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Author's Note - It's a head on collision with the law. Don't mess with Donald.

The shield hit the ceiling with a resounding THUD. The noise was loud enough to make everyone look. Goofy's weapon was stuck in the ceiling far above, the sight barely visible with the dim light the walls provided, and the faint moonlight from the not so far off exit. All was quiet for a moment.

Then the cracks appeared, starting from the sheild and moving along the ceiling from that center point. A noise like an un-oiled door screeching on its hinges followed the cracks, becoming louder as the cracks got bigger. By some twist of fate, the cracks took on the shape of an uneven spider's web.

It all happened so fast. Sora was still gaping when he felt Goofy tug at his arm. Somewhere in his mind he realized he was being dragged along, out of the cave.

"Riku!" Sora looked around frantically. "We can't leave Riku!"

The noise that had started out so small had quickly become a roar. Goofy couldn't hear Sora's call.

Time seemed to slow down for the monster known as Momka Grimna.

Fist sized rocks fell about her, dashing against the bottom of the cavern and splitting upon impact. They were getting bigger.

All thoughts of eating the humans had fled from her. She was faced with death now. The cavern collapsing on top of her drove all rational thought from her mind. She was a spider now. A creature driven purely by instinct, neither evil nor good.

A giant, stupid, unthinking insect. Just like her minions.

And just like her minions, she scrambled for a hole in the wall. She knew, even if she didn't think it, where the safest place for her was, and that was underground. Far, far underground. The collapse could only reach so far, and she had roamed these tunnels for millenia. She knew where she was going.

She scrambled toward the wall, three legs already climbing, the others on the ground ten feet below her. She stretched herself to her limit, and one foot scrapped the opening that would lead her to safety.

Then a boulder fell on her grounded legs. Three of them were crushed instantly. Beaten down by the pressure, but not broken, the legs dragged the rest of Grimna's body to the ground. She clawed at the opening futiley while falling, but her own legs, encased as they were in their tough black armor, would not break as she wished them to. If they would only break, she could get away. It was a sacrifice she was more than willing to make.

But they didn't break, and Grimna was hit with another boulder. This one crushed her middle. A scream of pain and rage errupted from her, louder than any other noise in the cavern. She looked around her with wild eyes, completely trapped, unable to even move with this unbarable weight on top of her.

It was killing her.

Riku stirred. The first thing he noticed was the pounding behind his head. He pushed himself up with his hands, paying little attention to the dust in the air and the noise around him. His world was spinning. He had moved too fast.

A large rock fell to his side, splattering as it hit the ground, divided into thousands of pieces. A few of the small ones found their way into Riku's flesh, piercing him and forming tiny scratches. The larger ones left bruises before bouncing off.

It was enough to wake him up. He dodged to the side as another rock fell close to him. The splattering pieces didn't miss him completely, and he grimaced in pain at his latest scar: a wicked gash across his left cheek. Luckily, it had only grazed him. If it had hit him directly, he would be dead.

"Sora!"

No answer. Not that he could've heard it anyway. He pushed himself back against the wall and another boulder to avoid the shattering pieces as yet another piece of the ceiling fell close to him. Rock was deflected by rock, and he moved to leave the temporary haven.

A spider's leg stopped him. He could hear himself scream, the rocks around him provided some relief from not only the rocks falling from above, but the noise also. He looked down to see the glowing black leg pinning his own leg down through the calf muscle. He followed the leg up to the body controlling it.

"Boy!" the creature hissed. He knew that voice.

"Grimna."

"Free me, boy!"

Riku scoffed. It was a desperate plea, and they both knew it. He gently removed the spider's leg. Gently for his sake, not hers. It was easy. She was too weak to use it. It had probably taken the last of what she had just to catch him with it.

"Help me!" She screamed then, pain and rage contorting her face.

Riku pulled himself back out of her reach. He turned to go. Showing his profile, he answered her.

"No."

"We need to go back for Riku!"

Sora broke free from Goofy's grasp. He got two steps before he stumbled and fell, but still he continued to crawl toward the cave.

"Riku..." tears rolled down his eyes as he watched the cave continue to fall. They had left through another hole in the wall, the one where the moonlight had been coming from. Freedom from the cave wasn't fifteen feet away.

