Everything moved so quickly for the wolf, it seemed like minutes a massive Metallic Earth creature appeared in the skies. Lowering a ramp in which more medics came running out to the medic desperately trying to save a barely clinging on Keith. Before long the wolf and ROmelle were back on the ship being ushered towards the Sickbay the waiting room.

In sickbay, the medical staff were briefed on the condition of the Red Paladin and started going to work on trying to save his life. They delicately removed his armor and jumpsuit piled it up in the furthest corner to keep it out of the way. Some of the medical staff gasped at the scars he had on his bruised body.

The one grabbing the most attention the scar on his right trapezoid/shoulder that went down nearly 5 inches. The next scar to garnish their attention was the burn scar on his right cheek that stopped just under his eye. The rest of the scars were what appeared to be various cuts from various fights. He also had various other burn scars on his body.

Just as they started the surgeries to save the paladin's life, the roadblocks started popping up due to being a hybrid. When the staff seemed to bypass one another completely popped up. It got to a point that the head surgeon had no idea what he was doing. Not only did Keith have Human organs, but he was exhibiting organs the doctor had never seen in place of where human organs should have been. He calmly backed away from the table exclaiming "What the hell am I looking at? Get Commander Holt here NOW!"

The Black Lion was delicately placed on a platform which was then raised into a hanger bay designated for the lions. Hanger-Bay crews made sure to take extra measures to ensure that the lion was secured. Maintenance crews came to start assessing the damage done to Black based off of blueprints that were downloaded from the device Commander Holt brought which was initially downloaded from the Castle of Lions.

The Atlas had started to slowly move towards the Garrison Base, to land after the stressful battle with Sendak's fleet and the Hammerhead Robeast. Shiro himself wanted to go check on Keith but was reminded that the ship needed her captain on the Bridge until everyone had returned. Coran, however, left to check on Keith, on Shiro's behalf.

WHen Coran got to the waiting room he knew automatically how bad it was by looking at Romelle and the wolf. He also had seen the pile of Paladin armor which was moved out into the waiting room. Giving him an ever slight inkling of the Red Paladin's condition. The chest and helmet armor were all but completely shattered. Something that would have taken an immense amount of force to do.

Both Coran and Romelle looked up a few agonizing minutes later, seeing Commander Holt walk into sick-bay. He was about to ask them what was the matter but saw the Red Paladin armor all but neglected in the corner. A few seconds later he was approached by the doctor with some of Keith's blood on him. The scent of Keith's blood hit the wolf's nose causing him to jump up looking for Keith.

The doctor ushered Sam into an adjoining room overlooking the operation room in which there was a figure covered in an operating tarp connected to a bunch of machines monitoring his vitals and one to keep him breathing. Sam looked to the doctor who still had a bewildered look on his face "What is this about?" The doctor turned to Sam, "I'd like to know that myself, sir." Sam looked at him expectantly "What do you mean?" The doctor started walking towards the monitors which had all the current info on the person on the table, "That boy, the red armored Paladin, has organs I have never seen in my 30 years of medicine."

Getting Sam's full attention now, he rushed to the monitors, "What?" Sam looked at the monitors dumbfounded, seeing some that were clearly human, a few organs that looked Galra, and others that were a combination of both, "He was supposed to be human!" The doctor looked at him, "What is it we are looking at sir?" Sam looked back at the monitors, "A hybrid…" The doctor looked back to the operating room where the other doctors were waiting for him to return, "If he is a hybrid, then what do we do?" Sam got up and walked to the same window, "I… I don't know. Let me talk to his team when they return." He continued t look at Keith the red armored paladin intubated and unconscious. The thought running through his head "Well that dashes my dreams we were the first ones to meet aliens."

Allura was the first to return to Atlas on her own accord. She was ushered by a singular person with red batons wearing a brown version of the Galaxy Garrison fatigues. She flew past the downed black lion a little taken aback on how it's exact position mirrored the time Shiro disappeared after the defeat of Zarkon. She got up as Blue lowered her head and Allura hobbled out of her lion asking the nearest grounds person about the pilot.

Hunk and Pidge were the next two paladins to return under their own accord and ushered into their bays to the left of the Black Lion. Both had the same instinct as Allura and met up with her in the Hanger. Hunk's orange band was half drenched in blood with caked blood going down the side of his face.

Pidge who has calmed herself since her landing was still a bit skittish. She like Allura had bruises on her body but was still coming to terms with what she had been through. She looked like she was on the verge of another breakdown, just by her demeanor.

Failing to notice that the Red lion was also being delicately moved into the bay to the immediate right of the Black Lion.

In the MFE-Hanger Lance got out of Griffin's MFE his right arm in a sling. He was informed that his teammates were in the Lions' bay by fellow sniper Kinkade. Excite to see them after such a harrowing experience he went to join them, oblivious to the somber tone of Kinkade and the demeanor of the 2 female pilots. When he entered the corridor he was nearly run over by a yellow and white blur and greeted by Allura and Pidge calling out to Hunk.

His heart dropped when he was met by Coran, Romelle, and Kosmo who was laying near Keith's discarded armor who had a pathetic look on his face. A look like he was lost without his human. Minutes later Allura and Pidge showed up with Lance in tow and were greeted with the same sight.

Moments later Sam out of the consultation room with the operating doctor in tow. Sam had a somber look on his face asking everyone to sit down. Both he and the doctor proceeded to inform them about Keith's condition, how they managed to repair some of his injuries but not all of them. But the other injuries they couldn't do anything about due to him being a hybrid.

Allura recommended the Cryopod which to her knowledge was still in the Black Lion, but wasn't sure how long it would last without a compatible power source. Coran offered to set it up but wasn't sure how it would affect his Galra DNA. Even Pidge and Hunk were stumped on how they would integrate the tech, prompting Pidge to suggest they could contact Ryner.

Everyone jumped hearing the Operation Staff scream and come running out of the surgery room. Everyone jumped up the best they could and ran into the operating room. They found the wolf with his head on Keith's chest whining, wanting daddy to wake up. Even nuzzling and licking his limp hand. Most of the paladins had to look away at the heart-wrenching sight except Hunk and Romelle who had already seen the worst of it. With his voice almost breaking Lance made the call, "Do it. Contact the Blades also. We may need their help."

Pidge had gone to leave but was denied exiting Sickbay. When asked why her father simply said she had to be cleared to leave after the battle they endured. She tried to pull her "I'm fine" routine but knowing the stubbornness she got from mother, he ordered her to stay. He was still a superior officer while the Voltron-Force was temporarily on Earth, but most of all he didn't want to deal with her mother if something was missed and she got hurt even more after she just returned to Earth.

After Sam left, Romelle did what she could to bring the wolf back into the waiting room after he had laid down on the floor next to his operating table. She and Pidge sat on the floor with and comforted him the best they could as Medical staff went back to doing what they could for Keith. All but Coran and Romelle waiting to be cleared to leave Sickbay. A few minutes later Shiro and the MFE pilots entered the sickbay waiting room and learned what the current situations were.

Hunk looked around at all the somber faces in the room. He looked at Pidge and Romelle stroking the wolf, they now had to address the new elephant in the room, "So who is going to take care of Kosmo?" Everyone stopped what they were doing looking up at Hunk, just realizing that Keith was all the wolf had, and the wolf was all Keith had for actual "family" on Earth.