After the such an eventful night, I had doubted I'd even get up the next day but to my surprise I opened my eyes to the peeking sunlight coming from outside. The first thing that greeted my senses was how stiff I felt and the urge to simply close my eyes to let sleep take me again was hard to resist. I looked to my right to see Ruby sleeping comfortably close to me and it was then I remembered where we were. I sat up quietly to not disturb Ruby and looked around, seeing the others asleep as well, even Aunt Axycia and I've rarely ever seen her sleep. I felt the shift and heard Ruby mumbling something incoherent. I turned back see her rubbing her eyes awake. I smiled as I booped her nose.

“Morning.” I said softly, making her smile.

“Morning…” Ruby replied before sitting up. She looked at me before speaking. “You okay?”

“Yeah… just really stiff for some reason.” I said as I stretched my arms and legs a bit, my tail unwrapping itself from my waist as I did this. “Maybe I need to do more exercising or something…” I looked over and saw Ruby giving me a deadpan look.

“You’ve been going through your Dad’s training thing that Yang went through and from what Yang told me it’s worse than Indigo’s hardest training course.” She stated with an arched brow.

“It’s…” I stopped as I had nothing else to say to defend myself.

“Maybe you need some time off to relax.” Ruby suggested as she stretched her arms a bit.

“I do relax.” I replied to her with a frown. This made Ruby arch the brow some more.

“When?” she asked me. I blinked at her as I tried to remember the last time I relaxed. I smiled a bit as I remembered.

“Before Blake’s wedding.” I answered her.

“That was almost four months ago.” Ruby countered. My frown returned as I stared at Ruby before I was hit in the head with a pillow from behind.

“Can you two keep it down? We’re trying to sleep~.” Weiss groaned at us as she snuggled up to Tak. The latter was still sound asleep with an arm draping over Weiss. The sight of the snuggling was cute, I even wanted to take a picture with my scroll but I was smart enough to avoid having to get a new scroll. Though the sight didn't last long as Tak soon awoke, most likely from the movement Weiss caused when she threw the pillow. He lazily opened his eyes and blinked before facing Weiss with a smile.

“Morning.” He said to her. Weiss opened an eye to look at him before smiling and raising her head up before closing the gap between the two for a good morning kiss. Tak looked as if he wasn't expecting the kiss but melted into it just seconds later. It was odd seeing Tak so surprised with the affection Weiss gives him, even after them being together for a few months now. When she pulled back, Weiss rested her head against Tak’s chest. It wasn’t long before the rest of them started to wake up and stretch a bit, oddly I was the only one that was really stiff when waking up.

It was then we heard a set of knocks coming from the door before it opened, revealing the familiar face of our Overseer friend Lana. She wore simple leather clothing and had her raven black hair tied to a ponytail.

“Hey Lana!” I called out to her, earning a groan from Iilah who was still somewhat sleeping. With a smile, Lana spoke up.

“When I heard Rockmond tell you were here I found it hard to believe but… here you are.” She said happily and excited to see us again. I smiled at this as I stood up to walk over to her.

“Good to see you again Lana.” I said as I gave her a hug. She returned it in kind before Ruby joined in.

“It's always great to see familiar faces.” Lana said as she pulled away. She then looked out the door before signaling someone to come in. Moments later a rather large man walked in with a cart of well cooked food and much to our surprise, some roasted mantis legs. “I've asked our master cook to whip up something good for you all to enjoy.” Lana said before nodding at the large man. The latter nodded back before leaving without uttering a word. Indigo looked at the cart of carrying food questioningly before standing up and picking up a plate of cooked prime meat before taking bite of it, then another and another. It wasn't long before he noticed the plates of cooked salmon before grabbing one and heading over to Blake to give it to her. Like Indigo, Blake took a test bite before beginning to devour the food. With a chuckle Indigo brought another plate over Iilah, offering her the salmon. Iilah, while hesitant, took a small bite of the large cooked salmon before taking the plate off of Indigo’s hand.

