Hey everyone... I... Just forget it, here is Chapter 25… also, I never said this since I began writing, but I bend some rules of reality and write things that would be a bit "outside the box" but that does have it's advantages…

Blake

Yang, Ruby and I ran as fast as we could through the Emerald Forest towards the direction where Beacon was at. Through the forest was the best and most possible route to take since you could get to the Schnee Manor quickly. As we were running, I heard a groan and someone falling to the ground. I turned around to see that it was Ruby. No, don't tell me that the pathogen is already killing her. I thought in horror and ran to her side. "Ruby! Are you okay?!" I exclaimed... I was beginning to panic as I saw my girlfriend in the worst condition I have ever seen. She was lying on her side, her skin was the color of a ghost and she had a look of being tired no... It was a look that made me think that she was getting ready to die.

"Blake... I can't... move." Ruby said weakly.

"Ruby!" Yang yelled and ran to the opposite side of her body, checking her for any wounds. "You didn't get hurt while we were running-"

I interrupted her before she can finish. "She's dying... Weiss's father gave her a pathogen that can kill people... that's why she's like this."

Yang looked down at Ruby, tears forming in her eyes. "You're not going to die on me sis... your big sister Yang will never let that happen."

"Thanks Yang."

I looked around just in case there was Grimm walking around. "I can see Beacon up ahead… let's head to the infirmary and wait for Weiss so she can-"

Yang stopped me and I can tell by the color of her eyes that she was angry. "Why are we waiting for Weiss, She tried to-"

"I guess she didn't tell you her story while you guys talked… you even guessed she helped us out!"

"So, it doesn't matter that she helped you out, it could be a trick so she can just kill you herself!"

"It does matter! If she didn't help me, then we would have been down there for a while and Ruby wouldn't even be alive!"

She walked closer to be right at my face. "You don't get to decide if Ruby would have lived or not-"

"Damn it Yang!" I calmed down for a second and I lowered the volume of my voice. "Let me tell you her story… then you'll understand why I'm defending her."

She noticed my tone and calmed down also. "Fine… let's continue on while you're telling the story."

As we were walking to Beacon, I told the true story of Weiss Schnee and as I talked about the bitter and bad parts, Yang's expression darkened. "That's why I trust her now… it was all an act Weiss's father forced her to do."

She looked down for a second and she spoke softly. "I never thought she had such a past… I thought it was being a spoiled brat the whole time while the White Fang tried to take down her company."

I placed a hand on her shoulder. "Well when she comes with the antidote, make sure you apologize… she thinks we're her only family now and I don't want her to end up being alone after all of this." Yang gave me a nod and it became silent the rest of the time.

The trees cleared up, Beacon was in front of us now. I went into a full sprint while she went ahead of me. We were both desperate to get Ruby in a bed until Weiss arrives and now I hope she will since every minute that passes by can affect Ruby horribly. I heard my red-haired girlfriend whimper on every step we take and it made me worried. Just hang on Ruby… for me. I thought and managed to fight back tears that were begging to be shed.

"Hang on Ruby; we'll get you better in no time." Yang said and gave her a smile but I saw that she was trying hard to stay positive and was struggling to keep her smile. I wanted to keep myself straight and calm but I was beginning to fall apart just by looking at Ruby... will I lose her? Ruby was ghostly pale now and she couldn't even do anything at all, hell, she can't even lift her arms up.

I barged through the double doors for Yang and went to one of the nearest doctors that were there. "This girl needs medical attention and NOW!" I exclaimed; the doctor nods and gestured Yang and I to follow him. We hurried through the halls until he opened one of the patient rooms for us. Yang rushed in and set Ruby down on the bed.

"What's the problem Ms. Belladonna?" The doctor asked, he knew my name and I'm thankful for that since I didn't feel like giving introductions.

"She has been injected with a dose of an extremely dangerous pathogen and it has been destroying her cells until now."

