There's something else here

Bonding

Tw: choking, minor gore, emotional trauma

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The castle landed down on the unoccupied planet. The air was too poisonous to breathe so no life could be supported, the perfect place for the paladins the train.
Allura has explained the exercise earlier. The lions were to hide and the paladins were to find them using their bonds. Lance had made a joke about them being back in preschool. Allura and Coran gave puzzling looks to the blue paladin. He waved them off saying he would explain later.
Now Pidge was standing on the ramp of the castle, watching green and the other lions fly away. They were to wait ten minutes, just enough time for the lions to hide. She could still feel green in her mind, she was purring with excitement, some of it carrying through their bond and making Pidge purr in the back of her throat.
"Pidge?" Lance interrupted her thoughts, she immediately stopped purring.
"W-what?" She blushed, she didn't think it was that loud...
"Alright paladins go and find your lions," Coran's voice rang out in their helmets.

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It had been about twenty minutes and Pidge could already feel Green in her mind. She was walking through a thick forest and slashing away at the vines and plants in her path. She felt bad, being the guardian of the forest and all, but getting out of this place was her main priority. After all she had her tech back at the castle.
Suddenly she tripped on a root and went tumbling down a hill. She hit the bottom with a grunt, her legs caught in some vines at the bottom. They tripped her as she stood up, and she sliced through them angrily. More came and wrapped around her legs and started to snake up her arms and torso. Her bayard was pinned against her side, but it was still activated and slowly scorching her leg guards, heating the metal to an uncomfortable temperature. The vines wrapped further around her torso and constricted her breathing. Pidge let out a sputtering cough as her helmet was ripped away by the vines, the poisoned air burning down her throat and flooding into her lungs. Her vision grew dark around the edges and she could feel her air running out. There was a loud roar as she passed out...

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Pidge woke up slowly, dragging herself out of unconsciousness. As she opened her heavy eyes she noticed there was a blue tint on the world past the... pod? Yea, she was in a healing pod. Pidge couldn't quiet remember what happened to her that she was in the pod but she was sure she would remember, or at least she hoped she would. The door slid open and she fell out, her legs numb and warm arms wrapped around her.
"Hu-unk," he wrapped his arms tighter around her. She closed her eyes hoping the numbness in her limbs would go away soon. "Wha' happened?" He stiffened slightly.
"Green was freaking out over the bond, so we all had to call off the game. We came back to the castle and green was in her hanger, mouth wide open. Coran ran in to see what was going on and found these vines wrapped around you, your helmet was gone Pidge. And- and you weren't breathing. He put you in the pod and luckily you survived..." he was teary eyed. Pidge could kind of remember the vines, they had pushed her helmet off. She remembered choking on air.
"Oh god..." the memories came flooding back, the vines wrapping around her and choking her. Hunk disappeared replaced by the awful green ropes that binded her together so she couldn't move. She was hyperventilating, lightheadedness quickly set in her skull. The vines were shaking her. She could hear Hunks voice, and a couple others. Logically she knew that the vines weren't there, they couldn't be. Hunk was just here, so why were the vines still there?
"Pidge please snap out of it! It's us, we're here your not on the planet anymore! Please just snap out of it!" Lance, that was Lance. So he was one of the other disembodied voices. There were a couple more. The vines had let go sometime when Lance was talking. Pidge had begun to breathe normally. No vines in sight, she shook her head to clear her vision, vertigo taking over as her vision swayed, then clicked. Three people were standing/sitting around her. Hunk, Lance, and... Keith, he was the one standing, though he looked concerned. Hunk was hugging Lance and sobbing. Pidge grumbled, green was quiet. She felt alone.
"Lance?" Her voice was hoarse, like she had been screaming, she didn't remember screaming... maybe that was why Hunk was crying. "Lance?" She repeated, it was a little stronger this time. Lance perked up, he flashed her a smile and tugged on Hunks sleeve.
"She's back," he whispered to Hunk. "Hey Pidgey how you doing? Are you alright now?" He reached a hand out, it morphed into a knotted green rope, reaching out to choke her again. She flinched and started scrambling backwards, the vine immediately shot back down and became Lance's hand again "Dios mios Pidge, I'm sorry," he looked guilty...
"N-no it's okay, I'm just... just tired is all," she couldn't deal with everyone fretting over her, not yet. She was just too tired.
So Lance and Hunk shuffled her off to bed, Keith was also there. More in the background watching and nothing more. But he was there if they needed him.
Pidge was snuggled up in her blankets, vaguely aware of how they felt like vines, but she was still so exhausted, soon enough she passed out...

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A/n
Hey hey I got this up faster than I thought! I had a bunch of free time and a lot of ideas for this! So the next update should be sometime next week, uhh that's all folks! ~Evan