Finding Hope ~ [Voltron WA 2018]

Chapter 12: Pidge Goes Crazy, Kieth gets a bloody nose

Pidge felt like she was floating as she began to gain consciousness. She recalled the events that played out. She was back at the castle, with her brother and friends!

Her eyes flickered open. She was in her own room in her own bed.

She slowly sat up. She noticed that Matt was fast asleep next to her.

She smiled holding back tears of relief

"Get yourself together Pidge, you've cried enough!" She told herself

She looked down at her wrists they were sore, she knew that medicine would help the pain, so she slowly stood up, walked to the door and out into the hallway.

It had to be the night time cycle because the hall was dark, and no one was around.

"My paladin is awake! My Paladin should not wander around alone."

"Green!" Pidge whispered, "I missed you!"

"Green has missed her paladin as well, do you wish me to wake the others?"

"No! I'm fine!" Pidge's reply sounded harsher then she intended it to be.

"As you wish my Paladin."

Pidge willed her mind to shove love, thanks and apologizes to her lion. And almost instantly received love in return.

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It was a slow and exhausting effort, but she did the best as she could putting one foot in front of the other and taking breaks against the wall.

When she finally made it to the kitchen, she walked over to a cupboard and pulled out the Altean version

Tylenol.

"Quiznek!" She mumbled as she tried to open the bottle

"If I can't get a pill bottle open how am I supposed to do my work?" She asked herself

The fabric-like casts made it hard to work her fingers and the more she tried, the more it hurt.  She walked over to the knife drawer and pulled out a knife she wanted to cut it open, which yelled no results.

She sat the knife and bottle down slumping into a bar stool in defeat. Resting her head on the counter, she stared at the bottle.

"Look who finally decided to wake up."

She turned around to see her dad standing in the door

"Dad? How are you here?" She jumped to her feet causing her head to spin a little bit.

"Katie, don't you see? You failed, you went to rescue your brother but instead allowed Galra to follow you. Getting you both caught!" He continued "This," He said gesturing to the kitchen "is an allusion, to block out the pain!"

Pidge's heart pounded in her chest

She could hear her lions concerned hum in the back of her mind.

"Pain? What pain?" She asked

"Your brother Katie! Wake up! He's dead and it because of you! He was safe where he was! You should have let him be, now my only son is dead!" Her father spat

"I'm sorry" she began to cry " I'm sorry father I'm sorry!"

"Your no daughter of mine!" He frowned upon her. Then began to walk away

"No! Father, Dad! IM SORRY! She begged

But he was gone

"Why cry my pet? You will join your family soon."

Pidge spun around to see Haggar standing in the middle of the kitchen

Her heart hammered in her chest as she fell to her knees.

The kitchen faded way into the dark purple of her cell. And on the floor in front of her laid her brother's lifeless form.

"No, no no no NO!" She welled

She slumped forward on the cold ground sobbing.

"I'm so sorry Matt." She cried

"I knew I could break you! You were as weak as your father!" The witch cackled

Pidge balled up her fists ignoring the pain that flared up. No one insulted any member of her family like that without getting at least a punch to the noise.

You MONSTER!" She screamed

"You are the monster! You are the one who spilled your brother's blood!" The Druid replied

Pidges head started spinning, she felt her heart beat unusually fast

"No! You lie!" She told the hag

"Do I?" She mocked back

Pidge didn't want to listen to the witch anymore and attacked.

She knew her hands wouldn't be able to punch, so she used her elbow instead landing a solid hit to the nose. She then summed her Bayard and thrashed the witch in her right leg. She wields in pain and vanished.

Pidge knew she wasn't gone, not that easy.

She was right! The which reappeared behind, she was ready, she once again charged her Bayard in hand and hit the witch across the face drawing blood.

"Grrr!" Haggar moaned before starting to vanish "I'll be back paladin! You are mine now no matter what anyone tells you!" And just like that, she was gone

Pidge sunk to the floor allowing the tears to flow as she cradled her brothers head in her lap.

"I'm so sorry! I'm sorry!" She cried

"Pidge!"

Someone was calling her, but she didn't know who, much less cared. Her father left her, and her brother was dead, she didn't have the will or want to live.

"Pidge! Come on Pidge!" Someone called

"Katie! Snap out of it!" It was Matt's voice

But how could that be? He was dead in her arms.

She looked down, her brother's body was... gone?

She was alone, helpless and afraid

"KATIE" came her brother's voice

She felt herself shaking, someone was shaking her shoulders

Her eyes snapped into focus. Matt was in front of her on the kitchen floor. Shiro and the other stood behind him.

"Matt?" She chocked

"You're ok Katie you're ok." He told her

He went to hug her, but she pulled away.

She noticed a large gash in her brothers face, Shiro was favoring his left leg his right one bleeding, and Keith was pinching the bridge of if his noise looking at the ceiling as blood flowed from his nose.

"I..." she stumbled over her words. She looked around and spotted the kitchen knife on the floor with blood on it.

"No!" Her eye welled up with tears

"I hurt you! I hurt you!" She said

Her heart raced harder she felt as if she might burst.

"Katie it was only an accident!" Matt tried to soothe

She quickly stood up, stumbling a little in the proses

"No! It's not ok!"

She could hear her lion also trying to soothe her

"My paladin you must settle down! Your heart rate is swift and hard... Green is worried."

She stood there gasping for air.

"I'm sorry Pidge, but it's for your own good," Coran told her as he approached.

He put a rag over her face, she tried to fight him but quickly felt weak and then the world went black.