Day One
When Coran entered the medical bay the next morning he did not expect the sight before him.
Lance, Hunk, and Pidge were surrounding Kaede's pod while Kolivan, Keith, and Allura were off to the side. Number five and two seemed to be saying something but Coran couldn't hear.
He had to rub his eyes to make sure that this wasn't just a dream. He thought that they all would still be in bed and he would be able to check Kaede's vitals without an audience. Worry seemed small when thinking about the teen. Last night the girl was barely hanging on. Getting electrocuted, sliced open, and fighting in a war did a number on your body.
"So wait, Kaede doesn't have fur because..."
"She is part human Pidge." Hunk said. The Yellow Paladin looked like he was barely following the conversation.
"Okay, okay. So we have established that she just has purple skin that changes colors. But we haven't established why Kaede can change between the two and Keith can't!" Lance said studying the pod. Kolivan rolled his eyes. "As a said earlier, the galra are an adaptive species. We are able to mate with about any species and our offspring will adapt based on that. Kaede is one of the more astounding ones since she can go between looking galra and human," Kolivan said. Allura gave him a side eye. If she was mistaken it seemed like there was pride in his voice.
"That is amazing!" Pidge said. "So could Keith potentially be able to look galra since they are twins?" Lance asked.
No one was really shocked with Keith told them this morning that Kaede was his twin sister. Everyone had their suspicions but didn't want to push the Red Paladin. He was not one for confining in others with personal stuff.
Now that Kaede was in her human form there was no denying that she and Keith were twins. It was looking at a female Keith, expect with galra marks and a scar over her eye.
"In theory yes. But it seems like he only inherited the quickness and indigo eyes of the galra," Kolivan said.
Coran looked at the group and a small smile came on his face. He knew that Kaede dealt with not feeling welcomed. She never told him that directly, but he had seen enough of it through Keith to know the signs. Chuckling, he couldn't help but realize that they acted alike a lot more than they knew.
If she could only see how worried everyone was about her, he knew that galra teen's heart would soar.
Allura noticed Coran standing there watching everyone. "I see we have finally decided to join the party," she teased with a smile. Her advisor smiled back and sat down at the console. "I wouldn't miss it for the world. I actually," he pressed a button, "thought you all would still be in bed. You had a rough day yesterday." The energy of the room dropped as everyone's mind went to the battle, Shiro's disappearance, and then finally discovering Kaede.
"I've been here all night," Kolivan said.
"I couldn't sleep so I joined him," Keith whispered.
Coran gave Keith a small smile. This whole thing has probably been the hardest for him. Not only did he lose his mentor, but he also found his recently discovered sister on death's door all in one day. Keith turned his head toward the pod and sighed. Coran wished that he could take away the pain the boy might be feeling. He knew what it was like to lose someone you love and cherish. Maybe later he could try and reach out to him.
Coran's eyes went to the Princess who was staring at the pod. He would never admit it out loud, but he was sure that the Princess and Kaede were becoming smitten with each other. Or at least becoming close friends. Coran had never seen Allura attach to someone as quick as Kaede and for her to be galra was an even bigger shock. He thought that the two would be at each other's throats, raging war not hanging out and doing missions together. But Kaede was a good person at heart. He could see it in the way she interacted with the Paladins. If anyone was going to break down Allura's walls, it would have been her.
"How's she doing?" Hunk asked pulling Coran out of his thoughts. He turned toward the screen and his heart sank at the readings. Overnight Kaede had developed an infection that was forming in her blood and taking home in her lungs. This should have been expected. None of them knew how long she had been laying on the floor with her wound exposed.
They didn't need to know this though. He would just set the pod to go after it. That sadly meant longer time in the pod for Kaede and none of them exactly knew how long. Reading over the report he also noticed that there were some past wounds that never healed correctly. The biggest one being her left eye. By the report, Kaede shouldn't have been able to see out of it, but being in her galra form her eyesight was probably heightened. Kaede probably didn't know about it. Tapping a few buttons he added that to the things for the pod to heal.