Weiss stood up and walked over to the cart, looking over the selection of food. She finally picked up two plates of simple cooked meat and some berried to go along with it. She then walked back to Tak and handed him a plate, earning thank you from the bat faunus.

I went over and grabbed some cooked meat, mantis legs, and some other foods, as well as some plates for Ruby and Qo, the two of them, had some cookies on them as well. As I carried them back both their smiles grew as I handed them the plates.

“Come see me when you are well and fed.” Lana said as she waved and closed the door behind her. We all happily ate, even Theodore did as well after waking from the ruckus we caused during our feeding frenzy. After countless minutes of us eating, the cart was soon left emptied of all it had carried just minutes ago.

Once we cleaned ourselves up, we headed out the door and was greeted with the village residents at work. Not too far from us was an open smithy with a muscled woman working the forge. At the center were a few residents welding together the framework of what will eventually be a Replicator. I blushed at the memory and it looked like Ruby did to.

“You two okay?” Iilah asked us, making us jump a bit.

“Yup! All fine!” I said quickly as we kept walking. Qo looked at the two of us confused.

“Really?” She asked.

“Yup, really.” Ruby answered. The others looked at each other oddly, other than Axycia who simply chuckled. We continued on until we found a larger house, no doubt Lana’s, closer to the edge and it gave her a great view of the bottom.

“There you all are.” Lana’s voice spoke up behind us. I turned to see her walking up to us. “I hope you enjoyed your meal.” She added with a smile. Everyone nodded and some even thanked her for the food. “Well I'm glad to hear that but I'm afraid I cannot stay and chat, I must return to my duties and such.” She said, turning around but stopping mid way and glancing back before saying. “Feel free to look around the Village, get your bearings to where is what and how to get there.” She said before heading off inside the large house. Rose watched as she headed inside.

“Huh, she didn't yell at me. I call that as a win.” Rose said with a smile. Both me and Ruby simply stared at her as Weiss and Blake looked confused.

“Did the two of you forget to add something during your explanations?” Weiss asked the two of us. Blake simply looked at us in silence, waiting for an answer.

“During our last run with Yang both Lana and Rose were always bickering or fighting with one another.” I explained to them.

“The two of us have different points of view.” Rose added.

“By the way Viri explained, you and her sound like a bickering couple.” Indigo said jokingly with a chuckle. Everyone looked at each other for a moment as Rose didn't seemed fazed by it as she simply shrugs but I did notice a small glare at Indigo as he slowly stopped chuckling. “I have no regrets.” Indigo was quick to say once he noticed the glare from Rose. The latter shook her head before walking off away from the group.

“Where are you going?” I called out at her.

“Exploring, later!” Rose answered. As she left I looked back at the others, seeing that most of them have already left to do their own thing, even Aunt Axycia and Theodore were gone which of course left me with Ruby and Qo.

“So what do we do now?” I asked them. Qo smiled brightly before immediately suggesting to explore the area in hopes to see more friendly Dinos. I knew there was no way to get her to back out of the idea, so with a sigh and a nod we all headed towards the main gates, seeing them open already. Once through the gates, the cold metal floor was replaced with dirt, grass and stone. We headed down the dirt path, the very same we took last night only this time we could see where we were going. It wasn't long until we came by a wandering Dodo bird, gaining Qo’s attention and was ecstatic at the sight though it is unknown as to why but I didn't want to bother her. The Dodo stared at Qo with unfocused eyes before fluttering its small wings. Qo tried to pet it but it quickly ran off, eliciting a disappointed whine from her. I chuckled as I walked up to her.

“I just wanted to pet it…” Qo said sadly. I smiled as I ruffled her hair a bit.

“It just didn’t know you Qo, give it time.” I said to her as we heard the Dodo making a sound as we saw Sparky chasing after the Dodo with some hops.

“Sparky no! Don’t scare the birdy!” Qo yelled as she chased after the wyvern. Both me and Ruby watched Qo and sparky run around chasing the Dodo, which was adorable.

“Hey, have you ever thought of having more kids?” Ruby asked me, catching me off guard. I looked at her for a moment before speaking.

