(I thought about putting angst warnings. Been a while since I have updated and I'm so sorry. I'm alive though! This chapter warning is to let you know ...a lot of plangst is gonna happen....grab y'alls tissues and enjoy.)

No ones POV

The Paladins were in probably the most difficult fight of their lives. One of their best friends had become corrupted by quintessence. Well Lance actually. He was abused with it when he was captured and brought to the farla ship about a week ago.

Keith was attacking him, Shiro and Hunk were trying to figure out a plan as Allura was sneaking from behind. Pidge on the other hand, was panicking. Her best friend, her crush, corrupted and in pain. He is attacking everyone because he doesn't remember who he really is, or who they are.

She slowly got up from her hiding spot seeing that Keith has been knocked out and the rest of the group and been beaten almost to death.

Lance's now yellow eyes stared right into her hazel ones. Blood dripping from his forehead he ran towards her and attacked.

She tried dodging every move he made, but it was getting harder to move faster by the minute. Pidge was running out of breath.

"LANCE!" She started to yell. "STOP. PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD STOP! THIS IS'NT YOU!" He swung a gales sword at her and it cut her hand a bit.

She was crying, everything was hard to see. She zapped him at full power as he fell to his knees. He was dazed .

She ran to him as his sword fell. His eyes still glowing yellow and his skin with glowing purple streaks where his veins were. She spoke softly while crying.

"Lance...I know you're still in there." His face was emotionless.

"You know, after this is over we can go home and play some video games....you'd like that, right?" It was silent, as if they were the only two people to exist.

" Maybe we could go to that beach you always talk about and watch the sunset." She placed her hands on his emotionless face, moving her thumb back and fourth slowly on his cheek.

"Lance, if you are still in there...I love you."

He was slowly reaching for his sword as she was talking, and right as he was about to kill her she had spoke once more.

"And I'm so sorry.." she took the sword from his hands and stabbed him in the chest, making her cry out more.

She laid him down slowly as the yellow in his eyes began to fade, and the bright purple was replaced by normal vein lines.

"Pidge?" He questioned looking at her with tears running down his cheeks and blood running down his mouth.

She sobbed as she grabbed his face gently with her bloody hands. "Everything is gonna...it's gonna be ok.."

He smiled as he slowly brought his hand up to brush away some hair that was covering her face. "H-hey it's ok Pidgey."

"For the last time Lance...I told you not to call me that...." after that being said, his hand fell.

(That kinda reminded me of IT with Eddie and Richie )

She sobbed as she slowly brought her head down so their foreheads were touching.

"I love you, I love you, I love you," she kept whispering over and over again.