(From the sounds of their retching, it must've had the same effect on Mary and Desmond.)
When his eyes finally cleared, Mike kinda wished they hadn't. All around there nothing but the terrifying sight of buildings and pipes swaying like trees in a tornado.
"C'mon!" he yelled. Mike tried to help Mary to her feet, but the undulating ground made it all but impossible to maintain his own footing. A second tremor knocked the kids down, tossing Mike several feet away from his companions. He looked on in frozen horror as a large metal plate broke loose and plummeted directly toward Mary!
And then...
everything went black.
Chapter Two
Mike's next memory was of squinting his eyes against an intensely bright light. At first, he wondered if this might not be the End of Time--a prospect Mike realized was far scarier to him than it ought to have been.
As it turned out, he wouldn't have to wrestle with that particular existential problem today. An ambient rhythmic beeping was Mike's first indication that this was not quite the Final Judgment. The unfamiliar voice confirmed it.
"Oh my God. I can't believe it."
An instant later the voice was shouting.
"I need assistance in Room 302! Patient's waking up!"
When his eyes finally cleared, Mike kinda wished they hadn't. All around there nothing but the terrifying sight of buildings and pipes swaying like trees in a tornado.
"C'mon!" he yelled. Mike tried to help Mary to her feet, but the undulating ground made it all but impossible to maintain his own footing. A second tremor knocked the kids down, tossing Mike several feet away from his companions. He looked on in frozen horror as a large metal plate broke loose and plummeted directly toward Mary!
And then...
everything went black.
Chapter Two
Mike's next memory was of squinting his eyes against an intensely bright light. At first, he wondered if this might not be the End of Time--a prospect Mike realized was far scarier to him than it ought to have been.
As it turned out, he wouldn't have to wrestle with that particular existential problem today. An ambient rhythmic beeping was Mike's first indication that this was not quite the Final Judgment. The unfamiliar voice confirmed it.
"Oh my God. I can't believe it."
An instant later the voice was shouting.
"I need assistance in Room 302! Patient's waking up!"
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