Author's Note: I had a great inspiration for this chapter's introduction after I saw the artwork on DeviantArt and the link is in the chapter for special credit! So expect a nice twist in future chapters. ;D

As mentioned in previous chapter, this one was loosely based from Episode 12: Bad Birthday Party from Voltron '84.

Summary: The start of Lotor's mind games with a special guest for Keith.

Voltron versus Twin Devil Robeasts.

And Lance gets a special reward for his awesomeness.

His dreamscape was barren and rocky similar to the unknown planet that he and Shiro had crashed before when the wormhole became unstable from their last fight with Zarkon, but the atmosphere was much grayer and bleak. Keith's violet eyes looked around with confusion and lost until he saw someone walking towards him. He stood still when the figure came closer and clearer in view.

"Shi-" His words paused midway when his body trembled in slight fear and more confusion.

The gentle grey eyes he used to see were replaced with glowing yellow like the Earth's sun. He felt the taunting aura coming from the person as a glow of purple radiated from his left side. He was wearing his armor-his Black Paladin armor.

"Shiro?"

Shiro stopped within close proximity of Keith's personal space and placed his glowing, prosthetic hand on his cheek. Keith expected some kind of burning feel from what he remembered when Shiro used his Galra hand for his attacks, but he felt nothing. His smile was wide and devious; it was far from Shiro's usual appreciative smiles.

"Keith." His tone was deeper with a sinister undertone. "I've come for you."

"For...me? Shiro? Where have you been?"

Shiro's prosthetic hand moved down to the middle of his chest and gave Keith a rough push back into sheer darkness behind him as he slowly follows in.

Next thing Keith knew was the feeling of thin, icy black smokes slithering around his naked body with one in a binding motion around his wrists and another covering his eyes. His bare skin tingled with goosebumps when he felt claw-like hands moving all over his body with his back on something firm and furry.

"Shiro?" His voice came out of a whisper. "Where's Shiro?"

He heard an amusing chuckled from behind and his breath hitched when he felt a leathery touch went between his legs and pulling them apart and opened wide. There were bursts of warm air blowing dangerously close to his sensitive area and his body went into full shivers as he felt someone licking him like a hungry predator.

"He's right here." as the purring voice dipped in lust. "Right here between your lovely legs and enjoying his special treat."

Keith shook his head and tries to get up, but his body was pinned down with tight grips from both of his captors. Lotor was holding him down by his waist up while Shiro was holding him by his thighs with both hands.

"Lotor."

His nose nuzzled his cheek while his hand continues to admire Keith's tone chest. "It sounds beautiful when you said my name. I can feel a hint of venom behind it. I want to hear it again."

Keith was torn between growling at Lotor and mewling in pleasure from Shiro's tongue when it went from licking his outer soft tissue to sticking into his wet hole. It caused Keith's back to arch and his breathing became sporadic with another hand wrapped around his harden cock and stroking in a slow pace. All his body can do from those violating touches was twisting around as he tried to break free.

"Stop..." With another moan. "No! Stop it."

"Shh... I'm in charge here, Red Paladin." With his warm, moist tongue licking at Keith's exposed neckline and administering his strokes with slow, teasing pace. "Mmm... Your purring is quite enticing."

His finger tip laid at the tip of Keith's cock and wobbling it in a playful manner."Looks like our time is up. Next time, we'll do something a bit more enticing. Aren't we, Champion?"

Shiro smirked and nodded as he looked up while wiping his mouth with his Paladin uniform sleeve.

He turned Keith's head towards his direction and gave him a rough kiss.

"SHIRO!" as Keith's body bolted up in a sitting position with his hands gripping hard on his sheet, breathing heavily and sweat trickling down his forehead.

"Keith. Buddy. Love. It's okay." as Lance pulled him close in a tight embrace while rubbing Keith's back. "You're here in your room with me. With us in the Castle ship."

"Lance..." as his body relaxed in Lance's warm embrace and his non-annoying soothing voice.

"Hey. I won't ask until you're ready, but don't keep it to yourself too long, okay?" as Lance held his shivering partner tight. "I'm here for you."

Keith nodded, raised both of his hands halfway up behind Lance's blue robe and gripped it hard as he buried his face deep into his shoulder. Lance gave gentle pats on Keith's back until he felt his breathing becoming stable as he adjusted himself into a comfortable position with his back on the wall while cradling Keith in his arms. He knew his body will be terribly sore in the morning, but he doesn't care at the moment.

Right now, Keith needs him and he will be there when he wakes up. But did Keith just dream about Shiro? He heard him calling out his name in his sleep, but the sound of confusion in his voice indicates his dream wasn't a pleasant one. Keith was moaning in his sleep and telling someone to stop was suspicious enough for Lance to deduce it as a nightmare. But what kind of nightmare?

Whatever it was, he will be there to help Keith with his problems even if the idiot tries tell him that he's fine. Keith trusted him and when the time comes, he'll step up if Keith falters.

