Finding Hope ~ [Voltron WA 2018]

Chapter 3: False Hope

Pidge wasn't sure how it happened, but she had fallen asleep in the pack of the ship. When she awoke, Matt was staring at her wide-eyed.

"What?" Pidge asked

"You're just so brave." He replied

Before Pidge could respond the bounty hunter came to the back of the ship...

"We are here" he spat "just to make sure there aren't any issues I'm going to carry you girl."

"As if!" Pidge snapped back

"I was hoping you would say that" the hunter giggled back.

He briefly left to the front of the ship and quickly returned with a shot with purple liquid, he approached Pidge, who promptly tried to shift away.

"Don't you dare touch her!" Matt said with anger in his voice

"Quite boy" he warned

The bounty hunter grabbed her by the hair. And thrust the needle into the side of her neck.

Pidge could feel the cold liquid enter her.

She bit her lip and looked at Matt.

"Just focus on me Katie" Matt soothed

Pidge tried desperately to keep eye contact. She found it harder to do so with every second that passed

The bounty hunter removed the needle and returned to the front laughing.

Pidge focused on Matt best she could, her eyelids getting heavy.

"Matt?" Pidge managed to mumble

The young paladin's shoulders slumped as she drifted into a dreamless sleep.

"No!" Matt yelled

"Quilt rebel!" Shouted the hunter as he returned.

He unlocked Pidges wrists, and she lumped to her side.

"Now there aren't going to be any issues with you or I won't wake your sister EVER!"

"What did you do to her" Matt pleaded

" I put her into a deep slumbering state, I believe your kind would call it a coma" He replied

"Now here's how it will go, I'm going to carry her, and if you give me any trouble you will never see her again, got it!"

Matt quickly agreed for the safety of his sister

The hunter uncuffed Matts left hand and cuffed it to pidges ankle.

He then through the green paladin over his shoulder, Matt stood behind him as they walked out of the ship on to the more massive ship.

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They walked the hall, Matt tried to memorize the order of turns they made. First, a left then two rights then up an elevator then three more rights where they reached their destination.

A Galra officer meets them, they quickly did there the exchange of GAC for the two Holts.

The officer took Pidge and thrust her over his shoulder and was given a small bag from the bounty hunter.

They were then walked to the prison cells which was one left and two right. Matt hung his head for he knew he would never remember the way out. The officer uncuffed Matt and thrust him into the cell.

"Don't move boy!" said the Galra who was putting his sister on the ground. He pulled out the little bag that the hunter had handed him.

He took out a small needle that had a clear liquid. The officer took of Pidges glove to reveal her tiny hand, and shoved the needle into her small wrist, he quickly emptied the liquid.

He then removed the needle and left.

Matt ran to his sister's side.

She was breathing which was a good thing.

She took a deep breath and opened her eyes.

"Matt?" She asked

"Yeah Katie it's me" he replied holding her head in his lap.

"Good," She said, and her shoulders slumped as she fell asleep.

Matt wept slightly knowing what was to come for him and his sister was only going to get worse.

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When Pidge woke up, Matt was asleep next to her. She lifted her head from his knees and look around.

They were definitely in a Galra prison she knew she was. She had freed so many prisoners that she now could recognize one easily.

She looked down and noticed that she was still wearing her armor. She smirked.

"Matt, Matt wake up I think I know a way out." Matt rubbing his eyes as he sat up.

"How?" He asked

"My suit" she smirked

She went and kneeled by the door. And began hacking with her suit. The door flowed upon. Matt mustered a "Cooool."

Pidge summed her Bayard and got ready to fight.

They dashed from hallway to hallway.

"There's a computer ahead, I need it so I can contact Shiro," she told Matt

"Shiro?" muttered Matt

"Explain later," she said

Pidge approached a door with cation and opened it.

There was only one Galra solder inside, and she quickly zapped him and ran to the computer.

Her fingers worked quickly across the keyboard.

"Hope this works," Matt said

"Do you doubt my skills?" Pidge teased

But deep down she hoped too.

It took her a couple off tick longer then she wanted. Only because she had put up a firewall up for the Castles defenses a couple of weeks prior.

But eventually, a screen popped up to reveal Shiro's face.

"What do you wa..." Shiro's voice trailed off. "Pidge?"

"Shiro I don't have time," said the little paladin

"I'm at Galra Central, I'm sending you my location now," Pidge said

"Why are you there," he asked worriedly

"Me and Matt were caught" she started

But Shiro cut her off "where is your lion?"

"Safe" she explained

"Pidge!" Matt called "they're coming!"

An alarm began to blaze, and someone grabbed her from behind and forced a needle into her forearm. She started to get dizzy she could faintly hear Matt fighting off Galra and Shiro calling out to her until she collapsed into unconsciousness.