Lurking Darkness

Back from the Dead

Y/n's P.O.V

"Doc? How is he?" You hear a voice.

"He's stable does now, but had that blade been a quarter inch more to the right, his heart would've been punctured and he'd be dead right now, he's not going going to be fighting for a while if that's what you're asking." You try to open your eyes, as you open them, you are able to make a form of noise.

"Hngh..."

"Doc. He's awake." You don't recognize the voice.

"Mr. Aspro, please try to remain still, you've been seriously injured and you are here in Atlas. We are currently caring for you."

"Bla..."

"The Faunus girl? She's with everyone else, probably talking to Ironwood right now if I had to guess." The man said.

"You... are?"

"My name is Clover. I am the leader of Atlesian Elite Special Forces, named the Ace Ops. Me and my team had reports of of your teammates illegally using weapons, so we had arrested them, but they're good now, just had to take them to Ironwood."

"Safe...?"

"They're all safe. I promise."

"See... them... Blake..."

"I'll send word to bring them down." After about 15 long minutes of waiting. Everyone arrives.

"Y/n!" Blake sees you awake and runs over, being careful to not hurt you.

"Hey... kitten.."

"That's cute, he calls you kitten?" Yang adds. Blake blushed slightly.

"We were so scared you'd die, back at Argus, we couldn't stop the bleeding, Weiss had to use a Glyph around you the entire trip to Atlas, it only slowed the bleeding. You lost a lot of blood."

"Are... you... hurt?" Each breath labored due to the hole in your chest.

"No no I'm fine."

"Is... she... okay...?" You shakily raise your arm and point at Yang.

"I'm fine Iceman, thanks by the way."

"Is... Adam...?"

"Yes. He's gone."

"Good..."

"Hey what happened back there by the way?"
You barely remember the event.

"You... mean... me?"

"No, the other guy who saved my life." Yang answer sarcastically.

"I... needed... to... protect..." You can't muster up anymore energy into the sentence.

"I... needed... to... kill... him..."
You see everyone shocked.

"Kill?" Ruby asks. You turn the air cold, not a lot though, you don't have the energy to do so.

"Kill... him... protect... both... you..."
They're all silent and patient.

"Would... have... followed... us. Killed... us. He... needed... to... die..." They all understand.

"Y/n. Please stop trying to kill yourself for a week. We had this conversation already." Nora says. You almost laugh, but even the feeling sends avalanches of pain rushing through your body.

"Sorry... guys..." You attempt to chuckle, but it hurts to laugh. Everyone says their byes and leave, except Blake, she stays as long as they let her, thankfully, they didn't mind her staying as long as she didn't get in the way. You spent most of your time sleeping, dosed up the ass in morphine, so luckily, not a lot of pain, you know it would be excruciating without it.
She never let go of your hand. Not even once.
You wake up and look at her.
"I... love... you..."

"I love you too." She kisses your head and smiles.

Man that smile.

"I'm going to go get some water, I'll be right back." You nod. As she leaves, you look out the window, Atlas is beautiful at night. Lit up like a candle. You see something outside of your window. A figure with a dark red blade approach the window.

"Adam...?" He slowly unsheathes his sword.
He opens the window, as he walks in, he says nothing, he raises his sword, and slowly lowers it into your new chest cavity.

"AHHHHHH!!!" You wake up, in excruciating pain.

"Blake...? Help...! Pain...!" You're squirming and writhing in agony, it feels like your heart in on fire. She runs out of the room and tells the nurse your in massive pain, she rushes in and says.

"The morphine is full Mr. Aspro. Let's try something stronger." She gives you a blue pill.
You feel so much better.

"It's encapsulated ice Dust, it should soothe the pain and your nerves."

"Thank you nurse." Blake says.

"Blake... saw... Adam..."

"You dreamt about Adam?" She grabs your hand.

"Nightmare... felt... like... dying."
"PTSD?"

"It could be, almost dying is quite dramatic." The nurse says.

"But... I... won...?" You raspily say.

"So RWBY is going on a mission." Blake says.

"What... kind..?"

"We're hunting down a Geist. It's in an abandoned Dust mine."

"I'll... be... rooting..."

"Thank you."

"I... hope... to... be.... missions... soon."

"Me too."

"I have to go, I got to get ready for the mission. I'll have a new look when I get back."

"But... you... look... great... already..." You whine.

"Now I'll look better." She winks at you.

"I love you babe."

"Love... you... kitten."

She kisses your head and she walks out.

2 weeks later

You're finally up and training again, thanks to your Aura and Semblance, your body heals much faster than normal, especially with your heat. You still haven't seen Blake, she's been messaging you, but she wants to keep her new look her a surprise.

But first...

You need to see the General.

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