Chapter 5 Space Mall

After morning had arrived, Allura and Haggar woke up and smiled at each other after waking up in the other's arms, happy with the knowledge that Zarkon couldn't track them anymore. They then shared a tender good morning kiss, which lasted for 5 minutes before they heard Pidge moaning softly, showing she was slowly waking up from her team's mission in rescuing the Taujeerians from their hazardous home planet.

"Looks like we won't have much quality time together, my sweet princess." Haggar whispered with a knowing smile at their human friend.

"I know. But as I said last night: we can't disappoint, Pidge, my darling princess. She must really like us to sleep in our room while we were gone for our mission. But then again, I did threaten to leave the team and the chance to defeat Zarkon for good...even though I don't regret saying it... and would have gone through with it if you had left." Allura whispered as she held her lover close to her while rubbing her hair.

"Because of your love for me, my precious Allura. I would have done the same thing if circumstances called for it. After all, without the love and devotion we have for each other, we wouldn't be here in bed embracing each other as lovers." Haggar whispered before kissing her princess passionately before separating.

The two lovers had immediately got out of bed and got dressed before the female Paladin was more awake and was surprised to see both Allura and Haggar wide awake before her. Pidge immediately got off the couch, ran to them and hugged them tightly. "You both came back. I was so worried that your plan wouldn't work and that I'd never see you 2 again." She cried with happiness, joyful that her female Altean friends' mission was a success and that they came back.

The 2 lovers returned their friend's hug and Haggar rubbed her hair. "We're glad to see you again too, Pidge. How did your mission go? Are the Taujeerians alright?" She asked with concern for the Taujeerians.

"They're alright, Haggar. They're on their moon to await the shedding process of their planet. The leader told us that a Galra Commander named Morvok robbed them of their resources and damaged the Ark they built to get off their planet. We got there and helped the Taujeerians while fighting Morvok's ship. Hunk unlocked a new power for his Lion and it kept the Taujeerians from falling into acid. Good news is that Morvok's dead now and the Taujeerians are safe on their moon." Pidge explained, revealing what happened on their mission.

"That's great news, Pidge. But Morvok was just a weakling and a coward. Even Zarkon didn't like him. But at the very least, he won't be annoying or oppressing anyone else again." Haggar said with a smile, knowing that Morvok wouldn't be able to oppress or annoy her or her new friends ever again.

"So, Pidge, what happened after your mission? When we got back and headed here for bed, we saw you sleeping on the couch. We figured that you wanted to be here to see us when you woke up again. Before Haggar and I changed into our night clothing, she put that blanket over you to keep you warm." Allura asked, wanted to know what Pidge did after their mission.

"Well, after we got the Taujeerians to safety and got back here, we ate some dinner. Of course, everyone was worried about you 2. After the meals were done, we were all tired so we all went to bed to get some sleep. But I was so worried about you 2 that I couldn't sleep in my bed, so I decided to sleep in your room and just...hope that you would come back. After I got comfortable, I laid awake for about an hour and a half before I finally fell asleep. I was just...so worried that your mission would be a disaster and... you'd both leave the group and I'd...never see you guys again." Pidge said as tears began falling from her eyes, saddened at the thought of losing her Altean friends because of Zarkon.

The 2 lovers looked sadly at Pidge and hugged her close to them. "Don't worry, Pidge, you won't have to worry anymore and you won't lose us. Our mission was a success. Zarkon won't be able to track us in any way ever again." Allura assured the Green Paladin, hoping to comfort her friend along with her lover.

After Pidge wiped away her tears, they left the bedroom to go see the others. They got to the bridge and were greeted by the others, who were happy to see the princess and her lover had come back. "Welcome back, Princess." Shiro said with a smile.

"It's great that you're both back. We were worried about you." Coran added.

"Yeah, we were all worried, but I think Pidge was the most worried." Hunk said, remembering how worried Pidge was last night, despite them all being worried about the princess and her lover.

"Speaking of Pidge, where was she last night? I went to check on her and she wasn't in her room." Keith said with curiosity, wondering where Pidge was due to not finding her in her room.

"I... kinda slept in Allura and Haggar's room last night. I was just so worried about them, I couldn't sleep in my room, so I thought if I slept in their room, I thought I might see them again when I woke up and I did." Pidge said with a smile, revealing that where she was last night.