The doctor gave us a saddened look. "You do know that this pathogen you speak of is incurable?" He asked. I wanted to ask how knew about it but I assumed that there were cases of it already in the past.

I nod. "I know someone who has the cure for it and she should be coming sometime soon."

His expression brightened. "Really, we have been looking for a cure and so far we have had no progress... you and whoever is bringing the cure are saving so many lives and it may bring an end to the pathogen."

"That's a great relief but she needs to get here quickly before my girlfriend dies." I looked at Ruby... she's giving it her all now to stay alive. Before the doctor left the room, I grabbed his arm and asked how long she had. His expression darkened.

"If your friend with the cure doesn't get here in five minutes… then it'll be death for the girl." He said, my grab loosened and then he left the room, leaving me and Yang alone with a dying Ruby.

I was frozen… staring at the door that had just closed until I heard a weak voice filled with pain call me. "Blake…"

I turned around and walked over to Ruby's bed. She had a look of pain; Yang had covered her with a blanket but up to her upper chest to give her warmth. "Ruby…" I managed to say… now I was truly broken. "I'm… I'm sorry…"

"What… are you… sorry for, Blake?" Ruby asked.

"I'm sorry for not protecting you… if I just got you out earlier, then you wouldn't be here." She tried to lift up her hand to place it on my cheek but it fell back down despite how hard she was trying. "Don't use all of your strength… please."

Ruby stopped trying and began to tear up. "I don't want to die… I don't want to…" she said.

"Weiss is our only hope now Ruby… for now stay strong… for all of us… for me."

"I'll try… if I don't… make it Blake… always remember this… I love you and I will remember the memories we made." Her silver eyes closed suddenly which made me begin to panic but I realized that she was still breathing… she's hanging by a thread now.

The door slams open and two people walked in quickly. One of them was Weiss, who was limping for some unknown reason, and the other was a nurse that was pushing a small cart towards the right side of Ruby's bed. "Is she still alive?" she asked, noticing that her eyes were closed.

"She doesn't have much time left… do you have the antidote?"

Weiss looked down, as if she was lost in thought for a few seconds, then she looked back up at me and said. "I'm the antidote… there was a note in my father's lab saying that my blood is the only cure to killing the pathogen inside anyone, even Ruby."

"Then give her some of your blood."

"I know but I need to know what her blood type is."

Yang sat up from a chair that was next to Ruby's left and answered her question. "Her blood type is O so it doesn't matter what type you are."

Weiss nods and goes to the nurse, she said to the nurse that a little bit of her blood could work so they only got a specific amount of her blood and stored it into a small blood bag. "Okay, I need to place an IV on Ms. Rose… then let the saline bag run through the tubing first." the nurse said and did those tasks quickly. The blood from Weiss traveled through the tubing slowly in case Ruby reacts to it. The nurse opened the clamp that was close to the end of the tube and the blood went through… so far Ruby has not reacted to it.

"Thank god you got here in time Weiss." I said and smiled. We waited until the blood bag was empty, then the nurse helped the white-haired girl with the tubing and needles. While they were doing that, I watched Ruby for any good signs, and then I noticed her skin color was going back to normal and her pained look faded away, she was sleeping peacefully now.

Yang walked over to Weiss and said to her in a saddened tone. "I'm sorry for not trusting you Weiss… I thought you were trying to make things worse and that you wanted to kill the three of us."

They both stared at each other for a moment, no one saying anything until the white-haired girl broke the silence. "It's okay Yang… I never meant to hurt any of you but it was my father's-"

The blonde put her in a hug before she can finish, I saw her blush by the contact. "You don't need to explain… I'm just glad you're okay. You're a part of our family now."

Weiss buried her face in Yang's shoulder and cried tears of joy. "Thank you…"

I think something is going on between Yang and Weiss but it's a possibility… what could it be… I'm not giving you guys the answer, that's for you guys to guess. xD

I also researched stuff on blood transfusions and I did bend some steps of the procedure but I'm still satisfied with how it went… I don't do much research unless it's totally necessary…