The floor dropped, a sickening lurch that sent a wave of severe nausea through the room.
Julian grabbed the edge of the hospital bed to keep from losing his footing. The massive medical suite was groaning, the sound of tearing drywall and grinding metal filling the air. The room was not an elevator, but the entire eastern wing had been constructed on advanced seismic dampeners, massive hydraulic pillars designed to let the structure shift during an earthquake. Someone had hijacked the hydraulic system, turning the suite into a giant, descending cage.
Julian! Maya screamed, clutching the baby to her chest.
Alex was entirely silent, his tiny chest straining, his face turning a terrifying shade of dusky blue.
Dr. Evans scrambled across the tilting floor, grabbing a manual suction bulb fro
