Jaune sat on the bed in the infirmary in room 005 waiting for the doctor to check on his shoulder. He and Suzanna were only waiting for a short time before the doctor walked by the door and glanced at the two of them. She kept moving for a few more steps before she returned to the doorway and said. "Arc, didn't I release you less than an hour ago?"

Jaune sheepishly looked down and said, "Yeah, but I am back now. My shoulder got dislocated again."

The doctor's face contorted from curiosity to annoyance. "And how did that happen?" she asked.

Jaune continued to look at the same tile on the floor as he spoke. "I got into a fight and refused to tap out when I should have."

His answer seemed to satisfy the doctor who looked at him and asked. "Didn't Luke put it back in its socket?" Jaune nodded and looked at Suzanna with a face that told the doctor everything she needed to know about the visit. "I'll go get you a sling," she stated as she walked off the supply closet. She knew Jaune didn't need it but it would make his girlfriend feel better so she went along with it.

…

Back at the dorms, Luke was on the phone with Jorge. "Can you get him here in time?" after a moment of Jorge speaking on the other line, Luke said. "Thanks, this is really important. Alright, see you then."

hanging up the scroll Luke headed back into his team's dorm room and saw that Pyrrha had already headed for bed. Luke didn't know what he did to deserve her. She was sweet, beautiful and she loved Martin like he was her own son. Sure he had his doubts about getting romantically involved with her at first. After all, she was still almost three younger than him and she was Pyrrha Nikos, she could have easily done better than him. He was a former pirate hunter and single father. And yet, she had fallen as in love with him as he had with her.

He also knew that hard times were coming. News of Pyrrha's pregnancy had already been leaked to the media. And they had had a field day with it. Apparently Pyrrha was "too young," and "too naive" they often insinuated that Luke had somehow taken advantage of her. A few even said that Luke had "spoiled" her soul. Those were the one that made him angry. They can say whatever the hell they want about him. Their words on him are irrelevant. But when they spoke about Pyrrha as though she were a side of beef and that by loving her Luke had somehow damaged her in an irrevocable way.

What was worse was the way that they reacted to the incident with Henkel Johnson. The man had tried to kill Luke less than a day ago but the news had already heard about it. "FIANCE KILLS ADORING FAN WITH CHOPSTICK" the headline was clearly meant to draw in readers. The story had it out as though Johnson was coming over to talk with Pyrrha when Weiss attacked him. They were saying that Johnson acted out of self-defense and that Luke killed in a fit of jealous rage.

Another one acknowledged that Johnson tried to kill Weiss but instead of saying that Luke intervene even when he didn't need to. They said that Luke felt like Weiss wasn't able to defend herself because she was a girl and that he was simply being sexist. Luke couldn't fault the people writing the article after all they were doing a thing that made them money and supported their needs. But the folks who bought into this were what annoyed him. It was like they didn't understand that even though Weiss was just as capable of protecting herself as anyone else. ( in some cases she was more than able) doesn't mean that she should have to. As long as Luke is alive he won't allow a woman to be placed in danger whenever he could afford it. Not because they could handle it. But in his mind, that was something that he was much, much better at. And he couldn't risk one of them getting hurt trying to do what he saw as his job.

He breathed in and did his best to release all of his frustration in one strong breath. He needed to go to bed and the last thing Pyrrha needed was to have him in such a foul mood. When he reached his usual spot on the left side of the bed he gently climbing in next to Pyrrha who by now was asleep. Luke rolled over and laid on his right side so that he could see Pyrrha. She seemed so peaceful. Reaching around the front of her and lightly placing his hand on her stomach over the bulge caused by the child she was carrying. Her hands wrapped around his hand and they laid there in silence. There was no need for them to speak. The words would just be an expression of the thoughts they already shared.

Luke didn't know what he did to deserve the angel laying with him now but he would do anything to keep her safe. and if that meant being cast as a monster by the tabloids and blogs, well then that was a price he would pay in a heartbeat.

Jaune sat shirtless on the edge of the bathtub in his dorms bathroom. He knew that full tubs weren't standard for the dorms but he was in an empty teacher's dorm because of his unusual team situation. So he sat on the edge of his bathtub while Suzanna carefully took a razor to his face. It was the first time since Durant that he had fully shaved and he considered it to be a sort of release from what happened in that cursed town.

In truth, he had kept the mustache and Goatee as long as he did because he wanted to remind himself of the mistakes he made and to force him to never make them again. But Suzanna wanted it gone so it was going. She had to be convinced to let him shave it though since she had his right arm put in a sling. When he finished he looked in the mirror and saw that he had done a good job. Running his hand along his now soft face he said, "well, it had to come off eventually."

