Hunk sat on a stone 
bench in the Royal Gardens. He couldn't believe how depressed he was feeling. It 
had been a long time since he had felt this depressed. It was gloom and doom 
city.<BR><BR>He lloked up from the rose bed in front of him when he heard 
footsteps coming up behind him. He looked over when Lance sat down beside 
him.<BR><BR>"Hey man, we've been 
looking all over for you. Pidge was wanting you to lift some heavy stuff for 
him."<BR><BR>"Yeah, I 
suppose."<BR><BR>"Something eatin' you, 
pal?"<BR><BR>"I don't know what 
it is lately, Lance, but I feel so depressed that it's like I could cry forever 
and it would never even begin to make me feel 
better."<BR><BR>"Do you know 
why? Something happen you wanna talk about?"<BR><BR>Hunk lifted an eyebrow then 
shifted his gaze back to the roses, not sure if Lance was being sincere or not. 
<BR><BR>"Have you ever had the 
feeling that you regret letting someone go that you deeply cared about, 
practically defended with your 
life?"<BR><BR>Lance thought for 
a moment,<BR><BR>"Yeah, I guess you could say that, I've had a lot of flings but 
there have been a couple that I truly regret leaving. Someone in particular you 
have in mind?"<BR><BR>"Yeah." 
Hunk looked over to Lance,"Twyla."<BR><BR>"The spy? The one whose brother was 
turned into a 
robeast."<BR><BR>"Yeah."<BR><BR>"What 
brought this on?'<BR><BR>"I don't know. I gues, in a way, I'm jealous of you 
guys."<BR><BR>"Why?" Lance looked 
startled.<BR><BR>"I see you with 
a different girl almost every night. I see Keith with Allura and Sven with 
Romelle. You all seem so happy. I think even Pidge has a certian someone in his 
life."<BR><BR>"If he does, I don't know about it."<BR><BR>"There are days when i 
don't think about her at all, even weeks at a time when she never crosses my 
mind. Then there are days I can't get her out of my head. I don't know what to 
do."<BR><BR>Lance patted Hunk on 
the shoulder.<BR><BR>"Don't worry. If you were meant to have her, she'd come 
back. You'll find that special someone someday."<BR><BR>"Key word being someday, 
Lance, if you don't mind I'd just rather be alone. Tell Pidge I'll do the work 
later."<BR><BR>"Sure, pal." 
lance left not really sure if he should leave Hunk alone or 
not.<BR><BR>At that same moment 
on a distant planet. Someone else was staring glumly at a patch of silver grey 
roses. They grew in abundence on her planet, but she didn't care. Eversince the 
liberation of her planet there was only one thing on her mind and, for some 
reason, it wasn't 
freedom.<BR><BR>Twyla De Lyeria 
laid back down on a grassy hill as stared up at the sky. Somewhere out there was 
they guy that had saved her life but had taken the life of her 
brother.<BR><BR>She had loved 
her brother dearly but she had gotten over the grief now her thoughts turned to 
something else. Hunk. The only one who really cared, who wanted to protect her 
regardless of what she 
did.<BR><BR>"Oh Hunk, how could 
I have ever let you down? I see what I done wrong. I see now that what they told 
me were lies. I wish I could get back to you but the only way I'll ever get into 
space is to join the Space Crusaders."<BR><BR>Twlya turned over onto her stomach 
and laid her head on her arms. Geting into the Space Crusaders was a lot of work 
but in the end it was so rewarding.<BR><BR>You could earn your own ship to go 
exploring or you could join a fleet to go patroling and searching for new 
planets to become allies 
with.<BR><BR>Twyla sat back up. 
Yes, that's what she would do. It would take a year out of her life but it was 
well worth it. Anything to get back to Hunk. Anything. 
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