New Very-Freaking-Short-Chapter!

Beep…beep…beep….

The monitors beeped and hummed, all trying to do their job of keeping Cinder alive.

As it turns out, getting hit by an oversized vending machine by one of the strongest persons in Beacon was not a good idea.

When Yang threw the machine, it collided with Cinder's head; knocking her out.

Or, at least, that's what they thought…

Ruby heard the yelling, and when she looked up; she saw Cinder's body go flying down the hallway.

Ruby would have normally not wanted to see so much blood…again…but she had to save her!

Ruby had used her semblance and picked up the bigger woman. Ruby ignored how heavy she was, (not implying Cinder as fat; Ruby's muscles are just tiny) and rushed towards the infirmary.

They immediately took Cinder straight into surgery to keep her brain from swelling.

And so Ruby and the rest of her team anxiously had waited until she was out of surgery.

And that's what brings us to our current moment; Yang and Ruby asking about Cinder.

The doctor sighed. "As it turns out, she must have not activated her Aura; because she is in a coma."

Yang's jaw dropped. "A…com…a coma? For how long?"

He shrugged. "It all depends. And during surgery, part of the brain that holds the memories was damaged. If she wakes up, we will know how much was affected."

Ruby frowned. "If she wakes up? Why wouldn't she wake up?"

They all glanced at Cinder peacefully sleeping, a small smirk on her face. Cinder's head was wrapped in bandages; keeping the area clean while the stitches healed.

"That is hard to say; there are many different factors that go into how long coma patients have until they wake up.

"For instance, if she had nobody to wake up to, it would take longer. The subconscious knows that there are people it wants to see again, and it will automatically wake up. Or, it could want to wake up but something here is keeping if from doing so. Really, there is no specific way to tell." The doctor said.

Yang sat down on a chair, covering her face with her hands. "You mean I might just have caused someone to go into a coma for who-knows-how-long!"

Ruby wasn't sure what to do with this. Usually Yang was the one to comfort her, and so she laid an awkward hand on Yang's shoulder. "It's all right Yang... I'll visit her so she won't be lonely. When she wakes up she will forgive you; I know it!"

Weiss walked in the small white room and scoffed. "Ruby, you are a terrible liar. Come on Yang; you and Blake have a partner class soon."

Yang jumped up. "Oh crap, I forgot!"

She ran out of the room, and the occupants could hear her muffled voice yelling, "I'M COMING BLAAAAAAAKKKE!"

Weiss was about to say something to Ruby, but her scroll went off.

"Hello, Weiss Schnee speaking." And then she walked down the hall, talking about something that was completely lost on Ruby.

This left her and the-….wait, where was the doctor?

He was gone; no trace of him anywhere.

Ruby sighed and sat down next to Cinder's bed. "I guess it's just you and me now. I'm sorry you're hurt, but it makes talking to you so much easier."

Ruby had always wanted to talk to the mysterious woman, and talk Ruby did.

She talked about the weather, sports, who was getting beat up by Yang, who Weiss was yelling at that day (which was usually her), and what book Blake was reading.

It stayed like that for a while.

After a time, the rest of team RWBY noticed the consistent lack of Ruby around.

But that was fine by them.

Weiss was happy that the little bundle of un-coordinated energy wasn't around to ruin anything.

Blake was happy that the never-ending sound of Ruby gushing over weapons and random things.

And Yang (be as she may her sister) was happy that Ruby wasn't around to constantly pester her. After all, Yang had basically raised her, and needed a break.

Ruby was happy to have someone who didn't yell at her.

She was happy to have someone who had a legitimate reason for ignoring her, not just reading a book.

And she was happy to not have to deal with someone embarrassing her and making puns at her expense.

...

All in all; it was a good tradeoff.

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…whichever. :)