Shiro practically begged Allura to let him go on the new mission. Allura finally, finally let him go on the mission. Then it took Shiro the rest of the day to convince Keith. Keith gave in when his brother gave him puppy dog eyes. "You know what, I don't fucking care anymore whatever makes you stop whining!" Keith had said, Shiro's eye's brightening. They made it to Japan in a few hours because of their jet. Allura informed them on their mission while they stayed in a small hotel, classic Japanese. "Alright, Team! We are going to collect the most quintessance we can today. First, Green, Pidge, and Rover will create a diversion, Hunk and Shiro I want you too silently take out as many soldiers as possible without killing them or really doing much harm. The classic sudo strike is fine. Keith and Lance, you have to disguise yourselves in the guards outfits and sneak in then take the most quintessance you can. Lotor, you'll tell them what to say or do, since you know about the base."

Lotor grinned at Allura and spoke in his smooth British accent,"Alright, anything for you Princess." Lance noticed Allura had a faint pink tint on her cheeks, not really liking it. "I want everyone here at 3:00 am sharp, in the meanwhile plan your strategy and get your weapons ready, we have 30 minutes to get there." Lotor pulled Lance and Keith to the side and gave them the Galra guard uniform. 

Keith sighed and reluctantly put it on, while Lance glared at Lotor and huffed, putting the uniform on quickly. Keith looked at Lance and put a hand on his shoulder,"Alright, Lance. I know what Allura said was to get the quintessance, but I can't risk it. I want you to stay in the top building and only shoot when I say so. I will get it alone." Lance's eyes widened and panic ensued,"Keith no! You're being too impulsive! I can't let you go in there alone! I care to much about you." Keith shook his head,"I care about you, Lance. I don't want you getting hurt, that's the last thing I want or need. Okay?" Lance sighed and clenched his fists,"Fine."

Keith smiled and went to the living room with him, side by side. They got in the escape car and made their way to the small base. When they arrived, the base wasn't in a disguise of any sort. It was just an abandoned home, that was transformed into a base with killer technology and murderers. On a sign from Pidge, Green and Rover got near the door of the base and Rover projected a light, and Green walked around, making it sound like footsteps. The guards left the door and went to discover the noise. Pidge smirked and sent Lance and Keith in. Lance climbed up the stairs of the building right next to the base, which was also abandoned. Keith entered alone. 

Keith! What are you doing?!

Allura was on comms, watching their every move. Keith sighed and turned off his connection to Allura. Lance readied his gun and watched Keith's surroundings.  Keith creaked down the metal floors, creating a small racket. "Hey, who're you?" Keith froze and turned around forcing the weird sign the galra did. The galra looked at him suspiciously and saluted back. Lotor whispered into his ear piece"I'm...Guard 197, I'm new." Keith said, looking at the tag Lotor gave him, telling him his name and info. The guard sighed,"Oh thank Zarkon, you're the new security guard. I was soo tired in patrolling, so how's life." Keith mustered a clam smile,"Fine.. Fine....guess I should go do...patrolling...stuff." He chuckled nervously and walked past the guard. "Wait a second...If you're new...Then you should be guard 5898! That's an old uniform too! You're not a galra." The man raised his gun and pointed it at him and Keith pulled out his knife as he cursed Lotor. The galra called for back up and many more guards came in, pointing their guns at him. 

He was surrounded. Keith sighed,"You got me, boys..." He kicked the nearby guard in the stomach and slashed his knife across their bodies. A man came running up behind him and just as Keith was about to pierce his stomach, the man groaned and his eye's widened. He fell backwards, revealing Lance from the building above smirking and smoke coming out of his gun. Keith growled and turned the connection to Lance,"I thought I told you to shoot when I say so? I had him!" Lance scoffed and faced Keith,"Sorry Keithy, but I couldn't let you have all the fun now could I?" More soldiers came and Lance shot them all. He got serious,"Listen Keith, I meant what I said. I care about you and I'm not letting you do this alone." Keith smiled,"I know, come on we have quintessance to get." Lance chuckled,"Yeah let's g-." Lance felt a small pain at the nape of his neck. He rubbed it gently and felt a tiny drip of blood on his finger. "Lance, you okay?" Lance smiled,"Yeah, I'm fine."

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The plan went smoothly for the first part. Pidge lured the door guards away from the door and Hunk and Shiro knocked out a lot of guards themselves. They met and Hunk knocked out some more for good measure. Keith and Lance snuck together into the room of the quintessance, which wasn't hard to find, thanks to Lotor. Guess he was a little helpful. Keith and Lance took a few jars of quintessance, that in reality blinded their eyes and triggered Lance's head, causing it to throb uncontrollably. Lance's felt a little weird, but he's sure it was fine. Keith called the rest of Team Voltron and they took a few jars themselves, Green and Pidge enamored with it. Rover took some samples in his body, so Pidge can take a closer look. They put the sleeping guards in a closet and set for home. Allura congratulated them and Lotor for their work well done. "Amazing Job, paladins! I'm very proud of all of you. Remember this is only a small portion of the quintessance we need to get from the galra. They keep restocking somehow. In the meantime, get a well night's rest. You've earned it. Lotor, are you coming later?" Lotor smiled a sickening sweet smile to Allura. "Of course, let me run to the wash closet first." Lance growled and rubbed hin neck in pain, groaning and gripping his head. Keith took notice of this and said nothing. Probably something small.