Ch 5: Healing the Wounds
I woke up to feel a horrible pain in my legs, and I realized I was in a med center, which I guess was at Beacon. What happened? Why do my legs hurt? Is Blake okay? All of these questions raced through my mind. I heard someone say, "He is awake, the other one is awake." I looked to my right to see Pyrrah watching over me.
"Mako, how do you feel? Do you need something?" she asked.
"I feel awful. More importantly, is Blake okay?" I replied with a question. She has to be alright. She and Ruby put their weapons down so I could live. "Blake is, kind of, okay. She's still unconscious, but she should be okay. Also, don't move your legs, they still aren't used to having temporary braces on."
"Braces? How bad are my legs?" I almost screamed.
"Your right leg is broken, and your left one is badly bruised. In order for you to be able to walk around, the doctors put you in the braces," Pyrrah replied. "Also, don't make any sudden movements. The doctors had to cut your shoulder open to take the bullet out, so any quick motion will be followed by quite a bit of pain."
"Take me to Blake. This is all my fault," I said.
"It isn't your fault Mako. From what I understand, you couldn't do anything to stop this from the position you were in," Pyrrah added. "I will take you to her, but remember that she will be okay, and your fellow classmates were worried about BOTH of you." Pyrrah helped me up as I got used to the feeling of standing up right with the braces on. "She is right next door." We opened the door to see Blake, with Yang sitting by her side.
"Weiss and I should have been faster to assist you and Ruby," Yang said to the unconscious Blake. "It's my fault. I never should have let the two of you go after him alone." Yang noticed that Pyrrah and I had entered the room, and she stood up to greet us. Man, Yang is taking this really hard. I guess it's hard for her to see her teammate like this.
"I'm glad to see you are already looking better," Yang said, "as soon as we pulled you from the ship, we called a med evac to get you and Blake out of there. They performed surgery on you in flight because a bullet came really close to severing an artery near your neck, and they put Blake in a medically induced coma so she would have time to heal. She should be coming conscious pretty soon."
"Wow, so it was really that bad?" I asked. Just as I spoke, a small moan came from Blake.
"Blake, you're okay, don't worry," Yang blurted. "You're safe."
I can't believe she already gained consciousness. "Is Mako alright?" Blake asked without turning her head to see me.
"I don't know, why don't you ask him?" Yang answered, motioning for Blake to look to her right.
"I'm going to leave now," Pyrrah stated, "I have to go train with Jaune." With that, she walked out of the room leaving Blake, Yang, and myself.
"Ruby and Weiss are okay, right?" Blake asked.
"Yes, Blake. They are both okay; they are training in the sparring room," Yang added. "Just rest, I haven't told Mako yet, but the two of you have been out for nearly a week. It's Friday."
"Shit, why didn't Pyrrah tell me that?" I asked Yang.
"She was probably too rushed to try and inform you on what exactly happened. She probably forgot," Yang replied.
"Yang, I don't want to sound weird, but can you leave Mako and me alone for, like, 10 minutes? I need to talk to him in private," Blake asked.
"Sure, you only had to say the word," Yang responded, winking at Blake and myself. This was followed by a smirk from Blake. She stood up and walked out the door saying, "I knew it."
Knew what? What the heck is Yang talking about?
"Well, Blake, you wanted to talk, so here I am," I muttered. She looked me up and down, noting my braces I was currently wearing.
"Why the long face?" she asked, "Aren't you happy that you are okay?"
"That, and I am happy that you are okay as well," I smiled; however, this changed to a frown as I explained, "Torchwick is going to pay for what he did to my down, and for what he did to us. Blake, he put both of us in the medical center for basically a week. Someone needs to stop him." She doesn't seem to be fully here, mentally, I guess it's the medication.
"So what, if we don't get him? Eventually, someone else will. Mako, I can tell you aren't one for many words, and neither am I, but in life you have to slow down, eventually, and enjoy yourself. You don't have to finish the race first," Blake stated. Guess she is fully here. There is no way someone drugged up on pain medication could have stated that so simply.
"I guess you're right," I added, "but why did you ask to talk to me alone? Yang could have heard anything you just stated."
"I'm not done yet, smart ass," she jokingly mutters, "I just feel a weird connection to you, ever since I saw you on the street. That's why I asked Ozpin for a spare key to your room."
"Wait, I thought Ozpin gave you and Ruby a key to check on me, and get me when he needs me?" I ask, puzzled.
"That's kind of how it went, I guess. Except, I kind of wanted the key so I could talk to you about how I feel about you," she replied.
"Now I understand why you didn't want Yang to here this. Well, I am glad you are okay," I say, in a shy tone. "Do you need me to take you to your room? I can wheel your bed from here to the dorms," I ask.
"Sure. Actually, do you mind if you wheel me to your room? I imagine it's a lot quieter," she says in a playful tone.
Say yes Mako. Say yes. You have the guts to say it.
"That's cool with me," I say as I wheel her towards the dorms. On our way there, we couldn't help but continue our conversation regarding our failed mission against the WF.