<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0080FF">Jake Patel</span></div><br/><br/>Jake looked around franticly, waving sand out of his face. An exit, he had to find the exit… but where the hell could an exit be in a place like this? Then he caught sight of a glimmering light in the distance, not unlike the one that led him to the gate earlier. That had to be it! As if to confirm his findings, Jake spotted one of his new companions – Aedan, as the man called himself – heading towards it at full tilt.<br/><br/>“Yeah, good idea,” Jake nodded to himself, preparing to follow suit. Before he could take off, however, an unearthly screech of pain sounded out from behind him. He glanced backwards to see that the larger man had slugged the worm with a large club. That guy was trying to fight it!? Just then, the worm retaliated, sending the man tumbling across the sand. This was a good opportunity to just make a run for it, as the worm would be occupied fighting its opponent.<br/><br/>But… if he ran, would that man get killed?<br/><br/>“Gah! Not like I can do anything about it!” Jake turned tail and chased after the distant light, only to start hesitating mid-run. Without giving it enough thought, he reached down and grabbed a large rock, spinning back around to face the worm. “Hey ugly!” Jake wound up his arm and hurled the rock as hard as he could towards it. The stone bounced harmlessly off its face, and the only thing he managed to accomplish was attracting its attention.<br/><br/>“Uh…” It started speeding towards him, not even bothering to burrow this time. “Bad idea, bad idea!” Jake panicked and ran for it, kicking up his own trail of dust as he went. The worm was gaining quickly.