It wasn't till my throat was hoarse from pleading that someone finally came across the two of us. I didn't even notice at first, as I was too wrapped up in making deals with Summer's corpse to hear their entrance.
"Brother," a voice said, surprising me. I looked up for a moment to find Raven kneeling in front of me, a worried look on her face. "What are you doing?"
"I-I, I need to wake her up," I told her in a rough whisper.
"She's dead."
"She c-can't be. She's just...sleeping."
"She doesn't have a pulse."
"It will come back. I just n-need to wake her up. She'll be fine." I turned back to Summer, not even noticing how pale she was now. "She'll be fine."
"Qrow." Raven grabbed my chin, forcing me to look her in the eyes. She looked heartbroken, and scared for some reason. It surprised me because I never thought she could even have those emotions, let alone show them. "She won't be fine. She's gone. You have to let her go."
"I-I-I can't-"
"If you don't let her go you'll die too," she interrupted. I was silent for a while but Summer knew I wasn't so easily convinced. "Please, let her go. Our team already lost one member today, don't make us loose another. Don't make me lose my brother."
"I, couldn't save her," I said quietly. Raven let go of my chin as I looked back at Summer. It wasn't Summer anymore, just a stiff, bloody corpse. "She was my partner and I couldn't save her."
"I know," Raven whispered back.
I started to put the body down gently, my sister helping me when my weak arms complained about the movement. A moment later she was by my side, looping my arm across her shoulders and helping me up. My legs gave out from under me even with Raven taking most of my weight, she was the only reason I didn't end up back on the ground.
"Let's get you to camp," she said as she all but dragged me towards the exit.
"We'll come back for her, right?"
"I'll come fetch her myself," Raven said simply. "She deserves better than some cave as her resting spot."
"Yes, she does."
