Bullets {Klance Gang AU}

Keith's Wrath

Nightfall was still over the island by then, but Pidge and Matt had been taken to the hospital miles away from the coast. Shiro couldn't rent a car that late at night, so there was no way to follow them that he could think of. He trusted that Matt would help keep in touch about her condition.

Everyone had been ushered into the adjacent room, Shiro's suite, after what went down. Shiro paid off the cops so they'd leave them alone for the night, and everyone was malingering around in silence. No one had even thought about sleep, mainly because they were waiting for Matt's call.

Keith was on Lance's lap on the couch along with Kosmo, Hunk and Shay shared the loveseat, and Shiro was pacing around the room. Adam was chugging a beer and drowning his sorrows in alcohol. He nearly spit it up when Shiro's phone began ringing, though.

" Hello?!" Shiro picked up. " How is she?!" He put him on speaker.

Matt sniffled and tried to get a hold of himself.

" She has a lot of internal hemorrhaging... they rushed her back to emergency surgery to stop the bleeding." Matt told him in a voice that was almost entirely gone thanks to all the crying he'd done. " They... they almost punctured her lung, and just missed her pancreas..."

" What else have they said?" Shiro covered his mouth and grit his teeth.

" That it's critical..." Matt choked up again. " They shoved me in the waiting room and told me it might take about four hours."

The room was filled the sound of Hunk crying in Shay's shoulder. Lance and Keith were quiet, but Keith had his fists clenched tightly as he sat atop of Lance. His whole body tensed in red hot, burning anger.

" We'll be there as soon as we can... I promise. Just try to stay strong, alright?" Lance said after nobody else could find the voice to say anything.

That's when Shiro got the idea.

" I need to be with him right now... he needs me." He told everyone. " I'm going to find an Uber." Shiro stood up and his breath began shaking. He couldn't just leave Matt there alone.

Everyone seemed shocked. It was almost midnight by then.

" Everyone... I think you should all try to get some sleep. I know that sounds easier said than done... but we can't be there for Pidge if we're all running on adrenaline." Shiro spoke.

" How about I just drink until I pass out?" Adam asked, chugging some more. He wished to forget the blood he saw, the blood that reminded him of his own brother's gruesome demise. And so he kept drinking.

" That sounds like a good plan." Lance mumbled.

How anyone could sleep after that, Shiro had no idea, but they had to keep it together for Pidge's sake.

" I'm going to go." Shiro said. " Nobody leaves this room, do you hear me?"

Nods were seen all around.

Shiro pulled the bottle away from Adam, placing a kiss on his lips.

" Stay safe..." He told him after pulling back, and Adam blushed from the alcohol as well as Shiro's tone. Adam nodded, pulling Shiro into a hug, not wanting to let him go just yet. He needed some affection and comfort after that ordeal.

" Be careful." Adam told him, burying his face in Shiro's neck for a moment.

" I will." Shiro assured, and about a minute later, he took his leave.

Though the resort had scrambled to book them another suite, the family wasn't about to split up again. Hunk and Shay weren't about to let Lance and Keith sleep in a different room. For all they knew, the people weren't done.