His Rival

Trust Issues

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Later that day, you were in your room. You were thinking about everything that had happened recently, from meeting Ulaz and reuniting your team to getting chased around by the Galra. Your recent missions had kept you busy, and when you did have free time, you were dealing with James's betrayal and your feelings towards Keith.

You haven't had any time to think about other things, like those mysterious controls and Ulaz's eerily familiar blade. The more you thought about those things, the more curious you became. What was the purpose of those controls, and why did they show up when Zarkon was trying to take control of the black lion?

As for Ulaz's blade, you knew you've seen one like it on earth. If one of those blades was on Earth, then the Galra must've went to Earth once. But could that even be possible? Honestly you had no clue about these things, so you decided to ask someone who might.

"Hey Coran, could I ask you something?" you asked calmly as you approached him in the control room.

"Sure (Y/n)!" Coran replied in his usual cheery voice. "Fire away!"

"Well during our recent battle with Zarkon, a set of controls appeared in my lion" You explained. "For some strange reason, they appeared only after Zarkon tried to take over the black lion, and they went away as soon as he was distracted. Do you know anything about these controls?"

"I'm afraid that I can't give you an answer (Y/n)" Coran admitted in a low voice. "It's true that the silver lion has some built in features for emergency situations, but the orginal paladins rarely had to deal with any of those. As a result, the abilities of the silver lion have remained a mystery."

You sighed and your heart sunk in response. You were disappointed about reaching a dead end, but you reasoned you'd find your answer someday. For now, you had another question to ask Coran.

"Ok then" you replied, a hint of disappointment lingering in your voice. "Do you think the Galra ever went to Earth?" While you were saying this, the door clicked open and Keith walked in, causing you to slightly jump in surprise. He came out of nowhere, but nonetheless you smiled at him as he walked towards you and Coran.

"Is that even possible?" Keith asked, joining your conversation with Coran. When you heard his slightly jittery voice you raised an eyebrow at him, he seemed to be anxious about something. "The Galra would probably have taken it over right?"

"Oh I think you'd know if the Galra were there" Coran replied, his voice now upbeat as usual. Then he started to walk out of the room. "Now if you'd excuse me, Pidge needs me in the teladuv room."

You were upset that you had reached yet another dead end, but those feelings soon faded away when you remembered that Keith was here. Gosh you had definitely fallen for him if his mere presence made you this happy.

"Why were you asking about the Galra going to Earth?" Keith asked, his eyebrows furrowing and an inquisitive glint appearing in his eyes as he glanced at you. You felt your face become warm when you made eye contact with him, but you immediately pushed away those flustered feelings for now. You decided to tell Keith about the blade since you trusted him. Besides, the rest of the team knew about Ulaz's blade anyways so it wasn't much of a secret in the first place.