Stranded

Chapter 7- The Rouge's Return

AN- Nothing to say, just so sorry about the long wait! I hope you enjoy!

Disclaimer- I do not own, or claim to own, any of these characters, they all belong to their respected owners, I simply create fanfiction with them. Any similarities to real people or real events is purely coincidental.

"Was it something about the plants? No, that isn't right either." Allura sighed as the answer she was chasing once again evaded her. The Castle was moving faster since Coran diverted power to the main engines, but something about this mysterious planet they were desperately trying to get to kept nagging at the back of her mind.

"Still can't remember, Princess?" Coran asked from his station, he had been staring at the navigation ever since he diverted the power fearing that even the slightest push or pull would throw them off course. Allura swore she hadn't seen him blink in ages, and was starting to worry that his eyes were going to pop out.

"Well it has been 10,000 years so I was bound to forget some things, I don't know why, but this just seems like an important detail."

"It has been 10,000 years so maybe what you're worried about isn't even a problem anymore." Coran actually glanced at her then, his voice soft trying to reassure her. He didn't remember anything about this planet, the only reason he knew its name was because he was looking at all of the planets in the area before they had started their 'simple-just-a-routine-mission' nothing had caught his attention as being serious, but he trusted Allura and her worrying was starting to affect him as well.

"Perhaps." She didn't sound convinced, but for now, the Princess's fears would have to wait. They was no possible way they could get any information, they would simply have to wait and assess the situation once they arrived.

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"On a scale from one to ten, how bad do you think it would be if we-"

"At least a twenty Pidge." Hunk didn't even let her finish, he knew what she was thinking and had no interest in trying it.

"Okay, but if we adjust the-"

"Then we'd have to sacrifice something else. If we get the weapons, then no stabilizers; engines, but no controls; shields, but no temperature regulations."

"There's got to be a way to get all of the above. We can't just pick and choose what systems are online we'd never make it off the planet." Pidge frustratingly plopped onto her back, every time they found one answer they'd find another problem.

Shiro was hardly paying attention to them, as was agreed, he was listening for Keith through his helmet and for Lance through Pidge's helmet. Originally the Green and Yellow Paladins were against this idea, but they knew that if anyone could get the Lions flying again it would be them, so in the end they resigned themselves to arguing about all of the ways, whether impractical or not, that they could get the Lions going while Shiro focused on Lance and Keith's wellbeing and would inform them when he got news.

"Yellow is in the best condition, maybe if we get her fully operational we could use her to get the others going as well." Hunk offered as Pidge continued to groan while rolling around on the floor.

"It's that or we have to wait for the Castle of Lions to get here and pick us up, but we have no way of knowing how long that will take." Pidge had finally stopped rolling around, even though she would always claim that it was a part of her thinking process, it was time that they actually started working. "Let's start with the coms, I'm tired of yelling so Shiro can hear me and I want my helmet back."

Hunk chuckled as they dragged their bodies up to start the long process of repairing the Lions without the proper tools, separated on an alien planet, and under an extreme time crunch to just get the hell off this supposed to be deserted planet. Yep, this was going to be a long day.