BANG!
Just as Stella Sterling finished her move, a hailstone smashed a huge crater right where the old man had been standing.
Stella Sterling shot to her feet, grabbed one person in each hand, and ran into the ice tunnel. Several other agile young people scrambled in at the same time.
It wasn't safe here, either, so no one dared to linger. Everyone scrambled deeper into the ice tunnel, feeling the entrance connected to the office building rapidly collapsing behind them.
They ran for what felt like an eternity before the noise behind them finally subsided, but no one dared to let down their guard.
Only after running a great deal farther, when the commotion behind them had completely ceased and the BANGING from above had stopped, did they finally breathe a sigh of relief. They collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.
Stella Sterling set the elderly couple down and stood to one side, her expression grim.
'This is the most danger I've been in since my rebirth.'
