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>A large rock slammed into the ground right in front of Echo.
"Gah!"
>She dodged to the left and continued forward, an entrance to a tunnel straight ahead of her.
>Melon-sized rocks rained down all around her, smashing into pieces as they hit the tiled floor.
>"Echo!" yelled a voice to her right.
>A silver-clad pony was running alongside her.
"Speck--"
>Echo was cut off as Speck leaped ahead of her, pushing her back and to the ground.
>She watched as Speck held the Keel Regalia upwards, flinching when a pony-sized boulder collided with her.
>The shield flashed a bright purple before repelling the rock away, eliciting a grunt from its holder.
>Speck turned to Echo, offering a hoof.
>"Let's go!" she ordered, helping Echo up and taking off for the exit.
>They were close to it now, but the falling ceiling seemed to approach them too quickly.
"Go, go!" Echo cried.
>Only a meter away from salvation, she dove forwards, colliding with Speck and sending them rolling into the tunnel.
>Mere inches behind them, a giant wall of rock slammed hard into the floor, blocking off access to the room.
>The collision rung through the stone walls around them, echoing far down the tunnel, way out of their light's reach.
>For a few moments, the world spun, and the only sounds were the heavy panting from two bat ponies.

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>"Are... are you alright?" Speck groaned, slowly standing up.
>Echo shook her head and her head rung, reminding her of her first moments in the Trials.
"Yeah... I'm alright," she answered, opening her eyes.
>They were safe and in the tunnels, just in the nick of time.
>However, after the reverberating of her voice had faded, a little breath escaped her.
>The tunnels suddenly felt a little empty.
>It was just her and Speck.
"No... no...!"
>She spun around and faced the imposing rock that blocked the way back.
>"Echo..."
"Kah... no! This--"
>She weakly slammed an armoured hoof into the stone.
"No! Aaah!"
>She screamed, took a deep breath, and screamed harder, her vocal cords almost ripping.
>Her voice cracked and she thrashed her head in disbelief.
>It wasn't long until she was seething through her teeth.
>Repeatedly, she hammered the rock with her hooves, trying to find a way back.
>She scurried the wall, hopeful to find a weak point, but to no avail.
>The rocks, impossibly heavy, didn't budge.
"Mosina... Gloomie!" 
>Sobs escaped her.
"Night Watch!"
>Her eyes reddened and tears streamed down her face.
>Her strikes turned into erratic flailing, until she began to slump to the floor.
>All the while, Speck gave her space, her head held low and ladened with tears of her own.