"Whoa, you slept in their room last night and they didn't take you to your room when they got back? That ain't fair! If I knew it would be that easy to sleep in their room, I'd have done in myself before Haggar got here. Who knows, we could have done some fun things together." Lance said with a disappointed face, thinking if it had been that easy to sleep in Allura's room with her, he'd have done it himself before Haggar came along.

That was when Haggar got into his face with glowing yellow eyes, ready to do something very bad to this pervert who would dare try to advance on her princess in that kind of way. "Things like what?! Trying to get into her bed with her?" She yelled, making Lance sweat and tremble in fear.

"N-n-n-no! I would...have tried to show her...some nice Earth things." He said in a afraid voice.

"Like what, how to be a teenaged perverted idiot? And don't even try hiding it, I can see what's going on in your head." Haggar said as she grabbed him by the shirt and held him up.

"A-a-all in...good fun." Lance said nervously.

"I'm going to say this once and only once. Allura is not an object of a pervert's lust fantasies. She is the most beautiful woman in the universe that I have been the most privileged woman in the universe to call a friend. Do not even think of making any advances towards her...EVER!" Haggar yelled as she threw the Blue Paladin down.

"Anyway...what happened with the mystics on that planet you mentioned, Haggar? Was your mission a success?" Shiro asked as he helped Lance up.

"It was, Shiro, Zarkon's links to me have been forever severed. He'll no longer be able to track us through me again." Haggar said with a smile after calming down.

Coran and the team were so happy and relieved to hear that Haggar's plan worked and that Zarkon could no longer track them down through the ex-high priestess dreams ever again and that Haggar wouldn't have to worry about being a living tracking beacon for Zarkon and his empire to track them down and more importantly...they wouldn't need to worry about the princess making good on her threat to leave them in order to be with her beloved.

"Well, while I'm glad that yours and Haggar's plan worked, Allura, I have some bad news: I inspected the ship for any damages before I went to sleep and found out that an important component to the castle's defense systems was badly damaged during the battle to help the people of Taujeer." Coran informed everyone.

Keith asked the most obvious question. "Can the part be fixed?"

Coran stated sadly. "Unfortunately, no. This very important part to the castle defenses is too badly damaged to be repaired. So we'll need to acquire a new one."

Shiro asked, since he and his team had no idea which planet to look for the component. "And how are we supposed to find a replacement for the damaged component?"

Coran answered plain and simple. "The one and only place where we're sure to find a replacement: a Space Mall."

The Paladins were surprised to what Coran just answered and Lance asked, to make sure he and his team heard him right. "Hold up, Coran. Did...did you just say a 'space mall?"

Haggar explained for her beloved's servant before they could get too excited and rush to 1 of the space malls. "It's not exactly like the 'malls' you humans have on your home planet Earth. There are only a few space malls scattered across the galaxy...and all of them are either owned or claimed by the Galran Empire and act as 'hangouts' for various underworld criminals to either buy, sell or trade weapons, illegal contraband and information...for the right price."

Shiro and his team were surprised and shocked after hearing that these 'space malls' were really hangouts for all sorts of criminals and Hunk (being a lot nervous) asked while keeping from wetting himself. "So...uh, how are we supposed to get the part for the castle defense system from this 'space mall'?"

Coran answered simply. "The only way for us to get the replacement part is...how you humans say...blending in?"

Shiro and Keith stated as they immediately understood by what Coran was saying. "You mean... disguising ourselves as criminals to avoid any unwanted attention?"

Coran nodded to confirm their answer. "That's correct."

While Coran had led Shiro and his team to show them the disguises they could wear while at the space mall...Allura approached her purple skinned princess in their room and kissed her. "Thank you for telling Lance off, my darling princess."

Haggar wrapped her arms around her princess's waist and rubbed their noses together. "No one has the right to think of you or speak to you like a pervert, my sweet princess, not while I'm here."

"I have a request for you, my darling, that is…if you want to do it." Allura whispered while rubbing her lover's hair.

"I'll do anything for you, my love, even if it means I have to pick you up and carry you when you're tired of walking." Haggar said with a smile, willing to do anything for her princess,seven carrying her when she was tired of walking.

"Could you accompany Coran and the Paladins on their little mission? I know that I can trust Shiro, Keith and Pidge since they're the more mature of the team but I can't help but worry that Lance or Hunk will most likely do something incredibly stupid while they are at that mall, espeaclly if it will more than likely attract very unwanted attention to us." Allura requested, showing she trusted Shiro, Keith and Pidge, as they were the more mature Paladins...but couldn't help but worry that Lance or Hunk would do something incredibly stupid while they at the 'space mall'.

