"SHE'S ALIVE!" Aria's shout cut through the field of destruction. "AND THE TREE TOO!"
The others ran toward her. Amid so much loss, so much destruction, this small miracle, one life saving another life, shone like a beacon of hope.
"HERE!" Kriz's shout cut through the chaos. "There are more domes! The same pattern!"
Under the remains of what had been a family home, they found another defensive structure. It wasn't a simple dome either, but overlapping layers of metal and carbon, each one reinforcing the previous.
Brok moved the debris while Aria and Valeria worked together to open the layers. Inside they found three children huddled next to an elderly woman, who had maintained composure until seeing them arrive.