Light crept into the void, the darkness slowly receding to reveal a strange forest like the one Harry had seen when he interfaced with the Overseer device. The trees were tall and rubbery with blue leaves that drooped lethargically. The sky was a soft pink. And the air…The air was unbreathable!
Clawing at his throat, Harry began coughing frantically. He sank to his knees in the purple muck, his lungs burning from the toxic gas. He tried holding his breath, but that would only work for so long.
Jack was affected as well.
The poor kid was down on one knee with his hand braced against a tree trunk, tears leaking from his eyes. He had been taken by a violent coughing fit, unable to breathe in this strange atmosphere.
Driala’s many warnings went racing through Harry’s mind. The In-Between w