Haggar took her lover's request to heart and answered while bringing a hand up and cupping her Allura's cheek. "Anything for you, my love. Would you also like me to get you a gift, something beautiful?"

Allura smiled and nodded, as the thought of a gift for herself and her lover had crossed her mind. "If you could, I would deeply appreciate it, my darling. And don't be shy to get yourself something as well."

"But what will you do while we're gone? I don't want you to get bored to death." Haggar said with a concerned look, not wanting her lover to get bored while she was gone. That was when the Spice Mice walked on Haggar's shoulders and squeaked something to her that she understood. "Games and a show for her? I think that would be great for her. Just make sure she doesn't get bored until we get back." She said with a smile while petting the mice gently before they got on Allura's shoulders.

The two lovers shared a passionate kiss and smiled lovingly at each other before the ex-high priestess had accompanied Coran and the Paladins to the space mall. After they left the ship and arrived at the closest space mall, Coran and the Paladins had walked around the establishment while disguised as space pirates and Haggar merely kept her distance, as their ship had detected a small number of Galran soldiers and security guards patrolling the mall. Shiro, Pidge and Keith were glad that Allura had asked Haggar to join them: especially when the ex-high priestess informed them that her princess lover asked her to keep an eye on Lance and Hunk (much to their annoyance) while Pidge and Keith had a small laugh at their expense.

After stopping at the wish fountain, Coran turned to them. "Alright everyone, let's fan out and search the area for the component we need. Pidge, you're the tech genius, so you're with me. We'll meet back here in 1 hour. Don't be late and try to blend in."

"And don't even think about causing any trouble while we're here." Haggar said, specifically at Hunk and Lance, making them sweat drop before nodding nervously. She then looked at Shiro and sent him a telepathic message, making him confused before he nodded and the gang split up.

Keith stopped by a booth selling/trading knives and asked the owner for some information, while offering the Galran knife he stole from Zarkon as payment. The booth owner was amazed by the knife, admiring the craftsmanship of the blade and the 4 armed owner offered Keith some information he found useful and thanked the owner for his time before heading to look for the component.

Meanwhile with Pidge and Coran

The Green Paladin and Allura's servent/friend had found a high-tech electronics store that sold high end computers, gadgets and machinery. While Coran talked with the owner, Pidge looked all over the store until she finally found the component for the castle's defense systems. "Coran, great news: I found the component!" She yelled out, making the male Altean run to the area the Pidge was and he saw the component as well.

Coran immediately rushed to the owner and spoke to him was buying the component. "Excuse me, Sir, that component over there is what my friend and I need. What's your price for it?"

The owner answered. "That component will cost you 3500 space credits."

Coran stated while offering the owner a medium sized stack of space currency. "My friend and I only have 3400 space credits."

The owner replied cold and simple. "Then I'm afraid you and your little friend can't buy the component. Now get out of my store before I call security!"

However, before Pidge and Coran had left the electronic's store, they heard the owner call out. "W-Wait a second!" The two of them turned around surprised, as the owner had appeared to be some sort of hypnotic trance and they smiled at how that was possible: Haggar. Their sorceress friend had seemed to have a telepathic link with them at a long distance and could put someone under her control to make anyone do what she wanted, even from a distance also. The owner continued. "I've changed my mind. I'll sell the part to you and your friend for only 200 space credits."

Coran smiled as he shook the hypnotized owner's hand and handing him the two 200 credits. "Deal. Nice doing business with you." Shortly after getting the part they needed, Coran and Pidge had waited patiently for the others to meet them at the wishing fountain so they could leave and were joined by Shiro and Keith, who had both been carrying a big square box.

"Uh... Shiro, Keith, what's in that box?" Pidge asked, wondering what was in the box her friends were carrying.

"Well, let's just say that you have Haggar to thank for this. But she didn't want me to tell you what's in the box because she wanted it to be a surprise for you when we got back to the castle." Shiro answered, revealing what Haggar instructed him to do.

"Well, since we have some time left, let's get this thing to the ship and meet back here. Don't wanna spend the rest of our time here carrying this thing." Keith said with a strained voice before they began to carry the box to the ship.

"Speaking of Haggar, I wonder where she is?" Pidge asked, wondering where her purple skinned Altean friend was.

