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rainforestgeek · 5 years

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If you lose your strength to stand (I’m gonna reach for your hand) pt. 14 “Punching Empty Space”

Part 13

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Two Lions swept into the Castle and landed with twin vibrating thuds. Pidge planted herself in front of the Black Lion, ready to give Keith a piece of her mind for running off. Again. Red was the one who bowed and opened her mouth first, though, revealing her paladin.

“LANCE!” Hunk scooped up the figure who appeared from the Red cockpit in a giant hug, very clearly without thinking because the gasping, skinny teenage boy in his arms was definitely Keith.

“Actually, it’s me.”

“Wha - Keith!” Hunk released his hold for a split second then drew him in again for an even tighter hug. “I’m so glad to see you, too! Just, uh, where is Lance?”

A sharp but playful whistle sounded behind to Pidge’s left. “Over here, buddy.” Pidge and Hunk turned to see Lance in his blue armor, leaning cockily against the wall at the top of the Black Lion’s gangplank.

Hunk looked between Lance and Keith, the Black Lion and the Red Lion, jaw on the floor and arms gesticulating. “What - did you - when - are you - ? ” Allura meanwhile stood rooted to the spot, equally dumbfounded. Pidge was vaguely worried the princess’s eyeballs would fall out of their sockets, but was mostly preoccupied with the source of her own shock.

“ Holy shit, Lance, are you the Black Paladin now?” she blurted out.

He smirked at her. He pushed himself off the wall and walked toward them. His eyes stayed locked on hers, until Hunk broke the connection by intercepting Lance with a high five and a bro hug. “That is AWESOME man! Congrats!”

“Thanks Hunk!” Pidge wasn’t sure if she’d ever seen Lance this happy before.

Allura walked up to stand beside her. She murmured, “Honestly, I...did not expect this.”

Pidge shrugged. “I don’t know. I’m surprised, but also I’m not surprised, you know?”

“No. That was a contradiction of terms and the universal translators don’t seem to be helpful right now.”

“I guess computers are fallible sometimes,” Pidge sighed.

Suddenly she was face-to-face with Lance. He put a hand on her shoulder. “Are you doing okay?”

Why??? She wondered. “Yeah, I’m fine.”

He opened his mouth. Closed it again. Tightened his grip for a second then suddenly let go. He cleared his throat and turned to Allura. “Allura, I…”

Pidge didn’t want to be here for this. Instead she stalked to where Keith stood with Hunk and Matt. She threw her arms around him with the force of a well-aimed punch. “You’re a stupid hypocrite.”

“Uhh. What?”

“Last year you got all pissy when I tried to leave to look for my family, and here you did the exact same quiznacking thing,” she growled. “Stop vanishing. We need you, you dumbass.”

Keith hesitantly returned the hug. “No more. I promise. And I’m sorry.”

Pidge gritted her teeth against the tears threatening to well up in her throat. Now was not the time. She let go and glared at him with crossed arms. “Good. The universe needs Voltron.”

It hurt when Lance felt Pidge walk away but he also kind of appreciated it. “Allura, I...I’m so, so sorry for losing my temper with you.”

The princess folded her hands in front of her. She was surrounded by a semi-calm sadness like an invisible blue mist. “So am I. I should have listened to you, Lance. I’ve just felt so overworked lately and.” Allura paused. “And I miss having you as my friend. I hate that I broke your heart Lance, I truly do. Everything has been so odd between us.”

Lance’s throat stuffed up. He missed his friend, too. She looked vulnerable right now, stressed out and overwhelmed. She looked so human.

( Okay, we really need an alien-inclusive word for “human,” Lance thought.)

It hit him that he loved the girl in front of him but it was the same way he loved Hunk. Lingering butterflies still scraped the insides of his stomach for the imaginary goddess he’d fallen for last year because Allura looked just like her. But that girl wasn’t real. Allura, his friend, was real.

He took her hand and squeezed. “Hey. We’re all under tons of pressure and we both lashed out. It’s okay; take it from somebody who messes up all the time. I’m not going anywhere. We’re Voltron and nothing can break that.”

She smiled at him. “Congratulations on being chosen by the Black Lion.”

“Oh, man, that reminds me. Guys!” Lance called everyone’s attention. “Now that we have all five of us again, let’s get to why I dragged Keith back here in the first place. It’s time to find Shiro.”

Hope warred with dread while Keith sat in Red’s cockpit. Her little rumbling growl that pervaded the ship steadied his nerves.

Hunk’s face blinked onto his viewscreen. “Am I the only one worried that we won’t even be able to form Voltron?”

“Not to be a pessimist, but last time we had a Lion shake up we couldn’t,” Pidge agreed.

Then don’t be a pessimist , Keith thought.

“Last time most of the team got moved,” he said instead. He didn’t want this getting into Lance’s head. “This change isn’t as big. This has to work.”

“Keith’s right,” Lance said. “The five of us have worked together before. We all know our Lions and we all have a common goal. We can handle a new formation, especially if it means finishing this war and getting Shiro back. I know this is new but we’ve gotta trust each other now more than ever. Who’s with me?”

“ Yeah!” The team chorused. If anyone had told Keith last year that Lance would be leading the universe’s most elite team of warriors he would’ve scoffed at them and walked away. Now Lance seemed more comfortable in the Black cockpit than Keith had ever been.

That didn’t mean he wasn’t waiting with trepidation for the bad jokes to start.

“FORM VOLTRON!”

He and Red spun naturally into position as though he’d never left the right arm. Green locked into position beside him and Blue below him. All four other Lions and all four other paladins flashed into his mind as they attached cleanly together as Voltron. He felt a surge of giddiness from Lance. He opened a private channel.

