The shadowy Goliath lumbered up the bank of the river, looming over Coco and the family, who looked tiny in comparison. Its bone-white faceplate was streaked with red, and it had one massive, curved tusk—the other had been broken halfway, but the splintered end was just as sharp and deadly looking.

Now they knew what must have destroyed Lower Cairn. And it was here to finish the job.

The Gray children shouted. Velvet snapped out of it and watched as the family scrambled back into the cave.

“No!” Coco shouted.

The Goliath advanced toward the stream. Coco fired her gun at it, but it didn’t seem fazed at all. It slid down the slope, crushing the cave entrance and the people inside.

Velvet dropped to her knees. “Oh no. No,” she said. The halberd fell to the ground and faded away.

Yatsuhashi ran toward the Goliath, sword raised.

“Hold on,” Fox sent. He looked up.

A Bullhead descended toward them, firing heavy artillery at the Goliath, pushing it back. Professor Port crouched in the open door of the transport, firing his blunderbuss at the Grimm around Velvet and Fox.

“Get in!” he shouted.

“Coco, Yatsuhashi, we have to go,” Fox sent.

Velvet shook her head, climbing to her feet.

“No, we have to fight.” She flipped through her camera, searching for the right weapon that could solve everything.

“We have to leave,” Fox sent. He pulled on her arm. “We have to live.”

She shoved him away. “No! We can still save them. We—”

“They’re gone,” Fox said. “I can’t—I can’t sense them anymore.”

Velvet choked back a sob and followed him.

- RWBY: After the Fall, Chapter 11