Hello, it's Nerdyredhead, now AngryTangy!
I have literally abandoned fanfiction... but I'm here. In spirit.
Here's a revamp of my Voltron oc's story A Blooming Rose
Most of this comes from the Voltron forum I'm in: Rebuilding Empires so go check them out!
Enjoy! - AngryTangy
Rose sighed, her limp hair falling around her face as she looked hopefully out the window. A flash of white, blue and red ran by. All the scientists and guards had left for some odd reason.
Maybe...
She had heard whispers of a Voltron around the group. Apparently it was a group of aliens that saved the universe and freed Galra prisoners. Maybe they were here to save them? Not her though. They would never find her, and her voice was too hoarse to scream. She'd screamed enough through the torture the Galra had put her through. She couldn't call for help or try to escape or make any noise to make herself noticed.
It was hopeless.
Racing down the corridor, Hunk had finally put enough space between himself and the soldiers to make a move. He made two sharp trunk before picking the first openable door to duck into. Then he panted heavily trying to regain the wind he'd lost before he looked up and froze.
A girl hung limply from chains connected to the ceiling. Her hair looked matted and droopy, and her skin was plastered with dirt and a sheen of sweat. Bruises and blood littered her body, and Hunk resisted the urge to barf.
"Sh-shit," Hunk cussed gently. He almost never cussed, but the sight before him was just uncomfortable. "Are you okay? Hold on I'm gonna get you out of there," he approached quickly, his Bayard expanding to its giant gun form. He could shoot the chains off at close range.
Rose's head turned, looking at the man in the yellow suit with tired eyes. She hadn't heard any actual Earth swear words, and she gave a small smile. "S-ure." Rose croaked, nodding her head. She cringed internally at the pain speaking caused her. She managed to shift the chains away from her body so it wouldn't hurt her body.
"Just hold still, okay," Hunk said, giving a soft reassuring touch to the girl's shoulder as he blasted away the chains. "Hey, I've got a girl here, not in good shape," Hunk told his compatriots. "I'm taking her directly to my Lion and back to the castle. Please have medical ready by the time I get there."
"Do you think you can walk? I can carry you," he offered.
Rose nodded, slinging her arm over his bulky shoulder. She gave a visible grimace as she tested the weight of her legs. The shackles still hung from her arms, legs, and neck, clanking obnoxiously.
Meanwhile, "Lance" Coran spoke over the coms while prepping a pod for high level medical treatment "Hold your position until Hunk gets there"
"Coran's right Lance, we need you to protect the Lions" Keith said, rounding another corner "Pidge, what's your ETA to the hangar?"
"Okay, gonna start moving now," Hunk said, he took careful steps making sure that the girl wasn't in too much pain.
And he hoped really hard that there weren't guards waiting for him on the other side of the door. It slid open to an empty hallway and he let out a breath of relief. Then he glanced at the girl on his shoulder, "Any chance you can point me to the nearest trash chute?"
Rose nodded weakly, pointing to a small panel nearby.
"Great," Hunk chirped, "That's where our transport is waiting," he clarified, just in case, because the last thing he wanted was for the girl to think she was being thrown down the trash chute for no reason. Luckily, this particular trash chute was smaller than the last one Hunk had climbed through. He couldn't have done that one with the weight of the girl.
"Okay... did you have piggy back rides growing up? Arms around my neck, legs around my waist," he instructed bending to one knee for her to climb on. She complied, hoisting herself onto his back. It took a great deal of her strength to get on, and she began to feel drowsy, the pain taking over, tapping his shoulder and giving a thumbs up.
Hunk stood up slowly then climbed into the chute. Despite looking pudgy a lot of his bulk was muscle. He had to use it too, to keep their descent gentle. Hunk closed his eyes as they were nearing the bottom trying to contact the Yellow Lion with his mind. "C'mon Lion buddy, be in the right place," he whispered aloud.
Rose clenched her hands tighter to his shoulders, looking for a stream of light or an opening. It was really happening. She was free!
Hunk breathed a sigh of relief when the Yellow Lion's head appeared below him. He and Rose dropping safely onto it's head. "Ah, thank you, buddy."
That was when he heard Pidge's scream... and no response from Keith…
"Pidge?" Lance asked quietly, worry in his tone. "What happened?" He looked up to where the yellow lion was lowering Hunk down. "Keith?"
Keith gasped as the blade was pulled from his side "I'm fine" he bresthed hoarsely, before taking a deep breath and passing out.
"Shit!" Pidge hissed, not even caring to not swear as she ran to his side. "Guys, he's been stabbed!" she called into the comms. She sliced his attacker back with her baiyard, putting pressure on the stab wound with one hand. "Screw your ship," she growled to John. "We need to get him back to the castle NOW!"
"Wait, wait wait," Lance hurriedly scrambled up from where he was lounging. "Stabbed? Like, with a knife?"
"What?!" Hunk gasped, "Is he gonna be okay?"
He scrambled into his lion, dumping Rose rather unceremoniously behind his seat in the cockpit.
"How fast can you get back to you get back to your Lions?" he demanded.
"Allura, Coran, there's no point in stealth." Pidge's voice was firm as she tried to keep a level head. "Can you bring the castle closer? No way he'll be able to pilot Red like this." With a small shudder, she managed to get Keith onto her back, moving as quickly as she could down the hallway with his feet dragging behind them.
Lance jumped into Blue's mouth, making his way past the rescued prisoners so he could reach the pilot seat. "Hunk, think you can rip a hole in the wall again? Get up to Pidge?" While he found Keith to be an arrogant prick most of the time, he didn't want his teammate dying! Not again!
Coran's eyes widened and he gasped, practically running to the pods to set another for high level medical treatment "Pods ready, I'll move the castle as close as I can"
"Yeah, on it, we'll meet you guys halfway," Hunk said, and the Yellow Lion reared onto it's hind legs and started tearing through the prison ship floor by floor.
Rose lifted her head from the cool metal floor, looking at her surroundings. It must be Voltron. When they were headed there, she saw a huge robotic yellow lion, sitting patiently. She was overjoyed, by too tired to celebrate. Relaxing her muscles, the darkness enveloped her once more.
"I dunno, pretty close I think," Hunk replied. At that moment the Yellow Lion's powerful claw tore through the floor just a few steps ahead of Pidge, raking a new hole where the chute used to be.
Moving the lion, Hunk dropped back into the garbage disposal, before depositing Pidge and Keith and the prisoner with them onto Pidge's green lion. "See you back at the castle I've gotta worry about," he glanced behind, to Rose, "Oh no, I think she's unconscious..
