Five Trazes

Delta Traz

Author's note; ...I can't do injured Allura.

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Allura was hardly aware of anything. All she knew was that her energy was at an all-time low.

The Galra kept a tube to her arm filtering her quintessence into a storage unit on the other side of the wall.

She had tried innumerable times to summon it all back, but the machine was stronger then she was. It continued pulled, extracted quintessence from her body. She knew she was withering away, she could feel the lines of age pulling at her face. She would touch her face timidly as she felt the life leave it, sleep dragging her under.

While she slept, they would take away the machine and plug her to the IV, letting the rest and nutrients recover her dying body.

Then, when she blinked her eyes open, they would plug her back up.

It felt like she died, again and again.

But she didn't. She hovered on the brink of her demise, and then they would restore her.

She hated them so much.

She hoped against hope that her friends would save her.

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"Remember," James reminded his team, glancing at Veronica. He was quite surprised she had decided to leave her brother's side to come on this mission, but it probably had to do with the fact the woman who would most help her brother recover was here. "We're aiming for silence, again, because it worked so well with Hunk."

The three females, and Ryan, nodded in agreement, his closest companions saluting.

"Alright, let's go." James stepped into the Galra hall, Ina managing to yank him back before a patrol of sentries spotted him.

"You're lacking your usual watchfulness." She teased, though a smile didn't appear on her lips.

"Yeah..." this time, James was cautious as he peaked around the hall, the sentries heels just disappearing around a bend. He turned around, waving them on quietly.

The five crept down the hallway, sparing the sentries a worried glance.

They were, so far, doing quite well, dodging patrols.

It looked like they might make it to the cell and back without triggering everything.

And then James stepped into a hallway, the classic red beam blinking angrily as his foot landed between it.

WHAMP WHAMP WHAMP WHAMP

"Holy-!" Nadia cried, jumping back. "What triggered that?!"

James glanced down and frowned at the laser beam, sighing. "Sorry, that's on me."

Ina opened her mouth probably to explain something about the emission spectrum of the beam, but Veronica grabbed the back of her suit to remind her about the present situation, and threw her suitcase onto the ground.

"You still have that?!" Nadia yelped, blinking.

"Yep. James, Ina, Nadia, you go get Allura. Kinkade, you and I are going to take out any sentries that happen this way."

Kinkade flexed his muscles, smirking. "With pleasure."

Veronica grabbed the two handles sprouting from the machine gun, waving them on with her head. "The sooner you go, the quicker we can leave."

Ina and James pivoted immediately, having to break Nadia out of her awed trance.

The took off in a steady run, dodging around hallways.