The world crumbled into shards of nightmare that conjured after the disappearance of many. It was like disasters were waiting for the chosen ones to leave, the earth itself shook as if afraid of what was to come. The air is thick and heavy with smoke and bitterness and a blanket of dust blurs their vision. Buildings that once touched the sky lied in piles of steel and shattered glass. The once lively and bustling streets became empty, the true definition of graveyard, Elena could feel the weight of the silence pressing down on her heavily.
Suddenly, the ground begins to groan causing rumbles and severe shaking, Elena clutches Eliam's hands as the ground begins to convulse with renewed violence. She watches in horror as the earth splits open, long spiky cracks racing towards them swallowing cars and street lights like they were toys. Elena looked at Eliam, her heart pounding in her chest. " We have to go!" She gasped, pulling at his arm as the ground continued to split apart. They immediately broke into a run dodging huge chunks of falling metal and concrete. The ground split open in a terrifying rupture, consuming a row of parked cars with a sickening crunch...
They kept running, ducking under archways and squeezing through narrow alleys as the world around them continued to collapse. Elena could hear the distant screams of others fleeing, but there was no time to think about anyone else. The earthquake was relentless, shaking the city to its core, tearing apart everything in its path.
They finally made it to an open plaza, where they collapsed onto the ground, gasping for breath. Around them, the city was barely recognizable, a twisted mass of ruins and dust. Elena clutched Eliam's arm, their wide eyes reflecting the chaos unfolding around them. The earth had stopped shaking for now, but they knew this was only the beginning.