Ryuzio's eyes widened as he pushed off Hitryel and reached for Arold with a hand, the ceiling of the cave collapsing down on their heads, bringing down rubble and dust and fire. The mechanical thing on the ceiling had exploded unexpectedly, cracking apart the cave's ceiling completely.
Hitryel and Joysaleen cursed loudly, eyes up on the debris crashing down with a rumbling whoosh, the weight of the raining rocks pushing aside air and dust on their way, scattering to cover the space overhead. Nowhere was safe. There was no running. They were about to get crushed under all of it—
Screeching!
Ryuzio turned his head in that moment, looking at the screeching cavelurkers, the noise like a message between the hundreds of them, bouncing from one Beast to another. Then tens ran inward, using beastly muscles for the rapid movement. They surrounded Ryuzio and his squadmates.
