Until now, the four girls had been walking for what seemed like forever. When it had only been about an hour. Figuring out where to go was futile, so the group settled on going in one direction continuously.

"I could really go for some cookies right now," Ruby whined.

Blake nodded in agreement. "Or tuna. That'd be nice."

"I want Caesar salad," Weiss simply said.

"You know what'd be really nice?" Yang egged her team on with a grimace. "First aid treatment."

That statement caused her friends to go silent and frown. They felt like such whiny teenagers when their blonde friend was still bleeding from a vicious bear bite. Until now, Yang never complained about the injury. It must be acting up.

In response, Blake adjusted her taller friend and tightened the grip around her waist. "Hang in there. We'll be out of the woods soon."

Weiss gave her a skeptical look. "You say that so easily, considering we've been trapped here for several days."

"Now's different," Blake stated.

"How so?" Weiss asked, curious.

All the faunus did was glance down at her girlfriend's bloody shoulder. Now that Yang's hurt…

Noticing her troubled expression, Weiss went silent. Of course Blake was worried about Yang. It was only natural that she was more determined than ever to escape.

"Does it hurt?" Ruby asked her sister, afraid of the answer.

Experimentally, Yang wiggled her arm. She was met with resistance when Blake tried to keep her stiff.

"Just throbbing a little is all," the blonde reassured. "I think the clothes really helped with staunching the blood."

"That's good… I guess…" Ruby mumbled.

Despite her saying that, the bandages that were once red, white, and black were now dyed crimson.

"We'll get you cleaned up," Weiss said as she gazed at Yang. "When we get out of here, you can take a long, hot shower."

From the mere thought, Yang smiled. "Ah, god yes, please."

"That sounds so nice," Blake agreed.

"Wanna join me?" Yang asked with the wiggle of a brow.

Flustered, Blake yelped. "Yang!"

Ruby wrinkled her nose in disgust. "Eeeeeeew."

Yang rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Don't pretend like you and the princess don't do it."

If Weiss had anything to say, she didn't say it. The last thing she wanted to do was argue when her friend was like this even though she was the one initiating this suggestive conversation. Weiss refrained from retorting, but Ruby was a different story.

"W-we don't!"

A stutter. That was all Yang needed to latch onto.

"Oh?" Yang smirked. "What do you like best, Weiss? Hot or weiss cold? Probably cold because of your icy heart."

The shit-eating grin caused Weiss to almost explode. She was even called out. Yang really knew how to get under her skin. Before Weiss could reply, Ruby beat her to it.

"She likes lukewarm!" Ruby blurted.

The sudden outburst caused Weiss to blush. Suddenly, she was feeling flustered instead of angry. Her adorable dolt was unintentionally revealing the intimate details of their relationship.

The exclamation caused Yang to perk a brow and her tone to raise a few octaves in surprise. "How would my baby sister know that?"

Weiss could tell that Yang was becoming a little defensive. The blonde was stiffer than before. Blake could feel it, and Weiss could see it.

"Get your head out of the gutter, brute," Weiss tried to defuse the situation. "I simply told her in passing."

"No one talks about shower temperatures 'in passing!'" Yang quickly replied. That seemed like such a ridiculous topic. Then again, she was the one who brought it up.

"Are we not now?" Weiss retorted.

"If it really was 'in passing' you guys are the weirdest couple ever," Yang said calmly.

She was willing to give them the benefit of doubt. Deep down, she knew but didn't want to think about her sister doing those kinds of things.

Unintentionally, Blake's cat ears flickered several times. It wasn't from the conversation but from a random noise. It didn't belong to nature.

"Guys, quiet," the faunus said.

"Why, what's up?" Yang asked. Her interest peaked when she noticed her girlfriend's ears flicking wildly.

Barely, Weiss noticed that her faunus friend's amber orbs lit up. "What do you hear?"

"This way," Blake directed.

Together, the four turned to the left and trekked on. The grass crunched under their feet and the trees blocked the sun. With every step came a new foreign sound. The girls had been so used to the cicadas and birds that now they recognized these new sounds weren't 'normal' for a forest.

Ruby gasped, realization hitting her full force. "Is that what I think it is?!"

"A car's engine," Weiss deduced with narrowed eyes.

"It's getting faint," Blake pointed out. "We have to hurry."

With that, the friends picked up the pace. It was true that Yang was hurting, but now she was more determined than ever to reach civilization. She could tell her friends were, too.

The car was a spec of hope. If there was a car, there was a road. If there was a road, that meant even more cars would come by and maybe they could get out of here!

Just as predicted, a road was in the distance. The view was skewed a bit thanks to the vegetation, but it was there.

"Are you kidding me?" Yang complained jokingly. "It isn't even that far from the cave!"

"Yeah, I think we're done with this," Blake sighed.

Ruby looked over to check on her friends, noticing that they were all exhausted. Her girlfriend, in particular, masked the exhaustion well, but she could tell from the bags under her eyes. Yang was hurt, Blake was worried sick and tired. Ruby herself could feel the effects from the last few days. Her body was very run down. Not to mention, it'd been a while since they ate.

