p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"What the Quiznak just happened? Just a second ago, he had been flying the crystal back to the Atlas in a hijacked ship when everything had suddenly blacked out./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"He coughed for a rough minute, and tried to get up, but his legs were pinned down with the weight of a small, blurry green thing./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"He blinked adjusting his vision, and realised that the small green thing, obviously unconscious in front of him, was Pidge. Lance shook his head to regain his senses and leaned forward, carefully putting her down to his left in a recovery position, as practiced many times before./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"He then managed to stand up, confused at his peaceful surroundings, The the shocking reality hit him. They were completely and utterly stranded. /span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"The loading pod had obviously crashed in a quiet forest clearing, with breathable air (Thank the heavens). The ship in pieces around him was never going to be fixed, but the crystal in the padded carrier wasn't dented at all. He sighed. That was a lot of luck for someone who had never pulled a short straw from any game./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"Then, a tired, weakened groan came from behind Lance. Pidge had woken up./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""Lance?" She said groggily. /span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"He turned around and ran to where she was, holding her up so she could breathe properly. /span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""It's okay, I'm fine... Ugh!" She winced, her ankle was bent from the impact. /span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""I think I have some bandages in the kit." Lance ran to an area of the wreckage that was made up of supplies. He pulled out a roll of linen, and began tying it around her ankle. She winced fro the pain, but tried to stay still so Lance could tie the knot properly./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"After Pidge's ankle was secure with cloth, Lance ran off to find a pair of substitute crutches, leaving Pidge to take in the surroundings./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"The forest around them reminded her of when her mother would take her and Matt to Italy to see their Zia, Carlotta, who lived in the woods, and they would visit the forests around her house to find Ilova, the cat, before dark./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"She sighed, and a poke brought her back to reality. Lance had just arrived with a metal pipe about her height. It was in a 'Y' shape, allowing her to holt it easily. Lance helped her up and she leans on the pipe, gasping for a breath./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""So what do we do now?" Lance asked./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"She frowned, "We can't leave the crystal here, we don't know who might be in those woods."/span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"Lance raised an eyebrow, "Are you saying we camp out in the wreckage?"/span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"Pidge sighed, "I don't think we have a lot of options left." She grabbed some of the ship's framing, and stabbed it deep into the ground. "I guess we might as well set up camp. We might be here a while."/span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"The two paladins got to work on making a tent, and very soon, what had once been a disgusting, fuming wreckage of a stolen galra pod was now a reasonably neat tent./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"After the two suns in the sky were beginning to get low, Lance lay down on one of the benches and drifted into a dreamless sleep, known only by those who have been in a state of mind so rushed, that these nights are those that keep them grounded./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"He coughed for a rough minute, and tried to get up, but his legs were pinned down with the weight of a small, blurry green thing./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"He blinked adjusting his vision, and realised that the small green thing, obviously unconscious in front of him, was Pidge. Lance shook his head to regain his senses and leaned forward, carefully putting her down to his left in a recovery position, as practiced many times before./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"He then managed to stand up, confused at his peaceful surroundings, The the shocking reality hit him. They were completely and utterly stranded. /span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"The loading pod had obviously crashed in a quiet forest clearing, with breathable air (Thank the heavens). The ship in pieces around him was never going to be fixed, but the crystal in the padded carrier wasn't dented at all. He sighed. That was a lot of luck for someone who had never pulled a short straw from any game./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"Then, a tired, weakened groan came from behind Lance. Pidge had woken up./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""Lance?" She said groggily. /span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"He turned around and ran to where she was, holding her up so she could breathe properly. /span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""It's okay, I'm fine... Ugh!" She winced, her ankle was bent from the impact. /span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""I think I have some bandages in the kit." Lance ran to an area of the wreckage that was made up of supplies. He pulled out a roll of linen, and began tying it around her ankle. She winced fro the pain, but tried to stay still so Lance could tie the knot properly./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"After Pidge's ankle was secure with cloth, Lance ran off to find a pair of substitute crutches, leaving Pidge to take in the surroundings./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"The forest around them reminded her of when her mother would take her and Matt to Italy to see their Zia, Carlotta, who lived in the woods, and they would visit the forests around her house to find Ilova, the cat, before dark./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"She sighed, and a poke brought her back to reality. Lance had just arrived with a metal pipe about her height. It was in a 'Y' shape, allowing her to holt it easily. Lance helped her up and she leans on the pipe, gasping for a breath./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;""So what do we do now?" Lance asked./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"She frowned, "We can't leave the crystal here, we don't know who might be in those woods."/span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"Lance raised an eyebrow, "Are you saying we camp out in the wreckage?"/span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"Pidge sighed, "I don't think we have a lot of options left." She grabbed some of the ship's framing, and stabbed it deep into the ground. "I guess we might as well set up camp. We might be here a while."/span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"The two paladins got to work on making a tent, and very soon, what had once been a disgusting, fuming wreckage of a stolen galra pod was now a reasonably neat tent./span/p
p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 8px; line-height: normal; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue'; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: #000000;"span style="font-size: 8pt; -webkit-font-kerning: none;"After the two suns in the sky were beginning to get low, Lance lay down on one of the benches and drifted into a dreamless sleep, known only by those who have been in a state of mind so rushed, that these nights are those that keep them grounded./span/p