"Quiznack!" Pidge yelled as she dove out of the way. Dirt rained down around her, the blast having sent it flying. Things were not going to plan. Their top priority was to keep the town safe, but it was hard when the lions were unable to get out of their hanger.
The battle itself mostly consisted of grounded sentries, although there was the occasional cruiser seen in the sky. The paladins had managed to make their way halfway to the city where the worst of the battle was. From what they had seen from the castle, there was several fires and multiple buildings had collapsed. Even from where Pidge stood she could hear the screams above the battle she was engaged in.
"Pidge!" Lance called out over the comms. He was about ten yards from her, but she could see that he was coming closer.
"Buzz off," she replied not bothering to look over at him. She was beyond through with him. One of her closest friends betraying her trust. He of all people should know that her trust was one that was hard to earn. Yet, here he was throwing it out the window. She wasn't mad that Shiro knew but the fact that Lance had told him so easily, that's what she didn't like. Things would've been so much better if she hadn't told anyone at all.
"Pidge, Listen to-"
"No Lance. You've made it clear that I can't trust you. So why would I listen to you now?" She shouted cutting him off.
Arms wrapping around her then her being jerked forward, ripped her from her thoughts. She grunted as she was thrown forward, only to gasp as someone landed on top of her. She struggled as she attempted to work her way out of their grasp. It was a little to easy for her to free herself. Turning around she was a taken back at who she saw.
Lance was on the ground, unconscious. His helmet was cracked suggesting he had either hit his head in some way. His chest plate was covered in a large black stain. His bayard was a few feet away, too far away for him to have dropped it. Just past that she noted the smoking robotic sentry. It had been behind her and she hadn't notice, if Lance hadn't stepped in...
"Lance?" She asked. She gently shook his shoulder.
No response.
Across the way several more shots were fired from sentries hidden in and throughout the tree line. Upon instinct Pidge ducked down into the grass, hands over her head. Once the firing ceased she returned to her previous position of trying to wake up Lance.
"Come on,"
"Pidge what's going on?" Shiro called over the comms. Blasts could be heard in the background.
"Has anyone seen Lance? He's not responding to me." Hunk asked, worrying lacing his voice.
"Lance is down," was all Pidge said as she reactivated her bayard. She turned to reengage in the still on going battle. The sooner this battle was over the sooner they could get Lance into a healing pod.
"Let's end this quickly," Keith said. Glancing over Pidge watched as he proceeded to take down three sentries.
"What the hell were you thinking?" Shiro snapped, "We were in the middle of a battle! That is the one time you listen to your teammates, no matter what your feelings towards them were!"
Pidge sat on the couch her arms crossed across her body. Shiro was standing in front of her trying to get his point across. Keith and Hunk had taken Lance to the med bay so it was just them in the room.
Sighing Shiro sat down on the couch next to her. "Look I know that what Lance said was probably something that should've been said by you, but you shouldn't be mad at just him."
"Why? He was the one who betrayed my trust. I went to him in confidence and I thought that since we're close friends I could trust him. Apparently not." she pulled her helmet off her head, "There's only a few people in my life that I place that kind of trust in, and once they lose it they may never get it back." She tossed it beside her watching as it landed against a pillow before rolling into a crack between the cushions.
"Pidge.."
"I mean everything was great, and then Allura died. Then after that..."
"It all went down hill." Shiro replied completing her sentence.
"Yeah, I was perfectly fine where I was in Voltron. I was the tech person I was useful there, but then Allura decided that I would make a could make a great diplomatic leader." She smirked, "My first meeting and half of the building was destroyed."
"That wasn't your fault,"
"This never would've happened if Allura was still here. I'm a Paladin it's my job to protect people and I even failed that." She stood up abruptly. She crossed the room before returning to the couch. She ran her hands through her hair. "Maybe things would've been better if I just stayed on earth."
At that Shiro grabbed her upper arms and spun her around to face him, "Don't you ever say that. You have done so much here both as a Paladin and as a friend. Things may have gone down hill for a bit but that dosen't mean that it won't get better." He gently placed his hand on her cheek, before brushing her hair out of her eyes, "You've done things for this team that have helped us all. I know for a fact that you have brightened everyone's life just by being here on this ship. I know you have for me." He smiled as Pidge met his gaze. Then all at once she had her arms around him her face against his chest. Shiro responded by simply wrapping his arms around her pulling her close.
Keith coughed from the doorway, causing the two to leap apart. "I'd hate to interrupt this sickly sweet moment, but Lance is about ready to leave the pod."
"Uh yeah will be there in a moment," Shiro replied a hand on the back of her neck not looking at anything in particular. Next to them Pidge was a blushing mess her head buried in her hands.
"Don't take too long," Keith said before leaving.
"Shall we?" Shiro asked rising and offering her his hand.