“Somewhat, why?” I asked, arching a brow. “Why?”

“Just… something I’ve been thinking about lately.” Ruby answered with a small smile.

“You want to go through nine months of having a kid in you?” I asked. This made Ruby look at me with her own arch brow.

“What if it’s you with the kid?” she asked. I frowned at this.

“I thought it was the other way around…” the two of us stood there in silence before I continued. “We didn’t talk about this have we?”

“No, no we didn’t.” Ruby answered as we watched Qo continue chasing after Sparky. As we awkwardly talked, our attention was brought back to Qo after hearing her bump into something. When we looked at her we immediately froze up at the sight of a Triceratops. Qo looked up at the large dinosaur in awe.

“Whoa…” was all Qo said as she stared at the dino. Both Ruby and I stared at them. The Triceratops looked down at Qo, breathing down on her causing Qo to wave the air away in front of her. “Blag, you have bad breath.”

“Qo…” I called out to her, getting her attention. “Come this way, very slowly please.”

“Okay.” Qo said before looking back. “Bye bye Mister Dino.” As she walked towards us the Triceratops simply watched as she tiptoed her way back, gaining an odd look from the Triceratops. As she was close enough I picked her up into my arms.

“Oh Qo, that was scary.” I said as I let out a sigh.

“How was it scary?” Qo asked. I simply chuckled.

“That dino’s leg is bigger than you.” I answered with a small smile, earning a giggle from Qo as I put her down. I looked at the Triceratops as it stared at us before starting to wander off. Sparky came up and climbed up to Qo’s head as the dino was a bit further away now. We walked around a bit until we came up to what looks like a walking fish dog with a light coming out of it’s head.

“Doggy!” Qo and Ruby said happily as she went over to it. The dog seemed friendly enough to be petted by them. The dog-like creature rolled onto its back as it made a purr like sound and wagged its tiny tail. They petted its belly happily and the dog lolled out its tongue, which now hung up to its nose. The bulb on its antenna lit up in a bright blue light, similar to the lizard that Iilah had on her shoulder. Qo giggled happily at this as I smiled at the two of them, imagining what it would be like after me and Ruby are fully married. My smile grew a bit as my mind wandered until I was brought out of it by Ruby’s voice.

“Huh? What?” I said as I looked at the two.

“You spaced out again.” Ruby said with a smile, making Qo laugh a bit. I blushed a bit at this. “You got to be careful about that.”

“Yeah yeah.” I said, rolling my eyes. It was then we felt the ground shake violently, which was soon followed by falling rocks and gemstones. Both Ruby and Qo looked up at this with scared looks as I saw some falling above us. “Move!” I yelled. The two of them scrambled up as the dogfish turned over and bolted away as we all ran back to the camp. As we did I saw a large rock falling down in front of us, right on where Ruby and Qo was running. As fast as I could I ran over and pushed them away.

Just as the rock fell on top of my leg and breaking it. I let out a pained full scream as the pain made me started to tear up.

“Oh my Oum! Viri!” Ruby said as she ran over to me and tried to push the rock off my leg.

“Go…” I said as the pain was still spiking through my body.

“Not… leaving… you!” Ruby said as she tried to push the rock off of my leg, Qo trying the same thing as hard as she could. I closed my eyes as the pain continued, feeling like I was about to lose my leg by a rock. The pain grew to unbearable heights, it was so bad that I had not noticed the large rock being lifted off my leg. I soon opened my eyes in surprise as I felt someone lift me up and was happy to see that it was Rockmond in a… Ghillie suit? I didn't dare question it with the pain I felt.

“We'll get you patched up, don't worry.” His voice echoed as I felt myself getting woozier by the second. My eyes grew heavy and the last thing I heard was Qo crying out for me before I lost consciousness.

I soon awoke from my sleep, I blinked a few times before looking around at where I was. I saw I was in some kind of bed. I saw Tak sitting nearby as he was… meditating? Sleeping? I don’t know his eyes are closed. I continue looking around and saw there were hospital equipment around, making me think I was in the camp's hospital.

