Chapter Twenty-Five – Surprise Awakening
HEARING WAS THE FIRST of Carrie’s senses to return. Her ears were ringing. She also heard bubbles and swishes. She was still underwater. She forced her eyes open. Above was a ceiling—the ceiling of the placktoid base. She hadn’t moved from where she had fallen. Yet she was still alive. The placktoids she had last seen moving in hadn’t killed her. She drew in a deep breath. Sweet air filled her lungs, sending energy coursing through her. Oxygen. Someone had replaced her respirator tablet. Probably the same someone whose arms she felt about her, supporting her shoulders and head.
Rapid communications sounded through her helmet radio. Orders and spurts of information. She was too dazed. She couldn’t understand what they were talking about.
She blink
