Syrlya back away as the river starts to bubble up. He doesn't know if they have enough hands to hold everyone in the air, and it's a vulnerable position. He scans the landscape quickly, focusing on a high area of the mountain's ridges that give them more space and time to confront whatever's going out of the water--if it isn't just a simple flood (he's almost certain it isn't a simple flood). It won't put them completely out of harm's way, it isn't that far, but it's at least out of the pull of the river.

He teleports, steadying himself on the ground before leaving the exit to the portal and teleporting right back where he was to place the entrance.

"Come here! There is a portal to drier ground!"