The
portal image shattered with a flurry of sparks, severing the link
between the two universes. Instantly, the eardrums of the three
travelers popped, saving them from the maddening roar of the entire
planet exploding. In less than a second, almost seven billion human
beings died; but deep with the Earth's surface, three of them
survived. The shaft that Mina had climbed into was sucked into the
depths of space, alongside millions of tons of pulverized rock.
Sensing the brief vacuum, the machinery within the shaft desperately
attempted to maintain gravity and an internal atmosphere, for the
safety of the lifeforms cradled inside it.
Again
the scream of this vacuum, Susie somehow called out, in the simplest
of terms: “Hang
onto something.”
Jacob
grabbed onto the portal console, while Susie snatched a pipe on the
wall. Mark clung desperately to Susie.
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