Okay back to writing... feeling slightly better... still listening to scary stories on youtube... and right now it is Mr. Spooky...

Chapter 14:

"Nope" Nora chimed as she continued to jump on the bed, much to the irritation of the room. "Now do you see why it is dangerous for you to just constantly give her sugar like that?" Blake asked the blonde man who constantly just wanted to cause Blake to pass out from exhaustion trying to keep Nora from destroying the room.

Sun just shrugged as he peeled the final banana he had, slightly mad he was suspected that he had to deal with the hyper ginger haired girl. Not that he was going to, but mad regardless. "I'm an enabler... it is bad I know... but it is a problem that I'm fine with." Sun spoke with a mouthful of fruit, not caring about manners at this point.

Blake just shot him a glare as he looked back to Nora. "Come on Nora, you could injure yourself severely. Just get down, and I'll go make some pancakes." Blake tried to reason as Sun began to snicker loudly. "That sounds dirty..." Was all Sun got out before he had to hold up his hands in defence as Blake reached for the nearest thing being a thick book and acted like she was going to throw it.

Nora let herself fall onto the edge of the bed so she was sitting just facing Blake. "You have twenty minutes, then I'm going to resort to breaking a window for every minute until I have pancakes in front of me. Starting now." Nora spoke in the calmest manner Sun had ever seen her use. It was almost like that it was something sacred for her.

Blake smiled as she walked out of the room. Sun glanced over to Nora as she stretched and walked over to Sun to hand him some money. "There is your money back. I just really wanted some pancakes. Figured that was the best way to go about it. I mean I could have asked, but that wouldn't keep her and the rest in line."

Sun frowned a little as Nora began to lie down on the bed. 'Don't say anything Sun... she isn't that bad... plus gave you your money back. Didn't need to...' Sun thought as he looked down at Ruby who seemed to at least becoming more and more lucid as time passed. It got even to the point that Sun felt more than comfortable enough to remove the handcuffs.

The area the cuffs had been, left deep enough marks that wrapped around her wrists in such a manner that it made just danced so close to the veins pressing against her skin, but never was quite able to reach the vital area.

It was something that made him smile. He knew it wasn't going to be long before Ruby would be clean and they could get back to what they normally did. Just with his friend's clearly sharp mind not being clouded with the drugs pumping through her body. Something he had always wanted to see.

He wanted to see how she would be able to see and comprehend the world. Normally it was cynical at best. But he knew the world wasn't bad. Just one experience broke her to the point of this. To the point where she needed to be handcuffed to the headboard and the scars marring her body from where Sun had seen her patch the open wounds like it was nothing. It was a terrifying sight.

His concentration over his friend was ruined by Nora speaking loudly, "So, why are you just staring at her naked... you haven't tried anything with her have you?"

"As I told her before this all began. She isn't my type. Nor does she play for the team I bat for. "

Nora let out an audible 'ah' as she began to hum some tune as the monkey Faunus took the last bite of his food. Just wanting to enjoy the silence. He rested his legs back onto the bed where Ruby slept and leaned back. "What do you think is going through her mind... besides, 'I could go for a hit'..." Nora asked as she stopped humming.

"Well... pain mainly... I mean heroin is the same type of drug as morphine... and she had been doing it for years with me knowing and some prior. So, she is no longer numb to things and that is starting to hit her." Sun spoke closing his eyes waiting for the ginger haired girl to make some extravagant comment like he had come to expect.

"Didn't know that..." Nora began as she turned to face the man. "Mind if I touch your tail? I mean I don't know many Faunus... and Blake keeps saying it is just like a real animals... but I'm not allowed in the zoo anymore so I can't exactly feel a real monkey's tail... I promise to be gentle." Nora ranted off, she knew this would be her only chance. Just because with Blake in the room, she would be called a racist. And Pyrrha would forcibly silence her.

"Yeaaahhhh... no. As a matter of principle, no. From past experiences with humans, I'd be tempted to say yes, but as a rule, Faunus don't really like humans touching our ears or tails..." He spoke as he began to lean back raising the front legs of the chair off the ground. Really hoping that the conversation would be done there. Just because that was a conversation he never liked to deal with. And seeing as he actually liked the ginger haired woman, he didn't want to have a reason to hate her.

"Okay..." Nora spoke facing the ceiling once again. "Personally I think she is doing alright... thinking about being actually able to give the finger to whoever White is, just by getting her life back together. Like it may take a while, but she could piece it all back together. Really rub it in White's face."

