“I can’t see a damn thing in this blasted ship!” he cursed.
“Let me guess. You got McCready to go down there?”
Loch chuckled. “I did. It took a minute to wake him, but once he was awake and stopped swinging his fists at me, I told him to get down below. He grumbled a bit, but …” Loch shrugged.
“We’re picking up speed again,” Jayde said. “At least, I think we are. It’s difficult to tell.” She turned to Loch. “Is it just me, or is it getting harder to breathe?”
“You know, I was thinking that I was just really out of shape. The fire is quickly depleting our oxygen levels.”
Jayde groaned. Time was against them. “Is there any way we can manually seal the elevator, at least?”
“I don’t think so.”
The Determination jolted suddenly.
“What was that?” Loch asked, grabbing hold of a chair for
