“If we’re going to split up, we might as well use teamspeak,” Fox sent. “It will help cut down on the noise, too.”

Scarlet thought Coco looked nervous. She was breathing fast and she was perspiring, even though the desert had cooled considerably overnight.

“You okay?” he whispered.

She nodded and tapped the side of her glasses. The lenses glowed amber. “I am now,” she said. “Thanks to BunnyVision.”

“Bunny what?”

“Night vision glasses, courtesy of Velvet.”

Scarlet wasn’t sure what that meant, but he resolved to keep an eye on her through whatever happened next.

They all filed into the underground bunker. Just before he went in, Scarlet glanced back at the entrance and Nolan waved. Scarlet grinned and flashed him a thumbs-up. Then he stepped into darkness.

The air was stale and the walls were close. Bad things happened in caves like this.

Coco and Fox took the lead, guiding the group with her boosted sight and his Semblance. Olive brought up the rear, using her naturally enhanced Faunus sight and hearing to guard their flank. They walked in a close pack along old broken cart tracks on a decline.

“I’ll keep Nolan looped into teamspeak as long as I can so he knows what’s going on,” Fox sent.

“Thanks,” Nolan sent. “See anything yet?”

Fox sighed softly.

“It’s dark down here. Just a long passage leading down … Oh, hold on,” Coco cut in. She’d spotted something.

“Four paths, in the cardinal directions,” Coco sent. “The south cave has collapsed, but there’s still three choices: north, west, and east. I can’t see far down any of them.”

Reese came up with a plan. “So Coco, Fox, and Olive each lead me, Sage, Scarlet, and Octavia down one of the paths,” she sent.

“Wait,” Olive sent. “I hear voices this way. I’m pointing east, but you probably can’t see that.”

- RWBY: Before the Dawn, Chapter 13