Velvet nodded. “We’re a team, aren’t we?”

“Yeah, but I’m responsible for keeping you alive,” Coco said.

“We’re supposed to keep each other alive,” Fox sent. “And we share the re—” He held up a hand. “Shhh. Listen.”

“What is it?” Coco sent back.

Fox started walking down the mountain path, so softly his footsteps didn’t make a sound. Velvet’s rabbit ears twitched and rotated, orienting on the sound. “I heard it, too,” she sent. “Follow us.”

As they went deeper into the passage, the others heard it, too—faint voices, calling for help. The voices led Fox to a narrow crevice in the side of the mountain, maybe one and a half feet across.

“Hello?” Velvet called inside.

There was quiet for a moment, then several voices, accompanied by cheering and sobbing.

“One at a time,” Velvet said. “We can’t hear you.”

“Thank the Brothers that you found us,” a man’s voice called. “We’re trapped underground. Part of the tunnel caved in a minute ago.”

Coco glared at Yatsuhashi. He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

- RWBY: After the Fall, Chapter 11