Hi! So happy new years to all you lovely people and I just want to say thank you for all of your reviews and follows! I love reading the reviews and I want to reply to them but for some reason my email won't let me so if you have any tips on how to respond to the reviews, I would really appreciate because I want you guys to know how frickin happy I get whenever I get a review!!! :)
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Hunk felt his neck break out in a cold sweat as Lance's voice was replaced with static.
"No no no." Hunk groaned as he scrambled to get the connection back.
"What happened??" Allura asked, her voice thick with panic.
"I-I don't know! It just stopped working!" Hunk responded as he quickly bent down to look at the main control panel.
"Hunk, Allura! I think you need to see this!" Coran exclaimed as he made his way over.
"What is it?" Hunk huffed as he continued messing around with the wires, even though he knew that they weren't the problem.
"I'm afraid we lost the connection because...Look." Coran replied as he pulled up an image of Pheylix.
Allura gasped as she stared at the planet. She could see large blue cracks running through the planet and explosions were extremely visible.
"It's dying.." Hunk said, his voice barely audible.
Allura looked at Hunk as hot tears pricked her eyes, "How much time is left before it..." Her voice broke before she could finish.
Hunk swallowed as he looked at the screen, "It has half an hour..." He answered, his throat tight.
Allura held onto the table as she swayed, her head fuzzy, "Do we know if they got off?" She asked, her eyes squeezed shut.
"We have no way of contacting them... but by what Lance was saying before we lost contact.. it didn't seem good." Coran answered, "I.. have to go.. finish the tonic.." He whispered, turning away as tears threatened to fall.
After he left Allura and Hunk stood in silence. Terrible, suffocating silence... neither of them knew what to say... neither of them thought that they could even think without loosing it.
Allura let out a chocked sob, her shoulders shaking.
Hunk shook his head as he pulled her into a hug, allowing his own tears to flow freely.
"They can't be gone.. They just can't be." Allura cried, her voice muffled by Hunk's shirt.
Hunk just shook his head again and hugged her tighter.
The two stood in disbelief in the quiet room, anxious for any signs that their lost paladins were alive.
Hunk jumped as the controls began to beep. He shut them off and looked at the screen. He gasped as they picked up something moving a couple of miles away.
"Something's there!" Hunk exclaimed.
Allura's eyes widened before she scrambled over to her podium. She quickly sent the ship flying in the direction of the lifeform.
"It's someone!" She gasped, "I'm pulling them in." She activated the beam and the two watched as it was pulled into the ship.
"Come on." Allura called as she raced to the main deck, Hunk right behind her.
Allura almost slammed into the wall as she frantically opened the air lock. She turned the lights on and wildly looked around.
"There!" Hunk yelled as he ran over to a body laying near the wall.
He kneeled beside it and turned it over, "Shiro!" He exclaimed.
"Oh, thank goodness!" Allura gasped as she kneeled by Shiro's head.
Their moment of relief was replaced with dread as they realised that it was just Shiro.
"W.. where's Lance?" Hunk asked, his voice shaking.
Allura raised her hand to her mouth in shock when she didn't see the blue paladin.
Hunk's vision blurred as he was once again blinded by tears.
Allura wiped her eyes with the back of her hand as she looked down at Shieo. Her eyes widened as she caught sight of the two capsules.
"Hunk." She said as she grabbed his shoulder.
He looked at her and then followed her eyes. His breath hitched in his throat as he read the message carved onto the blue capsule.
"No..." He cried, covering his face with his hands.
Allura detached the capsule and stared at the message.
Go on without me.
Allura traced the letters with her finger, her lip trembling.
Her shaking hands forced her to put the capsule down. Allura shook her head as she turned back to Shiro and took off his helmet. She gasped as she caught sight of his face. Hunk didn't dare take his hands away from his face as Allura examined his wounds.
The large cut on the side of his face was tacky with blood and sweat. Allura could feel his broken ribs as she lightly touched his side.
"C..can you get Coran please? We... we have to get him in a cryo pod.." Allura choked out.
Hunk quickly ran out of the room, his sobs echoing down the halls.
Allura clenched her fists as she listened to his cries, her heart ached at the thought of their lost paladin. She took a deep, shakey breath before returning her attention to Shiro. She placed his head in her lap and held onto his shoulder as she waited for Hunk to return with Coran.
"Lance!" Shiro gasped as he jolted upright.
Allura yelled out as he frantically looked around.
"Shiro!" Allura shouted as he tried to stand up.
Shiro snapped his eyes towards her, "Allura?" His eyes widened as he looked around, "Where am I- Where's Lance??" He asked, grabbing onto her shoulders.
Allura bit her lip as she took hold of his hands, "You need to sit down..." She said quietly.
Shiro's face fell as Allura helped him to the ground.
"What happened?" He asked, his voice thick with pain and concern.
