A/N: Alrighty, hope you guys enjoy the chapter. I really appreciate the reviews and favorites you guys have all given this story, and can't thank you guys enough. It's the support that you guys give me that really helps to push me to write. I know that sounds cliche, but it's the honest truth.

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Snake
Chapter 6: Extreme Measures

"How long has Jaune been in surgery for?" Pyrrha thought to herself as she sat in the waiting room, praying that Monty would have Jaune be alright. She looked at the clock. Just under three hours had passed since Jaune had entered surgery. A few tears escaped, despite the effort she was putting forth to be strong and not cry.

"Are there any spots left on your team", Pyrrha smile up to him.

"Very funny", Jaune said annoyed as he looked to the side, but smiled down at her right after.

"Miss Nikos?" Snapped Pyrrha out of her memories. She looked up from her chair to see a doctor looking down at her.

"How's Jaune?" She said, worry couldn't be more evident in her voice.

"He's alive and stable, but we don't know long he'll be out for. In most cases it is a few days, but that's not a guarantee", he told Pyrrha, "He's suffered high blood lose and a large amount of tissue damage. At this point things could go either way. I don't want to sugarcoat anything and give you false hope Miss Nikos, but I don't want you to assume the worst. "

"I understand", Pyrrha told the doctor, as if she wasn't there.

"You can visit him if you wish. He'll be unconscious, but maybe seeing him will help ease your mind", he explained.

"Maybe", she said, "What room?"

"636", the doctor said before his pager beeped, "I have to go". He hurried off, and Pyrrha made her way to Jaune's room. When she seen him, it only made her feel worse. The steady beat matched her sinking heart as she looked down at his pitiful form. Medical bandages covered where Jaune had been stabbed, an IV was put into his arm, and a respirator covered his nose and mouth. Pyrrha walked around the hospital bed, and sat down in a chair beside Jaune. She reached over and started to slowly brush her fingers through his golden hair, trying her hardest to keep from crying, but despite her willpower some tears slipped through the barriers she tried to put in place behind her eyes.

"He looks so peaceful, just like…" Pyrrha's thoughts came to a halt. She couldn't allow herself to go back to those horrid memories of that day. Pyrrha just focused on how Jaune would be alright. "You aren't going to die on me, on any of us", she told him, knowing that he wouldn't hear a word she was saying.

"Quiet guys", Yang whispered to everyone when she seen that Pyrrha had fallen asleep next to Jaune. After everyone had been taken care of, and had told the police of the events that led up to Jaune's hospitalization, they went to the hospital to make sure Jaune was alright. He was the only one to sustain serious injury. Ruby was struck in a pressure point, meaning that while she had been knocked out, no serious besides a sore neck and a came out of it. Ren suffered a gash on the back of his head and a concussion, white medical bandage around his head with some gauss at where the now stitched up gash sat healing. Nora had suffered some bruised ribs and had a fist-shaped bruise, but besides slight pain from breathing, she was otherwise fine. They all silently sat down and looked at Jaune.

"Do you think he's going to be okay?" Ruby asked as she leaned her head on Yang's shoulder.

"I'm sure he will be sis, he just needs time to rest", Yang said before putting an arm around her sister. "He's got a will much stronger then you'd think", she said remembering how when she was breaking down, Jaune stayed strong and gave her his support, "He's not gonna go and leave us that easily."

Everyone just sat in silence and looked at Jaune for a little while, hoping he would be okay.

At the same time, Ozpin had just entered the police station. He was ushered into an empty conference room to wait for an explanation about what had happened to his students. It didn't take long for the police chief to join him in a seat next to his.

"I'm not gonna bore or distract you with chit chat Ozpin. Your student, Jaune Arc, spotted New Moon just earlier today. He gave chase, and by the time Arc had cornered him at the docks; Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Black Belladonna, Yang Xaio Long, Nora Valkyrie, Lie Ren, and Pyrrha Nikos had joined up with him. They all tried to subdue New Moon, and Rose, Ren, and Valkyrie sustained minor injuries, as well as Arc being mortally wounded. If it had not been for the fact that the hospital was only a few blocks away and constantly keeping an ambulance on standby, you would be down one student", he told Ozpin.

"Why would New Moon only attempt to kill Arc, while leaving the others alive?" Ozpin questioned him.

"From what we gathered, Arc's friends say that New Moon tried to kill him because he put everyone else in danger by contacting them for help", the police chief answered.

"That would make sense from what we can gather about New Moon's perspective, but I can't help but have the sneaking suspicion there's more to this", Ozpin told him.

"Well we'll be keeping everything related to New Moon fresh in our minds in case there is more to anything we come across," the chief said, "but something else. During the fight, New Moon had lost an arm, and had been stabbed in the chest before being knocked into the bay. We've been looking for hours now and we can't find a body. Also, a dark liquid initially thought to be blood was found out to be oil." Ozpin's eyes widened, time seeming to freeze for a moment as he felt his heart beat as if it was going to explode.

"I NEED to have a sample of that oil", Ozpin demanded.

"I figured as much. I know about the training drone you reported missing almost a year ago." The chief informed him, "Ozpin, I know why you suddenly look disheveled as you do mentally. If the oil matches that of your other training drones, then we have to accept the fact that New Moon is able to bypass all countermeasures you have in place. Not only that, but anyone at the school, student or teacher, is now a suspect."

"Don't let it match, don't let everything I've done to help the students and staff be for nothing!" Ozpin argued to himself mentally as the two oils were compared. The analysis machine beeped, before printing out the data. Ozpin quickly compared the two pieces of paper, before checking them both again and again. After he checked them the tenth time, he had to accept the results.

"Damn it!" Ozpin yelled as he put his fist into the analysis machine, destroying it beyond repair. After just standing there for several minutes, he pulled out his hand, and slowly started walking to his office. "I have to resort to extreme measures…"

"I'm fine, see Pyrrha? I'm just a bit tired and banged up", Jaune said as he tried to peal Pyrrha off of him. He had woken up just a few minutes ago, and the second he had Pyrrha hugged him and cried.

"I was worried I might lose you!" Pyrrha cried as she continued to hold onto him.

"Look at me Pyrrha", Jaune ordered her. Pyrrha forced herself to stop crying and look him in the face. "I'm not gonna die and leave you so easily", he said before slowly leaning down and kissed her on the lips. It was just a light, sweet kiss, but Pyrrha couldn't help but blush crimson. "I lo-". Before he could finish, Pyrrha woke up from her dream.

"Damn", Pyrrha said to herself. She looked at Jaune, not a sign of him waking up present. It had been four days since Jaune had been injured. Pyrrha had stayed the whole time, only leaving his side for necessities like eating and using the bathroom. This was taking its toll on Pyrrha. Her red hair started to frizz and bags started to appear under her eyes from lack of sleep.

Despite stabbing him through the chest, and watching him fall into the bay, murders were still being committed by New Moon. What was worse, she feared that New Moon would now come after Jaune while he was healing, or anyone else on the two teams. She looked down at the ground, and asked herself, "Why did all this have to happen?"

Her thoughts were interrupted when she thought she heard something. She looked at Jaune to see him just as still as he was earlier. Her heart dropped a little more than it already had.

"Pyrrha?"


A/N: Ain't I a stinker? Just when you think maybe *puts on Maximillion Pegasus voice* Jaunny-Boy~ will be waking up, I end the chapter right there~

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