Perez screamed, but no sound came out. The pressure at his back pressed him, grinding him into a floor he couldn't see, the point of an invisible heel piercing into the flesh near his spine. He attempted to push back, to stand and fight back against the power crushing him, but any movement he made only increased the pressure until his chest collapsed under him.

He cried out, the pain excruciating, the blackness around him snatched at the sounds, gobbling them ...