"Allura, please tell me you can fix this?"
"I'll see if there's anything in the library that could help in reversing this." Allura seemed concerned, the fact that Lance was Thumbelina size and Blue the size of a house cat was alarming, even more so it lasted two weeks so far, and we were unable to track blue the entire time. I looked at Lance as he was struggling to get out of Blue's mouth, I'm glad he's safe however what has he been eating?
"No I won't forgive. I was eating rations for the last two weeks, in the dark. This could have been fixed by now. Just what were you trying to achieve?" that answered that question. I looked up in time to see Hunk race to the kitchen to get something for Lance at his current size.
"Wait blue locked you in the cockpit?" Lance stopped struggling to look at Pidge.
"Why didn't you use your coms and where did you go to the washroom?" Lance seemed to have given up the fight, and Blue put him down in between her paws.
"Blue locked me out of the controls, no coms. She kept moving me around and choosing when I was allowed to listen to the outside world and when I wasn't. She also ignored me, even got red to ignore me." That sounded horrible. Hunk came back into the room to hand Lance food, on a spare mouse plate. So I took a moment to survey the team, Hunk was relieved, Pidge and Keith looked slightly startled at the fact that Lance knew some the conversations that happened. Allura look perplexed, and Coran concerned; which only doubled when lance inhaled his food.
"Right, let's go my boy, off the med lab." He held out his hand for Lance to climb on, only for blue to pick him up again.
"No I need a break from your cockpit blue, and fresh air." She refused to put him down.
"Guess, that much need cleaning isn't happening." Blue dropped him, but it seemed more like she was in shock of the threat. It was interesting to watch, we knew they had personalities, no matter how much Allura protested it, but Blue's personality seemed like two different lions, one noble the other a overprotective mother. Everyone seemed to be laughing at the exchange; this was good, no one had laughed since his disappearance. I didn't want to bring to Lance attention that he was missing a week. Lance got into Coran's hand and proceed to leave the room. I followed shortly after asking Keith to locate small enough clothes and Pidge and Hunk to create accommodations for Lance.
At least now I could stop avoiding Jatea's calls. I rounded the corner and entered the med bay. Coran was currently scanning Lance.
"Lance Where's your armor?"
"In blue." He seemed so nonchalantly about it like it was normal.
"Right, everything seems to be fine my boy. A little dehydrated. However you need a shower." Coran walked over to the sink and started it fill it along with some soap. I put my hand down by lance so he could climb up, Blue already by the sink.
"How are you feeling Lance?" he seemed thoughtful.
"Fine, now that I'm free." Blue looked offended, but honestly she kinda deserved it.
"Shiro?"
"Yeah"
"Thanks for taking care of everyone." That did it.
"I Don't know you do it. Getting Pidge to sleep is next to impossible, Keith is wound up tight and unless he's breaking things there's no emotions. And Hunk god forgive, I am never making him angry every again. We need you Lance, we can't survive without you" He a hearty laugh.
"Of course you can't I'm King Lance and everyone needs me." I chuckled it was nice having him back, but then I remembered my conversation with Hunk that first night.
"Lance after we get you settled, don't give me that, we have no idea how long it'll last. We need to talk, just the two of us." He made his way to the sink, I had a feeling with his current size more mischief was bound to happen and it'll require the mice to find him each time he hide out. I left the room so he could bath in peace.
"How was the talk number 1?" I jumped at least a good foot into the air. When did he leave the room?
"We'll talk after he's settled, I was gonna check to see how the others we're coming along with their tasks. I just realized I put keith in charge of finding clothes that would fit him."
"Very good. Do you mind if we have a brief conversation?" what would Coran want to talk about? I nodded
Coran simply gestured for me to walk, so I did as listened to him.
"The spell seems to have messed with his quessitance, his very being if you will. Unfortunately it also affect blue. My guess was that blue was attempting to shield him from the attack and pour some of her own in the mix. Which is why she shrunk as well, lucky she did otherwise we never would have found him. I'm worried about his mentality though, normally her spells run their course and we can judge around when it would end. We can't do that this time, he already feels like he's useless to the team and his current state might make it worse."
"I knew he questioned his value but to think he's useless. How self sacrificing can one person be to let it get this bad? He has to know he can talk to me, right?"
"Shiro, I think Lance feels like he can't because of his personality. He might very well believe that what he feels is nothing compared to what the others have been through. What you have been through." I looked down at my feet feeling like a failure. Some space dad I was.