Chapter 2:

The tall man doesn't sleep at all during the night making sure Adam would survive until morning arrives. When it does and he is certain that Adam's condition is stable within the gravity of his injuries, but also knowing that Adam will most likely need to have surgery and a blood transfusion he searches through his pack and finds a scroll; quickly dialing a number and waits a few rings later someone picks it up at the other end.

A surprised voice greets him "Lord Vicious is everything alright? You normally don't make calls unless it's important, is..", before the man at the other end could keep talking, Vicious interrupts him "I'm alright… but there is someone else with me that needs a doctor, Rozen'', he says with a very deep and monotonous voice.

Rozen understood what was being requested of him. "How bad is that person? Are there broken bones, stab wounds?", he asks. "Two stab wounds on the chest, very close to the heart, broken ribs, an injured leg, his breathing is bad… he was dead when I found him", Vicious answers. "We are not that far my lord, do you want us to pick us to pick you up, where we dropped you?", Rozen asks. "Yes… Rozen the person is Adam Taurus", he says, silence greets him for a few moments before Rozen speaks again. "I am sure you have your reasons Vicious… I will prepare everything for possible surgery", "Thank you", says Vicious as the call ends.

Vicious turns his attention back to Adam and changes the dressing over his wounds and puts his clothes back on, now that they are dry.

He packs everything on his camp site and secures Wilt and Blush to his side, before picking Adam bridal style making sure to keep his head against his chest and not letting it drop, keeping him wrapped in a thick blanket. Due to the cold weather of Altas, some snow had begun to fall.

He begins the long walk to the secluded beach he had been dropped at. He travels at a lower speed than he normally would not wanting to upset Adam's injuries and making sure not to bump into someone or something else while carrying the unconscious man.

They arrived in the early afternoon, the warship he had requested waiting for them not far, a small boat with some men ready to transport them to the ship. They had already been informed who's the person that Vicious is bringing, none made a comment on it or questioned his choice, they saluted him showing a lot of respect. Several gasp shock and exchange looks of horror once they see Adam's face and the branding over his left eye.

The situation is pretty much the same once they arrive on the warship. Adam is placed on a stretcher and immediately taken to Rozen. Rozen is the royal doctor and surgeon, he has black hair that reaches his shoulders and kind brown eyes, he is of average height and pale skin.

He's currently wearing blue scrubs. He decided to go together with the crew and Vicious to investigate some reports of strange grimm appearing on Atlas.

It had been decided that Vicious would be scouting alone for the moment to help their warship keep a low profile, if he encountered any type of problem along the way reinforcements would be called from the ship. Grimm also attacked their kingdom, they would take any opportunity to learn about different kinds of grimm to protect their home better.

Rozen immediately starts to work, the first thing he notices is the brand, he shakes his head in sadness. Very gently he reaches Adam's left eye and opens it, not surprised to encounter a gray colored iris that is no longer functional and a red colored sclera. "Such brutality", he says, in understanding why Vicious had decided to save the faunus' life. "It's not the only thing that has been done to him", Vicious warns him, Rozen is not surprised to hear the warning, the eye is just the tip of the iceberg afterall.

With Vicious help he carefully unwraps Adam out of the blanket, before taking his clothes and bandages off.

He gasps when he could see the rest of Adam's body, the wounds and the old scars, sympathy fills his heart. Rozen quickly goes to wash his hands with soap and warm water again. Vicious does the same but keeps his distance, sitting on a nearby chair in case Rozen needs any type of help.

Rozen grabs a mask and an oxygen tank along with some sedatives, the man may be unconscious, but he doesn't want to risk it. Putting gloves on he grabs several gauze pieces and cleans Adam's face before placing the mask over him to help him breathe easier.

He keeps using gauzes and sterile clothes pieces along with some saline solution to make sure that Adam is completely clean and there is no other type of debris that could pose a threat, he does ask Vicious help to clean Adam's hair and horns with some water and soap.

