Chapter 7
Julia's other senses slowly returned, along with the pain. The smell in the air was acrid smoke that choked her body. There was a painful ringing sounding in her ears. She tasted coppery blood from a cut on her lip. Pain from the explosion and impact wracked her body in waves. She sat leaning against a splintered door, trying not to feel anything at all. Others started to dimly sit up and she heard quiet yells and shocked, estranged voices over the ringing fading in her head. She wanted to get up and start helping people, maybe see if the person with their arm crushed was still alive, but her senses were still being totally assaulted and there was so much pain she couldn't bear to move a muscle. In all of the noise a single thought rose to clarity "Someone will be here soon. People in 1A would know what had happened because of the constant communication kept up between bases and even if they were too far down to hear the explosion the smoke would soon drift up and out of the hole. Any second now the elevator was going to undock from the relatively untouched elevator platform and shoot upwards, then filled with people that could help them. Any second now. Just wait."
- By Ashton
The Grey Jack Frost
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