Keith's pov

I walk into the dinning room later then usual, it's been harder for me to sleep these past few days a nagging feeling in the back of my mind.

I take a place in my seat, we eat breakfast during the meal lance never shows up the room being quite and empty from his absence.

I bet he just slept in again, the boy doesn't know how to sleep at a normal time. I'm sure he will meet us for training. We split for a while to do our own things and I spend my time staring at the stars. I don't know what it is about them but they just shine so brightly lately. I stare at the stars and a small smile slips itself on my face.

Soon it's time to leave and I head to the training deck, when I enter there still is no lance.

"Hey guys should someone get l-"I start but am cut off by shiro.

"Okay everyone we will be training against bots, keep and eye on your teammates"he says and a bot drops from the ceiling. Everyone fights with a new energy that seems to have been zapped out of them after training.

Once we finish we get cleaned up and do our own thing. I can't help but wonder where lance is, I decided not to look for him. He has been through a lot these past few days maybe he needs a break.

So I do nothing, finally dinner comes around and I walk to the dinning hall, when I enter the blue boy is still missing. I sit down in my chair and wait a little longer to see if he will appear. Soon I can't take the burning silence that the room is filled with.

"Guys where's lance?"I ask the team, pidge and hunk look at each other, while the rest of them drop there heads.

"Guys?"I ask them my nerves now on edge as fear crawls up my back and fills my stomach with dread.

"Keith...he's dead, he's been dead for a few months now"hunk says looking me dead in the eyes. His own eyes glasses over and a sad look painted on his face.

"Wh-what no he's not"I stammer out my limbs now trembling.

"Yes he fucking is! Now please god stop asking you dumb ass!"pidge shouts from her places at the table slamming her fists against the material that makes it, I tear slides down her face as she clenches her mouth shut. I feel take back by her outburst, I've only asked once.

I stare at everyone at the table sad looks on there faces.

...lance...lance is dead...

Then I remember

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"Lance! Lance what are you doing!"I shout at the boy who started to run at me. Before he could give an answer he slid in front of me talking a bullet to the chest that was meant for me. I turn towards the galea that shot him slice through his skin with my sword, I turn towards lance and see him on the ground.

"Lance you dumbass! Why did you do that! You fucking idiot!"I shout at the boy as I scramble to take off his chest plate so I could but pressure on the wound.

"Couldn't let the team leader die"he says with a smile and a pale face. His eyes are half lidded and his breathing gets slower. He's dying way to fast.

I take the chest plate to see the bullet had a tiny explosion contained in the chest plate, there was huge chunk of lance missing and it was to big and deep to put pressure on,  it was bleeding fast and I knew he wouldn't make it to a pod, but I had to try. I grabbed the boy and started running to red.

"Keith,what are you doing?"he asks in a slurred tone.

"Saving your damn life"I respond and start fly with red.

"We both know....know..."his words grow softer and his breathing faster and more labored.

"I'm not...gonna....make...it hurts so much...."he says in a breathy tone I feel more fear creep up my spine and the need to get him to the castle grew.

"Almost there lance"I say as we land. I turn around and grab the limp boy. He doesn't move I can't even feel his chest expanding against my own, I can't hear his labored breathing anymore but I continue to run to the pod, his take face so pale now and his skin like ice. I get to the pod and try to shove him in.

But when it spits him back out a scream in an anger and try again, and again and again.

Why would it not except him.

"Keith..."coran says from behind me placing a hand on my shoulder.

"Oh coran thank god your here, the pod won't take lance."I say to him, knowing he would help his favorite paladin.

"Keith...he's dead"coran says. I knew he was dead...but now I had to face it...and that was the worst part.

I could feel my own heart stop in my chest as the tears I had been holding back in my hopeless delusions that he would be fine start to fall. My legs give out and I collapse on the ground next to the lifeless body that once was lance McClain.

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Pidges pov

After we tell Keith lance was dead he stopped moving, his face paled and he sat there with a blank expression. Then he blinks and shakes his head little then looks up at us and around the table a confused look placing itself on his face.

"Hey guys where's lance?"he asks.