Author: So what does everyone think? I have been refining my writing skills.

Chapter 10: Recovery

Five Days later

Neo sat at the bedside of Tyson while he staying at the infirmary. Neo sat there resting her head on the bed as she waited for Tyson to wake up. She hasn't left him for the full duration he has been in the infirmary. He has been put in a medical induced coma since his body need more time from the Aura treatments and surgeries. Everyone had made it a part of their schedule to stop in and check in on Neo and Tyson. They even helped Neo get caught up with any late work she had.

'Please . . . wake up . . . we all need you.' Neo thought as she stared at a wall. Neo quickly dosed off from the lack of entertainment. Minutes later the drugs had worn off for Tyson and he was slowly waking up. He slowly opened his eyes to find himself inside a hospital room. He moved his head groggily looking around the room. He tried raising his arms to see what had happened to him. He brought up his left arm and flexed his hand. He then looked to where his right would have been. His eyes widen from the missing limb.

'So it really did happen . . . Fuck me.' Tyson thought as he let his head fall back on his pillow. Then the door to his room slowly opened and Ruby walked in. She looked from her books that she had and saw Tyson awake. She dropped her books and stared at him.

"Hey . . . Ruby." Tyson said with a weak voice. Neo was woke up by the books hitting the floor and saw Ruby just staring. Neo turned to Tyson to see him awake. Both girls stared at Tyson for a few more seconds before they started to tear up. Tyson moved his hand closer to Neo and she snatched it up.

"I'll . . . go get the others." Ruby said trying to hold back her tears. Ruby left quickly to go search for the others. Neo was holding Tyson's hand as she started to cry. Tyson gently stroked Neo's cheek as she cried. Tyson turned his attention to the window and looked out of the window.

'This is isn't over. You took my arm, but I won't let you take her from me again.' Tyson thought as he quelled the anger that was rising from thinking about that black haired girl. Tyson felt Neo climb onto the bed beside him and snuggled up to him as her crying was reduced to sniffling. He placed his arm around her as he continued to look out the window. Neo laid her head on his shoulder as she got comfortable. Minutes later team RWBY came into his room.

"Hey guys. What's up?" Tyson asked casually with a warm smile. All four girls gave nervous smiles as they took up spots around the room.

"We came to see you as soon as we heard you were awake." Yang said voicing everyone's thoughts.

"How are you feeling?" Ruby asked.

"Pretty good all things considered." Tyson replied with a smile.

"Are you sure? You did lose an arm." Weiss said to him a little concerned.

"Look, I know this is going to be a small problem, but I have all of you to help me. We'll get through this." Tyson said to everyone with a serious tone.

"Yeah, we'll help you. We can get through this together!" Yang said fist pumping. Ruby joined in and fist pumped.

"You two need to lower your voices. You do remember we're in the in the infirmary?" Weiss said to them annoyed. Both girls went silent but had radiant smiles on their faces. Then a nurse came in with a clipboard.

"It's good to see you're awake. But I'll have to ask you five to leave for a little while. We need to run some tests and make sure he will be able to leave soon." The nurse said as she looked from her clipboard. Team RWBY nodded and they left. Neo was being a little difficult in refusing to leave until Tyson had convinced her to wait outside. Tyson had went through mobility tests and how well he would adapt to just using one arm.

Several Hours Later

Tyson sat on the bed struggling to pull on his shirt. Neo walked in and stopped in the doorway. Tyson had finally pulled on his shirt and looked to her. Tyson smiled and she smiled back while walking over to him. She sat down beside him and leaned on him.

"It's good to know you won't die." Neo said to him with her voice. Tyson only smiled.

"It would have been hard to deal with it." Neo said holding back a couple tears.

"I would put an arm around you, but I seem to be missing one." Tyson said to her joking tone.

"How could you joke at a time like this!?" Neo exploded getting up and facing him. Tears were running down her cheeks.

"Neo . . ." Tyson began to only be interrupted by Neo.

"Just don't. Tyson, we've already lost each other once. I don't want to go through that again." Neo said as she looked to the ground and started to sniffle. Tyson got up and had wrapped her in the best hug he could.

"Neo . . . we won't go through that again. We have people we can trust." Tyson said as he held her with his arm. Neo wrapped her arms around him and buried her face in his chest.

"Everything will be alright Neo." Tyson said soothingly. Then a man holding a document case entered the room. Neo let go of Tyson and sat on the bed wiping the last stray tears.

"Mr. Tyson?" The man asked Tyson.

"Yes." He replied.

"I've got a proposition for you." The man said as he pulled out a document from the case in his hands. Tyson took it skeptically and looked it over.