Within the next morning, everything between warm, cold, and quiet. Keith was lying down on something on something that is soft with a dreamless sleep. Suddenly, he felt a strange flinch on his head. Keith slowly open his eyes; he sees a door that has seems to be a cell door. With dim lights within his room. Feeling lightheaded and groggy, Keith slowly forced himself to sit up. "Uh," Keith moaned. My head...my throat... Keith has begun to rub his head. What happened? Keith wondered, How did I...? suddenly, Keith felt something clinging onto both of his wrists. Keith looked at both of his wrists, he saw chains are wrapped around both of his purple wrists. Wait a tick, Keith's eyes widened. Purple? Keith looked straight towards his purple, claw like hands. "What?" Keith examine himself. Keith found himself wearing prison clothes that Shiro has once wore during the Galra Empire still around. But due to the smell, he suddenly knows it was clean. Slowly, Keith as started to notice that both of his nose and ears are sensitive, and his jaws ached a bit. He has also noticed that his ears are moving as well. Within the near of curiosity, Keith has almost begun to panic. Stay calm. Yield. Focus. Keith calm himself down. Now's not the time to panic, Keith took a deep breath and started to look around his surroundings. Keith knew that he is on a bed, but to his left. There is a nightstand with a lamp and a book for him to see and read with. On to his right, Keith saw a toilet, a sink and a mirror. Mirror, Keith quickly got up and quickly walk straight towards the mirror.

When Keith is in front of the mirror, he looks at his reflection. In horror, Keith couldn't believe of what he is seeing through his eyes. He saw himself that he is covered in purple fur, his scar-like-mark is in deep purple. But his mullet hair is close to a dark indigo-blue, purple cat like ears, fangs sticking out in his mouth, and his eyes. His eyes are bright purple that is shining against the light-yellow cornea color. He wasn't expecting to see all of that from his reflection. Not just that. He can feel it as well, both in and out. Slowly, Keith has his hands at both sides of the sink. "No," Keith muttered. How...how did I...?

"Good morning, fellow blade." A familiar voice has spoken up, with Keith's ears pricked up. Keith spun around to his right and see the shadow figure woman that he has saw from before. "Glad to see that you are up,"

"YOU!" Keith growled; Keith tried to run to her. But the chains that is connected to both of his wrists are attached to the wall that is above the bed. Both of his wrists are behind him and his face is near to the shadowy body. "What did you do to me?" Keith snarled as he felt his ears has flatten.

"Now, now kitty. Calm down," the shadowy figure spoke to him calmly.

"Calm down?" Keith growled, "I won't calm down, look at me. I am a half-breed Galra, not a full fledge one."

"And now you are," the shadowy figure giggled. "And the truth to be told, it looks good on you."

Keith growled, "Whoever you are, you better change me back. Before I..."

"Or what?" the shadowy figure interrupted, "Pounce on me. Please darling, save that heroic face. I am not flesh and blood, I am a shadow. I cannot be touched,"

"Whatever!!" Keith snarled, "As long as you can change me back,"

"Change you back," the shadow figure giggled. "It seems like that you don't remember,"

"Remember?" Keith felt his cat-like ears has tilted a bit, "Remember what?"

"About last night," the shadow figure approaches to Keith.

"What?" Keith jumped, suddenly, the shadow figures arms has stretched out. Having both shadow hands at both side of Keith's head. "What are you...?"

"That night..." her voice has begun to echo, "I have the power of life...to change..." Within a flash, Keith's head has started to ache with images flying before his eyes.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Flashback Starts~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

...Over 12 hours earlier...

Within the hallway, Keith has been dragged by the teenaged boys through the hallway. Keith struggled to get out of the teenaged boys grasp but noticing that they dragged him to a room that he wasn't familiar with. "We have to get him ready," said the teenaged boy on Keith's left. "Before the Mistress would get angry at us,"

"Right," the teenaged boy on Keith's right replied as both boys have thrown Keith to the floor. In impact, Keith's air has been knocked out of him when he hit his chest on the floor. Slowly, Keith regain his breathing as he slowly struggled to free his bond arms. Suddenly, Keith has felt one of the boys has sat right on top of his body arms and back.

"Mmph mnmph gooph," Keith grunted within his gag.

"Sorry," said the teenaged boy that is on top of Keith. "Can't take any chances to let you up,"

The second teenaged boy chuckled when he is near at the cabinet. "You got that right,"

Keith grunted as continues to struggle. Suddenly, he felt the teenage boy that is on top of him is untying the knot that is behind his head. Slowly, the cloth has slipped off his face. Keith was about to spit the cloth out of his mouth. Within a tick, a cloth that is in a color of navy blue. It has swooped down and covered both his nose and stuffed mouth. The cloth was wrapped around his cheek bones and chin tightly. The teenaged boy makes sure that it was fully secured tightly behind Keith's head. "Mph!" Keith grunted as he could nearly breath for a moment.

