My Hero
Everything happened so fast that Pidge could barely register what was going on before it was too late. She felt herself getting pushed aside by a strong pair of hands as she fell away from what would've been a finishing blow by a Galra lackey. When she shook herself out of her surprise, she turned her head to see Lance falling to the ground with a crimson red stain growing on his shoulder. He gave a cry of pain as Keith quickly covered him before the goon could finish him off.
"Lance!" Pidge cried out in horror as she saw the blood now starting to spread throughout the rest of his uniform. She got up and ran to his side as she used her body as a human shield to protect him from the battle raging on around them. "Come on you gotta stay with me!"
Lance's eyes fluttered open and he groaned in agony as he tried to sit up but Pidge held him in her small arms, keeping him down to keep his wound from getting worse. "P-Pidge?"
"You idiot! Why did you do that? Now look at you, you're a mess!" Pidge cried as she cradled him, a tear rolled down her cheek and landed on his face.
Lance raised his hand and cupped her cheek, stroking her face with his thumb. "If you took that blow...you would've been killed..."
"Allura we need to get Lance out of here NOW!" Keith yelled over his communicator. He did his best to protect the two of them with Hunk, who was having troubles of his own keeping the Galra away with his blaster.
Coran frantically calibrated the teleportation device on Lance and Pidge as he hit the button to bring them up on the Castleship. Once they were onboard, Allura and Coran helped Pidge bring Lance to the infirmary.
"What happened out there and how did Lance get this injured?" Allura asked after they managed to put the Blue Paladin into the healing pod.
Pidge looked down and wiped away her run away tears on her face. "He shoved me out of the way from being killed by one of Zarkon's men. I'd be dead right now if he didn't save me."
"Well he's healing now, you should rest up. You look half-way to death yourself." Allura comforted Pidge as she placed a warm hand on her shoulder. "Me and Coran will help Keith and Hunk get this fight settled while you stay here and look after Lance."
So the Princess and Coran left the infirmary with Pidge looking after the injured Paladin. After a moment of trying to settle her uneven breathing, Pidge walked up to Lance's pod and leaned her head against the glass.
"I'm so sorry Lance...you're in this pod right now because of me. If I had just paid attention..." Pidge whispered as she couldn't help but give a whimper of guilt.
But before the waterworks could start again, Pidge shook her head and wiped her eyes. This wouldn't do. Lance wouldn't want her to be blaming herself this harshly when he was the one who pushed her out of the way in the first place. So instead, she smiled at him and lifted herself up onto her tippy toes so she was up to his face. Leaning forward she kissed the glass where his lips were.
"Thanks for saving me Lance. You're my hero." She whispered as if it was her deepest darkest secret. For the rest of the time, she sat there watching him while Allura and Coran helped Keith and Hunk on the battlefield with the Castleship. All the while hoping that her knight in shining armor would heal quickly so she could give him a proper thank you.