"Coran?" Pidge coughed beside him. He looked away from the screen and saw them giving him a worried look. "She is doing a lot better than yesterday. She will be in the pod for a while though. Her body took a beating yesterday." Someone took a sharp breath. "Sorry, poor choice of words. But her body is still very weak. It might take a few quintants or a few movements. The pod is having a hard time determining that."
"How will we know then if she is about to wake?" Hunk asked.
"Well, I can have it to where the pod will send a signal to our communicators three vargas before she wakes," Coran said typing something into the console. Kolivan gave a frown to the old Altean. "I do not have one of those communicators." Coran raised his eyebrows. He had forgotten that he didn't have one. He was so used to the Blade member being around. "I can program Kaede's. Her communicator will be," he looked at Kolivan's wrists, "smaller though."
He pulled opened the drawer and grabbed the communicator. It still had some of her blood on it. His mind flashed to her laying on the hanger floor in a pool of blood. Wiping it down quickly, he programmed it then handed it to Kolivan.
It was almost comical how small the communicator was in his hand. "I will just wear it as a necklace," he said pulling some string out of his pouch.
"I have a question," Keith said getting in front of Kolivan. "Your armor, could it keep Kaede from bleeding out and still not show the cut wound?" Kolvian gave a nod as he tied the communicator necklace on. "Yes, our armor is made so that even when cut it will not break. It is compressed to the body of whoever is wearing it in cases like this one. It helps keep them alive longer."
"So she could have got the injury when we were fighting the druids," Keith said in barely a whisper. "Theoretically yes."
Keith took in a deep breath and closed his eyes. "I'm going to take Red out and go look for Shiro. If anything happens notify me right away," Keith said walking out of the room.
Even though the door didn't slam everyone flinched when it closed.
"So Kaede could have been hurt then?" Pidge asked sheepishly. Kolivan shook his head yes, "She would have felt it though. The armor doesn't stop us from feeling any form of pain."
"She would have been grabbing her stomach then?" Hunk asked. Kolivan shook his head. "Yes. Even though my daughter isn't very vocal about her pain, she will bring attention to it through her actions." Thinking back, Allura only saw Kaede leaning on things or rubbing her arm that the druid had shocked her through. Allura looked at the ground, "She wasn't grabbing her stomach after they returned. That means..." She looked up at the group with tears in her eyes, "She got hurt when we were fighting the witch."
"I noticed she kept putting her hand over her stomach on the way back, but I didn't say anything. I," Allura wiped the tears, "I should have said something. Then she would be okay. We would at least have one person okay."
Coran was the first one to have his arms wrapped around the Princess. He knew that losing Shiro would devastate the Princess. Out of all the Paladins, they spent the most time together. Granted, once Kaede came she spent her fair amount with the teen too. Coran was shocked when she saw them hanging out on Olkarion. But the way Allura laughed and talked with Kaede made him relax. So, for the Princess to be this broken up about not only him, but Kaede meant that she truly cared for these people. That she was slowly healing and learning to get attached again. He couldn't help but smile from the thought.
Lance let out a sigh, "I am going to go help Keith look for Shiro. Two pairs of eyes are better than one." Everyone was a little shocked by this. Lance and Keith doing something together. "Why is everyone looking like they've seen a ghost?" Lance asked. "You helping Keith. Buddy are you sure you don't need to go in the pod too? You might have brain damage," Hunk joked.
There was a chuckle from Pidge, but Kolivan clearly did not like the mention of the pod.
"Yes, I am okay thank you very much. And for a matter of fact," Lance pointed back to Kaede, "Kaede made me hang out with our local broody mullet before we fought Zarkon. He actually isn't...that bad." A small blush started to form on his cheek. Pidge raised her eyebrow and whistled, "Looks like Kaede was trying to pl-" Hunk elbowed her in the side.
