Breaking the Formation

Stiff as a board one second, full of surge the next! I felt a crazy pulse shoot straight down into my boots. My shoulder was pinned under the arm of the guy beside me, locking us in tight. No way I was staying frozen. I snapped my right arm forward, gave my shoulders a hard flex, and bumped clear of his grip. My boots sank right into the thick rug fiber, steady and locked in. We're awake, baby!