"Well, if we know her, she's probably looking for something to get for Allura and herself." Coran answered, knowing that would more than likely be the case. "Still, I hope she doesn't get noticed by the Galra that are here." He said with a worried face.

Meanwhile with Haggar

The Altean sorceress was scouring the Space Mall, looking to find the perfect gift for her princess and lover. Shortly after she hypnotized that greedy shop owner to make him give Coran and Pidge the component, she began looking for a jewelry store that would have the perfect thing to show her and Allura's love and eternal bond with each other.

But before she could find the perfect jewelry store, she looked beside her and saw a little humanoid green skinned, blue eyed and black haired girl. About 6 years old by the looks of her. It seemed she was looking at a cute stuffed animal that would make any young girl her age smile and feel safe while sleeping. Haggar smiled at this before walking in the store and up to the little girl. "Hey sweetie, you seem to be quite interested in that toy up there. Do you want to buy it?"

The young girl smiled gently. "Yes ma'am. I've wanted to have that cute animal so I can be safe when I sleep" She said before looking sad as tears fell from her eyes...but my mommy and me can't buy it…because...my daddy... he's...a very bad man. He drinks those very bad drinks that are meant for grown ups and hits my mom every day and he tries to do...a very gross thing to me that Mommy says shouldn't happen to girls my age... until they're grown up."

That was when the little girl's mother walked up to her and pulled her into a comforting hug. "There there, sweetie, it'll be alright. After today, that man will never lay a hand on either of us again. Just a few more hours and we'll be able to get away from him forever and we'll both be free of him forever."

Haggar looked at the mother and daughter and decided to 'deal with' the 1 who caused them so much pain and misery. And the way the sweet little girl said that her 'father' was trying to rape her made her furious beyond belief. Haggar walked up to them. "Excuse me, Miss, but could you tell me where your 'mate' is? I'm going to see to it that he never sets eyes on you or your little girl again."

"He's...in the blade store. I don't know what he wants with a blade, but I know that it he'll try to...hurt me and my baby. We've tried to get him help or run away, but he always refuses the help and finds us. The last time we did either of the 2, he slapped me and my baby. He's smart as well. He makes sure how he does it never leaves a mark, and that makes most people believe him when we try to explain what he really is." She explained while showing the bruises on them both.

That was the last straw for Haggar, as she was going to give that evil monster the punishment he's long deserved. But not before getting the cute stuffed animal from the shelf and giving it to the little girl. She also secretly hypnotized the owner of the store to let the little girl have the toy for free and not having to pay for it. After getting them to a safe place, she teleported to the blade store and quickly found the one who had been causing the woman and child so much pain and followed him until she was certain they were alone.

Haggar lifted up the man up with her telekinetic powers and turned him around to look him in the eyes. "So you're the 1 who's been causing that poor woman and that sweet little girl so much pain."

"What's it to you, bitch?! They're nothing but trash that deserves to be tossed!" The man said with an evil smile, not having a flicker of remorse for what he's done.

"Then you'll get to experience the worst pain in your life. For that woman and sweet little girl!" Haggar yelled before she used her magic to paralyze the evil monster, rendering every muscle in his body but the heart completely useless forever. "Now you'll get to live out the rest of your life... unable to move, feel, think, or speak. You will never hurt anything in the universe ever again. You'll be able to see and hear, but you'll never be able to do anything ever again." She said before using her magic to put him against a wall and used the knife he had to hang him up for someone to find him. "As humans say: 'welcome to hell'." She said before walking away.

She then contacted the woman and little girl mentally and told them that they were finally free to live their lives in peace and that the 1 who caused them so much pain was getting his comeuppance. Haggar went to the jewelry store and saw a gemstone necklace that the owner told her that the color could change with the wearer's emotions and there was even a 2nd necklace that symbolizes an eternal bond, which she knew Allura and herself had. After hypnotizing the owner to give it to her instead of paying for the extremely expensive necklaces, she went back to the wish fountain and joined Pidge and the others.

"Haggar, you're back, I was getting worried about you." Pidge said with a smile as she hugged her friend.

"Don't worry Pidge, I'm alright. I did a few things and got Allura a beautiful gift. I'll tell you about it when we get back to the castle." Haggar said as she rubbed her friend's hair.

Pidge asked while glancing around for the Yellow and Blue Paladins. "Has anyone seen Lance and Hunk?"

