Lala Norisu – Well, you know Keith. He'll push through no matter what. :)
NinjagoKaiLover3456 – Guess you'll just have to find out. ;) And thanks! I am overjoyed to know that this is your favorite. I am glad you like it!
The Next Attack
"Keith?!" Shiro stood up.
The chattering in the room came to an abrupt halt when they heard Keith. Coran stood up and saw Keith's leg where his pant leg had come up just a bit. It was bruised badly.
"Keith, are you alright?!" Coran asked.
"I'm fine," Keith insisted.
"Really?" Shiro stood with his hands on his hips. "Alright, stand up then."
Keith huffed and moved to stand but as soon as pressure was put on his left leg, he couldn't help but grimace.
"That's what I thought." Shiro moved around and helped him up.
"You should have told us. That needs to be looked at." Hunk moved closer wanting to help.
"We tried to war-"
"Shut it Lance!" Keith stood, leaning on Shiro.
"Keith, you need to get to the infirmary. That needs to be treated before it gets worse." Allura motioned them towards the door and they all followed.
After Coran had taken some x-rays of his leg, he tuned to him with an accusing glare. "Well, Keith, it turns out your leg was only fractured at first. But after that fall in the kitchen, your fibula is completely broken."
"That wouldn't have happened if you had told them when I said." Pidge crossed her arms.
"You knew?" Lance turned to look at her.
"I saw Red get hit, but wanted to see why he wasn't telling before I said anything."
"She's right, though," Allura concurred.
"You are going to be out of commission longer now, than if you had just confessed," Shiro reiterated.
"Alright! Guys! I get it!" Keith huffed and crossed his arms, sitting in a chair.
Lance hesitated for a moment then said, "Thanks…"
Keith looked up, puzzled. "For what?"
"Well…" Lance looked uncomfortable, "If you hadn't come when you did, I would have been a goner."
"Oh, uh, sure." Keith looked away, so did Lance.
Pidge started to coo at them but was abruptly cut of when Hunk covered her mouth with his hand.
Lance and Keith both blushed furiously. "Shut up!" they both said. They looked at each other, then looked away again.
Coran finished putting a cast on Keith's leg. If you could call it a cast. It wasn't much like a cast from earth, but rather it was a hard plastic that wound around his let. It wasn't solid, and looked almost like the pattern of a beehive. He handed Keith some funny looking crutches and told him to stay off it as much as possible. Keith pouted and headed out of the infirmary. The others began to follow but the alarms suddenly blared to life. Allura clicked a few keys on a computer nearby and turned to the paladins in alarm.
"What's wrong?" Shiro spoke quietly, not wanting to panic.
"The druid's ship is back!"
Without a second's hesitation, the four uninjured paladins all turned and ran to their lions. Shiro yelled as he ran off, "Keith, STAY HERE! I mean it!"
"Dammit!" Keith screamed out of frustration as he slowly made his way to the hangar to listen in on the fight from Red.
Allura and Coran shard a look of great worry.
By the time Keith reached Red, the others had already flown out and began attacking the ship. None of them were attacking Haggar head on, however, just trying to destroy the ship itself. Keith listened to their coms in horror as he heard them attacking and being attacked one after another. Haggar was too cunning and able to keep up with all four lions. She threw magic at them constantly. Her magic effectively blocked or countered majority of the lions' attacks. Keith growled and brought two fists down onto Red's control panel in frustration before being halted by a slight shock.
"Ow! What the…" He heard a low apologetic but accusing rumble come from Red. "Oh." His face showed a hint of guilt. "I'm sorry, I'm just worried about them." A sound of understanding came from his lion. He smile slightly before hearing someone scream over the com.
"Hunk was hit!" Lance yelled to the others.
"We need to destroy the ship's weapons!" Pidge advanced, shooting a laser at the ship only for it to be countered by the witch.
"We need to hit together!" Shiro ordered.
All three lions powered up their lasers the shot straight for the ship. Two lasers hit but one was deflected and hit Pidge.
"Pidge!" Shiro and Lance screamed over the com.
"That's it!" Keith set aside his crutches and started up the controls, ready to join the fight.
Red let out a loud, defiant roar.
"No! Don't protest me on this! Two of my friends-my family - are out of the fight and the other two are fighting to protect them and us! I. Am. Helping."
After that, Red gave no sound of dispute and they shot out of the castle to join the fight.
So, I did change the time that this story takes place. It is in the summary. It just fits more like that. Also, next chapter will be the final chapter for this story, but I will be making a sequel so keep following! XD Until next chapter,
NyteXade
