Intruder Alert

Chapter 4

"How many of you are there?" Pidge yelled at the two creatures impersonating Allura and Coran. The creatures smiled and looked at each other.

"As many as we want."

Pidge watched as Allura split from the middle her skin melted into two separate piles. Then it formed back together making two new "Allura's". She watched in horror as the same thing happened to "Coran".

"W-what are you?" she backed away calmly towards a door that led out into the hallway. She had to keep them distracted long enough for her to make her way to the armory.

"Uh uh uh. That's not important right now, what's important is who are you?" the creature gestured his hand out towards her.

Pidge's hand reached the door and she said, "I am Pidge Gunderson the Paladin of the green lion, and it was really nice to meet you, but I really have to go," with that the door slid open and she dashed down the corridor towards the armory.

She made it a few moments later making a beeline to the bayards. She picked her bayard up and placed the others in a bag that was lying nearby.

Pidge had just zipped the bag closed when she heard yelling in the hallway. The sound of footsteps outside the door sent her to the vent covering next to the door. She activated her bayard and cut it open. She cut a hole big enough for her to slide through easily while still being careful to avoid the sharp edges as she crawled through.

There was a loud bang as the door came crashing down and several footsteps entered the room. Pidge still had to get her legs through without scratching them too badly and she was running out of time! She clawed at the strap around her shoulder to get it off and push it in front of her. She was starting to move forward when an icy hand clamped down on her ankle and started to pull her backwards.

NO!NO!NO!

She tried to find a handhold but she was moving too fast. She knew it was coming but she still jumped when the sharp edges left long scratches from her waist all the way up to her collarbone. She let out a agonizing scream as the creature tugged her when the metal edge caught on her collarbone. The creature finally dropped her legs and she forced herself up. Pulling the edge out of her skin.

Her shirt was ripped and soaked with blood. There was a trail of blood drops left behind her as she forced herself to put as much distance between her and the creatures. At one point her head was spinning so bad that she collapsed. She let out shaky breath.

She grabbed the bag that held the other bayards and opened it. She pulled out the red bayard.

Let's hope this works.

She held the bayard in her hand and closed her eyes speaking with her mind.

Please work! I won't make it to a cryopod and I don't have anything to stop the bleeding...

Pidge opened her eyes when she felt her hand grow warm. There in her hand was keith's bayard glowing a rose red. Her eyes were wide with wonder and she watched for a minute or two. Her cider colored eyes reflecting the glow.

She snapped out of it when she took a breath and her whole front was enveloped in pain. Pidge ripped her shirt the rest of the way off and twisted a strip into a small roll. She activated her bayard so it was giving her some light so she could see as she worked.

She placed the roll of her shirt into her mouth and held it there. Gripping the bayard a little bit tighter she brought it closer to her skin. It made contact and she bit the cloth as hard as she could. Tears formed in her eyes and beads of sweat gathered at the back of her neck. She concentrated as she worked on the first of three deep long scratches on her body.

The skin melted together and the smell of burning flesh filled the vent. She was halfway done with the last one when she pulled the bayard away letting the silent tears fall down her cheeks. Her hair was matted to the back of her neck and the rest of her body was warming up despite the freezing metal walls of the vent.

When the pain had subsided for the most part she replaced the rolled up cloth in her mouth and continued her work.