Rachel DycekThe boulders struck the side of the medical module like an out-of-control bulldozer. All at once, the reinforced structural beams snapped and caved in. The thin metallized fabric burst in a dozen places, crushed inward by the weight, exploding outward from the pressure.
The impact hurled Rachel Dycek back against the inner wall. She instinctively clamped her mouth shut to keep air inside her lungs. Cora Marisovna was thrown from her bed, but she made no sound as she landed on her knees and turned her back to the rain of rocks. She huddled with her hands over her head.
The baby, placed back inside her pressurized chamber for protection, bounced as the chamber tipped over.
The rockfall seemed to go on and on, like the grinding of monstrous teeth, until finally the boulders sli
