As the sandstorm swallowed everything around them, shouts came from every direction, muffled by the roaring wind. Their shields scraped against dust and sand particles, slowly grinding them down. Men stumbled blindly, trying to hold the formation while sand whipped against their faces like shards of glass, cutting up their skin.
Then the ground rose between them.
Walls of jagged stone erupted throughout the chamber, cutting through the expedition and splitting them into smaller groups.
"Watch out!" Cassian shouted.
Before anyone could react, ruby spikes burst from inside the newly formed enclosures, shooting out of the ground like crimson spears. One guard screamed as a spike pierced through his shield and shoulder. Another barely avoided being impaled as Milo dragged him backward.
Derrick cursed and grew larger.
