Damon teetered, tottered and stumbled as the ground he was on started to pitch upwards, but not too much. The hole that was opening up seemed to be centered where the soldiers had put the people, if Damon had listened to the guy, he might have been listening to the short version of "stairway to heaven," as most of the other people were. (sorry for doing that, but it seemed nessicary) Damon quickly unsheathed Universe from its sheath at his left waist, and plunged it into the ground as an anchor to keep himself from slipping any more.