Lotor. He doesn't hold much hatred for anyone, but this will be a first for him to do so. He knew he was the cause of Keith's distress along with nightmares haunting him in his time of rest. If he ever get to encounter that bastard prince in person, he will make sure to blast him into oblivion with his red bayard.

Lance's eyes glanced up at the dark ceiling and gave a small smile. Okay Red. I will make sure to leave some for you too.

Red's nose nuzzles on Lance's cheek and somehow, Lance swore he could feel her astral body curled up next to his body with her tail resting loosely on Keith's collar area. He looked down at his and Keith's clasp hands and felt the warm, gentle nuzzles of Black's nose as she curled herself next to Keith. He chuckled when he felt Blue's presence wiggling underneath his free arm since his other arm was used as a pillow for Keith and rest her paws underneath her chin on his lap with her tail wrapping around his arm.

He looked at Keith and brushed away some strands from his sleeping face. He smiled.

"Look at the love you're getting tonight from our lions." as he leans over and kisses on Keith's forehead. "I expect some compensation when you wake up too!"

Lance closed his eyes with a smile as his head felt something big and soft cushioning him. It seems all the Lions were here to comfort their Paladin leader and himself. He whispers a soft 'thank you' before sleep took over.

"So, how are we supposed to get through that magnetic storms and meteor showers?"

"We'll have to fly through it with Voltron. Coran will stay behind the Castle and watch for any Galra fleets."

"I don't know Keith, it's tricky to fly through without getting hit by those meteors."

"Don't worry, Hunk. I'll be taking the controls to maneuver while you guys try to deflect any meteors heading towards us."

"Let's leave it to our fearless leader to guide us safely to Planet Nemon."

"And I'm expecting our great sharpshooter to take care of those rocks easily."

Lance blew a raspberry at Keith through their video communication.

"You wait and see, Mullet. I'll make you appreciate my awesome skill."

Keith chuckled. "I can't wait. Okay team, let's form Voltron and try to free the people of Nemon from Zarkon's rule."

"YEAH!"

"I think I am going to throw up now." as Hunk covered his mouth and held his stomach.

"I'm surprised you were able to last that long, Hunk." as Pidge's face grimaces when Hunk finally threw up in his cockpit.

"That's gross, man. I hope you stashed some bags for easy clean up!"

"Sorry Hunk. Didn't meant to make it like a roller-coaster ride."

Hunk's face looks green, but gave a weak smile. "I'm fine, Keith. I trust your piloting."

"Sorry to intrude, Paladins, but we have a bigger issue here."

Jai, one of the Nemonians they rescued awhile ago, was standing behind Princess Allura's seat inside of her Lion and pointed at the imagery shown. His people were buried neck deep in the hot sand as the Galra soldiers were ready to attack them.

"They're going to execute my people. My friends! Please save them, Paladins of Voltron!"

"That's what we're here for. We will have to drop you off so you can help them escape. We will provide the diversion."

Jai nodded as Voltron lands carefully behind a gigantic, dark creepy statue. Blue opened her jaw up for Jai to run and get his people to safety as they were buried neck deep in the hot sand. Lance looked up and quirked his brow.

"Guys, guess who's next to us?"

They all looked at what caught Lance's attention and were quite shock to see an ugly statue of Zarkon standing in all his glory.

"Let's just whack it."

"Alright then. Form Blazing Sword!"

A few minutes later.

"Oh just whack it you said. AND NOW LOOK WHAT HAPPENED!" as Hunk begins to panic per usual.

"HUNK! NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO PANIC!" as Lance pulled his controller back to block an incoming attack.

"IT IS TIME TO PANIC BECAUSE WE NEVER FOUGHT TWO ROBEASTS AT ONCE BEFORE!"

"Calm down you two. Panic won't solve our problem. We just have to defeat them."

"Easy for you to say Keith. Our sword didn't make a scratch on their shields."

"But Blue and Yellow Lions were able to bite their legs to phase them temporary. We have to strike them before they get up again."

"Uh guys. In case you haven't noticed, the red twin demon robeast is now behind us." as Allura spoke up.

"Doom shield at 45 degrees!" Hunk yelled.

"Got it!" as Lance responded when he swung the sword at the dark greenish disk in front, but it exploded in front of them on impact. Same goes with the one from the back. "Or not."

Unable to recover quickly, the green moss-colored twin demon robeast, who was in front of Voltron, shot a rocket out of his stomach where it landed on Voltron's chest which it stunned them. The same robeast shot again as Voltron tried to block it, but it gave enough distraction for the other robeast to attack them from behind and striking down hard on their back with its long sword. It sliced off one of Voltron's wings. The pilots cursed their luck and quickly flew out before both robeasts can attack them simultaneously as Voltron landed wobbly on one knee on the statue's pedestal.

"Are you guys alright?" Keith asked.

"Yeah." as they all replied.

"Keith. That red robeast just sliced off one of Black's wings."

I'm so sorry, Black. Are you okay, girl?

Black purred. Keith apologized again and nodded.

"She says she's fine, but we need to focus on defeating the twin robeasts first."

"And how are we going to do that?"

Keith held his Black bayard up. "I hope you are good at wielding the sword as you shoot Lance because we have one shot to defeat them."

