Blue woke up laying down with an open room in front of them, and a heavy weight on their left ankle.

Their shoes had been taken, and as they sat up, they noticed they were sitting in an empty throne room.

But it was Galran.

They noticed someone they assumed was Zarkon standing in front of a moving wall, wait. Walls don't move!

Blue noticed he was talking to some prisoners, who blue assumed were the paladins, after all, they were the ones who tried to protect them when they were attacked.

Blue gave a look around and noticed that he was chained in front of an empty throne. The movement caught Zarkons attention away from the paladins, who they swore had a few more bruised than before.

"Hello Blue. I am Emperor Zarkon, you will play for me."

Blue gave a small nod and softly replied, "Yes Emperor." They gracefully got up and walked in front of Zarkon to the piano while he held their chain to attach to the leg of the Grand piano.

They tested a few keys to make sure it was tuned then started playing softly.

"I'm trying to hold my breath

Let it stay this way

Can't let this moment end

You set off a dream in me

Getting louder now

Can you hear it echoing?

Take my hand

Will you share this with me?

'Cause darling without you

All the shine of a thousand spotlights

All the stars we steal from the nightsky

Will never be enough

Never be enough

Towers of gold are still too little

These hands could hold the world but it'll

Never be enough

Never be enough

For me

Never, never

Never, never

Never, for me

For me

Never enough

Never enough

Never enough

For me

For me

For me

All the shine of a thousand spotlights

All the stars we steal from the nightsky

Will never be enough

Never be enough

Towers of gold are still too little

These hands could hold the world but it'll

Never be enough

Never be enough

For me

Never, never

Never, never

Never, for me

For me

Never enough

Never, never

Never enough

Never, never

Never enough

For me

For me

For me

For me"

Zarkon gave a cruel smile- Blue was starting to think that Zarkon forgot how to smile happily- and said slowly,

"Blue, come stand over here, by me. I have a rag-tag group of heroes," Zarkons voice was filled with venom, "To deal with."

Zarkon talked down to each paladin, until he reached an empty set of chains.

"I see the Blue one is missing. Shame, I heard his screams are beautiful."

Blue shivered and tried to play it off as being cold and rubbed their arms up and down their bare arms to sell the story.

Zarkon absentmindedly dropped his cloak over Blue as Keith shouted out,

"We will never tell you where he is Zarkon!"

Zarkon made a fake sad face- which solidified Blue's idea that Zarkon was mentally unstable- "I also heard his beauty and kindness are unmatched in this universe. He supposedly saved an entire underwater planet from a Bakku all by himself."

Pidge scoffed- blue flinched at the blatant disbelief and looked to the left- while Hunk paled.

"watch then paladins."

~The blue and yellow lions were sitting in the ocean, the yellow one was dull while the blue one seemed more active than they were in space. "Hunk, did you see that?" Hunk replied, "No Lance, I haven't seen anything. What was it?" Lance let out a giddy laugh, "I-I think I just saw a mermaid!" Hunk let out a deep breath, "Alright, how hard did you hit your head. Mermaids aren't real Lance!" There was a flick of a tail and lance was now outside of his lion and looking around. "LANCE! Why are you out of your lion! You should stay inside!" Lance let out a beautiful amused laugh, "Chill hunk, I'm just letting out a check! If there is no mermaid like you say, then I'll be fine. Also, my suit should prevent her from leading me down to a watery grave."

It turned out there was a real mermaid there, she led them through the city and up to the palace, where they met Queen Luxia who offered to help them reach their friends, and offered them a meal, which Hunk devoured and Lance ate slowly, not watching the octopus dancing on stage, which hunk was enthralled with. "May we watch around the city, Your majesty? It's quite a lovely place, and it would be a waste to just stay in your palace while we wait. Don't get me wrong, your palace is lovely, I would just love to see more."

Luxia nodded her head, "Yes. Feel free to study here, where we are all Safe and Warm."

Lance was exploring with hunk and said, "I haven't done this much swimming since Veradero. I miss it."

"Why?" Hunk asked, gaining a bewildered look from the Cuban swimming in front of him, "We're all safe and warm here. It seems like an ice planet so no Galra would dare come here." Lance let out a nervous chuckle. "Let's get back to the palace, I think you're a little sick." Hunk shook his head, "But here we are all safe- "

Lance cut him off, "Yeah, yeah, I get it. Here we are all safe and warm. Let's get some sleep in you, crazy." They went back to the palace and Lance asked Luxia if they could go to their rooms, "For we are tired from our fight that lead us to crashing on your beautiful planet." They went to their room and Lance started rambling about how he missed Veradero. "I wonder if the water here tastes salty, like the ocean, or if its like a pool, ooh-ooh! What if its Brackish! Ya'know! Like where Salt and Clear water mix! Man, I miss Veradero. I think I'd even be happy to see Iverson! Though, that's a bit of a stretch." Hunk heard a voice, telling him to attack, 'He's not affected, he must be vanquished!"

Hunk stood up abruptly, shocking lance with a menacing sneer on his face that rivalled Snapes. "H-Hunk? Hermano?" Lance got a full-on fist to the face that sent him smashing into a rock hard enough to crack it, "HERMANO!?!" Lance panicked, as Hunk kept beating him up and throwing him into rocks so hard, they cracked. "Hermano Por Favor!" Lance cried before hunk threw him through a pillar, and into a cracked coral wall. A bloodcurdling scream was erupted from lance as he was flung through the pillar.

He was almost unconscious, but he noticed a small silver canister thrown in and blowing up, sending hunk flying and gentle hands grabbed his torso gently as he blanked out. ~

Zarkon looked at the fear in their faces and the self-hatred from the Yellow one, "There's more~" He sing-songed cruelly, loving their faces of terror.

~ Lance came to not able to see and feeling his hands restrained behind his back, "Wh-who's there? H-Hunk I swear to Dios if that's you you're not getting my double layered chocolate cake for your birthday this year!"

"I do not know who 'Hunk' is or what 'double layered chocolate cake' is but I believe you are the Savior! Swirn! Get the jellyfish to make sure he can't be brain-swished in case he isn't the great one!" They put it on his head and Lance hissed at the stinging sensation on his head and suddenly his vision came back, and he noticed that he had been blindfolded by a starfish and tied up with kelp.

After planning, they managed to get the queen away and lance was forced to stun Hunk with his gun. They realized that the queen was the first one brainwashed and threw his last antidote at Hunk as he was about to shoot him with his cannon. "L-Lance?" Lance took his gun and stunned another Mermaid who tried to attack him, "No time, get to your lion and help me!"

Lance used a sonic boom that blue showed him and destroyed the Bakku. ~

Zarkon watched as their faces went slack in shock. He continued speaking, "Also," All their attention went to Zarkon, "I've noticed your reactions Blue."

In one swift movement, Blues mask and wig were snatched off while gripping both wrists in the other.

"Ah, so the beautiful Blue is a paladin. No matter, you'll pilot Blue while I'll pilot black. After all, every blue paladin has a special place in the black one's heart." Lance flinched when Zarkon raised a large hand, shock being the only readable emotion on his face when Zarkon gently placed the diadem on his head.
"w-What about Blaytz? H-he was a blue paladin!" Lance countered.

"Ahh yes, Blaytz. He was dear to me, yes, but not as dear as you. Your kindness is known throughout the universe, while Blaytz was only good for flirting and not being nice. I wonder how the champion feels about you? The red half-breed as well. It's natural for red one to feel protective over the blue one. The blue one was always the one to get in trouble for their nature." Lance struggled against Zarkons tight grip. He sent the others a panicked look after he realized he couldn't get out.