Ruby sat on the tattered couch inside the abandoned building Adam had preferred to do business in, Adam tossed her her shirt as she pulled her pants up and buttoned them. She couldn't believe that she had to resort to selling herself to the dealers just so she wouldn't get hit with withdrawal. But she also didn't want Sun to call in anymore favours. That never felt right to her.

She didn't know how to describe it, except it made her feel like she was using the man who helped her for no reason except that he didn't want to see someone die. She reached onto her shoulder where Adam had managed to land onto her shoulder.

She was glad her last hit hadn't worn off while her and Adam had sex. Not that she had anything against interracial sex. It was just Adam was rough. Rough enough to tear gashes into her flesh. She already knew that she would need to patch the area on her side. Her dull eyes, she knew wouldn't show how much pain she should be in. She pulled her shirt on being careful as to not let her shirt to get coated in her blood from the bad wound. Adam seemed to notice the way she moved. And spoke up, "You want me to take a look at that?"

"Unless you have a sewing needle, alcohol and thread on you, it would be pointless. It is a little too deep for the super glue trick." Ruby spoke as she began to reach down for her hoodie. The blood having already started to soak into the shirt. It wasn't a long deep gash. It was only about an inch in length, and was only deep enough that she knew wouldn't heal right if the blood was just left to clot.

"I find it odd, you know that stuff off the top of your head. So what are you planning to do?" Adam asked placing the few plastic bags onto the table in front of Ruby. "Five finger discount the cheap stuff... Sun probably has some booze on him..." Ruby spoke as Adam smirked.

"I'll give you the money for it if you want to suck me off." Adam joked as Ruby would have rolled her eyes, but the numbing feeling was starting to wear off. "Can't do that now. If I don't close this, it could end me biting your dick. I suggest either ditching that couch or removing the busted springs." Ruby spoke as she reached down and grabbed the powder and began to walk with Adam towards the entrance.

Adam just glanced at her and was thankful that her hoodie was the same shade of red as blood, just so it wouldn't be noticeable if she bled through. They didn't exchange any other words as Ruby left. She began to pray that she wouldn't bleed enough to raise questions with people passing by her. She just wanted to patch it, shot up and just enjoy some time talking to Sun. She enjoyed pending time with him. He reminded her a lot of Yang... just in a brother form. But unlike Yang, Sun always seemed to cause her to talk.

She smiled to herself as she saw the blonde man just casually walking down the street. Once he saw Ruby he picked up speed causing her smile to brighten more. 'Trade one blonde for another.'

Ruby's silver eyes shot open as she began to look around the room, and began to raise herself up on her palms. She felt good, despite the damage she could feel along both her wrists. She knew it was from pulling against the handcuffs when she was trying to get free from the bindings to scrape the uncomfortableness off her skin.

The room was dark, and she could hear the sink in the bathroom running. She looked over to see her blonde friend sleeping on the bed next to her. And felt a soft pair of hands tilting her head back in the other direction.

She could see the smiling expression of Pyrrha carefully looking Ruby over. Hoping what Neptune and the people she had talked to in the meetings was true. The signs of detox being done were clear. Something that seemed to be relativity true.

"How do you feel?" Pyrrha asked softly, hoping that she wasn't in a terrible state right now.

Ruby's throat was dried, and her stomach felt barren. She hadn't realised it must have been at least two or so days since she last remembered anything that was real. Hell at this point she even doubted this was real. It was just as real as the last hallucination. But that one ended with her shooting up and getting shot. She tried to vocalise a response but what came out was a horse croak.

Pyrrha reached over to the small nightstand that had a bottle of water and handed it to Ruby who greedily gulped it down. "Hungry... really hungry... still doubting this being real." Ruby spoke softly. Fearing that her speaking would ruin the nice illusion. She could still hear a niggling noise in the back of her mind that wanted her to shoot up... but at least it wasn't in the very front. Almost begging for her to do it.

That was when the sounds coming from the bathroom stopped. Ruby hadn't really noticed it nor the fact two out of the three she knew about or at least remembered about were there, Sun was asleep, Pyrrha was talking to her, and Pyrrha did say Nora would only stop by every now and again. She knew it had to be Nora... but also really didn't want it to be Nora, because that meant Nora was doing god knows what in the bathroom after she had been naked and chained up the last few days.

It wasn't long before Ruby's internal questions were answered as the door opened and the light illuminated the person standing there. "This has to be a fucking 'nother one..." Ruby spoke as she began to grab her hair. As she looked into her lap.

Author's Note:

Well... cliff hanger... but Ruby is awake... or is she? That is the question... or am I just screwing with you all and this is just a figment of your imagination? One way to find out... same way to see if I can go 8 for 8.