Heyyy my peoples! I'm back with another chapter of our favorite little paladin babes getting chaptered. Btw, HUGE thanks to everyone who's supported and reviewed this story, that really means a lot. And another big thank you to some of my (new) friends who I've been PMing. Also, if you have any ideas for another chapter or an idea (for this story or my others) feel free to PM me or write a review. Thanks to my peeps, and onto the story (I honestly think that this is one of my worst chapters yet, but you be the judge ;) I'm very sorry about this one it's just that school has been crazy coo-coo and if I wanted to get one up in time I had to quickly write in the middle of history class. But maybe that's just me being harsh on myself. Anyway, enjoy!)

"Whatarewegoingtodowhatarewegoingtodowhatarewegoingtodo" Lance's leg jittered impatiently as sweat poured down his forehead. The rest of the remaining paladins weren't faring much better. Pidge had been stolen right from under them, and there was nothing they could do about it.

"What are they going to do to her..." Hunk asked hesitantly. No one answered the yellow paladin. They didn't have to. They all knew that Keith was tough, tougher than Shiro even. But the way he had been screaming...if it had hurt Keith that much, it would undoubtedly kill their smallest paladin.

"Shiro?" Lance asked expectantly, looking at the older man. But Shiro wasn't in the right mind to offer his words of wisdom. The burly man was hunkered down into a ball, rocking back and forth on his heels. Shiro just couldn't get it through his mind why they would torture such innocent souls as Pidge and Keith.

"I'm the leader...why, not me?" He whispered.

"Shiro...?" Hunk asked, reaching out his hand to touch the older paladin. "You ok buddy?"

Quick as lightning, Shiro's head shot up and he swatted Hunk's hand away, the sheer force of his robotic arm sending him flying back into the wall. "No. I. Am. NOT OK!" Shiro shouted, glaring daggers at the younger men. Lance and Hunk exchanged concerned glances.

"Shiro..."

Shiro stared at his fellow paladins and fell backward into a slump. "I'm sorry, it's just...I'm the leader. Why don't they take me? Why Keith and Pidge? WHY ANY OF YOU!"

"Hell..." Lance whispered. He had been feeling fully responsible for letting the men take Pidge and Keith. He couldn't even imagine how Shiro felt. "Shiro, it's not your fault. They know that the best way to torture you is to torture us."

For the first time, Shiro looked directly into Lance's eyes, and Lance could finally see what torment he was feeling. He was broken.

Before Shiro could reply, the door was kicked open with such a force that Lance had to duck and roll before it smashed his frail body against the wall. A total of 6 robot galra stalked in the room. All three paladins scrambled back in surprise, scooting away from the door as far as their chains could allow. The dull red eyes of the galran robots scanned over their cowering faces.

After a moment of silence, the cell erupted into chaos. "Where are Pidge and Keith?!" Hunk yelled, jerking forward on his chains. "What have you DONE with them!"

"You shall see them shortly." One answered, voice deadbeat.

"Well, what the hell is that supposed to mean!?" Shiro yelled. If these guards were human, the ferocity of Shiro's glare would've been enough to send them running back to where they came from. But unfortunately for the paladins, these things were 100% robotic. "Oh, I swear, if you did something to Keith or hurt Pidge..."

Shiro didn't even get to finish his sentence, as the whole cell fell into silence as a slow, mechanical grin appeared on all of the Robot's faces. "Then you're definitely not going to enjoy this show." One said. The others just stood in silence. The paladins could hear the gears inside his head churning as the smile faded.

"What 'show' are we talking about here?!" Lance yelled, suddenly breaking the silence and startling both of his friends. "Once we get out of here I am going to HURT YOU SO BAD for EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE! EVERYTHING THAT YOU'VE DONE TO KEITH, TO PIDGE, AND TO US!" If the guards were affected in the least by the young boy's words, they didn't show it. Before Lance could launch into another screaming fit, the paladins were unchained, swept off of their feet, and carried down the hallway by their arms in just under 20 seconds.

The prisoners and the robots stopped at a huge metal door, and the door opened to reveal...

"Pidge!" Hunk cried.

Pidge whirled around to face the doorway. "Hunk, Lance, Shiro! What the hell are you guys doing here!" Pidge looked panicked at Zarkon. "What are they doing here!"

Zarkon smiled. It was almost creepy that The Galran Emporer's smile was almost as empty and lifeless as the robot's. "Well, I wanted them to watch the show, didn't I?"

"Keith!" Lance yelled, being the first to spot the crumpled body of the red paladin in the corner of the room.

Keith, though he couldn't move, obviously heard Lance's call. "Guys? Lance? Where are you!"

"We're over here!" Lance shouted. "Dude, are you ok? We heard you screaming!" the memories of those screams still made Lance shiver. Nobody should scream like that, especially not Keith... "Dude talk to me here?" Lance shouted again after a few seconds. The Blue paladin then began a mad dash in thin air, kicking his legs like he was running to get to Keith. However, much to his confusion, the guards started leading the three paladins over to where Keith was. However, that confusion quickly faded as they all realized what the robots were going to do.

