Lurking Darkness

The Day

Ruby's P.O.V

You all picked up JNR, but Oscar was missing. That didn't matter at the moment, you know he can take care of himself. They all see Y/n as they board the ship. It's worse than they could've thought. The bullhead can only go so fast to the nearest hospital that isn't destroyed or out of business, you and Yang continue to comfort Blake, she can only stare at Y/n, unconscious from the blood he's lost, Weiss is still using a Time Dilation glyph on him, but this is much much worse than the last injury, Yang was able to wrap his arm in as much bandaging as possible and contained the bleeding a bit better. Blake hasn't stopped shaking since he arrived on the bullhead.

"Blake, he's going to be okay. I promise."

"What if he isn't Ruby? What if he dies on this ship."

"Don't say that. He's tougher than any of us and you know it." She remains silent after that. You know you didn't give her an exact answer, you sort of dodged around it, especially after Weiss told you what she was thinking.

"We're leaving Atlas." Maria speaks up.

"What about Oscar?" Nora says.

"We can't leave him." Jaune says after her.
"Children, we cannot stay here, especially now with Y/n's worsening condition, we have to get to an emergency center now, as far away from here as possible." Everyone looks at Y/n. He is getting worse. You can see his skin is becoming more pale by the minute.

"This is bad. Really really bad." You think in your head.

Y/n's P.O.V

You walk around the empty white space, it's so white and vast you can tell just how far it goes.
Just then, Weiss appears in front of you.

"Weiss?"

"You can't leave Y/n. We all need you, Blake especially, she loves you with more ferocity and passion than I've ever seen another person love someone."

"Weiss! Can you hear me?"

"If you leave her Y/n. Dust help me, I'll cut off your other arm." These must be her thoughts. You must be exuding your Aura with them knowing, almost like you can do with Pyrrha.
Then Yang appears as Weiss fades away.

"Dude, you'd better not die, we all love you, Blake more than anyone here. If you leave Blake, she'll crack. She'll be devastated and will crumble, if only you saw her now, she's a mess and I'm sure my jacket is messed up from the tears and snot. My point is. Don't. Die." And Yang fades away, you wait for another one to appear, but none do.
You believe you have come to a decision.
Then Ruby appears to only cement that choice.
"You can't leave us Y/n. We need you. Blake needs you. You have to live. For Blake if for no one else. Live for Blake."

"I've made my decision!" You yell out.

"That is?"

"Return me to the living, I can't die yet. I have too many people who love me and need me."

"Are you sure Mr. Aspro? Like I said, you will only bring pain and ruin to your loved one and friends."

"I'll protect them, with everything I have."

"Very well. You shall be returned to the living realm, however, don't expect to be able to do anything but feel pain, your ears will also work as of now, but you currently cannot move or open your eyes. You've lost an excessive amount of blood. Good luck in the living Mr. Aspro." The figure fades away.

You are forced out of this dream like state, you feel an incredible amount of pain in your left arm, there's nothing you can do about it at the moment. You begin to hear mumbling and talking.