Nico is 15, Pidge and Hunk are 16, Lance and Keith are 17, Shiro is 24 (ish), Allura and

Coran have some weird things going on with their ages so I'm not going to specify them.

Nico was confused and tired.

After the fall, he had blacked out. When he woke up, he found himself in some strange room. Boxes and crates were everywhere. He'd assumed he was in some sort of storage room; but that didn't explain the fighting he saw or the scream he heard when he came here.

The room was lit in blue; and there were glowing lines across the floor and walls. Percy would love it here. Wherever here was.

He'd eaten some more ambrosia, but that could only do so much. He still didn't have much energy, not enough to shadow-travel home. He had no idea how long he'd been here, or what was going on in the outside world. He hadn't eaten since his fight with Hazel. Gods, he wished he could see her. He wondered if she was looking for him. He'd have to apologize later; right now his goal was to get back home.

He stood up and walked towards what he assumed was the door. Weirdly, this 'door' had no handle or knob. It didn't even have a line down the middle to split it in two. If this was the door, then it would have to be split in two; it was MASSIVE!

Suddenly, the door hissed and split in half. Each side retracted into either side of the wall.

"Well, fuck" he said as he watched the door open

He cautiously walked through; checking on either side for people, all he saw were hallways. As silently as he could, he walked towards the steps now in front of him. They continued up before splitting in three, one continuing ahead, one going right, and one going left. He started to walk up them before stopping at the split. Unknowing of which way to go.

He tensed when he heard footsteps approaching him. He looked around to see a small person walking towards him from the right staircase. He couldn't tell if they were a boy or a girl; but they wore a green shirt with white at the end of the sleeves and in the middle, gray shorts that fell to their knees, and orange shoes. Not his style, but it looked okay on them.

The person was holding a tablet of somesort; they were engrossed in whatever was on it, as they didn't look up as they walked towards him. He panicked as they approached, unknowing of what to do. Should he ask for directions? Hide? Stay there in hopes that he's ignored? Whoever was walking towards him didn't seem to be a monster, but something pulled him here. The Gods? Hecate, maybe?

These questions showed no answer; but as the person walked towards him he moved onto the middle staircase, in hopes he'd be ignored.

"Hey Keith" the person said

"Umm…" he responded. But by then, the person had moved on.

Unaware of what to do now, he continued up the middle staircase. Hoping he could find an exit, or at least a clue of where he was. The stairs stopped and again split into three hallways.

"This place is like the labyrinth" he said to no-one in particular

He chose the middle path, hoping to make it easy if he had to backtrack. There seemed to be doors every now and then, but they weren't nearly as grand as the one he saw earlier. Suddenly one hissed, split in half, and retracted into either sides of the wall. A dude in a blue bathrobe, a towel on his head, a face mask (like the kind Piper would try to get him to use), and blue lion slippers stepped out. Nico froze. The man turned and looked at him.

"Oh, Hi Keith." He said

Nico didn't know who this Keith person was, but being mistaken for someone else was better than being found out; so he responded.

"Hi."

The dude looked him up and down and put his hands on his hips before leaning in towards Nico.

"What happened to your hair?'

"I- I just decided to change it…"

"Nice. You need to change your clothes next; you look more emo than usual."

Nico looked down at his outfit. He wore his usual attire; his aviator's jacket, black ripped skinny jeans, a skull shirt, and his sword.

"Oh, umm… Ok…" he responded

"Great, glad I could help."

He then proceeded to walk away. Nico was confused, but he decided to avoid anyone else. He didn't want to run into this 'Keith'. He then decided he would have to hide his sword somewhere; just in case he did run into someone, that way he wouldn't appear as much of a threat.

He continued walking down the hallway, checking every corner before continuing. Eventually, he reached another door; this one was bigger than the door the blue dude came out of, but smaller than the first door. Before he could walk up to it, it opened with a hiss. A man with orange hair and a very prominent mustache stepped forward. He donned a very weird outfit, mainly blue, but with white, gold, and a little gray on it. It looked like something straight out of a sci-fi movie. He wondered if he was on a sci-fi set. But he doubted sets were this elaborate. The man also had weird markings under his eyes. He then wondered if this was the monster that pulled him here.

Before he could think of what to do, the mustache man spoke, "There you are Keith. I was just looking for you. I need your help with the Red Lion."

Nico turned and ran. He had no clue what was going on, but he couldn't help this person. He rounded a corner, stopped and then dashed into one of the nearby rooms.

Coran watched as Keith ran away. He wondered where he was going; he could be running towards the Red Lion. Coran hoped he hadn't scared Keith, he just needed the Red Lion moved so he could clean the pedestal. Still, something was different with Keith, he looked a little different. Paler maybe? A little shorter? Whatever it was, it didn't matter. He ran after Keith, turned the corner, where he promptly lost him. He looked around, and his eyes rested on…Keith…

But that wasn't possible. Keith was just running away from him, now he's walking towards him. He's wearing different clothes too; he looks like he just came off the training deck. Perhaps he was wearing those clothes earlier and he imagined the other ones. Maybe he checked on the Red Lion, saw it was okay, and came back to ask what was wrong. Coran walked towards Keith.

"Hello, Keith. You have quite a lot of speed on you."

"W-What?" Keith responded

"Well, if you already checked on the Red Lion and then came all the way back here, you must be very fast."

"Coran, I have no idea what you're talking about?"

"I'm talking about how you-...wait…That...that wasn't you was it?"

"What are you talking about!? What do you mean 'That wasn't you'!?"

"I-I think someone has snuck onto the ship…"

"What! Who!"

"I don't know…I mistook them for you and asked them for help with the Red Lion…Then they ran."

"Well whoever that was, it wasn't me! We have to find them!"

"We should warn the others first!"

Coran and Keith ran back towards the control room and opened the door

Nico had dashed through the first door that had opened. Unfortunately, that room was full of people. They had all turned in his direction when he entered. The undetermined gender and the boy he saw before were here, along with three others who he had never seen.

Two boys and one girl. One of the boys had armor that was mainly white but with black every now and then, along with a black symbol on the front. The other boy had a similar outfit, only with yellow instead of black.

He took another look at the undetermind and the boy and saw that, they too, were wearing armor. The undetermind had green and the boy had blue.

He looked at the girl, expecting to see more armor; but to his surprise, she had long, white hair, and was wearing an over-the-top dress. She looked like some kind of royalty. She had the same marks as the mustache man, and he noticed her ears were slightly pointed, like an elf.

The girl spoke first "Ah! Hello Keith, I was just going to call you and Coran here."

If Nico could be any more confused than he was already, this did the trick. The man dressed in black studied him. Nico noticed his eyes drift towards his sword. Before he could do anything; the man asked.

"Hey, Keith, where did you get the sword?"

Nico noticed everyone's eyes go to the sword. At this point he couldn't take it.

"I Don't Know Who You Guys Are! And I'm NOT Keith!"

If they had any suspicions about his identity, this did the trick. Nico heard the hiss of the door and looked behind him. He saw the mustache man with someone he would assume to be Keith.

He heard the mustache man say, "Princess there's someone on the ship-"

That was when the mustache man and Keith saw Nico. They both looked surprised. Nico's eyes darted from the mustache man and Keith, to the other 5 people he saw. Wondering if he would have to fight them.

This chapter was much longer than the last, hopefully, the next chapter will be just as long or longer. As always, please give me some feedback on this chapter. I'm going to post the next chapter by the end of next week.