“Keep it together, Lance.”

“ Oh screw you, mullet. ” Keith was 90% sure that was supposed to be a friendly insult. But now wasn’t the time to rile up the admittedly easy-to-rile Black paladin. He needed to focus on making contact with his first Black paladin.

“Okay, guys,” Lance said. “Shiro is still bonded to Voltron, and that means we can contact him. We’re all connected. We just have to focus.”

Keith closed his eyes for good measure. He could feel all his teammates, minds working in tandem with their Lions, Lions working in tandem with each other. Hunk’s blunt, steady strength. Lance’s force of nature of an attitude. Allura’s elegant precision. Pidge’s bright and sharp vision. He let his energy flow into Voltron with theirs, the team’s collective power melding into one great superweapon.

With all their strength combined, Keith felt something else - some one else - there with them like an echo in a cave. The tension coming from his teammates told him they felt it, too. Time ceased to exist and he could almost hear a voice.

Getting an arm chopped off with a laser sword would have been less jarring than the alarm that tore their concentration apart. Keith jolted upright, eyes flying open, and the feeling slipped through his fingers.

“OH COME ON! What the fuck?” Pidge yelled.

“Sorry, Paladins.” Coran’s face dominated the viewscreen. “Our tense situation has been dialed up to an emergency! The Blade of Marmora agents have located Haggar’s fleet headed straight for the Quantum Abyss!”

“We have to intercept her!” Lance called out. “Coran, tell Kolivan to prepare as many reinforcements as he can spare and follow us! While you’re at it, get Lotor to chip in some troops, too.”

“Lance,” Allura said. “I forgot to tell you, Lotor isn’t here.”

“Well where the heck is he?”

“A major battle and multiple skirmishes broke out between the rebel forces and rogue Generals on the other side of the galaxy. He left to quell it.”

Lance muttered under his breath. Keith wondered if he’s ever cursed a day in his life or if “hot belgian waffles” was the worst he could physically manage.

“We’ll have to do this on our own, then. Let’s go, guys!” Voltron took off, hopefully with the Castle and a bunch of heavily armed Galra on their heels.

Part 15

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voltronreaderinserts · 7 years

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Obligatory Mafia AU That No One Asked For™

Intergalactic Mafia AU headcanons because I’m always a slut for Mafia AUs--

I was actually very reluctant to post this bc I don’t know how anyone would feel but tbh mafia AUs hold a special place in my heart and I couldn’t deny myself this. I’m gonna post more, b/c galran half of the mafia AU

-- Ryan

Hunk:

• Weapon of choice: blunt projectiles / clubs • Works as clean-up, along with Pidge • Although he doesn’t do much in the field, you know, except for cleaning, he does a lot more in the castle • He does his part as chef, where Coran used to work as well until everyone decided enough is enough • Hunk’s side hobby is making and testing out poisons?? • Like can’t you just see him meddling around with the herbs and different elements and the burners trying to make different chemicals for their different targets? let’s keep in mind not all of them are humans • I can totally see him threatening everyone if they misbehave with certain poisons he makes • No one trusts the dinner he makes that night • “If I don’t see him eating it, I’m not touching it” • “Quit being a baby, you really think I’m gonna sabotage my own food??”

Pidge:

• Weapon of choice: knives • Works as clean-up, along with Hunk, but mostly she works from within the castle • She’s the technician and the weapons specialist of the family • She’s also the information broker / archiver • Pidge is a very vital part of this family proTECT HER AT ALL COSTS • Rarely ever does confrontations, but will fight if she must. • Most jobs she takes are infiltrating jobs, or any job that she can get close to the target enough to administer a poison • She’ll paint her blades with the poisons Hunk makes on the off chance she has to go out on a job • Constantly makes 007 puns • Constantly makes gangster puns

Lance:

• Weapon of choice: any form of artillery tbh probably an automatic weapon • He’s the sniper of the family, and specializes in ranged combat rather than close combat • He’s the one that insists they dress all sharp and wear sunglasses and everything • “Lance, you’ve seen The Godfather far too many times-” • “The sunglasses idea was from Men In Black, leave me alone!” Is actually a good shot, and him and Keith are normally the ones to go out on jobs for hits • Because him and Keith are always the ones that go out for hits, he can’t help but make a competition out of it • “Hey, I bet I can drop more of these goons than you can.” • “Why do you have to be so morbid about this.” • Imagine the cleanup poor Hunk, poor Pidge • Usually deals in illicit behaviors like back alley transactions

Keith:

• Weapon of choice: twin pistols • He’s really flexible with his weapons, and he isn’t picky. If he’s forced into close combat (which, thanks to Lance, is quite often) he’ll pull out brass knuckles, and fight with martial combat. • He once took a man down with a bamboo-woven broom and a spatula • No one will let him live that one down • “Remember that time we went for a job, and Keith forgot his weapon?” • “Lance” • “And he stole that broom from Home Depot?” • “Lance” • “And then that woman bitchslapped him with that spatula--” • “LANCE” • Other than that, Pidge will custom-make a weapon to suit Keith’s fighting styles: semi-automatics, pistols, knives, projectiles, chemical weapons, bombs, you name it • Usually handles jobs on his own, and acts more as a bounty hunter than a mobster

Shiro:

• Weapon of choice: hand blades + attachable prosthetic • He’s pretty good with a gun, but he’s more agile in close combat • He’s the one that’s handed all the s-rank missions • He acts as the ‘head’ of the family. Some might call him daddy. Or just dad, really, he’s Dad™ • More or less the big shot, and because of his success story, is alternatively known as the Champion • Pidge makes him prosthetic attachables, sometimes guns, but mostly swords or other kinds of blades.

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