“Ah you are awake.” I heard someone say and quickly saw that it was Rockmond “Feeling any better?” He asked as he walked into the room with a pouch in hand.

“I got beaten by a rock, rocks are now evil.” I said jokingly before adding. “You’re the exception though.” He rolled his eyes before tossing me the pouch. I quickly caught and saw that it was filled to the brim with white berries.

“In case you get any aches or pain, these will help.” Rockmond said, gesturing at the pouch in my hands. I nodded as I set the pouch down before sighing.

“So… what’s the damage?” I asked him

“Well the good news is that we didn't have to amputate your leg, you thank your friend over there. That kid is an odd one, he somehow saved your leg and after that he's been like this ever since.” Rockmond said as he gestured towards Tak, who exhaled loudly before taking a deep breath. “Your Aunt also came by to be sure, she was stunned and even grateful for the kid.” I let out a little higher tone laugh.

“As much as I don’t what a stump for a leg or a prosthetic leg, I’ll keep my legs thank you.” I said as I swallowed, scared to think of what would happen if I did lose a leg. Rockmond chuckled and shook his head.

“Eh don't worry, you'll be back up in no time.” Rockmond said with a chuckle before adding. “I got to tell your friends you're up.” He said as he headed off out the door, leaving me alone with a meditating Tak. I looked over at Tak as he did this, waiting a few moments before speaking.

“Hey…can you hear me?” I said to the bat Faunus. He hummed as he slowly opened his eyes before blinking a bit.

“Hu-huh, what?” He said in confusion before facing me and saying. “Viri, you're awake?” He asked.

“Yes, I’m awake…” I said as I looked at myself laying in the bed. “And bedridden for a while.” He sighed in relief at this before speaking up.

“Then it worked, good… the whole ordeal left me drained.” He said, sighing out the last bit. I raised an eyebrow at him.

“Yeah… what did you do to me?” I asked as I adjusted myself in the bed, seeing I was wearing a white medical gown instead of my normal outfit. I frowned at the fact that someone disrobed me when I was out. “Another question, where are my clothes?” Tak was quick to react to this question and simply revealed my clothes neatly folded beside him.

“S-sorry.” Was all he said as a blush spread across his cheeks. I raised an eyebrow at him.

“You took my clothes off and put me into a medical gown?” I asked him. He quickly shook his head at this before answering.

“N-No, Ruby was the one that did it, she didn't want anyone else to do it.” He said to me with his hands raised up defensively. I chuckled a bit as I laid back down.

“I figured as much.” I said simply as I sighed a bit. Tak shifted a bit on the chair he sat on before saying.

“Your leg will be back to full health soon enough, so you don't have to worry about being bedridden for so long.” Tak said after lowering his hands back down. I smiled at him before speaking.

“Thought it’ll take some time…” I said in a soft tone. Tak gives me a sorry smile as the door slammed open.

“VIRI/MOM!” Ruby and Qo yelled as they rushed in, making me jump a bit.

“Ah!” I yelped as they rushed to my sides and give me a hug.

“Ohh, I was worried that you’ll never wake up!” Ruby cried as Qo hugged my arm as tightly as she could. I smiled at them as I leaned into their hugs, nuzzling Ruby a bit.

“Well I’m awake so that’s good.” I whispered as I gave her a kiss. She smiled as she kissed me back before backing away and pulling a chair up. She got Qo to come around and sit on her lap, which I saw Qo had tear marks on her meaning she must've been crying. “Hey, I’m fine Qo. Just a little banged up a bit.” Qo didn’t say anything at this. I reached over so she could hold my hand in hers. Indigo and Blake then entered the room with Iilah in tow.

“How ya feeling, Viri?” Indigo asked before Weiss ran passed them and hugged Tak. I gave him a look before answering Indigo.

“I feel like I got my butt kicked by a rock.” I said in a joking tone, earning me a frown from Ruby. I sighed before adding. “But I’m fine right now.”

