43 - 21/22 - Can Breathe Natural Gas

A pressure wave of natural gas shot from the pipe. It ripped across the chamber and sent us tumbling through the air. Taylor. Me. The others.

Tumbling . . .

Straight for the tunnel!

(...)

No one said anything. I called to them. Their one-word answers came in gasps. We all needed air.

<Move, guys. Move.'> I said. <We have to get back.> I twisted my massive body up and around and only then did I realize that the Taxxon was less affected by the gas. My alien physiology let me breathe in the noxious environment.

<Lungs . . . burning!> Jake sighed.