Recovery

Lion Riders Return

A/N: Hi Again! Writer's block caught me again and then at the same time I got a mild form of the writers curse hahaha. Finally finished this chapter and I know for a fact I have the outlines for the rest of the chapters in this book so crossing my fingers I can post something new in at least a months time. For those of you still checking in, thank you! I'm glad you still like my work even though most of this isn't even mine. Happy reading dear readers and don't forget to R&R if you have the time.

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Goggles? Check. Tools? Check. Hover pad? Check.

It was exam day for the cadets in their mechanics class. Their assignment was to do routine maintenance on the lions. Hunk was proctoring it. He was serious about a few things, and making sure the lions were running smoothly and correctly were part of that small list. And not being one to get scared over a measly test, Larmina went up first.

"I'm going in." She said, hovering up to black lion's shoulder joint.

"Make her purr Larmina."

Hunk stood on another hover pad, watching her every move. With black, he got serious, especially because the energy problem still wasn't fixed. But soon his attention went to the two boys on the catwalk who were supposed to be taking this chance to study up before their turn.

"I hope you two are taking notes. You're up next."

"Uh-huh, absolutely, notes..." Vince said in a distracted tone,

He was busy looking at his tablet, playing a Voltron MMORPG he and Daniel had found earlier on. It might not have been the most interesting game, but it was incredibly entertaining.

"We are studiously studying... Yes!" Daniel shouted, earning a sharp shushing from Vince.

While being glared at, he quickly added words of encouragement to Larmina, trying to cover up his tracks. Vince only rolled his eyes and turned his attention back to their game, only for Hunk to hover right in front of him, catching him red-handed.

Hunk smugly raised an eyebrow, "Fun game, huh?"

"No! I mean yeah- I uh-" Vince stuttered for a minute before starting over, "It's research! Look, a bunch of underground Voltron friendlies have used this game to communicate under Wade's radar. It's brilliant!"

"That's exactly why Pidge designed it that way."

Vince got an excited and dreamy look in his eyes, "Pidge just gets more and more awesome!"

"You don't even know half the stuff he's capable of yet, little dude!"

Before Vince could ask about it, a message request caught his eye. A player currently set as blue lion hailed him before he nervously accepted the message request.

"Are you one of them?" The message read,

"One of whom?" he cautiously asked,

"Are you Voltron Force? If you are, please, my planet Ariel is peaceful and needs your help! Wade's forces are-"

Suddenly, a black lion avatar rushed in and took Vince down, along with canceling the seemingly urgent message link Vince had received. Adding insult to injury, the respawn prompt appeared with a sullen-looking lion at the top of the screen. Before either of them could process what happened, Daniel began loudly celebrating from across the catwalk.

"Down goes Vince! Man, I am like living lightning-"

He stopped in his tracks after seeing the equally irritated looks from Vince and Hunk. Even worse, Larmina picked up on the energy of the hanger and hovered over them before giving him an unimpressed look, too.