Voltron: Galaxies Apart

Lance's eyes snapped open. He was hearing something from outside the doors. It was pretty far away, but it was definitely something. Lance leaned forward, straining to hear, but wincing as the straps holding his arms dug into the wounds on his wrists.

It got quiet all of a sudden and Lance wondered if he heard anything at all. Then he heard a particularly loud scream and knew he hadn't. Deep down Lance hoped it was the team coming to rescue him. He knew it was unlikely, but he couldn't help but hope. 

"He's down this hall, to the left. " Pidge directed, looking at her little orange screen.  

Keith grunted as another swarm of Galra appeared. He and Shiro charged forward, taking out as many as they could while Pidge covered them. It was more than they had expected, and the number of soldiers just kept increasing as they went on. 

Keith wiped the sweat from his forehead as Shiro took out the last one. Pidge rushed forward, leading them to Lance. "Cmon, we can't waste any time." Pidge called. Shiro and Keith ran after her, turning the hall to find more Galra coming towards them. 

Pidge quickly turned the corner, avoiding the soldiers and continuing on the path. Keith and Shiro followed with out question. 

"This is it!" Pidge exclaimed. Behind that door is Lance, Keith thought happily. They braced themselves for any soldiers that might be on the other side. 

The noises had stopped again, and Lance could hear footsteps coming closer. He was staring at the door, hoping to see one of the paladins on the other side. 

The door opened. Lance could feel his heart drop.

It was Lotor, and his two other soldiers. "Sorry about the noise, we were just testing out a new way to torture you."

Lance glared at him. "What? Its your own fault Lance. Obviously electrocution isn't working."

"You.... really suck." Lance commented. 

Lotor made a face. "You can stop this Lance, just tell us what we want to know and we'll let you go." 

"You'll kill me.. before I tell you anything.." Lance smirked. He figured he might as well annoy the crap out of Lotor in the meantime. It was the only thing he could do to get back at him for all the pain he caused. 

"Damn!!" Keith yelled. He slammed his fist against the wall in anger. When they opened the door, it had just been Lance's uniform on a scanning table. Pidge went over to look for clues while Shiro shoved the one guard against the wall. 

"Where is he?!" Shiro demanded. He had the galra soldier by the collar, with his other hand pointed at his throat and glowing like a knife. 

"H-he's not here!" The Galra shreiked. "L-Lotor has him on a different ship f-for questioning!"

"Where is it?" Shiro demanded. Keith and Pidge watched on, wanting to stop Shiro, but they both knew this would be their only chance to find out more.

"I-It's near a planet.." The soldier replied.

"Which one." Shiro continued.

"I-I don't know! Lotor kept it a secret, but he-he left a message on the helmet!" He exclaimed. 

Pidge immediately unplugged the helmet, tucking it under her arm. Keith found a bag on the ground and put the rest of Lance's armor inside just  to be sure. Shiro knocked out the Galra soldier and led the two out of the room.

*He's not here* Shiro said. Keith could tell he was angry. So was Keith. 

*What?* Hunk exclaimed,*Didn't you track his helmet?*

*The helmet was the only thing there* Pidge commented. *But we may know where he is*

*That's better than nothing,*Allura sighed, *Good job paladins, lets get out of here*