The crashing noises of earth falling on top of the shuttle was something Aeryn could easily identify. "They're burying us alive!" she whispered to John. "They're covering the whole shuttle with earth and just going to leave us..."

Fear clenched at her, a momentary sense of panic. This space was heavily enclosed, was heating up and they were going to be trapped inside a buried capsule! She fumbled with the clasp of her harness, then tried to stand, pushing harder at the wreckage that was trapping them inside. "Hey! Hey, we're in here!!! Don't bury us!"

The heat was stifling now and Aeryn wiped rivulets of sweat from her face. "I can't stand this..."