I felt myself slowly drift away. I felt my body feel lighter, as if I was being pulled away. However, I heard the murmurs of voices, which felt like it was coming far away.
"Don't give me that shit, shut up and do as I say. Give it to her now, or else she'll not make it." One voice said, it sounded gruff.
"Fine! This better work... Hang on, Fran... Huh... How did that... Why is it working?" Another voice said, slightly lighter than the voice before. It sounded like a girl's voice.
Why does that voice sound so familiar? Wait... does it sound like Coco's.
"Fran?! Come on, stay with us." The same gruff said as I felt him shake my arms.
That voice... Is that Qrow?
"C-Coco... Q-Qrow...?" I somehow managed to sputter out, which seemed to surprise the two. Suddenly, the pain in my stomach was a lot lighter, almost like the pain was vanishing. Everything seemed lighter, I could feel my arms and my feet. I focused my Semblance, the best I could, to try and find out if the area was safe. I couldn't sense the people from before.
"Holy shit... She's still alive?" A different voice spoke, it sounded more like it was coming from Fox.
"Shut up Fox, we need to be quiet."
Who were they? That Neo girl... She's dangerous. I shouldn't have been that careless. I should have figured out it was a trap.
"Just let yourself rest Fran." I heard Coco say.
"Okay kid, hand me that thread and needle. This is going to get messy." I heard Qrow say, he then let out a small sigh. "I'm going to give you something, Fran. It'll put you asleep for a while. I need to stitch up your wounds. I can't have you move around and open them up." He said as I felt something drip down into my throat.
I nodded my head and swallowed the fluid. It worked just as Qrow said it would since I drifted away into a comfortable nap.
Once I had awakened, I found myself lying down on a bed. As I stirred in the bed and raised myself, so I was sitting on the bed, I could sense the presence of someone familiar nearby. Thankfully, my body has healed enough, so I could use my Semblance. As it turns out, it was Coco, holding something. "Hey, I see you're awake. Are you feeling alright?"
"Yeah. Sorry for worrying you all. I should've seen her coming, she shouldn't have taken me by surprise." I bitterly said.
"Hey, hey. I'm sure you did everything you could. It took me by surprise too. It's the first time something this bad has happened to my team. I was a little unprepared for it, so I would say it's all our fault. Besides, Velvet and your friend Blake, would kill me if I blamed you for it." Coco said as I giggled.
"Yeah, I can see that happening." I said as Coco tried to stifle a chuckle. "By the way, where are we? We're not on the road, are we?" I said as I heard Coco's footsteps come closer to me. I sensed her sitting near me on the bed.
"We had to inject you, an Aura booster. You were losing so much blood, so that man said to inject you with it. It's a good job that you're cold-blooded. That Aura booster saved your life."
"It was probably Qrow. The man, I mean. I guess you could say, he's my guardian."
"Anyway, Qrow injected you with it, and you've been out ever since. He said that you'll stabilize over time, but Fox, Yatsu and I wanted to make sure, so we stayed on the truck, that was until this ship docked, so we got a private room for you to rest." Coco said as I heard a knock on a door.
"Hey Coco, Is Fran awake yet?" A familiar voice said from beyond the door.
"Yeah, she's awake. You can come in." Coco said as I sensed Fox and Yatsuhashi entering the room. He approached my bed and sat on the edge of it.
"Good to see you're doing alright."
"Yeah... I'm good. Not a good start to my first mission though." I said as I heard the three chuckled.
"Yeah, you could say that." I heard Fox say as I heard an audible giggle come from himself and Coco.
"So, you didn't actually say where we are Coco?"
"Oh yeah, right. Well, Qrow and Professor Ozpin said that the emergency facilities are too far away to take you away, so they decided to let us continue with the original mission goals."
"So, we're on our way to Menagerie, just as planned. We should be docking any minute now, so we'll need you to get your ass up." Fox said.
"It's fine, Coco. Here, can you help me up?" I asked as I felt Coco take my extended hand and slowly, yet carefully pulled me up. Thankfully, I couldn't feel any immediate pain, but there were some lingering aches around my stomach. I managed to use my Semblance to locate the door and slowly exited my room.
As I exited my room, and Coco helped me off the deck we were on, we all got to the top deck. As soon as we all got there, I heard the chirping of the birds, the flowing ocean clashing against the ship. It's a bit weird going this far from Vale. It was all a bit overwhelming. "You're alright, Fran?"
"Yeah, it's just a little overwhelming. I've never been this far from Vale."
"Yes, it can feel a bit different." Yatsuhashi said.
"You'll get used to it. The amount of missions that took us outside of Vale, would have to be counted on four hands. Seriously, you'd think that Ozpin would organise mission's closer to Vale." Fox said as I let out a small laugh.
"I can see the problem with that... Still it's nice to feel the change of scenery." I said as I heard a voice over a speaker.
All passengers disembarking to Menagerie, please go to the necessary docks. I repeat; all passengers disembarking to Menagerie, please go to the necessary docks.
"Well, we better go. We shouldn't keep Yatsu waiting any longer. Come on, Fran." I heard from Coco as I slowly, yet carefully followed her body signal, to the truck with our cargo.