"That was nice of her. She was probably looking out for her brother. Sounds like a big sister thing to do," Hunk said with a smile. Pidge turned quickly to Kolivan, "Do you know which ones older?" Kolivan shook his head no. "Quiznak. I would make so many jokes if I knew. Also," her eyes lit up, "I have some tech that I believe could help the Blade." Kolivan gave a nod. "Since Kaede seems to be doing better then I will accompany you."
The two of them went toward the door with Lance following behind them.
"I think I might go cook something for later. We had a major victory and I know both Shiro and Kaede would want us to celebrate," Hunk said with a smile. Allura and Coran watched as the Yellow Paladin walked out of the room.
Turning back to Allura, she looked down and then back at the pod. "Do you think she didn't tell me because of my views?" Allura asked. "Do you think that she...she thought I would tell her she wasn't allowed to use the pod?" Coran put his hand on her back. The Princess's whole body was shaking under him. "I don't think Kaede would think that Princess."
"Then why? Why did she not tell me!" Allura shouted.
Allura walked over to the pod and started to hit it. "YOU PROMISED ME YOU WOULD COME BACK SAFE! YOU PROMISED!" Allura slid down onto her knees as she cried. "Now both you and Shiro are gone," she whispered.
Before Coran could say anything, Allura stood up and wiped her tears. "I'm going to go scan for Shiro and then reach out to the members of our coalition." He gave her a nod, "Sounds good Allura. If you need any help let me know."
She ignored him as she walked out.
Coran walked over to the pod. He thought that they wouldn't get her in there in time. She was barely breathing and blood was covering both her and Kolivan. He wanted to put her in the healing uniforms, but they didn't have time. In order to get Kaede in quickly, Coran opted to leave Kaede in her sports bra and shorts.
He gave Kaede a smile. Her galra marks were dark pink compared to her pale skin. He was hoping that she would get some color back. The poor girl lost a lot of blood.
His eyes wondered to Kaede's abdomen. The slice across her stomach bothered him. It didn't look like it was an accident. The cut was too clean and right where Kaede would have bled out quickly if her suit wasn't keeping it from happening.
As he leaned closer he noticed some purple forming around it. Studying it closely, it was a long oval going across the cut. It couldn't have been from her holding it. The bruising reminded him of a shoe print.
Coran straightened his back quickly. He began to think this was not an accident.
Night Three
Lance flopped down on his bed, not even removing his armor. Fighting Galra, looking for Shiro, along with training was starting to get to him. These last three days he had not only been drained physically but mentally too. Keith was one of the most difficult people to work with. Sometimes he was willing to listen to Lance, but there were times where he would just ignore him and do it whatever.
He wouldn't complain though. Keith had lost Shiro again and Kaede was barely hanging on.
Yeah, Lance knew that her charts weren't as good as Coran was leading them on. This morning when everyone did their morning check on her, he got a glimpse of her chart. He couldn't read it all, but he saw that there was an infection in her lungs and it was just getting worse.
Kaede wasn't healing though. The line just kept rising even though the medication was increased. It was almost like she didn't want to get better. It was like she had given up.
Sighing, he turned to his side. It must really suck to find your long lost twin sister for her to almost die and on top of that lose your mentor for the second time. That mentality was the only reason that Lance didn't go off on Keith today when he finally snapped at him.
"Shut the quiznak up Lance! God, just shut up! I know what I am doing! Just let me do it! If you don't like how I'm searching then quiznaking leave!"
Lance looked at the wall. Now that he thought about it, he seemed to be getting on everyone's nerves lately, even Coran's. The older Altean had never snapped at Lance before. It was known by all the Paldains that he was his favorite. So, it was a scary thing that he yelled at him.
All Lance had done was walk into the bridge to ask him about Kaede. Coran was watching something on a tablet, but before Lance could even ask he shut it off and yelled at Lance to get out. That he didn't want to be bothered.
His mind began to wander to Shiro.
Where had their leader gone to?
Allura said that Black might have teleported Shiro to somewhere safe because of the danger. But when they asked Black to find him, the lion just laid there. Red went across galaxies to find Keith.