Faster than any of them could comprehend, Lance, Hunk, and Shiro were chained to the wall as they had been in their cell. "Um, Keith? Why aren't you chained?" Hunk whispered from the corner of his mouth.

"I. Can't. Move." Keith mumbled, one arm flopping down to the ground. "Don't. Say. A. Word." Keith growled, seeing as Lance was barely containing his laughter.

"Paladins." Zarkon's voice echoed off the white walls of the room. All paladins automatically turned toward him, including Pidge who had backed herself into the corner her friends were in.

"Pidge, what the quiznak is going on?" Lance whispered. Pidge just shook her head.

"Guys, look away."

"What?" Hunk hissed, leaning in as close as he could to his little friend. Zarkon, who had been watching this exchange, started walking slowly across the room to where they were.

"I said look away," Pidge said quietly. Even though it was barely audible, the desperation in her voice was clearly evident.

Shiro, who had just now snapped out of his guilty trance, turned accusingly to Pidge. "Pidge. Has he hurt you? Because I swear if he hurt you..."

Pidge clenched her fists. "No, Shiro. Now just look away!" Her voice rose louder and louder. "Look away! Look away! Look away! Look awayyyy!" She screamed desperately. Zarkon was inches away from her now, and he grabbed her arm and pulled her to the operation table, his sharp claws piercing her skin. Of course, everyone erupted in shouts of protest, but no one was louder than Pidge. "Look away look away look away lookawaylookawayLOOKAWAYLOOKAWAY!" She sobbed. Anyone could tell, she was terrified.

The rest of her team was staring in silence at the screaming girl. The innocent one, the one they had all sworn to protect with their lives. "Pidge..." Lance said. "We can't look away."

Then Pidge looked at each of them with those pleading, tear-filled honey brown eyes of hers. "Please." She rasped. Zarkon, who was watching this whole ordeal with mild amusement, threw the young girl on the operation table. The whole room cringed when they heard a faint pop in her side. "If you guys have ever loved me, ever cared about me in the slightest, then look away."

Hunk was the first to squeeze his eyes shut, and in doing so a tear ran down his cheek. The urge to protect his small friend was too strong to hold in forever. Keith was the next to give in, curling his head into his knees and squeezing himself as much as he could with his paralyzed state. Lance gave in next. He slowly turned his back on Pidge, as he shot one last hurtful, pleading look toward the girl on the operation table. She just nodded.

"Pidge..." Shiro started. Pidge didn't say anything.

She just smiled at him. "Look away, Shiro."

At that moment there was no doubt in his mind. Pidge was the strongest of all of them, no matter how small she was in size she made up for in determination and heart.

Pidge, for the first time in a while, smiled a real, genuine smile. She knew how the other paladins cared for her, and she knew that if they witnessed her torture they'd be broken. She may not be able to spare them the sounds of her torture, but she could at least shield their eyes from the horrible sight. With that in mind, Pidge turned toward Zarkon with a smirk on her face. "Do your worst."

"Believe me, I intend to." The Galra then picked up a blade and sliced it across her bicep. Pidge let out a sharp yelp. A sound of pleasure escaped Zarkon's throat. "Get ready for a long night my dear.

For what felt like hours, the paladins up against the wall heard scream after scream after scream from the young paladin. The urge to turn around and protect Pidge was overwhelming, but they had to honor what she had asked them to do. Nevertheless, they all felt somehow that they had...failed. The small, 14 year old girl who was so innocent, sweet, and adorably quirky, the one they had all sworn to protect with their lives, the one that they would all die for in order for her to be safe, that one girl was right in front of them, getting tortured and cut and bruised by the Galran emperor himself, but there was nothing any of them could do about it. And it was tearing each of them apart.

That day, at that very moment, all of them made a silent promise. No Galra would ever, ever, ever lay a hand on Pidge ever again.

Wowwwwww so I just wrote that...god I don't know how I should feel right now XD. Honestly, I am so sorry I wasn't able to get this chapter up sooner. I literally haven't touched my computer in like two weeks soooo there's that lol. Anyway, how Y'all doing? I'm doing pretty good if any of you care (which you probably don't but whatever XD) SO I'm on spring break now, and you know what that means?! Two weeks of me staying home alone for 10 hours while my parents are at work and my brother is... I really don't remember the last time I even saw the guy honestly XD. And two weeks of me staying home alone for 10 hours means a TON of fanfiction writing, so stay tuned for updates. Also, if there is anything that you would like to see in future chapters or any story suggestions, please hit me up. I honestly LIVE for the paladins protecting Pidge, my little bean child, and that hardly ever happened in the show so I'm making it happen here! I can't thank you enough for all the attention and support this story is getting. I don't really think this was one of my best chapters, but that's for you to decide. Anyway, thanks for reading and stay tuned!