Chapter 25: Pidge

Pidge was in the Computer Lab, analyzing the video feed she found on Matt at the Galra prison. Coran was distracted, assisting Keith with the search for Shiro and Pidge wanted to find him just as bad, but he wasn't the only one missing and if she helped Keith then no one would be looking for Matt. She couldn't give up on her brother.

She replayed the video several times. Pidge was running a diagnostic on her right over the appearance features of the aliens to see if she could correlate their type of race and where they might be from. Her hazel eyes were glued to the list of planet names as the system slowly searched through the known species and knocked the name of the planet off the list when there wasn't a match. Her vision started to blur from staring at the screen for so long and she felt her eyes begin to sting.

Pidge yawned, stretched, and slapped her face to stay awake. She heard the Green Lion growl in her head and Pidge smiled. "I'm awake," she said to herself. Pidge felt the Green Lion draw closer and heard another growl, but this one was louder. She wasn't prepared for the yell and pinched the bridge of her nose as her head started to throb. The sound grew louder and the Green Paladin stood trying to get away from the computer but was struck by the pain in her head that she fell to the floor.

Disoriented, by the pain in her head, she didn't realize she hit the paneled floor. The Green Lion's roar stopped and so did her headache. Hesitantly, she reopened her eyes and realized she was on the floor. She saw the door at the end of the hallway and slowly sat up. The pain had stopped, but she could still hear the reverberated effects from the psychic attack, and the ache of the bump on her side of her head where she hit the floor.

Pidge crawled back into her chair as she rubbed the side of her head where she could feel the bruise forming. She heard the door slide open, and still on the floor, holding onto the chair with her arms, she turned to look up at the entrance to see the newcomer.

"Pidge!" Hunk cried, rushing towards her, but stopped when he was a few feet away.

Pidge looked up at Hunk, noticing him tilt his head to the side staring at her with a confused look. "What?" She asked still feeling a vibrating hum in her head. She reached to place her hand on her forehead to rub the pain, but it didn't help.

Hunk reached her side and wrapped an arm around her. "Hey, it's okay. Let me help." Pidge was surprised when Hunk picked her up and set her back in her chair. Hunk placed his hand on top of her head and looked into her eyes. "You know you shouldn't be messing with equipment that isn't yours."

"What are you talking about, Hunk?" Pidge swatted Hunk's hand off her head and scooted back into her chair. She felt uneasy as Hunk peered down at her with a blank look. She couldn't take the anticipation. "What? Is there something on my face?" Pidge started, rubbing her hand over her face.

Hunk took a step back. He stumbled over his words unable to form a sentence. "I-I uh. W-well um."

"Spit it out, Hunk!"

"You're not Pidge. Well, you are. I'll take your word for it, but you don't look like Pidge." Pidge was baffled, watching Hunk bantered on. "You're wearing Pidge's clothes, but you're short…er, shorter and have green hair."

Pidge's eyes widened and she sat up straight. "Sorrel."

Hunk stopped ranting. "What's Sorrel?"

"Not what, who. Sorrel is the Green Lion's name, but why would you be seeing her?"

"I don't know. Lance said I looked different too." Hunk chuckled. "He said I was blond."

"You're Lux!" Pidge smiled and burst into laughter. "Wow, don't know why I didn't see that."

"Who's Lux?"

"The Yellow Lion."

Hunk's mouth hung open dumbfounded. He shook his head, shaking himself out of his daze. "Wait a minute. How do you know their names? I thought you said you didn't know names."

Pidge gave him a guilty grin. "I lied."

Hunk was unsettled, leaning his weight back and away from Pidge. He looked hesitant like he was contemplating running away. "This is weird."

"What do you mean?" She asked, patiently trying to calm Hunk's nervousness.

"I know you're Pidge, but you sound and look like-"

"Sorrel."

"Yes, I don't know. This is too strange for me." Hunk was breathing heavily unable to catch his breath, panic had set in as Hunk paced, trying to fix a problem he had no idea where to being.

"Okay, calm down. Just breathe, Hunk." Pidge got up from her chair and ushered Hunk to sit down. "Do you know when this started?"

"I uh? Yes." Hunk paused, able to focus clearly. "Lance freaked out in the hallway. He had a headache."

Pidge narrowed her eyes and pushed her glasses up her nose. "What do you mean a headache?"

"He yelled and fell to the ground. He looked to be in a lot of pain." Pidge looked down at the corner where she had only moments ago fallen and bumped her head. She raised her hand to the lump as Hunk continued explaining. "We went on a mission to Krubera and after when we landed and I walked off the Yellow Lion, I felt a sharp pain when the Yellow Lion roared in my head. Lance and Kalivon carried me back to the Lion and when I was back in my chair it had gone away. When we got back is when Lance thought I was this other guy."

"And now you are seeing things." Pidge shrugged, "Well, maybe it is temporary and will only last a short period. You didn't see Lance differently. Maybe you just…" Her voice trailed off as the buzzing in her head subsided and with it, her vision shifted. Slowly, she watched as Hunk's Hershey brown eyes turned lighter to bronze. She saw his complexion change from almond to olive and his dark brown hair turn to blond. Pidge's curiosity took hold first as she examined Hunk's new form as Lux. "After your headache did you hear a buzzing in your head?"

Hunk nodded his now blond hair, waving in his face. "Yeah, it stopped a few minutes before coming in here."

"And mine just wore off," Pidge said more to herself.

Hunk's bronze eyes seemed fearful. "You can see me. Well, me as him."

Pidge turned way, pushing her glasses up the bridge of her nose. "Yeah, kind of."

Hunk stood up out of the chair and began pacing again. "Oh, this is not good."

"Hunk, come on. Maybe it's just the two of us right now and it will end soon."

Hunk stopped pacing and turned towards her. "You're right. We need to find the others."

Pidge looked up, noticing that Hunk seemed a lot taller all-of-a-sudden. "Did you grow taller?"

"No, you grew shorter, but that isn't the concern right now. We need to check on the others." The Lux-Hunk walked towards the door. Pidge had to jog to keep up. Pidge grabbed onto his oversized yellow shirt. "I can't keep up. Can-" she hesitated, feeling awkward, "Can you carry me."

Pidge looked up at Hunk and could see the fear soften in his eyes as his affection took hold and a warm smile spread across his face. "Sure." Hunk took her hand and led her back to the computer chair. He lifted her up under her arms to help her stand on the chair and turned around.

Pidge wrapped her arms around Lux-Hunk's neck and jumped onto his back. He grabbed her legs and he piggyback carried her out of the Computer Lab. She looked back once as they left towards the computer, which still ran the diagnostic in search of Matt. "Sorry, Matt. I guess you're going to have to wait a little longer," she whispered to herself.

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