[23] fall asleep and ask someone in your dreams for advice.
You would do that if you were tired, or stupid. But sadly you are neither. Going to sleep in a captive situation isn't a good idea, especially if the captor could be in here.
[23] USE EPIC ROBO ARM POWERS TO RIP THE ROPE LIKE A RAG!
Focusing your mega man like strength you pull at your ropes. It's almost like you can feel them separating strand by strand...But you can't really feel that because it's not happening. The robot arm you have isn't really super powered at all.
[23] Try to feel around you, or at least try to get untied.
[23] Your hands are not too tightly bound so let's get out of them. Did Penny make it easy for you to get out of? Unlikely if she's following orders, but you could always hope... If you can remove them, let's try and get the blindfold off as well.
Your hands don't come as free as easily as you want them too. The ropes are loose but they're more like thinly draped cloth wrapped in an impossible knot.
If only you had something sharp...
Try as you might, your legs do not reach far enough to kick the ropes off. Good suggestion though.
[23] feel around a bit, FIND A BOX.
You slowly move your feet around in the general area in front of you, using them like a blind person would a cane. But you find nothing even vaguely box-like.
[23] "What would Yang do?"
Yang would get angry. She'd get really angry then throw a fit. Usually that caused something to happen.
But unfortunately you're not like your sister, you don't get stronger when you are angry nor do you set things on fire. Still, it's worth a try...
[23] cuss like you've never cussed before.
[23] flip off someone/thing
[23] Flip something off.
Even though you know you shouldn't, and even though you really don't want to, you let out a string of cuss words and flail your little tied up arms about.
You halt all of your rage. You know that voice.
Pyrrha sounds like she's a couple of feet away from you, and then infront of you?
"...Yes. But you must get out of here it isn't safe for you!" The pleading in her voice was the most heartbreaking thing you've heard since Weiss was dragged away from you, screaming your name.
"I can't, I'm blindfolded and my hands are tied. I think I can cut the ropes if I find something sharp enough."
She pauses for a second, then you hear shuffling, as if she was trying to turn around to look at you. Is she in bed?
"The edge of your bed should be good enough. You are right in front of it, just move to the left or so." It's like she's struggling to look at you.
"Okay..." You move yourself slowly across the edge of the bed until your leg comes in contact with something sharp and metal.
[23] drag ropes across a sharp edge in hopes of loosening or cutting them. one of the corners of the bed maybe?
Lowering yourself down, you manage to saw away at the ropes until your hands were loose. The sighs of relief from both you and Pyrrha filled the room.
You hastily try to pull of the blindfold but Pyrrha stops you, "Wait. Ruby. Before you take the blindfold off. I need you to be...Prepared for what you might see."
That can't be good, that never means anything good.
Without answering you take the blindfold off, letting it fall from your hands.
Pyrrha doesn't answer you, doesn't care to explain why all of your fellow classmates, your fellow hunters, are packed into this room on beds like sardines.
Needles go into their arms, connecting them to an IV bag full of...blue raspberry looking stuff. It's being pumped into them, probably keeping them from waking up.
Slowly you walk up and down the rows of hospital beds, recognizing features of your friends. Even if they're covered in gauze from head to toe one or two things stick out for you. Like Velvet's ears which they couldn't completely cover up, or Jaune's blue eyes which are open but unmoving.
You wave your hand in front of Jaune's face, trying to get him to respond.
"Don't. He's too far gone for that...I tried."
Your attention is brought back to Pyrrha and you rush towards her bed. She was infront of you but it's clear now that she was struggling to see you, as she seems painfully confined to the bed. Her arms are tied down, so are her legs. A sign hangs above her bed post that says 'do not let free under any circumstances'.
"Pyrrha? Are you alright what...What happened here?"
"The White Fang and Ironwood...They were the ones kidnapping the students Ruby." She looks down, as if she's still in disbelief over this truth, "They take them and they drill holes into their heads, horrible, large, holes that get wires fed into them..."
Your hand goes up to touch the band-aids on your head. You're afraid to take them off.
"I don't know how they do it Ruby, but they harness the aura. They just take it and make you able to project it, use it to create entire worlds out of nothing...It hurts."
She takes a minute to cough, breathing hard after that, "They knock you out and make you unable to move or even think freely. They have you in that infernal contraption until they're done with you."
"What happens when they're done with you?"
"...They try to patch you up and then they put you here...if you're lucky. The rest of Team CFVY, even some exchange students from Atlas. They weren't..."
You don't have to ask what happened to them, Pyrrha's grimace explains enough.
"The bigger your aura is the more of a target you are...Ruby. I saw your sister. She was here in one of these beds. No drill holes yet. But they took her."
"You can't save her Ruby. Just like you can't save us." Her gaze sweeps the room once more, "They'll never be the same. They might aswell be dead."
"What about you?" You can barely talk now. Your voice is shaking.
"I'm here to stay. They hate me. They want me to break so they can use me again." Pyrrha grits her teeth, "I know you're going to try to save Yang. But please, don't save me. Even if you could I wouldn't be able to forget."
Pyrrha motions towards her pillow with her eyes and your heart does a sickening drop.
"Please Ruby. If you're saving your sister she'll be on the next floor up. Leave me though. Please just...Do this for me."
She looks at you with such sincerity it almost drowns you.
You pull the pillow out from underneath her head. You wish you were drowning.
With one firm thrust you cover Pyrrha's face and push, you push hard to ensure no air escapes. Hard enough to feel her mouth open in horror and long enough to watch her body writhe and twitch.
You release your grip and relax your muscles. The pillow still lay there, like Pyrrha still lay there.
You don't feel good, even if it was the right thing to do.
There is nothing else to get in this room. You don't want to be in here another minute. It's...well you know.
Finding the door thankfully unlocked, you head out into the hallway to find your sister.
The command number is [24]
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