Left For Dead

The blood it was everywhere

Covering my fingers from gripping my wound

A let out a small yelp as my hands my contact with the wound

Stabbed right above my left hip

My vision was clouded with black spots

My head becoming fuzzy

My mouth filled with the overwhelming about of iron

The rotten fumes of war filled my nose

What can I do now?

I tried limping towards the team

I made it 4 steps then collasped

Only way to make it back was to crawl

I crawled making my way over inch by inch

There was no use

My left eye couldn't stay open and was shut

Barely keeping my right eye open

I see a woman with purple skin

Everything went black

A groan escapes my mouth as I start to rub my head. "Good your awake", I try to bring myself up but then immediately feeling a sharp pain on my left side. I peer down to find white bandages wrapped around my hips and lower stomach. Next to my hips I see a small pile of blood stained bandages. "slow down, you need to rest". The purple woman comes over and gently puts my shoulders back down to this makeshift bed that I was sleeping on. 

Her dark navy hair with dark red at the tips up in a messy ponytail with many parts fallen out and are now in her face. Her eyes were seas of blue covered by small specks of sliver that made her eyes sparkle. Her clothes seem ragged, some sort of  gray cape that only is on one side of her body. The amour she was wearing was grayish with orange parts glowing but it seemed heavily battered up, so must have been in many battles.

Next thing I do is bombard her with questions. "Who are you? Where are we? Why did you save me? How did we get here? Where is my team? How long was I out?". She puts her finger to my mouth, "Hush paladin, first off I am Nestra" as she puts her hand on her chest. "I tried not to be apart of this war, sadly it came to me and I couldn't stop it" her tone changed as she turned her head away. "You were out for 2 days, we are on the planet known as Goren."

I am able to bring myself up with my back against a smooth limestone like rock. I look at the sky above, the twinkling of stars always amazes me. The cobalt blue swirled with the small flickering lights. Nestra gets up and goes back to tend to the fire that had some sort of pot over it. The red and orange flames under the pot light up the area around us.

She points to the pot, "You want some?". I give her this sarcastic smile, "What do you think?". She nods her head, "Soup it is then". Next to the pot she grabs these dark green bowls covered with dirt and scratches. She ladles in this brown slug and brings the bowl to me. I give an unpleasant glance at the bowl then to her. "It tastes better than it looks, trust me", she gives me the bowl.

Surprisingly she was right, even though Hunk's cooking was way much better I was too hunger and tired to not eat. Finally the taste of blood was out of my throat and filled with this earthy vegetable and dirt taste, it was better than blood.

Once every last drop is down my throat I glance over to Nestra. She eyes are filled with anger with hints of sadness. "Sorry forgot to tell this earlier but thank you for saving me". As I look down to the ground with a slight blush rushing to my cheeks. "Least I could do, I couldn't just leave you there" she shrugs. In a more serious tone I saw, "But really...Thank you".

"So as you were sleeping I made you these crutches so you would be able to walk around". She pulls out these sticks wrapped in some sort of green rope. "I have tested them, and if they support me I then they will definitely support you". Noticing that I am much smaller than her in height and weight. 

"Prove it", I voice to her as I cross my arms. She shrugs "Okay then". She puts the crutches under her elbows and uses then to move her way over to me. It seemed to move so natural with the crutches, she must have used them before. She stands right in front of me with both crutches in her left hand, "See I told you they would work".

She gently places the crutches next to me. "When your ready you can use them". I thank her then I see goes over to this computer that looks pretty old but somehow still works. "Whatcha doing over there" I ask. She looks back at me, "Oh this, its our way out of here, it sends a signal to the rebels so they know where to find us and then they will bring you back to Voltron" her tone seemed to change by the end, I am not sure why.

"For the two days that you were out I have been trying to make it work" she slams her fist to the ground. "It just doesn't, maybe this computer has seen the end of its day" she hangs her head. I reposition myself against the rock, to make me look taller. With a smug grin, "Well lucky for you I am Voltron's resident tech expert so I can help you with this, bring the computer to me". 

She nods her head and brings the computer over, she sits next to me with her long legs close to her chest and her back against the same limestone like rock. My cheeks start to feel warmer as I stare at her and all the beauty I see. I look in awe but I try to shake that thought out of my head and get back to reality.

This thick gray laptop with this sort of black amour with orange highlights the encases the computer. Just like the amour she was wearing. I open the computer and seem to figure out whats going on. Within 15 dobashes everything was fixed and the signal was up and running.

With a sigh of relief I say, "Okay now we wait until someone we hear someone on the other side on the signal". "Oh thank you so much" she wraps her arms around me into this tight bear hug. I wince, forgetting that I'm still injured. She quickly pulls away, "sorry I forgot about your injury". I look into her eyes, "Its alright". Next thing I see is her cheeks become a shade darker then skin as she fiddles with her hands.

"Okay...so...what can we do while we wait" I ask. She puts her right hand up to her chin, "Hmm I am not sure? We could explore the planet or tell stories of our travels or you could get some rest while I get some more resources, there are many possibilities".

She brings herself back up to her feet, "We need more resources so I will go out, stay right here and don't move". I nod to her, then she is gone. 

I look up at the sky and start to daydream about my reunion with the paladins. Then my mind wanders to Nestra. My eyelids start to get heavy as I drift off to sleep...