A flash of red. "Ruby?" asked Yang.

Yang could only see darkness in every direction. The floor was liquid, but Yang wasn't sinking. She couldn't remember how long she had been there, or how she got there.

Yang tried walking forward but found that no matter how far she went, nothing ever changed.

She stood there for what felt like hours in the darkness.

Suddenly, a flash of white. "Weiss?"

No response.

"What is going on here! Why won't you let me leave!" Yang screamed in frustration as she quickly picked up speed, "Let me out of here!"

Yang heard laughter from her right, "Blake?"

The laughter stopped. "NO! Come back!" Yang took off towards the laughter.

A light flashed in front of Yang, but this time it was different. The light dimmed and Yang saw that it was emanating from a ball of writhing Violet smoke. The smoke morphed into a silhouette of a girl, she was slender and had a bow on her head.

"Blake?" is this you?

"Yang." The voice sounded like Blake's, but it was different. It sounded far away. The voice reverberated deeply throughout the void. "You...ve…to...wa...up."

"What? I don't understand!"

It started dissolving. The smoke no longer looked like Blake.

"No!" Yang reached out to grab anything she could. The smoke went right through her fingers then disappeared.

"Why am I always left alone?" Yang collapsed on herself. Yang cried for hours without interruption. "I won't leave this place...I'll be here forever…"

Yang rocked back and forth cradling herself, "I'm stuck here. I'll never leave."

A flash of red. "Leave me alone! I deserve this!"

A flash of white. "I said leave!"

A flash of violet. Yang screamed.

A flash of yellow. "What…?" Yang had been here for days, she had never seen yellow before.

Yang exhausted from crying struggled to her feet. Yang saw the smoke again, only this time it was yellow.

"I don't understand! What are you trying to do!" Yang screamed at the smoke.

The smoke started to take the form of a girl.

"Wait...that's... me?"

A voice reverberated from the smoke, "You're worthless! You deserve this!" It was Yang's voice, it just seemed hollow.

"I know! That's what I've been saying!"

"Worthless!" Said the smoke

"Why are you doing this to me?!"

"Worthless."

Yang looked at her feet and wrapped her arms around her stomach.

"Worthless."

Yang looked at her silhouette and noticed that it was different. There were horns sticking out from the top of its head. She had seen those horns a thousand times but couldn't remember where.

"Worthless."

As Yang started crying she noticed the horns grow larger.

A Flash of Yellow.

"I'm surprised the great Yang Xiao Long could become this broken." She heard from behind.

"Dad!?" said Yang, but when she turned, there was nothing.

"You're worthless!" the smoke was yelling now.

Yang thought about her father, teaching her everything she knew about self-defense.

"If you must fight, analyze your enemy, find their weaknesses." said Tai.

Then it clicked, those are Adam's horns. Yang realized she wasn't calling herself worthless. Adam had projected his mindset into her soul. Adam was the enemy here. Adam was keeping her here, but how could she escape?

Yang felt angry for the first time since being there. "Those aren't my words! You are not me! You can not hold me any longer! I will get out of here! I will survive!"

The horns on the smoke shattered. It almost looked like it was smiling. "This might hurt." Said the smoke.

Before Yang could react the smoke enveloped her, cutting off her oxygen. The smoke lifted Yang into the void and then in one instant the smoke was gone, absorbed into Yang's body.

Yang was one hundred feet above the watery ground when she noticed she could breathe again, then she realized she was falling.

After all that, this is how I'm going to die? She thought.

Yang hit the surface so hard it shattered. Then there was nothing.

"How long has she been like this? Asked Jaune.

"Three weeks." Said Ruby. "She twitches sometimes, but mostly she's still."

Yang was laying on a bed. When she opened her eyes they hurt from the brightness. She raised her right arm to block the sun only to realize she didn't have a hand. Yang started to panic, she started sweating, her breathing sped up and she was starting to feel light headed.

"Yang!" Said Ruby. "Calm down, breathe."

Yang felt a hand on her stomach. She fought to keep her breathing under control. After a few minutes Yang was able to slow her heart rate and keep from passing out.

Yang looked at where her hand used to be, it was wrapped in bandages. "What happened?"

"I'm so glad you're awake!" shouted Ruby.

"Not so loud!" Begged Yang. "Where...is my hand?"

Ruby replied. "Well, we were told that Adam…" Yang flinched at the name. "...had an assignment for you, and that you left with Corsac to make sure it got done. They said we didn't have enough medical supplies for Blake so he sent you out to get more. Adam said that he knew you two were close so he knew you would be the fastest. He said he sent Corsac as backup and that you got bit, on the hand. After that Corsac chopped off your hand to try to keep the infection from spreading...You're not a walker...so, I think it worked.

"I don't remember any of that…."

"What do you remember?" asked Jaune.

"I remember being on a run...with Blake, Ren and Nora…I remember talking to Blake in the car, and then the road...was cleared...and…Blake...oh God...Blake." Yang started sobbing

Ruby quickly said, "Yang, it's okay...she's okay."

"Thank God…"

"Yang, What else do you remember?

"Adam…wanted...to talk to me...and then, nothing...I can't remember anything after that."

"Okay, I'll go get Doctor Wolfe." said Jaune.

When Yang saw Doctor Wolfe, her skin crawled and she felt frozen. Yang had no idea why she was so afraid of this man, she didn't want him anywhere near her.

"How are you feeling Yang?"

"I feel fine." Yang figured being short and sweet was the best way to get him to leave.

"Well, your arm is mostly healed and I'm glad you're awake." The look in the Doctor's eyes made it seem like he was anything but glad.

"Thank you, when can I leave the infirmary?" She asked.

"As early as tomorrow, provided you can walk on your own, you've been asleep for three weeks." He replied. "Well, if there's nothing else, I'll be leaving." Doctor Wolfe turned and left.

"That guy gives me the creeps." said Ruby.

"You and me both, sis"

Just then Blake walked in, she had most of her weight on her left leg, a cane helping her support her right side.

"Oh my God! You're awake!" Blake leaped onto the bed and hugged Yang. Tears streaming down her face Blake said. "I'm so sorry you got hurt trying to help me! I shouldn't have gotten myself shot!"

"Blake." Yang wrapped her arm around Blake "It isn't your fault, you can't blame yourself."

Blake got up. "There is something I have, that I hope can make it up to you. Ruby? Will you go get it?"

"Right!" Ruby was gone in a matter of seconds.

"Blake, really...it's not your fault." said Yang

"It is, you're not going to convince me otherwise. Just accept my gift and we can talk about this later." said Blake.

Ruby came running in with her hands behind her back. "This is soooooo coooooool."

Blake nodded at Ruby.

Ruby pulled her arms from behind her to reveal a metal prosthetic hand.

"Nora found that in the back of the van you drove back. We already checked and it will fit you. Then you will just have to learn how to use it." said Ruby.

"That means you and I will be doing physical therapy together." said Blake.

"Thank you...Blake...I…" Yang took the hand and put it on the table next to the bed.

"You don't have to say anything." Blake sat on the bed. " Just know...that I'm here for you…"