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The Ground: A Short Story
The ground shook around her and she stood up. People gathering around the car to help felt it and stumbled back. The cop was helped out of his car by someone near by, but quickly looked around for the source of the shake. Ziencora’s hands came up from her side, over her chest in a wave like motion to symbolize her controlled breathing only to flip upside down and moved down quickly as far as they would go. The ground shook again. She put her hands against the metal and instantly the metal of the car started to heat up slowly. Her clear nails would turn back and start to grow a point. The car shifted and those around backed further away from the scene. She lifted the car up, rolling it slowly to the side before she would let out a
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