Not the Same

Escape

Lance squinted through the blinding light when he awoke.

Am I dead? Please tell me I'm dead. 

But as Lance got used to the bright light, he realized that he was in a glass case. It was like the pods in the castle. Except, Lance was conscience. 

Lance tried to pound on the glass and he tried to scream. But he couldn't move. He couldn't move his head or his fingers. He couldn't move anything. 

Lance looked around him. Altean scientists were walking around the room. Some were at tables doing experiments others were talking or taking notes. Lance recognized the Altean scientist who gave him his prosthetic leg.

Lance suddenly remembered the experiment that gave him ice powers. Lance closed his eyes and focused on his fingers. He imagined ice spreading around him. Then the ice breaking.

When Lance opened his eyes, frost had formed around the glass. Through the frost Lance saw a couple figures race up to him and started pressing buttons. One of the figures touched the glass and it started to crack. 

Suddenly, the glass shattered. Lance stumbled out of the glass case. He still wasn't used to his prosthetic leg. 

All the Altean Scientists started freaking out. They ran around the room yelling. The door to the room opened and six Altean guards walked in carrying guns. 

Lance raised his hand and froze the Altean guards. It felt too easy. 

A bullet raced past Lance, missing him by inches. Lance whipped around and froze the Altean with a gun. 

The Altean Scientists raced out of the room. They were all afraid of Lance. Lance walked out of the room and caught an Altean Scientist with ice.

"Where are the other paladin's that I came with?" Lance demanded.

"Th-they are in the s-south end of the ship." The Altean Scientist trembled, afraid that Lance would kill him.

"Show me." Lance unfroze the trap and pushed the Altean Scientist.

The Altean Scientist scrambled to get up and quickly walked down the halls. They made several twists and turns, Lance memorized each turn. Soon they stood infront of a cell door.

"Are you sure they are in here? If they aren't..." Lance didn't finish his threat.

"I-I'm sure." The Altean pressed several buttons on the control panel. A green light apeared and the door slid opened.

Sure enough, all four paladin's were sitting in the cell. They all looked up in suprise to see Lance. 

"Lance!" Hunk got up and huged Lance but then quickly pulled away. "Brrr. Why are you so cold?"

"I'll tell you later. Come on lets go." 

The Paladins helped eachother up. Soon they were all ready.

"Lance what happened to your leg?" Keith noticed. 

"I'll tell you later. Lets just get out of here." Lance turned his attention to the Altean Scientist. "Where are our Lions? The one's that we were brought here in?"

"They a-are in the hangar." 

"Take us there."

Halfway down the hall, Lance heard several footsteps catching up to them. 

"We need to hurry. Run!" Lance yelled at the others. 

They all burst into a sprint. Every time Lance used his prosthetic leg, it would propell him forward making him run faster. Soon he was ahead of the others by a good several yards. He tried to slow down but he was afraid of being captured again. He still couldn't believe he was escaping! He had never made it this far.