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sorry if chapter was short

—somewhere in the forests of Valcuz—

The opportunity was perfect for him.

It was 5 birds with one stone. Perhaps 4, since his master wanted 'her' alive.

The wind blew through him and swept his bloody cloak as his silhouette blended with the night sky. His eyes were glinting with delight under his dark mask. He would hear the screams of helpless souls once again.

The mansion before was grand and devine, the Valcuz architecture was quite astonishing to look at, but it would soon lose its grace once he was done with his work.

Zarkon's assassin gave a wicked smile.

Oh, he couldn't wait to see 'her' again.

And strap her to the druids table once again to make her scream in anguish before handing 'her' to his master…

—later, Party—

(I'll skip to the part after they managed to get in and all)

They separated to different rooms of the mansion (which was hell big) and looked around. Allura was obviously left back at the castle for her safety. Hunk was in his yellow lion flying over the mansion for look out. Coran was speaking with the Valcuz executives, being natural and all that. Pidge looked exactly like a guy after wearing a tuxedo so they decided she should come along.

Everything looked fine, nothing out of the ordinary...maybe except for the fact that she felt sick again.

But it wasn't the emotions from the crowd or the space this time, it was something only her nose would pick since her smelling senses were always strong like an animal.

It was the alcohol. Or something similar to it at least. That damn thing always dulled her senses, it made her light headed and less focused. And right now was not the time for it. What's worse was that every single had that drink survey to them.

"Find anything?" Kate jumped by the sudden voice. Slaughter stood there wearing his exquisite white suit.

"Nothing," she replied. "What were you doing this whole time?"

Slaughter gave an easy smile. "Mustering up a few lovely ladies for questioning."

Kate rolled her eyes. If the smell of the alcohol wasn't so strong to make her light headed, she would have stopped him and whacked his brains out for being side tracked with bimbos. She didn't expect him to be a flirt.

But she couldn't, or feel like doing it. It was worse than she thought. The alcohol messed up her Empath powers. She could get a shred of accurate emotion from him, or anyone else.

She stalked off to some library and found Pidge at the corner, looking alert. She approached her."Hey, Pidge," she started, "how does it look?"

Pidge gave her an unamused look. "Like you waited too long."

The raven haired girl blushed. She didn't mean about her confession to Shiro, which she kept delaying again and again...and again. "I mean about you and Lance!" She hissed.

Pidge rolled her eyes. "Like how it was the whole morning. Making poems really helped, by the way. I made a couple more of how much I wanted to strangle, Lance."

Kate forced a smile. Clearly she was not okay.

Someone tapped her shoulder, and she found her face close to Shiro. "Wah!" She backed away like a crab. "Shiro!" She blushed. "What are you doing here?"

Shiro rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly. "Sorry, can we talk somewhere in private?"

Kate blinked.

—Lance's perspective—

No time for ladies (bimbos, Keith would call), no time to try to be the life of the party (though he wanted to be) and no time to be distracted. He was going to find Pidge and apologize.

He found her at the mansion library, blending in with the crowd. When she saw he coming , her face turned livid which made the tanned boy wonder if he was capable of walking out of this place alive.

"Pidge," he began, " look about last night—"

"Do you realize how embarrassed I was?" She demanded in a hushed, biting voice.

Lance winced. He's seriously wondering if he was gonna be alive."I'm sorry, I didn't know it was you. But why did you lie to me? And why are you stealing food from the fridge...in the middle of the night?"

She glared at him for a couple of heartbeats, and sighed. "I did it because...I miss my family."

He blinked. He must have heard wrong since the music was so loud. "You stoke food because you miss your family?"

"I left earth without saying goodbye to my mom," she explained , "And it feels like forever since I last saw my brother and dad. I've been thinking about them a lot lately...I wasn't able to sleep well, and when I don't sleep, I get hungry."

So this is what it all was..."Pidge...we're right here for you. You could talk about us about it." He held her hand. " We'll find them, Pidge. I promise."

She smiled at him and he smiled back. Okay, so he wasn't going to die after all.

(Pidge's perspective)

She told Lance she wanted to use the restroom before she ran off to a random direction. Taking turns and going through doors.

But she got lost. The corridors were just too big and confusing, everything looked like a mirror.

"Where is the bathroom?" Pidge said aloud, but her voice echoed which didn't help because it showed no one was around here to guide her. Even though there were no music around here.

She frowned at the ivory door near her. When she opened the door, something big fell out and she yelped in surprise. When she took a closer look at it, she realized in horror what it was...

—meanwhile—

"Shiro, where are we going?" They were moving further and further away from the rest of the team. Moving to unfamiliar rooms and corridors.

Shiro turned to her. "Just somewhere in the gardens. It's much quieter there, and I thought it was a good chance for us to spend some time together when we're talking about something." Kate blushed, but looked away.

This clearly is…

"Keith?" She turned stiff when she felt his hand on her forehead. "You okay? Your face's red. Are you sick?"

Kate backed away immediately. Damn it, her head felt light because of the smell of the alcohol! "I'm fine. I'm not sick." She smiled weakly. "Let's go."

little did she know what awaited her...

—meanwhile—

(Pidge's perspective)

"Shiro!?" Pidge shook him vigorously. His hands and legs were tied when she found him. She managed to get it off, but he was still unconscious. "Shiro wake up!"

His eyes fluttered opened after a few heartbeats and when he saw her face, his eyes snapped open and his big grabbed her shoulders. "Where is he?"

" where is who?" She asked.

"Roland! He attacked me and locked me in here. Did he attack anyone yet?"

Pidge blinked, starting to sweat when she remembered something. "No," she said. "The party is still normal but...uh…"

"Pidge, what's wrong?"

She pointed at him. "If you were here this whole time, then who was the guy that took Keith somewhere?"

Sorry if the chapter was short.

SPOILER! Next chapter will be... The ending is very sad...I think…

Depends on what you think.

SPOILER! In the upcoming chapters (definitely not the next, though) Allura And Victor are going to be kidnapped and Kate and Shiro are going to fight.

Well, that's all.