Intruder Alert

Chapter 2

Allura pushed passed Shiro and headed to the back of the room. She shuffled along the back wall obviously looking for something.

"Prin-" Shiro started to say but Allura interrupted him.

"There are these aliens aboard that can create natural elements out of nothing and bring them out of nowhere," She grunted as she bumped into the couch and nearly fell over, "They are known to board ships and kill the members of the ship one by one until no one is left. They have this special ability to sneak onto the ships without triggering any alarms." she turned to face them...or where she thought they would be in the pitch black room. "That's why I need everyone to stay quiet and do exactly as I say."

Lance snickered for some reason and he received another swift kick from Pidge. He was about to cry out when Keith found Lance's mouth and covered it with his hand.

Pidge slid gingerly from the chair at the table and found her way next to the princess by listening to the swishing of her dress against the floor. She only stumbled like three or four times.

"What are you looking for exactly?" Pidge whispered. Allura stopped moving along the wall long enough to answer her question.

"Every room in the castle has a secret passage that connects each room to an emergency bunker that has no other entry point except through the passages. My father had them installed on all of his ships after these same creatures attacked one of his cargo ships,"

After hearing the desperation in her voice Pidge stood next to her moving her hands along the wall.

"So what exactly are we looking for?" she asked again loud enough for the other paladins to her but not too loud to where it would attract attention to there location. A few moments later she heard some movement next to her and then on the other side of Allura. She smiled the others had picked up on her hint.

"We're looking for anything out of the ordinary. A raised panel a hidden lever, a switch of some sort."

"You mean like this?" Lance asked. There was a small click and then a panel slid open right in front of Pidge. As the door opened she could feel the cold draft blow past her.

"As you can see these tunnels haven't been used in a while," Pidge said as a couple of spiders ran past her bare feet. She jumped away as they scurried past.

"Well there being used now," Allura said as she made her way towards the tunnel. The sound of the PA system caused her to turn around.

A raspy voice spoke.

"Attention all members aboard this ship. You have been one of the lucky few chosen for a game. The game you may ask is quite fun actually." Snickers could be heard on the other side of the comm. "It's a game of survival. Every man for himself no teams and no truces. The object of the game is to be the last one standing. To become the last one standing you must kill your comrades. You make think "No there's no way I'd kill one of my crewmembers" well think again. Because if bodies don't start dropping within 30 minutes....." there was a slight pause, "...then we'll start dropping them for you."

There was a click as the PA system turned off. The Paladins looked at each other pure horror on their face.

How could anyone be so cruel? Pidge thought as Allura hurried them into the tunnel. Pidge knew she wasn't the only one thinking it.

As they made it farther down the tunnel the more sand that covered the metal flooring. It was very easy for someone to go sliding down and end up lost in the maze of tunnels. Pidge stepped carefully every step of the way.

Of course, Lance was the one to slip a few moments later. Pidge had the wind knocked out of her as Lance slid under her. She landed on top of him and they both went sliding down the tunnel. Pidge covered her eyes and held her breath. The fading sound she heard was Shiro and Allura's screaming "NO!"