Chapter 15

                                    

                                          
Another day had passed without any sign of Lance. The eerie silence in the castle was almost unbearable. 
                          
It was almost nighttime now, and Keith had found himself in Lance's room yet again. He was sitting on his bed, propped up against the side of the wall. Keith turned the photo of him and Lance in his hands. He had taken it down off the wall so he could keep it. 
                          
Keith heard the door swish open. He turned to see Pidge walking quietly through the door. "Oh, Keith." Pidge said, surprised to see him. 
                          
"Hey." Keith replied. Then, much to Keith's surprise, Pidge crawled onto the bed and sat next to him.
                          
They sat in silence for awhile, shoulder to  shoulder on the bed. "I miss him a lot." Pidge said.
                          
"Me too." Keith responded."It's a lot different from when Shiro was gone."
                          
"Yeah, we weren't able to be sad for Shiro back then cause Lance was there." Pidge added. "Remember that time he tried to make a cake?" 

                          
Keith laughed."That was definitely not a cake." Pidge giggled. 
                          
Then, the door opened again."I heard laughing, is Lance back?" Hunk called half-heartedly. He saw everyone on the bed and crawled up on the other side of keith."What's that?"
                          
"It's a photo Lance took." Keith said, handing it over to him.
                          
Hunk smiled."He did take a lot of them."
                          
"Its nice though, that he did." Pidge said. "Something to remember us all by." 
                          
The three of them stayed there most of  the night, just talking. That is, until Coran came in and made it weird. 
                          
The alarm sounded in the morning, gathering the paladins for another mission."Is it Lance?" Hunk asked when they had all assembled. 
                          
"No, but a nearby planet is in danger. " Allura explained. "The Galra are stealing the planets resources, leaving the people with almost nothing. "
                          
"Thats terrible.." Pidge said.
                          
"While we're at it, Pidge and Keith,  try to find any information about Lance on the ship," Shiro said,"Then meet back with the rest of us and help take back the planet."
                          
"Got it." Keith and Pidge replied. 
                          


                          
Keith and Pidge had made it safely onto the ship, and were making their  way to the prisoners first. Keith slashed at the door controls, opening it. There were only three captives from the planet below, and two from elsewhere. "You're safe, come with us." Pidge called. They filed out into the hall. Pidge took the lead as they made their way to the escape pods. 
                          
"Thank you for rescuing us." One of them said before getting in. Keith smiled back. 
                          
"Paladin," Keith turned to see one of the foreign aliens looking up at him." Was there one of you that wore blue?"

                          
Keith stared in shock. "Yes, we're trying to find him. Is he on this ship?" Keith asked, stepping closer to the alien. He exchanged glances with Pidge, who was listening intently.He looked a little like Slav, but with horns and more claws. 
                          
"No, he's not on this ship anymore. I saw him being dragged down the hall four or five nights ago. They first put him  in a different room, but when I saw him again he didn't have his blue clothes on. After that they kept him in the room down there." The alien pointed to a door down the hall. "Though I think they moved him a few days ago when the ship came here."
                          
"How do you know he's gone?" Pidge interjected.
                          
The little creature fidgeted a little, looking at the ground. "Every day, we could hear his screams.. they stopped two days ago, meaning they must've moved him somewhere else."