He's been edgy since the attacks had stopped yesterday, as the creature faded away, because they'd had no way of knowing what that meant, if it was regrouping to come back, why it had attacked them, or even just what the hell it was. He'd never heard of the crystals from the walls of a cave coming alive, and he's seen a hell of a lot of weird stuff lately.

Still, with more people here, there's a sense they are finally on their way out of here. Especially since at least one of them has come down through the elevator shafts. There are a lot of survivors, far more then he and Irian had feared, and some of them are faces Dylan knows.

Because things are never as simple as they seem, though, the cave starts shaking again.

"You've got to be kidding me."

He takes a step back as the hole opens up in the ground, as crystals flow out of it and start drawing together, not just into one huge monster, but three.

For a moment, Dylan just stares; he's weak, he's tired, and this is going to test the limits of his endurance on his third day since he'd eaten or drunk anything. Still, he draws his force lance from under his coat again and, before anyone has a chance to dash forward to attack the creatures, fires off a few effectors, the little drones whizzing home to their targets.

"It's never easy."