As Holden inadvertently yanks the clapper from his bell, Laura's getting knocked back, clinging to hers with the energy of a hissing cat after the shade gets a bruising hit on one of her legs. One shoulder connects painfully with the inside of the bell in an attempt to keep it from ringing, and she's swinging forward again.
It's more than an ancient bell can take. The clapper doesn't quite make its full arc forward before something snaps--but Laura's going forward still, about to smack face-first into the inside of the bell. All instinct, she lets go of the clapper and grabs wildly at the lip of the bell, straining up until her legs can wrap around the bell from the outside. It's only then, when she can see the shade reach for her and miss, that she realizes the bell she clings to is rising. Laura glares up into the darkness, trying to figure out what it might be disappearing into.
PERCEPTION CHECK
It's more than an ancient bell can take. The clapper doesn't quite make its full arc forward before something snaps--but Laura's going forward still, about to smack face-first into the inside of the bell. All instinct, she lets go of the clapper and grabs wildly at the lip of the bell, straining up until her legs can wrap around the bell from the outside. It's only then, when she can see the shade reach for her and miss, that she realizes the bell she clings to is rising. Laura glares up into the darkness, trying to figure out what it might be disappearing into.