Lance smirked. "Oh it's on. I'll show you my awesome prowess."

"Heh. I'll reward you if you can prove your awesome prowess." Keith smirked back and glanced at Pidge's screen. "Pidge, I need you to aim your laser cannon at the ugly green one in the face first to stun it. That's when I will place my bayard in its slot to give the sword an extra fire power to strike through their shields."

"Got it, Keith!"

"Hunk, Princess Allura, I need you both to time your movements since it's not possible to fly away easily to dodge."

"We got it, Keith. You can trust us." with Allura smiling and Hunk nodding.

Keith smiled. "I do. Okay guys, let's show them that Voltron will not tolerate the Galra Empire's tyrant rule."

Haggar watched from a safer distance in her cloak shuttle as she watched Voltron defeated her twin robeast that she had bought with her to the planet. At first, she wanted to bring out only one robeast to defeat them, but after they destroyed her Emperor's statue; she was furious. Those Paladins will pay dearly for their treachery. Next time, she will create a much stronger robeast to defeat them.

Until then, she got a tiny satisfaction when the red robeast clipped off one of their wings. She gave a sly grin as this will give them a sweet advantage to their plan. She can already envision the slow break down within the Red Paladin and none of his dearest teammates will notice until it's too late.

She has what she needed on this pathetic, sandy planet for her own special plan and no reason to stay longer once Voltron freed the pathetic creatures. Her next destination will be Planet Lyra to grab a special gift for the Red Paladin from Prince Lotor. It seems the prince wanted to confirm a certain suspicion before his plan can move to the final phase.

The Red Paladin has not fallen as they expected and that did not settled well with the prince. He needed to know who was interfering with his fun as he has zero tolerance for those who interrupting his game.

If the Red Paladin pilots the Black Lion, then who is piloting the Red Lion in his place? As Haggar thought.

There's no way the Red Lion accepts any new pilot when it still has its current pilot alive unless it is someone whom he can place his utmost trust on.

The same person who has been keeping the Red Paladin away from Prince Lotor's deadly game of cat and mouse.

And Haggar just know a perfect plan to lure out his precious protector.

"Do no worry, Keith. Slav and I will work on fixing the Black Lion's wing before we head out. It's not your fault." as Coran placed his hand on Keith's shoulder.

Keith just stared at Black. "Shiro wouldn't have let this happened to Black."

Coran looked at Keith with concern eyes. "Keith..."

"Okay Mullet!" as Coran and Keith both turned their heads at the loud noise. "Where's my reward for my awesome prowess!? I know you all saw how great my swing was. It was like out of an action movie!"

Keith gave a soft snort. "But you made Princess Allura's piloting look better than yours when you tried to kick and fell."

Lance stopped in his track and pointed at Keith. "Hey! I was still learning at that time."

Keith quirked a brow. "So? Allura had much lesser time with Blue and we didn't fall when she had Blue kicked the robeast's sword out."

"Why you!" as Lance was about to pounce at him when he felt someone was holding him up from his collar shirt. He looked back with a fierce glare. "Let go of me Hunk!"

"No can do, Lance." when both Pidge and Allura popped from both sides behind Hunk to watch Lance's flailing tantrum. Lance looked like a cat being hold by its scruff.

Keith shook his head and headed towards the group with a small smile on his face. He stopped within a few inches in front of them and waited until Lance gave up his useless flailing and just crossed his arms with a pout.

"It's not much, but here's your reward, Lance."

Lance blinked and looked at Keith when he saw him holding onto his front collar of his shirt and tugged him close to his face as Keith kissed him on his lips. His blue eyes dilated wide and blinking several times until Keith pulled himself away and smiled. He gave a quick peck on his cheek and patted his chest as he walked away from his spectators' surprised look while waving at them.

Without much thought, Hunk just released his grip on Lance which made him fall down on his butt with a loud thud. Lance was cursing under his breath while rubbing his now bruised butt.

"Dude." as Hunk looked down at Lance. "Is that really Keith? Our Keith? The Keith who wouldn't do anything out in the open unless necessary. I mean, he likes to keep a lot things to himself, but he just kissed you openly in front of us!"

"Wow Lance. Whatever you did, keep it up!" as Allura clapped her hands and crouch down. "As Voltron's right hand, you are Keith's right-handed man whom he has placed his utmost trust on you! How else he believed in you during our today's battle?"

Lance looked at the hard floor with his mind rewinding back to their last battle.

Pidge adjusted the glare of her glasses. "Heh~~ That's a huge upgrade Lance. You should be proud of yourself."

Lance turned around to look at the trio and his eyes became wide and the trio swore that they saw shiny sparkles in them with his hands together.

"I know I'm the best, but who knew that I'll be so great! This must be a dream." as Lance pinched his own cheek. "Nope! It's real! Oh man, I'm so awesome!"

The trio looked at each other while shrugging and just smiled as they watched and listened to Lance's ongoing blabbering. Coran just scratches his head with one finger and just shrugs it off. He assumes it was their own special way of bonding.

Thank you for reading!