“I’ll take him.” Fox draped Edward over his shoulder. “Let’s get him out of here before—”

Velvet shoved Fox and Edward out of the way as something fast and large struck at where he’d been standing. Fox grunted and spat out sand and blood; he laid Edward on the ground behind him.

“It’s a King Taijitu,” Velvet said. “We’ll need to lure it away from Edward.” Fox heard her activate a hard-light weapon and then a heavy thwack as she hit the massive viper hard with whatever it was. The snake hissed and its scaly skin rasped against the sand as it drew back.

Fox oriented himself toward the Grimm and crossed his arms in front of him, making an X with his blades. He relied on his hearing in the still night and the gentle vibrations of the sand to follow its movement.

- RWBY: After the Fall, Chapter 4