CHAPTER SEVEN
Toni gasped for air. Pain, an immense pressure, spread across her chest. She groaned. What happened? Not ready to open her eyes, she focused on her body—fingers, toes, arms, legs. They tingled, aching like she’d depressurized from Zero G too fast. It hurt to breathe. What happened? After several attempts, she pried her eyes open. Blinding light speared into her brain. She let out a scream and slammed her eyelids shut. By Xendia! I can’t remember. Moaning loudly, she could hear herself, so there was that. The scents of ozone and oil saturated the air. Too much. Had there been an accident?
She cracked open one eye and stared at the giant tear in the wall. With a groan that became a gasp, she twitched her arm and raised her head.
Something heavy shifted against her legs. She
