Chapter Seventeen

Two days later . . .

Lance strolled into Pidge and Hunk's workroom. Hunk wasn't there, but Pidge was sitting hunched over a computer, the light reflecting off her glasses.

"Hey, Pidge, what's up?"

Pidge sat back and looked over at Lance with a raised eyebrow. "Just trying to sort through Sendak's memories to find something to use against the Galra. What are you doing?"

Lance shrugged, looking over the stuff scattered all over her table. "Just trying to find something to do. Hey, is that Rover?" He poked at the drone. "I thought he got destroyed when Sendak took over the castle."

"He did. I found the pieces and put him back together. Well, mostly. All the parts are back together, but he won't turn on, no matter what I do. And I've tried just about everything."

"Huh. That's weird."

Pidge suddenly leaned forward, staring intently at something on the computer screen. "Wait, is that . . . just a sec. I need to go check something." She stood up and bolted out of the room. Lance wandered aimlessly around the room for a few moments, looking at all the bits and pieces of things that Pidge and Hunk had been playing around with lately. But his attention kept getting drawn back to the inactive Rover. He walked back to the table and poked at it again. If Pidge couldn't fix it, it must really be broken. Unless it was missing something that she couldn't put back . . .

Acting on impulse, Lance held out his hand and let his quintessence light up his hand in glowing blue wisps. He'd been practicing with it the last couple days, and now it was becoming second nature to him. He placed his hand on the drone, which gave a little hum and lit up with blue light. Lance smiled and strolled out of the room, whistling. Pidge would never know.

A few hours later, Lance was in his lion's hangar, checking Blue over one last time before they went to check out the Galra super base that Pidge had found in Sendak's memories.

"Hey, Lance?" He turned to see Pidge in the doorway, Rover hovering just behind her.

"Yeah?" He tried to keep a straight face, but couldn't help a slight smirk.

"Thanks." She smiled knowingly.

Lance gave his best innocent smile. "I have no idea what you're talking about." Pidge rolled her eyes and left. Lance let his smile relax into a triumphant grin. He felt well and truly awesome.

THE END

Author's Note: Yes, this is the end. I know I could have added more, but this felt like the right place to end it. A big thank you to all of you who reviewed, followed, or favorited. It was great to be able to share a story with people who enjoy it. Thanks for the support!