Cayde 6 pov.

I woke up to arms around me. I turned over to see holiday sleeping with a smile on her face. I kissed her cheek which made her smile more and I got up seeing Nathen sitting in a chair asleep with a blanket over him. "Little rascal." I say with a smirk as i stretched and walked over to him shaking him a bit. His eyes fluttered open and looked at me. "Morning kid." I say smiling.

"Morning dad. So it's that time already?" He asked with a weak smile.

"Yeah that is if you're feeling up to it." I say with a smirk as he chuckles.

"Have I ever backed down?" He said standing up. His arms shook ever so slightly and the tensing of his lips showed pain.

"Wow kid what happened?" I say rushing a bit to his side to support him incase he falls.

"Its nothing." He said lying with a pained smile. His hand moved to his abdomen. "I'm fine."

"No you're not. Now let's go somewhere more private so we can deal with it." I say as I walk with or better yet support him out of the room to the Morning sun light in the empty courtyard. We sat outside the statue there and I lifted his shirt to reveal a sickly green wound that puss slowly oozed out of. "I thought you cane out of that fight unscathed?!" I say worried as he sighed.

"I did. Remember when ruby hugged me?" He said as I nodded. "She stabbed me."

"Why?" I say as I pull out my ghost to help as he held up his hand telling me to stop.

"I don't know but your ghost won't be able to help me. Mine can't heal it." He said wiping his eyes while yawning. "I think it was tipped with something."

"We have to tell ozpin." I say getting up then stopping. "Wait I'm an adult I can deal with it."

"Don't." He said as he stood up with me while he rolled his shirt back into place. "I have invitation today and it's my fight."

"You are not doing any kind of fighting with that wound there mister." I say with my fatherly authority as he laughed then coughed lightly.

"It doesn't matter I have to do it no matter what." He says as we start walking to the dorm. "If it gets worse then I can go to a doctor or something." He says.

"Damn." I say rubbing my temple. "Just try not to strain yourself."

"Very well as long as you don't tell anyone." He said as we got outside of the door. I nodded and we hugged as the door opened to show Holiday.

"Hey sweetheart." I say with a smile as we hugged as nathen gave me a soft smile. His eyes betrayed him showing he was sick.

"Already done?" She asked as we separated.

"Yeah we didn't do to much since the old man's back was getting to him." Nathen smirked as he walked into the dorm grabbing his armor. Holiday and myself laughed shortly. "I'll be in the shower if you need anything." We nodded.

"So what shall we do while we wait for the initiation?" She asked me as we left the room.

"I'm happy with anything honey." I say itching to tell but know I can't. She smiled and kissed me on my lips and I kissed back.

Timeskip

No ones pov.

Nathen, Trish, and Jessica stood on a cliff side as Ozpin and Glynda explained how the initiation would work. Jessica and Trish were paying close attention as Nathen was trying not to puke anymore. He was about to take off his helmet to get some fresh air when he was launched into the air without warning. He flailed his arms about confused as he saw Trish and Jessica fly past him slightly further in different directions as he started to fall through the canopy hitting his injury and landing in his back letting out a silent grunt of pain. Zavala, ikora, Eris, Holiday, and almost all of the school watched this with confusing. All the students had gathered in the main hall to watch this test. Ruby and Yang looked at each with a knowing look as Cayde growled under his breathe about being careful. Nathen got up and leaned against the nearest tree for support as his vision got slightly blurred. "You're going to get yourself killed out here with that injury." Nathens ghost said appearing in front of him. Nathen waved her off and walked forward pulling out his marksmanship rifle and aimed down the sights as best as he could as a Beowulf appeared in front of him. He groaned in annoyance and pain and let off 3 shots all hitting there mark slightly off. Trish and Jessica were moving quickly through the forest to the relic as Nathen stumbled and limped a zigzagging line through trying not to get jumped.

"What's wrong with my son?" Eris asked as Cayde looked away slightly guilty. "Cayde?"

"He was stabbed by a poisoned blade." He said caving in as the guardians stood there in silence. "His ghost can't heal it for some reason and he said he was fine after I inspected it."

"If he dies out their then you will be joining him." She warned as cayde gulped.

"Why did you not tell us earlier cayde?" Zavala asked while they stood towering above most of the students.

"I promised I wouldn't." Cayde sighed as his attention turned back to the screen to show Nathen on all 4 with his helmet meters away and in front of him was a puddle of bloody puke. He his vision getting worse by the second. So he decided to pull out his sword and used it as a crutch to walk. He stumbled out into a clearing where Trish and Jessica stood there with their backs turned towards him as they looked at the chest pieces.

"Nathen?" Trish asked turning around to show Nathen falling to the ground shaking uncontrollably with the bottom part of his armor soaked red and green with infection. Clemson liquid spilled like a fountain from his lips as he fell. "OH MY GOD NATHEN!" She yelled and slide next to his side as he fell flat to the ground. She felt his neck to feel no pulse. She closed her eyes waiting for the revive from his ghost, but none came.