Chapter 3: In Little Ways Everything Changes

Pidge yawned and got out of bed, thinking of what she should do for the day.

Lotor has some diplomatic things to handle he's been avoiding since he got back… I should probably let the others know I'm not dead and work on Green, she probably misses me.

She looked for clothes to wear. She opted for a baggy t-shirt, probably one if Lotor's sleep shirts he never wore, a pair of shorts, and a pair of house slippers. She brushed her teeth and thought about what else she should do while she waited for Lotor to get back.

Eat something probably… I could work on some code… Probably should train, never know when we'll need Voltron.

She caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror she blushed. The shirt didn't really hide the bite marks or hickie's on her neck. She looked down at her legs. Luckily the shorts hid the ones on her thighs. She sighed.

"I should probably talk to Lotor about that." She mumbled. They didn't hurt, but Pidge didn't exactly want to show her friends what she had been doing the past few days. She also didn't want to cover them up because she knew they would assume the worse. She sighed and walked over to the door.

She pressed her hand on the panel.

Nothing

She tried again.

Nothing.

"What's going on?" She tried once more.

It prompted her to input her password, which it would only do if it didn't recognize her print or DNA signature. She raised an eyebrow and did so anyway.

Incorrect.

She started to grow worried, but tried again, maybe she misspelled it.

Incorrect.

She tried once more slowly hoping she was just rushing before and hitting an incorrect key.

Incorrect: try again in one Varga.

Pidge's eyes went wide with panic. She couldn't even access the database from this room. Lotor had borrowed her laptop for the meeting he was at.

"HELP!" She started pounding on the door with her fist. "ALLURA! CORAN! ANYONE!"

After a Varga of trying Keith was the one to save her. Pidge hugged the Galra in relief.

"Are you alright?" Keith asked looking for any noticeable injuries and blushing when he saw the hickie's and bite marks.

"The castle locked me in my room." Pidge noticed Keith's gaze on her neck. "Um… Please tell me I don't need to explain those because that's going to get awkward."

"So, the castle just locked you in your room?" Keith asked changing the subject.

"Yeah, first it wouldn't recognize me, then it wouldn't accept my password and locked me in. And I couldn't check it out because Lotor has my laptop." Keith walked over to the control panel and accessed the database.

"That's weird, someone deleted you from the database."

"How? And why me?" Keith stayed silent. "Keith? You know something don't you?"

"It could have been the group behind… What happened at the wedding…"

Silence. The color left Pidge's face.

"Th-they were aiming for me… Oh, my crow…" Keith caught Pidge as she slid to the ground. "I should've had been the one who got shot."

"Don't say that Lotor would've been heartbroken if you had died." Keith tried rubbing the smaller Paladin's back to comfort her.

"Lotor got hurt because of me."

"No, he chose to take the shot to make sure you'd be safe."

"Keith, what if they do it again? We know they can get into the castle! Nobody's going to be safe!"

"Pidge! Keith, what happened?" Shiro was the first to find them.

"I don't know how, but the group from the wedding somehow hacked into the castle, they locked Pidge into her room."

"Come on, let's get you somewhere safe. I'll talk to Coran and Hunk about sweeping the castle for spies and hackers."

"I'll take her to Green's hanger," Keith said helping Pidge up. She kept an arm around Pidge to keep the smaller girl up. "Pidge, can you speak? Ramble if you need to, but I need to know you're alright." Pidge nodded and started rambling on about why she referred to Lotor as 'Legolas' occasionally. Keith listened and commented on how fitting it was.

When they got to Green's hanger Pidge was speechless.

"Green! Are you ok, girl?" Pidge ran over to the ship. The entire hanger was trashed. Green was tied down by electric ropes. Green started to rumble in response. "Who did this to you?"

"That would be me, love. I came to check on her for you, and she started freaking out." Lotor explained. Pidge crossed her arms. "I had to tie her down to stop her from destroying the castle."

"I think I'll be leaving now," Keith said exiting. Lotor nodded and let him leave before turning his attention to Pidge.

"I think she sensed I was panicking," Pidge said. "And you can't just tie her down, she has feelings!"

"I understand that, but why were you panicking?" He walked up to his wife and cupped her face. Pidge looked away from him silently. "Katie? Did something happen? Are you alright?"

"I got locked into our room, the castle wouldn't let me out. We think someone people from the group at the wedding got in and deleted my data. I was stuck for a good hour until Keith came by." Lotor wrapped her up in a hug.

"That's horrifying!" He held her to his chest. Once he was sure she wasn't looking he smirked.

"I'm fine though, just a bit paranoid and jumpy." Lotor regained his worried expression and tilted her face up at him.

"You have reason to be. You almost died, Kitten." Lotor gently pet Pidge's hair, holding her to his chest. "You've been through so much."

"I'm fine… How did your meeting go?"

"That's actually what I wanted to talk to you about… They are demanding that I return to the main fleet to govern my people."

"I mean that makes sense." Lotor sat Pidge down on one of Green's paws. "I don't want to be far from you right now, though."

"You didn't let me finish."

"Sorry."

"They are also pushing me to produce an heir, especially since I'm married…"

"That's gonna be pretty hard if your there and I'm here."

"I know you love being part of Voltron, but it hasn't been needed in years. Don't you think it's time to settle down? More than marriage. Our child is going to need stability, but I don't want either of us to miss out on any part of it." He rested his hand on her stomach.

"We don't even know if I'm pregnant… I mean we didn't take any preventive measures to stop a pregnancy, but it's highly unlikely to get pregnant on our first try especially given that we're different species, then again your parents were, and Alteans have a similar biology to humans…"

"I'd love to hear more, but my point still stands: we're going to have a child eventually. Voltron isn't needed anymore. And I don't want to be too far from you in case something like what just happened, happens. However, my people need me." Pidge understood what he was asking. Lotor grabbed her hands and brought them to his lips. "I understand you'll need time to think, but it would make me very happy to enter our new home with you." Lotor gave her one last kiss on the cheek before he left.

"What do I do, Green?"