Chapter 7

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Lance smirked as he followwd the tall galra man, who had introduced himself as Lotor.
Though Lance didnt exactly trust Lotor, so far he hadnt done anything bad... Besides, who would be able to escape... Right?
"So what's the proposal?" Lance asked, speeding up his pace as he felt eyes burning into his back from Galra soldiers.
"Oh you'll see" Lotor purred, they walked into a room that had absolutely no lights, yet Lotor navigated just fine.
"Now show the paladin the little present we got him" Lotor said.
Lance, thought very confused, was already tensed and ready to run like hell if he needed to.
The lights turned on and there sat the paladins,
Shiro, Matt, Pidge, Hunk, Keith, Allura and Coran.
"L-lotor what is this?" Lance stuttered out as he took a step backwards.
"Its a surprise... You rule by my side, Prince Lance and Prince Lotor, rulers of the universe" he said with a smirk before he frowned "or I end the Paladins of Voltron, right in front of you" he said as he walked over to Keith,
"One by one, and leave the last one to you" he purred as he grabbed his chain, pulling him down to the floor.
"They did ruin your life after all... Why should they deserve to live?" he growled as he shoved Keith backwards.
Lance was shocked, shocked to see the Paladins so easily chained and caught in front of him. He glanced at Hunk and then at Pidge, then at Coran, he couldn't look them in the eyes.
"What happens...." he paused he took a nervous breath,
"What happens if I go with you?" he asked, his fists clenched as he tried not to look weak, because who knows what would happen if they saw a glimpse of him being weak.
"Well that would all be up to you, because if you do accept my proposal, you become Prince Lance, you get to do whatever you want with them" Lotor said as he caught his gaze going over all of them.
Lance gulped nervously, he glanced around the room
"I a-accept" he said softly
"Speak up darling" Lotor said as a mischievous grin slipped onto his lips
Lance's eyes opened to gaze over the Paladins again.
"Lance please dont!" Keith manged to get out before Lotor kicked him in the stomach and he doubled over.
"I...." he paused.... How could he do this to his friends?
What kind of friends were they anyway? Horrible ones.
But they weren't all horrible.
'Yes they were' a voice in his mind whispered
'All so horrible and rude' it sneered
'But Hunk, Pidge, Coran? They don't deserve it!' he thought back
'Did they ever stand up for you? Ever stop Shiro or Allura and tell them you actually did something?' the voice growled. Lance could already feel tears build up as he felt tears build up in the corners of his eyes, as he remembered them silently watching or just continuing with whatever they had been doing when Shiro or Allura stormed down on him.
"Well Paladin Lance? You have the power to do whatever you want, just at your fingertips" Lotor whispered into his ear.
"An entire army behind you, an entire kingdom with you" Lotor whispered again, his hand grasping Lance's
"Just say 'yes'" he said.
Lance shivered and looked over the Paladins, how he had the power to do anything to them...
"I accept" he said, he glanced at the Galra soldiers on the sides who immediatly bowed down, Lance gasped softly for a breath,
"Prince Lance" Lotor purred as he did a royal bow in front of him.
"What do you wish to do with them?" Lotor asked as he stood behind Shiro, he pulled his head back and traced his finger along his neck.
Lance glanced at them all, Keith's pleading eyes and Pidge's terrified eyes as Lotor walked behind her.
"Take them to some cells" he said, watching them being shoved upwards and tugged towards the doors.
"My my, I expected you to be much harsher. But thats what we have Haggar for" Lotor said and tugged him gently before following where they were being lead.
Lance watched as they were shoved into cells, each one into an individual cell.
"Should I leave you darling?" Lotor asked softly to which Lance nodded.
Lance sat down in the middle, he could already feel their hatred burning off.
"What the hell Lance?!" Shiro growled and banged against the bars to which he flinched, he stayed silent in the middle.
Shiro and Allura growled insults at him for a couple minutes before Keith stopped them both.
"Lance what did you mean by what you said in that forest?" Keith asked softly, everyone looked at Keith except Lance.
"What do you mean?" Shiro said
"He told you something and you didn't tell us!?" Allura exclaimed
"Could've been something personal" Hunk muttered as he sat in the middle of his cell with his legs crossed.
"I meant exactly what I said Keith" Lance said as he walked over, Keith was clinging to the bars, anger and confusion burned in his eyes.
He squated down and grabbed Keith by the collar of the inside of the Paladin armour
"I meant exactly what I said.... You guys ruined my life and didnt even care" he growled before shoving him back.
The thoughts had finally broken him,
'Make them feel weak, useless, just like they did to you' the voice purred.
"All of you are lucky I didnt decide to let Lotor have his way back there" he growled before he left the room in complete silence.
"Keith what was that all about?" Pidge asked, trembling against the wall.
"I...." Keith started
'I can't tell them.... They'll be even more pissed off at Lance' he thought as he ran his hand through his hair.
He didn't know what to do or say... What was he supposed to do? Lie to his friends?
"Well"

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