The world came back to me in bits and pieces. Flashes of light. Distant sounds like rumbling thunder. A firm grip around my arms, hauling me along.
My eyes finally managed to open, though everything looked hazy and distorted. We were moving quickly down what seemed like a vast underground tunnel. The armored figures from before surrounded me in a tight formation, weapons raised.
"She's conscious," a gruff voice observed. "Brace for more incoming Combat activations."
No sooner were the words out of his mouth than a deafening boom shook the entire passage! A massive fireball erupted from a cross-tunnel up ahead, swallowing two of our escorts in an instant.
"Suppressing fire on my mark!" the same soldier barked. "Amy, you need to—"
Whatever he was about to tell me was drowned out as ceil