"I think we all are," Ruby observed.

Weiss nodded in agreement. "The good news is that we found a road. That's more progress we've had these last several days… The new problem is how we're going to convince strangers to give us a ride?"

"We hitchhike," Blake said casually and held her thumb up. By this point, she didn't care if she was picked up by a serial killer. She just wanted to sit at least.

Yang smirked at her girlfriend's hand gesture. "No, no. You're doing it wrong. If it's a guy that comes by, you have to flash them."

Not even fazed by the comment, Ruby asked. "What if it's a girl?"

"Everyone loves boobs, Rubes," the blonde said like it was obvious.

Weiss groaned in annoyance. "Do you ever take a break from being a brute?"

"Are you tellin' me you don't like boobs?" Yang asked, unable to fathom the idea of disliking them.

From the inappropriate question, Weiss crossed her arms. "I'm no longer engaging with you."

"You didn't say 'no,'" Yang pointed out.

"Yang," Blake called. "Come on, we're so close."

"This just means I have a limited time to annoy you," Yang said with a smile. "I have to use all the time I have-"

A gasp from Blake. That cut her off.

"Someone's coming!"

From the announcement, adrenaline began pumping. They couldn't screw this up. Who knows how long it'd take for someone to actually stop and pull over. They weren't exactly a friendly-looking group. All of them were covered in mud, scratches, bruises, and blood.

"Hurry," Yang shouted. "Someone take one for the team!"

"You do it!" Weiss retorted.

"I'm pretty sure if they see blood they won't pull over," Yang replied.

A blue Escape car rounded the corner with the engine roaring. Upon seeing the obviously distressed group of girls, the driver pulled over to the side and rolled down the window.

"It's a miracle!" Ruby cheered.

Cautiously, the girls approached slowly to not frighten whoever their saving grace was.

Before the girls could explain the situation, they got a look of the driver's face. She looked unamused as the four stared at her, wide-eyed.

Of all people...

"What in God's name are you four doing?" the driver asked with a deadpanned expression.

"Wha…" from seeing who it was, Ruby was left speechless.

"Glyn!?" Yang yelped.

"Ms. Goodwitch?" Weiss asked in disbelief. "Why're you here?"

"You know…" Glynda mumbled knowingly. "You all really messed up. Your names are all over the news. How did you avoid all the search parties? That takes talent."

From the news, Blake's jaw dropped. "I'm guessing Tai reported us missing?"

"Yes," Goodwitch said obviously, her tone suggested she was done with today. "Now get in my car, you moronic buffoons."

Gladly, the four hopped in and buckled their seatbelts.

"Thanks, Glyn," Yang said. "We owe ya."

"My students are so troublesome," Glynda rolled her eyes as she started up the car.

Before heading to safety, she glanced over to the passenger seat where Yang sat. Her hand was gripping her shoulder rather tightly, and the professor could see crimson seeping through her fingers.

"She needs a hospital," Blake asserted. "Now."

This was her professor, so Blake didn't want to be assertive. But her girlfriend was in pain and she was in no mood to beat around the bush or sugar-coat anything.

"Of course, we'll go there first," Glynda agreed, noting the faunus must've been worried sick. She tossed her cell phone to Ruby in the backseat. "Call your Father."

"Good idea!"

"Yeah, it's kinda annoying."

With her feet propped up, Yang leaned back on the couch. It'd been a couple of weeks since she and her friends were rescued from the depths of the woods. Still, people talked to her about the story all the time. They couldn't catch a break.

Ruby sat across from her and sighed. "I know. We get it! We're dumb."

Not amused, Weiss crossed her arms and scowled. "I beg your pardon?"

"You're right," Ruby nodded. "Just Yang is dumb."

"Gee, thanks, Rubes."

Cautiously, Blake leaned over to check on her girlfriend's shoulder. "How's the bite?"

To prove that it was healed, Yang pulled down the sleeve of her yellow t-shirt. There were several pinkish marks in the otherwise pale skin. It looked like an animal clawed at her, not bit her.

"Just a scar now," the blonde said proudly. "Told ya it'd look cool."

"Woooow," Ruby's eyes twinkled like the stars. "And you can actually tell people it was a bear!"

Sassily, Yang flipped her hair. "We're all so badass."

Suddenly, a new voice chimed in. It was Taiyang, who was holding a tray full of food.

"Who wants snacks?"

"Mememememememememe," Ruby was the first one to grab a few grapes when her father set the tray on the table.

"Thank you, Tai," Weiss said as she picked a few carrots.

"Eat up," Tai said. "We have to go get Bumblebee soon."

Groans.

In case you forgot, Bumblebee was abandoned in the mud! Has anyone noticed that Glynda typically saves them in my stories? Idk why it just kinda happens xD hope you liked it!

Remember to stay dandy,

~Toto