So why wasn't Black?
Lance's first thought was that maybe Shiro died. But there was just no way. There should have been a body. A dead body cannot just disappear. Can it?
"Ugh!" Lance moaned as he sat up.
Shiro isn't dead. He is alive somewhere and they just need to figure it out. Hunk and Pidge are working on a way to scan for Shiro's DNA so that would help their search. This problem was going to be solved and everyone would be alright. Maybe once Shiro came back, people wouldn't be on edge anymore. It's like they are waiting for the next pin to drop.
Lance unclasped his breastplate and threw it on the ground. While tugging off his leg guards there was a knock on his door.
"Come...in..." he grunted as he pulled off the last piece.
He was in shock as Keith walked through the door. Lance leaned back and looked at the Red Paladin. Hopefully, he wasn't here to yell at him, but he couldn't tell. Keith had an amazing poker face.
Lance noticed that Keith was holding two stuffed animals; a bear and a hippo.
"What do I owe the honor?" he asked with his flirtatious smile.
Keith rolled his eyes. "I just wanted to come and say..." He looked down at the stuffed animal and closed his eyes. Taking a deep breath, the Red Paladin spoke quickly, "Thankyoufortryingtohelpwithfindingshiro."
Even though Lance understood what Keith said, he enjoyed making the Red Paladin squirm. "What was that? I couldn't quite understand that," he said in a teasing tone. If Lance thought that Keith was capable of showing emotions, he would have sworn that he was blushing.
"I said thank you for helping," he said looking down.
Lance gave him a soft smile. "You are very welcome," he said slowly, putting emphasis on 'very'. Keith returned a smile. Now it was Lance's turn to blush. Lance thought back to the conversation he had with Allura after the Balmera trip. They had talked about their feelings toward one another and yeah, it hurt that she would only see him as a friend. He understood it though. There would be times that people didn't reciprocate those feelings and he needed to move on.
His blue eyes locked with indigo ones.
He always knew that he had feelings toward women. They were some of the most beautiful things that he laid his eyes on. But lately, the thoughts he has had toward women, he's had toward Keith. That can't be right.
Right?
That is why he wanted to talk to Kaede. She was into women and she could confirm his feelings, but she could also help him walk through these feelings of liking the same gender.
She had promised them that they would continue that conversation. But now she was in the pod and who knows when she would come out.
"Lance?" Keith asked waving his hand in front of his face. Lance shook his head, "Sorry. Got lost in my own thoughts."
"I don't see how, since you barely think," Keith said with a smirk. This took Lance back. Was the Keith Kogane flirting with him?
"Well, well, well. I actually do think a lot thank you very much. What I didn't know that the tough and broody, Keith Kogane, was into stuffed animals," Lance teased back pointing at the teddy bear. Keith put the two animals behind him as his whole face turned red. "I have to go now!" he stated and walked out of the room quickly.
Lance was in shock as Keith ran faster than he had ever seen do before. Letting out a small giggle, Lance got up and finished changing into his pajamas.
His eyes wandered down to his communicator. Any minute it might go off letting them know that Kaede was going to get out. He couldn't help but wonder if she was lonely. Probably not, she was asleep. But, you know, what he didn't care. He would want someone to come visit him if he was in the pod.
"I know I won't be able to go to sleep so I might go pay Kaede a visit," he said to himself.
On the walk down he thought back to their battle with Zarkon. Going in he had no idea that they would lose Shiro. If he had known that he would have talked to him more, tried to get to know their leader and friend. Shiro had been his hero for such a long time that he forgets he is a regular human. Some one he can reach out to.
Lance looked at the door to the medical bay. Once they got Shiro back he was going to talk to him more.
He hit the button, opening the dark medical bay. The only source of light was coming from Kaede's pod. Giving it a small smile, he walked over and said, "Why hello there Kaede! How are we this fine evening?" He imaged that Kaede would turn around with a big ass grin and reply with 'Why it is Lancey Lance! What do I owe the honor?'
