Lance left Blue once he was calm; cold biting into his feet as he moved.
Death.
Kill.
Pain.
Lance wandered as thoughts that he didn't know weren't his own plagued his mind.
Hunk is dead because of you.
"No! He is alive, I was in the chamber the whole time!"
He is dead because of you.
"NO! NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!" Lance was leaning against the wall at this point, wide panic and tear-filled eyes clouding over, one eye its usual colour of the rich Caribbean Sea. The other the colour of the deepest obsidian.
How will you atone?
Lance stopped, tears still falling down his cheeks, "Atone?"
Yes, atone. How will you atone?"
Lance said nothing but started to move, feet carrying him to the one place in the ship that scared him.
Where are you going?
"The one place I can die in peace."
Oh, and where is that?"
"The airlock."
Lance walked towards the airlock, never noticing that Blue was screaming in his head while dark cackles filled his thoughts.
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"Emperor Zarkon, there is an unexpected development."
"What do you mean Haggar?"
"The slime has possessed the Blue Paladin but instead of creating uncontrollable, homicidal rage towards the others, the slime has drove the Paladin towards suicide."
"That is interesting but it is of no matter. The Blue Paladin's demise will be enough to destroy the others."
"If it pleases you so my lord, I will continue to watch over the slime and make sure it does its job."
"Perfect."
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"What do you mean his eyes were not his own?" Shiro asked slowly. Surely Keith was wrong.
Keith looked nervous, "His one eye was black, I mean like a really deep black. There was no iris, no pupil, just pure black."
Pidge just looked at him like Keith had just grown a second head, "Are you sure?"
"Dammit I am sure! It looked like it belonged on an evil dragon or something! There was pure rage and disgust in his eyes," Keith's eyes softened, "But it wasn't disgust at me. He was disgusted with himself."
It was Allura's turn to look confused., "Disgust with himself?"
Shiro breathed through his nose and turned to Pidge, "Lance is homesick, isn't he?"
That wasn't really a question.
"Yes. He's had it since day one at Garrison and it had gotten worse once we were in space. Lance is also a great actor. We've lost count of how many times we had to drag Lance to the hospital wing by his leg; once physically by his leg. But he also always had issues with his self-image; the pack of bullies back at Garrison really didn't help either."
Coran tilted his head, "Bullies? Lance had bullies?"
Pidge nodded, "Bad ones that seemed to be out for blood. Lance had reported them multiple times but they never stopped."
Allura covered her mouth to prevent the small gasp from being but Shiro went straight for the throat, "How the hell is that kid so lively if he went through hell and back?"
Pidge shrugged their shoulder, "Lance always had an upbeat attitude to begin with and he took their bullying as just another obstacle. Another reason for him to get better; it got worse when Kristian babbled."
"Babbled what?" Keith asked.
Pidge groaned and opened their mouth when a pair of alarms went off but only one turned everyone's blood cold.
"That is the alarm for the airlock!"