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Chapter 11 - Beneath the rubble.

Fo screamed in desperation. The rubble and blood was mixed together emitting a metallic and dusty scent. She frantically searched around but didn't see anyone alive nearby. The debris was heavy to lift so she clawed through the smaller ones in an attempt to search for her brother.

The Facility could truly live up to its name of 'Dumpyard'.It looked no different from one. Thirty percent was blown to smithereens and about half became collateral damage.

She found a few bodies of her teammates, mangled and crushed to bits but her brother was nowhere to be seen. As she climbed above a few broken structures in a bid to have a higher vantage point, she saw a few Facility personnel rummaging around. She also spotted three of her teammates. She has been flung away separated from him and was disoriented.

The explosion originated from the Inner ring. Their original location was near there. She decided to hurry there.

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The epicentre of the destruction was defined by a huge crater spanning a diameter of about half a kilometre or so. There were various levels to the crater that gradually sloped inwards.

Ruff had woken up much earlier and had gotten his bearings. He knew his sister was safe since the [Life Link] on his wrist was still holding strong. He sifted through the debris seemingly searching for something.

As he felt the gravelly soil, his fingers felt a strange coolness. The place had been decimated to particles. He picked up a small rock about the size of his palm and watched it trickle down through the gaps of his fingers and pile up into a mound of sand.

Half the Inner ring was gone, churned to dust. The other half was in broken pieces.