Allura looked Shiro dead in the eyes as she felt tears reappear, "Shiro... we don't.. know what happened.. exactly.. We had contact with Lance.. but then everything went to static.. and then Pheylix.." Allura stopped as she tried to compose herself. Shiro held onto her hand tighter. Allura shook her head as she continued, "We found you in space.. alone and.. with both the capsules... and there's- a message." She choked out as she handed him the blue capsule.
Shiro hesitantly took it, his hands shaking. He looked down and read it.. He read it over and over again, not believing the words that he was seeing.
"No.. no no no.." He whispered as he covered his eyes with his hand. He let out a choked as he fell onto Allura.
She wrapped her arms around him. He buried his face in her shoulder, clutching the capsule to his chest.
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"You ready?" Keith asked as he pulled up the map of the mine field.
"Yeah." Pidge answered as she looked over the minefield. It looked so harmless and beautiful with the blue pixels flowing over it and the small craters letting off a warm glow.
"Okay, step lightly.. take four steps forward, putting one foot directly in front of the other." Keith instructed as he stared at the map.
Pidge did as he said, walking slowly and carefully as if she were on a tight rope.
"Good.. now take seven steps to the left and then five more forward." Keith said.
Pidge followed his instructions, her breath heavy as sweat appeared on her forehead.
"Keith?" Pidge asked after Keith didn't respond.
"I'm here.. it's just that this one is difficult.. okay, I think I got it, take eleven steps to the right, eight forward and then two more to the left." Keith answered.
Pidge nodded and then followed the route that he gave her.
"Where to?" She asked.
Keith steadily gave her the next few instructions that she followed with ease.
She was almost to the crystals when Keith came to a problem.
"Okay.. this next part is very big.. so big that you can't go around it.." Keith said.
Pidge frowned, "What do I do then? I can't go over it, the jetpack will cause to much movement."
Keith was quiet for a second, "I have an idea but it's going to be difficult.."
Pidge sighed, "Let's hear it.. I don't know what else to do." She answered.
"Okay.. so the mine is insanely huge.. probably the biggest one here.. My best idea is that you push off a couple steps away from it and then activate your jetpack mid air- but only slightly activate it- and then turn it off once you come close to the ground again." Keith explained.
Pidge stared at the ground as she took that in, "Okay.. but if I mess up then it will set off the biggest mine here and then who knows what will happen after that goes off and then what if it destroys the crystals what if-"
"Pidge." Keith said calmly.
Pidge turned her head around to look at him, her hands twitching, "Sorry.." She whispered.
Keith shook his head, "You don't have to be sorry. I understand that you're scared but I'm going to be right here with you and whatever happens, I'll be there for you. Just take a deep breath and don't worry, you're going to be okay.. I won't let anything happen to you, okay?" Keith said to her.
Pidge bit her lip as she nodded, "Okay.." She breathed as she turned to face the crystals again.
"I've got this.." She whispered.
Pidge took a couple of steps back, her hands shaking. She took a deep breath and jumped off the ground as lightly as she could. Pidge quickly initiated her jet pack slightly so she seemed to glide over the mine. As she neared the ground, Pidge slowly decreased the jetpacks power and landed on her toes.
Pidge let out a sigh of relief as she touched the ground, releasing her tense shoulders.
"YOU DID IT!!" Keith cheered from the other side of the crater.
Pidge let out a laugh that was mixed with relief and surprise, "Thanks, Keith."
Keith smiled, "Now go get those crystals."
"Gladly." Pidge responded as she turned to head towards the small crater that they grew in.
She slowly bent down and placed the crystals into her and Keith's capsules. She attatched them together and then secured them on her back as she turned to head back.
"Good job, Pidge. Now just do the same thing coming back, okay?" Keith said as she neared the mine.
Pidge nodded, feeling more confident this time.
She stepped back and pushed off again. The extra weight threw her off and caused her to panic. She fully initiated the jetpack and flew across the mine before hastily shutting it off and falling to the ground. She landed on her stomach and immediately froze in panic.
She held her breath as she heard the loud cracking of the ground. She looked behind her and saw the mine swell in slow motion.
"RUN!!" Keith screamed at her.
Pidge scrambled to her feet, her heart racing. She ran towards Keith, blinded by panic. Pidge yelled out as she felt the mine explode a couple of feet behind her. She was blown forward as it exploded, setting off the ones around it.
Keith watched in shock as he lost sight of Pidge. His heart dropped as he relised the entire mine was going to explode.
"PIDGE!?" He screamed before the wave of explosions hit him and sent him flying.
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Keith's eyes snapped open as he gasped for breath. He let out a raspy cough and shook his head as his ears rung. He placed a hand over his charred chestplate, grateful for the strong material.
His breath caught in his throat as the thought of what just happened raced into his mind. He scrambled to his feet, his vision blurring as he swayed.
"Pidge?" He called out weakly, looking around wildly.
"PIDGE?!" Keith yelled, his voice breaking as he ran towards the mine field.
Keith let out a strangled cry as he took in the view in front of him; his heart skipping a beat.
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Muahahaha.. enjoy the suffering :')