Shiro stated while wondering the same thing. "They should've been here by now. We agreed to meet here in one hour."

Keith offered a theory. "Maybe they stopped to grab a bite to eat? We all know that Hunk has a big..."

That was when they heard an angry shout out. "GET BACK HERE YOU TWO LOUSY THIEVES!"

The five of them looked at each other with horrified looks on their faces, as they turned to the direction the shouting came from...and stared shocked as Lance and Hunk were running with a video game console in the Blue Paladins hands and Hunk crying as they ran, with an angry store keeper and Galran security guard right behind them!

Lance shouted out. "Run you guys!"

But thankfully for them, Haggar had put both the guard and store keeper to sleep with a hypnotic chant that they couldn't fight. After they were safe, they returned to the ship, where Allura had waited patiently for them to return while playing with her let mice. She ran up to her Haggar and hugged her as she welcomed them back. "I'm glad you're all back, everyone.

"We got the component." Coran informed the princess.

"Excellent. Now we can get the defenses operational." Allura said with a smile as she hugged Pidge. "And I trust everyone got a little something for our trouble?"

"Yeah. Hey Pidge, check this out." Lance said, showing the tech genius the video game console he'd taken from the mall, along with several videogames the Pidge loved.

"Oh my gosh! You have no idea how much I wanted to play this game! I have to play this!" Pidge said with excitement as she opened the box and brought out a controller and the cards.

"Yeah! Let's get this baby set up!" Lance said with equal excitement as he held another controller.

"Where can we… How do?" Pidge asked but both her and Lance made stupid looks on their faces...as they realized that the ship didn't have a TV to plug the game up to.

"Before you guys freak out, look in your room, Pidge. I think you have Haggar to thank for getting this for you." Shiro told his 2 friends.

Pidge and Lance went to her room and saw a special designed TV that could hook up any game console, making Lance immediately grab the cords and hook up the video game. "YEEEESSSSSSS!" The Green Paladin yelled out before running back to the bridge and tightly hugged Haggar. "Oh Haggar, I love you! How'd you know?!"

"Well, I had a vision that that idiot Lance would buy that game and I know how much you love what humans call 'video games', so I telepathically instructed Shiro to buy that special designed 'TV' for you to enjoy the game." Haggar explained, revealing the surprise she was planning for her genius friend before their shopping trip.

"You did that...for me?!" Pidge asked with excitement, happy that Haggar did this for her.

"Indeed I did, Pidge. But don't let me keep you away from having fun, go and play your video games, I have something to give to Allura." Haggar said as she took Allura by the hand and led her to their room.

As soon as the door to their room closed, the Altean princess pulled her lover in for a long, loving kiss that lasted for 10 minutes before they separated. "So my darling princess, did you find us a gift."

"I did a lot more than that, my precious Allura." Haggar said softly as they sat down on their bed. The Altean sorceress told her 1 and only love of the abused woman and her child by their husband and father and how she had gotten the little girl her new stuffed animal and giving that evil monster the punishment he's long deserved by leaving him a prisoner in his own body. She also revealed that she helped Pidge and Coran get the component by hypnotizing the greedy owner of the store that had it.

She also revealed that she hypnotized the other store owners of the stuffed animal and the jewelry store before bringing out the necklaces before putting the changing color 1 on Allura and putting the other 1 on herself. "Do you like your gift, my sweet princess Allura?"

Allura looked at the gemstone and saw it turned pink for love and happiness. "I love it, my darling princess. It's so pretty and beautiful." She said before she kissed her Haggar passionately. "And you did that woman and child a great favor by giving that evil man the justice he's deserved for everything he's done to them."

"I'm so glad you like your gift, my love. And Now that the woman and child are finally free of that monster, they can live their lives in peace. And both these necklaces will forever symbolize our bond. I'm yours, but only so much as you're mine. I love you, my precious Allura." Haggar said sweetly before kissing her Allura deeply and passionately.

"I love you too, my darling princess." Allura whispered before they changed into their night clothing and went to bed, snuggling close together. But before Haggar went to sleep, she thought about her parents and had the desire to find out what happened to them.

There you go, my friends, the Space Mall chapter is complete. Next will be the 3 chapters where Haggar leaves the group to find out what happened to her parents, her getting captured by Zarkon and getting tortured to rejoin him and Allura and the team rescuing her and Haggar and Allura's 'first time'. Rate and review. See you soon, my friends.