“That's good to hear.” Blake said with relief in her tone. Indigo visibly relaxed at this before shaking his head.

“You had us all worried you know.” He said with a chuckle before sitting down. He then picked Iilah up and placing her on the chair beside him. The lizard from before made itself known by simply shaking its head a bit before resting it against Iilah head. I gave them a sheepish smile at them.

“Sorry.” I said as I looked over at Qo, giving her hand a squeeze. She smiles a bit as I did this. I looked over at Tak. “Now, back to what did you do to me?” After Weiss pulled away from the long-lasting hug, Tak nodded and began to explain.

“I did what I thought was best, I used one Zecora’s teachings of healing to lift some of the damage from you and transfer for it to me.” He said as he faced and blinked. He took a deep breath before continuing. “After transferring, I used most of my aura to heal before using the rest to heal you, so not only was I able to save your leg but mend it as well, your leg should be fully healed by the end of the week.” He said. Weiss frowned at this, must’ve been against Tak doing this. She didn’t say anything as I nodded.

“Thank you Tak.” I thanked him with a smile. Tak weakly smiled back, it must've really exhausted him.

“I've heard what happened, are you alright?!” Came Lana bashing through the door, a look of worry on her face as she did, some of her hair was even in disarray. It surprised everyone how easily Lana busted the door open, considering that it was reinforced wood. I blinked at this before speaking.

“Um, I’m fine Lana… really.” I told her, earning a look from Lana. “An evil rock fell on me.” She let out a sigh of relief at this before looking at the door. She simply shrugged and muttered to make better doors.

“I'm glad to hear that… I just wish I was notified sooner.” She said with yet another sigh. She straightened up and fixed her hair before saying. “Well if you need anything, anything at all just let me know.” She said before turning to leave with the busted door under her shoulder.

“Hey, is the sleepy head awa- WHAT THE HELL!?!” Rose’s voice could be heard from outside the room. I saw her peek her head in and looked at the door frame. “Who… oh.” Rose said, looking at Lana and gesturing at the door. “What did the door do to you?”

“Be in the way.” Was Lana’s response. Rose blinked at Lana before shaking her head.

“Right, not going to question it.” Rose said before backing out of the room. With a roll of her eyes, Lana exited the room as well with the door in hand but not before yelling out for someone to replace the door, which happened soon after she yelled it. We all stared at the door before we could hear some yelling from outside.

“WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!” Lana yelled. Blake got up and went to a window that looks out to the camp.

“Lana is chasing Rose around with the door in hand… I think Rose is laughing.” Blake informed us. Indigo got up and looked out the window before stifling a laugh.

“She's got the door ready above her head to smash it against Rose.” Indigo said, describing what he saw. There’s a loud crashing sound before Indigo started laughing some more, guessing Lana smashed it over Rose’s head. It was then I noticed Tak being helped up to his feet by Weiss.

“I’m taking Tak to the beds.” Weiss informed us as she hand Tak’s arm draped over her. Tak smiled at this before saying.

“Thank you.” He said to her tiredly with a small smile. Weiss, after giving him a quick peck on the cheek, guided Tak to the door before Iilah helped in opening it. I let out a sigh as I put my head on the pillow, feeling more tired than I thought.

“As much as I want to talk, I feel really tired now.” I told everyone. Indigo and Blake nodded at this before Indigo picked up Iilah.

“I can walk!” Iilah said with a frown, earning a chuckle from Indigo.

“Yeah but I know you enjoy it.” Indigo said with a smirk. Iilah blushed a bit and was silent after he said this. The two of them left and only Ruby and Qo was with me. Ruby gave me a smile before saying.

“I’ll… leave you to-” I stopped her as I gave her a pleading look.

“No no, I want you here… please.” I said to her. Her smile grew as she carefully got into bed with me, not making me move a lot in case of my leg. She pulled Qo up so she was between the two of us as we laid there. I gave her a peck on the nose before smiling at her.

She smiled at me and before long the two of us fell asleep with Qo between us. Sometimes I can’t believe how lucky I am.