Keith clutched his bloody abdomen in pain. Blood oozing from the wound as he let out a breath. Inhaling sharply as Shiro's voice boomed over the coms. "Everyone alright? We're heading back now." His voice held strictness, and was loud to Keith. Too loud— ugh, his head was pounding.

The others answered and Keith winced every time. He ached everywhere.

"Keith?" Shiro quickly distracted him. "Fine." He spit out, and didn't speak again. He could feel the blood ease down his armor, hear it gathering in a puddle at his feet. Smearing the ground with thick blood.

Red, he noticed, felt concerned. He could feel it just as he could feel the cold metal pressing against his organs, launched inside of him by a Galra soldier believed to be dead.

At his side, he saw a glimmer of silver. Crap, another blade in his body. It protruded out of his skin, moving each time he took a desperate attempt to breath. He hoped the other's didn't hear him.

Red took control, leaving Keith curled in his chair. Their glowing eyes gleaming as they let out a roar, and rode with the rest of the lions.

Shiro looked back, seeing the red lion flying behind the green. "He's fine. Keith's just fine." Shiro muttered to himself, reassuring himself. The group of space lions landing soon after, Allura waiting for their arrival.

"Paladins! Great work!" She said happily, her sparkling eyes closing for a minute as she smiled widely. "Coran says we managed to come without any injuries this time, I hope he's entirely accurate." Her words almost sounded like a chastisement, but Shiro nodded.

"Everyone stated that they were fine–" Shiro looked around. "Lance is good–" He said, "So is Pidge, Hunk, and myself." Shiro paused and looked over the crowd again. Hunk looked around also, dread starting in his stomach.

"Where's Keith?" Hunk questioned as he noticed the team was short a Mullet. Lance shrugged, "Probably training, insisting that we need to do harder work." He muttered to himself, just loud enough for Pidge to hear.

"I doubt it. We would have seen him." Pidge debated and Hunk eyes the red Lion. "I'm going in Red, see if he passed out or something." He decided as he jogged to the lion.

Quickly managing to get himself inside, he froze.

"Keith!" He screamed, making everyone outside the lion freeze. "I'm f–" Keith winced, his body on full view. Hunk gagged and looked at the puddle of blood at the floor. Keith was drenched in the liquid, Hunk feeling tears stung his eyes as he lifted Keith up (much to his protest).

"Shiro!" Hunk screamed once he was out of Red, holding Keith. Two blades had stabbed through his chest, one through his leg. Keith was saying something, but his murmurs fell on deaf ears. Shiro froze, I was wrong. He thought before starting to yell orders at the others.

Pidge was frozen, trembling as Lance was quick to take action. He took Pidge out of the area, shielding her eyes away from Keith's bloody form.

"Allura, Keith's really injured!"

"Get a pod!"