Keith let out a scream of pain.
"Keith?!" Shiro stood up.
Hey guys, sorry it has been so long. I hope I haven't lost anyone. :) I have already been planning my nest story for a Galra!Keith fic. How many of you all would be interested? Reviews keep me motivated! I'll take ideas and requests too! Until next chapter,
NyteXade
