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Chapter 25 - Blame is one hell of a bitch

The paladins were bathed in horror as their friends' minds was torn apart and shown to them. Allura gagged multiple times and no one in that room had dry eyes. Shiro wanted to stop it so badly, he immediately regretted using the mind meld crowns as soon as they saw Lance's first memory but now he wanted to stop more than ever. But even with how much he desperately wanted to stop it he couldn't make himself put an end to the session, he hated it but he knew that Lance wouldn't have told them any of this. They needed to see this to help him, didn't they? Shiro tried not to think about it too much.

Shiro wasn't the only one with feelings of remorse about this mind melding, Pidge was absolutely pissed that they had even thought about this but right now she was too busy sobbing to be mad. Keith was just about shitting himself, the amount of self hatred, to know that he had acted just like Lance's dad or even worse Alex? It was eating him alive. Coran was terrified that what he thought was the team's happiest palladian was actually just an amazing actor who had gone through too much too soon. Allura wasn't even thinking, she was just trying not to cry, nails digging into her palms causing red crescent moons to appear.

Hunk was the only one who wasn't showing emotion, he was sad of course but he knew that Lance had a tough childhood. What he couldn't wrap his head around was that Lance had lied about just how bad it truly was.

The team was pulled into another one of Lance's memories. Hands wrapped around a neck, tear filled eyes, bloody lips. This one wasn't like the others it was less defined, like Lance had almost forgotten this one.

"You stupid fucking bitch" Alex said with a look of pure hatred "did you really think I wouldn't find out?" Lance was terrified "what's wrong? Find out about what?" he said in a shaky voice.

"You've been flirting with other men you little whore" Alex spat out. Lance didn't know what hit him next, he wished it stayed that way.

"If you're gonna act like such a whore, then I'm gonna treat you like one bitch". Alex said while reaching for Lance's pants.

Hunk couldn't rip the crown off of Lance's head fast enough. Lance was writhing on the floor grossly sobbing as Hunk held him tight while the rest of the team took off their crowns. Lance tried with all his might to get away from Hunk, feeling like his touch burned him.

"Lance! Lance, it's me Hunk, it's okay buddy, you're okay!" Hunk said as he tried to steady Lance.

"GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM ME! IT'S YOUR FAULT! LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE!" Lance screamed, finally wrenching himself from Hunk's grasp. Hunk understood though, he shouldn't have grabbed Lance like that, especially in his memory. Hunk attributed Lance's yelling to that but he didn't expect what Lance said next.

"It's your fault, you're the reason he did that to me Hunk" Lance spit out with hatred in his eyes before he passed out. The memories taking their physical toll.

The room fell silent as everyone froze.

TBC….

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