Goofy grabbed Sora around the waist. The cave was, after all, still falling apart around them, and no matter how close to the exit they were, they still had to get there. "Come on, Sora!" He hauled the weak brunet away.

"Goofy! Watch out!"

Donald's call came too late. Goofy was knocked to the ground by a well placed hit to the head. He pushed himself onto his hands and knees, much to the surprise of Axel, who could only gap at the hard-headed knight. He hadn't hit him ligthly.

"Gwarsh, that hurt. You alright, Sor-" he stopped suddenly at the sight before him. Sora was on the dirt in front of him, just clear of the cave. And a familiar figure was holding a very sharp weapon to his throat.

"Don't you ever die?" It wasn't in Roxas's nature to swear that badly, Axel normally did that, but this was what you would call a special occasion. A word or two might've slipped past. Disdain was evident in his voice. A chill ran up and down Goofy's spine. Donald's, too. It was hard to believe someone could hate that much. It was just...

Sad.

Sora and Roxas stared at each other, neither one moving. The blood coming from Sora's shoulder was creating a pool on the ground; it appeared black in the moonlight.

Sora spoke, voice firm, "Goofy...Donald...Riku's inside. Help him out."

"Sora..." Donald said, reluctant to leave his friend under such circumstances. Goofy was of the same opinion.

"Help Riku," Sora said, taking his eyes off of Roxas for a moment to flash them one of his famous grins. "I'll be alright."

Donald was in the middle of a personal crisis. Stay and make sure Sora was safe, or go and arrest the person he'd been hunting for three years...the answer came easily, and he was ashamed he had even hesitated over it if only just a little. "We're not leavin' ya!" he declared. Goofy agreed.

"You will leave, or," Roxas said, pushing the chakram to create the smallest of cuts in Sora's neck, "I'll kill him now."

It took very little convincing after that to prove he was telling the truth. Donald and Goofy both hated it, hated it beyond words, but they had to leave Sora. And they were both smart enough to know they might not ever see him again. They knew who it was who Roxas worked for. They knew who hunted Sora.

"Thank you," Sora said, once they were gone.

"I hate you," was Roxas's answer. He dug the weapon in deeper, with no intention of stopping.

"Roxas, please! Don't!" Namine called. Her cry fell on deaf ears.

Riku stole Sora's technique. Not like it was original anyway. He dodge rolled past the falling boulders, timing his moves carefully, keeping his eyes on the ceiling. He tripped over something. Goddammit.

He rolled to the side and bunched into a ball as the boulder crashed down where he had just been. He moved quickly, avoiding another boulder crashing down on him again. He couldn't afford many more of these close calls, and his wounded leg wasn't making things easier. That's when he saw it, the object he had tripped over.

It was Goofy's shield. He smiled, picking it up as he continued to dodge roll toward the exit. It was much easier with the shield protecting his head. The smaller rocks bounced off harmlessly. Now all he had to worry about were the big ones. The boulders. And the cave collapsing completely. Now, only rocks were falling, but they were getting faster, and there were more of them. Any moment now, and the roof would cave in entirely. It was with great relief that Riku passed through the hole, and stood facing the exit.

He stopped there, the shield over his head. The collapse wasn't so bad here, no huge boulders falling every two seconds, but it was still bad enough to kill him. Still, he stayed stopped. He could see everything.

First there was another huge spider...no big surprise there. It was crawled back into a corner, simply watching the cave fall in around it with its old eyes and that unnerving humanoid-like head. It looked straight at Riku, and then turned its gaze to the two figures running toward him. Goofy. And Donald.

Oh, shit.

Riku tensed up, putting the shield out in front of him like a weapon. The two 'rescuers' slowed down. Donald started his whole speel. "You're coming with us" blah, blah, blah. Riku had heard it before. It got old fast. He turned his gaze to beyond them, outside of the cave. His eyes grew wide when he caught sight of Sora. He was about to call out, anything to keep what was about to happen from happening, but without the shield above him his head was unprotected from the rock that fell. He was knocked to the ground, a bruise on his head, but still very much alive.

Donald and Goofy were on him in an instant.

Donald couldn't help feeling estatic. It was about time! "You're under arrest," he said, "for the murder of Jiminy Cricket!"

Author's Note - Ha! Bet you didn't see that one comin'.