He stood in front of the pod, "I just wanted to check on you. You must get lonely down here. I know I would." He pulled up her chart and began to look at it. "I am so used to be surrounded by my huge family. There is like twenty of us! Well not in my house. There is about seven of us in my house." Lance continued to ramble as he scrolled through her charts.
It seemed that the horrible infection in her lungs was fighting off the antibiotics. Her wounds were almost healed along with her eye though. So, that was good.
Lance sighed, "So it is an infection that's got you still in here huh?" He looked up at the teen. It was unnatural how much she looked like Keith in her human form. Like if she had a mullet and didn't have the galra marks, Lance would think it was Keith in there and not her.
Thinking of Keith made a small smile come on Lance's face.
"I wanted to thank you for putting me on that mission to hang out with your broody brother. It was actually fun! Who knew Keith could tell jokes, like actual jokes!" Lance laughed. He looked back up at Kaede, "It really cheered me up after mine and Allura's talk. I was shocked to be honest that Allura had that talk with me the night you got back from the Balmera. I should have seen it coming though. Allura never showed anything toward me and she also..." Lance tattered off as a sad smile came his face. Anyone could see the look that she gave Kaede. He had given it to Allura a lot.
Taking a deep breath Lance said, "Allura, well, was my first real crush. She was beautiful, smart, and so caring. It just blew me away."
He gave Kaede a big smile. "I know you would understand that. I think you were the reason she finally spoke with me. I've never seen her act the way she does with you. She looks safe and relaxed around you. Which shocked me, because of your alls very first meeting. I thought she would never speak to you again. I think though she changed her mind when we told her about Aroshik. You should have seen her face Kaede. It was like a wall broke with her. She told us that maybe she had been hard on you and Keith. That maybe she would make things right."
He placed his hand on the pod, "It seems to be like she is."
Lance fell silent as tears fell down his face. He had been keeping the tears back every since the battle ended. But now, in this room, he couldn't help but cry. "Please come back to us Kaede. Please. I've never seen Allura so broken. She needs you. Keith needs you. You were able to break down some of his walls. I've tried for months while we were up here and you come and do that in a matter of days. So please," Lance slid down on his knees, "come back. They need you more than me."
Day Seven
Pidge sighed as she leaned back in her chair. She took her glasses off and rubbed her eyes. How long had she been up? It had to be more than forty-eight hours. The castle had gone through at least two "day" cycles.
"Ughhhhhh," Pidge moaned. She needed sleep, but she also wanted to work on this. If she could get it to work then it would help on their search for Shiro.
Just thinking about Shiro brings her mood down. Over these past few months, these people had become her family and to lose one really sucked. It just reminded her about Matt and her emotions become too much. Which is why she was working on this. She didn't want to think about her feelings.
The door to her hanger opened revealing a nervous looking Coran. She was shocked to see him. These last few days he had been hauled up by his console and refused for anyone, even Allura, to enter the bridge. It was a shock to everyone, except Pidge. She understood wanting to be left alone in her thoughts. Coran was probably taking all of this too heart. He cared for all of them and to lose two in one day. That must be rough.
That was something Pidge understood that all too well.
"What do I owe the honor?" Pidge asked rolling around in her chair. Coran looked around really quick. He looked really nervous. "Do you think someone could hack into our camera system?"
Now this had Pidge attention. "I mean," she turned back to her computer and began typing, "the castle's whole security system was bad before I came here. I've been slowly working on upgrading it. The camera was low on my list soooo yeah. It could happen. Why?"
Coran put a small tablet on her desk. Pidge gave him a side eye and picked up the tablet. "I know you've been working hard and Shiro does come first. So, if you have time could you look at this." Pidge gave him a concerned look. For him to mention Shiro came first meant that this was about Kaede.
Pidge liked the girl. She really did, but she was being healed and was going to pull through. Shiro, on the other hand, was out there and something might be happening to him. Which is why she hasn't gone to visit the teen every morning. Yeah, everyone still did the work they needed to get done, it was just Pidge thought that there were more important things to spend an hour on.
