Finding Hope ~ [Voltron WA 2018]

Chapter 11: Road to Recovery

They all took shifts to watch over Pidges pod. First, it would be Matt then Shiro, Keith, Hunk, Lance, Allure, Coran then the cycle would start over.

It had been two days since Matt woke up from his pod and as he sat there on his shift, he couldn't help but relive the afoul memory's that played in his head. He bounced on his toes wishing she would wake up.

There was a slow hiss of escaping air, and the front of the pod melted away.

She was awake

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Pidge didn't know where she was, she couldn't move, and she was cold. How she hated being cold. her small body shivered as she heard a deep hiss

"No no no!" She thought "I will take the cold over another session with the Galra officers."

She wanted to open her eye, but pain swelled around her. She felt herself falling and praised herself for impact.

....It didn't happen someone caught her. She forced her eyes open.

"Matt?" She rasped

"Hey, you gave us a good scare there Pidge," He said tears falling down his cheeks

There was a swoosh of a door opening, and Pidge clung to Matt throwing her face into his shoulder

"No!" She begged, "Matt, please don't let them take me please!" She tightens her fingers around him "Ow!" She cried out, she began to notice the sharp pain in her fingers, wrists and left shoulder. She continued to cry "I'm sacred Matt! I don't want them to take me! Not again"

Matt had to set her on the floor due to her squirming, in the process he forced her to look at him. "Katie stop look at me! You're safe! He soothed

Pidge forced her eyes open. She sat on her knees facing Matt. He had his hands next to her cheeks, and he looked into her eyes.

Tears stung her eyes.

"I'm sorry Matt, I'm so sorry! I don't mean to disappoint you, or my team, I didn't mean too!" She sobbed

"Hey, you could never disappoint me, I'm so proud of you Katie," Matt told her

"So is your team."

Pidge turned to see Shiro standing by the door

More tears ran down her eyes as she found her feet and ran to her friend. No brother! Shiro was more of a brother than a friend, and she knew that now more than ever.

She collapsed in his arms and continued to cry.

Until she couldn't anymore.

Shiro noticed that her head had slumped on his shoulder and that her breath had slowed.

He carefully swept up the sleeping child and placed her on one of the beds.

Matt still sat on the floor.

"She was sorry Shiro... What was she sorry for? What did they do to her?" He cried

Shiro helped him to his feet then placed his hands on his shoulders "Matt! Snap out of it! Your sister will need you to be strong" Shiro told him

Though deep down he wanted to join him in crying.

Matt shoulders straightened as he wiped away his tears "Your right Shiro, what now?"

"Now we tell the others," Shiro told his friend

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Soon all the paladins, Matt and Shiro had gathered around Pidge. Just staring at her as she slept.

Coran was the first to break the silence.

"We must attend to her wrists, it will be painful, so I am going to give her a small sedative to make sure she doesn't wake up," He said as he gave her the medicine through a needle.

He quickly got to work, he first scanned her wrists to make sure the bones were aligned correctly then he put fabric like casts on them to keep them in place while they healed.

"I do not know how to fix a dislocated shoulder, I've never had to fix one before," Coran told Shiro

"I know how. Matt, will you help me?" Shiro asked.

Matt nodded and walked over to her shoulder and held it still, while Shiro popped it back into place.

"Her shoulder might be a little sore but nothing too bad," Shiro told the group

"How long will she be out?" Hunk asked

"No more than a couple of Vargas" Coran replied

"We should put her in her own bed, she would be more comfortable" Shiro stated

The all agreed.

Shiro lifted the sleeping girl and began carrying her to her room.

Keith, Hunk, and Matt all fallowed

When they reached her room, Shiro laid her on her bed and covered her with her blankets

"I'm going to stay with her," Matt told Shiro

"You should sleep Matt" was Shiro's reply