The Battle of Brains

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Now that everyone was set up in the common room, and Y/N was swaddled in blankets, they were ready to begin.
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"Pidge and Hunk will go first." Allura stated with authority, "Ok! So hunk and I have been working on this arm for a while. It is a simple design, but practical." Pidge began her explanation, "The attachment process will be painful, but once it's done it will function like your old arm" Hunk continued. Y/N seemed to be thinking, "How much heat can it withstand?"  She finally asked, "500 degrees Fahrenheit!" Pidge said proudly, and Lance snickered. "What is so funny?" Pidge asked him with annoyance, "Nothing, it's just that Y/N's everyday flame is in the millions" Lance said with a chuckle.

Podge whipped her head around to look and Y/N, she was waiting for Y/N to say Lance was wrong, but it never came. "Ok smart guy! What's your design?" Pidge yelled angrily. "Calm down Pidge, it's on the table" Lance said nonchalantly as he reached for a head peice.

"That brick is your design?!" Pidge laughed out and the others (excluding Lotor and Y/N) laughed too. "Glass and smoke, or simple and metal?" Lance asked showing no emotion, "Glass and smoke!" Y/N said eyes widening like a child. Lance rolled up his sleeve to reveal a tattoo, "That tattoo you snapped at me for having, has a purpose" Lance told Shiro as he swiped over his mark and screens appeared. Lance typed several keys on the screen, and the head peice appeared clear with a black crystal at the center. The crystal looked like it was releasing smoke into the glass.

Lance placed the head peice on Y/N's head and then the brick became an arm. "So my design is simple and practical. I got the head peice idea from Allura, but the smoke and glass was from the crowns you and Lotor had on Quk. The Xylon crystal is what connects your mind to the arm, allowing you to control it. The attachment process is simple, but does hurt a little. 4 small tattoos would have to be the arms guide, that work the same way as mine. There is a good thing, if your arm is ripped off in battle it cam become an extension of yourself. But only if you have the Xylon crystal." Lance explained then smiled brightly when he saw the arm working properly.

Y/N smiled brightly and then looked at Lance expectantly, "How much heat?" Y/N asked him, "2 million Kelvin, and you can even conduct your own flame through it" Lance proudly stated. "You didn't build That!" Pidge said angrily, "I'm sorry Lance but I don't think you built that" Hunk said, fiddling with his fingers. "Y/N? Do me a favor and read what the wrist of the arm says" Lance called over his shoulder from where he's typing. Y/N picked up the arm as best she could and read the words on it, "Linda demonia, that's really sweet of you" Y/N said knowing exactly what it said. "Lance definitely made it, I'm the only other person on the ship that can speak Spanish, and I was unaware of this plan." Y/N said, sounding proud of her friend.

"What does that saying mean?" Keith asked one of the first things he has said in a while, "It means cute demon. She called herself ugly, and I wouldn't let that stand" Lance said as he finished adjusting Y/N's head peice. "She isn't cute, she's terrifying!" Hunk said nervously, causing Y/N to smile shyly. "Yes, Y/N That just smiled like a shy child, is not cute. That is correct information" Lotor said sarcastically from his place on the couch.

Shiro looked Y/N, "When you actually look at her, and her little quirks, she is really adorable" Shiro supposed, "I mean have you seen her when she's genuinely startled? She squeaks and jumps to the side with her eyes closed" Pidge pointed out. "I do?!" Y/N squeaked out embarrassed, "One day I found you asleep in a random spot. You were balled up and had your wings wrapped around yourself. It was so cute that I couldn't bring myself to make you up" Lance added, "Your sneezes are so small that they sound like a kitten" Hunk said unsure.

Y/N buried her face in her blankets, knowing she was most likely a deep purple from embarrassment. The group laughed at her hidden figure, then she heard a faint voice in the back of the room. "When she giggles, it makes the universe smile" it was quiet, and clearly not intended to be heard. Y/N knew who said it but chose to ignore it.

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