Matt paced the floor of his cell, back and forth in four-four time. Shiro had been gone for nearly three days and it was slowly eating away at his golden eyed lover.

"One, two, three,four."matt mumbled under his breath as he stepped, turning on four and repeating.

~flashback~

Matt had his hands rested on Shiro's shoulders as he guided the taller man, teaching him.

"One,two,three,four." Matt mumbled, keeping time with the music playing in the background.

"You're doing great, Kashi." Matt smiled, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose.

"Because of you." Shiro smiled.

Before either of the two realized their lips were connected in a passionate kiss.

~flashback end~

Matt was pulled out of his thoughts by the sound of the cell door being raised. He quickly turned around, ready to get dragged to the arena or beaten senseless, wouldn't have been the first time.

Matt was surprised as he saw a familiar face walk through the cell door.

"Kashi?" He mumbled, looking up at the taller male that smiled softly.

"I told you I'd be back." Shiro spoke, but something was off, his voice was more monotone.

"Shiro where were you?" Matt asked, taking a step closer to the male.

Something else was odd, Shiro kept his head down as he spoke. His figure was a lot more stiff, and he stood straight up, almost too straight to be human.

Matt growled when he realized that was not his Kashi, that wasn't Shiro at all.

"Who are you?! Where's Shiro?!" He yelled, pushing the taller male into the cell door, causing him to look up and golden eyes to meet bright yellow ones.

Matt froze in fear. He didn't know what to do. The man walked closer to him before wrapping his hand around the smaller boy's throat, pinning him against the stone cold wall.

"Where is he?" The clone asked.

"I don't know! I don't know where he is please just let me go!" Matt yelled, trying to pull away from the grip around his neck. "He's probably dead by now!"

The clone growled and tightened his grip. "Where is the champion?!"

Matt began to cry. "I told you, I don't know. Kill me if you want I'm no use to you."

The clone laughed and dropped Matt to the floor, causing him to groan in pain.

"We'll get it out of you." The clone sneered before walking out and slamming the cell shut.

                  ~~~a few months later~~~

Matt sat on the floor of the all too familiar cell, deep in thought, thinking of his family, Katie, his mom, his dad even. Sam had been sent off by now to god knows where.

As Matt sat deep in thought he looked at his bruised arms. He had spent a lot of time in the arena and by now it hurt to move too much, his ribcage being bruised so badly just standing too long hurt.

Soon the door to his cell opened and he looked over. It was Shiro.

"K-Kashi? Is it really you?" Matt asked.

"Matt, cmon!" Shiro whisper yelled to him. "They'll be here soon we have to go!"

Matt tried to stand but fell, Shiro catching him. "You're okay, cmon we need to get you out of here."

Matt smiled, feeling the warm embrace of his lover. Shiro helped walk Matt out of the cell and into the dark corridors of the Galra cruiser.

"Kashi, where are we going?" Matt asked, looking up at his lover.

"Somewhere safe." Shiro smiled at him. "I'm gonna get you out of here."

Matt smiled weakly and followed along with Shiro as they maneuvered through the corridors, avoiding Galra sentries at every turn.

Soon Shiro brought Matt into a room filled with Galran escape pods. "Cmon." He muttered, pulling matt along with him.

Suddenly an alarm went off and Galra soldiers seemed to pour out of every corner, aiming guns at the two. Matt cling to Shiro for dear life, hoping he had a plan. He looked up at his lover's dark eyes with worry.

"I'm sorry." Shiro said, looking down at Matt.

"What? What for?" Matt asked.

Before Shiro answered he pulled out a needle and forced it into Matt's neck, injecting him with a liquid that made Matt's body grow cold and his blood to curdle as he fell to the floor.

                                 He had been betrayed..