"Urg...Ack..."

Hunk cracked open one of his eyes. For some reason, he couldn't open the other eye. His vision, blurred while he could hear the faint sounds of his lion's alarm system sounding off in the background. He was tempted to fall back to sleep. The temptation at first was too strong for him. He could feel a sharp pain around the side of his waist from who knows what. The Yellow Paladin fought off the urge to sleep as he slowly opened his eyes. A wave of nausea hit as he made a move.

That's when he realized he was floating in his ship. He didn't make sense of it at first. It would explain why he felt so light as he moved his arms around. Hunk slowly worked his way over to the cockpit of his lion. Suppressing the urge to cry out in pain when he made the tiniest of movements.

He sat down on the chair and hovered over to the panels. Alerts appeared everywhere. Luckily for him. The life support system is online. Which would explain why he was still alive. The thrusters were partially damaged and needed repairs. He could do a reboot to see if that helped and once he landed. He could manually repair them himself.

The worst issue of all is communications. It was offline. All he heard in the background was static.

"Pidge?" Hunk rasped, "Lance? Allura? Shiro? Hello?"

Nothing. Just static.

"...Great."

"Keith?"

Welp, it was better than nothing. Hunk looked over to the left with his good eye. It contained info on the thrusters. Hunk pressed something on the panel and the alarm for the thrusters went off. He anxiously waited for them to reboot. While he waited he looked out in the vast emptiness of space for any signs of the other lions. There was one planet nearby that he could possibly fly to for help.

No signs of the lions. This was starting to worry him.

What happened that it caused this much damage? He tried to think back to what had happened. Think of anything that stuck out. The only thing he could recall was screaming in the coms and then black. Nothing. He tried to think back more, but another alarm sounded off.

The thrusters have been repaired.

"Hey Boy? You doing okay?"

The lion rumbled weakly at his concern. Hunk had a lot to fix when he returned to the castle. There were a lot of wires scattered about on the floors. Sparks emitting from the broken wires hanging from the ceiling.

"Okay." Hunk grabbed the throttle and pushed forward; making the lion move. It was slow and while normally. He would be annoyed. This time he was concerned. He was afraid if he pushed the lion further. The lion could shut down.

"Easy, don't rush."

As he piloted his lion. He made a look out for any of the lions or the Castle. The next thing on his list was to fix the coms and check for injuries. He would do it now. Hunk had been too preoccupied with more pressing issues.

The planet came into view. It was blue. Like the ocean back on Earth. He didn't see any Galra cruiser around. That didn't mean that they weren't around the area. He'll have to keep a lookout since his scanners are down too. The Paladin looked several of the hovering panels, pressing on each of them to run a diagnostics on the scanner and the communications. From there, he focused his attention back on what's ahead of him.

"You think you can land, Yellow?"

Again it answered by making a weak sound. Hunk was worried like any other paladin would be for its lion. Normally, the Yellow Lion could take a hit. Whatever hit the lion must have been a powerful weapon. If he got hit one more time, he and the lion were done for.

Hunk made orbit. His lion started shaking which made Hunk wanted to hyperventilate. The alarms rang loudly in his ear again. He decided to ignore them for now, "We're going to make it, buddy." He reassured. Hunk felt nauseous as he swayed from side to side.

The clouds clear to see a city with dark purple lights illuminating the sky. Good. Good! There was a city. If he makes it, he could definitely ask around for help. Now, for a place to land. Quickly, Hunk. Find something-

He scanned the surrounding area as he drew near. There was a hill that his lion could land on. With that, he pulled on the controls to make a landing. It was going to be rough, and sure enough, it was.

His body lurched forward violently as he attempted the landing. Hitting his head on the cold panel. Great, now another thing to add on his list of things to take care of. He laid there. Unmoving for a few ticks. His head pounded from the heat. Then-he felt something wet. He patted his head. Flinching at the sudden pain. When he looked at his fingers. It was coated with blood.

"Shit."

It was a good thing at times like this, he had a med kit ready. It wasn't much help. It'll have to do until he got back into the castle of lions. He sat back down on the chair. Looking at everything. The diagnostics came back for the communications. It couldn't be fixed. That meant that he needed to fix it manually. Probably the wires had been cut. There was some good news. The scanners have been repaired.

"Scan the ship." Hunk ordered Yellow. He rose up from his seat to slowly limp over to the med kit. He opened the box to reveal bandages, cotton and some alcohol. Hunk took several breathers before putting the alcohol on the cotton and dabbing it on his blood soaked hair. Hunk cried out in pain as he kept on pressing on his wound. It burned so badly. This was definitely not from when he had banged his head on the panel. It felt it like it had been there before.

He wrapped the bandage around his head. It hurts like hell. At the very least, he would not get an infection.

Next was his hip. Hunk was afraid to look, but he had to. He repeated the same process. Dabbing the cotton onto the alcohol, biting down his lip as he applied pressure against the wound. He wrapped the bandage around his waist and pulled it tautly. Next was his eye. He wrapped a bandage around it until he can get a better look at it later.

Returning to the cockpit. Hunk sank into his seat. Taking a look at his progress. Minimal damage to the Lion's legs. Which made him sigh in relief. It was just the coms and the scanner. The engines were overheated. And the only thing that needed to be replaced was the thermal pipe. There was much work to be done.

He took a step outside. The fresh breeze smacking his face. If it weren't for his armor. He would be freezing.

"Hang in there, buddy." He pats the leg of the lion gently. As soon as he walked away, the particle barrier went up to protect his lion from being taken. Good. His lion would be safe.

Hunk eyed the city that was a distance away. It was going to be long. The buildings were dark purple. The architecture reminded him of the Galra ships that he used to battle. Which made him wary. Maybe, the Galra were nearby.

Occasionally, he would walk and stop due to his wounds. Checking his bandages to see blood soaking the bandages. He couldn't change them right now. He had to keep on walking. After visiting numerous of planets. He trudged on the dirt until he found a road that led to his destination.

Ships were coming and going as they pleased from the city to leaving the planet's orbit. It made him anxious. What if one of these ships had spotted his lion when he was falling from the sky? Was that even a good thing to consider?

Several floating cars drove past him. It was so fast, he had almost stumbled to the ground. None of them stopped for him. Which was fine by him. He did not trust anyone.

Finally, after walking for so long. He approached the city which was buzzing with life. Different creatures from different planets he had yet seen. His astonishment is cut short; when he stopped to see a Galra drone hovering over the citizens; watching carefully for any signs of trouble. Hunk had to act quickly. He made a turn towards a corner that led to an alleyway. Which directed him to another street. Hunk paused as he saw Galran sentries walked by him. He waited a moment before stepping outside.

Out of all planets, he could have landed on. He had to land on one where the Galra were present.

Hunk stuck out like a sore thumb as he tried to walk with the crowd. Several people did spare glances at him; whispering among themselves. It made Hunk nervous.

He saw vendors lined up to sell their products. This made Hunk's stomach growl. When was the last time he ate? This would be a good place to buy some spare parts for his lion. He'll have to make note of that-

His thought process interrupted when he spotted a wanted poster that had a familiar face. Hunk had to do a double-take upon seeing his face. No way. It couldn't be. His face looked a lot meaner than before. He also looked a lot older than Hunk remembered him to be. Scruffy even. His frown was much deeper than Keith's signature frown and the eyes, they lacked the spark that he once had.

"Lance..."