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The first time Keith had driven a car, it was actually the day he met Shiro, after hearing the way his teacher talked about him, he had stolen his now brothers car and sped off. Though he had no idea how to drive a car, and that was evident when he was pulled over by the police, though not for stealing the car as that wasn't reported until later, but instead for dangerous driving. He boy at the time was small, even with the seat moved all the way forward and bumped up to be a little higher, he just couldn't drive as he had to stand up almost to reach the pedals and lean forward to see out the windshields. Keith just couldn't drive straight and couldn't get a hold of all the controls.
The second time he drove a car, it was declared that he should NEVER drive a car again. At least that's what he managed to hear through the screaming of his team mates. Earth was slowly being built back up after the war, and now the roads were fixed up and better then ever, buildings were still under construction but the reconstruction of Earth was making progress in leaps and bounds.
And so on one of the rare days off that everyone has, the Voltron team decided to met up and go on a little trip, back to where it all started. The old Kogane shack in the dessert, and so before getting into the car, it was determined that as it was Keith's shack, that he should be the one to drive them there.
Everyone squeezed themselves into the car leaving a bewildered Keith standing outside the car.
"But I can't drive a car" said former red and black paladin as he looked at the others, only for it to be waved away by Lance "It's nothing, for years you've driven fighter jets, and giant mechanical space lions, and hover-bikes, you'll be fine" he said as he squeezed himself to sit beside Hunk and Pidge, with Shiro taking the front passenger seat.
Finally Keith shrugged and climbed into the driver seat, looking at all the unfamiliar controls in front of him before pulling on his seat belt, he checked the rear view mirror before starting the car. Keith was convinced that he could drive a car safely to his shack, it was just a car after all, surely it would be easier to drive then a fighter jet or a giant alien mechanical fighter space lion.
Oh how they were wrong. How all of them were wrong.
Just seconds after starting the engine of the car, it all went wrong. It was like a car possessed, speeding up and flying over sand dunes, getting several feet of air before landing with a hefty bump, and yet the car did not slow down, though it wasn't from a lack of trying as Keith didn't know which pedal was the accelerator, which was the break and which was the clutch. He car sped up, and would take to the air when going over the large sand piles, and would swerve dangerously over the smaller dunes, almost toppling over before landing back on all four wheels.
The screaming started almost immediately, after just a few seconds of catching some air.
Keith TRIED to drive, he tried pressing buttons, he tried pressing all the pedals but just couldn't understand how to drive, and that is how it went, with several voices screaming behind him.
Very reminiscent of the first time they all flew in the blue lion, with Lance being the pilot. At some point Keith hit the windscreen washer fluid button, getting water on the windscreen which sand very quickly stuck to. The screaming intensified with even Shiro joining in with clinging to the hand rail.
Keith ignored the cries to stop, as he tried to window wipers to clean the windscreen, which failed. Keith being Keith though did not give up. The black haired boy instead rolled down his window and stuck his head out the window to see, and that his how he drove until they reached the shack.
Slamming down on the pedals, he finally found out which was the break as the car came to a harsh halt.
Within milliseconds all passengers flung themselves out the car and onto the soft sand outside. Each and everyone of them shaking slightly from the drive, though Keith stayed seated in the drivers seat, looking confused at them.
Lance finally started feeling like himself and pointed at the driver "NEVER AGAIN!, I don't get it! you can drive a hover-bike off a cliff and land perfectly, and can fly jets and fighter space lions, but you can't drive a car! HOW!?" The cuban freaked out, almost in a ranting like manner.
Keith just shrugged his shoulder "I warned you guys that I didn't know how to drive" he said nonchalantly.
It was safe to stay, that on the return journey back to the Garrison and home, that Keith was not allowed to drive, and wouldn't be allowed to drive again for a long time unless he was piloting a ship or jet.
Though Keith didn't really care for cars he realised, he liked his bike better.