The beeps woke Weiss up.
The first thing she noticed was her body. Her entire body felt like molten lead and refused to move. She looked around her in order to understand her surroundings. She was in a hospital bed with a catheter extending from a pole into her left arm.
'The King Taijitu.' Weiss thought to herself, now knowing how she got her.
She tried to speak, but her voice died on her throat. She noticed a breathing mask pulled over her mouth and nose. Her left arm was wrapped in a series of gauzes. Her upper forearm was bloodied and it was dark red. She tried to get more an understanding of her surroundings, but she blacked out again.
"Thank you for coming on such short notice." A voice called Weiss back into reality.
She opened her eyes slightly to see a doctor with his back towards Weiss's bed. His hair, gray with chalk-white streaks running through it. In front of him, Weiss could make out the figures of her teammates. Ruby looked at the doctor rather intently while her blonde and ebony haired girl stood to Ruby's side. Apparently they did not notice her eyes were slightly opened.
"Give it to us straight doc. Is she going to be alright?" Yang asked.
"Well, that is where I must deliver the bad news."
"Bad news?"
"Yes. Weiss received a rather lethal dose of venom. To make matters worse, it was injected straight into her veins. We were able to stop the bleeding that it caused, but…"
"But what?" Asked Blake.
"But King Taijitu venom acts very much like a debilitating agent, killing cells and causing organs to shut down. This allows it feast on its prey no problem. If we were there within a few minutes of the bite, we would've been able to administer the right amount of anit-venom."
"Wait aren't you administering the medicine now."
"Well, we are. That and we are trying to get her red blood cell count back up. Unfortunately, if we administer any more, Weiss may overdose and die."
Weiss flinched at the word.
"But, even with all the medicine we are giving her, her organs are running at half-speed and continuing to drop.
"What about her aura?" Ask Ruby.
"That is also at dangerously low levels too. I hate to tell you this, but your teammate may die within a day or two."
The room was silent for a whole minute. It went so quiet that the only sounds from the room were the ventilator helping Weiss breathe and her heart rate monitor. No one spoke a word as the sentence began to sink in.
"No."
A voice simply said. Weiss was surprised to see Ruby standing there, her hanging low, tears in her eyes.
"You bring her back. You bring her back RIGHT NOW!" Screamed Ruby, causing everyone to flinch.
"I'm sorry Miss Rose but…"
"But nothing! I want you to save her life right now! You hear me! Save her!"
Weiss was almost shocked to hear the normally quiet Ruby Rose screaming with tears streaming down her face. Yang went to reach out her hand but Blake pulled her back, shaking her head.
"I want you to save her life!"
"Miss Rose, we have done everything for your friend. I'm sorry. There is nothing we can't do for her now. Now I'm afraid you will have to leave. You may disturb the well-being of..."
"I don't give a damn about the 'well-being of patients'." Weiss flinched. She never heard Ruby swear before.
"Sis, we have to go." Yang said, putting a reassuring hand on Ruby's shoulder, only for her sister to knock it off.
"I don't Weiss to die because I… I…" Ruby couldn't finish the sentence as she fell to the floor, now sobbing uncontrollably. With that, Blake and Yang help Ruby off the floor and helped her walk down the hall, crying the whole.
During the whole ordeal, no one noticed that Weiss was awake.
11:30 P.M.
Weiss looked at the holographic wall clock witch hung over the door. Her curtains were pulled back and a dim bed light shined over her head. Weiss sat there, now fully awake. She was well aware that with every breath she took, her death would draw near. As a huntress, she knew that it would be risky occupation. Much better than an heiress of her father's company. But she was terrified at the very thought of her death. She did not want to die alone. She wanted her family, her teammates and her sister. But most of all, she wanted Ruby. Ruby had stuck through with Weiss on thick and thin. All she wanted was for Weiss to be her friend and now a stupid snake bite would rob them of such. This thought brought Weiss to silent tears.
Suddenly, before she could dwell on those terrible thoughts, she felt a cold breeze rush through the room. She looked over and it nearly gave her a heart attack. A figure stood by her left bedside. He was concealed by a black hood and robe, which draped over his whole body. His face could not be seen under the thick hood.
"So, you're Weiss Schnee?" Asked the figure.
Weiss now feared for her very life. Was it a White Fang assassin, come to finish the job the Grimm had started?
"I have watched you for some time. You cannot die yet." The figure said as he pulled out a blood bag, nearly identical to the one hung up for Weiss.
"I will give you some of my blood."
On that note, the man disconnected the blood bag from her catheter and replaced it with his. Weiss began to struggle as the new blood was being pumped into her veins.
"When you wake up, you will be reborn."
With that, Weiss passed out.
A/N: So this is how Weiss will come to be what she is now. The man who gave her blood will play an unexpected role in the story later down the road. But for right now, Response time.
To Fourze: I make no such promises (in other words, there will be more cliffhangers).
To JohnDoe777: There will be something down the road involving monster blood (I am talking about the Grimm). And yes, the Taijitu's death was inspired by the movie version of the Chamber of Secrets. I just made it so Weiss killed it with her being left-handed.
To Vulpix's Flame: I understand why you hate the word monster. To outsiders (A.K.A people who don't know them) they are monsters. That is why I named this story the monsters within. The creature's within doesn't really have a ring to it.
To TirmusicaDrag00n90: I have already decided what the other team members will be. Of course, I will not say what they are just yet.
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