Echidna

> > There was a rumble.  My bugs couldn’t reach far enough to see, but they could see the blur.  A cloud, at the top floor of the building.

> > Another cloud expanded out from the top of the building, one floor down from the first.

> > The explosions continued, escalating, ripping through the building in stages.  I couldn’t even breathe as I experienced the resulting aftershock, the vibrations as the building folded in on itself, plummeting down to the construction area.

> > There was another explosion, muffled, and my bugs were in range for the explosion that followed.  Plumes of earth rose in a rough circle around the building, and then the ground sank.  The entire underground base, folding in on itself.  Even with the debris of the fallen building on top of it, the area seemed to form a loose depression.

Scourge 19.1

Concrete and soil was still settling around them.  Echidna’s legs buckled beneath the weight of the collapsing ceiling, but she held firm.

Deleted Interlude, (Interlude 19, Donation Bonus 2)