Ah.. The final chapter..

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"Lance!"

Lance turned around to see Keith running towards him. "Hey Keith. What's up?"

Keith sighed. "I.. I wanted to apologize. I don't want you to leave. I really missed you, honestly. I've.. just had too many people leave me in the past.."

Lance looked surprised. "I'm not gonna leave Keith."

"What?"

Lance smiled. "Honestly, I just wanted to pull that off back there to see what you really thought of me. If you were still pissed, Blue was gonna force me to stay. But.. What you said was kinda harsh man."

Keith frowned. "Lance.."

Lance looked down at his hands. "I didn't just stay at that base because I was forced too. I could've left you know."

"Lance, why?"

Lance chuckled bitterly. " I needed to prove myself, to me. I knew I was the weak link, that was obvious. I thought, if I could beat my way up to the top ranks somewhere where no one cared about Voltron, my true colors would come out. I would see if I was worthy or not."

"And?"

"I'm not. But I will never be worthy to take the title of the Blue lion. It's kinda how the prophets never thought they were good enough to be prophets. But a higher power picked them. It doesn't matter about you at that point. It matters about them. What they think of you. And the Blue lion seems to think I'm good enough for her. You know what? I'm content with that."

"Wow."

"Yea."

Keith looked at Lance and smiled. "Well, let's tell Pidge she doesn't have to throw me out the airlock."

"She scares me man."

"I know right!"

...Four Years Into The Future...

"Dad! Papa! Look what I made!"

Little Rosa held up a drawing she had made of the lions in crayon. They had saved her from a cloning lab three years ago. Scientists were experimenting with human and Galra dna, and used the little girl as a lab rat for their tests. Keith and Lance decided to take it upon themselves to raise her as their own, seeing that she didn't really have a family. Her human Dna was very prominent, besides the purple hair and violet eyes.

"I wanna be a paladin like you guys! Saving worlds and stuff!"

Keith ruffled her hair. " I love your picture Rosa! But you know we usually only do diplomatic missions. It's been about a month since a big battle!"

Lance smiled. "Yea, and being six might be a stretch for the moment. But you never know. Aunt Pidge looked like she was six when she first joined."

A shout came from across the hall. "Watch it Lance!"

Keith chuckled. "I wonder which lion she would fly? I mean, you've been in three different lions before, while I've only been in two. My bet right now is Red."

Lance snorted. "My bet is Blue. She's got quite a wild side."

Keith turned back to her and rolled his eyes. "Whatever lion you fly, you'll be the best one out there."

Rosa looked at Keith with starry eyes. "You really think so dad?"

"I know so."

She gave her dad a quick hug. " I'ma go help Uncle Hunk bake cookies."

Lance smirked at her. "Don't eat all the batter!"

Rosa paused in the doorway. "I won't papa!" Then she ran off.

Keith looked over at Lance. " What now?"

Lance paused and grinned evilly at him. "Wanna train? I bet I can still kick your ass."

Lance got up and raced down the hall. "Last one has to eat Corans cooking!"

Keith laughed and ran after him. "Just because I love you doesn't mean I won't kick your ass from here to Texas!"

...

And that my friends, it the end to Going Rogue. I know this ending may be disappointing to some of you, but this may not be the ending of the series. I may try to collab with another writer to create a spin off with Keith, Lance, and Rosa. If everything goes according to plan, it will be about Rosa's backstory, them visiting earth for the first time since they left on the Blue Lion, and just their little family in general. So keep a look out for that. I really appreciate all the support I got on this, and hope to see that same support in future stories. A special thanks to my friends on Instagram, .

See you in future stories!

-SpaceSquidLance.