Chapter 7
The smell of burning metal permeates the inside of the crashed transport. Summer found herself lying on the floor. She wasn't sure how long she was out, or if the others were ok. She looked around and saw nothing but remnants of the ship and no one in sight. It was getting hard to breath with the surrounding smoke; she knew she have to get out. Just then, she hear a noise not too far from where she's at, then part of the ship's door falls to the ground and a figure appear outside. She couldn't recognize the figure at first, but heard a familiar voice calling to her.
"Summer!"Yelled the voice as it came closer to Summer and lift her off the ground. "Thank goodness I found you!"
It was then that she recognize the voice that was helping her up and out of the burning ship, that is when she called out.
"Eric, is that you?" She Question her rescuer.
"Yes it's me! Glad I found you in one piece!" He said happily as he sat her down near some wreckage that wasn't on fire. She leaned back against the wreckage and looked back to the ship she just got out, looking at the damage the crash has caused. The blizzard made it somewhat hard to see the surrounding area, but can still clearly see the crashed ship and everyone else. She noticed her brother Qrow tending to one of the pilots who was laying on the ground next to the cockpit, or at least what's left of it.
"Where's the other pilot at?" She asked with a concerned look on her face. Eric looked away with a sad expression on his face. Just from his look alone she knew the answer to her question.
"The other pilot didn't make it; I guess we're lucky none of us got seriously injured from the crash" Replied Eric as he lean in towards Summer and looked for any signs of injuries. "How are you feeling?"
"I'm fine for the most part, just a little sore from the landing" She answered back to him. He gave her a smile and got back up.
"That's good, try to get some rest while we try to figure out how we are going to get out of here." He said as he walked to where Qrow and the other pilot was. She watched Eric as he made his way to Qrow, then looked in front of her into the opened snow field, seeing if they were alone or not. From the looks of things, the blizzard doesn't show any signs of calming down any time soon, which made her worry. They were miles away from help and no other modes of transportation. Unless they could signal for help, they wasn't going anywhere.
After resting for a bit, Summer slowly got up from where she was sitting. She slowly made her way to towards the others, not wanting to strain herself for when she was more injured than she thought. As soon as she got within a couple of feet from them, the group looked to see that she was already moving. Qrow was the first one to speak out.
"Summer, you sure you're ok to move around?" He asked with a worried looked on his face. Summer just smile as she thought that his brother; despite possibly being injured himself, he still made sure others were ok.
"Don't worry about me Qrow, I'm fine. What about you, are you ok?" She asked with a smile on her face and a somewhat worried look on her face. She admires him for helping those around him before himself, but that doesn't mean he should make others worry about him. Being confronted by his own sister about his well-being, he looked down to the pilot and answered.
"I might sprained my foot from the crash and got a bit of a headache, but otherwise I'm ok too. However this guy wasn't so lucky" Said Qrow as he looked back down to the injured pilot. She brought her attention to the pilot lying down in front of Qrow to get a closer look. She gasped and brought both her hands to her mouth. His right arm was in a makeshift sling, bandages wrapped around his leg, cuts was all over his other arm, the right side of his face covered in bandages, along with a black eye on his left eye and saw small amounts of blood on his chest area, also covered with some bandages. If the plane landed nose first, his injuries would've been much worse, or be dead just like his friend.
"I'm doing all I can to treat his wounds, but he needs immediate medical attention!" Qrow said, knowing that Summer saw the state the pilot was in.
"I know this is a bit of a long shot, but do you know if the radio still works? Maybe we can call for help." Eric asked, trying to figure a way out of their current predicament. Qrow thought for a quick moment before replying back.
"Not sure; I doubt it survived the crash, but you can go check and see if it works" Eric gave him a nod and looks to Summer right next to him.
"Alright, I'll check and see if the radio is still working, you stay here with Qrow. Keep an eye out for trouble." He began to make his way towards the cockpit when he passed by Summer.
"Alright Eric, just… please be careful" Was all she said as he gave him a smile and patted her shoulder. He then made his was pass Summer and the others towards the cockpit, which to his relieve was pretty close by.
Summer looks to her surroundings to see if anything was out there in this blizzard. So far all she could hear was the sound of the blizzard and the fire surrounding them. She checked and sees if her weapon was still on her, making sure she had her weapon with her if she and her friends should meet any Grimm. She remembered a story where a group of hunters were camping out for the night after hours of hunting. At the time, it was almost dark and it would've taken them hours for them to get back and seeing how they're exhausted from their hunt, it would be a bad idea to try to make it home. They set up camp for the night and take turns taking watch. During the middle of the night, one of the hunters was about to take watch, he left his weapon where he was sleeping. During his turn, he was approach by a wondering Beowolf, ready to strike at him. The normally calm hunter panicked when he released he left his weapon at camp. Tired and without a weapon to protect him, he looked to his surroundings and see if he can find anything to defend himself with. Not seeing anything usable, he remained calm while maintaining eye contact with the Beowolf, but the Beowolf lunge at him. He manage to dodge, but was strike on the sides, screaming out in pain. Soon after, the rest of his team wakes up after hearing him screaming from pain and went to his rescue. They were lucky that there was only one Beowolf who happened to stumble across their camp and not a whole pack that night and only sustain minor injuries. This incident serves as a grim reminder to those hunters and many others. As hunters, your life is in constant danger when going on missions. Even during the day, you must always be ready to defend yourself and/or others from the threat of Grimm; be that have your teammates back, being aware of your surroundings and most importantly, have your weapon on you.
