XIII ears rang from the both the sound of the collapse and the woman's screams. He chuckled to himself.<span style="font-style: italic">She has quite the lungs on her.</span>He was taken by surprise when the woman pushed him out of the way as she hurried to the ledge. When he saw the reason behind her haste, his face turned serious.<br/><br/>He looked at the slab of rock that had fallen. It looked like it was sturdy, for the time being. As he stared at it, however, the sound of rocks grating together proved his assumption wrong. His eyes widened as he saw that the slab was slowly moving down the sloped ledge. Without another thought, he ran to the slab of rock. When he got to the slab, he slowed down, dropped his torch, and stepped up onto the slab.<br/><br/>The sliding had become noticeable by that time, and XIII wanted to hurry up and get the blue-haired girl and the odd jellyfish-like creature off the slab. As fast as he could, he picked up the girl and grabbed the creature by its tentacle-like appendages, eliciting an indignant sounding "Hey!" from it, and unceremoniously tossed them from the slab before it picked up speed.<br/><br/>XIII barely managed to make it off the slab before it fell. He landed on the tilted surface, knocking the wind out of him, and started to slide down towards the drop. His hands scrambled to find something to stop his decent. He found a handhold seconds before he fell off the edge. The sound of blood rushed in his ears as he partially hung off the side of the ledge.<span style="font-style: italic">That was </span>way<span style="font-style: italic"> too close,</span>he thought to himself as he looked into the darkness below. A loud boom echoed through the cavern as the rock made contact with stone floor.<br/><br/>After XIII caught his breath, he pulled himself up onto the ledge and stood up. His side was throbbing painfully, and he was sure he had started bleeding again. He looked at the small group that had formed and smiled.<br/><br/>"Well,<span style="font-style: italic">that</span>just happened. I think that before we do anything else, we should do some introductions. You guys can call me XIII, or X, if you want."