"Sorry mister," the boy that was on top of him spoke. "We couldn't change you when you are awake,"

"Mph?" Keith moan weakly as Keith continues to breath in and through the cloth. Slowly, he has noticed that his head has started to get fuzzy. With every breath that he's been breathing, his head has become more fuzzier and fuzzier. Suddenly, his word has turn black.

While Keith is unconscious, the teenaged boy got off Keith. He sighed, "Finally, he's knocked out." He spoke,

"Indeed," the second teenage boy nodded. "Now, let's hurry before the Mistress calls us."

"Right," then the boys have begun to uncuff and untie Keith. And, begun to do something that they won't regret.

Few moments have passed, the teenaged boys have fully changed Keith to prison clothes that they have collected from their scavenger hunts. They put Keith's armor in the garbage shoot and kept Keith's blade in a box for their Mistress to examine. In relief, the boys have started to drag unconscious Keith to a room that is at the West Wing of their ship. A room that they wished that they have not introduced to in the first place. But kept it clean for a reason.

Slowly, the teenaged boys use their strength to hold onto Keith's unconscious body and strapped him on a strange table that is in diagonal angle. After strapping him on the table. One of the teenaged boys took the navy-blue cloth off Keith's face. And replaced it with the previous cloth that was over Keith's stuffed mouth once again. After he is done, they have left the room and went to tell Nephrite and their Mistress about their task.

For a few moments later, Keith slowly woke up and felt his body is very stiff. Keith slowly open his eyes; he saw something strangely familiar. He saw a table with familiar tools, but only in a different color. Keith tries to move himself, but he have forgotten that he couldn't. Keith look up; over his head and see both of his both of his wrists are restrain to the table that he is on. He looks below, he saw a change of clothes that looks oddly familiar. But to his ankles, he saw that they are restrained to the table as well. Keith tried to move a bit, but his restrains won't budge. Keith also tried to make a sound, but he has noticed that his mouth is still stuffed with the rag and cloth from before the change of clothes. "Mph," Keith muffled as he felt how dry his throat really is. Keith tried a bit as his strength weakens a bit, before he knew it. Something has moved within the room.

Keith has remained silent and still for a tick, the familiar shadow figure has approached to him. "Well," the shadowy figure wickedly chuckled. "I see that you are awake,"

"Told you that wouldn't take long," Nephrite spoke.

"Indeed,"

"Mph mmph rumph," Keith gagged for his way of a growl.

"Sorry about this sweetheart," the woman's shadow figure has stroke it hand on Keith's cheek. "We can't let you go just yet, because I have bigger plans for you tonight."

"Mmm?" Keith raised an eyebrow,

"You'll see soon blade," Nephrite spoke.

"Yes, but..." the shadow figure moved away from him, "Let's just say that I like to play with the poor unfortunate souls,"

"Mph?" Keith nearly jumped as he struggles a bit.

"Now Nephrite," the shadow figure hissed. "Let's get him ready,"

"Yes ma'am," Nephrite nodded as he and the shadow figure begun to work on something.

Before they could finish, Keith struggled with all his strength. But he can feel both of his wrists are stinging for a bit as it lightly bleeds. Keith ceased his struggle and took a breath for a moment. "Now," the shadow figure hissed.

"It is done," Nephrite hands an orb glass to the shadow figure. Slowly, the shadow figure turned to Keith.

"Yes, it is time." The shadow figure approached to Keith, "For the change," as the shadow figure lift the orb. It has started to glow as she quietly begun to chant. Suddenly, Keith has begun to feel the burning sensation from his chest. As his chest begun to burn even more, Keith tried to contain the pain. All at once, his body couldn't take it anymore.

Keith throw his head back and muffled his pain through the gag. Suddenly, his aura around his body has started to glow. Slowly, some of his aura and his blood from his wrists has floated towards the orb.

As Keith's blood and aura is inside of the glass orb, everything has stopped. Suddenly, the cloth has snapped off from Keith's face and Keith was now been able to spit the cloth out. For a tick, Keith slumped his head and body in defeat. Breathing in as pain and heat remains both within and out of his body. The shadow figure chuckled as it held the glass, multi-colored orb. "It won't be long now for his transformation,"

"Indeed," Nephrite replied. Keith weakly lifted his head and tried to see what the shadow figure and Nephrite are doing. But all he can get is a blurry vision and ringing sound in his ears.

"Now, let's measure him. Before moving him," The shadow figure's voice echoed through the ringing sound.

"Yes Mistress," Nephrite replied. In pain and exhaustion, Keith fully passed out on the table without any idea of what the shadow figure and Nephrite are doing to him.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Flashback Ended~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

When the images have finally stopped, Keith yelped as he yanked himself away from the shadow figure. With his head throbbing, Keith collapsed to his knees and tries to breath for a moment.