Satisfied that Adam is clean, Rozen changes his gloves for a clean pair, then he looks for a vein on Adam's right arm at first, before Vicious tells him to use the other arm, it's then that he notices that Adam's right arm is indeed a very well done prosthesis. Taking Vicious advise he looks for a vein on Adam's left arm, finding a good one, he pierces it with a catheter that contains various terminals to connect different iv bags, he connects some fluids to hydrate him as well as some antibiotics, he takes a small blood sample and uses a machine to determine Adam's blood type, they have a good supply on board including several rare types.

As he waits for results, he begins to work with the wounds and looks at Vicious stitching job. With a careful inspection he determines that the wounds have been properly stitched. The injuries that contain tissue that looks with any slight indication that they aren't healing properly and could cause an infection he scrapes it off until he reaches the healthy part making sure that it is clean before bandaging again.

The machine suddenly beeps with the results, Rozen asks Vicious to read them for him out loud, busy with cleaning Adam's wounds. This time some luck is on the faunus side, he doesn't have one of the most uncommon blood types which is good, but his blood showed what Rozen was expecting, low blood cell count and a high quantity of white blood cells. The man is anemic and apparently his body is fighting the beginning of an infection.

When he is finished cleaning the wounds, he goes to look for some pints of blood to give Adam a transfusion. "Lord Vicious (Vicious make a low noise with his throat, making Rozen start over), my apologies, I know you don't like me calling you Lord over and over, but we are outside of home (He gives up explaining when he sees that Vicious truly doesn't not care)… Vicious I have to ask you to leave, he needs some surgery, now that we know the blood type, I will call you back when I am done to report how the procedure went ".

Vicious gets up and nods, he holds the door open for several nurses that will assist Rozen during surgery to enter as he leaves the room.

Vicious decides to go and take a shower and call back home to inform his mate what to expect when he arrives back.

Several hours go by, Adam is very lucky that Rozen was able to operate him by making several small incisions with specialized equipment. The doctor feels confident that the faunus will be able to recover without any future consequence.

Rozen informs Vicious of the success of the operation and tells him that he can now go see him in a recovery room.

When the king arrives, he finds several soldiers guarding the entrance to the room, respectfully they get out of the way and let him enter, when he does the two soldiers that are inside leave. Approaching the bed he can see that Adam still has the oxygen mask and his body is covered mostly by bandages, including his left eye, his left leg has been placed on a brace and some tubes have been connected to his chest to make sure no left-over blood or fluid cause any issues.

Sitting on a chair in the corner Vicious remembers the conversation he had with Xiang, his wife. At first she had been surprised not understanding why he didn't execute the terrorist on site, but that changed when Vicious described what he had seen, she had agreed on Adam being brought to Haruna kingdom. The ship sailed as soon as surgery was over.

Update: I fixed the spacing issue on this chapter as was requested by several readers

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My favorite character in RWBY was Adam Taurus, I am not a fan of how his character development ended. Everyone has their opinion and I respect that. Here is my opinion, from a competent leader and mentor figure, he was suddenly turned into an abusive/ obsessive/jealous ex boyfriend and an and incompetent leader. I feel that his potential was wasted tremendously, he could had been used in several ways:

1. He could have had more fights with team rwby, specially Yang and Blake serving as some kind of experience booster for them and then forward in the show they manage to defeat him killing him, being captured or he could have had a redemption like Illia got. If he got a redemption he could later make up for all the crimes he committed turned his life around for good helping others or die as a hero fighting the other bad guys.

2. Explain how he got his brand on his eye and also have some interactions with Weiss and or Winter.

3. I would have loved to see him and Sienna fight for the leadership of the White Fang not simply her getting stabbed and dying.

Before saying it's not possible to have been handled differently, remember in Volume 3 Ep 7, when his lieutenant offered to pursue Blake on Adam's behalf, Adam said to him to forget Blake. Also remember in Volume 2 Episode 10 Blake calls Adam her mentor not a lover. All that changed after Monty died and in Volume 3 when Adam begins calling her love. And don't forget his character short was published in Volume 6.