“He’s behind you,” Edward said.

Fox turned his head left and right, as though he were trying to listen hard. He fired a shot from his weapon out into the desert, away from Bertilak and Edward.

“Can you hear me? Fox? He’s practically on top of you,” Edward sent. “Dammit.”

Fox felt Bertilak close by. He heard him swing the chain of his mace, and just as he expected, he felt the chain slip over his head. He brought his arm blades up just in time to prevent the chain closing around his throat. Bertilak squeezed. Fox pushed hard—and his tonfas helped him slip out of its embrace, slicing into Bertilak in the process.

Bertilak bellowed and shoved Fox forward, making him stumble headfirst into the sand.

“You’re going to pay for that,” Bertilak snarled.

Fox spat sand out of his mouth as he rolled and leaped back onto his feet. Then he did a handspring toward Bertilak, his boots colliding with Bertilak’s face. Bertilak groaned and fell backward with the motion until Fox was sitting on his chest, knees pressing the man’s arms down. Fox began punching.

Fox’s Aura depleted with the force of each blow, but so did Bertilak’s. And just before Fox reached a critical low, he felt Bertilak’s Aura shatter, followed a moment later by his nose shattering with a satisfying crunch.

- RWBY: After the Fall, Chapter 13