Keith P.O.V

5:24 P.M

I know I said I would be gone for  awhile but I've had a sort of an epiphany recently. If that's the way you want to put it, I've kinda had a lot of ideas about the book. As you can tell, I've added new characters and a new big detail! Lazhra and (name coming soon) have always been in the back of my mind when it came to this book but I never knew where to put them into the story until now. I hoped you enjoyed the last 1600 word chapter, I'm kind of rushed for time at the moment so please enjoy this quick chapter!! 

It felt hot and sticky in the cockpit of the red lion, tension filled the small space between Matt, Keith and Kosmo. The awkward silence was overwhelming, it was only until Kosmo yelped in pain when Keith had stepped on his tail by mistake, had anyone made any noise. Keith put the lion in auto pilot and started toward the door.

"Just where do you think you're going?"

Keith stopped and turned around slowly, letting out a sigh of annoyance.

"Into the unit, I need to clear my head. Watch Kosmo will you?"

Just as Keith was walking out he heard Matt say.

"Kosmo?"

Keith let out a sigh of relief, it felt good to be in a cool, non-confined space. Keith took off his thick jacket and threw it into a random box. 

"Ow...."

Keith shot up, the small, quiet voice had come from where Keith had threw his jacket down. He cautiously stepped toward the boxes.

"Lance?"

"Ok, I think that's all I'll need."

Lance had said quietly to himself, he was going to find the red lion, sneak on, and help Keith and Matt find Pidge. Lance had Coran on his side, Coran was going to lock onto Keith's location in an Altean pod, help Lance get on undetected, and go back to the castle with no suspicion.

Lance took a good, long look at the blade he had found in her room, surely it wasn't hers, it couldn't've been. She wasn't part of the Blade Of Marmora. At least, not that Lance was aware of. He still packed it , just in case. He knew she was alive, based on the way the blade had flickered a light purple and blue. Keith had told Lance that a blades lifeforce was connected to their weapon. Fascinating if you think about it.

"You packed? The pod is up and running when you're ready."

Coran's thick Altean accent echoed throughout the room. 

"Y-yeah, I'm good..."

Coran gave a nod as they both loaded into the pod. They soon reached the red lions location, on a dead planet drained of  life that once thrived on the planet decaphebs ago.

"Fauriue. The planet of the Fauriuens, died off 35 decaphebs ago..."

Lance stayed silent, he got in without hesitation, the pod was cozy, to say the least. Lance soon arrived at the red lions location and crammed himself into the boxes in the storage unit of the red lion after entering from the back.

"Good luck, stay safe."

Where Coran's only parting words when lance departed. he recalled the words "be safe" and sighed . he had hid in the boxes for a half an hour before he had fallen into a deep sleep

Lance didn't know what time it was when he woke up, but he had heard someone go into the storage unit. Lance held  his breath. when he suspected the mysterious person was gone he exhaled, only to find a flash of yellow, white, and red fall onto his nose, followed by a small, surprisingly heavy bag.

"Ow..."

Lance cupped a hand over his mouth. 

'to late.'

Lance thought, he was right. He had heard footsteps coming toward his direction.

"Lance?"

Lance froze, all he could do was wave awkwardly.

"U-um....surprise?"

Keith sighed and helped Lance out of the crammed space. Lance cracked his back and yawned.

"Holy crap, it's so hot and stuffy in here. Why come in the storage unit anyway?"

Keith eyed Lance suspiciously, Lance swallowed nervously as Keith circled him with his arms crossed.

"Lance. You are a horrible liar"

Lance put a hand to his chest dramatically and made a sad, hurt look on his face.

"Harsh dude."

"Point is."

Keith continued.

"I know why you're here, I also know that you shouldn't've' come." 

Lance felt utterly confused, he crossed his arms and Keith stopped. They stared at each other for a good minute and a half until Lance growled quietly.

"I'm not leaving, you can't make me. Besides, I have no way of going back. You're already far from the castle."

Lance pointed out smuggly. Keith gave a disapproving grunt and walked out of the storage unit. Lance shrugged, knowing that Keith would be reluctant to give Lance any answers to the questions he was desperate to ask. So Lance kept quiet, he followed Keith out of the storage unit cautiously.

"Felling any be-"

Matt cut himself off at the sight of Lance, confusion and surprise flickered in his amber eyes

"What is he doing here?"

"Getting in the way"

Keith growled and sat down, Kosmo sat up and padded over to his temperamental human friend. Matt shrugged and walked over to Lance

"What are you doing here?"

Matt asked in a low whisper, aware of Keith's good hearing

"Helping you find Pidge."

Matt sighed, he understood Lance's concerns but was worried about the larger group. Lance moved past Matt and walked towards Keith urgently.

"there's something I think you should see Keith, its's like, really important."

Lance urged Keith, Keith looked up at Lance and sighed

"You have 5 minutes"

Keith said blankly, walking back into the storage unit. Keith patted Kosmo's head as he left. Lance following close behind. The door shut behind them, Lance urgently shuffled through his bag.

"What's all this abou-"

"This isn't yours right?"

Lance asked, cutting him off

"What? No, where did you-"

"Where did I find it? well I know this is going to sound a bit weird, but I was rummaging through some of Pidge's things and found this."

Lance held up the lethal looking blade. Keith looked at Lance seriously and grabbed the blade from Lances hand and examined it thoroughly.

"Looks like one of the Blades, but I don't see how this involves Pidge's capture."

Lance growled in annoyance. 

"You are so oblivious aren't you Keith? Don't you understand? The blade flickered when I saw it. I was also with Pidge's things...I know it's a bold statement but, I think Pidge might be with the Blade of Mormora."