Keith braced himself as Daniel's claws shot toward him. He heard them fly and embed themselves deep in something, but it didn't sound like rock. Keith looked toward Wade; his enemy was laying dead in a pool of blood with the claws sticking out from Wade's heart.

"I told you that you were stronger than him, didn't I . . ." Started Keith as he turned toward Daniel. The boy was laying on the ground unconscious. "DANIEL!"

Keith rushed to Daniel's side and checked for a pulse. He breathed a sigh of relief and carefully picked Daniel up.

"Don't worry. We'll get you fixed up, but first we have to help the others." Promised Keith. His Voltcom lit-up. "What's up?"

"Keith! Where have you been, man! We've been trying to contact you and Daniel for hours!" yelled Lance.

"Where is Daniel? Is he okay?" asked Larmina. She was almost panicking.

"He'll be fine. What's your status?" said Keith. Well, it wasn't a complete lie—between Gorma, Pidge and Vince there had to be a cure for whatever caused Wade to control Daniel, if he still needed it. Keith knew they needed to focus on more pressing matters.

"You know the Lider that was attacking us? It just went crazy screaming in pain and attacking everything! EVEN ITS SELF!" Said Hunk.

Keith looked at Wade again and remembered how confident he had been about his control over Daniel. Had Wade been controlling the spider monster? Keith decided that he could discuss theories with the rest of the team about it later. Odds were the robeast was or had been linked to Wade and his death was causing confusion. Regardless if it was true, the monster was going crazy and now was the time to take advantage of that.

"Stay strong, guys. We'll be there soon." Ordered Keith. He dashed to Black and carefully buckled Daniel into the copilot's seat. They took off back toward the castle.

Kala was screaming and randomly attacking everything around her. The Lions kept trying to avoid her, but she still managed to nip them. Soon Black Lion was in view.

"What took you so long?" asked Lance.

"Wade did something to Daniel and he hasn't woken up." Explained Keith.

"Is he okay?" asked Larmina. She barely dodged an energy blast.

"He'll be a lot better once this spider is squashed." Answered Keith.

"Lider!" said Hunk.

"HUNK!" yelled everyone else.

"Well, I just think we should have a proper name for it." Explained Hunk.

"Let's just call it a kala after that Drule general that used to be dead set on catching Keith. She does remind me of her." Said Lance. "After we defeat the kala, we can go after Wade."

"Wade's not a threat, Lance—at least, not any more. Daniel saw to that." Said Keith. "Now, let's form Voltron!"

They began to from Voltron, but as Keith was reaching the lever to form the head a bolt of pain shot thru his shoulder, still managed to pull it before the transformation failed. He called on the Blue center and Larmina froze the spider. Keith formed the Blazing sword to finish the job.

The team was relieved to find Allura, Pidge and Coran were fine; it turned out that the castle's main generator had taken a hit with the Garys and the attack had caused further damage. Daniel was placed in his room while Dr. Gorma examined him. After a few scans and a blood test, the doctor turned his attention to Keith. Lance stayed with Daniel while Allura and Larmina went to the old medical ward with Keith for moral support. Pidge, Hunk and Vince left to start repairs. Coran stayed in the control room to monitor the skies. The lights flickered constantly and doors randomly slammed shut and opened.

"Is Daniel going to be okay?" asked Keith as Doctor Gorma was looking over his x-rays.

"You are aware we have treatment for haggarium poisoning, but not a cure. We'll have to wait for the complete blood test results to see how severe it is." Answered the doctor. Keith and Allura exchanged worried glances. Larmina bit her lower lip."I have faith that he will be able to live with it, and that we'll have a cure in the near future."

"Then he has a chance to live a normal life?" asked Larmina, hopefully.

"I'm afraid he will be sensitive to haggarium at least until he is cured. Anyway, doesn't that boy run at super speed? I think what most people consider normal left him quite some time ago." Answered Dr. Gorma. "I have been working on a patch to lessen the effects so he should still be able to continue fighting beside you, and by the way Keith's shoulder looks, you need him."

"What do you mean?" asked Keith.

"There's a lot of internal scar tissue and the joint has weaken to the point that surgery is needed to prevent further damage. There will be . . . "started the doctor. The lights went out, again, and the doors locked. It took Allura and Larmina half an hour to force the doors open, just as the lights turned on.

"We need to replace that generator." Said Allura. Shortly afterward Lance was running toward them. "Lance, what's wrong?"

"I left to use the bathroom and got locked in." answered Lance.

"We need to check on Daniel." Said Keith. They rushed to Daniel's room; the door was wide open with the lights dim. Daniel was nowhere to be found. Only a note rolled up and carefully placed in his Voltcom laying in the middle of his bed.

Author's comments: Hey guys, sorry the update took so long! Things have been kinda crazy in my corner of the Universe. This is the half way point, so what do you think? Where is Daniel? What does the note say? Did anyone actually think I would kill Keith off? Was Wade's death too graphic? Should someone have made a door joke to Lance? (yeah, I worry about this kind of stuff)

Thanks to everyone who hasn't given up on this story (and writer) yet