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Rory stared down at the giant hole in the ground in awe and reverence. She did her best to block out the other reporters who were taking pictures of the larger crater in the ground and talking loudly amongst themselves wondering how it had happened. Some of the more callous ones were spinning headlines to each other. 'The worst natural disaster of the year.' 'The worst disaster of all time' 'The sinkhole previously known as Sunnydale.' Rory ignored most of them as she was more focused on the worker who were shifting through the rubble looking for survivors.

She couldn't believe that an earthquake had created a sinkhole that had caused an entire town to cave in. From what she could find, there had been some advanced warning and most of the people had left beforehand... but not everyone. There were people down there and the odds of being recovered alive were going down by the minute.

Rory jumped as she heard the loud machinery again, it was lifting debris out of the hole to make it easier for rescue workers to get further down. The debris was released and fell on top of a heap of other debris much of it tumbling down to the ground making the pile of debris even bigger. They were roped off from that area for their safety by a line of caution tape, which also kept them from going over the edge. The pile was getting closer and closer to the line of caution tape though and she was pretty sure soon they would retape the line forcing them even further back.

Another mound of debris was deposited on the mound and this time, the debris started sliding towards her. She backed up quickly to avoid the sliding debris and heard distantly some shouts from reporters near her as they all moved backwards. Thankfully, it wasn't as bad as it seemed and it only barely went beyond the line of yellow tape. Even if they hadn't moved it probably wouldn't have been too bad.

As she was catching her breath from the scare she found her eyes drawn to something that had spilled over the line. She found herself moving towards the item slowly. Even as she distantly heard the machines power down and some shouting coming from some of the workers, her eyes never left the object. She stopped in front of it and gingerly picked it up.

It was a stuffed pig. It was covered in dirt and grime but other than that it surprisingly seemed intact. She turned the stuffed pig around in her hands though what she was looking for she wasn't sure.

Her eyes returned to the enormous hole in the ground and all she could think about was the owner of the little stuffed pig. Was the owner okay? Had she gotten out or was she buried underneath all the rubble that used to be Sunnydale? Was the stuffed pig now ownerless? Or was the pig simply left behind in the hurry to leave?

Rory stroked the dirty stuffed pig gently as she imagined a little blonde girl with pigtails crying out for her stuffed pig, and anxious parents looking on knowing that there was nothing that they could do. She tucked the pig into her arms as she hoped that the girl was far far away from the sunken hole in the ground that she used to live in.