"Is this about Kaede?" she asked. Coran shook his head yes, "I believe that her wound wasn't an accident." Her interest was now peaked.
Was this what Coran was doing the last seven days?
What was on this tablet?
"Coran, what is on this tablet?" Pidge asked slowly. Before he could answer, Kolivan and Aroshik walked in. This was this first time she had seen Aroshik since the battle. Pidge was hoping he would never come around again, but the universe likes to quiznak with them.
The glare that Coran was giving the second in command was scary. She had seen that look when he was in protection mode.
Pidge glanced at the tablet. The pieces were slowly falling into place. Aroshik retaliated at Kaede. That made her blood boil. Kaede seemed like a nice girl and genuinely cared about the people around her. When she dropped the bomb about him breaking her arm over and over, it shocked everyone.
They tried to get her to talk about it more. It was just Kaede would shut down if they tried though. The abuse she received from this man must have been bad. Her fears were confirmed during their first meeting when he was pulling her hair. When he pulled his hand away he had a chunk of it. A literal chunk of her hair. That scared the absolute shit out of her. That man had that much strength just pull her hair, then she didn't want to see the strength he had when he broke her arm.
She clenched her fists. If she could she would have Green throw the man into space. Then shoot him into a million pieces.
But, instead, she had to play nice. Spinning around she turned and looked at the two Blade members, "I am popular today!" Kolivan nodded. Silent as always.
Pidge was still on the fence about Kolivan. He cared for his daughter, you could see it in the way he looked at her, but he kept Aroshik around even though he knew about the abuse.
Stupid Blade and stupid rules.
"I just to let you know that I will be leaving on a mission for a week. If you need me, please report anything to Aroshik."
"I would rather report to a shack of shit than report to him," Pidge mumbled.
"We will. Thank you for notifying us," Coran said with a smile but gave Pidge a glare. She knew that glare all too well. It was a 'Dad Mood Shiro' glare telling her to behave.
Kolivan gave a nod.
Once the door closed, Coran grabbed the tablet and turned it on. Various flies popped up. Some of them were video while other's were charts. All them were labeled under Kaede. At a glance some of these charts were scary. It talked about wounds that were over seven years old. Seven!
"What am I looking at?" she asked scrolling through the different files.
Coran walked over to the door and locked it. This must be bad if Coran didn't want others to walk in.
He pulled a chair over to Pidge and sat down. For the first time in a while, Coran looked very old. The wrinkles under his eyes were prominent and the bags were darker than hers.
"I believe that Aroshik attached Kaede and I believe that it has been happening for years." He scrolled through a chart and pointed at various ones. "I believe that he not only would break her arms but cut her and beat her. The scar on her eye I believe is from one of those attacks."
Pidge eyes grew as the charts showed over forty percent of her body was covered in scars. Scars that wouldn't be there due to battle.
"Coran, we need to show this to Kolivan," Pidge said as she continued to study the chart. "I want to, but-"
"No, buts Coran. This is actual proof."
"No, it isn't Pidge. It just shows that Kaede has scars. We don't really know if Aroshik did these. Only Kaede knows and she is the only one that can confirm this."
Pidge hated that he was right. Kolivan won't do anything unless Kaede brought it up. Stupid Blade rules.
"So what does this have to do with the camera system?"
Coran moved the flies and pulled up various videos. "Watch these videos okay and let me know what you see wrong," he said as he clicked on a video.
Kaede popped up on screen. She was leaning against the ship talking to Kolivan and Allura. Pidge automatically knew what she was about to witness. Leaning closer she saw that Kaede was in severe pain. Her purple skin was so pale. Pidge couldn't help but gasp when Kaede removed her top and blood began physically pouring out of her body. Kaede looked like she knew exactly why this happened.
Pidge couldn't help but feel like she was a part of why Aroshik did this. She helped stand up for Kaede. Every one of them did.