Behind him, he heard a shocked gasp. When he turned he saw Suzanna in the doorway with her hand over her mouth. He didn't understand what was wrong until he saw himself in the mirror. His chest was littered with scars and small burns. "Souvenirs" he had called them. Gifts from the enemies he had faced in his life.

"What happened to you?" she asked her voice heavy with worry.

Jaune's face grew the same sheepish smile he always sprouted whenever he was the center of attention like this. "Well, um, which time?"

By the face, she made he knew that was the wrong answer. And deciding to get this over with he just started pointing and speaking. "Gunshot, gunshot, gunshot, gunsh… wait that was a stab, stab, stab, this one was actually a bull's horn long story. Oh and this is where one of the Marvins brothers tried to kill me with a bowie knife." under his breath he muttered. "Almost did too, lucky bastard"

He was going to go on to explain the Grimm scars and the grenade burns when Suzanna ran over and threw her arms around him. It was strange Jaune was a highly trained hand to hand fighter, a very good shot, hell he was even handy with a knife. All of that and he still had no defense for Suzanna crying her eyes out.

"Okay, I am right here," Jaune said as he spoke he guided Suzanna over to the couch and laid the two of them down. Her on top of him with her arms around him and her face buried in his chest.

"Please," he heard her say. "Please stop doing this to yourself. You don't need to be a hunter. And if you keep going you won't live long enough to be one anyway."

Jaune was now at a crossroads. This wasn't a choice he should make quickly, but in his heart, he knew that it wasn't a choice. Putting his hand on the back of Suzanna's head Juane leaned as far as he could to get closer to her ear and said. " I want you to think about this for a little while, being a hunter has been my ambition for most of my life. But you are the woman I love, you are the ambition of my life now. If you still want me to leave this life in a week then I will."

She looked up at him with watery eyes and opened her mouth to say something. She was interrupted however by the sound of Jaune's dorm scroll going off. "You might want to answer that," Suzanna said with an amused look in her eye.

Looking first at the ringing scroll then back to Suzanna he responded. "It can wait." his arms tightened around her and began to gently run his hand through her hair. The scroll ran four more times and then the answering machine activated, it didn't play the recording but it did play the message being left.

"JAUNE," it was Luke and it sounded bad, all at once Jaune was ready to leap up and go to his team's aide. "It's Pyrrha, she is in a lot of pain and I am taking her to the hospital. I don't know what is going on just get ahold of me when you can." the message was rushed and Jaune was now just as rushed. One of his teammates was in danger and he needed to be there.

Making his way to the bullhead bay he saw that one was already out and figured that Luke took it. Reaching into his pocket Juane quickly fished out a set of what looked like keys. When he inserted the keys into a matching slot at the control panel the craft came alive with noise and lights.

"Can you fly one of these things?" Suzanna asked

"Legally no, realistically yes," Jaune answered failed to truly convince her but that was not important. She was already locked in her seat and she wasn't going anywhere so she needed to trust him.

…

By the time they had reached the hospital, Jaune was nearly shaking with worry. He was going into panic mode and Suzanna knew that she needed to try to calm him down. Wrapping her arm around one of his own she said. "You need to breathe Jaune. You are no good to Pyrrha or Luke if you are suffering from a heart attack."

He seemed to understand and took several deep breaths before continuing. When they reached the room they saw Luke sitting outside the waiting area.

Drawing closer Jaune asked "Luke, is she okay?"

Luke looked up and with a relieved expression said. "She needed to have her appendix out but other than that she will be okay. They are operating on her now."

Then both Jaune and Luke's scrolls began to ring. Answering them they were both greeted by the face of the headmaster of the school. Once they were both online Ozpin said. "Mr. Arc and Mr. Warrior I need to see you both immediately." the call ended as suddenly as it had started.

Luke seemed to be conflicted between answer Ozpin's summons and staying near his fiance. Finally, it was Suzanna who seemed to have an idea. "You two go to your meeting I will stay here."

as she spoke a small child ran over to Luke and started yelling "DADDY, DADDY, WHERE IS MOMMY?" he was clearly scared and melting down.

Dropping to a knee Luke wrapped his arms around his son and said "Mommy is going to be okay I need to go to a meeting and you need to stay here with Suzanna okay. It is time to brave young one."

Nodding Martin walked over to Suzanna and wrapped his arms around Suzanna who seemed to take to being made babysitter well.

Looking at the door Jaune saw a large man with dark skin. It was the same man Jaune had seen around the cabin. Jaune didn't know much he knew the man had the callsign Snake Doctor. And if he was the one that Jorge sent to bring Martin here then he knew that Martin was in good hands.

"Let's get going, Ozpin is waiting," Luke said as he started toward the door.