The two survivors had literally crawled out of the area on hands and knees, puking as they went.
The survivors crawled toward each other across the broken JPL parking lot.
The survivors crawl onto land, and their gills modify so they can begin breathing.
With the Core receding beneath them, the survivors crawled from their shelters.
The survivors crawled upwards, through the arrows and on to the waiting spears.
The other survivor, Bennett, crawled back and has since lain a cripple.
Eventually, through some mysterious process of mutual accord, the survivors crawled apart.
The survivors crawl to their feet.
Then he stood and watched while the survivors limped and crawled from the area of combat.
Finally, a single survivor, chitin scratched and filthy, crawled into a village just beyond the mountains.