Kaede began coughing up blood. She wasn't shocked at all. It was like this was a normal thing to her and maybe it was. The thought of that made Pidge want to scream and go beat the shit out of something. None of that should have been normal to Kaede. None of it.
"Now watch carefully," Coran whispered.
Kaede was walking slowly toward the door, but the amount of blood that was coming out Pidge knew she wouldn't make it far. So, it wasn't shocking that Kaede fell down.
Pidge wanted to look away, but apparently, there was something wrong and Coran needed her help.
When Kaede rolled over and looked at the ceiling, Pidge's heart broke. That was the face of someone who had given up. Someone who had accepted their death. For someone who loved everything, seeing Kaede give up was the most horrible thing. Pidge literally felt her heart hurt as Kaede cried on the floor.
What was going through her mind as she laid there bleeding out?
Kaede then was laying in a bigger pool of blood and her skin was suddenly creamed color. Pidge rewinded it again and zoomed in on Kaede. Watching carefully, she saw right. Kaede went from purple to cream colored in an instant.
"This has been altered," Pidge said. "From what Kolivan told us Kaede could change but doesn't happen just like that." Pidge snapped her fingers. "It takes a few seconds. In this video, she went instantly into her human form. Also, the pool of blood is a lot bigger."
"Yes, it was. Which leads me to believe it was altar by someone who didn't want us to see what happened. Someone who..."
"Didn't like Kaede," Pidge said finishing his sentence. Pidge didn't ask who, because they both knew who would want to do this.
Aroshik.
"Do you think that you could retrieve the original footage? I've been trying the last few days, but I can't figure it out," Coran basically begged. "I mean, I can try. If there is backup footage I most definitely can find it."
Pidge looked back at the older Altean. This next question was probably what everyone was wondering. "How long did she lay there?" Coran held his hands and looked at the video. "She was laying there for about thirty doboshs."
All that time alone with your thoughts while you're dying. What went through her mind?
There was a soft noise coming from the video. Turning up the volume she kept her eyes on Kaede's lips. She was whispering 'I'm sorry'. Kaede's voice sounded so broken. Pidge shot up and began walking toward the door.
"Number five where are you going?"
"Do not show anyone else that. Do not show Keith or Allura," Pidge opening the door.
Raged filled Pidge as she walked to the medical bay. How dare someone make anyone feel that way! How dare someone do that to a person who would lay down their life for their friends! How dare someone hurt someone so bad that they have to apologize for dying!
The medical bay door opened. Seeing Kaede in the pod was the only thing keeping Pidge from finding Aroshik and killing him.
She stormed over the pod shouting, "You never have to be sorry for anything Kaede! You are an amazing warrior! You make everyone around you smile and you bring happiness wherever you go!" She stood in front of the pod, angry tears falling down her face. "I will find out what happened and I will destroy Aroshik where he stands! You are important to us too! We will do anything to keep you safe! Please never do that to us again!"
Pidge hiccuped. The tears were falling down harder now. All those emotions she had bottled in were spilling over. Pidge missed Matt and her father. She worried about them every day. She missed Shiro and wished he was here to help. She missed Earth. She worried about her friend's lives and safety every day. She missed how happy everyone was. She loved these people like they were her family and everyone was hurting and she didn't know how to fix it. She needed to fix it. She needed to make everyone else happy again.
Pidge cried harder than she ever had in that room that held the life of one of her friends.
Author's Note:
These next few chapters will be laid out a little different because it was all one chapter and it was really friggin huge. It will mostly be a lot of time skips, so when you see Day/Night X that's why. I want to show how much time passes. I also wanted to work on other arc's I want to focus on and everyone goes to talk to Kaede about their problems even though she is in a pod. XD Kinda a filler I guess.
I felt like this chapter was really intense. It was actually a whole lot longer. Like I have to divide into like three chapters. What are everyone's thoughts? This is actually becoming a lot darker and deeper than I realized lol! I am hoping to dive into some arc's I want to work on. Do you all think that Aroshik will get away with this?
Do you all like the longer chapters? Or do you prefer short ones?
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