She gave a sigh of relieve when she found her weapons and by the looks of it, and in good condition. When she put her weapons away, she heard Eric called out to them towards the cockpit he went to earlier. He approaches them and told them whether he was able to radio for help.
"I got some bad news: Qrow was right, the radio's broken. We can't use it" Upon hearing this, Qrow bit his lip knowing that using the radio to call for help was a long shot.
"Look like we're stuck here for the time being, and I don't think traveling in this blizzard is a good idea" Eric said.
"Dammit! What else can we do!" Summer yelled out. Qrow was just about to try to calm his sister from her sudden outburst; they heard a distant howl, follow by many other howls. They all looked in the direction the howl came from; they're not alone.
"Beowolves; judging by the sounds of it: lots of them!" Qrow yelled out before grinding his teeth together in frustration. Their day just became bad to worse.
Wasting no time, Summer threw out her weapon and a dagger and stood in front of everyone.
"This isn't good, we can't let any of them near our place" Cried out Summer as she looks out to the distance, looking for the Grimm.
"Summer you can't take them all by yourself, especially in this weather!" Eric yelled out to Summer.
"I don't have to fight them, just lead them away from here at least until helps arrive" She answered back.
"That's crazy, we don't know how many are out there, let alone what else is out there!" "I won't go too far from here, just far enough so they won't get any closer than they are now." Just moments after Summer finish explaining her plan to Eric; Qrow finally spoke out to everyone.
"Look Eric, I know it's dangerous but she's right. Not all of us are in any condition to fight, plus we have an injured person with us. And don't worry about Summer; you and I both know she can take of herself" Eric looked to Qrow, knowing full that he is right; however it didn't stop him from worrying.
"Even so, how do we know if help will even arrive in time?" He said while looking between Qrow and Summer.
"D-don't worry about that, I-I manage to contact the base of our… situation and our location… right before we crashed" Everyone looked to the direction to where the voice and see the pilot have regain consciousness. The pilot tried to get up but Qrow put his hand out and over him gesturing him not to.
"Try not to move around too much; your injuries haven't fully healed yet. You need to read for now" Ordered Qrow. After giving him a nod, he lay back down and looked around, seeing what remains of the ship his was just in not too long ago.
"Where's the other pilot, is he ok?" He looked to the others, expecting the worse when he didn't receive an answer right away. Eric was the first to speak.
"He…didn't make it; I'm sorry, but now you need to get some rest until help arrives." When he finished talking, distant howls were heard among the blizzard surrounding them, getting closer by the minute; they're running out of time.
"This is bad. They're getting closer! "yelled out Summer as she looked to the others then back to where the howls came from. "I'm going out there and stop them from getting any closer, keep an eye on our pilot"
After some silence, both Eric and Qrow nodded to Summer and then Eric spoke out. "Alright, be careful out there. There's no telling what else might be out there in this blizzard" He said while thinking of the nevermore that attacked them; worried that it may come back and attack them again.
"Alright, I'll see you guys later" Was all Summer said before she ventures into the blizzard to face the oncoming threat. She walked out into the blizzard, pulling her hood down to keep the wind off her face, and making sure she was far enough away so the Grimm couldn't get to where the others were, and close enough where she could make out the crash site so she won't get lost in the blizzard. She draws out her weapons and prepares herself for a fight. Oddly enough, the cold didn't bother as much as she thought, despite being in the open field in a blizzard. She didn't give it much thought as she started to see glowing red eyes coming from within the blizzard. She braced herself before muttering something out load "When we get out of this, I'm going to indulge myself in so many cookies."
Hello and once again thanks for reading this story, I hope this isn't too bad. I been meaning to get this out sooner, but things keep popping up and I felt somewhat lazy about doing any writing, but regardless I enjoy writing this. I still think that this story could use some (if not a lot of) work, but I feel that this is part of the learning experience and I feel happy of how this story turned out so far. Please check out the many other stories as most of them is better than this one, but thanks again for checking this out at least. Please favorite and follow, and leave a review if you want; let me know what you guys think of the story so far. On a side note, the other story I mention on my last chapter is getting there, just wanted to finish this chapter and get some ideas on the other story.
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