Cassie and Yang walked down the hall to Ruby's room hoping she was alright and as they entered the bedroom it was apparent that she was.

"Ruby?" asked Yang tentatively.

"Yang!" exclaimed Ruby, "You're alright! You were unconscious last time I saw you,"

"I'm fine, it's you I'm worried about"

"Who's that with you?"

"Cassandra Shiro, a pleasure Ruby…" Cassandra replied

"Rose, Ruby Rose. Weren't you up on the tower with me."

"Yeah that was me,"

"Are you okay, I mean the last thing I saw was Cinder hurting you,"

"Ruby, if it weren't for you I wouldn't be here"

"Uncle Qrow said something about me stopping her, but you still lost your arm"

"I'd rather lose my arm than the lives of those I'm trying to protect. I held her off long enough for you to stop her,"

"It's still my fault, I wasn't strong enough to stop her sooner,"

"How can you even say that! It was my choice to fight her in the first place and I paid the price, all that matters is that you and Pyrrha are okay."

"She's still out there though,"

"But we put a dent in her plans. Her Wyvern is useless, thanks to you. Right now the most we can do is recover and for me, get my new arm and start rehab with it,"

"Hey kiddies, we got a new lead from Ironwood, said Cinder's heading to Mistral. Oh yeah Cassie, Ironwood's here to see you," said Qrow.

"Better go talk to him," said Cassie

"Oh can I go with her I wanna see," said Ruby

"Why not squirt, it couldn't hurt. Just don't push yourself,"

Ruby and Cassie left to go see Ironwood letting Qrow and Yang discuss matters unknown to the duo.

"So what do you think will be on the arm. A cannon, a hidden blade…"

"I highly doubt that it's ready,"

"Silly we've been out for nearly a week, more than enough for measurements,"

"Alright then. Let's go see shall we,"

As they exited the house they saw Taiyang and General Ironwood around a portable prosthetics station. 'Probably one of Ironwood's personal ones' thought Cassie as they approached the two.

"Ruby!" exclaimed Taiyang as they came closer.

"Cassandra Shiro, General Ironwood. I'm here to help you adjust to your new arm, we have taken some liberties already, but the only thing we need to do is attach a shoulder brace for your new arm. Heed this warning, it will hurt but you will have no need for rehabilitation afterwards as the injury is quite fresh," stated Ironwood.

"It's fine with me. The sooner I'm ready to fight the better," replied Cassie. "

Then we'll get started right away," said Ironwood. "Meet doctor Angela Azure, the one who helped me through my start up with prosthetics, she will be the one installing everything for you,"

"We will get started as soon as possible then, Ms Shiro, if you would follow me," said Dr. Azure.

"See you on other side Ruby," said Cassie.

"Good luck!" said Ruby.

"Ms Shiro, you will be awake for this entire procedure, as Ironwood said it will hurt," said the Doctor.

"Well shit…" stated Cassie bluntly, "Let's get this over with."

"If it's okay can I stay, it would be better if you didn't have to go through this alone," said Ruby.

"Okay,"

The three entered the station and Cassandra was led to an operating table. She layed down and the doctor removed the bandages from the shoulder.

"Let's get to work," said Dr. Azure after restraining Cassie down to the capsule.

The process began as the Doctor reopened her the wound and Cassie held back a scream of pain. Ruby noticed this and held her hand to calm her down. Cassie's vision flashed white as she felt a set of nerve attachments pierce her new wound and she screamed and it pained Ruby to see anyone in this type of pain. Dr. Azure began to attach the nerves one by one. Ruby then noticed that Cassie was holding back tears of pain.

"Just stay strong, I'm here for you. It's okay to cry, 'cause I'll be right here, every step of the way, " said Ruby.

As Ruby finished her sentence Cassie started crying, tears flowing down her face waiting for the pain to end. Ruby staying true to her statement stayed there comforting the girl on the table. Eventually the doctor finished the procedure giving Cassie some painkillers.

"I can't give you any of the strong stuff otherwise your new arm might not function properly. You should notice the phantom pain is gone. Well I'll bring over your new arm and attach it straight away," said the doctor, and with that she left the room.

"Are you okay?" questioned Ruby.

"Hurts like hell, but could be a lot worse. Thank you Ruby, for being here for me. Even though you just met me you didn't leave me. I don't know if I would have made it through without you. I just wish I could have been stronger," said Cassie.

"Could have been stronger! You held in your pain because I was here, you wanted it to seem less painful than it really was, to spare me the knowledge. I'm happy you're alright though, "

"Ms Spiro here is your new state of the art prosthetic," said the doctor as she reentered. "It weighs as much as your other arm so there should be no issues with balance and such, but it is much more equipped than any standard prosthetic on the market for the next five years, even the Schnees can't get their hands on something like this baby. It's has a dust powered shuriken printer that loads right into your hand. It also has the ability to hyper extend it put under extreme pressure so it's not breaking from any of the joints. It's dust powered but if an EMP blast actually manages to disable it a quick burst of aura should fix it no problem, oh and aura can also be channelled through it making and blows it deals much more effective than any punch from a regular arm,"

"So it's better in every way than my old arm and no adjustment period, awesome!" said Cassie

"I forgot to mention that the arm is incredible cheap to reproduce and we have left you with two spares. And you can fire off the forearm and detonate it as a last resort,"

"Cool, "

"'Cool' that's all you have to say, that arm is a piece of technological art! It has the features of a hunter's weapon and it's cheap to reproduce. If you don't mind, what is this arm made of?" asked Ruby.

"The arm is made of dust enhanced steel-aluminum-nickel alloy, lightweight, durable and cheap, stronger than any titanium alloy," replied the doctor, "well that operation was quite taxing so I'll be leaving, be sure to call if you have any questions, Taiyang has my number, "

"Thanks doctor," said Cassie

"Don't mention it, I know it hurt, but it always warms my heart knowing that a person can live a normal life again," replied the doctor. With that she left.

"Oh no she forgot to attach it!" exclaimed Ruby.

"I think I just insert it here Ruby, " Cassie said as she inserted the new arm into the shoulder brace, "Whoa, tingly! Look at the colours. Dark grey and navy blue, goes with my outfit,"

"Should we go show the others?" asked Ruby.

"Hell yeah!"